Chapter 14 Simple Kitchen We can also make the trap a little bigger...
"You stay on the boat, I'll go take a look," Bai Yu said softly to Bai Xi who had just opened his eyes, "If you go with me, Miaomiao won't have anyone to cry to when she wakes up."
Bai Xi glanced at Bai Miao who was still sleeping soundly, then looked up at Bai Yu: "Then be careful, big sister."
"I will, don't worry." Bai Yu nodded at her, turned and walked out of the cabin.
It was a sunny day yesterday and the water on the shore has completely receded. The boat is almost completely on the beach, so even if we move faster, it will not shake like it would on the water.
Bai Yu walked to the bow of the boat, bent slightly and jumped off the boat.
It should still be early, but the island was already completely bright. She climbed up the hill, picked up a thick wooden stick in the rain pavilion, and walked deeper into the island with the stick in her hand, following the scattered trees.
They would scratch the ground as they walked to check if there was any feces from large animals. If there was, they would have to be extra cautious when living there.
Fortunately, the situation was better than she had imagined.
There were some small animal droppings along the way, but almost no large animal droppings, and no footprints of large animals.
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"Second sister."
"Wake up, big sister is going to find water." Bai Xi pulled Bai Miao up, stood up and walked to the deck, wet the handkerchief and wiped her face, "Are you hungry now?"
Bai Miao rubbed his stomach blankly, not feeling too hungry: "Has Second Sister eaten?"
"No, my elder sister ate some porridge left over from yesterday," Bai Xi wiped her hands, "Shall we have some porridge too? Then we can cook dinner when my elder sister comes back."
Bai Miao nodded obediently: "Okay."
The casserole was on the boat. The porridge cooked last night was completely cold, but they were used to eating cold rice. Bai Xi took a spoon and served Bai Miao a bowl, asking her to sit down and eat.
I also filled a bowl and ate it slowly.
As Bai Miao ate the cold porridge, he became more and more sober. Halfway through his meal, he lowered his head and said, "Second sister, shells."
"Yes, we can sign in today. We'll sign in after we finish eating." Bai Xi said immediately.
"Yeah." Bai Miao smiled and quickened the pace of eating porridge until he had finished the whole bowl. He couldn't wait to hand the bowl to Bai Xi and grabbed the shells with both hands and pressed them down.
Skilled movements, skilled responses.
[Successful sign-in, get [Axe]*1]
Bai Xi was startled the moment he heard the sound. He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the axe appear directly next to Bai Miao. He quickly grabbed the handle of the axe and moved it away. He grabbed Bai Miao's arm and looked carefully: "Did it touch you?"
"No," Bai Miao opened his hands, "What's the matter?"
"The axe is very heavy," Bai Xi said, completely relieved. "You can't touch it in the future."
Bai Miao looked curiously at the axe not far away.
Bai Xi felt that he had to let her know that the axe was indeed very heavy, so he stood up, picked up the axe, walked to the side and threw it down, then jumped off the boat himself and took Bai Miao under the boat.
That's why she was left holding an axe on the beach.
The axe was indeed very heavy. Bai Miao tried several times, but she could only lift the axe handle and exert force in place. However, she refused to give up. If she couldn't lift it, she would lift it with all her strength, and she was exhausted and sweating.
When Bai Yu came back, he saw her struggling with the axe.
I wanted to take over, but just as I got close, Bai Xi pulled me away: "It's so fun, don't interrupt her."
"Just tease her," Bai Yu said, but ultimately didn't go forward. She just watched from the side with a smile, "Is this what I just got for signing in today?"
"Yeah, it's quite heavy. Fortunately, it appeared out of thin air on the deck instead of falling down," Bai Xi said with some fear, surprised. "[Sign in] Shells can really produce many strange things, all kinds of things. Today, an axe even appeared."
"Good axe! We can chop down those tree trunks we brought here earlier. Otherwise, such a big axe would take up too much space." Bai Yu continued to smile as she watched Bai Miao's actions. "I just found a water source. It's quite clean, and it's fresh water. If we can't go to the Planar Forest later, we can get water directly from the water source here."
"That's great," Bai Xi said excitedly. "I was really worried that there would be no water on the island and the Planar Forest would be inaccessible. If that happened, we would have to find another place, which would be very difficult."
"Yes, the ocean is so big, it's not easy to find another island." Bai Yu sighed.
The two were chatting, and Bai Miao on the other side realized belatedly that the sisters were doing this on purpose, and pouted while holding the handle of the axe.
Bai Yu stepped forward quickly and took the axe handle: "Miaomiao is really amazing. You can carry it for so long now. When you grow up, you will definitely be able to lift the axe easily."
As soon as these words came out, Bai Miao, who had just been pouting, smiled and showed his teeth: "Really?"
"Of course. If you don't believe me, ask my second sister."
Bai Miao immediately looked at Bai Xi.
Bai Xi suppressed a smile and nodded: "Really, Second Sister also thinks that Miaomiao, you will be able to lift it easily in the future."
Bai Miao clenched his fist: "Miao Miao can do it."
Bai Yu and Bai Xi burst out laughing instantly.
After laughing, Bai Xi climbed onto the deck and took down all the things needed for cooking, and took out the fishing net from the cabin.
