As Wang Lun and Li Ling stepped out of the shelter, they saw Liu Ruoxi cooking breakfast and Liu Ruoling hanging some fish on the windbreak wall. Seeing the fish, Wang Lun knew they had gone to collect the fish baskets and traps, but he still reminded them to avoid going into the sea, as there were sharks. Of course, Wang Lun didn't mention their menstrual periods.

Liu Ruoling asked, "Did you sleep well last night? I thought there was some noise in the room." Wang Lun looked puzzled and said, "Noise? What noise? I slept until dawn!" Liu Ruoxi laughed and said, "Sleeping against the wall is bad for your back. You shouldn't sleep against the wall anymore." Wang Lun said, "I know. I'll go wash up now." After saying that, Wang Lun and Li Ling went to the stream. The laughter of Liu Ruoxi and Li Ling could be heard far behind them.

After Wang Lun and Li Ling returned, breakfast was ready. The four of them then ate. After breakfast, Wang Lun, carrying a basket full of bananas on his back, set off. Liu Ruoxi and Li Ling escorted them to the stream, and only after they had gone some distance did they wash the dishes and return to the campsite.

Wang Lun and his companion walked along the road, carrying heavy baskets on their backs. The other teams were doing just as well, given their substantial harvest.

Over at the cave, Wu Jing and Zhang Shengnan had stocked up on plenty of food; smoked meat alone covered half the wall. Upon closer inspection, it was almost entirely wild boar meat. It turned out that Wu Jing and Zhang Shengnan had recently discovered a herd of wild boar. They had expended considerable effort to hunt one of them and successfully brought it back to camp. This one wild boar was enough for them to eat for a month. Of course, that was an exaggeration. In reality, it was close enough, though they certainly couldn't eat their fill of meat every meal.

The other contestants were doing just as well. Hao Yun and his companion had finished setting up their campsite and were now living in the stone house in front of the cave. The cave served as a food storage room, filled with several large baskets containing various fruits. Mangoes and durians were the main fruits, each filling two large baskets, with the remaining basket containing other fruits. Of course, all the fruits had been sliced ​​and dried for easy preservation. Similarly, there were several bundles of wild vegetables and a small basket of smoked meat. This food was reserved for winter or emergency use.

On the walls and under the roof of Tang Shengli's wooden house, there were many smoked meats hanging, and in the corners, there were many dried wild vegetables piled up.

On Liu Dazhu's side, with Sun Rong around, they had a good catch, but the consumption was also considerable, so they didn't keep much smoked meat. On the other hand, they preserved a lot of starchy foods like cassava and kudzu root. After all, Sun Rong mainly relied on hunting, while Liu Dazhu knew a lot about these things.

On the beach, Liu Ruoxi and Liu Ruoling looked at each other, having nothing to do. So Liu Ruoxi sent Liu Ruoling to check the beach alone for marine debris and washed-ashore seaweed, while also reminding her not to go into the sea.

So Liu Ruoling shouldered her basket, put on her straw hat, grabbed her wooden spear, and set off to wander around the coast. Liu Ruoxi, on the other hand, had nothing to do, so she thought for a moment and started boiling salt again, boiling as much as she could, since she had nothing else to do anyway.

More than an hour later, the weather grew hotter and hotter. Liu Ruoling returned, her basket slung over her shoulder. It was too hot outside, and Liu Ruoling couldn't bear it any longer, so she returned to the camp. However, she still had some gains. She picked up several more plastic bottles and also found a piece of cloth that looked like a curtain.

Liu Ruoxi rummaged through the lattice and saw that it indeed looked like curtain fabric, somewhat rough. But Liu Ruoxi thought it was fine. After all, on this deserted island, having this was already a blessing. So Liu Ruoxi prepared to take the cloth and walk towards the stream to wash it clean first, and then discuss with Wang Lun and Li Ling what to do with the cloth after they returned.

After Liu Ruoxi left, Liu Ruoling waited for Liu Ruoxi to return in the camp.

By this time, Wang Lun and his group had already covered most of the distance. They estimated they would be back at camp in about half an hour, but it was almost noon and the weather was very hot. Seeing that Li Ling was almost at her limit, Wang Lun suggested they rest there for a while before continuing their journey. This marked their third rest stop on this trip.

At the seaside campsite, Liu Ruoxi quickly washed the curtain fabric a few times in the stream before taking it back. Together with Liu Ruoling, they hung it on the windbreak wall to dry before putting it away. After doing this, Liu Ruoxi noticed some seaweed and kelp on the windbreak wall and asked Liu Ruoling if she had brought them back. Liu Ruoling, of course, nodded.

Although Liu Ruoling's trip was short, she reaped quite a harvest. Her biggest find was a piece of curtain fabric, followed by seaweed and laver. Other than that, she found some plastic bottles, and nothing else. But even just that one piece of curtain fabric was enough for Liu Ruoxi to praise her. After all, they could find substitutes for other things, but industrial products like this were impossible to obtain. Even finding them on the beach required luck. Otherwise, why was Liu Ruoling the only one to find this piece of curtain fabric after Wang Lun and the others had been to the beach so many times?

Liu Ruoxi decided to treat Liu Ruoling to lunch, and decided to make her grilled fish. When Liu Ruoling heard that they would be having grilled fish for lunch, she immediately felt that the curtain fabric she had acquired was worthwhile.

The two rested for a while, then, under the blazing sun, went to the beach to collect the fish baskets and traps. This added more than ten fish, enough to eat for another day.

After collecting the fish baskets, the two returned to the camp and began grilling the fish to prepare lunch.

Wang Lun and his companion had only just arrived at the camp and had just put down their baskets to rest.

The two had a clear division of labor: Wang Lun started a fire to prepare lunch, while Li Ling took the bananas out of the basket and placed them on the ground next to the shelf.

Wang Lun lit a fire, then filled a clay pot with water and placed it on the stove. Next, he took down three fish, intending to cook a fish soup. While waiting for the water to boil, Wang Lun checked on the pheasants and rabbits. The pheasants and rabbits were fine, except the pheasant had laid two more eggs, which Wang Lun collected. There was still some grass left, enough for them to eat until tomorrow. Wang Lun didn't need to spend any more time gathering grass for them.

When Wang Lun returned to the house, the water was boiling, so he put the fish pieces into the pot and started cooking them. He then went over to help Li Ling empty her basket.

After emptying the basket, Wang Lun had finished cooking. The two then began to eat lunch.

After the meal, Wang Lun told Li Ling to rest for a while, and then he boiled a pot of water so she could drink it on the way. After the water boiled and she had rested, the two set off back to the seaside campsite.