Chapter 11: Walking onto the island and standing inside, it really looks much bigger. ...
“Big sister…Big sister——!”
"What's wrong?" Bai Yu hurried out of the cabin after hearing the voice.
"There!" Bai Xi pointed at a small dot in the distance. "Is that an island? Am I seeing things correctly?!"
The raised dot was too small for Bai Yu to see clearly. There were many dangers at sea, and the dot might not necessarily be an island. She could not make a conclusion casually, but could only hold Bai Xi's hand and look carefully.
When she got closer, she suddenly said, "Xiaoxi, is that a big tree?"
If that's a tree, it definitely can't be a sea creature.
Having said that, Bai Yu immediately went through the cabin, came to the other side and picked up the pole: "Let's go!"
"Um!"
The two sisters worked together to push the boat quickly towards the small dot, until the small dot got closer and closer to them, and it changed from a small dot that was not very clear to a small island with some trees on it, and then to an island that was not that small.
There are no ships docked around the island, which means that it is most likely an uninhabited island. But even so, for them who have been drifting on the sea for many days, the appearance of the island means life.
Otherwise, if they stayed at sea all the time, even with shells and plane forests, it would be difficult for them to survive for a long time.
As the island got closer, the expressions of the two people rowing the boat became more and more delighted.
"Let's go ashore!"
The two imitated the tone of their elders, saying what they always said when they went ashore, until the boat slowly docked, went up to the beach with the tide, and then stood firmly on the beach as the tide receded.
This kind of scene was unfamiliar to Bai Yu and Bai Xi, but they moved quickly. After the boat stopped, they immediately jumped off the boat, tightened the rope on the boat, and waited for the next wave of tide to come, then pulled the boat towards the shore.
After going back and forth several times and making sure that the ship would not fall back into the water due to the shallow tide, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But that’s not the end.
Although they will not go into the water again in the short term, the boat must be kept and cannot be put into the water and drift away due to the rise and fall of the tide. So it is not enough for now, and they have to find a way to tie it down.
"The tree over there is a bit far from here, and the rope is not long enough."
"The rocks aren't far enough apart...but this beach is so high, is the tide sometimes this high?"
"That's why we have to tie it up, otherwise the tide will come in and the boat will float away."
"Let's untie the other ropes. Can the fishing net be used as well?"
Both the rocks and the trees were a bit far away, and the rope we usually used was not long enough. But if we added the rope we used to go into the water before and the fishing net, the length would be enough.
Anyway, the goal now is to tie the boat up.
The two men acted immediately and began to untie the ropes quickly, and then moved all the fishing nets off the boat one by one.
During this period, we also experienced a relatively high tide. When the tide was high, the boat was pushed upwards, and when the tide was low, the boat and Bai Miao on the boat almost floated away.
Fortunately, Bai Miao had been sitting on the deck the whole time. He spoke up immediately when he felt something was wrong, and then Bai Yu and Bai Xi ran over and grabbed the rope.
And this time, the wave pushed the boat down again, so that even a slightly shallower tide could carry it down.
After this incident, the two men didn't dare to leave together again. One of them left to tie the tree, and the other stayed by the boat. This time, no accidents happened until both sides were tied.
But this was not enough. The two of them waited by the boat until the next high tide, then pulled the rope and took the boat upstream a little further. They tied two more trees with the extra rope, and only then did they feel at ease.
After this back and forth, both of them were sweating profusely.
Bai Miao knelt on the edge of the deck, holding a handkerchief in his hand, carefully wiping the sweat off the two men.
"Big sister, don't be tired. This is good. We can all feel more at ease."
"Second sister isn't tired either," Bai Xi showed her sweat-soaked head to her younger sister, "Finally, we don't have to drift on the sea anymore. I can finally get a good night's sleep at night."
"Well, there's no need to go to the Plane Forest to cook. We can just pick up some firewood and cook here," Bai Yu pointed to a high place not far away. "After all, the Plane Forest is somewhere else. The rocks and trees there can only grow like this. The tide won't rise that high no matter what. If we can't go back in a short time, we can stay here for a while."
"[Sign in] Can't you get upgrade cards from shells? Maybe one day our ship will get better and better, and we can find our way home."
But in fact, even if the boat becomes bigger and better, unless there is another boat passing by and knows the location of the nearby inhabited island, they would rather stay on the island than go to sea to find another place.
After all, they didn't even know where this place was, and they didn't know where to go to get back. It took them many days to find this island. If they left here rashly, they didn't know how long they would drift on the sea.
Moreover, if they were to leave here again, if they were not as lucky as they had been in the past few days and encountered a tsunami or large marine creatures at sea, they would all be buried at the bottom of the sea.
"Upgrade card?" Bai Miao took out a card from his bag.
"I almost forgot about this." Bai Yu carried her off the boat and walked to the cabin with her in his arms. "Come on, Miaomiao, use the upgrade card."
Bai Miao leaned over and placed the card in his hand on the cabin.
A soft voice said: "Use, upgrade card."
