Chapter 769: Raft Ferryman
Chapter 769: Raft Ferryman
Anyway, Li Kaiyang finally caught a big fish. The fish was fat, big and long. Everyone was very happy. However, even if the food problem was solved now, who would eat this raw fish?
Whether you want to eat or not, you have to fill your stomach. Fortunately, the wild boy still kept some cooked meat. Who can eat the remaining meat? After a few days, the meat was eaten up and the fish could only be eaten raw. Li Kaiyang cut it into small pieces with a knife and distributed them to everyone. He ate a piece first and thought it tasted good. Xiaolan took it and ate a piece and thought it was okay. Gu Xueying naturally ate a piece as well. It was definitely okay. However, Yunniang took it and ate it. She almost vomited. She said, "I have never eaten such a disgusting thing. You can eat it if you want. I would rather starve than eat it!"
Would he really not be hungry if he didn't eat? That's not the case. He would still be hungry even if he didn't eat, but there was nothing he could do. He could only starve. There was something in front of him that he didn't want to eat, and there was nothing he could do about it. Even a fish like this couldn't survive for a few days if it didn't want to eat. The water didn't leave as quickly as expected! This made the people in the shack very anxious!
The main reason was that they were running out of food and ammunition. They began to express their own opinions and ideas. Later, Li Kaiyang came up with a good idea to demolish the shack and build a bamboo raft. They said that they could slide the bamboo raft to the front of the mountain and climb up the mountain to find a solution. They would be suffocated to death just here!
The wild boy was at a loss of what to do now. He had never experienced anything like this. When he was here before, when there was a flood, the water would drain away in a few days. However, he had been delayed here for nearly ten days, and the water had not receded yet, and it was still very deep. He could only act according to Li Kaiyang's plan. It was unnecessary to dismantle the entire shack. It was possible to dismantle all the unnecessary wood and tie them into a raft. The only thing was that the raft was not big enough. To catch all these people in one place, it was impossible to follow Li Kaiyang's plan to make a small raft with two people in a group. After the raft slides over, one person will come back to pick up another person and take the people away. It was a very laborious task. Everyone worked together. First, dismantle the unnecessary wood. The roof of the shack could be dismantled one by one, and then dismantled one by one!
In this way, they removed more than a dozen sticks, which were not enough for a bamboo raft. Then they thought of the sticks at the bottom. The sticks were thick and long, which was good. However, after removing a few sticks, people would feel uncomfortable lying down. Before, people could lie down sideways, which at least relieved fatigue. Now, after removing them, they could only sit upright and could not lean sideways. So Xiaolan said:
"We must not let the bottom layer freeze. What if it falls into the water after it moves? In my opinion, we should keep the top layer and remove some of the wood on top. Only three or five pieces will be enough!"
His suggestion was also adopted. He took down a few more ropes and tied the raft on the bunk. Some of the ropes were straw ropes he made when tying the shack, and there were a lot of surplus ropes stored inside the berth, so he used these straw ropes for fear that they would not be issued. After tying it, Li Kaiyang threw the raft into the water. He stood on it first to try it out, and the result was quite good. He asked Xiaolan to stand on it and the two of them could see if they could bear it. It was considered a success, but there was no oar. If they used wooden sticks, it would not work. This worried everyone. The wild boy said, "How about this, we can row with our hands. Although it will be slower, we can move forward after all!"
Li Kaiyang shook his head and said, "That won't work. That's just a joke. If the water is so slippery, we won't be able to reach land in a day. We can only make a wooden paddle with our small bag. If the paddle can't be made, it can't be used. This raft is too dangerous. Once it gets into the water, it will be slippery and can't slide. It will drift here and there and it will die. There is no doubt that the raft can't come back!"
As a result, this carpenter stumped them, so after the wood was made, they put it aside and didn't dare to use it. Everyone continued to starve on it. Because it was so straight, it was too tiring. Later, Li Kaiyang thought of a way to let everyone take turns to lie down for a while. Two people could lie down at the same time. Four of the six people sat and two lay down. After resting for a while, they would change to others. After discussion, everyone agreed. The first one to lie down, everyone kept recommending the wild boy and the girl to lie down first, let them rest for three or five hours, and then the four of them would take turns. In this way, it was also a boy and a girl. They lay head to head on the bed, which was quite comfortable. The four people next to him found the wind for him, but one thing was that the wooden poles on the top were removed too much. When the wind blew, the top was swaying, which was very scary, as if the top would collapse at any time. However, there was no way. The things had been dismantled and turned into a method. There was no way to regret it!
