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Lin Rui had no taste in his mouth, and smoking didn't taste good either. He spit out the cigarette on the ground with a puff, and now he recovered a little bit, and said, "Let me sleep well! I'll be fine tomorrow! You go Take that Mali army soldier, make friends with the natives here, and ask if there is any road around here that can pass through the jungle. They have lived here for generations, and they must know the terrain here like the back of their hands!

It is best to let them send us a guide, so that we will avoid a lot of wrong roads! "

Lincoln agreed, patted Lin Rui, let him sleep peacefully, stood outside the tent, recalled what Lin Rui said just now, frowned, looked up at the sky, and sent a while In a daze, he shook his head and smiled wryly, and said to himself: "This guy is really a monster! You don't need anesthesia to perform surgery!"

After he finished speaking, he greeted Davis and the Mali soldier, found some things, and started running to make friends with the natives here.

Because of fatigue and fever, Lin Rui lay on the bed and didn't want to move. At the beginning, the wound just changed the medicine was still burning hot, and he couldn't sleep because of the irritation. After a while, the pain of the wound gradually eased. He quickly fell asleep.

He slept until dawn the next day. At this time every day, his biological clock would wake him up on time. This has become a deep-rooted habit, and it is difficult to sleep late.

After arriving at the o'clock, he suddenly opened his eyes, and sat up suddenly, startling the black mamba who was sitting next to him and taking a nap.

"Boss! Can you stop being so scary? I sat up suddenly. Fortunately, I am brave. If you change someone else, you will scare me into trouble!" The black mamba rubbed his sleepy eyes, muttered, and hurriedly supported Lin Rui , let him sit up.

Just now he got up a little bit violently, and touched the wound again, making Lin Rui groan in pain a few times. After being helped by the black mamba to sit up, the black mamba quickly handed him the water bottle, which contained cold white water. Lin Rui's mouth was dry, and he drank more than half of the pot in one go, and felt much more comfortable.

Through the weak candlelight in the tent, he saw a helmet next to the bed, which contained clean water and two towels. Khan was lying beside him, sleeping soundly, so he understood yesterday At night, the two guys took turns wiping his body and forehead with a towel to physically cool him down.

So he woke up this morning and felt much more comfortable. On the one hand, the medicine started to take effect, and on the other hand, these two brothers kept cooling him physically overnight, controlling his body temperature.

But these two guys must have not had a good rest last night, which moved him a little. He raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist. It was just half past five, the sky had begun to light up, and the light penetrated into the tent from outside the tent, so he said to the black mamba: "While there is still time, , you also lie down for a while, I feel much better, you have worked hard!"

The black mamba smiled honestly and looked at Lin Rui's face, which was indeed much better than last night, so he said: "Boss, you are too polite! What is this? It's okay, it's okay! I'm not tired! You just need to It's okay, we can rest assured!"

Lin Rui got up and put on his clothes, feeling much more relaxed, pressed the black mamba on his bunk, and said to him: "Sleep for a while, this is an order! I'll go out and have a look!

We are not in a hurry to leave today, everyone takes advantage of this opportunity to take a breather! There will still be pain in the road ahead, it is best to adjust to the state! "

The black mamba saw that Lin Rui was really relaxed, so he didn't give up any more. He lay down on the bunk and fell asleep. It can be seen that last night, this guy really didn't sleep all night, and now he is dozing off badly. Also exhausted.

Lin Rui didn't disturb Khan, and quietly walked out of the tent. When he raised his eyes, he saw the brothers who were lying in the camp, sleeping soundly. Sentinels, patrolling inside and outside the tribe.

Seeing that his subordinates could maintain such vigilance, Lin Rui felt relieved.

During this period of time, they ran here and there, setting fires everywhere in the Niger River Valley. Although there was a short rest during the period, but this long-distance march, and then rushed up the river to escape the enemy's pursuit. They are all rushing at the speed of a forced march, so after these days, these brothers are completely exhausted.

