The vast expanse of blue waves was rippling. Five small boats rowed out from the shore one after another, and sailed into the vast expanse of blue waves amid the ripples. They became part of the scenery in the blue waves and merged into one with them.

Little Pea put on a piece of clothing with many wooden pieces tied to it, and with a short stick in his hand, he lowered it into the water from the side of the boat.

As the boat moved forward, the small stick was vibrated by the impact of the water flow and created some splashes of water. The happy little pea showed his little white teeth.

Han Ben originally wanted to stand on the bow of the boat and take a good look at the scenery.

But there were Little Pea and Little Xing'er, two lively and active little kids on the boat, and Snow White was holding another little kid in her arms, so she couldn't keep an eye on the two little kids at all.

So Han Cheng had no choice but to sit in the cabin, holding a little guy's arm with one hand, and experience the boat trip on the lake.

Safety is more important than anything else.

Especially the safety of my family.

Although Han Cheng had made the two little ones promise not to move around before they got on the boat, Han Cheng was still worried when they were really on the boat.

After all, children, in many cases, tend to have goldfish attributes.

In addition to Han Cheng's family, there was also a boatman on the boat.

This man is an experienced boat driver.

Because he has been fishing in Wild Duck Lake by boat for nearly two years and has experienced many storms.

Wu, Yuan, Shitou, and two other people were in another boat.

The remaining three boats also had people sitting on them. Except for the people rowing the boats, the rest were people who came with Han Cheng, Wu and his group and acted as guards.

Han Cheng looked at the water in the distance for a while, then his eyes fell on the boat he was on.

The boat is made of planks.

Because there were many thick trees in this era, the bottom of this ship was made directly from a separate wooden board!

Wooden boards are spliced ​​together on the bottom of the boat.

The erected wooden boards were nailed to the bottom of the boat with bronze nails, and the gaps between them were glued with glue made from fish maws.

The bow was tilted upward at both ends.

The above is overall flat.

The entire cabin is not a whole. Inside the cabin, near the bow and stern on both sides, there is a partition, which divides the cabin into three spaces, a larger one in the middle and smaller ones at both ends.

The combined area of ​​the spaces at both ends of the ship is about the same as the area in the middle.

With this design, even if an accident occurs and a hole is made on the bottom of the boat, causing water to leak, the boat will not sink because of the presence of these partitions.

The rowers are in a small cabin at the stern, rowing with either a bamboo pole or an oar.

In order to facilitate people getting on and off the ship, the small cabin at the bow was sealed and flattened with wooden boards.

This is the new ship of the Qingque tribe.

These new ships have been out for two or three years.

Although bamboo rafts are good, they are not as good as boats.

So under the guidance of Han Cheng, led by the tribe's first carpenter Bo, they began to make new boats.

With the tools and materials available in the tribe, there would not be many material difficulties in building such a boat.

So after some attempts, such a ship finally appeared in the Qingque tribe.

The inside and outside of the boat were painted with layer upon layer of tung oil.

It is not only waterproof, but also effectively prevents the ship from rotting.

This kind of ship is actually an imitation of later ships by Han Cheng.

There is a big river in Han Cheng's hometown.

There are rivers blocking the way to the west, north and east.

If you want to avoid the river and go out, the only way is to go south.

As a result, if you want to go to some places across the river, you have to take a very long detour.

In the past, transportation was not well developed. There were basically no motorcycles in a village, only some bicycles with large frames.

There are still many people who choose to walk when they go out.

So there are people rowing boats on the river to ferry people across the river.

When Han Cheng was a child, he often took such boats with his parents to go to the other side to visit relatives.

Because he had close contact with it and its structure was relatively simple and easy to copy, Han Cheng copied it to the tribe.

By now, there are twenty-three such ships in the tribe.

Compared with the previous bamboo rafts and wooden rafts, this boat made of wooden boards is undoubtedly lighter and more comfortable to use.

The sound of the oars broke the tranquility of the lake and sailed towards the center of the lake.

Finally, we stopped at a small pier built on the edge of Lotus Island.

Stop the boat near the shore.

