When Sū Mèi asked this, Qí Yíngyíng, Chē Yán, and Liǔ Yìjiāo were stunned. That’s right, where did that fishing net come from? Did they pick it up too? This is a deserted island, where are there so many good things to pick up?
“Maybe Hǎo Dà is a fishing enthusiast and had a fishing net in his pocket when he was on the plane,” Qí Yíngyíng tried to explain.
“You’re right, whatever makes you happy,” Hǎo Dà smiled, not arguing further. “The weather seems quite cold today, and we’re running out of dry firewood. I’ll go chop down a medium-sized tree first.”
“I’ll go too! I can help carry the tree!” Sū Mèi said charmingly.
She didn’t want to be useless and wanted to do what she could.
“Let’s go too,” Chē Yán and Liǔ Yìjiāo exchanged a look and then said.
Only Qí Yíngyíng hadn’t committed.
“Aren’t you afraid of poisonous snakes?” Hǎo Dà asked deliberately.
“Uh, let’s stand at the edge of the woods first. After you cut down the tree, drag it out, and then we’ll all drag it back together,” Sū Mèi said thoughtfully.
“Mmm, that’s a good idea!” Chē Yán and Liǔ Yìjiāo praised.
“Then I’ll go contribute too!” Qí Yíngyíng said with a smile.
“Then let’s go!” Hǎo Dà didn’t waste any more words and waved his hand!
And so, the five of them headed en masse towards the woods.
Since the tree they were going to chop was for firewood to keep warm, everyone was very motivated! The temperature today felt about 10 degrees colder than yesterday. Without a fire to keep warm outdoors, it would be unbearably cold!
Upon reaching the edge of the woods, the Four Great Beauties stopped. They were clearly afraid of the poisonous snakes that might be lurking in the tall grass within the woods!
Hǎo Dà first used a long wooden stick to probe the nearby grass. After confirming there were no poisonous snakes in the area, he selected a medium-sized tree nearby and began chopping it down with his sharp axe.
He chose a medium-sized tree because a tree that was too large would be difficult to move, while a tree that was too small would yield less firewood.
The axe was very sharp and easy to handle. In a short while, Hǎo Dà had chopped down the medium-sized tree. He then dragged it out of the woods. The Four Great Beauties came to help, and the five of them worked together to drag the tree to the sandy area where the campfire was.
Hǎo Dà then used the axe to chop the tree into pieces of firewood, making it easier to burn.
In a short time, this tree had become a pile of firewood, enough to burn from morning till night for at least two days.
After the physical labor of dragging the tree, Sū Mèi, Chē Yán, Liǔ Yìjiāo, and Qí Yíngyíng were noticeably hungrier, but none of them dared to mention it, enduring it as best they could.
And there was still no sign of the rescue team.
Hǎo Dà sat down for a short rest, then stood up and said proactively, “I’ll go to the stream to get more fish and water.”
“Brother Hǎo Dà, do you want me to go too?” Sū Mèi asked.
Chē Yán, Liǔ Yìjiāo, and Qí Yíngyíng all looked at him.
“I’ll go take the risk alone,” Hǎo Dà replied with a smile, then, without further ado, grabbed his long wooden stick, axe, and small pot, and strode towards the woods.
“Brother Hǎo Dà, please be careful!” the Four Great Beauties shouted after him!
“Don’t worry!” Hǎo Dà waved his hand backward without looking back.
He had the Desert Island System now; he firmly believed he wouldn’t die so easily!
“Brother Hǎo Dà is truly kind, willing to risk going alone to get fish and water rather than let us join him!” Sū Mèi said, her beautiful eyes slightly moist, after Hǎo Dà had walked away and they were sitting by the campfire on the beach.
“Then you should pledge yourself to him!” Qí Yíngyíng teased.
Sū Mèi didn’t reply, gazing blankly at the campfire.
Feeling bored, Qí Yíngyíng looked at the sky. “Damn, so many dark clouds! It looks like it’s going to rain heavily!”
“After Brother Hǎo Dà returns, let’s go to the woods together to chop down more trees and drag them back to quickly build a shelter that can protect us from the wind and rain and where we can sleep,” Chē Yán also said, looking at the sky.
“How do we build a shelter on this beach?” Liǔ Yìjiāo asked meekly.
“We’ll drive tree trunks deep into the sand with the axe, forming a space with these trunks, then build a roof with trunks, and pave the ground with trunks as well. That should be sufficient,” Qí Yíngyíng imagined.
“That will require quite a few tree trunks, meaning we’ll need to chop down many trees,” Sū Mèi replied.
“Let’s make the space enclosed by the tree trunks as small as possible, just enough for the five of us to do basic activities. That way, we’ll need fewer trunks,” Chē Yán suggested.
“For the roof made of tree trunks, we’ll also need to get some clay to plug the gaps, otherwise, it won’t keep out the rain if it pours,” Qí Yíngyíng added.
“That sounds really difficult!” Sū Mèi pouted.
“It’s difficult, but we have to do it. Actually, Brother Hǎo Dà will be doing most of the work,” Chē Yán said.
Liǔ Yìjiāo remained silent for a moment. She was contemplating whether, if the rescue team didn’t arrive soon, she should find an opportunity to be the first to build a good relationship with Hǎo Dà, so that he would prioritize taking care of her.
By building a good relationship, she naturally meant the affairs between men and women.
As a former company boss’s beautiful secretary, she knew very well that men were most susceptible to this!
Thinking of this, her long, slender jade legs, which were usually quite sensitive, felt noticeably restless. She instinctively crossed her legs tighter.
Hǎo Dà’s trip was quite successful. He returned in less than an hour, bringing back ten fish as large as yesterday’s catch, along with a small pot of water.
“Hǎo Dà, you’re amazing!” Seeing so many fish, Qí Yíngyíng exclaimed excitedly!
She was starving!
Sū Mèi, Chē Yán, and Liǔ Yìjiāo also praised Hǎo Dà for being so capable!
Hǎo Dà thought with a sly smile, “The phrase ‘so capable’ has a double meaning!” But with the Four Great Beauties present, unlike yesterday when it was just him and Sū Mèi, it wasn’t appropriate to joke about “so capable” this time.