After two days of continuous searching, Yezi would go to the rocks on the back of the island every afternoon to look for seashells. The area covered by the reef was the beach and some relatively flat areas.
Two days later, Ye Zi felt that it was almost done, so she threw all the shells into the fire, mixed the resulting powder with a small amount of wood ash, and then began to tan the shark skin.
After being dried for several days, the sharkskin has shrunk in thickness to varying degrees.
At the same time, because the leaves were rubbed quite frequently, they did not experience the phenomenon of being directly dried and crumbling when rubbed.
Sprinkle ash, knead, beat, wash, and dry—this process is repeated over and over.
The island survival mission has reached its forty-eighth day, and all the shark skins have been used to make knife sheaths.
Ye Zi finally breathed a sigh of relief. At least the sharkskin wouldn't go to waste. Even if they couldn't make swimsuits on the island, they could definitely be preserved until the end of the show.
But then again, Ye Zi isn't the kind of person who can stay idle. It's mainly because the island is really boring, with no place to explore.
So, after much consideration, Yezi decided to make a pair of swim trunks from the sharkskin she had on hand. She was tired of wearing quick-drying clothes to go into the sea every day, and she had to wear wet clothes every time she came ashore.
When it comes to making swim trunks, sharkskin alone isn't enough; you also need thread and a needle.
The problem was easy to solve; just remove the quick-drying shirt. That was Ye Zi's first thought, and that's what he did. Anyway, a piece of the quick-drying pants had already been torn off when he was cleaning the gun, so now it was just a pair of capri pants.
It wouldn't be a problem to tear off another piece of seam and sew the swim trunks back together.
After tearing off a section, Yezi wondered if she still needed to sew on swim trunks, since her current quick-drying pants were already half-leg pants, and swim trunks didn't seem so necessary.
However, since the clothes have already been taken apart, the stitches still need to be twisted.
After the stitching was completed, Ye Zi took out several pieces of shark skin peeled off the fins and gestured how to sew them together.
Dilraba also came over. To everyone's surprise, Dilraba could sew clothes. Although her skills were average, she could still manage to sew a pair of swim trunks.
However, Ye Zi ultimately declined Dilraba's offer. He wouldn't object to a single girl sewing clothes for him, but only if no one knew.
But this is a live broadcast, and Dilraba is a celebrity with so many viewers watching. It will be bad for her reputation in the future.
Although Ye Zi refused Reba, Reba still told him how to do it, and that Ye Zi could do it himself.
Then a new problem arose: the needle.
With the thread in hand, the needle became less of a problem. Yezi found a shark tooth, polished it into the shape of a needle, though it was a little too thick.
The leaf wasn't intended to be a real bone needle, but rather to be used for drilling holes. Holes were drilled at the joints, and quick-drying fabric twisted into thread was threaded back and forth and pulled tight.
The technique is similar to that used in ancient bookbinding, so there's no need to worry about the seams coming undone, and the aesthetics are passable.
Seeing Ye Zi's freshly made swim trunks, Dilraba became interested and wanted to get herself a swimsuit.
Moreover, the remaining shark skin was large enough that she used the entire shark skin as material.
Looking at the thread left over from Ye Zi, Dilraba felt it wasn't enough to sew a swimsuit. She decided to turn her quick-drying pants into capri pants, as the remaining thread would be enough to make a swimsuit.
Ye Zi asked Reba about the design plan and then gave his own suggestions: the swimsuit should be a bit bigger, because he was worried that the sharkskin would shrink in the future.
The pant legs are a little looser; you can use the leftover thread in that area to sew them using his method.
That's right, Dilraba's self-designed swimsuit has leg openings, and the length is roughly the same as the denim shorts that girls wear in the summer.
Very conservative.
Because it uses a single piece of sharkskin, there is only one interface.
Yezi suggested that she place the opening on the side underarm, from underarm to thigh, and then use a drawstring design so that when wearing it, it's like tying shoelaces, just tighten and tie it.
Leave more space, like the part of the shoe that covers the instep, so that it won't be exposed and can also prevent the sharkskin from shrinking and not covering the body.
All that's left is the drawstring on the side. Dilraba planned to follow Ye Zi's example and take a section of her trouser leg and twist it into a rope, but Ye Zi suggested making the rope from sharkskin.
The rope made from sharkskin is not only stronger than the thread taken from clothes, but it is also long enough.
In the end, I chose sharkskin, found the thinnest part, and carefully cut it into strips, trying to make them as thin as possible.
Then the three strands are braided into one.
The final problem is the needle, yes, it's still the needle.
The leaves were made with holes made from shark teeth, and were stacked together and sewn together with ropes that were threaded through them. However, the ropes on the side of Dilraba's swimsuit need to be pulled back and forth every time she puts it on and takes it off, so the kind of holes that are directly punched out are not suitable.
If you pull too hard when you pull it out, or if you make too much movement while swimming, you may tear the hole and cause it to be exposed.
Only hollow holes can guarantee that this won't happen, so the drilling tool becomes crucial.
After searching for a while, Yezi finally decided to make a bone needle from a chicken leg bone. Chicken leg bones are hollow, and as long as they are processed properly, you can get a hollow bone needle to punch holes in the swimsuit.
Ye Zi originally wanted to use those discarded rifle parts, especially the firing pin sleeve, but those things were too thick and the holes they made were too big, so she gave up.
Having eaten pheasant before, Yezi had some leg bones ready to use, so she set her sights on chicken leg bones.
Break the chicken leg bone in half, hollow it out, and polish it. Reba takes the cut shark skin and makes holes in the leaves according to the marked positions.
Simply place the sharkskin on the firewood, then press it with a bone needle at the marked spot, and a piece of sharkskin will be cut, leaving a hole about the size of a chicken leg bone.
Dilraba can handle the threading herself.
A day later, Ye Zi returned from shooting fish at the shipwreck site. Just as she was about to go ashore, Reba emerged from the sea.
Ye Zi pretended to be startled, but in fact he already knew through the system that Reba was swimming in the sea.
After getting Rebarra aboard, Yezi glanced at the freshly made sharkskin swimsuit and then gave it a thumbs up.
It's true that swimsuits are conservative, but looking good and whether a swimsuit is conservative are two different things. Because Dilraba has a good figure and is beautiful, even though her swimsuit is conservative, she is still beautiful, and no one can change that.
Furthermore, Ye Zi noticed that Dilraba herself added two shoulder straps to her swimsuit, leaving no chance of any wardrobe malfunction, and thoroughly embodying the word "conservative".
Thankfully, she's showing her shoulders. If she didn't even show her shoulders, people who didn't know better would think Dilraba was a professional swimmer participating in some kind of competition.
After getting ashore, Reba carried a bucket of well water back to her room to change her clothes. When she came out again, she washed her swimsuit and hung it out to dry.
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