Little Pea didn't let Han Cheng lead the boat, and jumped from the bow of the boat onto the small dock by herself.

Han Cheng held Xiao Xing'er in his arms and went down from the bow of the boat to the Lotus Island.

Compared with before, Lotus Island looks more beautiful.

This side, lacking large trees, is very clean.

Well-built roads extend from the pier and spread toward the island.

Not too far from the pier, some houses were built.

This is where the fishing tribes in Wild Duck Lake live.

The Wild Duck Lake is still a certain distance away from the Longmen Inn. It is very troublesome for fishermen to travel between the Wild Duck Lake and the Longmen Inn every day, so they built houses on the Lotus Island and lived there at night so that they could catch fish at any time.

Very convenient.

As for Lotus Island, these people have already figured it out thoroughly over the years and there is no danger at all. Living there is safer than living on the shore.

There is no need to worry about any large wild beasts attacking.

Little Pea and Little Xing'er came to the ground and started running around happily.

Before on the boat, Han Cheng didn't let them move around, but it made them feel suffocated.

How can you come to Lotus Island and not go to see the lotus flowers?

After wandering around the island for a while, Han Cheng took Wu, Bai Xuemei and the others along the trampled path towards the place where there were lotus flowers on the west bank.

Before arriving at the place where the lotus grows, a burst of fragrance can already be smelled.

The unique smell of lotus leaves, which brought some coolness, lifted Han Cheng's spirits and even quickened his pace.

After walking forward for a while, large lotus leaves appeared before our eyes.

A gust of wind blew, and the lush lotus leaves rolled up, revealing some white.

Looking at such a scene, one's spirit can't help but be shocked.

“Crash~”

There was a sound of water splashing.

A fish hiding under a lotus leaf near the shore was startled by the noise of Han Cheng and his friends coming. It swung its tail, turned around and dived into the clear water.

At this time, it is still early in the season and the lotus flowers have not yet bloomed, so the sight of the red lotus flowers in the sun cannot be seen.

But you can appreciate the endless green lotus leaves reaching to the sky.

It is not enough to just watch from a distance without playing with it.

This would be a lot less fun.

When looking at the lotus leaves, Han Cheng likes to go deep into them to appreciate them.

So not long after arriving here, Han Cheng jumped onto a small boat, took Bai Xuemei with him, and used a bamboo pole to push the boat towards the lotus leaves.

Han Cheng didn't bring any of the three little guys: Little Pea, Little Apricot, and Little Yellow Bean.

The reason they say is that there are too many thorns in the lotus stems, which can easily get people hung.

It would be really painful to get covered in blood.

My parents have grown up, their skin is strong, and they are not afraid of getting hurt...

After this kind of deception, Han Cheng and Bai Xuemei successfully left the child behind and went deep into the lotus leaves to touch the lotus roots.

Sister Bai Xue, who was squatting on the bow, was holding a stick in her hand and moving it constantly.

As she moved, the lotus leaves in front of the bow moved to both sides, allowing the boat to smoothly enter the deep lotus leaves without damaging them.

As the boat passed by, the lotus leaves that had been moved returned to their original positions, blocking the way forward.

After a short while, the scene on the shore could no longer be seen.

Han Cheng did not give up and continued to paddle the boat inside.

Only after the voices of people on the shore could no longer be heard did they stick the bamboo pole into the mud and water to fix the boat there.

The two people who had agreed to touch the lotus root did not touch it, but did some other things.

The boat swayed gently, the waves made a slight sound, and the lotus leaves growing beside the boat also swayed slightly.

The surrounding environment was extremely quiet, with only the chirping of birds in the distance and the occasional sound of fish wagging their tails nearby being heard.

Of course, there are other, unique sounds.

“I love touching lotus roots!”

I don't know how long it took, but Han Cheng, who was sitting cross-legged at the bow of the boat, said this to Bai Xuemei with joy.

Hearing Han Cheng say this, Bai Xuemei couldn't help but want to laugh.

She turned her head to look at Han Cheng and gave him a blank look.

But before the glance was over, I couldn't help laughing.

It's really funny to see how shameless I am as my brother.

