With so much pork now, we weren't really interested in picking up any more seafood, since the taste of seafood was just too unbearable.

At first, when we were hungry, it was okay to eat, but now that we have more food options, seafood is no longer our first choice.

Besides the wild boars we caught, we also cut off a lot of seashells, which we plan to dry and feed to the short-legged birds.

After all, the eggs laid by short-legged birds are now a source of nutrition for us.

By the time we finished packing everything up, it was almost dark. We carried the meat back to camp, and all the female colleagues at the camp stared at us with wide eyes.

Wang Xiaoxiao was heavily pregnant, but she was all smiles. I knew they had really suffered during this time.

We men couldn't find food, and the women also ate very little. Xiao Qiang has lost a lot of weight recently, which makes my heart ache.

After Chen Jian took all the pork back, he marinated it all with the sea salt we had stored before.

What they couldn't eat, they covered with snow again and then got to work.

That evening, we butchered a whole wild boar. The white, fatty meat and the tender, red lean meat looked incredibly tempting.

Xiao Qiang brushed the iron pot we had prepared earlier with lard, then sliced ​​the meat into pieces and threw them into the pot. The sizzling sound and the enticing aroma wafted out, and everyone wore smiles.

We sat around the campfire, eating what was similar to barbecue in the city, dipped in sea salt and shrimp powder, and surprisingly, it tasted pretty good.

Chen Jian ate happily, and Liu Jiaojiao had also gained a lot of weight during this time. Miraculously, her health had improved, and the couple no longer had any worries.

In the evening, Chen Jian sang a song, which was very beautiful.

His voice carried through the woods, far, far away, and our nerves finally relaxed a little.

Although the thought of crossing that forest and experiencing that extreme climate still made me uneasy, things had come to this point. As long as we stayed in the camp and didn't cause any trouble there, we should be safe.

Now that we have those iron blocks, building a ship shouldn't be too difficult. We just don't know how long it will take, but it gives us some hope.

We ate and drank to our hearts' content throughout the night, and even drank quite a bit of the wine that Xu Wei had brewed in the summer before, which now tastes very mellow and fragrant.

Bai Wei was completely drunk, sometimes eating, sometimes crying, sometimes laughing, his whole being acting erratically.

In reality, who wouldn't feel pressured and miserable after being stranded on this deserted island?

After a long period of release, there were still a few people who didn't drink much left, so I stayed to keep watch and drank quite a bit myself.

Xiao Qiang helped me into the wooden house. As soon as I entered, I hugged Xiao Qiang and kissed her. Xiao Qiang pushed me away a little, feeling a bit shy.

"They're still outside, what are you doing?"

Seeing Xiao Qiang's shy and timid appearance, I couldn't resist hugging her and pressing her directly onto the wooden bed.

Xiao Qiang's body was soft and supple, her long hair was loose, and the fish oil lamp shone on her body with a soft glow, making me swallow hard.

I held Xiao Qiang in my arms and gently covered her with my body, kissing her eyebrows and eyes, feeling her breath.

"I love you. Actually, I've liked you since the first time I met you. You were so aloof back then, you never paid any attention to me. I never dreamed that you would fall in love with me one day. This is truly a blessing from God..."

I whispered in Xiao Qiang's ear, panting heavily.

Xiao Qiang was trembling all over, which made my heart ache. I pulled away the wolf skin we had been using to cover ourselves and decided to get straight to the point.

But then a commotion suddenly broke out in the camp.

I was taken aback. Xiao Qiang, who was beneath me, had calmed down by now. She quickly pushed me and struggled to sit up.

"Go and see if there's any commotion outside."

Her face was still red after she finished speaking. Looking at her like that, I really wanted to take her right there and then.

But the noise outside was getting louder and louder. I could vaguely hear Chen Jian calling my name. I quickly kissed Xiao Qiang hard and whispered, "Wait for me here. I'll be back in a bit."

Xiao Qiang looked at me, blushed, nodded, and then sat on my wooden bed, no longer looking at me.

I quickly put on the wolf skin and left the wooden house, only to see that many torches had appeared outside the camp at some point, and Wang Ping and the others were holding weapons and glaring angrily at the situation below the mountain.

I had drunk a bit too much, and Chen Jian leaned over to me and whispered that they were indigenous people. They seemed to be carrying weapons.

The thought of these indigenous people gives me a terrible headache. They haven't come to cause trouble for a long time, so what are they doing here today?

But it's only these barbarians who cause trouble; how could they possibly differentiate between different matters or times?

Although I had drunk a bit too much, we still outnumbered them and were in a much stronger position than before if they dared to force their way in.

Yang Rui stood to my right, his brows furrowed, silent, lost in thought, while the indigenous people below the mountain waved their torches rhythmically up and down.

Through my binoculars, I saw the old man standing behind all the indigenous people. He was still holding that strange, knot-like thing in his hand, muttering something under his breath.

Just then, I saw movement suddenly occur within their crowd. People at the back took several bucket-like objects and began splashing them towards our wooden door. A strong stench emanated from the area, instantly filling the entire camp with a foul odor.

Chen Jian was so angry that he cursed loudly, but the indigenous people completely ignored us and continued as before.

Gradually, I heard them making sounds, gesturing wildly and making exaggerated movements, like shamans chanting scriptures, which gave me a headache.

What are they doing?

Wang Ping stood next to me, holding a long spear, looking furious: "Should we go down and drive them away?"

I shook my head: "They didn't launch an attack. Even if we go down, they'll run away. They probably just want to annoy us. We don't need to pay attention to them. As long as they don't cross the line, we'll let them splash us. Anyway, it's snowing now. When they splash us with their filthy water, we can just cover it up with snow."

But to everyone's surprise, Yang Rui, standing to the side, coldly said, "They are performing an exorcism!"