Challenge the wilderness to survive
Chapter 59: Discovering Mango
The fish basket was heavy, and Xu Yi knew when he pulled it up, the harvest was not small.
"Dad, there are so many fish, we can drink fish soup."
Su Keke clapped her hands happily. She prefers to eat fresh smoked fish.
In this way, you can not only eat fish meat, but also drink delicious fish soup.
"There are so many fish, we can't finish eating. Let's kill what we can eat today, and keep the rest in the river."
Xu Yi thinks that it is better to eat fresh fish, so he plans to put them in the fish basket first.
"I go back and get the back basket. Putting it all in a fish basket may kill part of it."
With that, Xu Yi stuck the fish basket back and put the fish basket back into the river.
Today he doesn't have that much time to deal with these fish, and the taste of dried fish is indeed worse.
There is no salty taste, only a sub-smoky taste.
It's okay to deal with a meal occasionally, if you eat all day, there is no way.
Xu Yi ran back quickly, took off the basket from the tree house and returned to Su Keke's side.
The gap in the back basket was not big, so Xu Yi poured the fish in the fish basket into the back basket first.
"Let’s pick out the crabs and dead fish first and put them in the bucket, and we will deal with them today."
Su Keke nodded and picked it up with Xu Yi.
This time the fish catch is a bit more than the last time, and the fish baskets are almost full.
So, some fish died.
There are not many crabs, only 17, all of them are small river crabs.
A lot of the fish died too, there were more than 20 fish, but they were still fresh, they didn't emit a fishy smell, their stomachs didn't bulge, and they were still edible.
The remaining fish was divided into two parts by Xu Yi, one part was put in the back basket, the other part was put in the fish basket, and then returned to the river.
Then, Xu Yi and Su Keke cleaned up all the dead fish and took them back to the camp to cook them.
It does not take much time to cook, so Xu Yi did not rush to work.
The two ate a bowl of fish, and after eating a few crabs, they started to work.
Xu Yi took Su Keke to collect small tree vines. Because of the higher requirements for tree vines, it took more time.
Too thick tree vines are not easy to tie, they must be thin enough and have good toughness.
"Dad, this tree seems to be hollow."
Su Ke knocked with the spear in his hand, with a feeling of knocking on bamboo.
"hollow?"
Xu Yi glanced at it. That kind of tree was very short, only over a meter long, like a big bamboo shoot, with a thick bottom and continuously tapering.
So he walked over and slashed along the bottom.
"Sure enough, it's hollow, great. This one can be used to hold water."
Xu Yi didn't expect that there would be such plants.
There were six such hollow trees in this place, so they were all cut down by Xu Yi.
"The skin of this tree is very hard and thin, and it feels like a gourd. Let's call them gourd trees."
"In addition, it is very light, and it is indeed a very good container."
Their largest diameter is no more than 10 cm. Just get a plug to store boiling water.
If two-thirds of it is cut off, the diameter may not exceed 5 cm, and it can be tied and hung on the body, so that you can take water to go far away.
This discovery is still very valuable.
Xu Yi tied these gourd trees together, carried them on his shoulders, and continued to search for the vines.
"Coco, do you smell mango?"
Xu Yi suddenly asked, and then sniffed hard in the air.
"Mango?"
"Dad, did you find mango?"
Su Keke became excited, and looked around, the saliva in his mouth began to secrete.
"No, it just smells the same as mango, special fragrance."
"Go, it seems to be in this direction."
Xu Yi carried the gourd tree and walked in the direction where the fragrance floated.
After walking for a few minutes, Xu Yi and Su Keke found a mango tree with mangoes hanging on it.
The tree is not very big, only two or three meters high, and there are not many mangoes on it, only thirty or forty.
However, the mango is not small, the size of Xu Yi's palm.
"It's really a mango tree. We found a mango tree."
Xu Yi walked over happily and scanned the neighborhood with X-ray vision as usual.
There are no animals around here.
Because the mango tree is not tall, Xu Yi reached out and picked one off.
"It's a bit soft already, it should be cooked."
"The skin is blue, so it should be a kind of green awn."
After Xu Yi cut the skin with his nails, he peeled off a small piece of skin.
The skin is not well peeled, which means it is not fully cooked.
"This should be non-toxic, dad try it."
After that, Xu Yi took a bite, took another one and handed it to Xu Yi.
The entrance is a bit sweet and has a slight astringency.
"It's delicious. The fiber of this mango is very fine, and the flesh is very soft. It is not fully ripe yet, it has a bit of astringency, and the sweetness is not great."
"But for us, it's already very delicious."
After all, this is a wilderness, and it is a natural variety, which is definitely different from the mangoes cultivated by humans for many years.
Su Keke didn't say a word, just ate the mango in his hand very intently.
"In addition, the shell is a bit big, so there is not much meat."
Xu Yi quickly finished one, and then began to pick mangoes from the tree.
If you encounter it, it is impossible to let it go.
When there is no food, these mangoes can fill your stomach and eat as a meal.
After picking them up, Xu Yi counted them, and there were 31.
These mangoes are not light, so so many mangoes add up to more than ten catties.
Xu Yi's snakeskin backpack was full, making him worry that the strap of the snakeskin satchel would be broken.
"Coco, let's go back first."
Although the number of fine vines collected did not reach Xu Yi's ideal number, now that he has picked these mangoes and gourd trees, it is not suitable to continue to search for fine vines.
"Dad, bring me some fine vines, I have strength."
Su Keke was empty-handed, but Xu Yi was full of things, so she wanted to help Xu Yi.
"Then you take a bunch of fine vines."
The small bundle weighed four or five catties, because Xu Yi made a larger bundle and could be slung on his body.
Su Keke can still bear this weight.
So, Su Keke happily straddled the thin vine, picked up his spear, and walked in front of Xu Yi.
Xu Yi not only has fine vines, but also mango and gourd trees. Naturally, there is no way to open the way.
Fortunately, I didn't encounter any danger all the way back, and moved everything back to the camp safely.
"Dad, it seems that some animal has been here."
After Su Keke put the things down, he smelled a pee.
The smell was quite pungent, so she smelled it all at once.