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

"What's the matter?" Zhang Liu asked with a smile.

Looking at Qin Ruoyan's depressed expression in front of him, he also turned his gaze to Qin Ruoshuang beside him.

The other party is Qin Ruoyan’s sister, so she should know something about it, right?

In this wilderness, Zhang Liu was not afraid of being injured, nor was he afraid of danger, nor was he afraid of difficulties.

He was most worried.

It's the collapse of the team's mentality.

And now first it was Anya, then Qin Ruoyan. This kind of thing gave Zhang Liu a headache.

"Christmas is in five days..." Qin Ruoyan sighed slightly, then smiled and said, "It's just a pity that the Christmas gifts I prepared this year were wasted."

"Christmas..." Zhang Liu nodded, his expression slightly confused.

He himself had no concept of Christmas. He would only consider the day over when his two younger sisters brought him presents and he saw the fully completed Christmas decorations outside.

So when Qin Ruoyan brought this up, Zhang Liu had no idea how to respond to this sentence.

I could only nod in confusion, barely indicating that I understood.

Qin Ruoshuang glanced at her sister, and after hearing the special time of the 27th, she roughly understood what the other person was thinking.

"How about this, when we go back tomorrow, we will prepare Christmas gifts for you in the cave!" Su Yan stood up and pulled the wooden bow with three fingers to confirm the arc of force between the upper and lower fingers and the changes in the bow body. Then she said, "Everyone must have a share!"

After saying that, Su Yan also looked at Zhang Liu with a smile.

Her implication was already very clear.

The intention is to find a way to "compensate" the other party.

"Great, then I will prepare good Christmas gifts!" Anya immediately became happy when she heard Su Yan's words. She liked this kind of holiday ritual the most.

However, after hearing that today was December 22nd, Anya suddenly sighed and whispered, "There are only nine days left until the Chinese New Year."

"Ah? Isn't the Chinese New Year in January this year?" Zhang Liu was a little confused.

Qin Ruoshuang, Qin Ruoyan, and Su Yan also looked confused.

"I'm from Japan... I haven't moved here yet, so I refer to the Gregorian calendar." Facing the questioning eyes of several people, Anya said innocently: "You should be celebrating the Lunar New Year, right?"

"Um... my family doesn't have any tradition of celebrating the New Year..." Zhang Liu had absolutely no relatives to interact with, so in response to Anya's words, he could only reply awkwardly: "I don't really understand what it's like to celebrate the New Year..."

Hearing Zhang Liu's words, Su Yan and Qin Ruoshuang felt a little distressed.

The two of them clenched their fists lightly and swore in their hearts.

If I can get out of this predicament, I must spend a good New Year with Zhang Liu!

From New Year’s Eve to the first day of the first lunar month… on the fifth day, I stayed in the room and didn’t leave!

"Aren't your family going to move to China?" Qin Ruoyan said puzzledly: "There is no problem with our generation, but the thinking of the previous generation is still very old-fashioned..."

Before she could say anything, she was frightened by Anya's flickering eyes.

"You...you...why are you looking at me like that..." Qin Ruoyan was confused, so her voice was a little vague when she asked.

"Didn't you say you wanted to stop the An family..." Anya looked at Qin Ruoyan who had just suggested for her "safe return", and then whispered: "Why were you... helping me just now?"

When she said the last few words, her voice was almost inaudible.

But at this moment, there was a flat ground around them and no one was talking much, so how could Qin Ruoyan not hear it?

She looked up at Zhang Liu and whispered, "Angry words are just angry words, but business is business. Anyway, I remember that you took kickbacks from Zhang Liu, and I will definitely get back at you in the future!"

Section 1#Volume 2 A stable food source is the first step to development: Chapter 224 It’s very convenient to do anything at my home!

After saying these harsh words, Qin Ruoyan lowered her head and stopped talking.

She would not do the idiotic thing of talking too much and making mistakes in front of Zhang Liu again.

However, Qin Ruoyan's action also fulfilled Anya's deep-seated worry.

At this moment she was smiling and very happy. After all, in Anya's opinion, if Qin Ruoyan really wanted to fight with the An family behind her.

Then she really wanted to cry with her mother.

