Are You Telling An Eight-Year-Old To Survive In The Wilderness? Chapter 105 - Catching Red Stingray, Food Preservation

Chapter 105: Catching Red Stingray, Food Preservation


With the help of the group, the bamboo raft was quickly built.
Bell said to the camera, “Alright, everyone, it looks like the weather today is good. It’s very suitable to go to the sea.”
“But before going out to the sea, we have to prepare enough food.”
The women’s task today was very simple.
It was to gather as much food as possible.!!
As for Bell, he swam towards the shallow water again with the harpoon.
After the past few days of survival, the number of oysters on the shore had greatly decreased.
If he wanted to find enough food, he could only focus on the fish.
It was still morning.
The temperature of the sea was not high.
Fortunately, Bell’s physique was good, and he would be fine for the time being.
It was very difficult to open one’s eyes in the sea.
The sea water was filled with a large amount of salt, making the eyes feel abnormally dry and painful.
Therefore, Bell could only reduce the time he spent underwater.
However, Bell was not lucky today.
After diving a few times, he still did not gain anything.
“Looks like there isn’t much fish nearby. Let’s search elsewhere.”
Bell said helplessly.
He had wanted to slack off and search in an easy spot.
But now, it seemed impossible.
“We can go to a deeper place to take a look.”
“Many fish like to hide in coral reefs.”
Bell swam towards the deep water. After diving two more times, he finally found his target.
It was a red stingray hidden in the gaps of the coral reef.
The stingray was eating a jellyfish.
For some reason, when Bell was about a meter away from the red stingray, it noticed him.
Sensing danger, it immediately tried to escape.
Bell seized the opportunity and stabbed with his harpoon, his actions so fast that a row of bubbles appeared in the water.
The harpoon hit the stingray accurately.
Bell floated to the surface with his spoils of war.
This red stingray was not small. It was the size of a face basin and was about 5 kilograms.
Having obtained food, Bell had a smile on his face.
“Look at this red stingray.”
The camera zoomed in.
The red stingray on the harpoon was clearly shown on the screen.
“Red stingray has other names as well. It looks like a ray fish, but it is not as big as them.”
Bell carefully held the red stingray.
Everyone was very puzzled.
Why was Bell looking so cautious?
Bell continued, “If you want to catch a red stingray in the wild, you have to be careful because there will be venomous spinal blades on their tail.”
“It’s not fatal, but it will be troublesome if you are stabbed.”
“Although this red stingray is not small, it is not enough to provide for the five of us. We have to find some other food as reserves.”
After putting the red stingray on the shore, Bell dived again.
This red stingray seemed to have brought Bell some luck.
Compared to before, Bell caught many preys in the next few attempts.
In less than two hours, Bell caught five to six fish.
“Alright, this should be enough for us to eat for a while. With the food found by Scarlett and the others, we can survive at sea for a while.”
Bell said with satisfaction.
He went ashore and skillfully started a fire.
“Some of my old fans probably already know what I am doing.”
“That’s right. Fresh fish meat is not easy to preserve. I don’t know how long we will have to stay afloat the sea. To ensure that the food in our hands is not wasted, we need to extend the shelf life of the food as much as possible.”
“Smoking them is undoubtedly the best choice.”
Bell took out his dagger and cut the fish into palm-sized pieces.
After the bright fire in the fire was extinguished, and only charcoal was left, Bell spread a layer of fresh green leaves on it.
Under the high temperature, smoke began to rise.
Bell took the opportunity to build a simple barbecue pit with bamboo.
Then, he placed the fish meat on the grill and smoked it.
“I’ve told everyone about the principle of storing food.”
“The reproduction of the bacteria requires water. The high temperature will quickly evaporate the water, ensuring that the food will not deteriorate in a short time.”
“The smoke caused by the charcoal and leaves below is high in temperature. It can quickly evaporate the water in the fish, but it will not completely cook the fish and cause the protein to change.”
“When these fish are smoked, they can be stored for at least a week.”
While Bell was talking, Scarlett and the others hurried back.
Following Bell’s instructions, the few of them were able to gather some food.
Of course, it was mostly oysters. After all, they were easy to catch.
And, they did not have to step into any danger.
Bell understood this. After all, they were not professional survivalists. It would be too harsh to ask them to gather something else.
In addition to the oysters, Scarlett was holding a few coconuts.
This made Bell’s eyes light up.
He was thinking of finding a few coconuts to refine coconut oil, but he did not expect Scarlett to gather them.
‘Looks like a team survival competition is easier than an individual round. At least it saved me from a lot of trouble.’
Bell took the coconuts from Scarlett.
“We need to refine some coconut oil now.”
“Coconut oil can save our skin from sunburn.”
The women were interested when they heard Bell say that there was a way to avoid skin sunburn.
What they were most worried about was not a life and death crisis, but damage to their skin.
They were top female celebrities after all, and had to pay attention to their image.
The four of them had wanted to wait until after Wilderness Survival to do some skincare.
After all, being exposed to the sun all day, their skin had turned several degrees darker.
They had also heard about the danger of sunburn when Bell talked about it earlier.
Therefore, they were especially concerned about this.
However, there seemed to be a way to resolve this problem.