Including the liaison officers of the Mali Army, they performed quite well this time. Basically, they didn't cause much trouble, and they didn't make too much noise or exhaustion. This made Lin Rui's impression of Davis and his group of Malian officers and soldiers improved a lot.

So I found this tribe yesterday, and after taking a rest, these tired guys all slept soundly, snoring and even drooling, which looked distressing.

Lin Rui quickly found Lincoln. The sentinel on duty in the camp wanted to salute Lin Rui, but he stopped him immediately. He shook his head, hissed, and let him continue to be on duty, while he sat in Lincoln's seat. around.

Lincoln is now also sleeping in a hammock under the tree, snoring loudly, and mosquitoes circle around their heads from time to time. He will unconsciously wave his hand to drive away the mosquitoes. Now they are used to it in the jungle This kind of life, being bitten by mosquitoes every day, has already adapted, even if it is harassed by mosquitoes, it can still sleep soundly.

Lin Rui looked at Lincoln's sleeping appearance, and suddenly his childlike innocence grew up. He picked up a thin blade of grass and started scratching Lincoln's nostrils. Lincoln still didn't wake up, and waved his hand unconsciously to drive away the thin hair in Lin Rui's hand. blades of grass.

But Lin Rui persisted in poking his nostrils with blades of grass, and finally the guy couldn't help it, sneezed loudly, woke up in a daze, opened his eyes and saw a big face in front of him, and was frightened With a jump, Jiling turned over, and Baji lay on the ground.

This guy hadn't woken up until this time. He lay on the ground and opened his mouth to scream, but Lin Rui jumped on him and covered his mouth immediately, which almost scared him to pee. After struggling for a while, he realized that it was Lin Rui. spoof him.

So the guy immediately relaxed, and protested loudly, Lin Rui leaned over and whispered: "Don't make noise, let the brothers sleep more!"

After Lin Rui let go of his hand, Lincoln turned over and stared at Lin Rui with wide eyes, and said in a low voice angrily: "You want the brothers to sleep more, and you have enough sleep, so you come to torment me? Do you know? Are people scary? I thought I was touched by the enemy just now! I almost scared the **** out of me!"

"Cut! Look at your courage! I just want to see how brave you are! Hehe!" Lin Rui sat next to Lincoln with a rascal look on his face. Lincoln rubbed his face, scratched the mosquito-bitten bump on his face, muttered and scolded Lin Rui, stood up and followed Lin Rui to a place where no one was around, and said to Lin Rui: "Last night, I and the people here The natives chatted for a long time and flattered them a lot, but they finally agreed to help us lead the way!

The natives here say they do know a way through the woods. The French explorers in the 19th century took this road, and the local aborigines served as their guides before turning over. Otherwise, they would all die in the mountains!

The terrain here is very complicated. If outsiders don't know the way, after entering, they will keep walking the wrong way. Moreover, there are many places in the miasma. If you are not careful, you may lose your life. In the end, even if you are not poisoned by the miasma, you will still be alive. Exhausted and starved to death in the mountains! "

"That would be great." Lin Rui nodded.

In the morning, the indigenous village prepared food for them.

"Since it's a good intention, let's accept it. Next we have to hurry, God knows if we can have a warm meal! Especially for the lightly wounded, we need to treat the wound well today!" Lin Rui replied after thinking about it.

"Okay! You also need to take a good rest. Yesterday you had a serious fever, which scared everyone! Fortunately, you are as strong as a mule! Change your medicine, take some medicine, and you will recover overnight. It's alive and kicking!

I really don't know what you ate to grow up, how did you grow so strong! The **** guys in my unit used to be not as big as you! Lincoln looked at Lin Rui and said enviously.

Lin Rui smiled and scolded: "You bastard. You American devils grew up eating meat. Except for French fries, you only have hamburgers. How can you compare with me?

Don't forget Lao Tzu's 5,000-year food culture, but carbohydrates and proteins are balanced in nutrition! How do you foreign devils compare with Lao Tzu? The **** man is also ostentatious.