Although it is said that a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake, the An family is inferior to the Qin family behind Qin Ruoyan once a conflict occurs.

That's called the local snake trying to get into the middle, a strong dragon comes out, and then he is pinned to the ground and beaten by the strong dragon.

Soon, the small clay pot containing the mutton bone and meat soup began to emit a fragrant aroma.

Everyone who was chatting stopped talking at the same time and looked at the small clay pot with the same gaze.

"Let me divide it." Qin Ruoyan looked at the "expectant eyes" of the men and women around her. She smiled and picked up the small clay bowl. She used it instead of a soup spoon to scoop the lamb rib soup that was still bubbling in the small clay basin.

Zhang Liu knocked thirteen lamb ribs into two pieces of different sizes.

The total is twenty-six dollars.

There are ten pieces being cooked in the soup pot, just enough for two per person with the soup.

Qin Ruoyan moved quickly, and in less than a few minutes, five portions of broth of similar size had been distributed.

Then she took two thick branches and took the small clay basin off the fire, and put all the lamb ribs on skewers in it, so that the heat from the small clay basin could provide insulation.

With the cross-cut semi-cylindrical bamboo bowl serving as a eating container, people no longer had to hold the meat pieces and blow them in the air as before.

“I feel like this is a lot more convenient…”

Qin Ruoyan said with a smile as she carefully took a sip of the slightly hot soup from the bamboo bowl.

Unlike the situation in seaside caves where giant clam shells serve as small soup bowls.

After arriving at the bamboo forest, the only small bowl was always used by Zhang Liu alone so he ate separately from the two girls to avoid suspicion.

If she wanted to drink the soup, she could only use two sticks to lift the small clay bowl from the fire and place it aside to cool before drinking it.

In this way, you will need to hold the bowl with both hands when drinking soup, which looks rather awkward.

And after getting over the hurdle of wanting to drink soup.

In fact, it is not so important whether to drink soup or not.

But now, Qin Ruoyan is experiencing this kind of "soup freedom" where she can drink soup whenever she wants.

Suddenly I couldn't help feeling a little happy.

"Slurp..."

"Slurp..."

"Ah wu..."

"Giggle..."

The answer to her was the sound of Zhang Liu and Anya drinking soup, Su Yan biting meat with big mouthfuls, and Qin Ruoshuang chewing lamb ribs hard.

It was indeed a joyful dinner atmosphere.

After dinner, Zhang Liu used the fresh water in the sheepskin bag to wash several bamboo bowls.

Then Qin Ruoyan began to distribute the fresh bamboo juice that everyone was looking forward to.

As a special treatment, Zhang Liu received the largest share.

About one-fifth more than the other four girls.

He was the only one who felt embarrassed about this; the other girls were very calm and did not show any sign of protest.

Following Anya's advice, the five people including Qin Ruoyan did not add water first, but took a small sip directly.

"It doesn't taste as good as before..." With a bitter face, Anya stuck out her tongue and protested in a low voice: "It tastes so strong..."

"What you drank just now was still a little hot, so naturally the smell was less. Now that it's cold, the spiciness and bitterness in it will settle down." Qin Ruoyan swallowed the fresh bamboo juice that she had been holding with the tip of her tongue, and then said to the girl beside her: "Try to use the tip of your tongue as the main tasting area later. If you want to swallow it, swallow it quickly under the root of your tongue, and don't leave any bitter taste buds."

"Hmm..." Looking at the bamboo bowl with only two or three mouthfuls left in great distress, Anya finally shook her head and said based on her experience of drinking loquat syrup: "I'll drink the rest by mixing it with water..."

"It tastes sweet with a hint of bitterness. The smell isn't too strong, but it has a bit of a smokey smell." Compared to Anya's slight discomfort, Qin Ruoshuang showed her talent for medicine from the Qin family. She used a series of professional terms to describe her tasting experience: "Very refreshing!"

"It tastes pretty good." Zhang Liu savored the sweetness in his mouth, then said with a smile: "I didn't know that I could make sugar water with bamboo before. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have to spend money to buy sugar."

