Chapter 65
When the two were on their way back, Chu Huaiqin saw the mugwort. As he was squatting to pull it out, a loud thunder sounded, followed by a downpour of rain. The sound was so loud that it seemed as if the whole world was instantly enveloped in rain.
Xia Entang pulled Chu Huaiqin up and was about to run, but Chu Huaiqin stopped him, "Pick more."
With that, they crouched down again, braving the wind and rain, to pull. Xia Entang watched Chu Huaiqin's constant activity through the drizzle, and gritted his teeth as he squatted down to help. The two of them quickly pulled almost all the mugwort from the patch, then rushed back to the camp, carrying the weeds.
At this time in the camp, in a small thatched hut, several people's backpacks were placed on the wooden bed. Next to the bed was a smoked fish hanging on the thatched wall. The left corner was filled with firewood, on which were placed a few breadfruits, roasted fish, and baked seafood wrapped in banana leaves.
To the right, there were rocks that had been moved back into the house, a fire burning on them. However, the wind was quite strong, and even a small amount of smoke could suffocate someone if it blew into the thatched hut. So, Lin Zhinan squatted on the ground and slowly fanned out the smoke with a sunflower fan, craning his head to peer through the crack in the door, anxiously wondering why the others hadn't returned yet.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the ground was slowly getting wet. When Lin Zhinan was thinking about whether to go out to look for people, he saw four people appearing from different directions: the little monk holding firewood, Su Huaichen holding breadfruit, and the other two holding mugwort.
Lin Zhinan quickly stood up and pushed the thatched door open a little. The four people ran back and forth and got in without lifting the door. In an instant, the small wooden house was full of people, and it seemed a bit cramped.
"It should be bigger." Chu Huaiqin felt regretful that it was still too small.
Live broadcast room: ...
"I want to pull Chu Huaiqin outside to see the situation of other teams."
"Pfft, except for the Rolling Team and the Sheep Team, the other six teams are really miserable. Their sheds are built outside, and they get blown away by the wind."
"What a terrible storm! Will there be a tsunami?"
The stormy island was shrouded in heavy rain, the gloomy sky made visibility extremely low, and thunder roared. Because of the storm, the waves became ferocious, surging from the dark sea level, as if they would submerge the island in an instant.
"What should we do? What should we do?" The team from Vientiane looked at their tents with leaves and hay flying everywhere, shouting loudly in their own language. Looking at the terrifying sea, the rain and strong wind rushing towards them, they became helpless and terrified.
"Oh Allah, why? What have we done wrong?"
"Buddha bless us, quickly, suppress it."
Even though the six teams had been prepared, they were caught off guard. The sheds rattled in the wind, seemingly ready to collapse at any moment. Those with doors now felt they were too lightly built, ready to flee at the first sign of the wind. Those without doors were even more reckless, letting the wind and rain pour in without restraint. Everything was soaked, and the fires faltered, seemingly poised to go out at any moment.
"Quick, make the door."
The members of the Black Oil Team shouted, saying that they were a landlocked country and had no idea how terrifying sea storms could be. When they saw the Lion Team and the Vientiane Team making shed doors, they even made fun of them.
"Look, there's a raft." The BMW team's tent was not ready yet, and they were getting anxious when they saw the raft tied by Xia Entang on the beach.
The five of them were so excited that they ran towards the shore. They were all big and strong, so although it wasn't easy, they still managed to pull the raft up. After towing it back, they stood it up and stuck it to the trees on both sides of the shed door, instantly solving the problem of the wind and rain rushing in.
The other teams said: What a mistake! Why didn’t we think of this? This is a ready-made shed door!
Live broadcast room:
"Wow, Team BMW is shameless. They were also one of the people who tried to stop my brother and his men from landing on the island."
"This is Xia En's fishing boat. If we take it away in this situation, will it be returned?"
"It's obviously impossible to pay it back. Damn, I'm so angry. Do these people have any shame?"
"The director team never said that we can't use other people's things."
When this sentence appeared in the barrage, the Chinese audience was angry.
What does this mean? It's only been a few days, and already there's a situation where we're going to rob the team of their supplies?
There was cursing in the live broadcast room, and several teams in the front were in chaos. The Sheep Country was not far away from them. They listened to the quacking of several languages and smiled at each other.
Island A was in a much better situation at this time. The remaining teams were all seaside teams, and they had some predictions about the coming storm. They managed to build the sheds, but their biggest problem now was not the storm, but food.
There were only three teams on Island C. They also set up tents and managed to withstand the heavy rain for the time being. However, they were worried because they all felt that their tents might not last long.
"Only the Gun Gun Team looks like they're here for tourism."
"Wrong, only our rolling team is the strongest. Don't be fooled by our friendly faces, we are meat eaters. Wait, just like how the raft was taken away, I will watch how my brother will get it back."
"I trust my brother as well. We can tell from the past few incidents that my brother and his men are not soft persimmons that can be squeezed and flattened at will."
The Chinese audiences in the live broadcast room knew that cursing was useless at this time, so they waited for their brother to help them vent their anger.
Chu Huaiqin and the others were soaking wet when they returned. The space was too small, so they had to hide behind a blanket hung on the bed to change clothes. After changing clothes, they put them by the fire to dry. Lin Zhinan did not let them get out of bed. After hanging up the four people's clothes, he also brought the food to the bed and laid it out.
It’s not that they want to eat in bed, but the space under the bed is small, the ground is wet, and there is no place to put food, so it’s not realistic to eat under it.
