Chapter 473

At this moment, he was also on the verge of running out of oil and extinguishing his lamp!

However, they did not know this Haidao that had suddenly appeared.

Or rather, the unknown is the most dangerous!

Who knows what is actually on the island!

What if there are venomous snakes and fierce beasts or something?

Besides, the sky is about to turn dark; they still need to find a safer place to rest, preferably to light a fire, drink some hot water to ward off the cold, and thus be even safer.

They have been floating on the sea for so long, and now they are not even clear where they are.

Ensuring their own safety is the most important thing!

Even though Su Qiao had never fallen into such a perilous situation as 723 before, he had still watched quite a few films and TV shows.

Especially survival videos by Bear Grylls and Ed Stafford and the like.

Precisely because he understood, he knew that now was even more dangerous than in later times.

Therefore, he could not rest; summoning his strength, he said to the two women: "We cannot rest; we must quickly find a place where we can safely spend the night. I saw an island earlier; it is not small. Who knows if there are beasts on the island; we must be careful."

Liu Rushi and the maid Qing'er nodded, saying weakly: "Understood, but what should we do, and where should we go?"

"Let me first see if I can get some coconuts; we need to replenish water and food."

Su Qiao licked his cracked lips and said to the two women.

While speaking, he looked up to survey whether there were coconut trees near this stretch of the coast.

Eh?!

He really did discover a few.

Although he did not know exactly how many coconut trees there were, as long as there were coconut trees, there was hope!

At the very least, there would be a temporary source of water and carbohydrates.

Su Qiao hurriedly said to the two women: "You rest for a while first; I saw coconuts; I'll go get two!"

"Husband, be careful!"

The two women truly had no strength left; they slumped onto the white sand beach and could only urge Su Qiao to be careful.

Su Qiao was both exhausted and hungry, his throat burning with a metallic, rusty taste.

He knew this was due to extreme dehydration and excessive physical exertion.

However, the coconut trees not far away gave him quite a bit of strength.

He ran in one breath to the coconut trees and found that there were only seven or eight coconut trees on this side.

Fortunately, there were coconuts on the coconut trees.

Moreover, there were ripe, brown, rotting coconuts on the ground.

Hmm, what a waste!

However, the ones on the ground had already rotted and could not be eaten.

He could only seek those still on the tree trunks.

He hoped he could shake two down.

Anyway, climbing up to pick the coconuts was out of the question now.

He had absolutely no strength for that; he would be lucky not to fall to his death.

He took a deep breath, then turned sideways and began to strike the tree trunk with his body.

His luck was not very good.

It seemed the first tree had no ripe, ready-to-fall coconuts on its trunk.

After striking it more than ten times, there was no movement.

Su Qiao felt somewhat disappointed.

But there were other trees!

He looked up and saw that on the second coconut tree, two coconuts seemed to be in the process of turning from a bit of green to brownish-yellow.

It looked like there should be ripe coconuts on the second tree.

Su Qiao quickly summoned his strength again, went to the foot of the second tree, and struck the trunk in the same manner.

Thump, thump!

The sound of two coconuts falling, like the music of the heavens, made Su Qiao overjoyed!

The sea sand on the ground was very soft, cushioning the kinetic energy of the fall from several meters high.

Although the two coconuts fell to the ground, they did not break.

This made him breathe a slight sigh of relief.

Hmm, I can't hold out any longer; I'll find a stone to open a coconut and enjoy one first, then see if I can get more.

The juice inside the coconuts is actually not very abundant.

Su Qiao had been severely dehydrated for a long time.

He did not want to waste what little water he had due to dehydration.

So instead of hugging a coconut and smashing it against a large rock, he chose to find a suitable stone, fix the coconut on the ground, and smash the coconut with the stone.

Thump, thump, thump...

They say that the ability unleashed by humans in desperate situations is extremely strong.

Su Qiao still had such strength in this situation; he was truly driven to the brink.

After a few strikes, the sharp stone smashed a hole in the coconut shell.

Then Su Qiao picked up the coconut and drank gulp after gulp.

The sweet coconut juice was truly like sweet rain; it not only soothed the stomach burning from stomach acid, but also moistened his burning throat and cracked lips.

Even though there wasn't much coconut water, it still restored him considerably in a short time.

Su Qiao caught his breath slightly, drank all the coconut water, and did not throw away the coconut shell.

Because there was still flesh inside the shell; after removing the flesh, it could still be used to hold water and boil water.

They had nothing right now, so they could not abandon any usable tool.

He rested for less than two minutes, then immediately got up and continued to ram the trees and pick coconuts.

Next, his luck was good; he knocked down another five or six ripe coconuts.

Although he couldn't carry them all away at once, it could temporarily solve their predicament!

Su Qiao hurriedly hugged two coconuts and ran back quickly to find Liu Rushi and the other two women.

The two women were still resting at that moment, having no strength at all; exhausted, hungry, and thirsty, they were utterly weak.

Fortunately, Su Qiao returned with the coconuts.

Although the two women had never seen coconuts, seeing Su Qiao's happy expression, they vaguely guessed in their hearts.

"Husband, you're back?"

"Mm, look what I brought back, come!"

Su Qiao threw the two coconuts in front of them, then took out the stone used for cracking coconuts, quickly cracked one open, and handed it to Liu Rushi.

He then cracked another coconut and handed it to the girl Qing'er.

"What is this?"

"This is a coconut, a tropical fruit; it has juice inside that can be drunk directly. I found quite a few just now."

Originally, Liu Rushi and her maid had planned to be modest and yield a bit.

But as soon as they heard Su Qiao say he found quite a few,

they immediately hugged the coconuts and started drinking themselves.

They were simply too thirsty!

A few minutes later, the two women had briefly recovered some strength.

Su Qiao temporarily decided to go find shelter first.

They at least had to find a place to stay.

The long robes on their bodies were easily torn, and being ragged made it inconvenient to work.

Since there were no outsiders anyway, Su Qiao simply took off his clothes, leaving only his inner shorts.

329, start a fire!

Wearing shorts was much more convenient.