Ming Fu knew Jing Ye very well. He was a stubborn and competitive person. It was absolutely impossible for him to face up to his shortcomings.
He said Ming Fu had sore hands and shoulders, so Ming Fu must have sore hands and shoulders, which was consistent with his understanding of his sister.
She couldn't win an argument, so Mingfu stopped arguing with Jingye. She tried to be a well-behaved, sensible, and obedient sister. She smiled and asked, "Brother, can you build a house by yourself? Do you know how to build it?"
"That will definitely not be worse than the foundation you built." Jing Ye had already figured out in his mind what to do next, and he was completely confident.
"Brother is called brother because he must be quite capable. Today I'll let you open your eyes." He winked confidently at Ming Fu, "Just admire your brother."
Jing Ye was also lucky. Not long after he started working, Shao Yi and Bai Yinyin came over. They had just finished breakfast and said they came to help.
Jing Ye was not the type to be falsely polite to others. Seeing someone offering his help, he was so delighted that his face almost broke with laughter.
As soon as Shao Yi arrived, he saw the foundation they had built yesterday. The foundation was nearly 80 centimeters above the ground, and the wooden boards were staggered to maintain ventilation and isolate the moisture from the ground.
Each wooden board is tied tightly with straw ropes made of palm leaves. The wooden boards are arranged in an orderly and regular manner, and the palm mats on top are thick and soft, and you can tell at a glance that they are very comfortable.
As soon as he saw their foundation, Shao Yi couldn't help but exclaim: "You guys built this platform really well."
Bai Yinyin covered her mouth in surprise, her eyes full of delight: "Mingfu, you and your brother are amazing. The tent you built is both practical and beautiful. It's much better than ours."
No matter how good a tent is, you still have to sleep on the ground. For people who are used to sleeping in beds, sleeping in a tent will be somewhat uncomfortable.
Jing Ye waved his hand: "No, no, it's just a random thing."
He said it was casual, but he didn't look casual at all. His face was bright and he looked very proud.
Bai Yinyin touched the palm mat and liked it more and more. She asked Ming Fu a little embarrassedly: "How did you weave this mat? Can you teach me?"
Shao Yi and Bai Yinyin had similar ideas and also wanted to put a soft and comfortable palm mat in their tent. There were no sleeping bags in their tent, and sleeping directly on the ground was actually not comfortable at all.
However, it is not appropriate to learn how to weave palm mats at this time. The most important task at the moment is to build the house.
Shao Yi: "Don't worry about the mat yet. Let's learn it after we build the house. Don't delay the important work."
Unexpectedly, Jing Ye said, "Don't delay. Ah Fu is fine. You can teach this sister."
Ming Fu nodded and said, "My brother is building a house, I will teach you how to make the mat."
Bai Yinyin was very surprised when she heard this: "Huh? Mingfu, can you also weave?"
"Yes." Ming Fu pointed to the two ready-made palm mats, "I wove the two mats above."
"I thought this was your brother..." Bai Yinyin was a little embarrassed. Although she had just asked Ming Fu, she subconsciously thought that the palm mat was mainly woven by Jing Ye, because with Jing Ye's personality, he would not let his sister do the work alone.
Ming Fu brought up Jing Ye's dark history: "My brother can't even tie a knot properly. He's so stupid. He's not as dexterous as me."
"What did you say?" Jing Ye frowned, gritted his teeth fiercely, and pretended to pull her face.
Ming Fu grinned at him with his teeth bared, looking fearless.
Jing Ye laughed out of anger at her, and gently pulled Ming Fu's cheek a few times: "Yes, I'm not as dexterous as you."
His aggressive and helpless look just now successfully made Shao Yi and Bai Yinyin laugh.
In just a few simple words, their tasks were assigned.
The two men, Jing Ye and Shao Yi, were responsible for building the house, while Ming Fu was responsible for teaching Bai Yinyin how to weave palm mats.
Under Ming Fu's guidance, Bai Yinyin collected a pile of palm leaves suitable for weaving mats.
Bai Yinyin is very smart and has nimble hands. She learned it after Mingfu taught her a few times.
Ming Fu wanted to help her weave, but was rejected by Bai Yinyin. Ming Fu was the youngest, so Bai Yinyin treated her as a younger sister. Her mentality was exactly the same as Jing Ye's. She thought Ming Fu should go out and play at her age and was reluctant to let her work hard.
Ming Fu had nothing to do, so she took her stone knife and went into the forest again.