After the boys had been lying there for four or five hours, they took the initiative to ask others to take their place. The next wave was Xiaolan and Yunniang, leaving Li Kaiyang and Gu Xueying with the two wild men! In fact, at first Xiaolan wanted to rest with Li Kaiyang last, but Gu Xueying and Li Kaiyang were a couple! He was with others before he died, what was this? He knew what was going on and felt that it was not right to do so, so he asked to sleep with Yunniang first!
Yunniang was of course not polite either. She lay down first, and Xiaolan followed suit. The four of them sat in a row next to them. Li Kaiyang took this opportunity to ask the wild boy!
"Help us think of what would be a good oar to use. Once you come up with an idea, we'll make it!"
The Savage Boy put one hand on the Savage Girl's shoulder and thought with a frown:
"Where is the oar? There is something on the mountain, but there is no other way except to tear down this shack! This shack is made of logs, and it can't be used as a prize even if it is torn down! What should I do?"
At this moment, Li Kaiyang suddenly saw a tree branch floating over! He suddenly thought of a way, the tree branch happened to be divided into two forks and a long handle! If the tree branch is wrapped with cloth, can't it be used as a paddle?
Thinking of this, he quickly reached out to pick up the wooden fork! Fortunately, he reacted quickly and was agile. He grabbed the branch and lifted it up, weighing it in his hand. Gu Xueying didn't know what he meant!
"Why are you cutting this? You can't make a raft!"
Li Kaiyang looked at the thing in his hand with admiration and said to them! "You really don't understand. I have a way. With this, it's like winning a prize. Find some rags and I'll wrap it up!"
When he said that, the wild boy and Gu Xueying suddenly realized that the wrapped wooden pulp could be used for skiing. Gu Xun immediately gave him a piece of unworn clothing that he had stored away! He said, "The fabric of my clothing is very thick. It will be very useful for skiing after wrapping it up!"
Li Kaiyang wrapped it with his clothes without hesitation and tried it out. It was really good, much more perfect than he had imagined!
Li Kaiyang thought it would be even better if one or two more people came, but this opportunity was rare and would never come back again. There were not many such opportunities!
Unexpectedly, it just so happened that just when he felt there was no hope, the wild boy pointed to a wooden stake floating over from upstream and said, "There is a way. Isn't that a carpenter floating over here? We can use a knife to chop the wooden stake into a carpenter!"
After he reminded Li Kaiyang, he also saw that the wooden stake was quite thick and would soon reach their place. It would be quite dangerous if it hit their shack. The boy also grabbed the wooden stakes and poles around him with his hands very skillfully. He hooked his feet and grabbed the horizontal beam! He leaned back and grabbed the wooden stake at once. Then he quickly turned his hands and picked up the wooden stake. The wooden stake was not too long and was quite rough. The wood seemed to be a little rotten. After he carried it onto the board, he said to Li Kaiyang: "I see you have a knife on you. You can cut it into a usable paddle!"
Indeed, Mr. Li Kaiyang brought a very sharp dagger. He took it out and drew a line on the wood. Then he started to cut the wood according to the line. It was their turn to rest, but he didn't want to leave. He wanted Xiaolan to take his place so he could rest!
In this way, Li Kaiyang continued to do his work, and Xiaolan had to lie down and lie together with Gu Xueying again. This made Yunniang very angry. She thought, why don’t you let me rest for a while? Xiaolan just thought in her heart, but didn’t say it, but her expression showed that they were also a boy and a girl leaning against each other. They didn’t care about these things. They slept when they should sleep, and they didn’t sleep when they shouldn’t sleep. They sat together and slept with their eyes closed. There was a big wooden stake next to them. It was very comfortable for the two of them to lean on the stake. Only they couldn’t lean on this side, so they could only sit upright, so the nutrition was a bit unbearable! He really wanted to lie down too. It turned out to be so comfortable to lie down, but the place was too narrow and there was no place for him to lie down. Li Kaiyang was busy cutting the wooden paddle. He didn’t care about these things. By dawn, his wooden paddle had taken shape!
