Parents are busy farming

With the stones in their hearts put down, they warmly invited the master and disciple to go to the thatched huts together.

After arriving at the destination, Ye Zifen observed it carefully and couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise.

The thatched house is fully equipped with a wooden bed and even a stove.

Although the stove is filled with simple clay pots, it is sufficient for basic living needs.

What’s even more surprising is that the earthen jar is filled with clear fresh water.

In addition, firewood and some coarse grains were neatly stacked in the house.

The person behind him explained, "These are the supplies carefully prepared by the people who came to the island before. They took into account that there might be more people coming to the island later. If they encounter bad weather, they will face hunger without sufficient food reserves. Therefore, they specially prepared these items. Later, every time someone came to the island and used up these things, they would find ways to replenish them to ensure that the next group of people who come to the island can be properly taken care of."

Another person continued, "Don't worry, the girl and Master Mu can stay here tonight. If you need any help or have any questions, you can come to us at any time. As for the things that have been used up, I will ask my wife at home to find a way to replenish them after I return."

His words were full of warmth and care, making people feel the kindness and enthusiasm of the islanders.

Ye Zifen raised the corner of her mouth slightly, revealing a gentle smile, and said softly: "That doesn't have to be so troublesome. It's not completely dark yet, so I can go to the forest to find some firewood. In addition, we brought our own dry food and water, so there's no need for them to make another trip."

After hearing this, the two men looked guilty and regretted not being able to give Ye Zifen more help.

At this moment, Mu Hongzhou broke the silence and said firmly: "You don't need to feel remorseful or guilty. Xiaowu has always been a thoughtful and considerate person. On the way back to the barracks, you have already experienced her attentiveness. Before going to the island this time, she had already anticipated that this situation might occur and made full preparations. Therefore, please keep a normal mind and look at all this."

Ye Zifen turned to look at Mu Hongzhou, gratitude flashing in her eyes.

Mu Hongzhou continued to lower his voice and whispered in Ye Zifen's ear: "Since you are the organizer of the caravan, everyone naturally regards you as the owner of the caravan. Because of this, they are in awe of you and dare not get close to you easily."

Ye Zifen suddenly realized what was going on. She couldn't help but smile, turned her gaze to the two people in front of her, and asked softly, "If you are willing, can you help me collect some firewood?"

Sure enough, after hearing this, the two of them became energetic again, and then began to chatter and discuss, saying that they would go find some dry branches to make a fire to keep warm.

What surprised Ye Zifen was that Mu Hongzhou actually spoke up for them. He was completely different from the taciturn and ruthless Master Mu in the past.

But she didn't ask any more questions. After all, everyone changes sometimes, and Master Mu now seems to be more humane, which is actually a good thing.

Ye Zifen didn't want to waste time. They had brought some dry food with them and they could just heat it up and eat it later.

So she quickly took out some bedding from her backpack and spread it on the bed.

She originally intended to spread these bedding on the ground, but she didn't expect to find a bed and a small wooden house to shelter from the wind and rain this time. She was really lucky.

After she made the bedding, Mu Hongzhou sat directly on it. It seemed that she was planning to take a rest.

Ye Zifen continued to be busy. She placed their dry food by the fire and slowly heated it up. After a while, the dry food was finally roasted to steaming hot and exuded an enticing aroma.

By this time, the two fishermen had found enough firewood and tied it into a bundle and sent it over.

Ye Zifen took the firewood, expressed her gratitude, and then distributed some of the heated dry food to them.

The two were about to say that they had some dry food with them, but Ye Zifen had already handed the food to them and turned into the house.

It was already late at night, and the two of them could not stay any longer, so they had to go to the thatched hut next to them.

The other thatched houses were already occupied.

Ye Zifen didn't know when they fell asleep. After all, the conditions here did not allow for a fire to be lit for heating all night.

Therefore, how to rationally utilize limited firewood to achieve the best warmth-keeping effect has become the biggest problem at present.

The solution Ye Zifen came up with was to put the bed on the stove with Mu Hongzhou.

Before that, you need to break up the existing firewood and fill it up in the stove, trying to make the firewood in the stove as compact as possible, leaving only a small hole at the bottom and a fist-thick stick standing in the middle.

She also placed a thin stone slab on top of the stove. When the bed was placed on top, the bed board just touched the stone slab, so that she could feel the residual heat from the stone slab.

Just from this commotion just now, the entire thatched house was filled with thick smoke and a pungent smell everywhere.

Although the master and disciple were holding their breath, the smell became stronger and stronger as time went by, making their eyes red and tears well up, and they could not help coughing.

"Cough cough!" Mu Hongzhou and Ye Zhiqiu coughed violently at the same time, echoing in the small space.

Fortunately, there is no new smoke coming out and the smoke in the house is gradually dissipating.

Mu Hongzhou took a deep breath, feeling the comfort of fresh air entering his lungs. He couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief: "Huh...it's finally over."

She turned to look at Ye Zifen and found that she also had a relieved expression.

She was puzzled by Ye Zifen's behavior, but based on her past experience, she didn't ask any questions.

It was not until the next morning that Mu Hongzhou felt the wonder of this stove.

Because my body was warm that night, and not as damp as it was before when I was at the beach.

After Ye Zifen got up, she and Mu Hongzhou lifted the bed. After tidying up the bedding on the bed, she took out the wooden stick in the center of the stove through the cool tree bark.

Then he blew hard a few times at the lower end of the gap, and flames came out, and the flames grew higher and higher.

Ye Zifen placed the clay pot on the flame and started to boil water.

Mu Hongzhou looked at it very strangely and asked curiously: "How did you do this? This saves a lot of firewood! Why haven't I heard you mention it before?"

As the weather worsened, it became difficult for the caravan to collect firewood during their rest periods.