One Hundred Days on an Uninhabited Island

It was dawn, and the warmth from the rising sun from the east dispelled the coolness of the beach overnight.

Wen Siqi splashed water on her face to wash away her sleepiness.

Looking up at the distant sky, the sea and the sky are so beautiful, but unfortunately, I couldn't see the black shadow that I expected in the distance, and there was only a gradient from blue to white.

The sea was calm.

It's hard to have both fish and bear's paw.

Exhaling lightly, shaking off the water stains on her hands, Wen Siqi turned around and walked back to the camp on crutches.

A fish and a few yams were cooked for breakfast at the camp.

The fish was inserted in the intertidal zone in the morning, a big fish.At that time, the tide had not completely receded, and I wasted a lot of energy.

The taro was dug yesterday afternoon according to the mark left by Wang Zhenzhen. It is not small, and two are enough for breakfast for four people.

The pot used was an abandoned iron pot from a wooden house. The iron pot was rusty and had a dented bottom. It took Wen Siqi most of the night to polish off the rust inside the pot, and then smashed it flat with stones. It was only used this morning. .

The stew is taro fish soup, the water in the pot is already boiling, and there is a faint fragrance that lures the sense of smell.

Very fragrant, the nose likes it very much, the nostrils move slightly, and the stomach trembles.

It must taste as delicious as it smells.

Wen Siqi smiled.

The soup is ready, use the spoon brought from the wooden house to scoop some soup, half a taro, and a piece of fish into the bowl, and Yao Yanan can't wait to blow the air into the bowl.

"Not to your taste?"

After a while, Wen Siqi's movements were still as slow, and her calm expression seemed to be that the pale color in front of her could not arouse the desire for food and lust, and she was completely opposite to Yao Yanan who sat beside her like a reincarnated evil spirit.

Jiang Xinran took a second look, and suddenly remembered that Wen Siqi seemed to be like this all the time, no matter how delicious or bad, her expression was always a plain one facing clear soup and little water.

"No, it's very fragrant."

After recovering, a smiling face appeared in front of his eyes, and the smile continued to hang on the corner of his mouth, and his eating movements also accelerated, the frequency of which was familiar to Jiang Xinran.

Turning her head, she saw that Mu Jie's movements and expressions were exactly the same as Wen Siqi's, as if there was a mirror in the middle.

weird.

Jiang Xinran stared at it for a long time, until Wen Siqi was too embarrassed to open her mouth.

Putting down the bowl, she turned her head and smiled to wipe away the embarrassment, "Miss Jiang, is there something wrong with me?"

"It's nothing." Jiang Xinran turned her gaze away without changing her expression, "It's just a little strange, your movements are too similar to Xiaojie's."

"Ah, it's not that Xiaojie is afraid that Xiaojie will eat too fast and finish all the food, so I wonder if I can eat more if I can keep up with her speed."

The laughing words were understated, but Wen Siqi spoke briskly, but Mu Jie, who was eating happily, paused, her cold eyes seemed to harbor resentment.

ghost letter!

Jiang Xinran rolled her eyes, and ignored Wen Siqi's sophistry, and already had a guess in her heart.

Loss of taste.

Thinking of this possibility, some strange behaviors of Wen Siqi at meal times became not surprising.

There is no sense of taste, and it is used to express whether the taste is good or bad.

But when did the problem arise?

Thoughts can't help being curious, and wandering quickly.

pregnancy period?Postpartum?or earlier?

I heard that emotional fluctuations can affect the nervous system, which may lead to some sensory failures;

It is also possible to take too much medicine. Wen Siqi also said that she drank medicine since she was a child. By the way, head trauma seems to cause abnormalities in the sensory system...

"Miss Jiang, why don't you eat?"

The sound blowing in the ear suddenly interrupted her thoughts, Jiang Xinran was shocked, but quickly calmed down without changing her face, "I'm thinking about something, it's okay."

"Well, I'm overthinking. However, I have a suggestion. If it's not important, it's better not to think about it. It's not only a waste of time, but also a waste of energy."

Looking at each other, from those smiling eyes, Jiang Xinran felt a penetrating keenness, like the all-pervasive wind, as long as there is a little slack, it can come in, and then drive straight behind your defense line, or Blow away your troubles, or leave a mess inside.

Jiang Xinran felt that she was the latter now, and Wen Siqi's sensitivity made her feel very uncomfortable.

"Thank you for your suggestion. I will think about it carefully. However, whether it is an irrelevant matter or not is my own judgment, and I don't need Miss Lauwin to worry about it."

A blunt tone gives people an unfriendly attitude, which can easily embarrass a person.

Unfortunately, Wen Siqi is not the type of person who is easily embarrassed, she is neither angry nor angry, and her smile remains the same.

"Yes, Miss Jiang is already an adult with self-judgment, not a child."

"I was talking too much, Wang Haihan."

Gently, shallowly, carelessly, as if talking about something that has nothing to do with him.

Yao Yanan looked to the left and to the front, and gently bumped his elbow on the arm of his little friend to show his intention.

The silent answer was quickly conveyed through the slender five fingers.

No matter...is this okay?

Turning her head and opening her mouth, the slightly swaying negation made Yao Yanan give up the idea of ​​interrupting the atmosphere by opening her mouth, and lowered her head to continue biting the fragrant taro in her hand.

Breakfast ended hastily in a weird and dull atmosphere.

