Count of Monte Cristo

When Lin Ke woke up again, he was woken up by freezing.He woke up to find that it was night and the moon was high in the sky.The temperature was already very low at this time, and he finally felt what it means to have a large temperature difference between day and night.He lay in Edmund's arms, and Edmund seemed to be fast asleep with his eyes closed.Edmund's body was very warm, he put his coat on Lin Ke's body, and Lin Ke's slight movements still woke Edmond up.

He got up, his voice sober and calm.

"Are you hungry?" Passed the coconut juice to Lin Ke.Only then did Lin Ke realize that there were five or six coconuts on a big rock behind him.

Lin Ke took it, the coconut entrance was very cold, and the sea breeze blew over again.Lin Ke shivered, his hands and feet were cold.

He is afraid of cold and likes heat.This weather was torture for him.

"It's getting dark..." he murmured.

"I'm sorry I woke you up."

Edmund didn't speak, his brows were tightly furrowed, his face was stern, and his eyes shone with wisdom.

"We need fire and logging tools."

Lin Ke said with some uncertainty, "Maybe we can look for our boat..." He was just guessing, maybe the boat was rolled with them by the waves and drifted not far away, maybe they can also look for it.If you can find it, maybe you can find others too?

"I'm going to check this island thoroughly tomorrow. Don't leave this beach. If you're hungry, you can drink coconut milk."

Lin Ke suddenly hated himself for being incompetent, and he couldn't help at all.

Edmund seemed to see his thoughts, "Don't think too much, we need to keep our confidence now before we have a chance to leave this island. There are many things that need you in the future."

Lin Ke nodded, shrunk into a ball unconsciously, he was cold.His legs were even colder, numbly cold.

"Cold?" Edmund asked again, before Lin Ke could answer, he moved a coconut tree that had fallen on the ground, and put it on two stones, and then Lin Ke noticed There were stones all around them, and the coconut tree and the stones kept some of the sea wind from getting in.Edmond moved two coconut trees. These two trees should have been blown down by the sea wind, because the leaves were gone, and only the bare trunks remained.

Two tree trunks surrounded them. Although they could not completely resist the cold, they also gave Lin Ke great comfort.

Edmund got into their encirclement, and behind Lin Ke was a khaki-colored rock.Edmund sat down next to Link, with his back against the rock, his legs stretched out, his muscles tensed, and one of his hands was placed on Link's shoulder, which was like wrapping him in his arms.

Lin Ke didn't notice this detail at all. Edmund said to Lin Ke, "Sleep, I'll try again tomorrow to see if I can't make a fire." Lin Ke approached him unconsciously, and he could feel his breath, such cold The night's breath of another person comforted him.He closed his eyes, and only hoped that he would get better soon, that he could help and not become a burden.

When dawn came, Lin Ke opened his eyes, but Edmund had disappeared.

Lin Ke tried to clean his wound. A lot of seawater was filled with coconut shells on the rock next to him. Lin Ke gritted his teeth and cleaned his wound. After doing all this, he was also sweating profusely.He drank two coconut juices in a row and rested for a long time before recovering.There are already seven coconut shells on the rock, arranged in a row, which is quite neat.

Lin Ke looked at it for a long time, showed a smile, and hummed a song, which Jacob taught him—Scottish folk songs.He did a lot of psychological construction for himself.Then he saw that Edmund's tools for drilling fire yesterday were still in the same place as yesterday.

And next to Lin Ke was a thick wooden stick, which was the crutch Edmond found for him.His other leg was intact, and he limped up on crutches, then moved to the place where the fire was lit yesterday, sat there, and began to repeat the actions Edmund had done before.

He picked it up, kneaded it, the sawdust was raised, and he moved quickly. He saw sparks and blew again, but failed...he repeated the previous action again.Again and again, I don't know how many times, Lin Ke was dizzy, sweating profusely, and his palms were swollen, and it hurt when he pressed it.He sighed, thinking that the ancients really had perseverance... Then he gritted his teeth and continued to do repeated movements.

When the sun was at its strongest at noon, Lin Ke finally got out of Mars and successfully ignited it!Lin Ke happily used his walking stick as firewood and set it on fire!There is a pile of dead leaves next to it, and the fire is very big.Lin Ke threw the firewood collected by Edmond into it one after another to ensure that the fire would not go out.The fire light illuminated Lin Ke's excited face. He twisted his neck to see what could be grilled and eaten, his eyes were sore, and he couldn't find anything to eat around.He thought for a while and drank a coconut juice, then sat not far away throwing dead leaves and firewood, waiting for Edmund to come back.

Edmund came back when Lin Ke was drowsy from the afternoon sun and fire, and it was already dusk.Edmond's clothes were torn by the branches, his face and arms were scratched, his trousers were rolled up, and he was carrying a chamois on his shoulders.He looked like a hunter.

Edmund saw the light of the fire and showed a surprised smile!He walked over quickly, threw the antelope on the ground, and stared at the fire, as if in disbelief.

For a long time, he said to Lin Ke: "You have succeeded! Lin Ke, you are amazing! God must favor you!" This was the first time he praised Lin Ke unabashedly.

Lin Ke was a little embarrassed, and waved his hand, "I'm just lucky, how did you get today?"

"This island looks quite small, but it's actually not that small. I walked about two-thirds of the way today, and came across a swamp with a lot of wild life in it."

"Is there a cave?" Lin Ke asked.There are many rocks on the island, isn't there a cave or something, maybe it can shelter them from the wind and rain.

