After being stranded on a deserted island, they all plotted against me

Zhang Liu howled in pain, feeling his entire calf cramping constantly.

"Relax!"

Although Qin Ruoyan didn't know what exactly happened to Zhang Liu, she still had basic ways to deal with cramps.

"Exhale, inhale, and lift your calves up!" Qin Ruoyan held Zhang Liu's head tightly against her chest and straightened him up. She then pressed one of her legs on his thigh, making his whole body appear to be stretched straight.

At the same time, she said anxiously beside Zhang Liu's ear: "Don't worry, you must relax. The more you relax, the faster the cramps will ease."

"Well!"

Zhang Liu had no time to think at this moment, he just passively completed the stretching movements according to Qin Ruoyan's words.

Finally, after the last trace of pain disappeared, he relaxed under the nervous gaze of the three girls.

"Ha...ha...ha..." Zhang Liu collapsed on Qin Ruoyan's chest, gasping for breath.

He now feels like he has survived a disaster.

"what happened to you?"

At this moment, Qin Ruoyan's indifferent questioning voice made Zhang Liu realize that there was something wrong with his posture.

He quickly struggled to get up, and then said, "My leg just cramped."

"I know you have a cramp in your leg. I'm asking how it happened." Qin Ruoyan looked at the place on her school uniform that was wet by Zhang Liu, then frowned and asked, "I didn't see you having any problems before."

"I had malnutrition when I was a kid, and later on, it would happen when I was overly tired." Zhang Liu said with a little helplessness: "I guess it's because I ran around to get coconuts last night and overexerted my legs."

Then he said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, it seemed just now..."

"So that's how it is. You should be careful next time." Qin Ruoyan nodded calmly, then waved her hand to stop Zhang Liu from saying sorry. Then she continued, "You should have a good rest this afternoon. I'll go to the beach to see if there's any food I can bring back."

"Okay... okay!" Feeling his calf muscles finally relaxing, Zhang Liu nodded and said, "I'll leave it to you."

After saying that, he also lay on the ground weakly.

Nodding slightly, Qin Ruoyan took out all the water and food from the backpack, then walked out to the beach with the backpack on her back.

It was already before dusk in the afternoon, and her target was the same as Zhang Liu's yesterday, which was also the reef area here.

Compared to Zhang Liu's gain of nothing yesterday, Qin Ruoyan's eyes were now fixed on several black things near the rocky beach.

No matter how she looked at it, these things didn't look like stones or plants...

But like...

eel?

Or a sea snake?

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At the same time, near the cave, Anya, who had finally succeeded in boiling out a handful of salt for the Nth time, was discussing with Gu Qingrou whether the salt could be eaten immediately.

Section 1#Volume 2 A stable food source is the first step to development: Chapter 58 Suddenly I feel insecure...

"Student An Ya, I think this kind of salt must not be eaten casually!" Gu Qingrou said seriously, "We have learned in chemistry class that bitter salt must contain minerals and magnesium chloride!"

"Well...then what do you say we should do..."

Anya knew that salt directly from cooking was not edible.

But at this moment it is relatively better than having no salt to eat.

Eating some poisonous salt is no big deal, right?

"filter!"

If it were a few days ago, Gu Qingrou really couldn't think of any effective methods.

But she is no longer the same person she was a few days ago.

Gu Qingrou had seen Zhang Liu filtering drinking water before.

So at this moment, she also had a general idea.

It's just that the details are still missing.

"How do I filter it? It's all melted..."

After hearing Gu Qingrou's suggestion, Anya showed a helpless expression on her face.

She had never thought about it.

But as the saying goes, a good cook cannot cook without rice!

"Can we do this..." Gu Qingrou picked up several giant clam shells that Anya had picked up and prepared to use as containers, and recalled Zhang Liu's previous operation and said, "We stack them together, put sand and charcoal in them as a filter, and then pour the concentrated sea water that is about to be burned dry into it?"

"Will this help?"

Anya expressed her doubts about Gu Qingrou's words. The filtering tool she mentioned was too different from the test tube beaker in her mind...

"I do not know."

Hearing Anya's questioning tone, Gu Qingrou could only shake her head helplessly.

Is this filtering method useful?

It was really something she herself didn't know.

"Well, it seems that this is the only way."

Shaking her head helplessly, Anya put all the sea salt she had been busy collecting all afternoon into a clean giant clam shell and went back to the cave.

It’s getting late, so I’ll just have to make do with this salt for tonight.

Inside the cave, Qin Ruoshuang had already caught five rabbits.

Four were already dead.

One large and three small.

There is one little one that is still alive.

"Why do you keep it?" Without waiting for Qin Ruoshuang to react, Anya grabbed the tied rabbit by the scruff of the neck, then held it in her hand and looked at it.

"Well, I'm wondering if I can raise it..." Qin Ruoshuang said hesitantly, "Didn't Zhang Liu say that there might be a rainy season in our area in the future, and it might be more difficult to find food then. If there is a way to raise it..."

"Raising rabbits..." After hearing Qin Ruoshuang's words, Anya suddenly hesitated.

