A Snake Transmigrated as a Scum A (GL) - Chapter 16
“I’m back,” Di You’s voice came from outside the cave, and she was seen carrying a full bag of water.
She said this is seawater specially collected from the beach, which contains salt, and it’s perfect for boiling lobsters in the pot.
After Tang Youyi took it over, she didn’t directly pour it into the original pot. Instead, she took out the lobster, cleared out a metal basin, boiled seawater, and extracted coarse salt.
“Seawater cannot be consumed directly,” Tang Youyi explained.
Di You was puzzled: “Isn’t seawater undrinkable because of its high salinity? So, can’t we just mix it with a lot of freshwater and boil it?”
Tang Youyi: “It’s not like that. There are many impurities in seawater, not just because of the high salinity.”
After about ten minutes, the seawater boiled and coarse salt emerged. Tang Youyi then picked up the coarse salt and poured it into pure freshwater, constantly stirring to dissolve it. Nevertheless, this coarse salt still contained many impurities that could not dissolve in water, such as mud and sand.
So she took another towel, placed it over the metal basin, and poured a bag of water with dissolved coarse salt over the towel, filtering out most of the impurities.
After boiling it twice more, the purity of the coarse salt is even higher.
Tang Youyi also sprinkled the salt on the lobster, saying, “Alright, it’s ready to eat.”
Di You looked at the lobster that had turned bright red, saliva pooling in her mouth, her hands clasped together in anxious anticipation.
Today was a big harvest; they didn’t even have to go out to easily get food, both meat and vegetables.
“By the way, Sister Fu Man, did you ask that annoying Chu Xingchun for their ABO gender?”
Di You is now completely Fu Man’s little fan, particularly attentive to Fu Man’s matters.
Fu Man glanced up at the members of the opposing team, suppressing her displeasure, “They only told me that Chu Xingchun and Chai Qiuyan were involved, saying the other two didn’t participate, so they don’t count.”
“How outrageous?!” Upon hearing this, Di You was ready to argue with Chu Xingchun again, “How can they be like this?”
“Forget it.” Fu Man resumed her lazy demeanor, “The other two will eventually tell me on their own, no rush.”
At this moment, the director’s team over there started drawing rookie gift packs. This part had nothing to do with them, so they couldn’t be bothered to give it a glance.
They smoke theirs, we eat our lobsters.
Di You: “Are we just going to let them off like this?”
Fu Man shrugged, laughing with a hint of depth, “Otherwise, what can I do to them?”
Di You was a bit disappointed, thinking that Fu Man would punish them, but she could understand. After all, it was a variety show, and there were cameras filming. They couldn’t go too far.
Before long, the neighboring team drew a portable flint and a water filter. From the looks of the devices, they were indeed “upgraded.” The matchbox contained only a little over twenty matchsticks, while the flint could ignite thousands of times and was waterproof. The water filter could directly purify raw water, eliminating the need to find firewood to boil and sterilize.
Chu Xingchun team was overjoyed, but no matter how happy they were, under the contrast of the entire Li Yingxue team feasting on lobsters and wild yam, their smiles froze and froze again.
They haven’t eaten for over a day.
Chai Qiuyan suggested, “Captain, how about we go dig some more wild yam?”
That piece of land must still have some potatoes that were missed; digging up some would help a bit.
Chu Xingchun withdrew his gaze from the neighboring lobster and suppressed the gloom, “Let’s go.”
Chu Xingchun’s entire team set out to look for wild yam.
On the other hand, the atmosphere in Li Yingxue’s team was lively. Di You was eating a piece of lobster meat that Tang Youyi had cut for her. After chewing it, her eyes squinted with delight: “So fresh, so sweet, so delicious!”
“Adding salt really does make a difference in the taste,” Tang Youyi said with a smile.
Seeing Li Yingxue eat a piece, Fu Man finally took a piece of lobster and savored it slowly, “It really tastes better with salt, right, Captain?”
When asked, Li Yingxue had no choice but to reply, “Hmm.”
Lobster is always scarce; even if they had a bigger one, it wouldn’t be enough for four people. But at least it provided some protein, and they still have enough wild yam for two more meals.
After finishing the lobster, the wild yam was also ready. This time, Tang Youyi only cooked four wild yams, leaving four more for the next meal.
Di You picked up a steaming hot wild yam, carefully peeled off a layer of skin, took a small bite, and her face lit up with satisfaction.
“To be honest, the wild yam that Chu Xingchun and the others dug up is really something else, so big and so starchy. Look at it, so starchy and glutinous.”
Di You showed the wild yam to everyone.
The others saw the pink and glutinous yam inside and smiled faintly.
