“Bang!”
As the accumulated water on the leaves splashed everywhere, a forked wooden stick hit the bushes in the forest, causing the branches and leaves to scatter.
The footsteps soon approached, and two petite figures in orange jackets squatted down beside the bushes, plucked the yellow mushrooms growing on a rotten log below, and threw them into the wicker basket slung over their arms.
There is a circle of wild flowers on the edge of the wicker basket woven with green vines.
Hu Li had a faint smile on his face and was humming "The Little Girl Picking Mushrooms" softly. He was obviously in a good mood.
After having a meal of grilled sunfish on a teppanyaki plate at noon, everyone took a short rest and then set off into the woods.
Although the weather had not yet cleared up, the rain had finally stopped. The long-lost drones once again came to the island and continued their live broadcasts with their respective anchors.
The barrage of comments in the two girls’ live broadcast rooms was rolling and the messages were constantly refreshing.
"Front row, front row"
"The little fox sings really beautifully"
"Picking cool little mushrooms ~ manual funny"
“Wild mushrooms and stewed chicken go best together”
The two walked and stopped, and the wicker basket was already filled with a lot of mushrooms. The little fox forgot the words halfway through singing the song, and was rolling his eyes to recall it when he saw Li Mengdie hitting the stick in the bushes in front of him again, so he asked.
"Sister Mengdie, why do you always keep knocking around with a stick?"
"This..."
Li Mengdie subconsciously raised the stick in her hand and hit the bushes in front of her twice, saying, "This is called 'startling the snake by beating the grass'. If there is a snake hiding in the bushes, hitting it like this will scare it away."
"Oh, so that's what they mean by 'stirring up trouble'!"
The little girl suddenly understood something and said in admiration, "Sister Mengdie, you really know a lot!"
Li Mengdie opened her mouth and was about to explain the scientific principle of doing this in the wild, but the little fox's attention was only on the idiom she said. She swallowed the words on her lips and smiled helplessly.
"This little fox is getting worse at chatting. Will he die if he asks why the snake was scared away?"
On the other side, on the beach on the west coast, Han Daxia and Ding Yi were each dragging a basket, digging for shells, crabs, etc. It was a pity that they came at the wrong time, and it took them half a day to find one. It seemed more like they came here to kill time.
"Guess how long Gu Lang can hold on?"
Hero Han washed a scallop covered with sand in sea water, threw it into the basket, and looked up and asked.
"I can't say for sure..."
Hearing this, Ding Yi shook his head and sighed, "He looks stupid, but ten smart people combined probably can't figure out what he's thinking. According to my previous judgment, this guy can't even hold on for a second. But if he gets stupid enough, I wouldn't be surprised if he eats Yang Xu as well, not to mention the bugs."
"Ha ha!"
Han Daxia suddenly laughed and said in a teasing tone: "I see you seem to have a lot of confidence in him! How come you were impressed by his skills after being hit this morning?"
“Fuck, don’t give me that!” Ding Yi rolled his eyes and gestured with a sapper shovel, “I… I was careless and didn’t guard against him! If it’s one-on-one, I can give him one hand!”
"Haha!" Hero Han laughed even more happily, and his eyes were full of curiosity as he looked towards a certain forest.
At this moment, in the woods to the north, the salted fish that the two people were talking about was frowning seriously, staring at a milky white worm held in Yang Xu's hand as if facing a great enemy.
"This is the larva of a longhorn beetle, and it is also the worm that is most easily found under the bark of a tree." Yang Xu pinched the worm and said to Gu Lao San, "Don't underestimate it because it is small. This larva is extremely rich in protein and fat, and has high nutritional value. We Chinese medicine practitioners also use it as medicine to invigorate blood circulation and remove blood stasis."
In the live broadcast room, the fans of the two people rarely cursed at each other, but instead gathered together to tease a certain loser.
“6666, another tip.”
"Xiao Ting Pang gave anchor Gu Lang a super rocket x3..."
"Master Xu, stop wasting time and start following the process!"
"Third brother's face is turning green"
"Please find out the psychological shadow area of Gu Laosan"
"A leaf boat across the stone gives a reward to the anchor Yang Xu with 5 super rockets..."
"You agreed to come out with Master Xu without thinking, do you regret it?"