She only had experience raising cattle, and she really didn't know much about rabbits.

"Rabbits seem to eat carrots..." Gu Qingrou had raised rabbits at home before, but at that time she had the help of the maid, so she had no good suggestions to offer.

"It seems that the rabbits here all eat grass." Qin Ruoshuang felt helpless when she heard Gu Qingrou's words.

During these days, she has walked through the grassland that is the size of three football fields.

There are all kinds of weeds everywhere. There may be wild vegetables among them, but Qin Ruoshuang is completely unfamiliar with them with her knowledge.

Next to the grass is a large open space.

Further north, there are rocky areas and jungles where sheep are seen, and further east, there are jungles and ridges.

It takes at least two or three days to go back and forth to those places.

At present, their personnel are already dispersed enough and they are unwilling to take the risk of exploring alone.

"My biggest worry now is that rabbits can dig holes. If I keep it outside, will it dig a hole and escape?" Qin Ruoshuang carefully took the rabbit back from Anya and said, "You should also be careful not to get bitten by it."

"I know, I know."

Anya waved her hand indifferently, and then she also expressed her own opinion.

"How about we kill this one first, and then keep it here?" Scratching her head, Anya pointed at her feet and said, "Didn't Zhang Liu mention it to us before? We must move out of the cave in the future."

"Sister Anya is right. We can keep it safe here."

After hearing Anya's suggestion, Gu Qingrou's first thought was that she could eat an extra rabbit tonight.

Later I realized that if I raise rabbits in the stone hole, the rabbits will not dig holes.

But then she also asked quietly: "Did Zhang Liu say that we all have to move out?"

"Well, he said that living here is only temporary. In the future, we must find a place with water to live and facilitate the next step of development."

Qin Ruoshuang cleared her throat, and then told Gu Qingrou the general plan she had heard from Zhang Liu.

"Is the shipbuilding out of danger?" After hearing the whole process, Gu Qingrou's eyes widened.

She had never thought of such a bold act.

"Yes, Zhang Liu said that it is very difficult for him to build a ship that can sail on the sea alone, but if everyone works together, the situation will be completely different." Qin Ruoshuang nodded, then handed the rabbit to Anya again and said, "Then... I'll leave it to you to deal with it?"

"Row!"

Nodding, Anya picked up a blade from the side, then carried the four rabbits and walked outside.

The sunset was gradually turning red, and she had to speed up.

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At the same time, on the beach, Zhang Liu was looking at the alloy pot and bonfire in front of him with a greedy look on his face.

On top of the campfire were four pieces of sea eel.

To be precise, there were two pieces, and then Qin Ruoyan used a fire hammer to cut them in the middle and turned them into four pieces.

"I thought it was a snake at first." Qin Ruoyan was extremely pleased with Zhang Liu's continuous praise from the beginning to now. She smiled and said, "I was just thinking of asking you to help, but then I saw that the dorsal fin and the caudal fin were connected together, and the color was wrong, so I did it myself."

"Don't take risks like this in the future. If something goes wrong, we're doomed." After listening to Qin Ruoyan, Zhang Liu said with a little concern, "What if it's a snake?"

"Yes! Don't worry, I will be careful next time."

Hearing Zhang Liu's words, Qin Ruoyan immediately whispered in approval, and then took credit for herself: "You have to take care of your body, if you hadn't had cramps and needed to replenish your nutrition, I wouldn't have taken the risk!"

“I see… I’m so sorry…”

Lan Yueting and Su Yan were a little confused by the conversation between the two.

Is the eldest daughter of the Qin family so easy to talk to?

Then why was it that when they were in school, they only got polite responses when they tried to strike up a conversation frantically?

And why did her last few words sound so strange?

The ones who are most in need of nutrition should be the two of us who have been hungry for nearly ten days, right?

While I was filled with confusion.

Su Yan watched Zhang Liu and Qin Ruoyan communicating on an almost equal footing, giving each other suggestions.

Thinking of Zhang Liu's polite expression when talking to her, she suddenly felt a little insecure...

Section 1#Volume 2 A stable food source is the first step to development: Chapter 59 If others don’t take care of you, I will take care of you.

Feeling that Su Yan's mood was a little strange, Lan Yueting also looked at the person next to her who was not a sister but was better than a sister.

Just when she was about to ask.

"Snapped……"

The sound of a piece of wood cracking in the campfire attracted the attention of the four people.

"I think it's almost done..." Zhang Liu swallowed hard and said, "It's time to eat..."

With Qin Ruoyan's support, the dinner for the four of them has improved qualitatively.

Rabbit meat stewed with coconut milk and palm flowers, and grilled eel meat are the staple foods.

Coconut meat is a dessert fruit.

If coconut water is included, the four of them still have a full three liters of fresh water to drink.

Zhang Liu's foot had almost recovered by the afternoon.

Qin Ruoyan went to the beach to find food, and he happened to get a pile of firewood nearby.

And also found some food that looked like old peanuts.

After opening the inside, it looks a lot like the dried longan meat we eat during Chinese New Year, sticky.