“I’ll give it a try too.”
“Other people’s things are always better.”
As they were finishing up, Di You asked, “I wonder if that rookie gift pack includes a tent?”
Fu Man: “What do you need a tent for?”
Di You looked at her and said, “There were a lot of mosquitoes last night. Look, look, these are all mosquito bites.”
Fu Man and Di You were sitting not far apart, separated by a Li Yingxue. However, when Di You rolled up her sleeve and extended her arm, she inevitably had to reach over Li Yingxue.
Li Yingxue leaned back slightly, catching a glimpse of the horrific mosquito bite on Di You’s arm. Her gaze flickered and then turned to Fu Man.
I don’t know how she managed to do it last night…
Fu Man noticed Li Yingxue looking at her, a smirk forming at the corner of her mouth as she glanced at the large bruise on Di You’s hand, expressing sympathy: “Go ask the director.”
After Di You finished eating the wild yam, she ran to ask the director team, and the result was that they couldn’t disclose it.
However, based on the advancement level of the “Advanced Rookie Gift Pack,” those packages might contain items like tents.
After eating and drinking their fill, the team took a short rest, then got up to prepare to head out in search of new food and crafting tools.
“Let’s split up and work in pairs. One group will go find food, and the other will make tools.” As the team captain, Li Yingxue began assigning tasks.
Tang Youyi was the first to agree: “I agree with the captain, but what tools are we going to make?”
“Fish hook? Fish hooks are easier to make,” Di You suggested.
Li Yingxue reminded her, “We don’t have the materials.”
Di You was a bit unhappy and looked at Fu Man: “Sister Fu Man, what do you think? How’s the fish hook?”
Fu Man noticed that both of them were looking at her, and she felt a bit helpless: “I don’t understand these things. For such issues, I choose to listen to the captain.”
She has no experience with making tools, and she doesn’t even have a clue.
Di You: “Alright then.”
Tang Youyi suggested, “How about making a stone axe?”
Li Yingxue: “The workload is too great, and the effect is minimal. A regular stone axe can’t cut down trees and bamboo. It’s better to use the existing tools to make a spear.”
Tang Youyi suddenly understood: “Captain, are you saying to use daggers to make spears?”
Li Yingxue: “Yes.”
Di You retorted, “What can a spear do? Catch fish? What if it doesn’t go well and you end up losing the dagger?”
“It can be used to hunt wild animals or fish,” Li Yingxue added.
Di You still wanted to say something, but Li Yingxue added, “This tool is relatively quicker to make compared to others. If we finish it early, we can draw an rookie gift pack.”
Tang Youyi agreed, saying, “That’s right, they drew a flint and a filter, and a gift pack. I think it might be some other tools. Let’s get this gift pack first.”
Di You saw that Tang Youyi also agreed with Li Yingxue’s words and planned to ask Fu Man, who was standing nearby. However, Fu Man kept staring at Li Yingxue, which inexplicably annoyed Di You. She shouted, “Sister Fu Man, what do you think?”
Fu Man came to her senses, paused for a moment, pretended to think, “The captain’s words make sense.”
Li Yingxue was somewhat displeased about being stared at, but with everyone present, she couldn’t say much. “Now, let’s form teams. Tang Youyi and I will be in one team, responsible for making tools. Di You and Fu Man will be in another team, responsible for finding food.”
Tang Youyi and Di You spoke in unison, “Sure.”
Fu Man: “……”
Di You asked, “Sister Fu Man, what do you think?”
Fu Man suddenly became weak: “You might not know, but I went diving once this morning, and then I dove again for a bet. It really takes a toll on my stamina.”
Tang Youyi pondered, “Indeed, Fu Man has exhausted too much energy this morning. Sending her to find food might not yield any results…”
With that said, Li Yingxue had no choice but to adjust the tasks with a cold face: “Then Tang Youyi and I will be responsible for finding food, and Di You and Fu Man will make tools.”
At this moment, Di You, looking troubled, said, “But I don’t know how to make a spear.”
The question returned to Fu Man, and everyone was looking at Fu Man.
Fu Man helplessly said, “I can’t either. You all know, I don’t even know how to use a matchbox.”
Everyone fell silent, even Li Yingxue stopped talking.
Tang Youyi suddenly had a flash of inspiration: “How about this, Captain knows how to make spears, so Captain and Fu Man can team up, and Di You and I will go find food.”
Fu Man: “I think it’s fine.”
Li Yingxue: “……”
Fu Man took the dagger that Tang Youyi had pulled out from the backpack, a faint smile playing at the corners of her mouth: “What do you think, Captain?”
Li Yingxue shot her a cold glare and said, “Whatever.”