Susie, who was working hard to start a fire by rubbing sticks together, had no idea that in the short time that had just passed, her beloved laboratory had gone through a life-or-death ordeal.
Because the production team will not provide them with any supplies other than tents free of charge.
So right now, Sisi and Jiajia are making fire by rubbing sticks together, while Xiaoqingzai is learning with Belle how to make a simple tool for distilling seawater.
Kang Kang and Lu Wei were beachcombing, looking for seafood to eat, while Ruan Ruan and Guo Guo went to the edge of the forest on the island to find wild vegetables.
Ruan Ruan is very skilled at finding wild vegetables. Back in the orphanage, she was initially fed by her brother Shi Yu.
Later on, she worked with her brother Shi Yu. While Shi Yu hunted wild rabbits, caught loaches and eels, she would find some wild vegetables and then give them to him to cook.
However, the island's vegetation was not abundant, and after searching around, no wild vegetables were found.
Ruan Ruan looked into the forest deeper into the island and then looked at Guo Guo. "Guo Guo, shall we go into the forest and see if there are any wild fruits or anything like that?"
Guoguo opened her big, round eyes wide and looked into the forest deeper into the island. She shook her head like a rattle drum. "Hmm~~ Ruanruan, let's not go in there. There might be something there. If it's just bugs or something, that's fine, but what if we run into a bear?"
Little Ruanruan blinked her pretty big eyes at Guoguo, "Guoguo, say a few more words."
"Huh?" Guoguo didn't react.
"I love listening to you talk," Little Softie said earnestly. "I want to learn."
Guoguo was a little embarrassed for a moment, "Hey, why are you learning from me? I can't even learn Mandarin properly!"
Little Ruanruan said in a serious tone, "I can't learn Mandarin either."
The local dialect in Chongqing is also very distinctive!
Soon, the two little ones started discussing the issue of learning Mandarin, and both of them had a lot of bittersweet stories to tell.
When they returned to the campsite on the beach empty-handed and hand in hand, Susie had just finished rubbing the sharpened twigs until they were smoking.
Seeing Xiaoruanruan and Guoguo return empty-handed, she glanced at them and said, "You didn't find anything?"
"Sister, there are no edible wild vegetables on this island, only some wormwood," Little Softie explained seriously. "Haven't you gotten your fire going yet?"
Su Xixi got angry instantly when she heard this. She now strongly suspected that the idea of making fire by rubbing sticks together was just a lie written by those authors. She had been trying to rub sticks together for so long, but all she saw was smoke and no fire!
Her hands were practically on fire from rubbing them so much.
Susie threw the twig aside and lay down on the beach. "I'm fed up, I'm not drilling anymore, let's just destroy it!"
Little Ruanruan looked at her older sister, who had given up again, with a bit of helplessness.
She picked up the twig her sister had thrown away and saw that the sharpened end was rounded off and had some burn marks.
However, it's clear that the twig has been soaked in seawater; it's still a bit damp, which explains why it can't catch fire.
Xiao Ruanruan picked up another dry twig, took the knife that Su Xixi had thrown aside, and while she was about to start shaving it, she said to Su Xixi, "Sister, the twig you just found wasn't dry enough, and you weren't rubbing it fast enough, so it won't light."
Su Xixi didn't listen to Xiao Ruanruan's rambling at all. As soon as she saw Xiao Ruanruan pick up the knife, she immediately sprang up from the beach and snatched the knife from Xiao Ruanruan's hand. "I'll take it, I'll take it. Xiao Ruanruan, what are you doing with a knife, you little girl?"
Little Softie: ……
"Sister, aren't you a young girl?"
Susie: "..."
After a moment of stunned silence, Su Xixi almost gritted her teeth as she replied, "Yes, it is!"
After Susie finished trimming the twigs, Xiaoruanruan took the twigs and placed them on the dry wood, just about to start a fire by rubbing them together.
Suddenly a large hand took the small branch from her hand. Little Ruanruan looked up and saw Gu Chenqing's handsome face.
Little Ruanruan blinked her big eyes in surprise, just about to ask, "Brother Gu Chen, what brings you here?"
Gu Chen smiled gently. "My name is Chen Gu, and I'm your new wilderness survival instructor."
Su Xixi, who was out of it all, jumped over, "Fox... oops, no, Gu... um—"
Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Ruan Ruan, who was trying her best to stand on tiptoe, covered her mouth.
Xiao Ruanruan's smile was as bright as a little sun. "Instructor Chen, hello, my name is Xiao Ruanruan, and this is my older sister."
Susie blinked and mumbled, "Little Softie, let me go. I understand. I won't shout anymore."
Only then did Xiao Ruanruan release her little hand from covering her sister's mouth.
Gu Chen had already placed the small twig on the large log and rubbed it hard twice; the twig instantly caught fire.
He deftly used a small twig to light a piece of waste paper, which then ignited a pile of dry leaves that Jiajia had prepared nearby.
Susie's eyes widened, her small mouth formed an "O" as she stared at the blazing fire, uttering a beautiful Chinese word, "Damn!"
She tried for so long, and all she saw was a wisp of smoke.
Gu Chen got fired up as soon as he started.
Really...
Comparing yourself to others will only make you miserable!
Susie was so devastated that she lay down on the beach again.
Little Ruanruan looked at her with a lifeless expression and poked her, "Sister, what's wrong?"
Susie looked up at the sky and said, "It's nothing. I just feel more comfortable being a lazy bum."
Little Softie: ……
After thinking about it seriously, Xiao Ruanruan decided not to comfort her sister. There was no need to comfort her sister at all. Her depressed period would not last more than five minutes before she would be back to her energetic self!
Xiao Qingzai had just finished making a simple distiller with Teacher Bell, and he happily ran towards Xiao Ruanruan, carrying it with him. "Ruanruan, look! My distiller is finished! I can boil water for you to drink right away. Isn't that amazing!"
Little Ruanruan looked at him with great admiration and said, "Brother Qingzai, you're amazing!"
Gu Chen's dangerous gaze fell on Xiao Qingzai, and he felt an urge to punch him.
Before Gu Chen could even deal with Qingzai, Lu Wei and Kang Kang had already returned.
Each of them carried a small bucket, which were filled with their catch. "Ruanruan, I caught a lot of small crabs, a big crab, two sea cucumbers, and lots of shellfish. I'll cook them all for you later."
Gu Chen's gaze towards Lu Wei was even more dangerous than when he looked at Xiao Qingzai earlier.
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