Early the next morning, Xiao Qiang put all the distilled water they had made into a clay jar and handed it to Bai Wei and the others.

Then they brought along the shellfish meat and dried fish that they had grilled the night before, filling a large bamboo basket with food.

Although Bai Wei had other feelings for Xiao Qiang before, he has been quite honest since he found out that I was with Xiao Qiang.

Moreover, Bai Wei and his team went out for the sake of everyone, and everyone was very grateful to him.

I knew that Bai Wei wouldn't feel at ease if he only brought these foreigners with him this time, so I asked Peng to come along as well. After all, Li Peng speaks foreign languages ​​quite well and is very clever.

Bai Wei and Bai Wei were already familiar with each other, and they could help each other out.

I explained a lot of things to Bai Wei. Bai Wei looked a little impatient, but he listened to everything carefully, word by word.

Before leaving, I gave Bai Wei another dagger, as well as the binoculars I had gotten from the foreigner earlier.

"No matter where you go, observe your surroundings first. If you feel unsafe, don't be too reckless. You'll encounter giants on the way there, so be careful. We'll wait for you to come back."

After listening to my words, Bai Wei grinned and chuckled, "Oh! Zhao Sihai, I remember you usually don't like me, right? If I really died out there, wouldn't that be exactly what you wanted!"

Wang Ping rolled his eyes at Bai Wei after hearing his words.

"Forget it, Sihai is genuinely worried about you. Don't try to be innocent while you've gained something."

After Bai Wei finished speaking, he didn't say anything else, nodded, and left with the foreigners.

Those foreign women stood there pitifully, probably because these men held the same place in their hearts as we female colleagues did.

After Bai Wei and the others left in the morning, we were busy working on those wooden planks all afternoon.

The logging is gradually getting back on track, but making the planks is very troublesome. The small house that was already built on the mountaintop has also been completely sealed with mud.

Wang Ping and Chen Jian then built a mud stove inside, and the air and temperature inside gradually began to warm up.

Wang Ping said he planned to build a wooden bed, but then I thought it would be more practical to build a traditional earthen bed.

Firstly, once the earthen kang (heated brick bed) is built, the mud stove can be removed, and a chimney can be built outside. Since the earthen kang is heated, even in cold weather, the room won't be so cold once the earthen kang is heated.

So we busied ourselves making the earthen kang (heated brick bed), and by the time it was finished, it was completely dark.

The next day at daybreak we continued our work, but I was still very worried about Bai Wei and the others.

Without any means of making a phone call, all we can do is pray that they are safe and sound.

On the third day, the earthen bed had been completely dried out. Xiao Qiang and Xu Wei were very excited. They tidied up the small room, which wasn't very big, and then laid out soft wolf skins. They immediately brought Wang Xiaoxiao and Liu Jiaojiao inside.

Although Wang Xiaoxiao is still in her postpartum period, she is already restless and always wants to go out and play. After being scolded by Xiao Qiang several times, she had no choice but to patiently stay in that place.

Liu Jiaojiao has been out of confinement for a long time, so she's been busy every day. Fortunately, the little girl, Qiji, is very well-behaved and only cries occasionally when she's hungry.

However, the child is still young and has a weak immune system, so he should stay in a safe and warm place.

Now that the wooden house is built, Wang Xiaoxiao can take a stroll inside. I can see that Tianci clearly likes this place very much. After all, he has been staying in that dark tent all the time, where the air is not good and he can only lie down every day. This time, Tianci is lying on the warm kang (heated brick bed) and looking around with his big eyes, which look just like Wang Xiaoxiao's.

The house has been successfully tested, and the foreigners find it very interesting. The foreign women also come in to visit one by one. The foreign woman who was pregnant before is now quite pregnant.

Xiao Qiang and the others were a little worried. If this foreign woman really gave birth to the children of those indigenous people, would those indigenous people come and take the children away? If that were the case, the foreign woman would probably go crazy.

Since that incident, she has been in a very depressed state. Fortunately, Xiao Qiang and the others have taken good care of her, and she is doing better now. I am also a little worried, but if they really come to take her away, then we can only fight to the death. What else can we say?

With the first house standing here, the rest became much easier.

Wang Ping and Chen Jian sped up and started whittling the planks. Meanwhile, I led my male colleagues to search the nearby woods, but we didn't find Xiao He or Lin Xubo.

Given how eager Xiao He is to find that thing, he must have already led his men deep into the woods.

I just hope that Bai Wei and his group can avoid meeting Xiao He and his people, and that would make things much better.

On the fifth day, Bai Wei and the others still hadn't returned, and I started to worry even more. Xiao Qiang was also getting restless, constantly muttering that the food she had brought was not enough to sustain them for so many days, and the most terrifying thing was the water in the mud jars they were carrying.

If each person only drank a sip, it would only last for three days at most, but they had been gone for five days without any trace, and no one knew what was going on.

Wang Ping was also extremely worried. After all, if these foreigners also got into trouble, our personnel would be drastically reduced, which would be a huge disadvantage for our current situation.

"Sihai, if it doesn't work, I'll take the others to look for them. Maybe we can go and meet them. If they really are in danger, we can lend a hand."

I shook my head: "No, they haven't come back yet, and the situation is unknown. If you go, it will only be more dangerous. There are already hardly any people in the camp. If you leave, the camp will be even more deserted. You should stay here for a while. If they haven't come back by tomorrow, I will go by myself."

Xiao Qiang wanted to say something, but she held back several times. I knew she was worried, but I was also a little restless in the current situation. But who knew that there would be a commotion outside that night.

We were cleaning the fish by the campfire when we turned around and saw Bai Wei running ahead of us.

Li Peng and his group were all smiles, while the foreigners seemed to be dragging something in their hands.

Wang Ping didn't have time to clean the fish anymore. He got up and went to greet Bai Wei and the others. I also ran to Bai Wei and the others' side, and then I realized that Bai Wei and the others were carrying some things in their hands, and they had even woven a lot of bamboo baskets.

The bamboo basket was filled with fresh fruit.

Upon seeing this, Bai Wei wore a smug expression and said with his chin held high, "How about that, Zhao Sihai? Didn't expect that, did you? Your Brother Bai has returned in triumph this time!"