Her main purpose for entering the forest was for food. Yesterday, when she and Jing Ye were walking around the island, they found a lot of food along the way. They silently noted down the locations of the food and planned to dig it up when they had time.
Relying on his memory of yesterday, Mingfu successfully dug up wild taro and potatoes, and soon harvested a small pile.
This island boasts not only vegetables but also vibrant, tantalizing red tomatoes, an old variety with thin skin and plenty of juice. Their only drawback is that they don't last long. No one knows which bird originally brought the seeds, but after years of fruiting and dropping, the tomato seedlings have now spread to the size of half a basketball court.
Ming Fuguang picked the good-looking and ripe tomatoes and picked a full bag.
Later, she accidentally discovered a small bamboo forest with many tender bamboo shoots that had just emerged.
This new discovery made Mingfu's eyes light up. Bamboo is a treasure from head to toe. Bamboo shoots are sweet and delicious, and things made of bamboo are strong.
She was overjoyed and then used local materials to cut a few thin bamboos and made a simple backpack to carry the taro, potatoes and bamboo shoots she had dug.
She poked a hole in the middle of the bamboo sticks that were as thick as a bowl, and then used them to hold fresh water.
She and Jing Ye also found the source of fresh water yesterday. There is a dormant volcano in the middle of the island. Over the years, water has accumulated to form a volcanic lake. Fresh water overflows from the cracks in the volcanic lake. When the time comes, they can use bamboo to build a bridge to drain the water and get water.
When she finished her work, it was almost noon. She went back with a bamboo tube, a large roll of bamboo strips, and a full basket of vegetables and fruits.
As soon as Mingfu returned, she saw the half-finished project between her brother and Shao Yi.
The reason why it is called a project is that what they built cannot be called a house at all.
The wall was only about one person tall when it started to tilt. The higher it was built, the more obvious the tilt became. From a distance, it looked like a parallelogram instead of a cube.
Jing Ye and Shao Yi were obviously also stumped. They stood with their hands on their hips, looking at their project in confusion and worry.
They couldn't understand why the house started to tilt while it was being built?
When Jing Ye was at a loss, he saw Ming Fu coming back. She was carrying things on her shoulders and holding things in her hands, as if she had returned with a full load.
It looks heavy just by looking at it.
Jing Ye frowned as soon as he saw her, and his mouth was pursed into a straight line.
"Why did you go into the woods on the island alone?" He hurried over to help Ming Fu take the things. As soon as he picked up the backpack full of vegetables and fruits, Jing Ye couldn't help but glance at Ming Fu first.
This basket of things looks heavy, and it is even heavier when lifted. Just weighing it in your hand will tell you that it is almost as heavy as the 20kg dumbbells at home.
If you add the large bundle of bamboo strips and several bamboo tubes on her shoulders, it would weigh several kilograms more.
Jing Ye looked at Ming Fu with a half-smile in his eyes: "You are quite impressive. You carried so many things back by yourself."
Ming Fu: "It's okay, it's not too heavy. I didn't even have time to catch my breath the whole way."
Forty kilograms was not considered heavy in Mingfu's opinion, and it was quite easy to walk back.
After hearing Ming Fu's words, Jing Ye was very angry and her chest heaved violently.
"Stop smiling at me." Jing Ye frowned, and there was some dignity of an older brother in his expression.
"Don't you know how tired you were yesterday? You woke up this morning and told me your hands and shoulders were sore—"
Ming Fu couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted Jing Ye helplessly.
"I didn't say my hands and shoulders were sore, it was you who insisted on saying that, brother."
Jing Ye was stunned for a moment, then recalled: "I said that? But isn't what I said the truth?"
Ming Fu raised his hand and patted his shoulder, comforting him, "It's okay, I'm much stronger than you think. Okay, don't worry about me."
This statement could not convince Jing Ye. The impression of Ming Fu in his mind was deeply rooted, that is, he was weak and delicate, and could not carry anything on his shoulders or lift anything with his hands.
Even though Mingfu is in good health now, he still feels sorry for his sister when he sees her working, and he can't help but worry about her.
"I don't care how strong you are. I'm still alive. Even if I'm old and can only use a cane, it's not your turn to do these things."
Jing Ye couldn't stop talking once she started, and she kept chattering like an old lady.
In order to end the topic quickly and listen to less nagging, Ming Fu followed his words and said perfunctorily: "Okay, I know, I know. I'll call you brother next time."
