Chapter 66
"Ghost, ghost, ghost, ghost, ghost, fire, fire, summer, summer, entropy, ghost..."
The little monk saw the ball of light faster than Xia Entang. His eyes widened, his whole body trembled, his words trembled, and his pale face looked like he would faint at any time.
The rain was so heavy that Xia Entang didn't hear the little monk talking at all, let alone his fear. Now he was anxious and all he could think about was Mint. His mind was a little confused. He felt a pang of pain when he thought that Chu Huaiqin didn't even cry out in pain even though he was burned.
Live broadcast room:
"Ahhh, run!"
"Oh my God, what are those two guys from the Rolling Team still doing? This is a rolling mine. It's going to kill people!"
"The little monk must be so frightened! God, he can't even speak."
"Xia En's concentration is too strong! He's only looking down for mint. Is he oblivious to everything else and only focused on finding mint leaves?"
"Stop reciting poetry, ahhhh, he's coming..."
"Brother, help!"
The dark green ball of light seemed to sense the little monk's location and suddenly turned around and came towards them, leaping along the grass by the lake, with light in its sight, at a speed so fast that it was shocking.
The little monk was so frightened that he almost lost his voice. His mouth kept moving and his voice changed. "...Ah...Brother, brother, ghost, ghost..."
Xia En had walked for a while with his head down when he finally realized that the little monk had not caught up with him. He frowned and stood up, just about to ask him what was wrong, but he saw fear on his face, staring at the front and trembling. He turned his head in confusion, and saw a beam of light flashing and changing in various colors coming at him at a high speed.
Live broadcast room: "Hurry up!"
"Get out of here!"
The livestreamer and Xia Entropy shouted simultaneously, but the little monk remained motionless, completely stunned. The light rushed over, and just as everyone expected it would hit the little monk, a figure leaped out, dragging the little monk backward and rolling him a few times. In the next second, the ball of light passed right past where the little monk had been standing, flying over ten meters before crashing into a large tree. With a crack, the tree, as thick as a man, snapped in half, sending thick smoke billowing out.
Little Monk: ...
"My hands are shaking."
"To be honest, I've already shed tears. I was physically scared."
"He's crying loudly. That bastard little monk is so scary. When my brother gets better from the fever, I will let him spank him."
"God, this guy is so lucky. If he had been hit, he would have been buried on the spot."
The people in the live broadcast room were rejoicing, but the little monk at the scene came back to his senses at this moment. He looked at Xia Entang cautiously with a pale face, not daring to speak.
"Get up! Keep looking." Xia En said nothing, stood up and continued searching along the lakeside.
The rain was still falling and the lightning was still crackling. The two walked around the lake from where they started, but found nothing.
A sense of loss washed over him. He checked the time; it was already past one in the morning. Not wanting to give up, Xia Entropy walked around the lake again, until it was past two in the morning.
"I'm anxious. I want to tell them that mint does grow next to a water source, but I have to add one more condition: next to a bush!"
There are still many people in the live broadcast room, both from home and abroad. The reason why they are here is because the time difference between them is just during the day, while the Chinese audience is still here because they are worried about Chu Huaiqin, and are also worried that the little monk and Xia Entropy are still outside.
The two stood motionless in the rain. Xia Entang looked grim, while the young monk watched him cautiously. Even if he was slow-witted, he knew Xia Entang was unwilling to accept this.
"Shall we look again?" The young monk didn't dare shine the light on Xia En, as he couldn't see his expression clearly in the rainy night. "Ah, I remember my brother said before that ginger can dispel coldness and can also cure colds."
Seeing Xia En's bewildered expression, the young monk continued, "During the domestic competition in that cave!"
"Yes, let's add another goal." Xia Entang nodded repeatedly, and the two of them began to focus on more than just mint. Compared to mint, the young monk was more familiar with where ginger grew. It grew in either humus or sandy loam, favoring the tropical south, and the conditions here perfectly matched.
The two braved the rain, searching along the way based on the monk's experience. Perhaps because he was frightened by the ball of light earlier, he kept an eye on various places, but refused to ask Xia Entang what that thing was. Xia Entang was completely focused on finding Jiang and didn't notice his mishap.
