Deserted Island Survival Notes

Chapter 22

Seeing that Ye Zheng, who was leaning over her, showed no sign of disgust, the mermaid patted the soles of Ye Zheng's feet with her tail in a flattering manner. The speed of the patting became faster and faster with Ye Zheng's acquiescence, and the strength became stronger. Come bigger. When he got to the back, Ye Zheng felt that the soles of his feet were a little painful from being slapped by the big fish.

"Okay, okay" Ye Zheng chuckled, turned over and stood up, looking down at the mermaid, "If I let you pat my bones again, they will be scattered by you." The mermaid lay on the ground for a while, then stood up crookedly

. It stood up and stood in front of Ye Zheng. It shook its head, and some of the sand on it splashed onto Ye Zheng.

"I'll help you get it off when you get back." Ye Zheng glared at it again, then squatted down and started to help the mermaid tear open the big tattered leaves wrapped around it. After tearing open the big torn leaves, Ye Zheng found with some distress that some of the scales on the mermaid's tail had been rubbed off.

Before Ye Zheng wrapped the big leaves on the mermaid, Ye Zheng discovered that the scales on the mermaid's tail were damaged. Then she brought some big leaves from the stone nest. But I didn't expect that it still lost so many scales.

The mermaid was very sad to find that her scales had fallen off. Until she returned to the small stone nest, the mermaid had not recovered from the shock of losing her scales.

It lay languidly on the ground with its back to Ye Zheng, holding its big tail and stroking it repeatedly. It looked so lonely and pitiful. The mermaid not only lost its shark gauze on its own initiative today, but was also forced to lose its shiny cyan scales. This is simply a major disaster for the mermaid.

Its claws repeatedly touched the edge of the area where the scales had been rubbed off. Ye Zheng Mermaid should still have nerves on the scales, which is similar to the skin of humans when it is rubbed off. It will cause burning pain?

Thinking of this, Ye Zheng couldn't sit still. When the mermaid goes into the water, will the seawater cause secondary damage to the mermaid's wounds? Thinking about it this way, Ye Zheng was a little unsure. No matter how powerful a species like a mermaid is, there will always be times in its life when it gets hurt, right? Do they have any way of healing themselves? Ye Zheng immediately remembered the seaweed that the mermaid had used for her.

Ye Zheng walked around and sat down next to the mermaid, carefully rubbed the mermaid's head, then lowered his head and gently blew on the area where the mermaid's scales had been rubbed off.

"Is it useful?" Ye Zheng asked worriedly, looking up at the merman, who was looking at Ye Zheng with his big eyes open and unblinking.

Seeing Ye Zheng raise his head and ask it, the mermaid opened its mouth, called out silently, and then moved its tail, seemingly wanting Ye Zheng to blow again.

Ye Zheng felt that whether the mermaid lost its gauze or scales was more or less due to him. As a modern man with a strong sense of morality, Ye Zheng felt very ashamed. After blowing the mermaid's wound again, she carefully brushed the sand off its tail and head. Ye Zheng even ran back to the original place and picked up the scales it had fallen off.

Ye Zheng asked the mermaid to drill holes in the scales that had fallen off, and then used hay to string up all the scales that still had their shape intact and hung them around the mermaid's neck.

"Do you feel better now?" Ye Zheng asked the mermaid with a gentle smile after hanging the stringed scales around his neck.

The mermaid stretched out her paws and touched the ring of scales on her neck lovingly. Then her curled up big tail stretched slightly, and the small fins on her chest also moved, and she seemed to feel more energetic.

Ye Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. She thought for a while, then took off the shark gauze given to her by the mermaid from around her neck and tied it to the mermaid's tail.

What made Ye Zheng feel that it was a pity that the shark gauze cut from the tip of the tail was not long enough, and the shark gauze could not be wrapped around the place where the mermaid scales had fallen off the most, so Ye Zheng had to settle for the next best thing. She remembered that this shark gauze was waterproof, and Ye Zheng hoped that it would protect the mermaid's wounds from being harmed again by sea water.

After she wrapped the mermaid in shark gauze, the mermaid stretched out its claws and touched the back of Ye Zheng's hand before retracting it. It did not refuse Ye Zheng's kindness. When Ye Zheng lay down to sleep, it quietly leaned closer. Close.

However, when Ye Zheng woke up the next morning, she found that the shark gauze was well left by her side. When the mermaid went into the water, she did not take the shark gauze away with her, but left it with Ye Zheng. .

Ye Zheng held the shark gauze and couldn't help complaining, this mermaid is so disobedient!

But Ye Zheng didn't use the shark gauze specially left for her by the mermaid that day, although according to her thoughts on the first day, she would go around other islands with the shark gauze tied on it.

Maybe it was because she had been soaked in the water for too long the day before, or because she was blown by the sea breeze when she came ashore, or maybe because the "scales falling off" incident at night made them toss for too long. When Ye Zheng sat up, he found that he was a little light-headed and his head was a little dizzy.

After Ye Zheng sneezed a few times, Ye Zheng discovered to his dismay that he still caught a cold.

