Chapter 49
Qiao Sheng and Li Mu still refused Pei Hong's invitation and went back to their own boat to have dinner. Fang Yueyi and Xu Ziyan joined Pei Hong's fleet, so it was not good to refuse in a coy way. They went back to the boat to get a piece of hot pot base to contribute.
Pei Hong couldn't have 22 people guarding one pot to eat hot pot, so he divided the previously prepared hot pot first, and then asked the chef on duty to take the meat and various vegetables, wash and cut them, and put them directly into the pot to cook. With just this pot of base, he cooked six pots of ingredients.
Everyone ate until they were full, and sat on the shore around the campfire to rest.
It was a little inconvenient for Qiao Sheng to eat hot pot here. If he didn't stay by the stove, there would be no fire. If he stayed by the stove, the kitchen would be very crowded. After thinking for a while, the two decided to cut a piece of hot pot base to make a spicy hot pot. After frying it in one pot, all the ingredients at home were taken out, washed and fried.
After dinner, Pei Hong came over to ask people to divide the spoils. The shore was full of supplies, including crops, fruits, and hunted animals collected in the past few days, two little bears crawling all over the ground, and the carcass of a black bear. Because the children were still there, Pei Hong didn't let them take it out, saying that he would divide the black bear after dividing the little bears and bringing them back to the boat.
The two little bears seem to have different personalities. One of them seems to have ADHD and keeps crawling. When Fang Yueyi brings it back, it crawls out immediately. Sometimes it even uses its head to support its resting brother.
"Who wants these two bears? Sister Fang can choose first. After all, you were the one who heard the sound first and brought them back. If Miss Qiao wants another one, that's fine too. The injured one you had before may not live long. But let's be frank. It's a beast after all. You are sick for talking about humanity with it. You can raise a cute one when it's small, but when it grows up and lives in the same room with you every day, and really goes crazy and hurts people, don't blame Brother Pei for not reminding you in advance. Also, this guy will have a big appetite when he grows up. Consider your own strength before you think about raising one. It's very likely that you will raise it but fail to tame it well, and have to release it back to the mountains." Pei Hong said everything he could think of in advance for fear of being blamed in the future.
Qiao Sheng first said that she didn't want it, and the one on the boat was still struggling. If it wasn't injured, she wouldn't want to keep that one.
Fang Yueyi saw that she didn't want to keep one, so she prepared to pick one. After discussing it with Xu Ziyan, the two of them had a big disagreement. It wasn't that her boyfriend didn't want to keep one, but simply because she wanted to keep the obedient one that didn't bother her. Xu Ziyan insisted on the lively one, and smiled and said that this little bear was very similar to Fang Yueyi when she was a child, attracting cats and teasing dogs like her ADHD.
The two of them spoke without lowering their voices, and the people nearby could hear it clearly. Xu Ziyan's words made everyone laugh. Fang Yueyi blushed and raised her fist to hit him. Xu Ziyan must be used to being hit. He touched the place where he was hit with his hand, and still smiled and said that he wanted the one with ADHD.
Fang Yueyi actually liked the lively one very much. She didn't choose it at first because she was too busy drifting on the sea and was afraid that she couldn't control this naughty one. Now Xu Ziyan also likes this one, so she will choose this one.
There is also a young girl in Pei Hong's fleet. Because she is young, the jobs assigned to her are safer, such as guarding the boat or cooking. Girls don't have their own boats. The men on the same boat with her are obviously much older than her, and they usually take good care of her.
Now the girl wants to raise one, but the man next to her rejects her.
"Brother, just raise one. Look how cute it
is. Sister Yueyi and that sister both have one. I want to raise one too. Please." The girl pulls the man's hand and says coquettishly. "Xiaoxi, don't be willful. You can't afford this bear. Miss Fang and Miss Qiao can raise their own. Can you? Check your own ability before making a choice. Don't do things that are beyond your ability." Fang Hai rejects his sister mercilessly.
If it were in the real world, he would definitely satisfy his sister if she wanted to raise a small animal, but not now. This game is cruel, and people are scheming against each other. Although they were lucky enough to board Brother Pei's fleet, he had always been working hard to do dirty and tiring work outside, so that no one in the fleet would abandon Xiaoxi who couldn't work. What
about the future? If he died, what would Xiaoxi do? Would she be abandoned by the fleet? So since entering this game, he has been working hard to educate Xiaoxi, so that she has changed from a little princess at home to what she is now, able to cook for everyone and drive a boat.
Everything has to be taught slowly. He has to work hard to live until Xiaoxi grows up to be a woman like Fang Yueyi and Qiao Sheng, who can protect herself and be self-sufficient, so that it will not be in vain for his parents who sacrificed their lives to protect him and Xiaoxi as soon as they entered the game.
"Okay, brother, I know, I will be good. By the way, I learned how to fluff cotton today. I will go back and change new quilts for the brothers and uncles in the fleet, okay? Don't be angry, I won't support you anymore." Zheng Xi looked at his brother's expression and knew that he was thinking of his parents again.