"It's here." The little monk was afraid, but he was not vague about finding things, and soon he saw the existence of Jiang.
The two of them were ecstatic, and the livestream was also amused! They quickly pulled out a few gingers and were about to run back when Xia Entropy, perhaps due to excessive joy, tripped over a vine and fell instantly. A hard branch from some unknown source instantly cut open his face.
A spicy pain came, and Xia Entang also smelled mint.
Sometimes, luck comes just in time.
The two men picked mint and carried ginger back to camp. Halfway along, they heard another thunderclap. This time, someone was unlucky. One of the groups staying on the coast was struck by lightning. Fortunately, the lightning brushed past the roof of their shed and struck the tree behind it, but it still frightened everyone. Within twenty minutes, that group announced their withdrawal.
When the two returned to the camp, the first thing Xia En went to do was to see Chu Huaiqin. Under the light, Chu Huaiqin's face was covered in sweat, but when he put his hand on his forehead, it was cold, but when he touched his chest, it was warm.
"Give it to me quickly." Lin Zhinan quickly slid off the bed, took the mint and ginger, and without even having time to put on his shoes, he stepped on the ground that was like a stream and ran to the stove next to the house.
Add water and ginger to a small pot and bring to a boil. Crush the mint and place it in a coconut shell. The coconut bowl is remade with a knife, and it is opened a little bit along the seam. One coconut has two bowls, which are very round and look very nice.
After a while, the water boiled. Lin Zhinan made three portions in total, pouring ginger water over the crushed mint. The smell came out instantly, and it was very pleasant.
Lin Zhinan stuffed two of the bowls into the hands of Xia En and the little monk who had changed their clothes. He was about to use a sunflower fan to drink the other bowl, but then he remembered that it would be more effective if he drank it hot, so he hurriedly asked if he could wake up Chu Huaiqin.
Xia En immediately drank the mint ginger water in three or two gulps, sat down beside the bed, bent over and called for help.
Live broadcast room: I suspect Xia En's throat is cooked.
Chu Huaiqin was awakened, and after struggling to get up, he slowly drank the mint ginger water before falling back into a deep sleep. Xia En, who had been holding Chu Huaiqin while he drank, was completely soaked through in the chest. After a moment's thought, Xia En, under the astonished gaze of the crowd, cut a piece of his blanket from the edge with a knife, then reached under the blanket to wipe the sweat off his face.
The more he wiped, the more sweat he got, and soon it became wet. Xia Entang got another piece, and by the time Chu Huaiqin stopped sweating, he had used four or five pieces, and Xia Entang's blanket was torn into pieces.
After Chu Huaiqin stopped sweating, they wiped his body with hot water and changed his clothes. They found that he no longer had a cold head and a hot body, and he slowly became normal. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
It was five o'clock in the morning.
Chu Huaiqin was safe, and the others finally couldn't hold on any longer. Before going to bed, Su Huaichen went to check the fire starter, and it was still not extinguished, which meant that the fire starter was successful. In order to avoid carbon poisoning, with unanimous agreement, they extinguished the fire on the stove, lay down on the bed and fell asleep instantly.
The next day, Chu Huaiqin woke up feeling relaxed. He turned around and saw Xia En's sleeping face. It was handsome, but there was a cut on his cheek. Chu Huaiqin reached out to touch it, and his eyes darkened. After a few moments, Chu Huaiqin slightly raised himself up. Seeing that everyone was still soundly asleep, Chu Huaiqin knew they were exhausted from the night before.
Although he had a fever and felt drowsy, he could not fall asleep completely because of the fever and severe headache. He was still conscious, so he had some impression of what these people did.
Chu Huaiqin got out of bed carefully, walked to the door and gently pushed it open. The rain outside had lightened a lot, but the wind was still very strong, howling like ghosts and wolves.