"There is a small cave, but it is very small. It is full of rocks and is not suitable for living in."

"Is there anything else to eat on the island besides coconut juice?"

Edmund smiled wryly this time: "Then there are probably only bushes, antelopes, and lizards left..."

"I don't eat lizards! That thing looks disgusting. I'd rather drink coconut milk and eat grass than it." Lin Ke quickly refused.

"Picky eaters don't grow tall!" Edmund laughed. "Okay, okay, I'm just joking, don't be afraid, we still have seafood to eat... When I find tools, I can catch fish and eat them."

Lin Ke's eyes lit up, "Then we can have roast lamb tonight! Edmond, how did you capture this antelope?" He didn't have a gun or a knife in his hand, and the antelope ran so fast, how could it be easily captured? catch.Lin Ke picked up a stick and moved it to the antelope, wanting to see their dinner tonight.

"This antelope is dead. I found it in front of the swamp." Edmund said.

It turned out to be dead, Lin Ke looked at the antelope.The antelope is very thin, about the size of a hunting dog.It seems to have been dead for a day, the sheep's head is festered, and there are still worms crawling inside.The limbs were stiff and the wool fell off. Lin Ke looked at the worms crawling around in the sheep's head and held back his nausea and said, "I don't have any hope for tonight's dinner. Edmond, are you sure it's still edible?"

"Yes." Edmund answered simply and clearly.

Lin Ke snorted, and Edmond had quickly picked up a lot of firewood and came back.

Lin Ke turned up the fire a bit.

Edmund picked up the antelope, and took out a rectangular stone with sharp corners, like a cone.Edmond started to handle the antelope with a cone-shaped stone. His movements were very slow, probably because the stone was not sharp enough, and the mutton rolled. Although not much blood flowed out because the antelope died early, it was quite uncomfortable to watch.

Lin Ke said, "I'll go find some branches." Leaning on a wooden stick, Lin Ke walked a few steps, turned his back to Edmund, and then began to process some branches. They will use these to thread mutton later. They don't have iron. Products, and now can only do so.

Lin Ke tried his best to make the branches clean and flat, and Edmund would take the branches and the antelope to the seaside for cleaning later.

After getting more than a dozen sticks, Lin Ke suddenly felt urgent to urinate, only to realize that he hadn't gone to the toilet all day.

He got up in a hurry, because he accidentally exerted force on his knee, and the pain suddenly hit him, and he couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Lin Ke, what's the matter?" Edmund put down the stone in his hand, rushed over to support him, and asked.

Lin Ke said awkwardly, "It's okay, uh... I just got up in a hurry. Go and deal with the antelope, it won't be easy when it gets dark."

"Has your wound been cleaned?"

"Cleaned up."

"Hmm." Seeing his embarrassed and anxious expression, Edmund suddenly understood, "Go over there." He pointed to a coconut tree not far away.The coconut tree looked close, but it was actually not far from their camp.

Linko replied in a low voice, then limped over there with a wooden stick.

Edmund took up the twig he had done, and went to deal with the antelope.

It was only after Lin Ke went that he found out that Edmund had built a simple toilet here and piled a lot of sand and soil beside the coconut trees.This coconut tree is very lush, and there are many gravel mounds beside it.He finished conveniently and was about to leave, but found that there were many yellow and white flowers beside the rocks near the roots of the trees.

He picked a few flowers casually, looked carefully, and smelled them again, frowning tightly, as if thinking hard, this flower seemed to be honeysuckle.Because in the biology class before, the biology teacher specially asked each student to bring a few honeysuckle flowers to class, but the ones he went to the flower shop to find were not honeysuckle, so the teacher insisted on him remembering the characteristics of honeysuckle in class , and let him stare carefully at the honeysuckle of other students... Then he remembered that class, that teacher, and honeysuckle!If his memory is correct, honeysuckle is very medicinal!Honeysuckle has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxification, dispelling wind and dissipating heat, cooling blood and reducing fire, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and detumescence.

Lin Ke widened his eyes, looked at the yellow flower in his hand, and smiled, so he was lucky!Edmond knew some medical knowledge, so these flowers might be used as an anti-inflammatory medicine, and his wounds could heal faster.Lin Ke returned to the camp excitedly with the flowers.

Edmund hasn't handled the antelope well yet, the antelope's head has been chopped off!Limbs have also been separated.Edmund was gutting the antelope.

Lin Ke walked up to him and asked about the pungent smell. He sniffed, took a few steps back, excitedly raised the flower in his hand, and told Edmund about his discovery.

Edmund was also interested. He had seen the flowers before, but he didn't take them seriously.I didn't expect those ordinary flowers to have so many effects.Lin Ke excitedly talked about the function of those flowers and how to do it—in fact, he only had theoretical knowledge, which he inherited from his biology teacher, and he didn't understand the rest.Edmund was secretly startled, it turned out that this young man also knew so much!

He took the flowers and carefully studied them for a long time. Lin Ke sat down, took Edmond's conical stone, and began to divide a leg of lamb.When Edmund saw it, he put down the honeysuckle and went back to dealing with the antelope.

They probably didn't deal with the antelope until the moon was in the middle of the sky, and the rest was roast lamb!

Lin Ke chose a leg of lamb for their dinner tonight.

The two worked together, and at midnight they finally ate a hot roast leg of lamb, without any seasoning, only some salt, which Edmond dried and extracted from sea water.Lin Ke thought it was the most delicious food in the world!

That night they ate barbecue and fell asleep by the warm firelight, and slept soundly.