Chapter 35
Chapter 35 Stupider Than a Fish
“Yes.” Lu Yang nodded. “Boil the seawater and extract sea salt from the seawater.”
The water provided by the program team could still be drunk for a few days. At this stage, there was no need to worry about the water supply.
However, the program team didn’t provide seasonings like oil and salt, and the guests couldn’t buy them in the mall. They could only make them themselves.
“My grandfather once told me that boiling the seawater is an ancient method of using seawater to refine sea salt.”
“Is it like this? I thought they were cooking something else.”
Lu Mingyu had never heard of it before, but he did not dwell on it.
“Yangyang, how are you going to start the fire?”
If someone else had his presbyopic glasses, he wouldn’t be able to start a fire by focusing on the sun, and the fire from yesterday had already been put out.
Lu Yang pointed at the wood on the ground. “We can start a fire by rubbing it. ”
“Didn’t they say it’s difficult to drill wood to make a fire?”
Zhou Moli was able to start the smoke, but it failed to turn into a flame. Qin Yitan, on the other hand, spent hours drilling into the wood and still couldn’t even see a spark.
From this, it could be seen that the difficulty of starting a fire with wood was off the charts.
“It’s basic thermodynamics. As long as the tools aren’t spoilt, starting a fire is not hard.” Lu Yang smiled.
Seeing the light in Lu Yang’s eyes, Lu Mingyu felt a myriad of emotions.
His sister had grown up. She was no longer the little girl who hid behind her brother and could take charge of things on her own.
“Mingyu, remember to clean the fish’s internal organs after killing it. Otherwise, there will be a fishy smell.”
Lu Yang looked at Lu Mingyu’s confident expression and instructed him.
Lu Mingyu waved his hand coolly. “Don’t worry. Leave it to me!”
Lu Yang was very experienced in starting a fire.
She spent some time shaving the wood into a cone.
The conical wood could promote the flow of air and provide the most oxygen for burning.
“Zhou Moli and Qin Yitan, two big men, couldn’t get out of the fire. Is she sure she can do it? ”
“I suddenly realized that her hands are so pretty. Is she a pianist? I heard that piano players have beautiful hands.”
Lu Yang held the piece of wood with both hands like a jade carving. At first, her movements were slow, but after she got used to it, she started to speed up.
Not long after, faint smoke came out of the wooden hole on the ground. Her hands didn’t stop moving, and the wood chips produced by friction gradually turned black, and the smoke became thicker and thicker.
“There’s smoke!”
“It’s not a big deal even if there’s a cigarette. Zhou Moli tried to start a fire with a stick, but he still couldn’t start a fire, right? ”
“What’s this called? A cloud of smoke that doesn’t become fire is not good smoke!”
Yesterday, Lu Yang had burned the pith of the plant’s stem into charcoal and crushed it into a fire primer to store in case of emergency.
When she was almost done, she stopped and poured all the smoking wood chips into the fire starter. She blew it carefully and the flame burst out.
When the fire appeared, Lu Yang placed the withered grass and small branches that Lu Mingyu had picked up on top of it. When the fire was strong enough, she added a few thicker branches.
It didn’t take long for the perfect bonfire to be set up.
“A flame… ignited…”
“Lu Yang looks so skilled. Does she often drill wood to start a fire? Was she living in a primitive society? You’re not using a lighter?”
“I don’t even admire Stamford, but I admire her! She’s the hero of starting a fire!”
Since there was no pot, Lu Yang decided to use bamboo to boil the seawater.
Although bamboo tubes were also wood, and fire had always been the bane of wood, as long as the bamboo tubes were wet enough and not dry, they could cook the seawater.
After filling the bucket with seawater, Lu Yang adjusted the height of the rocks a few times to ensure that she was burning them with the external flames of the fire.
In the live broadcast room, the viewers were confused.