After that, I cooked, cast the net, and cleaned up the area around the rain pavilion.
The island had different heights, so Bai Xi chose a location that wasn't too high to cast his fishing net. He didn't need to catch too many fish and shrimps, as long as the fish and shrimps he caught were enough for one day's consumption.
On the other side, while Bai Yu was cooking, she started to build a simple small kitchen that could block the wind.
There is only one air vent in the small kitchen, and the other three are closed. In this way, even if there is wind, the fire will not be affected too much as long as the front is blocked.
But that's not enough.
Bai Yu estimated the space around the simple kitchen, went to the rain pavilion, pulled out some thin branches, sharpened one end with an axe, and inserted it deep into the soil.
When Bai Xi came back from casting the net, a circle of branches had already formed around the small kitchen.
Bai Yu was worried about how to block the rain from the roof and surrounding areas.
"How about using vines?" Bai Xi suggested, "Wrap the vines around a few times, leaving some space. Then go to the Planar Forest and find some large leaves. Put them between the vines, and they'll be able to block the wind and rain."
"Good idea!" Bai Yu immediately went to find some thin vines and wrapped them around the branches.
Afterwards, Bai Xi took Bai Miao to the plane forest. When they came back, they both held a bunch of large and slightly hard leaves in their arms. They stuffed the leaves into the vines one by one, and the simple rain shelter was completed.
Originally they were planning to do the same in the woodshed, but it would be more difficult to do so in the woodshed than in this small shed.
The three of them stood in front of the makeshift kitchen, their arms folded in the same manner.
The aroma of cooking rice greeted me.
"Have a meal."
"Eat, eat."
The freshly cooked food was still hot, and the three of them ate while blowing on it.
The kitchen is right next to it. Even if it is just a very simple kitchen, it is still a kitchen.
Bai Xi ate his porridge and looked towards the kitchen: "Will we always be able to eat the hottest meals from now on?"
"Right? We don't lack firewood right now. Even if we can't go to the Planar Forest, we can still find some on this island," Bai Yu said, also looking at the small kitchen. "When I was looking for water just now, I found a lot of dead branches on the ground. But since I can still find a lot of dead branches in the Planar Forest, I figured I'd leave the dead branches on the island there for now."
Bai Xi nodded: "Well, when we can't go to the Planar Forest, we can look for it on the island."
Bai Miao was trying hard to eat: "Gudong gudong——"
Bai Xi continued, "I hope the fishing net will yield some catches later. I haven't eaten much sea fish, so I don't know what it tastes like, whether it's fragrant or not."
Bai Yu took a sip of porridge and said, "I wonder if salt should be added to sea fish. The sea water is so salty, so the fish should be salty too, right?"
Bai Miao is still working hard to eat.
Bai Xi chewed some cabbage, a light flashing in his eyes. "Sister, do you think we can catch any animals in the forest? Like pheasants, rabbits, or something like that?"
Bai Miao suddenly looked up: "Chicken?!"
Bai Yu blinked.
Bai Xi leaned forward, as if to reveal an important secret: "Didn't we find some small animal droppings when we went to the forest before? If we dig a trap there, will we have a chance to catch the small animals?"
They have always lived on the water, so they have no shortage of fish and shrimp, but they rarely have the opportunity to eat chicken, duck and pork, after all, these things are too expensive.
Also because they had always lived on the water, none of them had ever thought of setting traps in the forest before.
Now that Bai Xi mentioned this matter, Bai Yu suddenly felt that this seemed not impossible.
"How to dig a trap?" Bai Yu asked, a little impatient to eat meat.
Bai Xi thought about it carefully: "I don't quite understand, but there are only so many traps. Does Big Sister have any ideas?"
Bai Yu thought carefully: "I can dig a big hole and put a net in it... No, I can't use a net in a trap in the forest. I have to use something else so that the small animals can't get out after falling in."
Bai Miao raised his hand.
"Miaomiao said." Bai Yu looked at her.
"A harpoon," Bai Miao said, "My third brother used a harpoon to catch a fish before, and the fish died instantly, and then he got scolded by my second aunt."
When fishermen like them want to catch fish, they naturally try to catch them alive, as dead fish cannot be sold at a good price.
Therefore, things like harpoons are extremely rare in Bai Yu and Bai Xi's memories.
"But we don't have a harpoon." Bai Xi frowned.
"I don't have a harpoon, but I have this." Bai Yu stood up and took a wooden stick with a sharpened end from nearby. "This is what I used to make a shelter just now. If I sharpen this end and stick it into the trap, can it trap the small animals that fall into it?"
Bai Xi's eyes lit up little by little: "Yes, I think it's okay."
"Is it possible? Now we can make the trap a little bigger." Bai Yu turned around and grasped the handle of the axe. "It wasn't possible before, but now we have an axe, so it's not difficult to loosen the soil."
"Then let's whittle the sticks first. Once we have enough, we can go dig a hole in the forest."
"When we get back to fixing the trap, we can sprinkle some rice on it."
"The rice isn't flavorful enough. Sprinkle some of the contents of a cooked fish on it. It's sure to attract critters."
"Yeah, those things smell delicious!"
"Come on, get started!"
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