Letting Li Zhuang lie in the shadow of the tent, Squad Leader Liu picked up a weed, put the green-white root into his mouth, chewed and sucked it, and at the same time focused on the direction he was going.

Unfortunately, as far as the eye can see, apart from the scattered wooden sticks stuck in the meadows and swamps, there are no living creatures at all.

"Put me... here..." Li Zhuang said feebly, "You go quickly and... catch up with the large army."

"I'm tired and can't walk anymore." Wei Ran said in a cheating tone, "I can't walk even one step."

"Me too"

Zhang Erwa helped and said, "The soles of my feet hurt when I walk. I don't want to walk today, and the sun is so strong that it will kill you."

"Just lie down quietly. It's time for everyone to take a rest."

As Nurse Ji spoke, she twisted the soaked towel, folded it in half, and placed it on Li Zhuang's forehead. Then, she dug out some mud and smeared it on Li Zhuang's neck and other places.

Li Zhuang opened his mouth, but although he said nothing more, uncontrollable tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.

In fact, everyone knows very well that if you stay, you will die, and if you stay with him, you will almost die with him.

"I really can't walk anymore"

As Squad Leader Liu said, he took out his cigarette which had no leaves for a long time and took a few puffs. "Have a rest. Let's all take a rest and wait until it gets cooler before we continue our journey."

Having said that, except for the weak Li Zhuang, the others were not idle.

Wei Ran was busy making straw sandals, trying to complete the language task, while Squad Leader Liu and Zhang Erwa were busy knitting thatched vests, while Nurse Ji and the little lama were looking for anything that could be used to satisfy their hunger around the highlands.

At the same time, Weiran is also thinking about ways to produce clean drinking water.

It's a pity that they have to save fuel at this time. None of the methods he has mastered can satisfy so many people's drinking water. In other words, the most "cost-effective" method at present is to wait for God to "give water"

eat".

But there's always something to do...

Wei Ran finally put down the half-woven straw sandals, asked Nurse Ji to borrow a clean towel, and then took out the copper gourd that originally contained waterfowl meat.

Under everyone's puzzled gaze, he scooped a ladle of water from the swamp, then put one end of the towel in the copper ladle, and placed the copper ladle on the upside-down bamboo basket.

As for the other end of the towel, he used a wooden stick to support it, and placed his water bottle cup directly underneath.

While everyone was waiting eagerly, a drop of water dropped from the other end of the towel, followed by a second and third drop.

"Can this water be clean?" Squad leader Liu asked with suppressed excitement.

"It's not much cleaner, but it's better than drinking smelly water directly."

Wei Ran answered truthfully that this method can only filter relatively large impurities. Those that are invisible to the naked eye still need to be boiled.

Before Monitor Liu and others could ask any more questions, Wei Ran threw the remaining charcoal from last night's burning into the canvas cup holder and got ready.

Leaving the rest of the work to time, Wei Ran once again picked up the half-woven straw sandals and twisted the straw ropes more skillfully.

As time went by, the set of cups accumulated enough water that looked relatively clean.

Under the urging of Squad Leader Liu and others, Wei Ran used a cup sleeve filled with charcoal to perform a second adsorption filtration, and finally got less than half a pot of fresh water that was not sure whether it was clean or not.

"Squad leader, let's light a fire. If you cook it for a while, you should be able to drink it." Wei Ran said seriously, "I'll drink it first then."

"Then make a fire"

As Squad Leader Liu spoke, he took out the fire sickle from his bag and handed it to the little lama.

After a while, a column of smoke steamed from the meadow again, and the copper ladle was refilled with waterfowl meat and not too much, and was placed on the hot charcoal fire.

While everyone waited patiently, the broth in the copper ladle boiled for five minutes, and finally two full cups of scalding soup were poured out.

"Let me first..."

"Let me do it"

Li Zhuang smiled and said, "I have been thirsty for a long time. Let me drink first."

"I'll go first," Nurse Ji said, "I'm a nurse..."

"I'm the monitor, I'll go first." Monitor Liu said, "This matter is non-negotiable!"

"Why don't we come together?"
Chapter completed!