The bottom of the bed was covered with sunflower leaves and grass, and the top layer was banana leaves, so it was soft to sit on, except that the banana leaves were a little scratchy at the top, it was very comfortable.
Today's food was already a little cold, but the extremely hungry people ate it like starving ghosts and enjoyed it very much.
After eating, everyone burped and started to study the earthen pots, one large and one small. They had been drying from morning to afternoon and were already a little cold. They could be used to cook food later.
Lin Zhinan and the others were overjoyed when they heard this. She had specially left some fresh seafood today, hoping for this moment. Then everyone looked at the fire stick.
The folded core is placed inside the tube, then lit. After burning through, blow it out and quickly close the lid. If it is still not extinguished after one or two hours, it means it is successful. But before that, they cannot let the fire on the stone go out.
"Zhi Nan needs some medicine." Chu Huaiqin picked up the mugwort leaves and was about to crush them with tiles when his nose started to itch and he sneezed. He sniffed twice and felt a nasal sound.
"You go to sleep first, we'll do it." Xia En reached out and snatched the mugwort leaves from Chu Huaiqin's hand, then frowned and glared at him fiercely, "Did you not sleep at all today?"
Chu Huaiqin: ...
"I'm sleepy." Chu Huaiqin said casually, turned around and lay down on the edge of the wooden bed, covered himself with a blanket and ignored it.
Xia En was helpless and looked at the other three people.
Little monk, "I'll help my sister apply medicine."
Su Huaichen, "I'll get the pot to get some water."
The three of them looked away at the same time, not daring to look at Xia En.
Chu Huaiqin quickly fell asleep listening to the sound of rain. When he regained consciousness, he found himself extremely cold and being held by a burning body. A low voice rang in his ears, as if coming from a very far away place. But that didn't matter. What mattered was that he was uncomfortable. Being held was uncomfortable, and so was his body. He felt very hot. He tried to lift the blanket from his body and push away the person holding him, but his body felt like it had melted. He had no strength at all and couldn't move at all.
"Hold Su Huaichen down and don't let him struggle free." Xia En's voice was deep as he looked at Chu Huaiqin with regret.
"What should I do? My brother has a high fever," the little monk said worriedly, "and the doctor is not here right now."
It was already midnight. Chu Huaiqin had contacted the director team when he had a fever, but they said that it was still under control, so they would not send a doctor.
When several people heard this, they almost cursed the director team. Why did they send people when Lin Zhinan and Su Huaichen were vomiting and having diarrhea?
The director team replied: Because they were afraid that they would be poisoned.
Chu Huaiqin's condition was obvious. He had a fever because he didn't sleep well last night, was too tired during the day, and was caught in the rain.
"When I was a child, my grandmother told me that mint can cure colds," Lin Zhinan said worriedly, wiping Chu Huaiqin's sweat. He was afraid that he would become dehydrated, so he said, "I'll go boil some water for you."
"Go ahead, the pot should be usable." Su Huaichen also agreed.
Lin Zhinan responded and climbed out of bed. It was still raining heavily outside, with thunder crackling. Their fire on the rocks was still burning. Lin Zhinan placed the gravel he had picked up earlier around the rocks to form a small stove. He washed the earthen pot with rainwater, placed it on top, and then poured water into it.
After a while, the water boiled. He poured some onto the coconut shell to cool it down, and Xia En carefully gave it to Chu Huaiqin to drink.
Drinking water only prevented Chu Huaiqin from becoming dehydrated, but it didn't reduce his fever. Xia En, who was holding Chu Huaiqin, steeled himself. "Little monk, you and Su Huaichen should sit on both sides of the blanket to hold me down. Don't let me struggle to get the blanket off. You must cover me up and make me sweat."
After saying that, he quickly got out of bed and put on the raincoat that Lin Zhinan had made earlier. He looked like he was going out, which scared everyone. It was already early in the morning.
"Where are you going?" Su Huaichen asked in surprise.
"I'm going to find Bo He." Xia En turned on the light on his watch and put on his straw hat. "You guys take good care of him, okay?"
After saying that, the person left.
"Little monk, go with him," Lin Zhinan climbed to the little monk's position, held down the blanket for him, and pushed the stunned man, "Go quickly, I know, I will definitely not let him go out alone."
"Oh oh." The little monk responded repeatedly, quickly got up, took his raincoat and chased after him.
On a rainy night, the sound of the wind and the waves resembled the howling of ghosts and wolves, while thunder and lightning flashed by, and earth-shaking noises continued to ring out. Xia Entang took the little monk, opened his watch, and walked towards the lake. Lin Zhinan had just said that mint usually grows near water.
"Thunderbolt, bang!"
Lightning flashed, and the people watching the livestream were terrified. When they saw a flash of lightning split a tree, they screamed in shock. But Xia Entang seemed to have seen nothing. He led the little monk to the lakeside, looking for mint. He was very careful, half-bending over, and walked step by step.
"Thunderbolt, bang!"
Another thunderclap roared, this time not far ahead of them. From the perspective of the livestream, it looked as if it had struck the two of them, causing everyone to scream in fear. Some even covered their eyes in terror. After the thunder died down, they looked around and saw that everyone was safe, but...
Everyone stared in disbelief at the dark forest across the lake. Suddenly, a ball of light appeared. It seemed to have a soul, a consciousness, swimming and weaving through the forest. From time to time, it seemed to hit something and bounce off, and from time to time, it would shine brightly...
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