Ye Zheng's physical fitness is already very good, and he rarely gets sick all year round. But when he came to this different world, he fell into the water and was blown by the wind. The food and living environment were completely different. After Ye Zheng caught a cold, he actually felt a subtle sense of relief that "what is supposed to come will always come."

Ye Zheng didn't dare to relax. She didn't have any medicine on her. If she really caught a cold, she would have to bear it. Ye Zheng wore a knitted hat on his head, and his body was wrapped in several layers of large leaves that had been used by the mermaid the night before. She moved to the freshwater lake, scooped out two conch water, and then put it by the door to dry in the sun, hoping to make the water a little warmer and drink more.

Ye Zheng comforted himself by looking at the dried fish and half-dried potatoes stored in the two empty conchs. Fortunately, she still had some supplies. She could hide in the stone nest to rest all day today.

Ye Zheng kept the seaweed blocking the entrance of the stone nest, blocking out the sea breeze, and then lay quietly inside the stone nest to rest. Except when she really needs to, she will wrap her head in leaves and go out. At other times, she will never go out to enjoy the breeze.

At night, when the mermaid was about to come back, after hiding for a long time, he finally felt that his headache was getting better. Ye Zheng couldn't help but lift up the seaweed and look outside. He didn't know when the mermaid would come back? Although there is still some food, Ye Zheng hopes that the mermaid can bring back other food. If she does not recover from her illness quickly, she may have to stay in the stone nest for a few more days.

Before it got completely dark, the mermaid Ye Zheng was looking forward to finally brought back a few big clams strung with seaweed as she wished.

The mermaid was probably wondering why Ye Zheng didn't go to the beach to greet it like before. The mermaid struggled to drag the sea clam back to the stone nest, and then impatiently opened the seaweed curtain.

Ye Zheng felt that when the mermaid saw him sitting peacefully in the stone nest, the mermaid obviously relaxed a lot.

It must be afraid that something will happen to it, right? Ye Zheng, who had become a little sentimental because of his illness, thought with a sore nose. In a place like this, having a companion who cares about her, whether this companion is human or not, is a great comfort to her.

Ye Zheng showed a happy smile to the mermaid and stretched out his hand towards the mermaid: "You're back?" Ye Zheng changed his posture from sitting with legs stretched out to sitting on his knees and gently touched the mermaid's head.

After confirming that Ye Zheng was fine, the mermaid began to process these large clams. It broke open all their shells with force, exposing their wriggling shell meat to the air. It dug up the shell meat from the shells by the roots. Then he put it back and finally handed it to Ye Zheng carefully.

Ye Zheng waved his hand, signaling the mermaid to put them down.

Although eating raw food is inevitable, Ye Zheng hopes to at least put it away, or save a few for tomorrow to let the sun dry before eating.

The mermaid obediently put down the sea clam shell in her hand and followed them into their small stone nest. Ye Zheng put down the seaweed and waved to the mermaid, indicating that it would show her its tail.

As expected, the mermaid's tail was covered with a layer of seaweed-like mud. Ye Zheng thought of his completely healed thighs and couldn't help but nodded secretly, hoping that the seaweed would be as effective on the mermaid as it was on her.

Ye Zheng moved her position and changed her sitting position. She was thinking about how to make the fish understand that she was sick and needed it to bring more food reserves.

The mermaid suddenly grabbed her ankle.

There was no warning in this action of the mermaid - just now it was swinging its big tail leisurely, asking Ye Zheng to smooth the gelatin hair on its head.

"What's wrong?" Ye Zheng asked in confusion. She noticed that the fins on the mermaid's back were already half open. It was obviously on guard.

Ye Zheng felt nervous: Could it be that some kind of aggressive sea creature has also come ashore? Or is it a big carnivorous bird flying from somewhere? After all, the place where they stayed was an island, and Ye Zheng could only think of these two possibilities in his desperation. She couldn't help but reach out and hold the bow and arrow lying aside.

Under Ye Zheng's gaze, the mermaid's other paw touched the place where Ye Zheng was sitting just now. Because of the faint light that filtered through the seaweed, Ye Zheng could see where she was sitting just now. The sand there was already brown.

Ye Zheng's face suddenly turned pale.

After the mermaid's claws touched the brown sand, she turned her head to look at Ye Zheng in a daze, but her eyes fell on her thighs. Ye Zheng lowered his head following the mermaid's gaze and found... there were red marks on her thighs.

The moment she saw Ye Zheng's thigh, the mermaid's body immediately rose up, tearing up the seaweed that served as the door curtain, and stretched out her body. It lay prone at the door of the stone nest, with the fins on its back fully opened, and one of its claws furiously scratched the sand. Its pupils once again transformed into vicious vertical pupils, and its head shook from side to side, as if Looking for something.

The mermaid's other paw was still holding Ye Zheng's ankle. It raised its head and opened its mouth murderously.

After so long, Ye Zheng finally heard the mermaid's voice again. It was extremely sad. A sharp cry, as if to completely tear apart an enemy hiding in the dark.