It is impolite not to reciprocate. A certain badger has always prided himself on being a polite young man. When someone gives him a gift, he always gives something back.
Hu Li was obviously overly excited. He skipped back to the campfire and showed off to everyone one by one.
"Sister Mengdie, what do you think this is? Hehe, the boss gave it to me!"
Li Mengdie: …
Although she was very unhappy, she still managed to put on a smile and told someone to do the important things first like an older sister. But before she could finish her words, Hu Li ran away like a gust of wind.
"Jiuyang, look what this is? Hehe, the boss gave it to me!"
"Haha, you are so awesome!" Yi Jiuyang had an awkward smile on his face.
"Of course!" Hu Li raised his chin proudly, then turned and ran towards Han Da Xia: "Uncle, look..."
Everyone felt like they had black lines on their faces and were about to be defeated by this little girl.
At this time, Gu Lang was squatting on the side helping Han Da Xia. Looking at the little girl running around with the beef jerky in her hand, he felt uncomfortable.
He knew the badger's character too well, and he treated him differently. He dared to swear with his toes that if he were to go, he would not be able to exchange a wreath for a piece of beef jerky, let alone a hundred wreaths.
"Bah! You value women over friends!"
Just as he was thinking about it, the hero Han, who had just sent Hu Li away, called him back to his senses.
Although there was no condition to build a solid shelter today, in order to avoid being blown to death by the sea breeze when sleeping at night, we had to create a sheltered environment. In line with the principle of trying not to sleep in the woods, Han Daxia and Yang Xu discussed and started digging a pit on the beach around the campfire.
Yi Jiuyang went back and forth between the woods and the beach again and again, throwing bundles of half-dried oxgrass on the sand, leaving them for everyone to dry and then spread in the dug holes.
The pit that Han Daxia dug was diagonally downward. After laying the grass, he covered it with the leafy branches he brought back before, and compacted the edges with sand. It was a simple "sleeping hole". Although it was not strong, it could at least handle a night.
Hu Li showed off to everyone, even Gu Laosan and Ding Yi, who came back from the sea to make a fish basket, but he couldn't bear to eat the beef jerky in the end, and carefully put it in his trouser pocket. Even if he is only half an outdoor anchor, he understands the importance of food in the survival process.
When the little girl was done with her crazy behavior, Gu Lang, who had been watching for a while, took over Han Da Xia's shift and continued digging the pit. Hu Li was dragged to the beach by Li Mengdie, where he found branches and dug in the sand, looking for shellfish.
Everything seemed to be falling into place, just waiting for the food to be put into the pot.
On the shore, Yang Xu, who was soaking wet, walked back through the sea with an embarrassed look on his face, carrying a simple harpoon that had been broken into two pieces. Everyone sighed, which was expected.
This kind of weather is not suitable for fishing with a spear, especially in the sea with a depth of more than 1 meter. Before the unloaded wooden stick could poke it, the fish ran away. In fact, what everyone was more looking forward to was Ding Yi's fish basket in the sea.
Ding Yi himself was aware of this situation. Seeing someone coming back dejectedly, he stood up and greeted him with a smile.
"You've worked so hard. Go back and warm yourself up by the fire! Drink some fish soup later to avoid catching a cold!"
Yang Xu rolled his eyes, secretly cursing someone who was kind-hearted but evil. However, seeing that everyone was hungry, he didn't want to pour cold water on them. He just walked to the campfire silently and angrily stuck the two broken harpoons into the sand.
"Come, take off your coat and dry it." Hero Han invited Yang Xu to sit next to the campfire, raised his hand to help him take off his coat, found a few branches to put it up, and hung it next to the campfire.
After a while, seeing that it was getting darker, Li Mengdie and Hu Li returned to the campfire. They took out a few strange-shaped shells from their coat pockets, but found nothing else.
Hu Li was still mumbling about why there were so few shells on the beach, but Yang Xu explained that it was because the time was wrong and that these shellfish would be easier to find only after the tide rose.
"But if we really wait until the tide rises, it will be dark and we can only rely on torches for lighting, which may make it difficult to find the place," Li Mengdie said worriedly.