Jing Ye rolled his eyes and scoffed, "You know nothing. I think you are like a little mouse chewing soybeans. You are only good at talking but don't know how to learn from your mistakes."
Ming Fu was so annoyed by his mouth that he looked past him and stared at the project behind him, trying to change the subject.
"Is this what you've achieved this morning?"
Ming Fu's method of changing the subject was very effective, and Jing Ye's attention was indeed drawn to the house again.
He silently helped Mingfu take the things and put them down, lowered his head, and said nothing in frustration.
"I don't know why, but it tilts when it reaches a certain height." Bai Yinyin said helplessly.
Shao Yi also spread his hands: "I haven't found a solution yet."
It looked like all three of them were stumped.
Mingfu didn't say anything. She first walked half a circle around the house they built.
The building is so-so, and it can be lived in, but it is life-threatening as it cannot withstand wind and rain. You might be sleeping soundly that night when the house suddenly collapses.
Jing Ye saw Ming Fu looking at it and shaking his head, as if he understood it very well.
So he asked curiously, "Afu, what did you figure out?"
Ming Fu nodded, turned around and said to them, "Before you build the house, you must first erect four main load-bearing pillars at the four corners. Choose the thickest and strongest ones."
Shao Yi was enlightened when he heard this. He clapped his hands and said, "You're right. Our thinking was limited to the foundation, and we actually forgot about the four important pillars."
Jing Ye looked at Ming Fu with satisfaction, as if to say, "My sister is so smart."
Before Mingfu could finish her words, she continued, "There's more to it than just this one problem. Although most wooden houses are built with wood stacked horizontally, like yours, that's only when the materials are available. Now we don't have nails, so we can only tie it with ropes, which won't be secure. It'll fall down with a slight kick."
As she said this, she raised her leg and kicked, and Jing Ye, who had worked hard for the whole morning, fell down gloriously.
"Hey——" Shao Yi felt sorry for their project and wanted to stop Ming Fu when he saw her actions.
Later, I saw that their project collapsed so easily. I thought there was no point in keeping it, so I might as well kick it away.
"What a pity, they have been riding for so long." Bai Yinyin felt a little sorry when she saw it.
Jing Ye also endured the heartache and said with a forced smile: "It's okay, it's okay. It's good to kick it off. We can build a better house after kicking it off."
Mingfu was confident and neither distressed nor panicked. She comforted everyone, saying, "As long as we find the right method, it won't take much time to put it together. We have a lot of people, so we should be able to put it together in an hour or two."
It won’t take much time?
Jing Ye had reservations about this. It was impossible for him to believe it. He and Shao Yi had not rested for more than four hours in the morning, but they only managed to build it this high.
Now they are back to work and may have to work until night.
However, Jing Ye did not expose Ming Fu's plan. She was his own sister, what could he do? His sister said that it wouldn't take much time, so he could only support his sister.
Jing Ye: "As expected of my sister, look at her confidence."
Shao Yi asked Jing Ye, "So, let's follow your sister's instructions?"
Jing Ye didn't say anything and looked at Ming Fu first.
"Yes, I'll take it." Ming Fu said.
Ming Fu said that she was there to help, but in fact she just talked. The work was basically done by Jing Ye and Shao Yi. Sometimes Bai Yinyin would lend a hand, and she would just hold her hands and give instructions throughout the process, acting as a supervisor.
During the time she worked as a construction worker, she was not completely idle. She also roasted the potatoes and taro she dug up.
By the time the walls around the house were built, her potatoes and taro were roasted.
The wooden boards of the newly built house were placed upright and tied tightly with the bamboo strips brought back by Mingfu. The bamboo strips were tough and strong, and much stronger than the straw ropes used before.
Each wall is fixed with two wooden boards tied into an "X" shape, so the wall is no longer easily deformed, and the whole small house looks both sturdy and beautiful.
Mingfu didn't ask them to build the house too high. The house was just a simple shelter for sleeping at night. As long as people could sit upright in it and there was enough height for an arm to move, it would be enough.
As a result, they worked much faster and finished the work in less than two hours. Even the roof was set up, and the only thing left was to lay the palm leaves.
As soon as they finished, Mingfu invited them to eat freshly baked potatoes and taro, with freshly cracked coconuts on the side.
Although the potatoes and taro were roasted over fire without any seasoning, they were still considered a delicacy for those who had been busy for most of the day and were hungry.
The roasted potatoes and taro are sweet and soft. The aroma comes from the food itself, as well as the Maillard reaction produced after roasting.