He was very happy that after this night, he made wooden dumplings! He showed them to everyone! The wild boy and girl were very happy, they gave him a thumbs up and praised his craftsmanship! Yun Niang hesitated too much several times and almost fell into the water? So he pouted and ignored Li Kaiyang!
Li Kaiyang never paid attention to these things. He only knew to show off his carpentry. Gu Xueying woke up early to see her. The wood pulp had been cured, and she was very happy! He pointed to where he was lying and asked Li Kaiyang to lie down for a while!
Yunniang next to him was unhappy! "You asked him to lie down for a while, why didn't you ask me to lie down for a while? You all slept, and I was the only one who didn't sleep when you came back. How could I bear it? I didn't drop the plug into the water several times, but you moved aside and let me lie down for a while, why should you let him lie down? Isn't he energetic? He still shaves the carpenter while he shaves!"
This was really reckless! He ignored other people's objections, and just as Gu Xueying got up, he lay down on the grass! He even lifted his legs to Xiaolan's face! Xiaolan was also fed up with it, and sat up and stopped sleeping. He and Gu Xueying sat together again. The two saw that the carpentry made by Li Kaiyang was quite good and very standard. They took it in their hands and looked at it, and asked Li Kaiyang when they could leave!
Li Kaiyang looked at the raft tied in the water and said to Xiaolan:
"How about this, let's not wait now, I'll row you to the shore first, and then I'll come back to pick up Gu Xueying! There's a lot of space on the shore, you can sleep however you want, don't fight over such a small space here!"
Xiaolan was not polite, she jumped on the raft, and was a little scared when she first got on the raft and swung back and forth! After Li Kaiyang got on, he quickly stabilized himself by holding the beam of the shack. The two of them sat down slowly. Li Kaiyang held the carpenter and Xiaolan held the corner of the cloth. The two began to paddle, cooperating well. The small bamboo raft moved forward very steadily. Soon they paddled to the shore, because the shore in the shack was not particularly far away. After sliding to the shore, Xiaolan went ashore, and Li Kaiyang slid back again. After returning, the next person to be picked up was Gu Xueying!
After Gu Xueying came up, she also held the scenery, and the two of them paddled smoothly, one on each side. The two chatted and laughed, and quickly paddled the raft to the other side!
When they got to the shore, Xiaolan was already waiting for him. Although the hillside was a bit steep, it was much more spacious than the shack. They climbed up the hillside and found a flat place. This flat place was covered with green grass, and there were goats eating grass on it. There were also wild rabbits. Xiaolan had already killed a wild rabbit with a lion. His kung fu was not standard, but it was really good! He held the wild rabbit for Li Kaiyang to see!
"Look at this rabbit. It's fat and not afraid of people. I killed it with a stone. I'll go down and wait for you later. Let's find some dry branches and roast them here. Are you starving?"
Gu Xueying nodded and said, "Great, I'm starving. Let's find a spacious place so we don't have to be so crowded downstairs!"
In fact, there are plenty of spacious places here. The spacious lawn they found must be at least three to five acres! It’s no problem to practice kung fu, play and frolic here! And there is also a good natural place, that is, the protruding part of the stone, which can be used to shelter from the rain! The concave part can accommodate thirty or forty people! Xiaolan said, "Come on, let's rest here, find some sticks, and come back to roast rabbits during the holiday. When Li Kaiyang picks them up, we will have a feast!"
Gu Xueying saw that there were dry branches around, so he hurried to find dry branches, and Xiao Lan began to kill the rabbit. The two were very busy, and soon, the two wild boys and girls were also picked up by Li Kaiyang! Now there was only one person left in the shack, that was Yun Niang! Yun Niang was still lying in the shack and snoring. Now he was lying alone, and the bed was wide and spacious, so he slept more comfortably. Li Kaiyang did not disturb him, because he wanted to pick up others first and then pick him up last!
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