That night, due to the lack of basic bathing facilities, everyone had to make do with what they slept in. Three girls shared one tent, and two boys were crammed into another. It was so uncomfortable that when we woke up the next morning, we all felt groggy and exhausted.
All cameras will be turned off at 11 pm and turned on again at 7 am the next morning.
Everyone was sleepy at the moment, sitting on the rocks blankly with a confused expression on their faces.
They were hungry again, but what was most unbearable for them was the lack of clean water, which meant they could not wash.
[Oh my god, the production team doesn't really intend to let them live like this. ]
Although everyone looks great without makeup, it's really hard to bear not washing or showering.
Xiao Qu seems completely dazed right now. She's only been here for a day, and she's already tormented everyone like this. I suddenly feel so sorry for them.
I thought it was just a show, but I didn't expect the production team to be serious! This is the first time I've seen an artist treated like this.
[I always criticize the organizers of this event. They should have sent them here to experience it. This is not the way to create hype!]
Qiao Yiyi shouldn't have bought two tents yesterday. She should have saved some money for water and only bought one tent.
[Hehe, buy a tent? Then who will sleep in the tent and who will sleep outside? Didn't a lot of people feel sorry for their brothers yesterday and couldn't bear to see them sleep outside?]
[Isn't that right? Why should boys sleep outside?]
"That's it, the tents are already bought, and no one slept outside last night, so everyone's happy, right?"
What are they going to do now? They have nothing to eat, and not even enough water to wash themselves!
[You're probably a nitpicker. If you want to criticize the production team, go criticize them instead of putting the blame on Qiao Yiyi.]
[It's all Qiao Yiyi's fault. She got such a crappy place. What bad luck.]
"Hey, didn't everyone tell her to go? Now you're blaming her? She's really a great example of being both responsible and independent."
[Stop arguing, stop arguing. If you keep arguing, it will be assumed that you are the water army from other groups, deliberately coming here to mess with the mentality of our salty fish group.]
[Look, the babies seem to have woken up and are moving around! ]
After about ten minutes of the morning sea breeze, the group finally woke up a little.
As the team leader, Xiong Ying, although the youngest in the entire team, still has to take responsibility.
She said to everyone, "We have to find a way to solve the bathing problem today, otherwise if we continue like this, we will really become salted fish."
She raised her arm and sniffed it, almost crying: "I can already smell the fishy smell of the sea on my arm..."
Lian Ru also felt uncomfortable all over. She barely managed to remove her makeup last night using the wipes and makeup remover she brought with her, but she couldn't put on makeup again in the morning.
Although she is very confident about her natural appearance and has passed the stage of relying on her looks to make a living, she is still exposed to the eyes of so many people. After applying sunscreen, she still took out her hat, sunglasses and mask and put them on.
Qiao Yiyi felt a little guilty at the moment, blaming her bad luck for not being able to draw a better spot for everyone. Although no one blamed her at all, she still felt a little sorry for everyone.
Qiao Yiyi asked Xiong Ying, "Does the mall sell bathing equipment?"
Xiong Ying opened the app, looked it up, and said, "Yes, there's an outdoor bathing set. And," she looked at the price and exclaimed in surprise, "It's not expensive, only 200 Lion Coins!"
"But... we don't seem to have any money right now."
After Xiong Ying was surprised, she suddenly remembered that they had no money left, and the hope that had just been ignited was extinguished in an instant.
Qiao Yiyi asked again: "Look at how much the most expensive item is selling for?"
"The most expensive?" Xiong Ying didn't know why Qiao Yiyi asked this. They couldn't even afford the cheapest things now, so how could they dare to hope for the most expensive ones.
But seeing that Qiao Yiyi was asking seriously, she still browsed the mall: "I don't know the most expensive one, but I saw one priced at 10,000 yuan, but the page was gray and said it needed to be unlocked."
Qiao Yiyi understood. The basic currency of the six teams added together was only 3,000 yuan. She felt that there must be other ways to make money on the island, otherwise everyone's 500 lion coins would not be enough for circulation.
But the production team didn't tell them anything except the competition rules and elimination methods. They threw them into six areas and let them fend for themselves.
Qiao Yiyi tentatively asked the staff, "Do you know where we can make money? We can't just go out without coming in, right?"
The staff member still had a smile on his face that deserved a beating: "We don't know about that."
Xiong Ying said fiercely: "Humph, you guys ate our food yesterday, so what if you leaked some information to us!"
The staff remained unmoved and shook their heads in unison, which can be said to be the perfect embodiment of the word "professional spirit".
Seeing that no information could be obtained from the staff, Qiao Yiyi had to give up. However, they couldn't just sit there and wait for death, so after discussing it, the group decided to go to other places to investigate the situation.
They just wandered around a small area of the beach all day yesterday, and there were still many places that had not been explored, so maybe there would be some new discoveries.
It’s true that they wanted to be salted fish, but they didn’t expect to be dried into salted fish.
Everyone decided to split into two groups - Qiao Yiyi and Zong Chang in one group, and Xiong Ying, Lian Ru, and Qu Xiaoqu in another group, to explore Area 5 and also to find out the situation of the other groups.
Before leaving, Qiao Yiyi climbed up a tree to pick a few coconuts for everyone, went to the beach to pick up some seafood, and made a simple breakfast for everyone.
After filling their stomachs, everyone went their separate ways.
