Yu Ruo waited for a long time. From time to time, he would look at Yu Su from the corner of his eye, but he realized that Yu Su had no intention of delivering food at all.
Occasionally, a breeze would blow past the mountain, and the fragrance of the food on Yu Su's side would reach their side. The two of them could not help but swallow their saliva.
"Yu Ruo, do you want us to go over ourselves? It's not good for us to wait for them to send the food over. Is that why they're angry and don't plan to let us eat?" Ye Chang nudged Yu Ruo with his elbow and asked in a low voice.
"Of course she should send it over. It's what she should do."
Ye Chang was speechless. He did not know why he felt so annoyed with Yu Ruo. However, the hunger and his stomach started to twitch. He could not help but waste his time on Yu Ruo. Since he was not going, he would go himself.
"Um, Yu Su, where's our share? Just give it to me directly. I'll bring it over."
Yu Su had noticed Ye Chang's arrival and roughly knew his motive.
At this moment, she raised her head and held a big bowl in her hand. Her eyes were innocent and sincere, as if she didn't understand why Ye Chang would ask such a question. "Of course you want your lunch from Yu Miao and Shen Chun. I'm only in charge of our team's food."
When Ye Chang heard her answer, he suddenly remembered that Yu Miao and Shen Chun did not come back with them. He originally thought that the two of them had stayed at home to slack off. From the looks of it, their plan had failed.
Xiao Han and the others also raised their heads and stared straight at Ye Chang. They were like sharp blades, making Ye Chang feel uncomfortable. He only wanted to escape as soon as possible.
"I'm sorry, um, Yu Miao and the others didn't come back. I thought they asked you to help bring the food here." After saying that, he didn't wait for everyone to answer and quickly walked back to Yu Ruo's side.
Seeing that he was empty-handed, Yu Ruo's eyes were filled with confusion. "Where's lunch?"
"Yu Miao and Shen Chun are cooking, right?" Ye Chang's voice was still filled with embarrassment.
"What? How would Yu Miao and Shen Chun know how to cook? Yu Su is really too selfish. I'm her brother. No matter what, Yu Miao is her sister. How can she be at ease to let Yu Miao touch those dangerous things in the kitchen? What if she gets injured? This will not do, I'll go look for her." After saying that, Yu Ruo stood up and prepared to settle the score with Yu Su angrily.
"Forget it. What identity will you use to go over and question her?With Yu Su's personality, it's very likely that she will directly reveal Yu Miao's background in front of everyone. At that time, what kind of impact will it have? Moreover, can Yu Miao be hurt again in this matter?"
Ye Chang was a little angry. He was no longer as gentle as before. There was even a hint of dominance in his words.
Yu Ruo stopped in his tracks, but he still felt indignant in his heart. He kicked the ground, raising the sand. Then, he remembered that Yu Miao had yet to return and was worried that something would happen to his precious sister. He did not care about the mission and hurriedly rushed home.
Not long after, he saw Yu Miao and Shen Chun rushing over with a few lunch boxes.
Seeing that his sister was still completely fine, Yu Ruo was relieved, but he still quickly walked over to take the lunch box from Yu Miao.
"You guys made your own food?"
"Yes! Actually, it's quite simple. It's just a little difficult to start a fire." Yu Miao nodded obediently. There was a hint of excitement in her voice. Perhaps she was happy that she had successfully made a meal on her first try.
When she reached the field, she quickly opened the lunch box and handed it to Yu Ruo. She then opened another one and gave it to Ye Chang.
"Hurry up and try it. Does it taste good?" The food in the lunchbox was very simple. There were only some green garlic shoots of different sizes mixed with white rice. There was nothing else.
Yu Ruo was also very excited to be able to eat the first meal Yu Miao had cooked. Ye Chang also threw his frustration to the back of his mind.
He picked up a piece of garlic and put it into his mouth. There was no taste at all. The garlic was a little hard. After taking a bite, a spicy taste rushed into his nose. Yu Ruo's first reaction was to spit it out, but when he saw Yu Miao's expectant gaze, he forcefully endured it. However, he quickly picked up another mouth of rice with his chopsticks, trying to cover the taste.
