“Don’t bring this out next time. Just wait for the dry wood on the high place to fall.
If you throw it with this, what if you get hurt?" Liu Ankang took the eagle claw hook and said to Song Jinxiu seriously.
"Oh." Song Jinxiu agreed obediently without any objection.
"Hold me tight." Liu Ankang threw the eagle claw hook hard towards the big tree in the forest.
A wave hit it, causing it to bump over and miss the target.
Liu Ankang was not discouraged and continued to choose targets.
Although the target deviated a little this time, at least it was fixed.
"Hold me and let's swim to the shore together." Liu Ankang tightened the rope with both hands and went upstream.
It started to rain, and from time to time we had to avoid all kinds of debris rushing down from upstream.
Hard work pays off. After going through many difficulties, the two finally reached the shore.
Song Jinxiu wanted to lie on the ground and rest for a while, but Liu Ankang supported her and carried her into the woods.
The two didn't know where they were washed to, but they just kept walking upstream along the river.
But it was almost noon when he came out to look for someone. He had been wandering around for the whole afternoon and it was now dusk. His first priority was to find a place to spend the night.
"Or, I'll come down and walk!" said Song Jinxiu.
"Didn't you sprain your ankle? We need to find a place to stay now. I'll carry you there quickly." Liu Ankang said.
"Oh." Song Jinxiu closed her mouth silently. If she hadn't sprained her ankle, she would have been able to keep up.
After being soaked for an entire afternoon, my feet seem to be starting to ache slightly.
The two of them were already wet, so they didn't care about the falling rain.
It was raining and the visibility was very poor.
Moreover, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it was urgent to find a place to shelter from the rain.
Soon, the drizzle turned into a heavy downpour.
Song Jinxiu placed her hands on Liu Ankang's forehead to shield him from the heavy rain.
"Just protect yourself." Liu Ankang shouted.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the two of them had to shout to talk.
However, Song Jinxiu ignored him and continued to shield him.
Liu Ankang stopped talking and quickened his pace to find a place to shelter from the rain.
Finally, he found a small cave. It can’t be called a cave, but it was a gap between two mountains.
Liu Ankang quickly ran into the gap. The place was not big and could only accommodate four or five people at most.
The two walked inside, and the further they went, the darker it became and the smaller the space became.
Liu Ankang carried Song Jinxiu on his back until they reached a dry place inside before stopping.
Liu Ankang put Song Jinxiu down, both of them were wet.
"Take off your clothes and I'll help you wring them dry before you put them on," said Liu Ankang.
Song Jinxiu lowered her head embarrassedly: "Then turn your back."
"We are an old couple, and there is no one else here." Although he said this, Liu Ankang still turned around obediently.
Song Jinxiu quickly took off her clothes and took out the life jacket she had prepared.
Pretend you just took it off.
Song Jinxiu patted Liu Ankang on the back. Liu Ankang turned around, helped her wring out the clothes, and then watched her fiddle with a piece of clothing.
"What are you doing?" Liu Ankang asked.
"I'm taking off my life jacket." Song Jinxiu took out four packs of compressed biscuits from one sleeve, and then took out some dried meat from the other sleeve.
There is a layer on the back of the clothes, and a waterproof bag was taken out from it.
When I opened it, there were two sets of clean clothes inside.
Liu Ankang widened his eyes.
Song Jinxiu said proudly, "I'm awesome, I've prepared this life jacket since I came here.
I’m just worried that if something unexpected happens, I won’t starve to death.”
Song Jinxiu took out a tinderbox and explained, "I'm afraid a lighter might explode, so a tinderbox is more reliable."
Blow hard and the tinder will be lit.
There is dry grass on the ground. We can gather it up and start a fire.
"I'll go inside to change clothes, you change here." Song Jinxiu ran in.
Seeing that she was within his sight, Liu Ankang changed his clothes with peace of mind.
The spare clothes are just a set of long-sleeved shirts and long pants. They are not thick and still a bit cold to wear, but they are much better than wearing wet clothes.
Liu Ankang changed his clothes and found that Song Jinxiu was still changing, so he looked outside.
It’s raining so hard, I don’t know if I can find dry firewood.
How about changing into wet clothes and going out to look for it yourself?
But I'm also worried about leaving Xiuxiu here alone.
"An An, look, there is dry firewood here." Song Jinxiu's surprised voice came out.
Liu Ankang walked in and saw that there was indeed a pile of firewood in the corner.
Next to the firewood was a dirty, broken basin, or rather a large bowl, with a small bowl inside.
Liu Ankang first put the firewood in the fire. If there was no thick wood, the straw would not burn for long.
Song Jinxiu took the opportunity to sprinkle insect repellent around, as she didn't want to have insects as neighbors.
Sure enough, a lot of insects crawled out from under the haystack. They probably saw someone at the entrance of the cave and crawled inside.
Liu Ankang used rainwater to wash the big and small bowls clean.
A simple rack was built with wood to boil water, and a large bowl was filled with rainwater and placed on the fire.
When Liu Ankang went back to move firewood, Song Jinxiu quickly replaced the rainwater with clean water.
He took out a piece of ginger, a small bag of brown sugar and two pills from the life jacket.
This pill is cold medicine. Although the two of them didn't catch a cold, they had been soaking in the river for so long and got caught in the rain, so it's better to take precautions.
Each of us ate one and drank some brown sugar ginger water, and we felt warm all over.
Liu Ankang made a simple rack and placed their clothes next to the fire to dry.
Each of them took a piece of compressed biscuit and dried meat and started to chew on them.
The rice that Song Jinxiu had taken out was still cooking in the pot.
After being hungry for a whole day, both of them were starving and even ate the compressed biscuits with relish.
In the evening, Liu Ankang spread his dried clothes on the hay.
Then Liu Ankang asked Song Jinxiu to lie down, and he sat beside her, using his feet as a pillow for her.
He was covered with two people's clothes and there was a fire in front of him, so it wasn't very cold.
"You go to sleep first. We need someone to keep watch. I'll wake you up in the second half of the night," said Liu Ankang.
"Okay, then I'll go to sleep first. Don't worry if you call me!" Song Jinxiu leaned against Liu Ankang and fell asleep quickly.
Song Jinxiu has been slacking off in her physical training since she became pregnant. She has been extremely tense all day and is already exhausted.
Liu Ankang looked at Song Jinxiu's sleeping face, smiled and helped her brush away the loose hair on her face.
"It's so nice to have you around. Escaping from famine is like going on a picnic."
Liu Ankang kissed Song Jinxiu on the cheek and looked around vigilantly.
He brought over some hay and folded two layers of clothes on top to use as a pillow for Song Jinxiu.
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