EBE Chapter 520: Easy to Read, Fail at First Try
Chapter 520: Easy to Read, Fail at First Try
To be fair, Yinzhu had watched quite a few survival videos in his previous life, so he was definitely better than Yintang, who was raised in a pampered and privileged life. Yinzhu first looked at Yintang for a while, then reached out and pulled off the purse wrapped around his waist.
Yin Tang was stunned when Yin Zuo suddenly snatched the purse from his waist. "Wait, Sixth Brother, if I remember correctly, you were going to start a fire, so why did you snatch my purse? It's filled with silver, not flint."
Ignoring Yin Tang's reaction, Yin Zuo forcefully tore open the purse, took out the hanging rope and connected them together. He then found a sturdy tree branch and tied the rope to both ends of the branch, making a simple bow drill.
"Xiao Jiu, come here and help me step on this piece of wood. Then open your eyes wide and watch. The moment of truth is about to begin..."
There's a saying, isn't there? "You can learn it at a glance, but you'll fail if you try." Yinzhuo clearly had a wealth of theoretical knowledge but zero practical experience. Seeing something doesn't mean you can actually do it. The two brothers' frantic attempts, aside from their eyes watering from the smoke, resulted in them not seeing a single spark...
"Sixth Brother, this is your miracle..."
Although Yinzhi's tone was calm and easygoing, Yinzuo seemed to detect a hint of sarcasm in it.
"Little Jiu, what do you mean by this? You don't believe your sixth brother can start a fire? Heh, I just don't believe it today. Move aside a bit... Let me think, what's the key to starting a fire by friction again? Right, it's to observe carefully and control the force. Too much force will cause the sawdust to carbonize..."
Yinzhuo had a wealth of theoretical knowledge, but when it came to practical application, it wasn't entirely useless, but it was practically worthless. Fortunately, our Prince Zhao had a stubborn streak; once he squatted down, he stubbornly stuck to that pile of wood.
"Hey, you piece of wood, are you deliberately picking on me today? What I'm saying is, no matter what era we're in, we all need a spirit of selflessness, right? What's wrong with sacrificing yourself to light up our lives? Here, I'll give you one last chance. If you're still throwing a tantrum, then I'm going to get rough..."
Seeing that his sixth brother was getting so angry that he started talking nonsense, Yinzhen decided that he should stay away from him. If that blockhead didn't seize this last chance that his sixth brother was giving them, he would be in trouble too.
"Sixth Brother, you go ahead with your work. I'm going to grab my bow and arrows and wander around the area to see if I can catch a pheasant or a rabbit..."
Yinzhuo's attention was entirely focused on the pile of wood in his hands. Hearing this, he didn't even look up. He simply waved his hand behind him, indicating that Yintang should do as he pleased, and then continued to work on the pile of wood next to him.
As Kangxi's son, Yinzhen's horsemanship and archery skills, while not outstanding among his brothers, were still quite capable of hunting pheasants and rabbits. Sure enough, he returned with two rabbits shortly after going out.
"Sixth Brother, look, I've brought the rabbit back for you..."
When Yinzhen returned, Yinzhuo had just started to get into the swing of things, and it seemed like a spark was about to ignite. But Yinzhen's shout caused his hand to tremble, and that spark of hope was instantly extinguished.
"Caw, caw, caw, calling me 'brother, brother, brother' all day long. What, were you a hen in your past life? So what if you brought back a rabbit? Are you going to eat it raw if there's no fire? Take your rabbit and clean it up somewhere else..."
Although he was stunned by the scolding, he was still a coward when it came to his brother. When asked to carry the rabbit to a distance to clean it up, Yinzhen didn't dare to say a word and ran with the rabbit at his best pace ever.
Now that the rabbits had been brought back, Yinzhuo's desire to light the fire became even more urgent. Although they had eaten quite a lot at noon, after all the commotion this afternoon, their stomachs were almost completely digested. Yinzhuo stared at the unlit wood in his hand, and he could almost smell the aroma of roasted rabbit.
As the saying goes, even if you're not making steamed buns, you still have to fight for your pride. Failure is always the mother of success. With this motivation, Yinzhuo seriously summarized the lessons learned from his previous failures, then took a deep breath, held his breath, and pulled the bow drill in his hand.
So what was the final result? Did Yinzhuo manage to light the fire? There's a saying, "Heaven helps those who help themselves." Before he could successfully anger himself to death, our Prince Zhao finally managed to light the fire.
It must be said that successfully learning to use fire is a very important achievement in the history of human development. After the fire was lit, it not only dispelled the chill of the mountain forest at night for Yinzhuo and Yintang, but also brought them edible food.
Roasted rabbit meat without any seasoning doesn't taste particularly good. If it were before, neither Yinzhuo nor Yintang would have given it a second glance.
But now that the two of them were in the mountains and forests, and had been through a lot of excitement and exhaustion for most of the day, their stomachs were growling with hunger. At this moment, the dry, roasted rabbit meat tasted much better.
Although neither Yinzhi nor Yinzuo had a large appetite, it was clear that a small rabbit would not be enough to satisfy the hunger of these two grown men.
With a lingering sense of satisfaction, Yinzhen tossed the cleanly gnawed rabbit skeleton into the fire in front of him before looking up at Yinzuo beside him.
"Sigh, if I had known it would be like this, I would have brought back more food earlier. Now, I'm stuck here, not full or hungry, just not feeling well at all—it's so uncomfortable."
Upon hearing this, Yinzhuo looked up at Yintang sitting next to him, then reached out and took the half rabbit from the leaves beside him and handed it to Yintang.
"If you're still hungry, eat this too. It's getting late, let's finish quickly so we can climb the tree and rest. Wait, Xiao Jiu, why are you staring at me? Are you going to eat or not? If you don't, I'm taking it back..."
Seeing that Yinzhuo was really about to take back the hand holding the rabbit meat, Yintang quickly raised his hand and took the rabbit meat. In any case, once they got to the tree, one of them would have to rest and the other would have to guard it. At worst, he could eat his rabbit and he could guard it for him for half the night.
By the time the two brothers finished eating the rabbit meat, extinguished the fire, tied up their horses, and climbed the tree, the moon was already high in the sky.
Yin Tang looked at Yin Zuo, who was leaning against a tree branch with his eyes closed and resting, and sighed helplessly. He carefully moved over to him, found a sturdy tree branch to sit on, and then stretched out his right leg to block Yin Zuo's side to prevent him from falling off if he fell asleep.