"This is fresh bamboo juice, not sugar water!" Seeing Zhang Liu's expression, Qin Ruoyan helplessly warned him, "It's cold in nature, don't drink too much!"

She was quite worried that after she and her sister left, the new helpers would be forced by Zhang Liu to drink fresh bamboo juice until they had diarrhea...

"I feel...it has no taste..."

Su Yan looked at the people who were communicating in front of her in confusion. Because she was a little nervous, she swallowed everything she drank.

At this moment, Su Yan looked at everyone in a daze.

Why do people have so many comments to say after drinking it?

Then do you want some for yourself?

After thinking for a few seconds, she simply lowered her head and took a sip of fresh bamboo juice.

This time I didn't swallow it directly, but instead washed it back and forth in my mouth, so I could finally taste some of the flavor.

Sweet, but slightly bitter...

"It tastes really good..." Pursing her lips, Su Yan began to give her evaluation.

"Mix it with water and drink it. Drinking it directly can easily irritate your stomach and intestines." Qin Ruoyan put two hot stones into the sheepskin bag.

After the cold water was heated, she filled everyone's bamboo bowls without waiting for it to boil.

"Hmm, now it doesn't taste bitter anymore." Zhang Liu took another sip and said in surprise, "It's just like sugar water with a little bit of sugar added!"

"It tastes good, right?" Looking at the expression on Zhang Liu's face, Qin Ruoyan said with a smile, "When I was carrying herbs in the pharmacy, I also found joy in hardship like this."

"Carrying herbs from the pharmacy?" Anya asked from the side, "Why are you carrying that?"

"In order to inherit the Qin family, memorizing Chinese medicinal materials and prescriptions is one of the necessary processes." Qin Ruoyan took a sip of her fresh bamboo juice, and then sighed slightly: "This taste is much worse than it was back then!"

"It's really not easy to be from a big family like yours." Zhang Liu was sitting next to them, his tone full of admiration.

"Only a big family like the Qin family would have a test." Su Yan sat next to him and whispered, "No such thing happened in my family."

She didn't know why she added this...

Su Yan just instinctively wanted to explain one thing to the boys around her, that her home was very convenient and there were no troubles...

Section 1#Volume 2 A stable food source is the first step to development: Chapter 225 I have determined that I am the eldest wife...

"Oh! Sister, is that the time when you gained weight and came out?" Qin Ruoshuang, who was swallowing the last mouthful of fresh bamboo juice, suddenly said, "I remember you disappeared for two months during the summer vacation, and then you came back fatter... wuwuwuwu..."

She was unable to utter the following words.

Qin Ruoyan put down the bamboo bowl and pounced on her sister to cover her mouth.

"A little bit fatter, just a little bit!" Looking at Zhang Liu and others who looked surprised, Qin Ruoyan explained in a low voice: "Just a little bit, really!"

"Uh..." Even Anya, who loves fighting, moved her butt slightly back at this moment, fearing that Qin Ruoyan would pounce on her and fight her to death. Then she nodded and said, "Okay, I get it, just a little bit."

"Yeah!" Then Zhang Liu and Su Yan nodded vigorously.

Express that you believe it very much.

"It's really just a little bit!" Looking at the expressions of the three people at this moment, Qin Ruoyan suddenly felt helpless.

I really gained more than ten pounds...

The days in the Chinese medicine pharmacy were both a torture and a joy for her, who was only nine years old at the time.

I have to memorize medicinal materials and check their properties every day.

In order to achieve a better training effect, there was no food supply from the tenth day onwards, and one had to rely on finding food in traditional Chinese medicine.

Because of this, Qin Ruoyan gained some experience.

The most delicious one is Codonopsis pilosula. After removing the fibrous part on the outside, the yellow part inside is full of cream flavor. Fresh Codonopsis pilosula can even be eaten directly as a fruit.

The taste of roasted malt is just like biscuits. They are all freshly roasted to remove the dryness, and the taste is so crispy.

Normally, red ginseng is made by steaming inferior ginseng and brown sugar. However, since the Qin family is very wealthy, even the red ginseng in their own pharmacy is made of high-quality ginseng.

With so many delicious things, the nine-year-old girl enjoyed them to her heart's content.

As for drinks, there are even more choices.