Just one sniff can make your mouth water.
Shao Yi ate five in one breath. Jing Ye was young and had a big appetite, so he ate even faster than Shao Yi. He ate seven in one breath. Even Bai Yinyin, who had a small appetite, ate three.
After Bai Yinyin had finished her meal, she remembered that they still had quite a lot of supplies in their tent. She regretted not bringing any food with her when she came. They had so much supplies, yet they still had to eat the potatoes and taro that the brother and sister had worked so hard to get.
"Are you full? There's more." Seeing that Bai Yinyin didn't want to eat anymore, Ming Fu used a stick to dig out a roasted taro from the fire.
"We still have meat in our tent. It's my fault that I just remembered it now. Wait for me, I'll get it." Bai Yinyin stood up and was about to leave.
Shao Yi slapped his forehead and said guiltily, "Yes, yes, yes, how could I have forgotten? I was only thinking about eating."
"You stay here. I'm fast and I'll get it." He stopped Bai Yinyin.
Ming Fu hurriedly spoke out to stop them: "No, you can keep the supplies for yourselves, you don't have to share them with us."
Jing Ye also said, "Yes, you don't have to share with us. Besides, who would hire someone to help with work and then ask them to subsidize their food? This lunch should have been ours. Honestly, thank you for not disdaining our baked potatoes today."
Bai Yinyin repeatedly shook her head in denial: "Why would I dislike it? Mingfu's roasted potatoes and taro are delicious. This is the first time I've eaten such delicious taro. I usually don't eat carbohydrates, but today I ate three in one go."
Shao Yi smiled and said, "I am even more ashamed. I ate five. Don't worry if you laugh at me. I am not full yet. I feel like I can eat two or three more."
"Then eat it." Jing Ye grabbed two cooked taro and wanted to give them to Shao Yi, but both of them were burned and looked hideous.
The four of them ate half a basket of potatoes and taro, leaving the skins all over the floor. Everyone was very satisfied. After they were full, one of them took a ripe tomato and started to eat it.
Shao Yi took a bite of the fresh, sweet and sour tomato and sighed, "I never thought that one day I would be able to feel such happiness while eating baked potatoes and tomatoes, a happiness that neither Michelin nor Black Pearl can achieve."
This was the first time Shao Yi had eaten hot food in the past two days, so of course he felt satisfied. Although they had meat, they had no fire, and it was difficult to feel happy eating cold food.
Jing Ye: "What kind of happiness is this? I'll go fishing later and grill some fish for you tonight. If you eat the fish you catch right away, it will make your eyebrows drop. Only then will you feel what true happiness is."
Shao Yi was so eager to try what he said that he swallowed his saliva greedily.
"Can you really catch fish?"
"It might not be the same for others. I grew up by the sea, so fishing is a daily routine for me. For me, it's just like Liu Huaqiang splitting a melon, a simple task."
Recalling his fishing experience, Jing Ye was eager to try. He rubbed his hands and planned to make a big catch this time, catching at least a dozen or twenty fish.
Pei Haotian is so envious!
Shao Yi also felt itchy and couldn't help it. Although he was too busy with work to spare time for fishing, he was also very interested in it.
"Teacher Jing Ye, please teach me by the way."
"Leave it to me."
To fish, you first need a fishing rod, so Jing Ye set his eyes on the bamboo basket that Ming Fu brought back.
"Afu, where did you find the bamboo?"
Ming Fu didn't answer but asked, "Brother, are you really going fishing?"
Jing Ye: "Yes, you and that sister sit and watch the sea and play. I will catch two fish for you to taste."
Ming Fu didn't say anything, but his brows furrowed. Whether Jing Ye could catch fish was one thing, but as soon as he approached the sea, Ming Fu's heart began to alarm.
She didn't know how Jing Ye fell into the water in the book. Jing Ye was just a cannon fodder, and all the related plots were glossed over. It only wrote about him and Pei Haotian in the water, and the consequences of his drowning.
Maybe his fishing trip was the cause of his drowning.
Ming Fu discussed with Jing Ye, "Can we not go? Can't we just eat potatoes and taro?"
"Stupid pig, can you be a little more ambitious? Don't you get tired of eating potatoes and taro every day?"
"We also have cassava and konjac on the island. If we get tired of it, we can try something else."
Jing Ye looked at her with disgust, as if she were an idiot, and shook his head.
