Chapter 72: Chapter 72: Who’s Clinging to Whom
Gu Cheng met his sister’s eyes seeking praise, imagining a tail wagging wildly behind her.
"Miaomiao is amazing."
Gu Cheng’s voice was soft, "No wonder you’re the Little Heroine of our time."
Tuanzi proudly raised her chin, "Of course, Miaomiao is the best in the world!"
In ancient times, she definitely wouldn’t have been the best. There were so many powerful people back then with numerous martial sects. But in modern times, she’s number one, so happy!
Fu Guoqiang also praised her earnestly, and the two kids circled around Tuanzi.
Xiong Chenli looked hopeful, "Are you really not taking students?"
Tuanzi shook her head, "No, no, Miaomiao is still just a toddler, can’t take on students yet."
Gu Cheng smiled, caught on camera.
[Beauty Attack]
[The cold guy’s smile is absolutely stunning]
[Honestly, it’s a waste if he doesn’t act in movies with that face]
[Director Gu doesn’t feel it’s a waste; he’s also very talented in filmmaking]
[Thinking of his parents’ looks, and then Gu Cheng and Gu Che’s looks, when Miaomiao grows up, she’ll surely be a great beauty]
[Her cousin’s looks are also absolutely amazing]
[Speaking of which, Gu Peihai’s brother is also in the entertainment circle, right?]
[I know, his name is Gu Wangchao, he’s incredibly good-looking, and a versatile singer-songwriter]
[Though it seems everyone mentions him as Gu Film Emperor’s brother or something]
[Having such a talented brother isn’t always good, always living in his shadow]
They prepared to transport the bamboo back.
But each bamboo pole was too long, making it difficult to carry.
Gu Cheng gestured a bit.
"For a temporary shelter, it doesn’t need to be that tall."
Fu Guoqiang nodded, "I think, two meters above ground should be fine."
Yet the bamboo in the rainforest is over ten meters tall.
The Little Heroine stepped in again.
"Line them up, Miaomiao will make a few cuts."
This time, Gu Cheng was very confident about her using a knife.
He also remembered the need to store water.
"Once cut, there will surely be bamboo sap, we should collect it."
Even if some spills during chopping, with so many bamboo poles, it adds up, and they’ll have quite a bit of clean bamboo sap.
One batch of bamboo was cut into more than two meters in height, another batch to be made into a roof, cut accordingly.
Gu Cheng left for a while and came back with a lot of vines.
"Mr. Fu, let’s tie them up and transport them back."
"Sure!"
"Miaomiao wants to help."
Tuanzi looked at the pile of bamboo, feeling a bit sorry for her big brother having to work all the time.
Gu Cheng was about to say that kids could go play.
But knowing his sister’s character, he nodded, "Check if the crew has gloves, wear them and move the bamboo, only carry two at a time."
"No, no," Tuanzi pointed at the vines in his hand, then at the neatly placed bamboo, "We can make a trailer."
"Tie them up, secure them," she gestured a few times, "then drag it down."
Fu Guoqiang had a sudden realization, "Make a bamboo raft, we can just haul it down, great idea."
Gu Cheng looked down and saw his sister proudly raise her head again, he quickly praised her.
"Miaomiao is really smart."
Tuanzi: (*￣︶￣)
The two adults and three kids worked together to carry the bamboo back to their camp and selected a spot to start building the bamboo house.
Fu Guoqiang picked up a bamboo pole, "There’s no other way, we just have to insert them one by one like this."
His construction idea was simple: use bamboo to form a square, then cover it inside and out with large rainproof leaves, and if conditions allowed, add some dry grass on the outside.
The roof would be similar, connecting bamboo poles on both sides, forming a triangle from the side. However, to secure it, they needed suitable grass that wouldn’t break easily when tied.
Tuanzi carried a tube of bamboo sap, wandering over.
Seeing them struggling to insert bamboo poles into the relatively soft soil, she raised her hand, "Miaomiao can help with this too."
She shook her hand, "Miaomiao can fly up and use Inner Strength to tap, ensuring it’s deeply embedded, won’t fall in strong winds or heavy rain."
They simply set up a production line.
Tuanzi pushed off the ground, flapping a few times in mid-air, raised her hand to tap, and a bamboo pole firmly embedded into the ground.
Fu Youyou and Xiong Chenli handed poles to the parents, who would hold and align them.
Tuanzi tapped again, and the height was just right.
The five worked seamlessly together, quickly setting up a bamboo house frame. Five meters long, four meters wide, with a height of two meters above ground (not counting the roof), and a door left 0.8 meters wide.
The watching staff were dumbfounded.
The audience was also very surprised.
[This work efficiency is too high]
[And, don’t you think this bamboo house is quite delicate?]
[It’s also very sturdy, made of solid real materials, with tightly packed bamboo poles, even heavy rain wouldn’t be a problem]
The remaining work had to be done by the parents themselves.
The roof wasn’t easy to build, but the crew lent them a folding ladder.
Finding no place to help, Tuanzi suggested that the kids explore nearby.
Gu Cheng hesitated a bit.
Tuanzi patted her chest, "Big brother, if Miaomiao encounters danger, I’ll run away, and protect brother and sister too."
In fact, surely some crew members would follow, Gu Cheng knew he didn’t need to worry so much.
But... watching his sister move away, he felt a little uneasy. At one moment, he worried about unexpected situations in the wild, and at another, he thought, his sister left so straightforwardly, he wasn’t used to not hearing her childish voice around.
Fu Guoqiang observed and thought, is Director Gu worried about his sister encountering danger in the wild, or is it too clingy to his sister to bear parting with her?
It should be the former, he thought, considering the seemingly cold and serious director, shouldn’t be clingy to his sister, right?
Tuanzi’s group set off.
Xiong Chenli always wanted to apprentice under Tuanzi, basically agreeing to whatever she said.
Although Fu Youyou was very attached to her father, perhaps the heroine sister brought such a sense of security, that she agreed without hesitation when Tuanzi asked.
The several kids braved out on their short legs, striving to move away from the base camp, on an exploration in the rainforest.
The trees here were very tall, and occasionally, the cries of birds and insects could be heard.
Xiong Chenli: "What should we do now? Look for food?"
Tuanzi seriously nodded, her expression very solemn.
"Haven’t you noticed?"
The two kids instinctively hid their smiles, "What happened?"
"Except for a few small cans of meat, we don’t have any other meat to eat." Tuanzi’s tone was heavy.
The two kids: "?"
[Haha, I knew it was something like this]
[For our Little Heroine, meat is most important]
[However, it’s difficult to find meat in the wild]
[Some animals aren’t easy to catch, and some are protected animals]
[And try not to eat wild game, it’s risky]
Tuanzi nodded her head gravely, "Miaomiao remembers them all."
The two kids: "Huh?"
"The lake’s location is very close, very close."
Tuanzi clenched her fist, "Let’s go fishing, tonight we’ll have grilled fish and fish soup!"
The audience breathed a sigh of relief.
[Eating fish, well, that’s okay]
[Fish in the wild is still acceptable to eat]
[But, why do you all assume that three little kids with no tools can catch fish?]