One Hundred Days on an Uninhabited Island

Chapter 103 The Island, Day 52, Shift Change

"Yanan, Xiaojie, are you inside?"

Standing on the path under the cave, shouting towards the cave, there was a faint scent in the air, Wen Siqi remembered that it seemed to be the smell of crabs.

An echo soon came from the cave, and it was Yao Yanan's joy.

"You guys came here so fast. Have you had breakfast yet? Do you want to come and have another meal? We caught an incredible crab." Before the man poked his head out, the words came first.

Wen Siqiyang smiled and said: "I was afraid that your breakfast would not be rich enough, so I thought about coming here earlier. It seems that we are worrying too much."

Yao Yanan put down the ladder and hurriedly shouted to Wen Siqi and the two to come up, "Hurry up, hurry up, we're very lucky today, we caught a coconut crab, it's just ripe, come up!"

"Coconut crab?" Wen Siqi and Jiang Xinran looked at each other in surprise.

Speaking of which, I haven't seen the second coconut crab for almost 40 days. I thought there was only one nearby, but I didn't think it was just hidden deep and smart, so I didn't fall into the trap.

There must be some still hidden.

"It was a real surprise."

Climbing up the cave, you can see at a glance the long red legs that Yao Yanan and Mu Jie had roughly stuffed into the iron bucket.

This coconut crab is very big, a bit bigger than the one caught last time. Wen Siqi roughly estimated that the longest distance between the eight legs stretched out would be an arm span.

There were only a few legs in the iron bucket, and Yao Yanan and Mu Jie would be half full with just these few legs.

"When the rain just stopped in the morning, we discussed going to the trap to try our luck. Unexpectedly, we really got lucky."

Yao Yanan was very excited, talking and gesticulating about the discovery process, it was wonderful, the extremely wonderful slaughtering process, just listening to it made Wen Siqi and Jiang Xinran couldn't help crying for this coconut crab.

Looking at the coconut crab that was placed aside with a few missing legs and a lot of scars on its body, whether it was dead or alive, Jiang Xinran couldn't help wondering whether it would be fatal if the two stayed in the same place for a long time ?

"Fanshan must be tired, come on, one person with one leg."

Yao Yanan pulled out two legs from the bucket and handed them to Wen Siqi and the others.

Good guy, it's almost half an arm long, and this is not the longest one in the bucket.

The two didn't refuse, thanked them and took the stone beside them and knocked on the shell.

The meat is fresh and tender, and there is a faint attractive aroma, which makes you want to take another bite.

Jiang Xinran glanced at Wen Siqi, who was eating the crab meat subtly, with a faint smile on her face, as if she was very satisfied with the crab meat in her mouth.

It's almost ten o'clock after breakfast, so I'll take lunch along with it.

During the period, Mu Jie mentioned his matter to Wen Siqi and the two, and warned: "Be careful."

Yao Yanan also reminded: "Since we heard the noise, we have never seen his shadow again, even the sound of walking has disappeared. I don't know if he is still nearby."

The two also took Wen Siqi and Jiang Xinran to see the rest house.

The dead rats were still there, and there were maggots wriggling and flies flying on the side of the rest house, but the number was much less than the previous two days, probably because of the rain.

Wen Siqi fiddled with the mouse corpse with a branch, there was not much meat left, and she was not a professional, so she could see something other than the obvious on a pile of intact bones, so she buried it with Jiang Xinran.

"Aren't you going to keep it here for him?" Yao Yanan looked at the jungle with a complicated expression.

Wen Siqi said: "No, we only have two ways to get along with him. Either we catch him, monitor him until he is rescued, and remind him of his humanity with kindness during this period; or we don't see each other and stay safe."

"However, he definitely won't want to be caught by us. As long as we are still here, he will definitely not show up again, unless..." Wen Siqi paused for a moment, then smiled, "When we are desperate, he will be able to Will come back here again.”

Yao Yanan asked: "Will you not go to the south side?"

"There are dogs there, he is even more afraid." Jiang Xinran replied, "Sometimes people are far more courageous towards humans than towards animals."

Indeed, sometimes human beings are far more straightforward and straightforward in killing themselves than animals, because everyone knows that animals, especially carnivorous beasts, are dangerous, and their instinct of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages will not let them take risks. Of course , not individually.

People are different. We are all human, and we have lived among people for a long time. We know and understand that you and I are the same. Naturally, we are not as afraid and vigilant of people as we are of animals. Without fear, we will not lose our humanity when we lose our humanity. hesitate.

Although he is afraid of them, this fear is not for them themselves, but because he is afraid that his reputation, future, and status will be persecuted, so he keeps running and hiding.

When he can't get by in other places, and there is an existence on the south side that makes him fear from the bottom of his heart, he will naturally choose to come here again when he has nowhere to go.

It's better to just let it go, or wait for the opportunity to move, it's better than sharing the stage with the beast.

It is even possible that, knowing that most of them are living happily on the south side, jealousy, injustice, hatred... anger at the injustice of fate will prompt him to attack.

This situation is not impossible.

Don't suffer from scarcity but inequality; most people don't first look for the reason in themselves.

Yao Yanan understood these reasons, and Mu Jie also knew that if Wen Siqi hadn't repeatedly found hope for them and coordinated their energy, some of them might have become another him.

After figuring it out, Yao Yanan stopped thinking about him and helped dig a hole with Mu Jie to bury him.

After dealing with the dead rats in front of the rest center, the wind and waves have calmed down, and Yao Yanan and Mu Jie are about to start their journey back to the south side.

