Chapter 12: Choosing Success is Under Construction
The flames that can be lit by a clay stove are limited, and there is no shortage of stones nearby, so Bai Yu and Bai Xi temporarily found stones nearby to build a simple stove. After lighting the fire, they put the casserole on it to cook.
There is not much vegetation in the coastal area, so even if sparks accidentally fly, there is no need to worry about causing an uncontrollable fire. Cooking in this way is much more convenient than using an ordinary clay stove.
The three of them each moved a stone and sat around it, watching the white porridge boiling in the casserole, and swallowed their saliva.
Although there is no shortage of firewood these days, it is still inconvenient. The few times they cook in the plane forest, they cannot watch over there and can only wait until the time is right before bringing it to the boat.
Nowadays, it is rare to have the experience of watching the white porridge being cooked and overflowing with the rich aroma of rice.
When the porridge was fully cooked, Bai Yu first served a bowl of porridge to each of her two sisters, and then served a bowl for herself. The three of them sat there and ate slowly, mouthful by mouthful.
Finally, they no longer had to worry about any accidents that might happen in the sea water, and could sit safely on land and eat. They all enjoyed the moment very much.
After eating porridge, the sky gradually darkened.
There was no moon or stars, and to the naked eye the distant forest looked as if a giant beast was hiding.
Bai Miao moved closer to Bai Yu and buried his head in her arms again.
"Let's go to the boat," Bai Yu hugged her tightly, and then reached out to pull Bai Xi, who also looked nervous. "It's not safe on the shore so late, it's better to go to the boat."
"Well, I... pack my things." Bai Xi's voice trembled a little. He immediately put away the casserole, bowls and spoons in front of him, and quickly followed Bai Yu with these things.
Bai Yu held Bai Miao in his arms and walked quickly towards the boat.
After putting Bai Miao up, she turned around and carried Bai Xi up as well, and finally herself.
The casserole, bowls and spoons were all on the deck, and the three of them quickly entered the cabin.
Although the cabin was also pitch black at this time, it was a familiar environment after all, and the three sisters were together, so the fear they had felt on the shore finally dissipated a little.
"The cabin is really bigger than before," Bai Yu gestured. "I don't know how the upgrade card can bring about such a big change. It's like a new ship."
"But if you think about it carefully, we can all go to the Planar Forest, and upgrading the ship doesn't seem like a big deal." Bai Xi held Bai Miao in his arms, letting her stay in his arms. "I wonder how Sister He and the others are doing now."
"It'll be fine. They're better than us. If we can find the island, they'll definitely find it faster than us." Bai Yu confirmed the size of the cabin change, lay down, and said sideways, "We won't be able to stay in the Planar Forest for long. We still need to find a way to bring more firewood from there."
"Yeah," Bai Xi nodded, and suddenly looked outside the cabin, "It's raining."
Bai Yu sat up, pulled open the boat curtain, and reached out. Sure enough, she felt the raindrops on her palm: "It's really raining, Xiaoxi..."
Bai Xi had also sat up and quickly took out a piece of rain-proof rag from the bag hanging in the cabin, and took out a few baffles from the bottom.
The two of them completed these tasks skillfully and went back to sleep together.
"It's a good thing it's raining now."
"Yeah, it would be hard to deal with if it rained while we were at sea."
"It's my first time sleeping in a cabin. The boat isn't rocking, so I'm still a little uncomfortable with it."
"You'll get used to it slowly. Go to sleep."
The three of them have lived on the water since they were young. They rarely sleep on land throughout the year. Even if they can dock on the shore, they still sleep in the cabin.
After all, they have no place to stay on shore.
As for inns and the like, since they cost so much money, it would be better to continue sleeping in the cabin.
Therefore, now that the boat was docked on the beach, they couldn't fall asleep.
The three of them tossed and turned for a long time before falling into a drowsy sleep late at night.
The next morning, Bai Xi suddenly woke up and felt the boat shaking. He quickly sat up, lifted the curtain and looked out. He found that the boat was still tied to the island, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems like it rained all night yesterday."
"Shall we pull the boat up again?"
"This position is about right. Otherwise, if we were to go into the water one day, it would be difficult to push." Bai Yu looked at the large tree with ropes tied to it not far away. "Luckily, we circled it several times yesterday, otherwise we might have been washed away by now."
"Yeah, it's okay," Bai Xi looked at the water beside the boat. "It's not raining right now. We'll have to wait until the water recedes before tying it up again."
"I'll go and take a look now. The water is not deep." Bai Yu walked to the bow of the boat, looked at the not-so-deep sea water below, jumped in directly, and then waded up.
Bai Xi kept watching Bai Yu walk up, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he was sure that she had reached a place where there was no water.
Although they have always lived on the water and are good at swimming, rivers are different from the sea. No matter how good they are at swimming, they will most likely be powerless if they encounter dangers in the sea.
"Second sister—"
"Miaomiao is awake," Bai Xi turned around and carried Bai Miao out, "Why did you get up so early today?"
