On the first day on the deserted island, Song Tiantian woke up to the sound of waves and the loud voices of seagulls.
After a good sleep, Song Tiantian stretched out in bed and climbed down from the bunk bed.
Xu Anjia, who was sleeping in the lower bunk, had not woken up yet, and one of his legs was still hanging out.
Xu Qi, who had known this for a long time, asked Lu Chuanbei and others to bring back some sponge mats from the children's play area of the yacht last night and cover the entire room with them.
Therefore, no matter whether Xu Anjia falls off the bed or not, he doesn't have to worry about his daughter falling down.
This sincere love and care was seen on the almost completely scraped ground below the children's play area, which almost made Director Liu suffocate.
Not only the room where Song Tiantian and her friends live, but there are also a few more things in the rooms outside, such as seawater filters, solar desk lamps, and solar boilers.
When Song Tiantian came out of the room, Fang Xiuzhu and the others, who had been moving until late at night, were still resting in the room next door.
Song Tiantian tiptoed out of the cabin and saw the sea turtle standing curiously in front of the tightly tied coconut crab. It sniffed at it and then turned its head away in disgust.
When it turned its head, it saw Song Tiantian standing at the door. As soon as it saw her, the big turtle immediately trotted towards her excitedly.
The flapping limbs made a series of snapping sounds on the ground.
Moreover, when it approached Song Tiantian, it stretched out its head and rubbed the little girl's arm, making a purring sound.
Song Tiantian couldn't help but touch its head and said, "Are you craving for bait again? Wait a minute, I'll get it for you."
With that, Song Tiantian ran into the house and came back with the bait in a short while.
"Come." Song Tiantian grabbed a handful of bait and started feeding it to the big turtle.
The feeling of the slightly rough tongue licking the palm of her hand made Song Tiantian couldn't help but laugh out loud because of the itchiness. Later, when she thought of Lu Chuanbei and the others who were still sleeping in the room, Song Tiantian immediately pursed her lips.
While Song Tiantian was feeding the big turtle, Xiangfangnan also came out of the house.
"Good morning, Nannan." Song Tiantian greeted Xiangnan with full energy.
"Good morning, sweetie." Xiangfangnan glanced around and asked, "Are we the only two awake?"
"Yeah, Dad and the others seemed to be busy until very late last night, and they are still sleeping now." Song Tiantian said in a low voice.
Xiangfangnan nodded in understanding: "I saw that there are many more things from the yacht in the house."
At this moment, they saw Xu Qi pushing a cart and returning with a pile of dead firewood from outside: "Hey, you two are already up."
"I haven't had time to make breakfast yet. You have to wait a moment." Xu Qi said as he took the dry firewood off the cart and piled it under the eaves of the wooden house.
Song Tiantian and Xiangfangnan also came forward to help, and soon they had taken the dead firewood off the cart.
"Okay, you guys go play over there for a while, and I'll take care of the rest." Xu Qi said, and took some dry firewood and hay, lit the two stoves at the door, and poured the filtered fresh water into the pot and started to boil it.
Then, he went back into the house and took out the little rice that was left and the bananas left over from yesterday. Looking at these things, Xu Qi couldn't help but feel worried: "This little rice is probably only enough for one meal."
Song Tiantian quickly looked towards him: "Uncle Xu, don't we have much food left?"
"There's enough food, but not enough staple food." Xu Qi smiled at Song Tiantian, "But don't worry, everything will be solved once we catch the tuna today."
"Are you sure we can catch it today?" Xiangfangnan asked with some doubt.
Xu Qi opened his mouth but was speechless.
Seeing this, Xiangfangnan nodded in understanding: "It seems that we still have to rely on ourselves."
Hearing this, Song Tiantian's eyes lit up: "If that's the case, then why don't we just find some staple food on the island and bring it back?"
"Looking for staple food on the island?" Xu Qi was amused by the little girl's whimsical idea: "Tiantian, this island is a deserted island, how could there be staple food on it?"
"Why is it impossible to have staple food on a deserted island?"
"Because there is no one living here, and where there is no one living there is no one to farm, and where there is no one to farm there is no staple food like rice and wheat." Xu Qi explained simply.
"It's not like no one lives there." Xiangfangnan glanced at the cabin and said, "If no one lives there, who built it?"
Xu Qi was stunned.
At this time, Xiangfangnan said again: "Didn't you say yesterday that this wooden house looked like it had been built for a long time? Maybe the people who lived here before had planted something on the island."
[Logically, there's nothing wrong with this...]
