Du Yunfei and Su He picked up many dead branches from the woods one after another, and threw them all on the beach. Duan Whale, who helped Lin Youqing deal with the ingredients, used these dead branches to build the first bonfire.

On the "dinner" menu, which was democratically voted on in advance, there were two most anticipated dishes, one was eel and the other was called flower chicken.

Whole chickens, smeared with a layer of salt on the surface and inside the belly, are strung up by a sharpened twig and grilled above the campfire. When the skin changed slightly, Lin Youqing took off the whole chicken again, ready to fill the belly with mushrooms, green onions and potatoes, but found that there were no materials for bundling - not to mention lotus leaves, not even tin foil.

Just when Lin Youqing temporarily decided to change the menu to roast chicken, Su He, who came back to throw firewood, heard about it and immediately said that he was wrapped up in it. As he spoke, he pulled Du Yun to the edge of the mangrove forest on the side,

The mangrove forest is dark and full of high and low branches, which makes people feel very insecure.

"What are you looking for?" Du Yunfei asked.

"The leaves of the pandanus tree are about the height of a man. Well...... It's a bit like sisal with long legs. ”

Sisal with long legs? What the hell is this?

"Can you be more rigorous?" Du Yunfei demanded.

Su Yi refused: "Considering your ignorance of botany, I think this description is quite sufficient. ”

The two men were bickering, feeling the darkness and slowly searching for the edge of the mangrove forest. Unexpectedly, the first person to make a discovery was Du Yunfei.

"This one?"

Su He took the flashlight and said proudly: "Look, I described it very appropriately." ”

Du Yunfei ignored him, and when he went up, he was going to break leaves.

"Hey, be careful......"

Before Su He's words were finished, Du Yunfei suddenly felt a stinging pain in the tiger's mouth, and hurriedly checked, but a blood mark had already been cut out.

Su He also walked a few steps to his side: "There are thorns on this side!" Don't pick up the old ones! The tender ones will be much better. Come, I'll look at the hands. ”

Du Yunfei gave him his hand in a hurry, and Su He held it and observed it carefully.

"The hand with the scalpel is really better than other professions......

As he was talking, he lowered his head coldly and licked Du Yunfei's tiger mouth.

Du Yunfei was slightly stunned, but he quickly reacted, and took advantage of the situation to clamp Su He's cheek with his thumb and forefinger.

This time it was Su He's turn to be confused.

Forced to purse his lips, he struggled to explain, "I'm giving it to you...... Disinfect. ”

"Make up another one." Du Yunfei still didn't let go.

"Pain...... ...... pain" Su He cried out half-truthfully, grabbing Du Yunfei's wrist: "It's just a joke...... Why use so much force! ”

Only then did Du Yunfei let go of his hand, and Su He hurriedly took the opportunity to retreat to a safe place and rubbed his cheeks.

"Why are your hands so strong! Thirty years, right? ”

Du Yunfei didn't even move: "You want to lick it yourself." ”

"Phew." Su He wiped his face, "I can't see that you are serious, but you are actually full of sewage." ”

After the two men finished lifting the bars, they finally began to pick the young leaves of the pandanus, and it was not long before they walked back with a large bundle in their arms.

At this time, Lin Youqing had also finished filling the chicken chest. Then, with the cooperation of many people, the pandanus leaves were wrapped horizontally and vertically on the chicken's body in three layers, and the outermost part was wrapped in mud dug in the mangrove forest to form a large ball.

Next to him, Duan Whale had already lit a second larger bonfire, so they threw mud balls into the bottom of the bonfire to heat up, and at the same time, they didn't delay the barbecue of other food.

Just after finishing here, Lu Rulan also walked to the bonfire with a simple pickled eel.

Just now on the boat, he had cut the eel in half and removed the bones. At this moment, the meat of the fish, which is 70 or 80 centimeters long, is skewered on a slender branch and brought to the fire for further cooking.

"Hold it firm, not high, not low."

