I don't know how other people spent the night, but Wang Ping slept soundly without even dreaming. Lying in the hole of the red nan tree, smelling the faint fragrance of the nan wood, it makes people... calm.
When I opened my eyes, the submissive woodpecker had disappeared. I didn't know whether it had gone out to find food early in the morning, or had slipped away last night while the badger fell asleep.
Wang Ping thought the first possibility was more likely. As the saying goes, "Birds die for food", eating is a very important matter. As for running away, my brother just asked for a place to stay, and he didn't say he wanted to eat it, so why would he run away
When I came out of the tree hole, it was already bright outside. The woods were filled with mist and the fragrance of flowers and plants, and I could hear the sound of waves in the distance.
A badger slid down the tree trunk, brushed off the bird feathers on his body, plucked a large-leafed arisaema from a nearby bush, pinched it into a funnel shape with his claws, and walked out of the woods, collecting dew on the grass leaves in the forest. When he reached the edge of the forest, he had already collected a small half of the dew on the leaf.
Standing outside the woods, Wang Ping brought the leaf close to his mouth and drank all the dew inside. Then he tilted his head back, stood there with his paws on his hips, gargled his mouth, and then swallowed the water with a "gulp".
Smacking his lips and feeling the fragrance of flowers and plants between his lips and teeth, the badger nodded with satisfaction and walked towards the camp.
Everyone had gotten up by then, and from a distance they saw three figures sitting on the log that Yang Xu had dragged back yesterday by the bonfire, looking at something. When Wang Ping approached, he found that across from the three people, Hu Li and Li Mengdie were picking up shells on the beach barefoot with their trouser legs rolled up.
Li Mengdie held the steamer that was used to steam fish last night, and together with Hu Li, they put the shells they found, such as clams and scallops, into the steamer. Whenever they found a large shell or conch, the two women cheered loudly.
We were on the west coast, so we couldn't see the sunrise. But the light from the rising sun behind us shone through the trees, casting a golden glow on the beach and the sea.
The two girls' long hair fluttered in the wind, and they were talking and laughing in the morning light, their crystal white skin seemed to be radiating light. Their laughter like silver bells floated on the beach, which was pleasing to the eyes. No wonder these guys sat here "watching the sea" early in the morning.
Wang Ping walked over the log and looked back, and saw Han Daxia, Gu Lang and Yi Jiuyang standing in a row, with their left feet resting on their right knees, their chins supported by their hands, looking at the two women on the beach with an "auntie smile" on their faces, and almost drooling at the corners of their mouths.
"Look at what you have accomplished!"
Wang Ping was speechless for a while. After expressing his contempt in his heart, he turned around and looked at the two women. Until some feeling of "local area" suddenly came to him, he turned back and ran to Hu Li's sleeping cave to find the things he gave her last night.
The beef jerky and paper towels were neatly placed on a badger's small recliner. Perhaps because Hu Li was afraid that seagulls would come down to steal the food, he used clothes to pad them and placed them on the tendon grass in the sleeping cave.
Wang Ping went in and pulled out two tissues. Just as he was about to turn around, he thought for a moment and turned back to pull out two more. He held them in his paws and walked back towards the woods.
The drones started working early in the morning, filming the anchors they were responsible for following. When a badger appeared, the cameraman who was about to fall asleep while filming a salted fish suddenly brightened up and decisively abandoned the anchor and followed the badger.
Wang Ping walked to the edge of the woods and heard a familiar buzzing sound. He turned his head and bared his teeth at the drone, making a "middle claw" gesture, then pushed aside the grass in front of him and crawled in. Only a cameraman was left outside, operating the drone with a strange look on his face.
On the southern coast of the beach, Ding Yi stood on a reef, frowning and looking at a wisp of fish-scale clouds in the southern sky, his face looking a little ugly.
Not far from him, Yang Xu was carrying two fish baskets, walking toward the shore while shouting, "Old Ding, what are you looking at so intently? Hurry up and get the remaining fish baskets out, or the fish will run away!"
Ding Yi looked back at him, turned around and jumped off the reef, walked over on the sand and said, "I think the weather is not good, there may be a rainstorm, we have to quickly build a shelter to keep out the rain today!"
"Really?"
Yang Xu turned around, squinted his eyes and looked in the direction Ding Yi had seen before, then smiled and said, "That's true, but don't worry, it's so far away, even if there is a rainstorm, it can't come to this island! While the tide is just receding, we should quickly get today's food together! Once it gets dark, we won't be able to get anything! We can't rely on a pet to survive every day, right?"
Hearing Yang Xu's words, Ding Yi frowned, but did not refute. After all, Yang Xu was not talking nonsense. Food was just as important as shelter. And he was one of the people who was slapped in the face by a badger yesterday.
After thinking for a while, Ding Yi said seriously: "How about this, we do it at the same time. I will take Jiuyang to build a shelter, and you take the others to collect food. This way, neither side will be delayed."
"Hey, I'm talking to Lao Ding!"
Yang Xu suddenly sighed, put down the fish basket with fish still flapping in it, put one hand on Ding Yi's shoulder, and said earnestly: "Don't be like this all the time! We are all coexisting on an island, why do you always want to form a small group and act alone? I know that you look down on those people and think they are a burden. But the purpose of our live broadcast is to let those who know nothing master the skills to survive in the wild, right?"
“Well said!”
Yang Xu's fans immediately started cheering for him crazily in the live broadcast room, with comments and rewards coming one after another, making people dizzy. I have to say, listening to someone's words alone, it does sound righteous.
"Our Master Xu has a sense of the overall situation and is a natural leader."
"Master Ding Xu, this is the attitude a wilderness anchor should have"
"Some people are narrow-minded. They start to form cliques when they disagree with something. I'm so scared."
"Master Xu is really a man of vision. He won't argue with these villains."
Ding Yi opened his mouth slightly at this moment, he couldn't believe it. He was already negotiating in a friendly way, but Yang Xu actually said such a thing. He just suggested the division of labor, how could it be considered as forming a small group? And you look down on others, you are the one who really looks down on others, right
The hat was put on too suddenly, and Ding Yi was speechless for a long time. He felt angry and wanted to punch someone in the face. At this time, Yang Xu leaned over and picked up the two fish baskets, handed them directly to him, and said with a smile:
"Okay! We must build a shelter. Your idea is right. But we have to do things one by one! After we have collected most of the food, you and I will organize everyone to fully explore this island in the afternoon, and then choose a place with good terrain to build a shelter!"
After a pause, he continued, "Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. You told me so yesterday!"
As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Ding Yi to reply, Yang Xu turned and walked towards the sea to pick up two other fish baskets.
Ding Yi stood on the beach holding a bouncing fish basket, his chest heaving, and he stared at his back with gritted teeth.
"Damn it, you've already said it all. I just made a suggestion, but now you're the villain?"
At this time, Hu Li's voice came from the direction of the camp. Ding Yi turned his head and saw Hu Li standing there waving at him and shouting something.
Taking a deep breath, Ding Yi looked back at Yang Xu, snorted coldly, then turned around and walked towards the campfire with the fish basket in his hand.