Alright, it's almost time, since the two of us are awake, don't be idle, make some hot food, let the big guys have a full stomach after waking up! And the rations are gone? "

"Yes! Two days ago, I robbed some Tuaregs, and now I still have some!" Lincoln patted his **** and stood up, and replied to Lin Rui.

"Bring it here, make some soup. I'm tired of eating biscuits and canned food these days. Drink some hot soup to warm your stomachs!" Lin Rui also stood up. When the other people woke up, they immediately smelled a long-lost fragrance, so they immediately regained their energy, got up and grabbed the lunch box, smelled the smell and began to find the place where the fragrance was emitted. It turned out that their boss and Lincoln boiled a large tub of broth, so they were all overjoyed.

Seeing Lin Rui's aggressive appearance at the moment, they couldn't accept it. Their boss was still having a fever last night. After coming here this night, they looked much better. This made them feel relieved and felt that the backbone was fine. , they will be fine.

So they said hello to Lin Rui one by one, and went over to make a bowl of hot soup with a smile, and ate it deliciously.

People are cheap sometimes, and now they are provided with canned lunch meat and beef every day, but one by one, they start to miss the bread and hot soup before, and even lemonade, which have become what they long for, but they don’t like these meats. Canned food, I get tired of it when I see it.

This pot of broth, plus some kind of pasta sent by the indigenous people. Instead, it increased their appetite.

Even Lin Rui himself, smelling the aroma of the hot soup, was salivating. He laughed and scooped up a bowl for himself first, and ate it deliciously. Even the black mamba and Khan, who were catching up on sleep, were awakened by the smell of the soup, sniffling and rushing over with their lunch boxes in hand, almost plunged into the pot of soup, ready to have another bowl next to them The person pulled it away, grabbed two portions and ran away with them, squeaking and eating.

The pasta brought by the natives is a bit weird. It seems to be a kind of food in Africa, Manioke, which is the traditional staple food of the local people, and it is the transliteration of the word cassava in the local language.

It was not until 1640 to 1650 that the planting began to be promoted in the Congo Basin. The local people came into contact with this crop and learned how to make cassava food. Because cassava has strong vitality, it can adapt to various soils and has a large yield. In the 20th century, cassava It has become the main food crop of the local people.

Making cassava is not easy. First, the cassava tubers must be peeled and soaked in water to remove toxins, then mashed, filtered, and fermented.

Cassava, also known as cassava, is known as the three major potato crops together with potatoes and sweet potatoes. Do you think cassava looks similar to sweet potatoes and potatoes? In fact, the difference between them is quite large.

Potatoes belong to the Solanaceae family of crops; sweet potatoes belong to the family Convolvulaceae, and cassava belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family. They look similar, but they're actually not that close.

The only similarity is the high starch content. Cassava is known as the "king of starches" and has more than twice the carbohydrates of potatoes.

Many plants in the Euphorbia family are poisonous, such as croton, castor, etc., and cassava is no exception.

Cassava roots, stems, and leaves all contain a substance called linamarin, UU Reading www.uukanshu. This substance com reacts with human gastric acid to form hydrocyanic acid, which is poisonous. Bitter almonds are poisonous for this reason.

Because of this, cassava cannot be eaten directly, because the cyanide in it will preemptively combine with the oxygen in the blood, causing the cells to be hypoxic and suffocate. Just 200 grams of raw cassava root can knock an adult down to death.

But these African indigenous people have a way. They usually peel the cassava and soak it in water to soak out the toxic substances inside. Then proceed to processing.

The stuff is high in starch and not unpalatable. It's not the first time Lin Rui has eaten this kind of food. In fact, he has also eaten food that is more difficult to eat than this.

The only thing he can't stand is the drink that the natives in the village drink, but it's made from fermented cassava mixed with water.

And it's not ordinary fermentation, but the indigenous women in the village spit out the chewed cassava dregs in clear water, and then put them outside to ferment in the sun.

Lin Rui decisively chose to give up this drink that was full of saliva from the indigenous women and had turned sour. And he was wise not to tell others how the drink was made.

Watching the brethren gleefully drink this sour drink. He really didn't want to spoil the scenery by going up. (end of this chapter)