Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 127: Making Palm Fiber Mattresses

In the midst of their busy schedule, Xu Yi and Lu Ke peacefully passed 28 days.

At night, there were occasional animal sounds, but they never woke Xu Yi and Lu Ke.

Today, Xu Yi and Lu Ke need to go gather some flax again.

So, Lu Ke got up relatively early.

After getting up, Lu Ke routinely performed the Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening three times.

Su Yan, who was already waiting in front of the TV, recorded Lu Ke’s Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening. She thought this might be a key factor in changing Lu Ke.

Because many viewers in the live chat said that after practicing the Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening, their bodies changed significantly, and their resistance strengthened.

Therefore, Su Yan plans to start practicing the Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening herself. Only by practicing it herself would she know its actual effects. Yun Qing was still asleep.

Although sleeping in the cave in the wilderness was safe, it was not comfortable. Now that she’s back and has a bed, Yun Qing just wants to sleep comfortably until she naturally wakes up. Anyway, there’s no need to work now, so she can sleep peacefully without any worries.

After Su Yan finished recording, she planned to find a place in the community to practice.

Upon going out, she discovered that many people in the community were practicing Xu Yi and Lu Ke’s Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening. So, Su Yan joined in.

Many wanted to teach Su Yan, but she declined them all, finally choosing a woman named Cheng Jie.

Of course, Su Yan knew the intentions of those men approaching her, so she didn’t give anyone a chance unless it was her type.

However, so far, Su Yan hadn’t met anyone she fancied.

"Sister Cheng, how long have you been practicing the Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening?" After practicing, Su Yan proactively chatted with Cheng Jie.

"Not long, I learned a bit when Xu Yi taught Lu Ke that day, and then started. Today is the ninth day," Cheng Jie explained, as Xu Yi hadn’t been teaching Lu Ke for very long.

"And how do you feel after practicing it?" Su Yan asked further.

Cheng Jie thought for a moment, then said, "I feel my body has improved, and my energy is better."

"So amazing, such effects in just nine days?" Su Yan found it unbelievable, considering some ’kung fu’ has been passed down for thousands of years and doesn’t achieve such noticeable effects unless practiced for years.

"You’ll see for yourself after practicing for a few more days." With that, Cheng Jie patted Su Yan’s shoulder and then left.

"If it’s really that great, why didn’t Xu Yi start practicing sooner, so he could be discharged earlier?" Su Yan was skeptical, shook her head, and returned to her room.

By the time she returned, Yun Qing had woken up, wearing a bathrobe, lounging on the sofa, watching Xu Yi and Lu Ke gathering flax.

"Xu Yi, do we have any plans for the afternoon?" After tying up a bundle of flax, Lu Ke asked.

When they went out in the morning, they had already set the legs of two roe deer into two snare trap positions. Once a leopard was attracted, it would be snared.

Yesterday’s roe deer had proven that the snare was very sturdy.

"We’ll make palm fiber mats at the camp in the afternoon, not going out for now." Xu Yi looked at the sky, sensing it might rain in the afternoon, so he responded. After all, yesterday’s roe deer added several days to their food reserves, allowing him a few more days to relax.

"Are palm fiber mats woven with coconut rope?" Lu Ke had encountered coir mats before but not palm fiber mats.

"Yes, woven layer by layer. If it weren’t for the suture needles we got from the medical kit in the last task, we wouldn’t have been able to use fishbone needles."

Fishbone needles are too soft for weaving palm fiber fabric; they break after a few stitches.

"Did you also learn this from your grandpa?" Lu Ke looked at Xu Yi and blinked.

Xu Yi nodded, as he had indeed seen his grandpa make palm fiber mattresses.

Since his family was poor and couldn’t afford cotton pads, they could only sleep on palm fiber mats.

"I’m so envious that you have such a grandpa who knows everything," Lu Ke said with some jealousy, having never met her own grandpa.

"Their generation was very poor, had to do everything themselves, so they learned little bits of everything, but weren’t really proficient," Xu Yi explained. His grandfather had him at an old age, and his father had him at 32. So, his grandfather was quite old and had experienced a lot.

"No wonder you know so much. Meeting you was really my luck." Saying this, Lu Ke couldn’t help but glance at Xu Yi, who was bending over to gather flax.

Initially, when signing up, Lu Ke only thought about the 100,000 yuan. After all, if they just held out for a day, they would get it.

In one day, as long as they didn’t encounter any wild animal attacks, it would be easy to endure.

As it turned out, not only did they get through the first day, but they stuck it out for 29 days.

Looking at the current situation, they would continue to hold out, and life would only get better.

If it weren’t for Xu Yi’s extensive knowledge, she might have been eliminated by now.

"You’re amazing too. I can’t weave or make pottery. With your skills, we have so many utensils now. It’s not so primitive, so I’m lucky too," Xu Yi praised.

He was truthful; although Xu Yi could weave and could think of ways to fire pottery, compared to Lu Ke’s craftsmanship, he was far inferior.

Since setting foot on this planet, Lu Ke had never been lazy, always busy and industrious.

Xu Yi had witnessed all of this.

"Hehe, do you think the audience is madly bashing us online for complimenting each other like this?" Lu Ke smiled bashfully.

"Let them bash us, we can’t see it anyway." Xu Yi was indifferent, as he had no interest in becoming a celebrity, not caring at all what others thought of him.

Internet users have short memories; once you’ve been out of the spotlight for a while, interest and topics dwindle, then vanish.

Chatting idly, after cutting a dozen bundles of flax, they gradually carried them back to camp.

Xu Yi could carry three bundles at a time, and Lu Ke was not weak either, able to carry two bundles at once.

For lunch, they continued to fry two pieces of roe deer meat.

The taste of fresh meat is much better than dried meat.

Bone soup with fried roe deer meat made for a reasonably hearty lunch.

Other teams naturally had similar setups, but most didn’t eat as well as Lu Ke and Xu Yi.

After lunch, Xu Yi and Lu Ke moved their bed out of the house.

In the afternoon, they needed to make palm fiber mats, which would require their beds.