This is an empty cave, large enough to accommodate hundreds of people.

Billions of years ago, there was an erupting volcano here.

But hundreds of millions of years later, the volcano has long been extinguished, leaving only an empty cave. Sunlight cannot penetrate the layers of rock walls. Over the next millions of years, the cave has accumulated an unknown amount of coldness.

Until one day, humans appeared.

Under the heat of the bonfires, the cold air accumulated over thousands of years is gradually driven away.

Xiaoxing turned left and right and came to a dry stone room.

It's very fragrant here, the ground is filled with fruits, and around the bonfire for lighting are a lot of smoked fish, hare and other meats, and there are dried wild vegetables next to it, just in case there are no wild vegetables in winter and everyone's stomach can't stand it.

But the most eye-catching ones are the seven or eight women.

They gathered together, some of them kneaded plant fibers into ropes, and others weaved these ropes into nets.

As an isolated island, without sufficient resources, marine fish will be an important source of protein for a long time to come, so a strong and durable fishing net is very important.

Xiaoxing walked in from the side, holding a hare in his hand.

While shouting, he took out two wild apples from his pocket:

"Sister Shanshan, I'm back."

Among the women, an old aunt named Cui said casually: "Xiaoxing is back. What did you catch today?"

He grabbed the big fat rabbit's ears in his hand and shook it in mid-air.

As the muscles and fat under the rabbit skin swayed like jelly, Xiaoxing took out a green dumpling wrapped in leaves from his pocket and handed it over:

"I caught a rabbit today, but I found this one."

Sister Shanshan took it and opened the leaf dumplings.

I didn't care much at first, but when I saw something wrapped in leaves, I couldn't help but exclaimed:

"strawberry?!"

Now is July and August, the season when strawberries are ripe.

This is not a particularly precious fruit, and the strawberries picked are small and ugly, not at the same level as the big, red strawberries on the market, but don’t forget that this is an isolated island!

Listening to Sister Shanshan's uncertain voice, Xiaoxing explained:

"They're not strawberries, they're wild strawberries. There aren't many, just seven or eight. I picked them for you to try."

No girl can resist the temptation of strawberries, let alone live on a desert island for dozens of days.

Sister Shanshan swallowed, her eyes flashed with desire, but she finally refused:

"Forget it, let's keep it in the accounts."

If he had accepted it before, he would have accepted it. Xiaoxing was Ma Jin's cousin, and the rules had not changed at that time.

But it's different now. No matter how big your ability is, you can use a big bowl. What's more, Ma Jin is gone now, and she doesn't want others to gossip.

However, before Sister Shanshan could record these seven or eight strawberries, Xiaoxing quickly shouted:

"No, seven or eight wild strawberries together are not enough for one bite. I heard that strawberries seem to have the effect of improving eyesight. My sisters work so hard in weaving webs, so they have to make up for it no matter what."

Aunt Cui on the side was stunned for a moment and said jokingly:

"Hey, there are also ours?"

Xiaoxing was not frightened and responded with a smile:

"Look what you said, I'm still waiting for you sisters to introduce me to my girlfriend after they go out."

Life on an isolated island is hard, with not enough to eat and no warmth to wear. It is a torment for everyone. No one knows when this kind of life will end. Everyone is gritting their teeth and persevering.

But life cannot continue to be bitter, it must be a little sweet, even if it is an illusory sweetness.

On weekdays, these sisters gather everything together and like to dream about the happy days in the Steel Forest. For example, Aunt Cui in front of her, who has no smile all day long, is shouting happily at this moment:

"You have such a sweet mouth. When auntie leaves this hellish place, I will introduce you to a beautiful little girlfriend."

girlfriend?

Xiaoxing shook his head inwardly. He didn't have any need in this area yet, at least he wouldn't consider it until he established himself on the isolated island.

Looking at Sister Shanshan who was keeping her head down not far away, Xiaoxing said with a smile: "Sisters, I'm going to find Brother Wang. Don't keep these wild strawberries if you can. I'm afraid it won't look good when the troops come back."

Also, these two wild apples belong to Lao Pan."

After the words fell, Sister Shanshan frowned:

"his?"

Looking at the other party's confused and suspicious eyes, Xiaoxing nodded:

"Uncle Pan said he was a little tired and asked me to deliver it for him."

Sister Shanshan opposite had a puzzled look on her face. She couldn't understand why Lao Pan's apples were given to Xiao Xing. When did the relationship between the two become so good?