Bai Miao rubbed his eyes and said, "Let's go collect firewood. Let's go together."
Because Bai Miao must be present to use the pass, if she doesn't wake up, she won't be able to go to the plane forest to collect firewood, so she has to wake up early.
Bai Xi raised his hand, hugged the back of her head and held her in his arms: "Don't go now, Miaomiao can sleep a little longer."
"Yeah." Bai Miao touched her shoulder, closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
The water on the shore gradually receded.
Bai Yu returned to the boat and said, "I just looked around. There's no sign of human habitation around here, and there's not much animal droppings. We can stay here for now. But if we want to bring firewood from the forest plane, we'll need to build a woodshed here first. Otherwise, if it rains, all the firewood will get wet."
"Then shall we build a woodshed first?" Bai Xi asked.
"Well, luckily there are a lot of trees in the plane forest, so building a simple woodshed shouldn't be a problem," Bai Yu held out her hand. "Give Miaomiao to me and let her sleep up there. We need to clean up the space for the woodshed first."
Bai Xi carefully bent his knees and handed Bai Miao to Bai Yu.
He took the clay stove, bowls and chopsticks, some food, jumped off the boat and walked up.
There is a small cliff above, which has a considerable height difference from the beach below. Just looking at the rocks above, you can tell that even if the water level rises, it generally will not reach such a height.
While cooking porridge, the two of them had cleared out a piece of land to build a woodshed. These stones would not be wasted. When the woodshed was built, they could be used to surround it to block water and prevent rainwater from entering the woodshed.
As the aroma of porridge spread, Bai Miao, who had just fallen asleep, opened his eyes.
After washing up and urinating, Bai Yu held her and sat by the stove to eat breakfast together.
After breakfast, the three of them went to the Plane Forest together and began the busy work of collecting firewood.
This time the main focus was on building a woodshed, so we picked up thick, straight tree trunks and vines that could be used as ropes.
Bai Miao was busy following, but she was too small to help move more than a few short branches and lighter vines. Even with these, if she carried more, they would go over her head.
Bai Yu put down the big tree trunk in her hand, took the vines and branches from her hand, and wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her clean hand: "Are you tired, Miaomiao?"
"Not tired," Bai Miao panted and shook his head, clenching his fists, "Not tired."
Bai Xi sat beside her, also panting: "Second sister is tired, Miaomiao, please save me."
Bai Miao turned around, ran over and knocked on her shoulder.
"Don't joke with her," Bai Yu also sat over, holding Bai Miao in her arms, and said softly, "I didn't expect it. If you're tired, you're tired. There's no need to say you're not tired. You've worked hard too."
Bai Miao slid down on her: "Miao Miao is tired."
Bai Yu laughed, pulled her arm, moved a stone from the side for her to sit on, and then held her in his arms, looking up at the endless ocean.
Bai Xi also looked at the ocean.
After recovering a little, Bai Xi turned around and grabbed Bai Miao's wrist: "Miao Miao, sign in."
Bai Miao turned around.
“Sign in, we are short of everything, there is no need to save it,” Bai Yu rubbed her head, “Even if we sign out the food, we can still eat it.”
Bai Miao grabbed the shell.
【Sign in】
"Sign in."
[Sign in successfully, sign in successfully, get [Construction Card]*1]
"Construction card." Bai Miao grabbed the card and held it up.
"It's a new card again, how do I use it?"
"Miaomiao try it."
Bai Miao responded, put down his hand, placed the card in front of himself, and began to poke every place on it that could be poked.
【Use the Build Card?】
"use."
Please select the building you want to build.
"Huh?" Bai Miao was surprised and looked at the bulge on the card. "Big sister, second sister, please choose..."
"Is this a word?"
“We don’t know each other either.”
Bai Yu and Bai Xi looked at the words on the card carefully. Both of them were confused. After all, they had never learned to read.
"Miaomiao, didn't the scholar who was rescued by Sister He teach you how to read? Do you recognize the words above?"
Bai Miao raised his foot and pointed at different toes, saying, "Three, five, nine, two..."
Bai Yu frowned: "The scholar didn't stay long and went ashore soon. Miaomiao only followed and read the numbers, and he couldn't read."
"Or just pick one at random," Bai Xi said, "It's a free building anyway, so it doesn't matter what it is."
"Then just pick one," Bai Yu nodded. They had no other choice but to lower their heads and speak softly to Bai Miao, "Miao Miao, just pick one."
"Okay." Bai Miao held the card with both hands, and selected it with his right thumb, and finally chose the text in the middle.
【Choose success, Yuting】
[Under Construction]
As the sound was heard, a cloud of fog suddenly appeared on the open space that had been cleared and originally intended to be used as a woodshed, and knocking sounds were heard from the fog.
The three of them didn't bother to consider that this place was used to build a woodshed, and just sat on the side and looked at the fog quietly.
Until the knocking sound gradually faded.
【Construction Success】
The fog dissipated.
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