At times like this, as long as she can promise to be well behaved and show her brother her progress, he will be able to turn his attention back to her and not be so painful. In fact, she also misses her parents, but she cannot show it, otherwise her brother will be even sadder. Today, she cried while fluffing cotton. She cried very loudly, but she did not stop the work in her hands, so that the sound of fluffing cotton could cover up her crying. She also applied cold water to her eyes so that her brother would not notice when he came back.
"Zheng Hai, don't be so fierce to your sister. She is only 13 years old, what does she know? My daughter is much older than her. She doesn't even know to help when the soy sauce bottle falls, let alone cook or sew. She is very sensible. This bear is kept on Uncle Pei's boat. Whenever we go ashore, you will have to help feed it. You can play with it for a while while ensuring your own safety." Pei Hong had heard Zheng Hai talk about his family.
Zheng Hai, the elder brother, was careless, but he often saw bloodshot eyes in Zheng Xi's eyes when he came back. At first, he thought that there was someone in the team who did something wrong, so he left his brothers to guard the boat. After observing for a long time, he was sure that no one bullied the little girl. She was crying on the boat by herself. She probably missed her parents. Pei Hong also missed his family, and sometimes he wanted to pamper the little girl.
"Okay, Uncle Pei, I will definitely feed it until it is fat and white." Zheng Xi looked sincere, and when he turned his eyes to the little black bear, he was stunned for a moment: "Maybe it can't be fat white, can it be fat black?" The little girl was a little frustrated. This bear was like a small black mine. Pei Hong smiled and said that as long as it was fat, it didn't matter whether it was black or white. Then he asked the little girl to pick up the black bear cub that was lying on the ground like a bear biscuit. She could play
with it for a while and then send it to the boat at night. Fang Yueyi didn't know about the Zheng brothers and sisters, but she happily picked up the bear with ADHD. The bear crawled all over her body for a while, but Xu Ziyan saw that it was crawling in the wrong position, so he grabbed it by the neck and held it in his hand. The hyperactive cub, whose fate was caught by the neck, supported his limbs and became a little obedient.
The next step was to divide the crops. They collected a lot of crops this time, including cotton, leeks, shepherd's purse, cabbage, cucumber, and tomatoes. This island was simply the island with the most crops.
Qiao Sheng and his friends were not greedy. They had agreed to take as many seeds as possible. They didn't take the cotton they had at home, but they asked for leek and shepherd's purse seeds, the cucumbers that looked old, and they picked two tomatoes at random.
Pei Hong kept urging them to take more, especially the cucumbers. They didn't want the tender ones and insisted on taking an old cucumber.
"Brother Pei, those are just a few old ones. Don't tell me. You can dig out the pulp and take out the seeds. Tomatoes can also be used to take out seeds. I can also take one or two back and plant them myself. There are many of you, so I'll give them all to you." Li Mu explained to them.
Pei Hong really didn't know these. There was no one proficient in agriculture in the fleet. They had encountered tomatoes and cucumbers before and wondered why they couldn't collect seeds. It turned out that the seeds were all inside, and no one noticed. This
time Li Mu gave them a popular science. Plant those who can collect seeds, and look for seeds from the inside of the crops if you can't collect seeds. No matter what, everything can be planted.
The next thing is the things collected from the ship. Those people didn't have much food, but there were a lot of other supplies. Qiao Sheng and his friends didn't want them. Pei Hong and his friends had a lot of people, so they just left them all to them.
It's not that they want to show their noble character, there is really no need to fight for these things. If they don't have them at home, they must take them, and if they do have them at home , it doesn't matter.
In the end, Pei Hong saw that they had too little, so he stuffed a few mustard roots into Qiao Sheng's hand and insisted on giving them to her, and she didn't refuse.
The two little bears were carried back to the boat, and Pei Hong took out the black bear carcass. One of the team members worked in a slaughterhouse. He took a sharpened knife and peeled the skin and removed the internal organs first. He used the knife very skillfully.
I used to think that Li Mu was very good at cutting the wild boar along the bones, but after watching the professional butcher's cutting, I can only say that every profession has its own specialty! He can also cut on the bones, and he always chops at the joints. Looking at the smoothness of this cutting, it can only be described as pleasing to the eye.
Professional people do professional things, and there are a few team members who often help. The black bear, which was visually estimated to weigh two to three hundred kilograms, was divided in a short time.
The bear skin was basically useless, it had been cut into tatters. If it was cut, it could be mended to make some small things. No one wanted it, so it was given to Zheng Xi to practice. The little girl would share everything she made with the team members, so no one had any objections.
The bear meat was originally intended to be divided between Qiao Sheng and Fang Yueyi, but both of their ships were not short of it. After discussion, they decided to share it equally. The bear paws were originally planned to be drawn by lot, but now they have been changed to one for Qiao Sheng and Fang Yueyi, and the remaining two have been cooked in the past two days, and the remaining crew members will eat them together.
Qiao Sheng and the others couldn't be too eccentric, so they accepted Pei Hong's request. Fang Yueyi had to build good relationships with the people on the fleet in the future, so how could she eat alone? She gave the bear paws back to Pei Hong, asking them to cook together. Anyway, they would have to eat together when they went ashore in the future. She also asked how much they would have to pay for food.
Pei Hong liked Fang Yueyi and Xu Ziyan more and more. They were strong in themselves, and their joining would improve the overall strength of the fleet. They were not selfish, which was even better.