There wasn't much coconut meat this time, so the two of them only set up six traps. Whether they could get any harvest was up to fate.
After finishing all that, the original plan was to go beachcombing, but that's not possible now; we have to solve a survival problem:
freshwater!
They had brought a bottle of water because they thought there would be coconuts. They had almost finished drinking while working, and they still had most of the day left, so they couldn't go without water.
Although you won't die of thirst in such a short time, it's still uncomfortable.
Seriously, what should have been a beachcombing trip turned into a survival challenge on a deserted island.
However, many islands have fresh water, but it's unclear whether this island does.
The two began to circle the island. In the center of the island was a mountain, not very high, like a small hill.
The two walked around the foot of the mountain and found a stream. Following the stream upstream, they found a large cave.
It wasn't the kind of cave you had to climb into, but rather a large, semi-open hall where spring water flowed from the cracks in the rocks and slowly gathered to form the stream outside.
The spring water was very sweet, typical mountain spring water, rich in minerals. The two of them quickly drank their fill and filled their mineral water bottles as well.
There was also a bucket, which was originally intended to hold the fish, but we filled it with fresh water first.
The place was quite shady, and after they finished doing that, the two found a place to sit down.
"Brother, we have water, but what about food?" Xiao Hu started to worry.
Ye Cheng scratched his head. He had watched so many wilderness survival documentaries in his previous life, but now his mind was completely blank, and he couldn't remember anything.
While he was thinking, Ye Cheng casually looked up at the top of the cave.
Suddenly, something white caught Ye Cheng's eye.
He stood up, squinted, and examined it carefully.
Xiao Hu also stood up, looking at the thing on top, "Brother, what is this?"
After a long while, Ye Cheng stared wide-eyed, his mouth agape, and said incredulously, "This... looks like bird's nest."
"What? Bird's nest?" Xiao Hu was stunned. Bird's nest is an absolute top-grade ingredient, whether in novels or TV shows. Ordinary people have never even seen it, let alone eaten it.
Of course, it became a bit ordinary in later generations, and we don't know what kind of black technology it contained. Anyway, you can eat it for a few hundred dollars.
But the bird's nests we have now are genuine bird's nests, absolutely expensive.
Bird's nest refers to the nests built by certain swiftlets of the family Apodidae in the order Apodiformes, and several species of swiftlets in the genus Swiftlet, using their saliva mixed with other substances. It is also known as swallow's nest, swallow's root, or swallow's vegetable.
Bird's nest is rich in protein, amino acids, carbohydrates, and various trace elements, and has multiple benefits such as nourishing the lungs and stomach, beautifying the skin, and supporting pregnancy. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bird's nest can nourish the lungs and yin, moisten dryness, replenish deficiency and nourish the stomach, nourish yin and regulate the middle jiao, strengthen the heart and lower blood pressure, beautify the skin, and support pregnancy.
Modern scientific research has found that bird's nest contains up to 49.9g of protein per 100g of dried bird's nest, 42.9mg of calcium per 100g of dried bird's nest, 3mg of phosphorus per 100g of dried bird's nest, and 4.9mg of iron per 100g of dried bird's nest. It truly deserves the title of a "nutritional treasure trove"!
This is also why bird's nest is so expensive. Of course, the main reason it can be sold at that price is its beauty and health benefits.
For these four words, no matter how expensive, a woman would pay.
Generally speaking, wild bird's nests can sell for tens of thousands of yuan per kilogram, so you can imagine how expensive they are.
Bird's nests can be divided into two types according to where they are built: "house nests" and "cave nests".
Nests built by swiftlets in caves are called cave nests, while those built in man-made houses are called house nests. Cave nests are generally considered to be closer to natural products and rich in minerals, while house nests are relatively cleaner.
What Ye Cheng and his group are seeing now are wild cave swallows.
Generally speaking, cave swallows are mostly found in coastal cliff caves, and harvesting them is extremely difficult. If one falls down accidentally, one will either die or be seriously injured.
However, as things stand at the moment...
This cave seems a bit low; it might be worth exploring.
"Little Tiger, can you climb up there?" Ye Cheng pointed to the arched dome above his head, which was full of bumps and pits, but there were plenty of places to grab onto.
Xiao Hu stood below, gestured left and right, and shook his head. "Brother, it's too steep. We don't have any tools. I can't climb up."
Ye Cheng frowned. If even Xiao Hu was too scared to go up, then he was even less likely to. He had to think of a way.
He looked outside the cave; there was a small grove of trees, perhaps...
"Little Tiger, let's make a ladder and try it," Ye Cheng said, pointing to the woods outside.
"Sure, I've brought the knife anyway."
The two men took knives and went into the woods outside, where they cut down two larger trees. They then trimmed off the branches, leaving only the two trunks.
Then, a few thinner branches were tied together to make a triangular ladder that was wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, standing a little over 3 meters tall.
Based on this height, if Xiao Hu stands on it and stretches out his arms, he can reach a height of nearly 5 meters, which is about enough to reach that bird's nest.
The two of them will search again later; there's definitely more than one bird's nest in this cave.
Ye Cheng stepped on from below, and Xiao Hu carefully stepped on top of him. The bindings weren't very tight, but they were just enough.
When he reached the top of the ladder, Xiao Hu reached out and touched it, but he was still a little short.
He could only stand on a rock, suspend his body in the air, and gently pry the bird's nest off the rock wall with his right hand.
The proper way is to spray water on the bird's nest and let it soften a bit before harvesting.
However, the conditions are not right now, so this is the only option.
"Brother, catch this, there are several more over here." Xiao Hu threw down the piece of bird's nest he had just seen, and then crawled to the other side.
Soon, Xiao Hu picked out four or five more pieces from the cracks in the cave and threw them to Ye Cheng.
Bird's nest is sold by the cup. A cup of bird's nest is about 5-10 centimeters long and 2-5 centimeters wide, and usually weighs between 5-10 grams.
The few lilies that Xiaohu picked were relatively intact, about seven or eight centimeters long and four centimeters wide. They felt very light in his hand, and he didn't know how much they weighed yet.
The highest grade bird's nest is white, but cave bird's nest will be slightly yellowish. Ye Cheng looked at the few nests in his hand. The colors were all good, but he didn't know how much they could sell for.
Xiao Hu climbed down from above, clapped his hands, and said, "Brother, that's all."
There are only 6 lamps now, there should be more than that. Ye Cheng propped the ladder up against the stone wall, climbed up, and looked at the other side of the stone wall.
"There, there are white things, and that spot." Standing high up, Ye Cheng could easily see the situation on the other side, and he could also clearly see some of the things inside the small hole.
From Ye Cheng's perspective, there are at least a dozen more pieces.
The two continued their division of labor, setting up the ladder. Xiao Hu climbed up the ladder for the most ordinary places, while Ye Cheng climbed up for the higher parts.
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