When Jing Ling and his group of six stepped onto the larger island, it was already late. The setting sun hangs on the horizon, the heat has long dissipated, and the sparkling sea waves are dyed orange, forming a beautiful scene of sky and water being one. However, they are not here for tourism, but to adventure and survive on a deserted island. The first thing they need to consider is where to stay overnight and where to have dinner.
The sun will set and soon night will fall. Jing Ling seized the last bit of time during the day and wandered around in the woods on the shore. He successfully found a suitable place to spend the night. The view was wide and there was a dense canopy above his head, but it was not too deep into the jungle. There were several trees with slightly bent trunks, which were just right for building a hammock.
He cut two bamboos, took off the appropriate length, kept the ends intact, split them in the middle, turning them into bamboo strips a few centimeters wide, and then bent and unfolded them to form a natural hammock base. Then he tied the rope he brought to the two ends of the bamboo and hung it on two adjacent trees, and the prototype of the hammock took shape.
Others also came over. At first they couldn't guess what he was going to do. But when they saw him hang up the bamboo and lie on it, they were stunned.
It turns out that you can play with bamboo like this!
Others followed suit. While they were working hard to cut bamboo, Jing Ling had already started preparing to weave mattresses. There are many palm trees nearby, and their leaves are good DIY materials. He chopped some with a knife, threw it between the two hammocks, and sat down directly on the beach to start working.
Qiao Qiao sat opposite him, looking at him expectantly, "Jing Ling, you made two hammocks, who is the other one for, me?"
Jing Ling just nodded when he heard it, without even raising his eyelids, and continued with the work in his hands. He has very deft hands, and it is not a difficult job. He just needs to spread the palm leaves flat on the bamboo strips and fix them separately, and a pure natural green hammock is ready. He lay down and tried it, and it felt pretty good. Then I was about to continue with Qiao Qiao's bed, but she waved her hand and refused, "I'm already very grateful for having a bed, I'll do the rest myself, thank you so much!"
"That's fine, but you have to be careful not to get your hands scratched by the bamboo." Jing Ling only gave her one instruction and let her do it herself. He made two hammocks at first because he took into consideration that she was a girl and also his teammate. He couldn't just sleep on the bed and let the girl sleep on the floor. Otherwise, when the show was aired, he would probably be criticized harshly.
There is a large beach in front of the hammock. The sea breeze at night is likely to blow up the fine sand. If you don’t want your face to be covered with sand when you sleep, you have to build a windbreak wall in front. This is easy. There are many thin bamboos in the forest. Cut them down and tie them into a frame. Then cover them with palm leaves. After secondary reinforcement, just stand it up forward.
When Jing Ling finished all this, the hammocks of other people were also formed, but not all of them had ropes like Jing Ling, such as the two people in the third group and Yu Leyang. But he was lucky because his partner Liu Wei was more careful and brought a rope that was just enough to hang up the bed for two people. Zhang Hengyi's group was not so lucky. They sat on the ground and stared at each other for a while, then decided to go to the woods to see if there were any vines with better toughness. In the end, they actually found some. They weaved several vines together and used them as ropes.
I saw six bamboo beds hung in a small area in the woods. The palm trees that were used as mattress materials had their leaves plucked out and were left standing there bare.
The sun had almost completely disappeared below the sea level and the light had become very dim. Thanks to the kindness of the program crew for allowing them to take the lighter with them when they go out. Although it was dropped into the sea by a helicopter before, Jing Ling carefully packed the lighter in a waterproof bag before departure. Fire is indispensable for survival in the wild. It not only brings light and warmth, but also plays a protective role in many cases, because many animals in nature are afraid of fire.
With a lighter, Jing Ling could easily start a fire. While he was making a fire, Qiao Qiao went to collect firewood. There are a lot of ready-made dry branches on the island, and you can get a lot of them just by picking them up.
The dry wood made crackling sounds as it burned, and bright flames rose up, jumping and dancing with the sea breeze.
It's time to think about dinner. After a whole day of hard work, the others who had brought ready-made supplies were fine, as they could take them out and eat a few bites whenever they had time. However, there was nothing edible in Jing Ling's bag. Apart from the coconuts he picked at noon, he could be said to have not been able to eat properly the whole day.
Just as I was thinking about it, I smelled a fragrance. Following the direction of the smell, I saw the crew sitting around a fire not far away. There was a soup pot on the fire and meat was roasting next to the fire. The aroma of food mixed together and wafted over.
It must be intentional!
Jing Ling felt a little unwell. Others had similar thoughts. Qiao Qiao beside him snorted, "You must have done this on purpose! Doesn't your conscience hurt?" As she spoke, she unzipped her backpack, took out a small stainless steel lunch box, a handful of instant noodles, tore open the packaging bag with a rustle, put the broken noodles into the lunch box, tore open the seasoning packet and poured it in, and even cut a piece of ham in it, unscrewed the mineral water bottle and poured water, and finally covered the lid and carefully put the lunch box on the charcoal by the fire to cook, "Don't think you are the only ones who have food, I have it too!"
