Chapter 62: Making Rafts

But I have no ability to negotiate with the chief now, so I can only endure it silently.

"In order to make you feel at ease on the road, I will not allow you to meet her. When you come back, you will have a lot of time to be together." The chief suggested.

As an ignorant aborigine, he was a master in using scheming.

I made one last request: "Well, one last request. Please send someone to raise a fire by the sea every day. When we come back, we will know how to find this island."

"You don't have to say this, I will do it well." The chief stood up and said, "Please go back to rest early. I wish you all the best and return safely."

I thanked indifferently and got up and left. As I walked home, I looked at the chief's house, hoping to see Li Wanxue. But only walls and hut roofs can appear in my eyes.

When I went back home, Zhang Yutong and the others had already packed up their things to take away. Not long after, the young woman who was recruited by us came over.

She wore a tight dress, the hem fell to the ankle, and the long hair spread over the shoulders. The whole person was very clean and neat. Obviously, she dressed up herself before coming over. Although she was over 30 years old, she was quite beautiful, especially the unique charm of young women. It made people feel hot and uneasy at a glance. However, due to the suffering during this period of time, some small scratches were added to her cheeks and arms.

She came up with a smile and nodded at me gratefully: "Lu Fei, thank you for saving me."

"Nothing, elder sister, how can I call you?" I've seen her flirting with the muscle man several times, so I didn't like her at all.

"Her name is Lu Xi, 32 years old, from Lin'an." Xu glasses helped her answer.

"Yes." Lu Xi nodded.

I pointed to Zhang Yutong and Ichihito Hara and said, "Please contact with them as much as possible in the future. Tomorrow we will go out to sea. You can dress a little simpler because the skirt may not be convenient."

"I know that." She still nodded and showed great politeness.

There were three women living in the house, so there was no place for me on the bed in the room. After a little later, I went to live in Li Ding's house. I felt like a rabbit lying in the haystack.

Early in the morning the next day, the chief came with several aborigines and brought us several plates of meat, so that we could go on the road with peace of mind after eating and drinking enough.

After everything was in order, the chief asked someone to help us carry things and sent his little wife to bid us off all the way to the seaside.

After putting everything on the raft, they pushed it into the sea together. Before boarding the boat, I ran to the chief's little wife and bowed to her, shouting Li Wanxue's name.

She nodded knowingly and waved to tell me that I could leave.

Climbing the raft, I divided the six people into two groups. Xu Glasses and I sat in the bow, Zhang Yutong and Yuantou Yizhi stayed in the middle, Li Ding and Lucie were at the stern, and all six people were holding wood pulp to push the boat forward.

Because before this, they had no experience in rowing, which often led our raft to circle at sea. I had to instruct them how to operate wood pulp with Zhang Yutong respectively. The speed of sea navigation was already slow, and it was estimated that it can't walk a few kilometers a day because of the artificial delay.

Although the tropics have been in hot season for a long time, the temperature was much lower than that in summer in the Northern Hemisphere. What made us unbearable was the intense ultraviolet radiation. Fortunately, the sea breeze was very strong, but it still made us feel it’s tolerable.

After sailing for half a day, we can still see the island, but the distance was already very far away. There were no obstacles on the sea level. As long as there was no fog, we could completely see places 200 to 300 kilometers away.

The island nearest to us has just shown a complete oblong outline. It looked very close, but it may not be able to land smoothly before dark.

"Brother Fei, we have already rowed for so long. Can we rest for a while and eat something?" Li Ding disgruntled shouted.

"Eat something, I'm starving." Lucie also shouted.

I collected the oars, stood up and told them, "Let's all gather in the center of the boat and have a rest."

We were already in the deep sea area. Although the raft was large enough, it still swung in the impact of the waves. In addition to Zhang Yutong and Xu glasses, the other three people were lying down on the boat.

I went to the material pile at the stern, took a pot of water bag made of animal skins, and made a big piece of boiled meat that we left in the morning.

After six people sat around, I drank two big saliva first, and then let them pass it in turn. I began to divide the meat into six large pieces with an axe and let them chew it directly in their hands.

I found that each of them ate in small sips, for fear that they would not feel any meat in their mouths after eating.

"Lu Fei, I have a proposal. Do you want to listen to it?" Xu glasses licked his greasy fingers and asked me.

I nodded, wondering what he had come up with.

Xu glasses said: "We have all gone out to sea. The aborigines certainly did not think that we would suddenly turn back. Why don't we go back now, set a fire in the tribe and seize the opportunity to rescue Li Wanxue? Then we will rely on this big raft to find the mainland."

"No, that's what I did to save you last time. If we are caught back. Do you know the consequences?" I don't want to take such a big risk anymore. The aborigines are not kind people.

Xu glasses nodded and fell silent.

"Brother Fei, don't be angry about what I am going to say." Li Ding said, "I think we don't know what we will meet when we go out to sea this time, and it's hard to say how many people will come back when the time comes. Yu Tong is also very good, and she treats you well. Or we don't..."

I stared at him, and he shut up with discretion.

Probably he was afraid that I would clean him up, he remedied: "But to be honest, if I were you, I would definitely be desperate to protect Wanxue."

"Eat your food, don't talk so much nonsense." Most of the time, I can't wait to kill Li Ding.

After a while, Zhang Yutong wiped her mouth and handed Li Ding the meat she had not finished eating: "Here you are."

"Thank you." Li Ding grabbed it in a hurry and was overjoyed.

Xu glasses said gloomily: "It seems that I have to learn more to praise people in the future."

"Eat quickly, the sea breeze is so strong, if we float on the sea for a long time, we will get arthritis." I stood up and returned to my position in the bow.

After all the personnel returned to their positions, we continued to sail to the island ahead.

When the red sun indulged in the ocean and burned the sky and sea red, we arrived at the oblong island as we wished. The altitude on the island was very low, and the trees were slender and tall.

As soon as we land on the land, several people were lying on the ground tired. After tolerating their rest for ten minutes, I called everyone up, dragged the raft to the beach, and distributed the task. I let the three women pick up firewood, and Li Ding and Xu glasses are responsible for building shacks. I will go into the island to search for water.

At the end of the day, we drank the water from two leather bags and we must replenish it in time. Once we don't meet a new island for several days in a row, we may fall into the helpless predicament of hunger and thirst.

The trees on the island were relatively single, and there were not too many weeds and vines. It was very convenient to pass through.

After walking for a long time, I didn't even see the ghost shadow of an animal, and the water source was even more impossible. Seeing that it was getting late, when I was ready to go home, I suddenly heard a noisy bird song coming from the right. Looking up, I found that there were several trees covered with small red fruits, and at most many seabirds were pecking at them.