Suddenly, two wolves appeared out of nowhere and scared several people, instantly losing their sleepiness. After a long delay, the sky had already brightened, so several people packed up and set off.
Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue carefully cleaned up the bloodstains according to Du Ming's request.
Qian Hongwen plucked up the courage and walked to the two wolves' corpses, looked them up and down, and sighed, "I've never seen a wolf at such close range before."
At this time, Du Ming had already brought back several bottles of clean water from the river and said, "This is just a dead wolf. If you want to see wolves up close next time we encounter live wolves I'll let you go take a closer look."
Qian Hongwen hastily shook his head vigorously, "No no no, I'm just saying, I don't want to be eaten alive by wolves."
Du Ming smiled and waved his hand to chase Qian Hongwen away, then sat down to carefully deal with the two wolves' corpses.
That versatile Swiss Army knife was taken out by Du Ming again, he skillfully peeled the wolf's skin and disassembled its bones, drained the blood, cut the meat into blocks, gathered the internal organs and other useless parts together and threw them away, then used clean water to carefully clean the skin and meat.
Du Ming pulled the wolf skin up and shook it, "If the rescue team comes in these two days, we can leave. If not, these two pieces of wolf skin are warm and good things."
Du Ming's skinning technique was extremely high, and the entire wolf skin was intact, looking as if it were a living wolf.
Yun Cai stuck out her tongue, "Just looking at it is so scary, do I have to wear it?"
Du Mingchong smiled and said, "Such wolf skin is a rare treasure in the wild, if you live in the wild for a long time, you will understand."
"Who would want to stay in the wilderness for long? It's not like we have a choice! If we could go back, we would've gone back already."
Du Ming smiled lightly and nodded, without saying a word.
I was forced to live on a deserted island for months at the beginning, now I recall it and want to go back and beat up the leader.
Du Ming thought of something again and asked, "Still no signal on your cell phone?"
Yun Cai nodded dejectedly, "Yes."
After gathering all these things, there was still some time before noon, so several people sat in the empty space at the mountain pass, staring blankly.
White Rose said casually, "Although it solved the food problem, every day is just roasted meat, too monotonous."
Yun Cai smiled and said, "You're stranded on a deserted island, what kind of delicious food do you think you can eat? How is that possible? It's already good if we have roasted meat to eat."
White Rose said, "Yes, I know, I'm just saying, it would be great if we had some vegetables and fruits."
Du Ming suddenly said, "Vegetables and fruits? Who says we can't have them?" He pointed to the forest, "This forest is not small, I observed on my way here that there are many edible fruits growing, and some plants are also edible."
White Rose's eyes lit up, "Really? What kind of fruit?"
Du Ming stood up, "I'll take you to pick some, you can't tell them apart on your own, after all there are still many wild plants that are poisonous, I'm not at ease with you guys."
Yuncai and White Rose nodded happily, but as soon as they thought about going back to that forest, they couldn't help but remember the huge poisonous snake from yesterday and the ferocious wild wolf from this morning, and both of them became afraid.
Du Ming saw the worry of the two, smiled and comforted, "Afraid? I'm here, aren't I? What danger can there be with me leading you in? Don't worry."
After Du Ming said this, the two people hesitated and nodded in agreement.
Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue were also completely uneasy, but not following Du Ming was even more unsettling. Seeing the three of them about to enter the forest, they hastily said, "We, we're going too!"
Du Ming said casually, "You guys go ahead, but be careful yourselves."
Qian Hongwen was speechless, did you see that! This is the difference in attitude towards beautiful women and men!
Four people followed Du Ming and walked into the forest again, not far from where they stopped. Du Ming pointed to a small green fruit on a nearby tree, "This is edible, not too big, but there are many in the forest, slightly sour, but sweet."
The white rose plucked one down, wiped it hard with her sleeve, and after feeling clean, put it in her mouth, carefully biting a small bite, the juice of the fruit was quite thick, spraying her mouth.
Yun Cai looked at her curiously, "How is it?"
The white rose swallowed it down, smacking her lips, "Tastes pretty good, can actually eat."
Yun Cai heard her say so and also picked one to eat.
Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue also went to pick fruit, but they didn't have the elegance of those two ladies, grabbing the branches and pulling down a big handful at a time.
Du Ming continued to lead the four people forward, and soon they came to another tree in front of them. "This fruit can also be eaten, you can remember it, if you come by yourself don't mistake it."
Four others nodded, Du Ming casually picked a few fruits and handed them to Yun Cai before continuing on their way.
This forest has not only fruits but also other edible plants, it's just that identifying them is much more complicated.
Du Ming didn't explain to the other four people, because he knew that even if he explained it to them, they wouldn't understand anyway. Even if they did understand, they would forget later on. And who knows, maybe one day they'll mistakenly pull out a poisonous plant and eat it, thinking it's correct. So it's better not to say anything at all.
Du Ming took a few people to circle around in the woods and got a lot of food.
Although Du Ming didn't tell a few people what kind of plants can be eaten, he picked a lot along the way. Yun Cai curiously asked him, "What are these?"
"These are all edible, but if you want detailed guidance, it's complicated."
"Alright, alright," Yun Cai said wisely, shaking her head. "With you here, I'll just listen to you, it's fine. I know what these things are for myself, no need for you to tell me."
Du Ming smiled and picked another fruit to give to Yun Cai, "Here, try this one, it's sweet."
The five of them returned to their mountain valley residence with a bountiful harvest. Du Ming instructed Yun Cai and Bai Mei Gui to take the collected plants to the riverbank for cleaning, while Zhao Tian Xue and Qian Hong Wen went into the forest as usual to gather dry branches.
Yesterday's branches were still left with a lot, Du Ming took the small knife again to sharpen them into wooden skewers and strung the wolf meat on them.
Yun Cai and Bai Mei returned after washing the plants, Du Ming looked up at them with a smile, waved the meat in his hand and said, "Just wait for a while, once we have fire, we can have a balanced meal of meat and vegetables. However," he pointed to the things in their hands, "most of these can be eaten raw, you can try some first."