Lu Rulan handed the branch to Haichen's hand and ordered him to serve as a human meat barbecue grill, while he took a brush that he didn't know who contributed and repeatedly brushed the front and back of the eel with his special spices.

Next to the big bonfire on the side, Lin Youqing had already neatly cooked a pot of cabbage stewed pork belly and a pot of fried beans, and was about to cook another soup with baby cabbage, when he suddenly stopped.

“…… There is no salt. ”

Salt is a necessity for human life, but "no salt" is really not a big deal at the seaside.

It may be too late to prepare it temporarily, but as long as you spread a plastic sheet on the beach early tomorrow morning, pour some seawater and leave it alone. When the evening comes, it's time to collect sea salt.

It looks like the soup won't be done, but everyone doesn't mind. Only Su He, who had nothing to do after picking pandanus leaves, suddenly had a new idea.

"It's okay to get the vegetable soup teriyaki, I'll go get salt now."

With that, he walked briskly towards the dark mangrove forest again.

This time, he didn't need to pull him, Du Yunfei took the initiative to follow behind him.

Lu Rulan, who was sitting on the side brushing the sauce, squeezed her eyebrows at Lin Youqing: "Brother Youqing, my brother and that Doctor Du ...... What relationship? ”

Lin Youqing smiled, she couldn't speak; Instead, Duan Whale came over and replied calmly, "Isn't your brother a fox?" Dr. Du was a scholar who was fascinated by him in his previous life. ”

"But I think Dr. Du is quite cold......

Lu Rulan wanted to gossip in more detail, but she heard Haichen beside her suddenly scream.

"Oil! Oil! ”

Lu Rulan was startled and hurriedly looked down. Only then did I find that more than half of the seasoning was brushed on the back of Haichen's hand.

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"Tsk, listen to this voice, why is that policeman teasing my brother again!"

Su He hummed and chirped on the edge of the mangrove forest behind the retreat, flexibly avoiding those areas with cement accumulation, while looking back at Du Yunfei who came over.

"What do you think about this?"

"It's much better than a brother-in-law complex."

"Hmph." Su He didn't laugh angrily, "The dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth." ”

The two of them walked past the pandanus tree that had just picked leaves, and advanced more than a dozen steps, Du Yunfei asked, "What are you looking for this time?"

"It's troublesome to explain, you just have to follow the front and light me up."

As they spoke, they had already walked to the edge of the woods closest to the tide, and with a gust of sea breeze blowing in front of them, Du Yunfei suddenly smelled a wonderful fragrance of flowers.

I saw that in front of the flashlight light, a large bush of half height and not short appeared. Among the heavy, shiny leaves, there were clusters of small white flowers.

"This is it!"

Su He ignored the mud under his feet and walked towards them. After a little scrutiny, I actually began to pick the leaves on the top of these shrubs.

Du Yunfei was slightly curious: "There is salt in these leaves?" ”

"Not the inside, but the surface."

When the number of picks was almost up, Su He walked back to Du Yunfei's side and showed him a leaf.

I saw that the surface of the leathery leaves was indeed covered with a little snow-white crystal, and then I dipped my fingers in it, and it was really salty.

"This plant is called the paulownia tree, and along with it there is another species called white bone soil. These plants are able to drain excess salt from seawater through their leaves. Moreover, the main product of this salt secretion is sodium chloride, so a small amount of urgent use is needed, and some leaves can be picked. ”

"Plants are wonderful." Du Yunfei couldn't help but sigh, "I remember that there is a kind of grass in Africa that grows on the coast, and the stems are shiny as if they are forever stained with a layer of dewdrops. When we were working in Africa, we would occasionally dig and eat. The taste is sour and salty, and it can supplement a lot of nutrients. ”

"The grass you are talking about, you can find it on this island."

Su He gave an unexpected response: "This botanical garden has a large greenhouse with many tropical plants. The African ice cabbage you're talking about is just a small part of that – at least I think they've planted it all. ”

"How do you know that?"