Qiao Yiyi and Zong Chang walked east, and the other three walked west. Around noon, everyone returned to the tent to meet up and share the information they had collected.
Qiao Yiyi soon discovered that their Area 5 not only had coconut trees, but also mango trees, and they even saw bananas!
"Zong Chang, did you see that?"
Qiao Yiyi pointed at the bunches of bananas on the banana tree and almost jumped up with excitement.
Zong Chang was also excited, but unlike Qiao Yiyi, who showed all her emotions on her face. He just smiled gently and reservedly and nodded: "I see, I see."
The next second, the girl quickly jumped onto the tree.
Although he had seen her climbing a coconut tree as if it were a game yesterday, he still found it a little unbelievable that she was in front of him one second and breaking a banana the next.
"Go slowly, don't hurt your hands."
Zong Chang quickly walked under the tree and stood guard under it like he did every time she climbed a coconut tree to prevent her from falling.
Qiao Yiyi picked a bunch of ripe bananas and shared them with Zong Chang and the cameraman who was filming them.
Although seafood can satisfy your appetite, it is not very filling. They have been half full for the past few meals.
After eating several bananas in one go, Qiao Yiyi asked the cameraman, "Are the fruits grown in District 5 ours?"
The cameraman nodded: "Yes."
Qiao Yiyi: "Does that also mean that members of other groups can't pick our things at will?"
The cameraman nodded again, "Yes." Then he added, "You can't pick or hunt things in other people's areas."
Qiao Yiyi seemed to have discovered a way to make money, her eyes sparkling: "We can sell things to other groups!"
She seemed to have seen the golden Northern Lion coins piled up like a small mountain.
But Zong Chang reveals a harsh reality: "What if they are as poor as we are?"
Qiao Yiyi: “…”
Her plan to export coconuts, bananas and other fruits to other groups was thus shattered.
But no matter what, there were a few new items added to the food column, which was an extremely lucky thing for them. After all, drinking too much coconut juice would make you feel sick.
Qiao Yiyi silently memorized the route in her mind, planning to pick some fruit when she came back. She didn't know what Xiong Ying and the others had discovered.
The two men and the cameraman continued walking towards the east. After passing through a bush, they saw a beach and a boat in the distance. There was a middle-aged man on the boat, who should be a villager from the island.
From yesterday to now, this is the first time Qiao Yiyi has seen anyone other than the program crew. She and Zong Chang walked forward to see if they could ask the uncle about the situation on the island.
The uncle looked to be in his thirties or forties, with tanned skin.
They must have just returned from fishing. The boat was loaded with fish, as well as lots of shrimps and crabs.
This is much bigger than the seafood they found among the rocks on the beach yesterday. Qiao Yiyi saw a struggling fish on the deck that was half a meter long and couldn't help but show an envious look.
A pot of soup stewed from this fish is definitely enough to fill them up.
Zong Chang obviously thought so too.
The two young men stared at the fish and asked, "Do you want to buy some fish?"
Qiao Yiyi said embarrassedly: "I want to...but we don't have money."
"Haha." The uncle laughed heartily and waved his hand. "It's okay. Help me move the fish to the car and I'll give you one."
"Really?" Qiao Yiyi's eyes lit up with excitement.
The uncle nodded: "Really. It's just that my car is a little far away, still some distance from the coast."
As he spoke, he pointed in a direction.
Qiao Yiyi and Zong Chang looked in the direction of his finger and saw a motorized tricycle parked on the shore about a few hundred meters away.
Looking at the uncle's boat full of fish, it was indeed a bit difficult to move them over.
Uncle: "I originally had a helper, but he had something going on at home these past two days and couldn't go out to sea with me, so I've been alone these two days."
Qiao Yiyi thought, since there is nothing to do at the moment, she might as well help the uncle move the fish, and she might even catch a big one.
The two men then helped the uncle put the fish into large fish baskets in batches, and then transported the fish one basket at a time to the car on the shore.
After going back and forth several times, the two were exhausted and out of breath.
The uncle kept his promise and put a very large fish in a sturdy plastic bag for them, saying, "Thank you both for your hard work."
When Qiao Yiyi thought about having dinner tonight, she suddenly felt that no matter how hard or tiring it was, it was worth it. She shook her head and said, "It's not hard, not hard at all."
Seeing that the two young men were enthusiastic and hardworking, and that they had helped him so much, the uncle asked, "Would you two like to be my assistants and go fishing with me tomorrow morning? I'll pay you a hundred yuan a morning each!"
Qiao Yiyi was startled and exchanged a glance with Zong Chang. Qiao Yiyi said awkwardly, "Uncle, we really want to go too, but..."
Even if they were filming a show right now, how could they possibly leave their job and go do something else? And even if they did go, the money wouldn't be used for the show.
Seeing their embarrassed expressions, the uncle thought that the money was too little, so he waved his hand and said generously: "I will give each of you an extra hundred yuan. If you are worried that I will delay your wages, I will give you a hundred yuan advance."
As he spoke, he fumbled for something in the inside pocket of his coat.
Qiao Yiyi was at a loss for words and quickly waved her hands to refuse: "Uncle, that's not what I meant. We are..."
The rest of the words were cut off in his mouth.
She stared in amazement at the two coins the uncle took out. They were golden and had lion heads painted on them.
Isn’t this the Northern Lion Coin!
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