This fish was beyond our imagination; in fact, I have never seen such a huge fish in all my life.

Chen Jian and his team had already started cutting the fish meat.

Looking at those white, fleshy fats, to be honest, I was a little drooling.

I stood aside and watched them cut up all the fish, put them into baskets, and send them back to the campsite on the mountaintop in batches. They were busy, but they were very fulfilled.

We waited until the afternoon, but the fish was still not completely cut; only one side was cut. Chen Jian couldn't bear to give up and watched me grit my teeth, looking regretful.

"I think if we just leave this big fish here, it'll definitely be gone by tomorrow morning. There are so many other fish around here that they'll definitely fight over it if they see it! I really wish I had two hands."

A male colleague standing nearby saw Chen Jian chuckle and offered some words of comfort.

“But even if we take them all out, we have nowhere to put them. If there really was a refrigerator here, that would be great, but there isn’t a refrigerator that big in the world.”

We talked and laughed as we went. Finding this fish meant we could finally solve our food problem for the next week. At least we could render some oil from the fish and still have some fish meat to eat.

In addition, these things we picked up on the beach today at high tide can be dried and eaten for a while longer.

Chen Jian sat on the beach to rest and said that once he recovered in the next couple of days, he still wanted to go into the woods to ambush those wild boars.

Of course I know that even the best fish and pork can't compare. Besides, the wild boars on this deserted island have never eaten feed; they eat only natural food, which makes their meat even more delicious.

I was amazed when I first ate wild boar meat here, but now we don't have many bullets left. Although we got some guns and bullets from foreigners before, every gun and every bullet is very important under these circumstances. So I think if we really want to catch those wild boars, we absolutely cannot use guns and ammunition.

Because we must save these guns and ammunition for the most critical moments.

Chen Jian and I were chatting here when a male colleague suddenly emerged excitedly from the woods, heading straight for Chen Jian and me, waving as he came, looking exceptionally happy.

Chen Jian was taken aback: "Could it be that he found something else to eat in the woods?"

I patted Chen Jian on the shoulder and rolled my eyes at him: "You haven't been starving, have you? Why is all you can think about now?"

Chen Jian looked at me a little embarrassed and chuckled: "Oh, Brother Sihai, please don't tease me. If I were really all alone, it wouldn't matter whether I could eat or not. I'm a grown man, so it wouldn't matter if I missed a meal or two. But Jiaojiao is with me now, and I can't let her go hungry, can I? Otherwise, I would feel really uncomfortable."

We were talking when our male colleague ran up to us, grinning from ear to ear as he looked at Chen Jian and me.

"Brother Sihai, you should go back and check. Accountant Wang just told us that the rice seedlings have been planted with seeds!"

Seeing my male colleague so excited and hearing what he said, I was also immediately excited. Ignoring Chen Jian, who was just as excited as I was, I took off running towards the top of the mountain.

When I reached the top of the mountain, I saw that the little bean sprouts indeed had clusters of tender yellow grains on them, which looked exceptionally pleasing.

Since I was stranded on this deserted island, I have suffered many setbacks and encountered many dangers, but I have never felt my eyes well up with tears or my heart pound with excitement.

But now, looking at these tender yellow rice ears, I feel my eyes stinging with tears. If there weren't so many people watching me, I probably would have burst into tears.

Xiao Qiang and Xu Wei, who were standing nearby, also ran to my side, their eyes red and their faces full of joy.

Chen Jian was so excited that he jumped up and down like a monkey.

Seeing how happy we were, DouDing and his mother sat on the ground, patting their chests and shouting excitedly, filling the entire camp with a lively atmosphere.

I immediately felt that if these rice plants could produce offspring smoothly, then we would be able to have rice to eat here in the future.

What exciting news this is!

I haven't had this in so long, just thinking about it makes my mouth water.

I quickly hugged Xu Wei, who was standing next to me, to thank her for risking her life to carry all these rice seedlings back when we went to help the foreigners last time. Otherwise, these rice seedlings would have been washed away by that torrential rain and wouldn't be able to survive, and we wouldn't be able to see the joy of this bumper harvest now.

Xu Wei, her eyes also red, looked at me and said, "Brother Sihai, does this mean we're finally going to have rice to eat?"

I nodded: "Of course! Now we're people who have rice to eat too!"

The people around us were overjoyed. Wang Xiaoxiao then came over and looked at us, laughing heartily.

“Wang Ping has already used the fish that Chen Jian asked them to bring back to cook. Although the oil has a slightly fishy smell, it should be fine for stir-frying. We have enough oil for several large jars now, so we don’t have enough clay jars. Sihai, you should take the other colleagues to make more clay jars in the next couple of days. Also, if all the rice grains are harvested, we’ll need something and containers to store them.”

"That's no problem. You can leave this to me and Brother Sihai. When we go again this time, we'll make a lot more earthenware pots. Then we can use sea salt to pickle some wild vegetables. Otherwise, Secretary Xiao told me the other day that the wild vegetables here only last for a short time before they're gone. Who knows when we'll be able to eat them again? So if we pickle them, we can eat them whenever we want, right?"

I couldn't help but admire how quick Chen Jian's mind worked; that's the truth.

If we really pickle all these wild vegetables, then even if it rains heavily, we will still have something to eat.

Moreover, sea salt is inexhaustible, and we can refine more sea salt, since the human body cannot function without salt.

While we were having a great time, Bai Wei was hiding in front of their dilapidated house, watching us with a gloomy expression.

I couldn't be bothered with them. After calling over a few other colleagues, we started eating fish hot pot in our yard. That's what we'll be having for dinner!