Moreover, Lao Pan is lazy and greedy, and he always likes to go to the warehouse to collect money. The sisters who manage the warehouse don't like Lao Pan. They always feel that this man wants to steal things, but Sister Shanshan has not yet figured it out.

Aunt Cui next to her seemed to understand something. Her expression became a little gloomier and she looked up at Xiaoxing:

"Xiaoxing, sister will remember your love."

Xiaoxing didn't say anything, just waved his hand with a smile:

"It should be, all to make everyone's life better."

As Xiaoxing left, Sister Shanshan next to her still looked confused. She looked at the elder sister next to him hesitantly:

"Sister Cui, I don't understand."

Aunt Cui sneered: "I'm telling you, Xiaoshan, this guy Lao Pan has no good intentions."

Sister Shanshan frowned slightly. It wasn't that she didn't understand, but she had vaguely guessed something but wasn't sure. After all, she had only met Lao Pan and didn't know his character:

"You mean?"

But Aunt Cui on the other side is different. She is an old Jianghu, and she knows very well who Lao Pan is:

"Yes, these two apples were given to Xiaoxing, but Xiaoxing confiscated them."

Sister Shanshan was a little bit speechless. She thought that these two apples were gifts from Lao Pan to Xiaoxing, but she was not sure whether Lao Pan could be embarrassed. Xiaoxing was only in his twenties, and Lao

Pan has been in the workplace for more than 20 years.

More importantly, Xiaoxing slapped Lao Pan in public.

After such a huge loss of face, the feud between the two parties was finally settled, which was why Sister Shanshan was not sure.

In addition, there is another thing that Sister Shanshan cannot understand:

"But Sister Cui, why are you thanking Xiaoxing?"

Aunt Cui shook her head and asked the other party:

"Why do you think Lao Pan gave Xiaoxing apples?"

Sister Shanshan's reaction was a bit slow, but Aunt Cui's point was very clear. Before, Lao Pan came over here when he had nothing to do. His face couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and he shouted angrily:

"This old Pan is so shameless."

Aunt Cui snorted coldly: "He is not Lao Pan if he wants to be shameless!"

There is a saying that the easiest job in the entire cave is the storage of these warehouses.

Of course, it is not really easy. There are many things to do every day, such as fur tanning, weaving fishing nets, drying wild vegetables, etc., but these tasks may seem like a lot, but they do not require a lot of physical energy. The most important thing is that they are guaranteed.

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Going out hunting is risky. If you are lucky, you will catch seven or eight fish, but if you are not lucky, you will catch nothing.

But they don't need to worry about this problem when they are in warehouse storage.

Naturally, someone will keep an eye on such a good job, but it is not easy for someone to be a warehouse keeper. Everyone has their own small group, and they are not idle on weekdays, so no one gossips.

Why does Aunt Cui want to thank Xiaoxing?

Driving away Lao Pan was one of the reasons, but it was not the main reason.

Do you want to know if Lao Pan is really transferred to the warehouse to be a moth?

Xiaoxing and Xiaowang, the two rule makers, are the biggest victims of interest.

Orders are changed day by day. Something like this happened to Mr. Zhang before, and if he does it again now, Xiao Wang might not think that his downfall is not fast enough.

Compared with the losses of Xiao Wang and Xiao Xing, although there were losses on my side, they were nothing.

As for why Aunt Cui still wanted to thank Xiao Xing, it was because she saw that Xiao Xing was trying to win over her. Lao Pan's matter was big or small. The young man did not make a big deal out of it, but he told her about it.

This is using Lao Pan to show his favor!

The situation of people like Aunt Cui seems good, but it is also very embarrassing.

Let them follow Mr. Zhang and gamble on an uncertain future?

These people are not willing to take this risk.

But Xiao Wang is too stupid, and he doesn't have many truly valuable allies. Instead, he has a few useless losers around him, so Aunt Cui has been dormant.

At this moment, faced with Xiaoxing's overtures, Aunt Cui would naturally not give up.

In fact, many things in life are like studying. You are sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. Aunt Cui realized that this was a good opportunity to enter the inner circle, and she wanted to fight for it to see if she could go further.

In fact, many things are the same. The opportunity is in front of you, it depends on whether you can seize it.

So Aunt Cui will only talk about the former ones, not the latter ones. After all, one more understanding person means one more competitor. Even though everyone has their own small circle, they seem to be in the same rank.

But in this regard?

I have to say that Jiang is still the hottest. Comparing Sister Shanshan with Aunt Cui, she is really far behind.
Chapter completed!