Yao Yanan and Mu Jie took the initiative to take the tableware to the stream to wash it, Jiang Xinran was practicing her bow and arrow, and Wen Siqi changed her medicine in the empty space.

The swelling didn't get worse due to excessive tossing, Wen Siqi touched the wound, and the lump showed signs of shrinking, which was a good sign.

After dealing with trivial matters, the four of them continued to work on the cremation.

I chopped a lot of firewood yesterday, except for the burned part, there is still half a leg high. According to this momentum, as long as God doesn't give me a bad face, I can prepare for cremation tomorrow.

Jiang Xinran and Yao Yanan went to work with axes and machetes.

Because Mu Jie stayed in the second half of the night, she and Wen Siqi went to make a stretcher for transportation. It didn't take much physical strength, and she could squint and take a nap in the middle, which was just right for Mu Jie.

The two dug out four branches of about the same length from the firewood, and tied them together two by two to serve as the two poles of the stretcher.

Wen Siqi made a gesture, and felt that it was not very strong. She had to wait for Jiang Xinran and the others to come back to see if there was a suitable length, and tie another section.

After the poles were completed, the two went into the jungle together to find suitable vines.

There were no suitable ones near the beach, mostly tall vegetation or low shrubs, and there were not a few vine vegetation, so we discussed taking a spear and carrying a basket, and slanted towards the northwest of the island.

Through the coconut grove, you can see several banana trees.

Fold a few bananas and put them in the basket, and then Wen Siqi picked some ferns and some mushrooms.

Mu Jie looked around to prevent danger from approaching.

The eyes that turned around suddenly passed a black shadow, and it disappeared from the field of vision very quickly, so that Mu Jie didn't even have time to raise the stone ax to the opponent.

"what happened?"

Wen Siqi heard the nervous movement, and when she turned around, she saw Mu Jie looking as if she was facing a formidable enemy.

"There is something, it runs very fast."

Hearing this, Wen Siqi stood up with her crutches, and looked around in Mu Jie's vigilant direction.

A piece of emerald green came into view.

"bamboo?!"

"bamboo?"

"That."

He raised his head and pointed, and looked along.Just some distance ahead, the emerald green is not obvious in the green, and it is easy to ignore it from the field of vision when you turn your sight.

The two looked at each other, then walked forward with vigilance all the way, towards the emerald green.

Go west through the bushes.After a while, they arrived at their destination.

It is a bamboo forest, I don't know what type of bamboo it is, some are tall and some are shorter than Wen Suiyun, some are thick and some are thin, just like people, each has its own appearance.

Wen Siqi walked up to a palm-thick bamboo and looked up. He estimated that it was four or five meters high. When he knocked on the bamboo, he could hear a crisp sound.

"It's very strong bamboo, why not use it as a stretcher pole."

"Ah."

The bamboo is very strong, regardless of the hollowness in the middle, it is much stronger than the two branches tied together before, so Mu Jie naturally has no reason to object.

The two men chopped off a bamboo with a stone axe, and cut it into two pieces so that they could be held in their hands. They followed the inconspicuous sound of the waves back to the coast.

Fortunately, on the way back, they found suitable vines for the shelf.

It has enough toughness, only one piece, and it can't be broken without using some brute force.

In order to avoid insufficient load-bearing capacity, Wen Siqi also put a few thicker branches horizontally on two bamboos, and then intertwined vines to tie them firmly, and a rattan stretcher was completed.

Yao Yanan circled around the stretcher, then lifted it up and weighed it a few times.

"It doesn't look very solid."

"Whether it's fruitful or not, we'll see if we try."

The stretcher was to carry Zhao Guoming's body tomorrow. According to Yao Yanan's description, Zhao Guoming weighed 150 catties, and Wen Siqi's weight was less than [-] catties, a difference of fifty or sixty.

The movement that was about to lie down stopped, his brows tightened, and he heard the words in his ear:

"Add a few stones, it happens to be over there."

Jiang Xinran pointed to the side, it was a rock pile.

Wen Siqi glanced at her, then restrained herself and nodded.

feasible.

The four of them then carried the stretcher to the rubble pile on the side, where there were many large and small stones.

Wen Siqi lay on the stretcher, while Jiang Xinran and the others brought stones to her sides, estimated the weight, and when they felt about the same, Wen Siqi signaled to Yao Yanan and Mu Jie that they could lift it up.

The two nodded, and then stood at both ends of the stretcher one after the other.

"One, two, three, up!"

Following the slogan, she suddenly raised her voice, and the stretcher creaked and lifted up. Wen Siqi subconsciously grabbed the two lifting poles, and the sudden floating made her feel a little uncomfortable for a while.

She calmed down, and before she could take a breath to appease the excitement in her chest, she met her eyes. There was a slight smile in her eyes, which was not obvious, and the corners of her mouth were pressed firmly. If it wasn't for the bright sky, Wen Siqi would have been fooled past.

I don't know where the shame came from, and my face suddenly became embarrassed, as if there was a fire burning on her face, Wen Siqi glared angrily, and said to Mu Jie: "Take a few steps to see how the bearing capacity is, if it doesn't work, we can change it again. .”

"it is good."

Mu Jie responded, and walked together with Yao Yanan.

There was a slight groan, but it didn't seem to be affected. The stretcher was very stable and swayed slightly as the two walked.