Working together to push the raft into the water, Wen Siqi and Jiang Xinran discussed what to do first as they watched the two figures sitting on the raft drift farther and farther until they disappeared.

There was a lot of firewood piled up in the cave, so they didn't need to cut it for the time being, and there was enough water, so Yao Yanan and Mu Jie took advantage of the rain to collect a lot.If there is water, if there is fire, if there is shelter, then there is only food.

The food they brought was some fruits, a piece of kudzu root, and some bracken. The coconut crab Yao Yanan and the others caught was also taken back to the south side. It was necessary to look for extra meals nearby.

After deciding on the target, Wen Siqi stepped on Jiang Xinran's hand to move the ladder into the cave, not afraid of [-] but just in case, what if he happened to come back, taking precautions would never be harmful to herself.

Both Wen Siqi and Jiang Xinran thought so, but it was a bit unnatural.

Wen Siqi took off her shoes, and the soles of her feet met her palms without any barriers.

There is no such thing as slender feet. After going to the island for so long, even wearing straw sandals on the back can't cover up the previous abrasions. Even if you don't rub them, you can still feel the roughness left by the scars.

However, I don't know what I'm doing in my mind, and there is a kind of thought I want to keep in my palm.

For a moment, my thoughts fluttered, and when I came back to my senses, my thumb was already ready to move, but fortunately, I reacted quickly and did not do anything over the top.

Feeling the departure of the soles of the feet from the palms of the hands, Jiang Xinran quietly breathed a sigh of relief, with mixed feelings in her ears, and she didn't know where to start.

"Let's go."

The soft words calmed her mind, Jiang Xinran let out a breath, suppressed the grievances in her heart, and replied "Yes." Then she went to the beach without squinting.

She walked quickly, not noticing Wen Siqi's gaze on her hand.

Jiang Xinran's hands are very graceful, especially her fingers that are at the most comfortable length for people to see.

My aunt's lover, Lin Yi, once joked to her that there is a kind of finger that is irresistible to Ji who has experienced it. Even if it is just a photo in front of them, it can make their legs weak.

Wen Siqi had seen a picture of the hand in Yi Lin's mouth, and it was very similar to Jiang Xinran's hand, as if they were the same.

At that time, she only thought it was a joke, but now it seems that although it was exaggerated, it was true.

Facing this pair of hands, even if she didn't have that kind of desire, she couldn't help thinking about it.

Does holding on all the time make people sink?

Clasping the palms together, the previous touch seemed to condense in the hands again, and the soles of the feet felt a little strange.

He lost his mind for a moment, and then became clear again, with a sneer rippling in his pupils.

wishful thinking.

When Jiang Xinran turned her head, Wen Siqi happened to keep up. Although she was a little far away, she didn't feel anything wrong, so she collected her thoughts and walked along the beach side by side with Wen Siqi.

The trap was inspected by Yao Yanan and Mu Jie early in the morning. Except for one of them who caught a coconut crab, the others were not touched. Now that they didn’t get any goods in the past, they discussed going north along the beach to try their luck. Just go fishing in the sea.

The coconut trees near the cave have been emptied, and the palm trees have also been hollowed out a lot. It is not an exaggeration to say that the locusts have crossed the border.

Passing through the extended jungle, there is a pile of stones in front of you, and there are many shellfish adsorbed on the water-soaked stones. Judging by the density, Yao Yanan and Mu Jie have never been here.

Wen Siqi and Jiang Xinran knocked down some scallops, oysters and conch, put them in bottles and put them in the basket, and then they both climbed up to the highest rock.

Several bird traps have been destroyed in the wind and rain. After the last rain before leaving the south side, they left without coming to reset the traps. The last trap is now overturned in the crevice of the rock on the other side, Wen Siqi When I took it out, it was already two paragraphs.

Looking at the birds circling in the sky not far away, Wen Siqi raised her head and said to Jiang Xinran who was squatting on the rock: "Can Miss Jiang shoot them?"

Jiang Xinran followed her expectations and replied without hesitation: "No."

She was just an amateur archer, and she hadn't touched a bow for several years, so it was no problem to hit stationary or slow-moving animals. Fast-moving animals like seabirds and hunting dogs could only stare blankly.

"It's really regrettable."

Jiang Xinran's eyelids twitched, how could she not understand the meaning of Wen Siqi's false regrets, if she wanted to rely on her shooting skills for a living, it would take another year or so!

It is impossible to realize the wish of relying on arrows to eat. Wen Siqi went to the jungle behind the rock pile and cut a new piece of wood and came back to reset the bird trap. Although she had no hope that it might catch seabirds again, it was better. do nothing.

After setting the trap again, the two of them went to the cliff where the seabirds smelled. There were a few eggs in the bird's nest, but unfortunately they didn't bring the net, so they had to come back tomorrow to make up their minds. Tonight, they could only eat seafood. Served with bracken.

Back on the beach in front of the cave, Wen Siqi checked the fish cages. It was empty and there was nothing there. There were quite a few fish swimming in the shallow sea. She wanted to go down and touch to see if she could find one, but regretted it. The wind was blowing, and the sea was no longer calm. It was a bit dangerous to venture into the sea, so I had no choice but to give up my thoughts and do something else.

It was not until sunset that the two returned to the cave.

"What do you want to eat at night? Boiled or grilled?"

"Let's cook it, the barbecue may not be cooked through, safety is the top priority."

"Do you want to add some fruit to taste?"

The teasing was hidden behind the smile, and Jiang Xinran pursed her lips and looked away as her eyes flickered slightly.

"...No, eat the fruit after dinner."