At this time, the bonfire was already burning brightly, and the flames were rising, illuminating everyone's face in flickering light.
Wang Ping dragged his recliner, put snacks and tissues on it, and came to the campfire. He was originally going to sit in the seat reserved for someone who dug the pit, but Hu Li warmly invited him to sit over, so he dragged a bunch of things and sat down next to the little girl.
After a while, Ding Yi, who had gone to the fish basket, came back wading through the sea, but he was also empty-handed. Everyone was shocked and then speechless.
"No way? I'm going to be hungry tonight?" Yi Jiuyang sighed, his disappointment evident in his words.
"Hehe..." A little fox touched his trouser pocket with a smile, thinking that it was a good thing that he still had a piece of beef jerky.
Yang Xu narrowed his eyes, his sight swept across Hu Li, and fell on the furry group in the shadow beside her. Just as he was lost in thought, he met a pair of green night vision eyes.
Ding Yi walked back, taking off his coat and wringing water in his hands. When he came to the campfire, he stood there, holding up his clothes with his hands to warm them, and sighed, "The fish basket has been under the ground for too short a time, and it still has the smell of the ground. I'm afraid no fish will get in for a while."
"It's okay. Just bear with it tonight. The visibility is too low at night. Don't go into the sea again. When the tide starts to recede tomorrow morning, let's go to the beach to dig crabs and oysters." Han Daxia, who was sitting by the sand pit at the back, smiled and said, "We are guarding the beach. Are we still worried about not finding food?"
"I think it might also be because there's no bait in it."
Yang Xu and a badger looked at each other and said in an inexplicable tone. But just as he finished speaking, Gu Lang's voice suddenly came from the sand pit behind everyone.
"How about we catch seagulls?"
A lazy guy got up from the sand pit and pointed at the darkening sky above his head. A group of seagulls were circling above, calling "Oh~Oh~".
"When I was a kid in my hometown, I often used an upside-down basket as a trap to catch sparrows. I sprinkled food inside and I always caught one!"
"Fuck seagull!"
Everyone was speechless. Even Han couldn't stand it anymore. He glared at someone and said angrily, "Brother, please be more reliable! We don't even have anything to eat right now. These shells are not enough to fill our stomachs. Where can we find food to feed the seagulls?"
"That's right, are you stupid? We don't even have a basket, are we going to use the pot as a trap?" Hu Li also joined in the scolding of someone.
"I'm just making a suggestion... Let's put our heads together and come up with more ideas, maybe something will work?" Gu Lang said, scratching his head.
"That makes sense. How about we brainstorm some ideas?" Yi Jiuyang continued.
"What a bullshit! There are no animals on this island and no wild fruits. Those are the only things we can eat. What else is there to think about?" Ding Yi snorted.
Among the seven anchors, only he and Yang Xu were real wilderness anchors, and it was common for them to go hungry in the wild. He was not very disappointed at the moment, but felt that he had lost face in front of everyone.
Fortunately, the other side didn't catch anything either, so everyone was equally matched. And all in all, they had only been on the island for two or three hours, so it was normal to be hungry.
Just when everyone was silent, there was a sound of flapping wings. Before anyone could react, a seagull suddenly swooped over and headed straight for the beef jerky that a badger had placed aside.
Although seagulls snatching food is not news, people did not expect that seagulls would dare to snatch food when so many people were gathered together with a bonfire in the middle. In addition, the sky was getting dark and the visibility was reduced. As a result, the seagulls rushed to the front and no one reacted.
Hu Li was the closest, and he subconsciously raised his arms to avoid the attack, letting the seagull's claws grab the bag of beef jerky.
Yang Xu's expression had already turned into one of exasperation, waiting for the seagull to fly away so that he could lose his temper with someone. He couldn't afford to offend Wang Ping, but he wasn't afraid of offending Gu Lang. If he was willing to share the beef jerky with everyone, the whole bag wouldn't have been snatched away.
But at this moment, a black-haired claw suddenly stretched out from the shadows and grabbed the seagull's leg.