"Is it tasty?"
"Okay... just so-so. What kind of delicacies have I never tasted?"
Zhen Youqian didn't do any trick where the prince would jump down from here and not eat your food. Tang Ping agreed, and he could do it faster than Tang Ping.
The turtle eggs were still very hot to the touch, but Zhen Youqian and Tang Ping no longer cared about it. They divided half of the turtle eggs between themselves and started eating.
After eating this hot food, the two of them, who had not eaten for at least ten hours, felt that their strength began to slowly return.
Zhen Yougan gently rubbed his belly, then raised his head and asked, "Tang Ping, where's the water?"
Tang Ping was speechless for a while, then pointed to the coconut tree where Zhen Yougan had just been asked to pile firewood and said, "Well, do you see it? There are coconuts on the tree, let's just drink the coconut juice."
Zhen Yougan's eyes followed Tang Ping's instructions. There were indeed about twenty coconuts of various sizes hanging on the tree. If there really was juice in them, it would be enough for the two of them to drink for several days.
"Then go up and pick it quickly, I can't climb trees!"
"I can't climb trees either!" Tang Ping rolled his eyes. At such a high level, his tree climbing skills haven't reached that level yet.
And even if they climbed up, neither of them had knives on them, so they couldn't pick the coconuts off such a high tree.
"That won't work. I want to drink water!" Zhen Yougan pointed to his throat: "Did you hear that? My throat is going hoarse. I almost choked to death when I ate that egg just now."
Tang Pingxin said that you didn't stop when you were eating just now. She pointed to the firewood under the coconut tree and said, "So I asked you to pile up some firewood. If you light the firewood, they will burn the tree trunks below. Wait. If the trunk is burned, won't the coconut tree fall down, and then won't there be coconuts?"
Zhen Yougan was overjoyed. He took out a stick from the fire in front of him and went to burn the tree. Then he suddenly stood there and turned around and asked, "But what if the fire keeps burning and the coconuts are burned out?"
"Uh..." Tang Ping really didn't expect this at first, but now that he heard what Zhen Yougan said, it seemed to make sense.
He had just chosen this lonely coconut tree so that it would not burn the trees next to it, but he never thought of what Zhen Yougan said.
Zhen Youqian obviously found that his IQ had the upper hand in this round, and he pursed his lips in disdain and muttered: "He is the smartest person, che!"
Tang Ping heard his sarcasm, but he wasn't annoyed at all. After looking around, he said, "Let's wrap these seaweeds around the tree and water the seaweeds so that the fire will be blocked when it reaches this place. When the fire is almost done, we push the tree down."
"Is it possible?" Zhen Youqian didn't believe it.
Tang Ping actually didn't know if it was possible, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was no problem in theory.
"Let's try it first. Do you have a better way?"
Zhen Yougan shook his head, then threw back the burning stick in his hand and ran to pick up seaweed.
He could see that the seaweed was not far from the edge. As for the seawater to be poured on it, it was left to Tang Ping. At this time, he did not forget to steal the girl.
Tang Ping didn't have any objections. He took out the two large shells he had just found at the beach. One was still intact, and the other was missing a hole, but it could hold a lot of water.
After going to the beach to collect two shells of water, Zhen Yougan had already tied the seaweed to the trunk of the tree in a mess. The trunk of the coconut tree was not too thick, so it was easy to operate.
Tang Ping adjusted it, and then poured the water on carefully. He felt that the water plants were almost full, so he stopped.
Zhen Yougan took a stick to light the fire. As a result, he, who had never done this before, actually chose a position facing the wind. The fire was lit, and he was as smoked as the bottom of the pot.
"Cough cough cough cough!" He waved and backed away, then complained: "Tang Ping, did you do it on purpose?"
Tang Ping shrugged: "You didn't ask me where I stood?"
Zhen Yougan watched the fire start to burn and pointed to the seaweed above: "This
What should I do if it burns dry? "
When the fire ignites below, it is not easy to use shells to water it.
"Use this!" Tang Ping threw a stick to him.
"This?" Zhen Yougan picked it up doubtfully and looked at it from both sides. Yes, it was solid.
If Tang Ping gave him a bamboo tube or something like that, he would still understand how to water this solid one?
Now he finally recognized the reality, that is, Tang Ping was indeed a little smarter than him.
If there was no Tang Ping now, he really didn't know how to survive on this island.
"Come on, it's time to get some water for the aquatic plants, otherwise they will dry out and be useless if burned."
After speaking, Tang Ping patted Zhen Yougan on the shoulder: "Give me the stick, and you squat down."
Zhen Yougan could only obey his command now, return the long and smooth wooden stick to him, and then squat down obediently.
In the end, he never thought that Tang Ping would be riding on his shoulders, and he subconsciously pushed Tang Ping to the ground.
"Tang Ping, I will kill you!"
"What's the fuss about? Do you still want to eat coconuts? The fire is about to start!"
"Why are you riding on my shoulder while eating coconuts?"
"If I don't ride on your shoulder, how can I water it?" Tang Ping pointed to a shell of water on the side and said, "How about you get on?"
Zhen Yougan looked at the blazing flames. Who dared to reach out to it? Don’t you have to burn off a layer of skin?