"Because it's something I've planned." Su He showed a smug look, "My heaven." ”

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The leaves are plucked from the beach, soaked in a small bowl of water, and then the bowl of salted water is poured into a boiling soup pot and stirred.

"It's time to eat."

Haichen and Lu Rulan took out the dishes and chopsticks from the boat, Lin Youqing woke up Duan Xingze, Duan Whale spread plastic sheets on the dock, and Su He and Du Yunfei helped arrange the food. All the preparations are complete.

The mud balls in the fire were pried out, and the mud and sand on the mudflats were loosened by the searing, and they fell off one after another with a light knock. The leaves of the pandanus tree have been roasted to a black and yellow color, and the layers are peeled off with a knife, and the aroma of chicken rushes to the nose.

Su He took out a few cans of beer that were dismantled by the courier, and several people each divided half a paper cup, and Duan Xingze held a large bowl of melted ice cream in his hand. Seven people sat down facing each other.

"Respect for this crazy world, respect for this Foguang Island, and respect for the rest of our lives."

The paper cups that are held up do not make a sound of colliding with each other. The person holding the paper cup has lost the busyness and vitality that he had just done.

Duan Xingze, who had just woken up, asked vague questions while eating the dishes that Lin Youqing had served him.

"Where are we now?"

Duan Whale replied to him: "We are in the Foguang Island Botanical Garden. ”

"How many days are we going to spend at the Botanical Gardens?"

"Dad doesn't know, maybe a week, maybe a month, maybe a year or two."

"Do we sleep in the botanical garden? Sleep under a tree, or in a hollow? ”

"There are houses in the botanical gardens and we sleep in them."

"Is there a TV in the botanical garden, can I watch cartoons?"

"Dad brought the computer, and you can watch cartoons on the computer."

As soon as Duan Whale said this, Lu Rulan couldn't help but interject: "I also have a question." ”

Su He nodded: "Say." ”

"Our side is also connected to the power grid of Z City, right? This electricity will stop when it is stopped, is it useful to bring a notebook over? ”

"It works." "The botanical garden is equipped with a microgrid project that uses wind and photovoltaic power to generate electricity. When the power is insufficient or the power generation is excessive, it can also be automatically connected to the external line for adjustment. Theoretically, as long as the maintenance is carried out diligently and the damaged parts are replaced in time, the service life of more than five years can be ensured. ”

"And what about freshwater?" Haichen also raised his own question, "Is there any desalination equipment on the island?" ”

"Not really."

Su He spread his hands: "But there is an artificial lake formed by a small quarry on the island. After the construction of the botanical garden began, some places were selected to dig tunnels and wells to store rainwater, and watering the plants was certainly not a problem...... As for domestic water, there was originally a waterworks on the shore, which was diverted along the sea-crossing bridge. ”

"Even lake water and rainwater should be filtered and sanitized before drinking."

After all, he is a doctor, and Du Yunfei thinks more long-term: "Bacteria and viruses are everywhere; Some of the water is too hard or too soft to drink. ”

Lin Youqing also said: "If we want to settle down for a long time, maybe we can build a water treatment tank to carry out some necessary processing of domestic water and drinking water." ”

"This can be there." Duan Whale nodded, "In this situation, what I am most afraid of is getting sick. ”

"I'm not afraid to be sick." Su He pointed at Du Yunfei, quite showing off, "The doctor looted a cart of medicines, and they can be eaten for a year." ”

This also reminded Du Yunfei: "Medicines also need certain storage conditions, and they can't be kept in the car all the time." I don't know if there is a suitable warehouse in the botanical garden. ”

"Warehouses are really important, and we need to gather more supplies." Duan Whale agrees. "Looks like we're going to have a lot to do next."

"Say a thousand things and ten thousand, why don't you go into the botanical garden again?" "But there are zombies locked in the construction site, and the vision at night is not good, so it is easy to have an accident." ”

"Then I will enter the park tomorrow morning to open up the wasteland, and have a good rest tonight, don't die."

Su Yiyi made the final decision, and then quickly took away the last piece of grilled eel.