I immediately pulled Yunwen over, protected her behind me, and said coldly, "Why are you apologizing to her? You are not normal, and she is not normal either. We are not primitive people, and none of us are born with this ability."
"Tsk! You only know how to protect your own shortcomings. When you see a beautiful girl, you become infatuated with her. You're a pervert. I don't want to pay attention to you." Song Yingchun said.
I was about to retort, but when I saw Song Bailu staring at me intently, I took it back. If this little thing affected Song Bailu's decision not to treat Yunwen, that would be a case of losing the big picture for the small. A wise man never suffers a loss in front of him, so I just let her say a few words.
"Yingchun, come here. This is the spring water we just brought back. Have a couple of sips to quench your thirst." Bailu waved at Yingchun.
Song Yingchun walked over and drank it madly, as if she didn't intend to leave any for Zhang Yunwen. I rushed over to grab it and found that there was only a small sip left. If I hadn't stopped her, I'm afraid there would be no more.
"Why are you like this, girl? Do you know how difficult it is to get a mountain spring? You drank it all. Do you want Zhang Yunwen to die of thirst?" I scolded angrily and glared at Song Bailu.
"Here we go again! Are you trying to pick on me? Sister, look at him...he always bullies me." Song Yingchun said.
Song Bailu also felt that it was a bit too much, so she immediately pulled Yingchun over and tried to comfort her.
I took the cup and gave it to Zhang Yunwen, saying, "Drink it quickly."
"Thank you! But you don't have to do this for me." Zhang Yunwen said.
"If I don't do that, that girl will make you die of thirst. Stop talking so much and drink it quickly. I will go to the mountains to get you another cup tomorrow." I said.
"Well...thank you, Zhou Bo." Zhang Yunwen smiled.
Seeing her pick up the cup gracefully, even though her lips were chapped due to thirst and her face looked bad, she tried her best to maintain that correct posture and drank the water slowly. I was almost going crazy watching from the side, I couldn't do that if it were me.
"When I was away, did that crazy girl steal anything or do anything bad?" I asked.
She put down the cup and shook her head. "No, she has been sleeping since you left. After I finished what you asked, it was almost dark, so I tried to make a fire by rubbing two sticks together as taught on TV, but I couldn't light it. I didn't know what went wrong, and I kept trying until dark. Not long before you came back, she and I heard strange noises coming from the coast, a 'ga ga ga...ga ga ga...' sound. We were so scared that we ran over here to hide, and then you came back."
"Haha? Crab? What's so scary about that?" I said.
"It might be a crab, but the sound was very loud, so loud that it scared Yingchun awake. Do you think it was loud?" Yunwen said.
"That's really big enough. Okay, then let's not stay too close to the sea. Let's have everyone move the firewood and supplies over here. We'll start a fire here." I said.
I took action right away. I took the girls and moved the things a little closer to the island, then took out the firewood we had picked up. Then I found out why Yunwen couldn't start a fire. The wood was so wet, and there was no hay as fuse. Even if she drilled for half a year, the sparks would not be able to light such a large piece of wet wood.
"Brother Zhou, do you have a lighter?" Song Bailu asked.
"It is forbidden to bring flammable items, lighters and matches on the plane. I don't think anyone has them, and if you do, they will be confiscated by airport staff." Yunwen said.
"Then how do we light the fire? Oh, can you guys be more reliable?" Song Yingchun complained.
"Shut up." I said bluntly.
Then I asked them to wait here for me. I found some hay in the moonlight, piled some dry firewood next to it, picked up a relatively neat stone, and prepared to use this bayonet to rub it to produce sparks.
The difficulty lies in the fact that this stone is not a flint, not even a flint, so even if you scratch it hard, there won't be many sparks. In addition, the sparks have to come into contact with the hay and ignite it, which is still somewhat difficult.
I kept repeating the action, rubbing the stone with the bayonet, probably forty or fifty times, but there was no reaction at all. Song Yingchun began to grumble, but the fire was related to whether we could get through the night safely, so I couldn't be affected by it.
Finally, around the 60th time, it lit up. I saw a little smoke coming out of the hay and there was a slight smell of burning, but it went out immediately. I was so angry that I wanted to smash the thing!
After more than ten times, the sparks started to act on the hay again. I hurriedly covered it with my hands, carefully protecting the spark. When the smoke became thicker and the flame began to spread, I hurriedly blew gently to fan the fire. Not long after, the white smoke began to choke my nose, and the hay began to emit hot air and burn.
I start by adding small amounts of wood, and once the fire is steady, I start to let it eat up the larger pieces, and finally the ones that are a little damp.
After the bonfire was lit, I saw those deep eyes in the darkness retreat away, and the firelight had some isolating effect on the wild beasts.
"So awesome! Without you, we would have died long ago. You are awesome." Zhang Yunwen praised me.
Song Bailu also gave me a thumbs up, but Song Yingchun said sourly, "That's more like it."
With fire, we can roast something to eat. We originally planned to stew it, but Yingchun drank most of the water in the cup, and Yunwen drank the rest, so there was no food left for stewing. We could only roast some mushrooms, berries, wild fruits, and dried shark meat, plus half a piece of cake and a biscuit for each person. This would be dinner for tonight.
Apart from the fishy shark meat, the rest was delicious. However, it was too dry overall. Without water, you would feel thirsty after a while.
After dinner, I asked everyone to stay and prepared to start implementing the shift watch system.
"We are now in the wild, which is not as safe as the civilized world, so we must take turns to leave one person to watch at night to ensure that when there is danger, we can wake up the others in time to fight or escape in time. Do you have any objection?" I said.
"No." This was the first time that everyone answered in unison.
"That's good. Then I will arrange the rotation order. Everyone will guard for a period of time, and the others will sleep. The first group will be Yunwen, the second group will be Song Yingchun, the third group will be me, and the fourth group will be Song Bailu. Any objections?" I asked.
"Why should I be in the second group? I want to be in the fourth group so that I can sleep longer. Sister, let me switch with you." Song Yingchun said.
Song Bailu was about to answer, but I stopped her: "Your sister is tired all day looking for food and water outside, can you have a little conscience? Otherwise, tomorrow, you will go with me to get water?"
"I told you, the mountains are full of poisonous insects, I won't go! I don't want to be in the second group either. Anyway, I'm switching with my sister, not with you, so why are you in such a hurry? Sister, please! Just let me be in the fourth group. Staying up late is not good for my skin..." Song Yingchun was acting like a spoiled child.
"Okay, okay, but you don't need to mess around anymore. Zhou Bo, I'm fine, just assign me to the second group." Song Bailu said.
I shook my head, wondering what kind of weirdos they were, but this was their own business and I couldn't get involved, so I casually said, "Whatever you want."
Song Yingchun deliberately glared at me with a proud look on her face, then she pulled Song Bailu to sleep in the tent left by the soldier.
"You should go to sleep too, Zhou Bo. You've been tired all day for us." Zhang Yunwen said to me.
I watched them leave before I said to Yunwen, "Yunwen, I don't mean to offend you, but can you put your clothes down a little so I can take a look?"