Lin Sanjiu did not expect that her trip would last more than two months. When she saw Bai Xiaoke, Green Melon, and Qian Zhengguan again, she noticed that there was only hunger in their eyes. When they found the bag of food left by Lin Sanjiu, the three of them started rationing. However, even though they only ate a mouthful of bread each day, they already finished all their rations more than half a month ago.
As they couldn't step on the ground, they spent a significant amount of effort planting a few more tree stumps in Lin Sanjiu's excavation area. Every day, they would choose a different location and let Green Melon float up to the sky so that he could spot any signs of Lin Sanjiu returning.
"Sister Lin, if you still hadn't come back, we were planning to eat that Qian guy," Green Melon said while burping after he had his fill. "In the end, we didn't eat him because he was too skinny..."