Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 222: Alien Strawberries

After a hot bath, Lu Ke felt refreshed all over.

After the bath, Lu Ke put on her wolf skin coat and began to wash her clothes inside and out. These clothes hadn’t been washed for several days, and because they were constantly sweating, there was a peculiar smell.

The only thing that dissatisfied Lu Ke was the lack of soap.

The ashes for soap making had just been soaked today, estimating it’ll start tomorrow or the day after.

With soap, it would be much more convenient to bathe or wash clothes.

"Xu Yi, I’m done with my bath, and I’ve prepared the water for you too. You can go take a shower now. Once inside, you can throw your clothes out, and I’ll wash them for you." Lu Ke handed a bucket of water to Xu Yi.

"Okay." Xu Yi nodded, then carried the water to bathe.

Now, he only had one pair of underwear left, with nothing to change into, so washing clothes couldn’t be handed over to Lu Ke; it wasn’t convenient.

So after a bath, Xu Yi washed some clothes by himself.

"Leave the drying to me; you just keep working." Lu Ke was only wearing a wolf skin coat, with nothing inside. She didn’t want Xu Yi to see all the clothes she was drying, so she offered.

The filming ball couldn’t capture the view beneath the Stilt House.

For privacy, the organizers are quite considerate.

Unless they themselves requested the filming ball to shoot. But such things rarely happen with any group.

If it wasn’t like this, Lu Ke wouldn’t dare wash all her clothes and dry them.

Xu Yi silently handed his clothes to Lu Ke, while he was still wearing a pair of shorts sewn by Lu Ke.

Then, Xu Yi went on to work.

Building a bamboo bed takes time; Xu Yi spent the night framing out the bamboo bed.

This bed is quite wide, likely between one and a half to one point six meters, enough for two people to sleep comfortably.

"Xu Yi, you’ve got such skillful hands! Once the slats are added, we’ll have a new bed to sleep on." Lu Ke thought sleeping on the floor wasn’t very comfortable, especially after sleeping on a palm mat, she was even less accustomed to the hard floor.

"Hmm, hopefully by tomorrow night we’ll be able to sleep on the bamboo bed. It’s a pity we haven’t seen any palm trees in this forest; otherwise, we could make another palm mat."

If it doesn’t rain during the day, the bed can’t be made at the camp; it can only be done at night. It’s impractical to finish the slats in one night, so two nights are needed.

"In such a large forest, there should be some palm trees. But the bamboo bed won’t be as hard as a wooden bed, right? If we put a layer of animal skin down, it should be quite soft." Lu Ke thought that with the wolf skin they had, it was more than enough to make a blanket.

"Yeah, it should be fine." Xu Yi nodded and then checked the time, saying, "It’s eleven o’clock. You should go to sleep—I’ll work a bit longer, then sleep."

"Okay, here’s your clothes. I’m going to sleep now, goodnight." Saying this, Lu Ke handed the dried and folded clothes to Xu Yi.

Then Lu Ke went upstairs to sleep.

Xu Yi took the clothes to the bathroom, dressed, and then washed his removed underwear before going back to dry it.

Once dry and dressed, Xu Yi returned upstairs to sleep.

The night was quite peaceful; at least, neither Xu Yi nor Lu Ke were awakened by any animals.

The morning sky was a bit gloomy, but it didn’t affect Xu Yi and Lu Ke’s plans to go out.

Practicing the Eighteen Techniques and Fighting Techniques had become a must-do morning routine for Xu Yi and Lu Ke.

After breakfast, Xu Yi and Lu Ke packed their backpacks, carrying their weapons, and set off.

Today they changed direction, heading towards where Wang Jin and Lu Yao originally explored.

After walking for less than half an hour, Xu Yi excitedly grabbed Lu Ke’s hand and began to run.

"What’s the matter?" Lu Ke blushed, feeling shy being pulled by Xu Yi.

Perhaps there were many people in the livestream watching her and Xu Yi.

"Didn’t you smell it? The scent of strawberries." Xu Yi said excitedly, having caught the scent of strawberries, so he pulled Lu Ke along, thinking of finding strawberries sooner.

After all, they hadn’t tasted any fruit flavors for a long time.

The raisins they dried had been blown away by a storm, not leaving a single piece.

Unlike Lu Yao and Wang Jin, who still had quite a lot of dried mango left.

"Strawberries, really? How come I didn’t smell them?" Lu Ke looked at Xu Yi with some doubt; it would be wonderful if there were strawberries.

Recently, her gums had been bleeding while brushing teeth, probably due to a lack of vitamin C. If there were strawberries, they could supplement vitamin C and other vitamins.

Moreover, Lu Ke really loved eating strawberries.

"Too much, holding my Loli Ke’s hand, didn’t you see her blushing with embarrassment?"

"Spirit boyfriend? You holding hands doesn’t concern you, even if they kissed publicly, it has nothing to do with you."

"Hey, although I expected them to hold hands, seeing it still hurts. The feeling of heartbreak is so painful, ah xi ba!"

"Look at Xu Yi; he didn’t even think about the gender aspects, did he? You guys are thinking too filthy."

"Exactly, those two are so pure; it’s impossible for anything to happen."

Xu Yi couldn’t have imagined that holding Lu Ke’s hand would stir such a lively discussion about their relationship in the livestream.

"I can smell it too, it’s truly fragrant—it’s the scent of strawberries." Lu Ke, smelling the aroma, excitedly said.

"There." Xu Yi pointed a finger, already catching sight of strawberries.

Lu Ke followed Xu Yi’s direction, her eyes lighting up.

A small patch of what looked like a strawberry garden, seemingly with a good amount.

So, the two picked up the pace and ran towards it.

Lu Ke first picked one and said, "They’re quite large, no smaller than the strawberries sold on the street, and dark red in color."

"Yeah, the smell is great." Xu Yi picked one, then took a bite.

"Sweet, soft, even tastier than the strawberries back home." Saying this, Xu Yi stuffed the whole thing in his mouth, then began picking more.

"Mm-hmm, really delicious, can’t believe we really have strawberries to eat; it’s truly happiness." Lu Ke moved even faster than Xu Yi, continuously stuffing strawberries into her mouth.

She felt the sweetness of these strawberries was exceptionally high, sweeter than any she had eaten before.

Additionally, its seeds were quite large, but there were relatively fewer of them.

The two were enjoying the delight, seemingly unaware that danger was quietly lurking.