"What are you laughing at? If you laugh again I will touch the lotus root."

Han Cheng looked at Bai Xuemei and said with some threat.

After living with Han Cheng for such a long time, Bai Xuemei has changed a lot compared to before.

She has never been afraid of such provocation from Brother Cheng.

"Then come and continue touching the lotus roots!"

Sister Bai Xue straightened her body, looked at the arrogant Han Cheng, and said with a smile.

Seeing the look of the little child bride, the Son of God who had been so arrogant just now instantly became timid.

"Don't think about those trivial things all day long. It's important to do the right thing. How can a serious person like me fall for your evil tricks?"

As Han Cheng said this, he pulled up the bamboo pole and paddled the boat towards a place closer to the shore.

The water there is shallower, so it is easier to touch the lotus roots.

This time, I am really touching the lotus root, not the other improper ways of touching the lotus root.

The boat moved forward all the way, and under the control of Han Dashenzi, who was in good spirits and body, it soon arrived at the shallow water area.

Han Cheng took off his shoes and clothes on the boat, then went down the side of the boat into the water.

The water is not deep, but the silt is quite deep.

When trying it with a bamboo pole, the water only reached the calf level. After the person went down, he sank into the mud and the water was above his knees.

Although it is said to be touching the lotus root, in fact it is mainly relied on not by the hands, but by the two feet.

Han Cheng stood in the water, constantly exerting force to push his feet into the mud.

Not long after, Han Cheng stepped on the lotus root buried in the underwater mud.

Han Cheng, who stepped on the lotus root, did not touch it directly, but continued to step on it with his feet.

It was no longer a purposeless treading, but instead people stepped on the lotus roots to both sides.

After a while, Han Cheng bent down, reached his hands into the water, and quickly took out a lotus root that was more than half a meter long and thicker than his arm.

"Here, take it!"

Han Cheng said with a smile, handing the lotus root in his hand to Bai Xuemei.

Sister Bai Xue, who was on the boat, immediately smiled.

She quickly reached out and took the lotus root that Han Cheng had found, and placed it in the cabin.

Han Cheng then stepped on the mud here with his feet.

Not long after, another string of lotus roots was taken out of the water.

The time taken was much shorter than the previous time.

This is because when he touched the first lotus root, he had already stepped on this whole lotus root.

No need to spend more time looking for lotus roots.

Lotus roots are like this, stacked up layer upon layer, with tangled roots in the mud under the water.

Often, before you even touch one lotus root, you have already touched the rest.

Within this small area, Han Cheng managed to get a total of five combos!

This is just the surface that we have touched, and we have not yet paid attention to the deeper parts of the mud.

If we could get the silt from deeper inside out, there would be even more!

After touching almost all the lotus roots in this small area, Han Cheng pulled the boat with his hands, walked a short distance forward, then stopped and continued to touch the lotus roots...

About an hour later, there were more than twenty lotus roots in the cabin of the boat.

It weighs more than 100 kilograms.

Seeing that there was already quite a lot of lotus roots inside, Han Cheng stopped touching the lotus roots.

He climbed onto the boat, stood at the bow and washed off the mud on his body. When the water on his body was almost dry, he put on his clothes, and then paddled the boat towards the shore...

"Dad, what took you so long to come back?"

Little Pea asked this after the boat emerged from the layers of lotus leaves.

When Bai Xuemei heard her son ask this, her face turned slightly red.

A guy like Han Cheng has become very thick-skinned. To him, such things are just a small matter.

"The lotus root is not easy to touch. It takes a lot of effort. Look at what has become of Dad's hands?"

Han Cheng said this with a smile, and stretched out his hand, which was dyed black by lotus roots, for Little Pea to see.

Sure enough, after seeing Han Cheng's hands, Little Pea stopped nagging about this matter.

When the boat docked, everyone helped to take the lotus roots off the boat.

At this time, the sun was setting, casting a soft glow.

The water surface in the distance was dyed red by the light.

Bai Xuemei, Shitou, Yuan and others were washing the lotus roots that Han Cheng had found.

Han Cheng was also preparing the rest of the things...