Chu Huaiqin turned to look at the food. Yesterday's fresh, gutted fish and various shellfish were divided into two parts and placed inside squares of banana leaves, which also contained seawater. They hadn't eaten dinner until around four or five in the afternoon. They had originally planned to have fish soup for a midnight snack, but he had a fever, so no one was in the mood to cook.
At this point, most of the shellfish were still alive. The biggest problem was the fish. Chu Huaiqin picked it up and smelled it. It was good, not smelly. But the small pot was here, with some ginger water still in it. Where was the big pot?
Chu Huaiqin carefully opened the door, and the rain did not rush in. The big pot was collecting water outside. Chu Huaiqin found the fire starter, and when he lifted the lid, the little sparks inside flashed, which was very cute.
Wash the small pot and fill it with water from the larger pot. Since there's no oil, the seafood stew can't be cooked dry. Leave a small bowl of water. Once it boils, Chu Huaiqin tosses in a few pieces of ginger and lays out the cleaned snails first, followed by crab, shrimp, fish, and other ingredients. Gradually, the pot is half full. The ingredients are arranged in a circle, leaving a hollow in the middle.
Throwing a few pieces of ginger in, and slowly adding water, Chu Huaiqin realized that they hadn't covered it. Just as he was thinking about what to do, he saw two square banana leaves on the ground. The edges were burnt black, forming a circle, and the middle was charred. I guess this was used to cover the ginger soup last night.
Chu Huaiqin also covered the pot like Lin Zhinan did last night.
Despite the commotion, no one woke up. Instead, the enticing aroma of the seafood pot woke everyone up. Looking at the overflowing pot of seafood soup, even if it lacked a bit of flavor, everyone enjoyed it. As expected, cooked food is king.
The rain did not stop for just one or two days. When the food of the teams hiding in the sheds ran out on the third day, everyone had to come out to find food. However, the heavy rain showed no sign of stopping. Instead, it seemed to be getting heavier. Chu Huaiqin and his team were not idle these days, but began to prepare to find a boat.
The island is very large and it is not easy to search it completely. It cannot be done in one day, so when they travel, the most important thing for them is to find something to store water and to make frames so that it is convenient to store things.
In three days, the latter made two and even added a few more shrimp cages, but the former could not. As a last resort, he set his sights on coconut trees, but coconut trees were very dangerous on rainy days, and with the addition of lightning, it was even more terrifying.
"Brother, our knife has a curve. If we tie it to a tree, slowly lift it up, and then cut it down, is that okay?" The little monk suggested this idea.
Chu Huaiqin and Lin Zhinan turned to look at the little monk.
"What, what's wrong? Is it not possible?" The little monk was frightened by several people.
"It's not impossible to give it a try." Chu Huaiqin said.
So several people started to cut down trees and connect them. Except for Xia En and Su Huaichen who took the shrimp cage to the beach to find food, the three of them took a whole morning to connect them. But in the end, not to mention whether they could lift it up completely, they had just lifted it up when lightning struck the dagger with a thunderclap, almost electrocuting them.
The three of them looked at each other and decided to give up this plan.
The three people in the live broadcast room were amused and laughed.
"It's the first time I've seen my brother's stunned look. Hahaha, it's so funny."
The three of them didn't realize that they had made the people in the live broadcast room laugh, but they were angered by the news Xia En brought back in the afternoon: their raft had been stolen.
"Brother!" The little monk was angry.
Chu Huaiqin smiled and said, "It's okay. Rent it to them first and put it on the beach. It will be easily washed away by the waves."
Everyone thought the same, but Xia En put down the shrimp cage, turned around and walked out. Chu Huaiqin asked him where he was going.
"Go and tell them so they won't default on their debt."
Everyone: ...
Chu Huaiqin called out, "Little monk."
The man rushed out instantly.
Xia Entang and the little monk came back twenty minutes later. Their clothes were a little messy and their faces were bruised. Several people hurriedly asked what happened.
Xia Entropy: "Oh, they didn't admit it, so I had a fight with them. Later they promised to compensate us with food after the rain stopped."
Everyone: ...
"I think this group of people will become bullies sooner or later."
This is the evaluation in the live broadcast room.
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