“If we don’t team up, I can take care of your food and drink, but you’ll have to help with the chores. Anyway, I won’t let you live too badly. So, what do you say?” Yan Qiao looked at him with clear, bright eyes.
She turned around, and behind her was a sky full of rosy clouds. Xi Luo's heart skipped a beat, as if she had been hit by something.
Shen Zhou is really lucky, he thought to himself.
"Okay, what should we have for dinner? I'm starving." He readily agreed.
Yan Qiao carefully put down the salt and soy sauce she had brought back. She had already decided that she would eat mushrooms tonight.
"I'm going inside to find something to eat, do you want to come?"
Xi Luo was too lazy to move. "The sun has already set. What's the point of going into the forest? You still have so many dried fish here. Just eat the dried fish."
“If you’re not going, you can stay here and watch the things. I’m going in for a bit. I’m tired of dried fish. If you want some, I’ll grill it for you tonight. Now, can you add some firewood and start a fire?”
Shiloh: "..." Good Versailles.
Then, Yan disappeared into the jungle.
She knew the way well, ran to the spot she had marked, grabbed a tree branch with one hand, pushed off with her foot, and reached up with the other hand.
When I came down, I had a few bird eggs in my hand.
Is Yan Qiao really not from the countryside? She's so skilled at even stealing bird eggs!
[I explained why she made the marks; apparently, there are bird eggs in these trees!]
[Wow, my sister is amazing! She didn't clear out all the nests; she left a few in each one.]
But with so many nests combined, there must be quite a few bird eggs.
After raiding the bird's nest, we were done and left.
When Yan Qiao came out, Xi Luo had already started the fire.
She filled the earthenware pot with water, tore open the cleaned mushrooms, and put them into the pot to boil.
I cracked in a dozen or so bird eggs, stirred them with bamboo chopsticks, added salt and soy sauce to taste, and the mushroom and egg drop soup was ready.
Just now, Xiluo said she wanted to eat fish, so she cut off some dried fish, grilled a few, and ate them with soy sauce.
"With limited resources, let's just eat a little bit."
Xiluo looked at her blankly, with a mournful expression.
Compared to what he had eaten before, this was practically a Manchu Han Imperial Feast.
"Is this mushroom edible? Won't it make me sick and unable to eat it?"
Yan Qiao placed the ceramic bowl she had just fired that day into his hands.
"Eat it or not, it's up to you."
Anyway, she's going to eat it.
There was only one pottery bowl; it was given to Xi Luo, and Yan Qiao had none left.
She happened to have an axe, and wanting to test its sharpness, she chopped off a thick section of bamboo, cutting off the joint side to use as a bowl for the time being.
She waved to Ruan Cha, "I made mushroom soup, would you like to come and try some?"
Shiloh had already started eating; once the delicious mushrooms entered his mouth, he couldn't stop.
"So delicious!" He gulped down a big mouthful.
He was so moved that he burst into tears; this was the first hot meal he had eaten on the island.
Zang Mingqi and Ruan Cha came over, and Yan Qiao served them a bowl in a bamboo bowl as well.
She cooked a lot; enough for everyone.
But Shiloh already felt a sense of crisis and wolfed down his food, speeding up his eating.
Yan Qiao: "..."
He doesn't look like a rich kid at all; he looks more like someone who fled from war.
"Eat slowly, there's still plenty left."
Shiloh completely ignored her and buried himself in his food.
[Facepalm] I can't bear to look. How did I end up becoming a fan of such an idiot?
I swear, he seemed perfectly normal when he first arrived on the island.
To be specific, he was still quite arrogant around Yan Yaoyao.
With Yan Qiao replaced, Xi Luo instantly turned into a silly goose.
After finishing the mushroom soup, Xiluo ate every last bit of the soup residue, and then let out a satisfied burp without a care for appearances.
Yan Qiao kicked him and said disdainfully, "Watch your image, this is a TV show."
Xi Luo patted her stomach and lay down. "You wouldn't understand me. You have no idea how many days I've been starving."
What need is there for an image?
Yan Qiao looked at his simple and honest appearance, then got up to look at her own tiles.
She took out the tile, tapped it, and it made a hard, solid sound. Not bad.
The tile, which is about half a meter long, is quite heavy.
Ruan Cha walked over and took a look. "Qiaoqiao, these are roof tiles. You're not going to build a house, are you?"
Yan Qiao nodded. "It rained last night. If we don't build a house, it will be difficult to deal with if a typhoon comes."
This is why Zang Mingqi bought a tent; there's a lot of rain in August, and he didn't want to be woken up by the rain in the middle of the night all the time.
But when he heard Yan Qiao mention "typhoon," he felt that the tent might not be of much use.
"Yan Qiao, what kind of house do you want to build?"
Yan Qiao said, "There's a lot of bamboo here. It'll be enough to build a bamboo house for us to last for a month."
She used what she had on hand—nails—which saved her a lot of effort.
Zang Mingqi and Ruan Cha exchanged a glance, both having their own thoughts.
Ruan Cha blinked sweetly and said in a soft voice, "Qiao Qiao, can we ride together?"
Yan Qiao had no objection. "Sure, but let's make it clear first, we'll be doing some work. We can share two rooms; Xi Luo and Zang Mingqi can stay there, and I'll stay with you."
She wasn't interested in the show's ultimate reward; based on the current trend, one group had the highest chance of winning.
Yan Qiao didn't mind helping them out; once they got through these days, she could go home and be a couch potato.
After making an appointment with the group, Yan Qiao kicked Xi Luo, telling him to find a place to stay, while she went back to her dilapidated little wooden house to sleep.
The third day on the desert island was spent perfectly.
When Yan Qiao woke up the next day, she collected the fresh water as usual.
Now that there's more Xiluo, freshwater is even more precious.
She made two more devices to collect fresh water; although the process was slow, at least it provided a continuous supply.
As for the earthen kilns, they cannot be left empty.
She still managed to pinch a few pieces of tile and set them aside to dry.
What might be a dull and tedious task becomes incredibly interesting under Yan Qiao's hands.
Breakfast was the same as yesterday: mushroom and egg drop soup, with plenty of quail eggs.
Shiloh didn't need to be called; he came just by smelling the scent.
Then everyone realized what they were talking about when they muted their microphones last night; it turned out the two of them had started teaming up.
It's unclear what conditions Xi Luo offered that made Yan Qiao agree.
After breakfast, Ruan Cha and Zang Mingqi also got up.
Yan Qiao casually stuffed a few boiled bird eggs into Ruan Cha's hand for breakfast, and then called for help with the chores.
Shiloh asked in surprise, "What kind of work?"
“To build a bamboo house, you have to cut bamboo. What kind of work do you think we’ll be doing?” Yan Qiao rolled her eyes at him.
Shiloh's laziness kicked in again, and he sprawled on the ground.
"I won't do it."
Yan Qiao curled her lips into a smile, "If you don't want to do it, then you can skip the abalone today."
Shiloh immediately sat up. "Abalone? You have abalone?"
"There isn't any now, but there will be dinner. Do you want some?"
"eat!"
Yan Qiao smiled slightly, "So, are you going to do any work or not?"
"Dry!"
Yan Qiao tossed the axe to him, while giving the dagger to Zang Mingqi.
"You should come too."
Zang Mingqi didn't say anything and obediently followed.
He also wanted to eat abalone.
[666, this is the first time I've seen Shiro so obedient.]
[When he's around Yan Yaoyao, it's like he's completely lazy.]
Only Yan Qiao dared to order the two of them around to do chores.
[Only she can be ordered around; Yan Yaoyao has done that quite a bit before.]
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