Chapter 63
The fact that Lin Zhinan was bullied when he was left alone made Chu Huaiqin and the others alert. When Xia En and Su Huaichen came back at dusk, they also found that the atmosphere was a little strange. The little monk angrily told them what happened today, which made Xia En and Su Huaichen frown.
"Let's eat first!" Chu Huaiqin reminded them that since they started participating in the program, their meal times have been very irregular, often skipping one meal and then skipping the next, which is very bad for their health.
"Hehe, Huaiqin, guess what delicious food I found today?" Su Huaichen said mysteriously, winking.
"What?" Chu Huaiqin forced himself to sound curious.
"Sea urchins." Su Huaichen opened the sea urchins wrapped in banana leaves. There were seven or eight of them, black as little hedgehogs. It seemed that Su Huaichen had destroyed their nest.
Because we had been out at sea for a long time today, the seafood we caught was very rich. In addition to sea urchins, there were oysters, crabs, more than a dozen fish, shrimps, conchs, and even shrimp mushrooms, etc. The quantity was not large, but the number added up to a terrifying amount. The appearance of shrimp mushrooms surprised Chu Huaiqin the most. He liked pepper and salt shrimp mushrooms the most and could eat a whole bowl of them by himself.
I'm happy to have more food, but I don't know how to preserve it.
"Let's smoke the dried fish!" Chu Huaiqin said. "By the way, did you find anything unusual on the reef today?"
"The wind is strong and the water is flowing fast. The typhoon may arrive tomorrow." Since Chu Huaiqin said there would be a typhoon, Xia En has been paying attention to the weather all day. He found that the fishy smell of the sea was stronger than yesterday, so he thought it was about time.
Chu Huaiqin nodded and continued to use the trunk to remove branches and leaves. Su Huaichen also hurried to help. The little monk who knew cooking ran to help Lin Zhinan, and Xia En went to take a bath in the lake.
The food was ready by nearly eight o'clock, spread out on banana leaves. Golden yellow croaker and grouper were grilled, along with charcoal-grilled oysters and crabs, and shrimp and mushrooms baked in banana leaves. The most laborious part was the sea urchin, cooked by the young monk using a stick. The vibrant colors of the seafood were beautifully accented by the emerald green banana leaves. Five toasted breadfruits were placed nearby, offering a delicious aroma.
The all-seafood feast made the live broadcast room drool, and people howled that it was not fair to "spread poison" in the middle of the night.
Chu Huaiqin picked up a crab and said, "Let's use sea urchin instead of wine. Let's toast to Xia Entang, the senior, the young monk, and my sister. Thank you for your hard work."
Su Huaichen was happily eating shrimp mushrooms and quickly pulled out the remaining half. "I'll also give one shrimp mushroom to Huaiqin, Xia En, the little monk, and my sister. Thank you for your hard work."
Live broadcast room: ...
The little monk said, "Then I'll use snail meat..."
Lin Zhinan, "I use fish meat..."
Xia En: "Oysters..."
Five people: "Cheers, thank you for your hard work, keep it up!"
"Finish drinking and eating!"
Chu Huaiqin sucked the sea urchin meat into his mouth, and the others also ate the meat. Only Su Huaichen was dumbfounded holding the shrimp mushroom. It was all shells, just shells.
"Brother Huaichen, you have to finish eating!" Lin Zhinan was rarely playful.
Su Huaichen: ...
Su Huaichen's helpless expression made everyone laugh. Finally, under the gaze of the five people, Su Huaichen stuffed the shrimp mushroom meat with the shell into his mouth, smacking it and biting it.
The five of them happily finished their late dinner and packed up their things. Everyone's attention turned to the work that Chu Huaiqin and his team were going to do today. The shed, no, it should be called a thatched house now, was about to be completed. It was surrounded on three sides, and the door on this side was a bit big, about five meters wide. After all, they were all grown men, so it was convenient and comfortable to come in and out.
The door panels were also scientifically designed, not attached to the hut, allowing for easy movement. Everyone then turned their attention to the fire starters and the fire pit. Several of the former had been soaked and left to dry, while others were still soaking in fat. The latter was still burning, the small fire pit boasting a powerful fire.
"The effect of the folded core will not be seen until tomorrow. The earthen pot should be ready by around five o'clock tomorrow morning based on the time. We have to get up in the middle of the night to add more fire." Chu Huaiqin was not sure whether the earthen pot could be formed. He made three large and three small ones. It was considered good if two or three could be formed.
"Then let me and the little monk take turns!" Xia En immediately decided on the candidates.
Little Monk: ...
"No need, I'll just get up. We don't have an alarm clock, and your biological clocks are not accurate. If I ask you to get up, you won't be able to sleep well tonight." Chu Huaiqin refused.
"Then I'll get up alone. My biological clock is more accurate." Xia En said awkwardly.
"Aren't you tired today?"
"Not tired."
Who are you kidding! It would be strange if he wasn't tired after swimming under the sea and catching fish all day. However, Chu Huaiqin didn't refute him again. He thought that if he didn't wake him up, it would be difficult to wake him up if he fell asleep.
We only ate four of the sixteen fish tonight, and the remaining twelve were hung up to be smoked. This is a newly lit fire. Smoking fish requires smoke, but the kiln uses dry firewood, which doesn't produce much smoke, so we can only use semi-wet branches.
The Chinese audience nodded as they watched the film, saying, "Very good, very good. Things from our ancestors are always useful."
Foreign audiences: What weird things are the Chinese doing again?
After we had water, we all went to take a bath tonight. Then we came back and lay on the banana leaves in the house. There was thick grass underneath, which was very comfortable.