After taking a few bites of the rice, he realized that there were soft and hard rice grains inside, as if it was not cooked.
Seeing that Yu Ruo and Ye Chang's expressions were getting worse and worse, Yu Miao also tasted it, but she spat it out directly. Large tears spewed out.
"I'm sorry, I can't do anything well. Stop eating."
Yu Ruo pulled Yu Miao into his arms and comforted her softly.
Yu Miao cried louder and louder in his arms.
As for this half-cooked and inedible lunch, they endured it and ate it in the end. They had no choice. If they didn't eat, they wouldn't last until night and would starve to death.
In the end, the four of them had diarrhea for the entire night. The next day, their mental state was even worse, as if they had fallen into a vicious cycle.
The temperature in the afternoon was even higher than in the morning. The entire land in front of the mountain was exposed to the sunlight.
Yu Su and the others were also indescribably miserable. After all, they had never done such work before. After suffering such hardships, the four of them relied on their willpower to persevere.
Every time Xiao Han pulled out a blade of grass, he would scold his manager in his heart for throwing him into this show. He had originally thought that it was a paradise, but in the end, it was hell. This was only the first day of the official start, and he could not hold on much longer.
When he looked up and saw Yu Su wiping the sweat off her foreheads and was still focused on completing the work at hand. He could not help but feel a little moved. What kind of power could make a girl have such perseverance? His hand, which was originally prepared to rest, subconsciously sped up again.
Perhaps there was an internal incentive mechanism between the four of them. If one person did not rest, the others would consciously work harder. Therefore, although they ended later than expected, they still completed the task set by the production team at around three o'clock and ended work early.
"Yes, it's done well. Every piece of land is qualified. Thank you for your hard work." It was still the man who taught them in the morning who came to check the results.
Looking at the neatly arranged seedlings on the ground, the man was overjoyed and his face was filled with praise.
"Alright, your mission is completed. In a while, go to the staff to exchange for ingredients. You can also exchange for other things you need to live. Then, you can go home to rest or move around freely."
Director Lin saw that the man had completed his inspection and spoke to everyone with the symbolic loudspeaker.
After he finished speaking, Meng Xi did not even have the strength to cheer. She did not care if it was clean and directly sat on the ground.
The others were also very happy. Even Yu Su finally heaved a sigh of relief. This was really too tiring. Now, her waist did not seem to belong to her anymore.
The few of them happily went to the staff to choose ingredients together. They only exchanged enough for a few people to eat tonight and tomorrow morning. They exchanged the rest for a rather large tent and agreed to go to the mountain to look at the stars at night.
"I plan to go to the vicinity of our house to familiarize myself with the surrounding neighbors. After all, we're new here. If so we can consult them if we ever need help. What about you guys?" When they reached the entrance of the village, Yu Su stopped and asked her companions beside her.
"I'm not going. I'm really too tired. I feel that it's already a miracle that I can walk home." Meng Xi was the first to answer her. After a day of hard work, she could no longer straighten her back. She only wanted to go home and rest.
"I'm not going either. I saw that there's not much firewood left yesterday. I'll rest for a while and chop some more." Ding Chen refused to go with them. He had been thinking about the firewood at home for a long time.
Yu Su said, "Alright, then you can just chop up enough to make dinner today. Everyone can take turns doing it so that some people won't develop a habit."
Ding Chen knew who Yu Su was referring to. After spending two days together, he really did not have a good impression of the other group.
He believed that if possible, they would be very willing for him to help them chop firewood. Hence, he nodded and even blinked to show that he understood Yu Su's words.
"What about you?"
Yu Su was amused by him. She turned to look at Xiao Han again. She did not feel that there was a connection between her and Xiao Han. She was just asking as a matter of routine.
"I'll go with you. Coincidentally, I also want to admire the scenery of the mountain village. I don't come often, so I want to see more."
Yu Su clearly did not expect Xiao Han to agree, and it was for such a reason, admiring the scenery of the mountain village. Although she did not say that she had visited every place in the past two days, she really did not see anything worth looking at.
However, since he had already said so, she had no reason to stop him from going.
Hence, the four of them split up at the entrance of the village.