"There are obviously fish in the sea, but you still want to eat taro and potatoes every day. You are indeed a little stupid pig. Little stupid pig, hum like a pig for your brother to hear." Jing Ye pressed his index finger against the tip of Ming Fu's nose, making a pig's nose for her.
Ming Fu slapped his annoying claws away.
"You can go fishing, I'll go fishing!"
"You're fishing, what the hell are you fishing for? Have you ever fished?"
"Of course I have!"
"You caught the little goldfish from the amusement park, didn't you? I caught them for you. I don't want to waste time talking to you. I have to eat fish tonight. Come on, confess and I'll give you a chance. Where's the bamboo?"
Ming Fu turned his head away and ignored him. His movements and posture were very brave, and it was obvious that he would not be easily tortured into confessing.
"Oh, you're quite courageous. Forget it, I'll look for it myself. I don't believe I can't find it. Let's go, Teacher Shao."
Jing Ye left without any regard for the fact that his sister was still angry with him.
After Jing Ye left, Bai Yinyin couldn't help but laugh and tease her: "What are you and your brother arguing about?"
"I'm not making trouble with him." Ming Fu's tone was very calm, and he really didn't look angry.
"Then what are you doing? Why don't you want your brother to go fishing?"
Mingfu didn't answer. She thought for a moment, turned around and poured out all the vegetables and fruits in the bamboo basket, emptying the basket.
She carried the bamboo basket on her back and turned to ask Bai Yinyin, "I'm going to the beach. Do you want to come with me?"
Ming Fu didn't say why she was going to the beach. Bai Yinyin had nothing to do, so she followed her.
The sun was particularly strong at the beach. As soon as Bai Yinyin took a step, the scorching sun made it impossible for her to open her eyes. She subconsciously retreated back under the tree.
Before leaving, Ming Fu felt it necessary to explain something to Bai Yinyin.
She stretched her muscles and said, "I'm going to dive in a little while. Don't be afraid if you don't see me get up."
"You want to dive?" Bai Yinyin widened her eyes in shock.
"I have a diving certificate and can hold my breath for more than five minutes, so don't panic if I don't come up later."
Ming Fu didn't give Bai Yinyin much time to understand and digest the situation. After a simple warm-up, she took off her sun-protection jacket and shoes, stood on the reef, and plunged into the sea.
Bai Yinyin came back to her senses after hearing the sound. She didn't care about the sun shining directly on the beach, and ran to the place where Ming floated into the sea, squatted on the reef and looked down.
But there were only ripples on the sea surface, and Mingfu's figure was no longer visible.
Even though Mingfu told her that he had a diving certificate, people who can't swim are naturally afraid of the unfathomable ocean.
She slapped the backs of her hands anxiously, counting to herself.
Because she didn't have a watch and didn't know the time, she could only count in her mind to calculate how long Mingfu had been diving.
She broke off a finger every time she counted to sixty.
But when she clenched one hand into a fist, Ming still didn't come up, and Bai Yinyin became even more panicked.
Not only she was panicking, the director team and the audience were also panicking.
[Why the hell hasn't Sister Jingye come up yet? ]
[It's been so long, nothing will happen, right? ]
Doesn't she have a diving license? She should be aware of this and won't get herself into trouble.
There are many accidents in the sea, like cramps and feet getting tangled in seaweed. And she didn't say she could hold her breath for five minutes, but now it's already been more than five minutes.
[It's already been over five minutes. I wonder if my sister can still come up...]
[No, don't scare me, help me, I'm already crying]
Twenty nautical miles away, Director Guo clenched his fists, his breathing becoming irregular with nervousness. He hurriedly asked Assistant Director Xiao Zhao, "How long has she been down there?"
Assistant Director Xiao Zhao wasn't sure either, and tremblingly said, "About eight minutes."
Director Guo couldn't wait any longer, so he picked up the walkie-talkie and called the rescue personnel as he walked out: "Something's happened, arrange a speedboat immediately, and lifeguards, bring equipment."
As soon as he finished speaking, Assistant Director Xiao Zhao suddenly called him: "Director Guo, they're out! They're out!"
Ming Fu emerged from the water and the first person he saw was Bai Yinyin, who was crying with fear, and next to her was Shao Yi, who was frightened and at a loss.
And Jing Ye just dived into the sea, and the sea water splashed all over Ming Fu's face.
Ming Fu grabbed him with his backhand, and wrapped his arms around his neck to prevent him from diving any further.
Suddenly I didn't know who was going to save whom.
Jing Ye suddenly looked fragile in the sea: "?"
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