"You can eat bugs!" Little Qi asked in her childish voice, "Pretty ladies, do you want some?"
The two girls smiled when they were praised for being pretty, but when they saw the silkworm pupa in Xiaoqi's hand, they took a step back and shook their heads repeatedly: "Let's go find food somewhere else."
"It smells so good! You really don't want it?"
"No need, we're leaving. Be careful and don't eat anything you shouldn't."
"Here's a piece of chocolate. If you can avoid eating it, you'd better not eat the bugs."
A girl gave Xiaoqi a piece of chocolate and ran off with another girl.
Xiaoqi stood there, looking down at the chocolate in her hand, then at the silkworm pupa in her other hand, and beamed with joy: "There's so much delicious food today!"
Xiaoqi returned carrying a bunch of silkworm pupae: "Brother, I found something delicious again."
After searching around and finding nothing, Xiao Liu, who had only gathered a pile of twigs, looked up and saw silkworm pupae. He took a step back and said, "Little sister, we're not... we really don't need to eat these. I still have a pack of compressed biscuits. We can make it through another day."
"Brother, are you scared?" Xiao Qi picked up a silkworm pupa with her bare hands and shook it in front of Xiao Liu's eyes.
Xiao Liu said with a bitter face, "I'm not afraid, but I still can't bring myself to eat this."
"Then Xiao Qi can eat it herself!"
"Little sister, maybe you shouldn't eat this. It looks dirty."
"I'm going to wash up in the stream!"
"Little sister!" Little Six couldn't dissuade her at all; Little Seven had already run to the stream with a handful of silkworm pupae.
Three little boys passed by Xiao Liu. The boy who had traded eggs with him before asked, "Where's your sister?"
"I went to wash things."
"What good thing has she found this time?"
"You want it?" Xiao Liu squinted. "A pack of compressed biscuits in exchange, are you in or not?"
"Change!" The boy took out the last pack of compressed biscuits and handed it over: "This is my last ration."
Xiao Liu smiled and put away the compressed biscuits. Looking at his younger sister who was walking back, he said with a smile, "You asked my sister for them. She's back."
The boy thought it was another egg, but when he turned around, he was startled.
"Oh my god, what is that?!"
Xiao Qi grinned and said, "Cowardly brother, these are silkworm pupae, you can eat them!"
"……eat?"
The boy looked at Xiao Liu with a questioning gaze: "I just traded compressed biscuits for this?"
Xiao Liu smiled and said, "All items are sold out; no returns or exchanges!"
"Xiao Qi, give half to this cowardly brother."
"Huh?" Xiaoqi frowned. "Why? Xiaoqi found it herself!"
"Look, he traded it for a pack of compressed biscuits." Xiao Liu took out a pack of compressed biscuits.
Xiao Qi was delighted and generously grabbed a handful of silkworm pupae and handed them over: "Cowardly brother, here you go!"
The boy steeled himself and reached out. When the silkworm pupa landed in his palm, he felt the hairs on the back of his body stand on end.
Xiaoqi, holding the other half of the silkworm pupa, ran to Xiaoliu's side: "Brother, let's roast the silkworm pupae!"
The boy, holding the silkworm pupae and looking bewildered, heard this and quickly said, "Help me roast them too."
Xiao Liu smiled and said, "Bake, that's a different price; there's a processing fee involved."
The boy felt he had been ripped off and asked with a pained expression, "Can I pay you back on credit? If I can find some wild berries tomorrow, I'll pay you back."
Xiao Liu nodded with a smile, his shrewd businessman nature clearly evident.
While her younger sister was washing the silkworm pupae, Xiao Liu had already sharpened a wooden branch with a knife and made several wooden skewers.
Wooden skewers were used to pierce the silkworm pupae, which were then placed over a fire to roast.
Little Qi stared at the fire with her big eyes, smelling the aroma, and her mouth was practically watering.
The boy asked in a low voice, "Little Seven, is this really edible? Will it make me sick?"
"Of course it's edible!" Xiaoqi patted her chest, looking confident. "I found all the best food! I'm a gourmet, you know!"
"Have you eaten this before?" the boy asked.
Xiao Qi nodded and said in her childish voice, "There used to be an aunt in the village who married into the village from Yunnan. She grew lots and lots of beautiful flowers! She liked me a lot, and I liked to go to her house to play. She once fried silkworm pupae for me, and they were so delicious!"
"Are you sure... it smells good?" The boy sniffed, smelling the aroma of meat, and swallowed hard. "It really does smell good!"
Xiaoqi said smugly, "I'm not lying!"
The skin of the roasted silkworm pupae turns brownish-yellow and looks fragrant and tempting.
Xiao Liu handed one to the boy: "You eat it first."
Xiaoqi asked anxiously, "Brother, is mine not done yet?"
"Let him try it first, and then you can eat it."
"Yay!"
"You two, can you whisper to each other behind my back?!" The boy stared at the silkworm pupa in his hand with a bitter face: "I was about to eat it, but now I'm too scared to!"
Seeing that he was dawdling and not eating, Xiaoqi leaned closer, took a big bite, and puffed out her cheeks: "Delicious!"
Xiao Liu sighed, "Little sister, don't be so greedy!"
"But I'm hungry!"
Seeing that Xiao Qi was eating with relish, the boy prepared to eat the half that Xiao Qi had left, but Xiao Liu snatched the wooden skewer away: "I'll give you another one!"
Xiao Liu stuffed half of it into Xiao Qi's mouth and said irritably, "You're a little girl, you can't eat what other people have eaten, and you can't let others eat what you've eaten!"
"Why?" Xiaoqi blinked.
"Eat some saliva and you'll get pregnant and have a baby!"
Xiao Qi nodded blankly: "Xiao Qi remembers, I'll listen to my brother, Xiao Qi won't eat saliva, and I won't give saliva to anyone else!"
The boy stared in disbelief: "Really? Yesterday, another girl took the half-eaten sausage I had! Could she... be pregnant? I don't want to be a dad so soon!"
Hidden cameras were placed in many trees on the island, and the proctors laughed when they saw this.
"It seems that in addition to teaching them how to survive, we also need to teach them about physiology."
"This little girl named Han Qi is very interesting. While everyone else on the island is starving, her little mouth never stops!"
"Have you noticed that she's not only lucky and finds food easily, but she's also very smart, knows a lot of edible foods, and is very bold, daring to grab anything!"
"She is only four years old this year and was made a special exception to become a Boy Scout. On her first day, she caused quite a stir by crying and insisting on going home."
"Who would have thought that she would have to take the intermediate class exam as soon as she got back? Judging from the current situation, her grades should be very good, and she should have no problem getting into the intermediate class."
“It’s normal for young children to cry and miss home, which is why we recruit Boy Scouts who are 6 years old or older for our beginner classes and rarely make exceptions to recruit younger ones.”
"She's very talented, at least she won't starve, and she's also very lucky, the kind of person who's practically handpicked by God to provide for her."
"Luck is also a kind of strength. Sometimes, you can't help but marvel at God's favoritism. There are always children He favors."
In the picture, Xiaoqi is eating silkworm pupae, her cheeks are bulging, and her beautiful, bright eyes are sparkling. She is clever and cute.
"This child is so beautiful. If I were God, I would also favor her!"
"Who would bear to let such a beautiful child go hungry and cry? Even God has to spoil her!"
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