"Hurry up and squat down. I promise I'm not trying to tease you. We are on this island. Don't we have to work together to survive? Otherwise, the fever will get worse and what we just did will be in vain!"
Zhen Yougan could only reluctantly squat down again and let Tang Ping ride on his shoulders.
"Okay, slowly, get up!"
Listening to Tang Ping's dog-training tone, Zhen Youqian would have almost been beaten by him again if he hadn't been so thirsty.
Then he discovered that Tang Ping was holding the long wooden stick from above, with the other end just touching the water plant, and then he slowly poured the water from the shell onto the stick from his side.
The seawater flowed along the stick and onto the seaweed.
Zhen Youqian was a little annoyed. This method was so simple, why didn't he think of it? Otherwise, he wouldn't have to let Tang Ping ride on his shoulders.
After pouring water twice in this way, Tang Ping estimated that the bottom was almost ready, and said to Zhen Youqian: "Okay, put out the fire below, and we should be able to push it."
The two of them carefully pushed aside the remaining firewood below, not daring to cause a fire on the island. If the small forest was burned down on the island, both of them would probably die here.
Looking at the still burning tree trunk, Zhen Yougan pointed to the sea: "Tang Ping, go get some more water and put it out for him."
"Why should I go?"
"Why?" Zhen Youqian got angry: "You just rode on me, do you know how heavy you are? I had to squat down and stand up for a while."
The more Zhen Youqian talked, the angrier he became: "Next time I'll have to take your place."
"Uh..." Tang Ping hesitated and said, "I just thought about it. In fact, the seaweed doesn't need to be tied so high. It's enough to tie it at a height of more than two feet, so that we can water the seaweed while standing. It’s water.”
"You..." Zhen Yougan was furious, his eyes were red: "Didn't you tell me earlier?"
"This...didn't you get this seaweed and tie it up? Look at how beautifully you tied it just now. I can't bear to destroy the fruits of your labor."
"Tang! Ping!" Zhen Yougan almost gritted his teeth and roared out Tang Ping's name word by word.
"Okay, okay, I'll put out the fire, I'll put out the fire, okay?"
As he spoke, Tang Ping walked to the coconut tree and unbuttoned his pants.
"You...what are you doing?"
"Hey, it's so troublesome to get water. I just need to pee."
As he spoke, Tang Ping made a squeaking sound against the tree trunk, and finally shuddered, then turned his head.
Looking at Zhen Youqian: "It's still a little short, how about you give me some?"
"Hmph, I am definitely better than you!" Now Zhen Youqian will compete with Tang Ping as long as they can compete.
There was another tingling sound, and then Zhen Yougan said proudly: "Okay, it's gone."
A lot of it was burned under the trunk, and what was left was as black as coke.
Tang Ping and Zhen Yougan placed their palms on the spot where the water plants had been tied and pushed hard. As expected, the coconut tree began to shake violently.
"Work harder! One, two, push!"
Tang Ping let out a low roar, and the two of them worked hard together. With a bang, the burned area below snapped.
Tall coconut trees crashed onto the beach.
"Yo, yo!" Zhen Yougan still had the grace of a prince at this time, and ran over like a monkey.
The coconut tree hit the ground with enough force that three coconuts fell directly. Zhen Yougan picked up the largest one and then threw the smallest one to Tang Ping.
Tang Ping didn't care. There were still so many on the tree anyway, so he just had to pick more if he didn't drink enough.
Now he was very thirsty, so he found a sharper stone, first put a larger stone underneath, and then carefully put the sharp stone on top, buried it with soil and compacted it, revealing a sharp stone on top.
Then I sat in front and raised the coconut high and smashed it down. I was pretty lucky, and it only took three times to open a hole.
Tang Ping quickly lifted up the coconut, and the clear coconut juice flowed down his mouth and into his throat, even with some gravel and small gravel.
Zhen Youqian next to him was still thinking about how to open the coconut. Seeing Tang Ping drinking happily, he kicked him jealously: "Get out of the way, it's my turn."
Following the same pattern, Zhen Yougan drank all the juice from a coconut in one breath.
"Cool!"
He shouted loudly, and then threw the coconut far away as he wanted to vent his anger.
"Idiot, don't blame me for not reminding you, there is coconut meat in the coconut that you can eat!"
Zhen Yougan almost let go of the coconut, but after hearing Tang Ping's words, he quickly hugged the coconut with his hands.
Now there was no need for Tang Ping to teach him. He found a relatively large stone, smashed the coconut open, and then took out the white and soft coconut meat inside and ate it.
At this time, the sky that experienced the typhoon yesterday began to clear up, as if the terrible storm had never existed.
The scorching sun shines on this isolated island in the sea.
This is a tropical island in June and July. The sun only needs to stay on the skin for a few seconds to make people feel a burning sensation.
Tang Ping and Zhen Yougan hurriedly hid in the small woods, using the shade of the trees to escape the scorching sun.
"What should we do now?" Zhen Yougan asked habitually.
"Let's build a shed. The weather at sea is unpredictable. What if it rains again at night? If you catch a cold, it could really kill you without medicine."