[Nannan is right, but even if people used to grow crops here, they've probably all grown wild now.]
[So the question is, can wild crops still grow well? ]
[I don't think it's very likely to work, and after all these years, there aren't many left even if there are any.]
[Although, it sounds unrealistic that someone could grow crops on this deserted island, doesn't it?]
[That's right, who would have nothing better to do than build a house on a deserted island and grow crops? It's not like there's any treasure, so why would they retire to the high seas?]
[The above person might actually have guessed correctly. However, I'm not sure if there's treasure on this island, but the route Lu Chuanbei and his group took does seem to have some connection to treasure in the past.]
[What? Is there really a treasure? Anyone upstairs who knows, please tell me more!]
[Modo Modo, has already brought the small stool and sat down! ]
[If there is treasure, I will buy a plane ticket and fly there right now! ]
[It's not that there's treasure on the deserted island, but rather that the route they took from Shanming Island was once used by invading armies to transport antiques and treasures looted from our country from Haikou. Some of these ships encountered extremely rare hurricanes during transportation, resulting in shipwrecks. Of course, this is just what I heard from the older generation, so I'm not sure if this actually happened.]
[Now that I think about it, I think I've heard this story before, but it was a long time ago, from my grandmother and her generation. Oh, and I'm from Haikou, and my grandfather was a broker at the port.]
"No way, could that island be related to treasure? That's why someone secretly built a cabin there, actually looking for treasure near the deserted island?"
[Hahaha, you're all wrong. This cabin has nothing to do with treasure. It's just an ordinary high-seas gambling den. How do I know this? It's because my dad and his men raided this den! I still have photos of it before, when it was in ruins. If the production team hadn't found someone to repair it, this cabin would have collapsed long ago.]
[Oh my goodness, so my treasure dream is shattered before it even begins?]
[I was just about to buy a ticket, but stopped immediately when I saw this... But, these gamblers really know how to find a place, even going so far as to end up on a deserted island in the high seas.]
[Wait, so those gamblers probably wouldn't think of growing crops on the island, right?]
Song Tiantian and Xiangfangnan, who still didn't know what the background of this cabin was, had already packed up their things and prepared to go to the island to find some edible staple food.
Xu Qi looked at the two children's excited expressions and did not discourage their ambition: "Okay, then you can go and look for it, but you can't go too far from here, you can only look nearby."
"Yeah," Song Tiantian said with shining eyes, "I'll look for it in the woods ahead. I won't go far."
Xiangfang Nan nodded: "Well, I will watch her."
Xu Qi looked at Xiang Nan, who was pretending to be mature, and couldn't help but smile: "Okay, then I'll leave Tiantian to you. You have to take good care of her."
"good."
Just like that, Xiangfangnan and Song Tiantian headed towards the forest.
Xu Qi looked at their backs and smiled as he reminded them, "Don't walk too far. We'll be able to have breakfast soon."
"Okay, we'll just look around and be back soon."
As they talked, they walked towards the woods, and the turtle on the side followed them with a clattering sound.
The deserted island is located in the tropical region on both sides of the equator. The unique tropical climate makes the plants in the rainforest grow particularly lush, and a variety of rich tropical Chinese herbal medicines can also grow freely.
Song Tiantian didn't have to walk too far before she found the Chinese tallow tree hidden in the bushes, the Coptis chinensis that looked like ordinary vines, the Houttuynia cordata that grew close to the ground, and so on.
In addition to these, the rainforest is also a good place for many fungi to reproduce. Various edible boletus, red mushrooms, chanterelles, etc. can be found in the forest.
It didn't take long for Song Tiantian to pick half a bucket of mushrooms, and just as she was about to walk inside, a bush caught her attention.
She hurried forward and looked at the branches, stems and leaves of the shrubs. The more she looked, the brighter Song Tiantian's eyes became: "Nannan, I think I have found the staple food."
[Found it? Where is it?]
[Are there any staple foods here? Why don’t I see any? ]
Aren't these just a few ordinary shrubs in front of Tiantian? Why did she say she found her staple food?
【Could it be a mistake? 】
As Song Tiantian spoke, she grabbed the branches under the bush and pulled it up with all her strength. Seeing this, Xiangfangnan hurried forward and started pulling with her.
After several attempts, they finally pulled the bush out.
Xiangfangnan looked at the pulled out shrubs. When he saw the tubers at the roots that looked like sweet potatoes, he couldn't help but look at Song Tiantian hesitantly: "Tiantian, why do these look like sweet potatoes?"
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