Chapter 20: The Way to Find Water
"How can the combat skills summarized by our ancestors with their lives be fake? It's not enough for outsiders to understand." Lan Xue said without comment, her expression returned to the coldness, and continued: "Let's teach you how to measure the step, which is to measure the distance by stride. It is suitable for situations where the standing point and the measured point can pass in a straight line." Lan Xue looked up and down at Luo Zheng.
"What's wrong?" Luo Zheng asked in surprise.
"You are 1.76 meters tall and the length of the retracement is about 1.5 meters. The distance is 1.5 meters from the starting point to the target. However, when you are moving, you must move in a straight line and the stride should be even. When you encounter ups and downs on the ground, you must adjust the stride appropriately to prevent excessive deviations." Lan Xue said with a cold face.
"Uh? That's great. I don't use a ruler anywhere, my feet are the best ruler." Luo Zheng smiled embarrassedly, and secretly wrote down Lan Xue's words. Suddenly, he saw some feathers in the bushes. He looked carefully and saw a pheasant nest in the bushes, and immediately said: "In order to repay your teaching, how about treating you to eat beggar chicken at noon?" Without waiting for Lan Xue to agree, he ran over quickly.
Lan Xue looked at the direction of Luo Zheng's running and found feathers. A beautiful arc curled up in the corner of her cold mouth, but it was very cool to restore the coldness. Looking at Luo Zheng's back, there was a complex look in her eyes, her brows frowned slightly, and she lowered her head to think.
Not long after, Luo Zheng grabbed a fat pheasant and shouted with a smile: "We are lucky. Let's find a place with water to wash and peel it. The barbecue is too unpalatable. It's better to simmer and eat it, it's better to eat it fresh and sweet."
Lan Xue nodded without comment, looked around and said, "Okay, I'll teach you how to find water."
"Okay, thank you." Luo Zheng said sincerely.
Lan Xue looked at Luo Zheng deeply, and his eyes became more complicated. Luo Zheng felt uncomfortable all over. Lan Xue turned her eyes away and looked forward and said, "Looking for water in the jungle is nothing more than just listening, smelling, and three-sniffing. With the sensitive auditory organs, pay more attention to whether there is a sound of flowing streams or waterfalls at the foot of the mountain, mountain stream, cliff, basin, valley bottom, etc., whether there is a sound of frogs and water birds. If you can hear these sounds, it means that you are not far from where there is a water source, and it can be proved that the water source is flowing living water and can be drunk directly, but it should be particularly important to note that the "swinging" sound of the wind blowing leaves is the sound of running water."
"Yes." Luo Zheng has been hunting since he was a child. Of course, he knew some ways to find water, but he had never summarized it. When he heard what Lan Xue said, he felt enlightened.
"Smelling means smelling as much as possible, or the smell of soil and water plants brought by wind. Then find the water source in the direction of the smell. Of course, this requires a certain amount of experience; it is to observe animals, plants, meteorology, climate and geographical environment, etc. You can also find water sources. For example, there are often groundwater at the foot of the mountain, low-lying places, rainwater concentrations, and downstream of the reservoir, etc., all of which are high in the groundwater. In addition, under the dry riverbed, the lowest point outside the turn of the river channel, dig about a few meters down to have water. However, there is a lot of mud and it needs to be purified before drinking." Lan Xue talked happily, with a serious expression.
Luo Zheng carefully recorded this knowledge, listened carefully, sniffed it hard, and looked around. In addition to the woods, there was a smell of earth in the air. When he was not paying attention, he really didn't notice it. He immediately pointed to one side and said, "There should be water over there, I guess right?"
Lan Xue nodded and walked in the direction of water, saying: "In hot summer, the groundwater level is higher in places where the ground is sunny for a long time but not dry or hot. In cold winter, when there is white frost in the gaps on the ground surface, the groundwater level is also higher; where cattails, sarriage, horse lotus, golden needles (also known as yellow flowers), and wood mustard grow, the water level is higher and the water quality is also good; where gray vegetables, sarrib, and sarrib also grow, there is also groundwater, but the water quality is not good, and it has bitter taste or
It has astringent smell, or rust; the tree sprouts or is not yellow, and there is water underground; where summer mosquitoes gather and fly into a cylindrical shape, there must be water; where frogs, big ants, and snails live, there are water; in addition, the routes where swallows fly and where mud nests are all places with high water levels. In addition, quails fly towards the water in the evening and fly with their backs in the morning; the turtle doves fly to the water in the morning and evening, which are also the basis for judging the water source."
Luo Zheng was like a dry sand bed absorbing water to the fullest, remembering the knowledge taught by Lan Xue. He had related experience in hunting before, but it was not comprehensive enough and systematic. After listening to Lan Xue's words and combining his previous experience, Luo Zheng's eyes suddenly became clear.
"Where there is rain in the sky, there must be rain; under the dark cumulonimbus clouds with thunder and lightning, there must be rain or hail; there must be water in valleys with thick fog; collecting dew can also alleviate some urgent needs; in addition, drinking water can be obtained directly from plant secondary vocational water, such as wild bananas, also called canna, kutana, grape vine, kiwi vine, gua vine, kiwi vine, wumazi vine and other vine plants. In addition, when trees are about to sprout in spring, drinking water can also be obtained from the trunks and branches of trees such as Yesuo, mountain elm. Note: Never drink those vines or saps with emulsions, and the juice of trees is poisonous. In addition, drinking water can also be obtained from reed moss, cactus and their fruits." Lan Xue continued.
The two of them came to a stream without realizing it. Lan Xue looked at the slowly falling mountain spring and said, "You also need to pay attention to drinking water in the wild. Generally speaking, you need to put water purification tablets into a water container, or use medical iodine instead of water purification tablets to disinfect the water. Bleach and vinegar can also play a role in disinfection. If there is no water boiling for 5 minutes is also a good way to disinfect it. If the water you are looking for is salty water, use ground pepper grass and water to cook it to prevent abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea. If there is heavy metal salt or toxic minerals in the water, use strong tea and water to boil it. Do not drink the final sediment. Of course, these knowledge cannot be used now, you just need to remember it. The mountain spring here is good. You can drink it directly after purifying it with a helmet." Then he used the helmet to connect the water.
After drinking some water, Luo Zheng quickly smeared some yellow clay on the pheasant. The two found a clean place and found some firewood. Luo Zheng used the Lanxue Cult's method of making fire out of nowhere, dug a hole to bury the pheasant, then moved the bonfire to it, clapped his hands, and said excitedly: "Okay, I'll be able to eat it later."
"Yes." Lan Xue snorted without comment and said, "Let's teach you sniping skills, listen."
Luo Zheng looked at Lan Xue and felt something was wrong. He didn't understand why Lan Xue was so urgent to teach her skills. It was still more than a week before the journey. There was time left, so he couldn't help but say in confusion: "Are you okay?"
Chapter completed!