"Eat it quickly, it will get cold soon"
"Wait for the Third Brother to wail"
Sure enough, as Yang Xu finished speaking, he picked up the little insect and stuffed it directly into his mouth, chewed it for a few times, then swallowed it with a frown.
"Well, it's a little bitter."
Under the camera, Yang Xu even licked his tongue, which gave everyone goose bumps. Then, he picked up another piece of bark from under the bark that had been peeled off beside the two of them and handed it to Gu Lao San, saying with a smile, "Come on, try it too!"
"Tsk tsk, if you don't do it you will die~" Wang Ping, who had come out with the two to watch the fun, was now standing on the grass beside them, hugging his shoulders and looking at a confused person with a gloating look on his face.
“Emm…” Gu Laosan took the twisting insect in his hand with a bitter look. His throat felt itchy and he raised his arm several times but couldn’t make up his mind.
Yang Xu was not in a hurry either. He just looked at him with a smile, feeling inexplicably happy in his heart.
After trying for a long time, a certain salted fish still couldn't eat it, so he pretended to be serious and said: "Well, well, I'm not that hungry..."
"Haha! It's okay!" Yang Xu took the insect from his hand with a smile, threw it into his mouth and chewed it, patting Gu Lang's shoulder and laughing: "The first time I ate this kind of insect in the wild, I couldn't eat it either..."
Before Yang Xu could finish his words, Gu Lang looked up in surprise and asked, "Why, do you also think this little bug looks like a maggot?"
Yang Xu: …
It was difficult to swallow or spit out the half-chewed worm. After hearing what Gu Lang said, Yang Xu felt nauseous and his face turned black in an instant.
Rolling his eyes, Yang Xu swallowed the food in his mouth while resisting the nausea, and shook his head with a bitter smile. Damn, I knew this guy couldn't say anything nice.
At this time, a badger that had passed by the two of them suddenly hid in the bushes nearby. After searching for a while, Mao returned with a wicked smile on his face, dragging a half-rotten piece of wood.
In the close-up shot of the drone, you can see several fat insects as thick as thumbs rolling around in the opened wooden core.
A badger came back and stood in front of the two men, and handed the piece of wood to Yang Xu seemingly attentively.
"Wow! This is good stuff!" Yang Xu's shout of "surprise" was heard in the live broadcast room.
"Boss, you have such a dark heart!"
Gu Laosan had a dark face. When the drone was aimed at Yang Xu, he glared at Wang Ping fiercely, and then received a "claw" standing up.
"Gu Lang, come and see!"
Yang Xu turned around and waved, smiling at Gu Lang: "This kind of fleshworm is rare to come across, its body is almost entirely protein, and it tastes good, much better than longhorn beetle larvae! Your eldest is quite picky..."
“Haha,” Gu Laosan said with a frown, looking at the badger who was still waving his hands “modestly” and gnashing his teeth, “Thank you, Boss!!”
"You're welcome, eat quickly!" Wang Ping shrugged his almost invisible shoulders in a smug manner, his hairy face full of anticipation.
It must be said that watching others eat insects, especially those that they found themselves, actually gives people a strange sense of pleasure. This made Wang Ping sigh, no wonder the instructors liked to watch the recruits eat earthworms when they were training in the Foreign Legion.
"I'll dig two more earthworms later!" A badger thought secretly in his mind.
The live broadcast room was already buzzing with excitement, and those fans who were familiar with the badger had already laughed themselves to death in front of their computers. Wang Ping was right, and watching others eat insects was indeed a great pleasure.
"Third brother, eat quickly!"
"This is the boss's love for you!"
"Gu Lao San, why are you still hesitating? How dare you look down on the boss?!"
"Since I met Gu Lao San, the thank you you just said was the most heartfelt!"
"The boss is concerned about you, worried that you won't get enough nutrition."
"Eat it. If you don't eat one today, you won't be able to pass this test."
At this time, Yang Xu had already picked up a worm and put it into his mouth, chewing it so hard that the juice splashed everywhere. At the same time, he stretched the piece of wood in front of Gu Laosan and gestured with his chin.
"Gurgle~"
Gu Lang swallowed his saliva, carefully picked up a fat worm, and his whole face wrinkled.
At this moment, he actually missed the longhorn beetle larvae. At least it was not as fat as this one. He was afraid that he would not be able to swallow it in one bite.
"Damn it, I'll let grandma take care of you when I get home!" A certain lazy person thought viciously.