【Upgrade successful】
When the prompt sounded, Bai Xi quickly ran to the other side and stood on tiptoe to see what was happening inside the cabin: "Why does it look like nothing has changed?"
"I don't see anything..." Bai Yu was puzzled. He raised his hand and put Bai Miao on it. "Miao Miao, go in and take a look. If there is any change, let us know."
"Okay--" Bai Miao responded obediently and walked quickly into the cabin. As soon as he walked in, he exclaimed "Huh?"
"What's wrong?" Bai Yu asked her while lying down.
"It's bigger and taller." Bai Miao stretched out his short legs, opened his arms, and changed his posture left and right, up and down.
"It seems different from this perspective," Bai Xi took off his shoes and climbed onto the boat with great effort. As he climbed, he couldn't help but say, "I didn't realize our boat was so high before."
"A lot of it was underwater before, silly." Bai Yu said with a smile, just standing there watching her movements.
Bai Xi finally climbed onto the boat and rubbed the sand off his feet on the deck before walking into the cabin.
When she entered the cabin, she also exclaimed "Huh", then turned around and spoke to Bai Yu: "Sister, it's not very noticeable from the outside, but it really gets a lot bigger when you stand inside. It feels like there's room for another person to sleep."
Bai Yu thought more and asked, "Is our mattress not long enough?"
Bai Xi took Bai Miao out of the cabin and opened the folded mattress.
Now, you can clearly see that the mattress is shorter and narrower.
"That's good now. Even if you guys, Bai Miao, grow up, we don't have to worry about the cabin being crowded. The three of us can still sleep together." Bai Yu said happily.
The cabin has just become bigger, which has little impact on their lives. But in such an environment, even such a small change can make them feel very happy.
After having fun, the three of them sat on the deck and talked.
"We still have more than forty hours to go to the Plane Forest. We can still go there to find firewood and water. This island looks deserted, and we don't know what the actual situation is. It's dangerous to wander around casually. When we go to the Plane Forest again, we'll find some thicker sticks and sharp stones and sharpen the sticks..."
"The Planar Forest may also be dangerous."
"Yes, so we can't go far, and we must always bring Miaomiao with us. If we encounter danger, we must come back immediately. But it's different here. We have finally found this island, and we will definitely stay here for a long time. If we encounter danger, we can't escape. We have to think of a way to protect ourselves. The forest over there is a bit far, so it's more convenient to find wood in the plane forest."
There are indeed a lot of trees on the other side of the plane forest. Perhaps because no one has appeared for a long time, many branches have fallen to the ground and gradually piled up.
They have picked up quite a few in the past few days, but there are still many left.
However, they did not dare to go far, and just walked around the woods and the stream not far away, for fear that they would encounter large animals or deeply hidden animals.
Fortunately, apart from the time they spent picking up branches, they didn't stay there for long.
As they were talking, they confirmed that there were no more high tides and no one would come nearby. Then the three of them went directly from the deck into the plane forest and began to pick up dry firewood on the ground.
This time they didn't have to worry about people outside. They picked up the firewood and transported it out in batches until the firewood was piled high on both sides of the deck.
There was land next to it, and there was plenty of space for cooking. Bai Yu jumped off the boat first, took bundles of firewood from Bai Xi, carried them to the completely dry sand, put them down, and came back to continue moving them.
When she was almost there, she took over the clay pot, the stone base for burning firewood and charcoal, a bag of rice and a water bag.
Finally, there are Bai Xi and Bai Miao.
The boat came ashore. The deck, which was not very high originally, now seemed particularly high in Bai Xi's eyes. She walked back and forth several times but did not dare to jump directly. Bai Yu went to catch it, but she felt a little embarrassed.
Bai Yu still forcefully carried her down.
"You're still young, it's okay for me to help you," Bai Yu put her down and went to pick up Bai Miao, "You two are my sisters, it's my duty to take care of you."
"But you're not that old, big sister," Bai Xi said, "I should share the burden with you."
"You've already shared a lot of the burden," Bai Yu put down Bai Miao, holding her hand with one hand and Bai Xi with the other. "After my parents passed away, I really didn't know what to do alone. Fortunately, I have you and Miaomiao here."
"I was very scared at that time, but luckily my elder sister kept comforting me."
"That's because my eldest sister needs you too. Because you've always been with me, I have the courage to live a good life."
A babyish voice came from below.
"Miaomiao too."
Bai Yu laughed, lowered her head and shook her hand to tease her: "What is Miaomiao?"
Bai Miao raised her head and blinked her bright eyes: "Miao Miao too, always with you."
After these words were spoken, Bai Yu and Bai Xi both laughed.
Bai Xi let go of Bai Yu's hand, turned around, picked up Bai Miao, and gently rested his forehead against hers: "Miao Miao is so nice, always with us."
"Accompany us?" Bai Miao was puzzled. "Accompany you...accompany us?"
"Hahaha, it's all right. You accompany us and we accompany you. We both accompany you!" Bai Xi said with a big laugh.
Along with the laughter, this quiet and deserted island gradually became popular.
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