It wasn't just Qiao Qiao. Others also brought bowls and instant noodles. Soon, the fire was filled with small lunch boxes. The instant noodles themselves don't taste very good, but the soup tastes really overbearing. Beside him were five pots of noodles cooked by his companions, and not far away there were large pots of soup and barbecued meat prepared by an unscrupulous film crew. Surrounded by the smell of these foods, Jing Ling had an illusion that he was not on the same wavelength as these people. It seemed like everyone was out for a picnic, and he was the only one who was seriously simulating survival in the wilderness.
The photographer followed them all the time, even when they were eating, they took turns. Seeing this, he immediately turned the camera to Jing Ling's face and took a close-up. He was sure that he would make something of this video later on. This sharp contrast was simply a natural and good material.
Soon Qiao Qiao's noodles were cooked. After carefully taking the hot lunch box off the fire, she handed Jing Ling a pair of chopsticks and said, "I'll return the favor. Thank you for your hammock."
Jing Ling was a little surprised, but still refused, "No, just eat it yourself, you don't bring much." The backpack is so small that there won't be much stuff even if it is full, not to mention that the program team has restricted the quantity and types. Jing Ling estimated that the things she brought could only sustain her for two days at most, and then she would be in for a really hard time.
Qiao Qiao asked twice more, and after being rejected each time, she ate it herself. After eating, she put the lunch box on the fire again, poured some water into it, took out a small plastic bottle from her backpack, and squeezed out a transparent liquid into the lunch box.
Jing Ling asked uncertainly, "Is it detergent?"
Qiao Qiao nodded and said proudly, "Yes, I brought it here specially to wash the dishes!"
Yu Leyang, who was standing next to him, heard this and extended his lunch box over here, "Miss Qiao Qiao, give me some too!"
The rest of the people joined in the fun.
“I want one too!”
"And me!"
"Some, please!"
Jing Ling sat by the fire holding a big green coconut and reflected, was he too serious?
It was the first time for all of them to camp in the wild. Although they had no tents or sleeping bags, only a wobbly homemade hammock, their reactions at the moment were mostly excitement and not much worry. After dinner, they still had energy to have a small bonfire dance party around the fire. As the only girl, Qiao Qiao was undoubtedly the most popular one and she danced with the other four boys. As for Jing Ling, he took a thin bamboo tube, cut a coconut and inserted it into the tube, then sat cross-legged by the fire and silently drank his all-natural coconut milk drink, just like drinking water to fill his stomach. Seeing this, others didn't have the heart to call him.
The group of people didn't stop until after ten o'clock in the evening. They added dry firewood to the fire and put some live branches on top. This way, the firewood below would dry out the branches above, which would then continue to burn, allowing the fire to burn longer. Afterwards, everyone laid down on their own hammocks with their backpacks.
The photographer set up the camera next to him, turned on the night mode, and then got into the sleeping bag.
In the woods at night, all kinds of calls can be heard one after another, some of which sound very creepy. It was only then that the flowers grown in the greenhouse realized that survival in the wild was not an easy task, and this was just the tip of the iceberg.
Feeling worried and frightened, Yu Leyang and the others barely fell asleep until the early morning. The hammock is too small and will sway if the person lying on it moves the slightest. Yu Leyang and Qiao Qiao had bad sleeping postures. Not long after they fell asleep, they subconsciously turned over and rolled off the hammock, falling face down into the sand.
Two screams woke up everyone who had just fallen asleep. In panic, the person who was lying peacefully accidentally fell off the bed. In just a short while, Jing Ling was the only survivor still lying in the hammock. But then he turned over and sat up, said good morning to the people sitting on the ground, and got up and walked towards the fire.
The fire was not yet burnt out. After clearing away the ashes, there was still bright charcoal in the middle. I added a few more pieces of firewood and it soon reignited. Jing Ling took a knife and went to the woods to cut a thin bamboo, then sharpened one end to make a simple harpoon. He hadn't eaten yesterday, so although he could have hunted at night, he'd better not behave too abnormally. Now that it was almost daybreak, it was completely reasonable to go hunting.
Qiao Qiao sat beside him in a daze, watching him busy for a long time, and asked, "Jing Ling, what are you doing?"
"Fishing."
Qiao Qiao was stunned for a moment, pointed at his harpoon and asked, "Use this?"
"Um."
Thinking that he would soon be able to see the live-action version of fishing, Qiao Qiao suddenly sobered up, "Ahhh, take me with you! I can help you get the spoils!"
Jing Ling nodded, "Okay."
At this time, Yu Leyang, who was walking over, said sarcastically, "You haven't even seen what the fish looks like yet, and you're already thinking about the trophy."
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