“Why did Lu Yang move the stone up and down? Why are they moving here and there? Didn’t she burn it from that height just now?”
“She’s probably playing house.”
“I know this question! I’ve learned in class that flames are divided into three layers: Outer flame, inner flame, and core flame. Because the outer flame had more contact with the atmosphere, it was the easiest to exchange energy with the environment when burning. It also released the most heat, so the temperature of the outer flame was higher than that of the inner flame. Therefore, we usually use external flames to boil water. And at that height just now, the bamboo had obviously touched the inner flame!”
“The long-forgotten chemistry knowledge suddenly came back to my mind.”
After adjusting the height and waiting for the sea salt to take shape, Lu Yang took the opportunity to peel off the skin of the bamboo shoots she had picked.
After Lu Mingyu finished processing the fish, he started a fire and put the fish on the rack to roast it.
Everything went smoothly on the other side, but when the camera turned to Qin Yitan and Wen Jian, it was a mess.
Qin Yitan held the harpoon and tried to stab it down, but it missed every time.
Wen Jian had tried but failed to catch the fish, so she sat at the side and counted the fish with her hand on her chin.
“Qin Yitan’s face must be hurting.”
“Qin Yitan must not have expected the clown to be himself!”
“Lu Mingyu is already roasting the fish, but he’s still happily playing in the water with it.”
“Don’t you have a lot of food?” Lin Xinmeng rushed over to join in the fun and asked, “Why did you think of spearing fish? ”
She knew the reason, but she still asked in order to get close to him.
When she saw Lu Yang carrying three big fish today, Lin Xinmeng also had the idea of fishing.
However, she spent some general points consulting the system, and the answer from the system was: “The fish here are more sensitive than the fish in other places. The probability of the host successfully catching the fish is zero. Instead of waiting for the fish, it is better to give up on the fish.”
Then, Lin Xinmeng could only give up.
Seeing Qin Yitan trying his best to catch the fish, she thought that he would be able to catch it. She wanted to get a share of it.
However, Lin Xinmeng did not expect Qin Yitan to be so useless.
“He’s stupider than a fish,” Lin Xinmeng thought.
“We wanted to eat meat, so we are trying to spear the fish,” Wen Jian replied weakly.
Lin Xinmeng looked at the fork in Qin Yitan’s hand, and her eyes lit up. “How about I try it?”
“Host, I suggest you not make a fool of yourself.”
Lin Xinmeng thought, “I’m this novel’s female lead loved by everyone, so this should go smoothly!”
“It’s loved by everyone and not every fish! Please wake up!”
Lin Xinmeng completely ignored the system’s words.
Qin Yitan’s arm was sore. He looked at Lin Xinmeng disappointedly and handed the harpoon to her unwillingly.
“Thank you!”
Lin Xinmeng took the harpoon excitedly and stared at the water. She focused her attention on the fish and couldn’t help but swallow her saliva.
The fat fish was hers!
Thump! Thump!
The waves were calm, and there was nothing under the harpoon.
“Did these two all come from the circus? Are you here to play with the fish?”
“It should be said that the fish is playing with them. The fish is saying it likes to see their expressions when they can see but can’t spear it!”
“I’ll stop here. I want to see Lu Yang cook fish for dinner.”
Qin Yitan sneered. “I thought you were very capable. Don’t try if you can’t catch the fish.”
Wen Jian glanced at him. “Pot calling the kettle black.”
Lin Xinmeng raised her hand and wiped the sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand. She revealed an awkward but polite smile.
“I’ve overestimated myself,”
Since they couldn’t catch the fish, and they weren’t interested in playing with the fish anymore, the three of them got up and prepared to return to their respective camps.
They had just stood up when the familiar announcement of the program team was heard again.
“The secret order of mission 7 has been revealed. 30 points have been added for Lu Yang and Lu Mingyu.”
Everyone was speechless.
“Wasn’t mission 7 completed? What is the secret order?” they wondered.