"Thank you, sister. It's very comfortable." The little monk rolled over on it and smiled, "It's just that there are too many mosquitoes."
This shed is very large, three meters wide and two meters long. Five people can sleep inside and even roll around. However, because Lin Zhinan is a girl, one side is left for her.
"It must be because of the rain!" Su Huaichen frowned and kept flapping his feet with a sunflower fan to drive away mosquitoes, but he could only take care of his feet and not his head. The buzzing sound annoyed Su Huaichen, and the bites were itchy. He had no choice but to get up and take back the clothes he had just taken off after taking a shower tonight and put them by the kiln to dry. They felt half dry. He put his pants on his feet and his shirt on his head, with only his eyes showing from the collar.
The camera in the studio had a faint light, which made Su Huaichen's eyes twinkle, almost making the audience laugh.
Chu Huaiqin and the others were also bothered by mosquitoes and had to get up and follow Su Huaichen's method. However, they found that one person did not move, Xia En.
He was snoring softly and sleeping very deeply.
Chu Huaiqin thought for a moment, went to get Xia En's clothes and put them on him. After he was done, he lay down too, holding a sunflower fan in his hand to drive away mosquitoes, occasionally patting Xia En's head to help him drive away the buzzing mosquitoes.
Live broadcast room: "It's a pity that Xia Entropy fell asleep, otherwise he would have laughed himself silly."
Chu Huaiqin fanned himself with a sunflower fan, muttering, "My sister injured her hand while cutting grass these past two days. Tomorrow, I'll go find some herbs to rub it on. I also need to collect some dry firewood to prepare for the stove. Tomorrow, I'll try to move the stone on the edge of the rock and bring it back to make a fire on it. Then, if it rains, I won't have to worry about it getting wet..."
Chu Huaiqin slowly talked about his plans for tomorrow. As the people in the hut fell asleep one after another, Chu Huaiqin sighed softly, "I feel like I'm about to become Tang Monk."
The sunflower fan rested on his collar. Chu Huaiqin had fallen asleep, and the crowd in the livestream room gradually dispersed, leaving only the night owl still there. They were bored, playing games, watching movies, or working. Meanwhile, they kept an eye on the kiln fire. However, because the split-screen camera was inside the shed, only the A1 camera occasionally flickered across the kiln outside, so no one could always tell if the fire was out. Their only hope was for Chu Huaiqin to wake up, to see if his biological clock was truly so accurate.
A kiln of firewood, a fire, usually lasts about half an hour. Everyone counted the time and waited for Chu Huaiqin to get up, but unexpectedly saw Xia En get up, sitting up like a sleepwalker, his head pressed against his shirt, unzipped. He tried to stand up directly, but he tripped over his pants and fell straight down, hitting Chu Huaiqin in the chest...
Instantly, a gasp was heard, and even those in the livestream felt his pain. Xia Entropy's muscles and immense weight were no joke; he could easily injure someone.
Xia En was completely sober after being hit like this. He frantically tugged at the shirt covering his head, finally pulling it off. He hurriedly asked Chu Huaiqin, whose face was in pain, "How are you? Where are you hurt? Who is playing a prank on me?"
"Ahem, I'm fine," Chu Huaiqin breathed. It did hurt when Xia Entang struck him, but he wasn't hurt. "There were too many mosquitoes. I covered them for you."
"Ah, thank you!" Xia En looked at Chu Huaiqin worriedly, "How about we ask a doctor to check it out?"
"No need, go add more firewood first!" Chu Huaiqin was more concerned about this.
Xia En responded and hurried out, stuffed a pile of firewood into the kiln, then ran back and asked several times, "Does it hurt?" Chu Huaiqin glared at him, and then he went to sleep in a sullen mood.
"You don't have to get up. We have to go out to sea tomorrow. You are not getting enough sleep. I won't let you go to the sea. Let me go instead." Chu Huaiqin thought that this person would sleep until dawn, but who knew that he would wake up in a daze.
"Well, you need to rest during the day tomorrow."
"Don't worry!"
The two of them agreed before going to sleep. That night, the night owl watched Chu Huaiqin getting up every half hour, and it made him want to cry. It was too hard, too tiring, and too torturous. Many people even began to reflect on whether it was wrong to stay up late when they had a good night's sleep.
The next day, Chu Huaiqin woke up again on time at five in the morning, and the others also got up.
"Huaiqin, go to sleep, we will take care of the rest." Su Huaichen looked at Chu Huaiqin's dark circles and hurriedly persuaded him.
"Yes, brother, go to sleep!" Lin Zhinan also advised. Seeing Chu Huaiqin's tired appearance, he felt uncomfortable.
"It's okay, let's open the kiln first, it should be almost done." Chu Huaiqin attached great importance to this.
"Then let's hurry up!" Xia En also wanted him to finish quickly and go to sleep.
Seeing the others anxious, Chu Huaiqin had no choice but to hurry up. The kiln was now burning red hot to a terrifying degree. Those in the live studio who knew the kiln would be opened today also woke up early. Seeing the red-hot kiln, they were terrified. This stuff would be cooked instantly if touched by a finger.
Opening the kiln isn't difficult. First, get the fire and charcoal ash out, then use something to slowly move the earthen pot out. It's easier said than done. As soon as you get close, the scorching heat hits you, and your face instantly turns red and sweat pours down.
Chu Huaiqin used two long sticks to take out the earthen pot. After getting the charcoal ash out of the kiln mouth, the people squatting at the kiln mouth saw the first earthen pot. Before they could be happy, they were already sad because it was broken.
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