Chapter 34: One-Day Trip There must be many beautiful things on the seabed here...
"Upgrade Card!"
"Another upgrade card! If this upgrade is successful, our ship will be transformed once again."
"Let's go upgrade!"
Bai Xi picked up Bai Miao without saying a word and walked towards where the boat was parked.
Bai Yu was standing a little further away. Seeing Bai Xi's movements, he put down the firewood in his arms and said as he walked: "Slow down, Xiaoxi, don't fall."
Baixi is not big to begin with, so it's no problem to hold Bai Miao for a while on a flat surface. But if they fall while walking on a rocky surface, both of them will get hurt.
Bai Yu quickened his pace as he spoke, and quickly took Bai Miao from Bai Xi's hands. "There's no need to rush to upgrade the ship."
"Of course I'm anxious. I just want to see what our ship will become after this upgrade," Bai Xi said sideways, his steps bouncing. "Let's go, hurry up. Maybe this time we can turn it into a three-story boat."
"How can it be so fast?" Bai Yu said with a smile, but his pace was still a little faster.
Not long after, the three of them arrived at the place where the ship was docked below.
There was a strong wind but no rain yesterday, so the water level didn't rise too much. However, some water still rose under the boat, causing the double-decker boat to stick loosely to the beach, drifting back and forth with the sea water and swaying slightly.
In this situation, Bai Yu didn't dare to let Bai Miao go into the water. She just carried her and waded through the water to the side of the boat, and asked her to use the upgrade card she had just drawn on the boat.
When the white mist enveloped the ship, they took a few steps back.
"I don't know what this upgrade will be like, I hope it's very good." Bai Xi clasped his hands together and said expectantly.
"No matter what, it will be better than now."
As he spoke, the white mist dissipated, revealing the full view of the ship.
At first glance, the condition of the ship is almost the same as before the upgrade, but when the ship is fully revealed, you can see a special change in the bow, with a small cabin added there.
Bai Yu and Bai Xi looked at each other, then walked to the ladder to get on the boat and climbed up grabbing the handrail.
Bai Xi was still the first to go up, and after reaching the top, he reached out to pull Bai Miao up, and then Bai Yu.
The three of them got on the boat and couldn't wait to walk towards the bow.
Walking into the newly appeared cabin, the two people who were familiar with ship operations were a little surprised.
"I've only heard of these rudders on very large ships, which can be used to control the direction," Bai Yu touched the wheel, "The small boat we're using doesn't need something like this."
"We have a punt," Bai Xi said, touching the wheel. "Will this thing be better than a punt?"
"Why not give it a try?" Bai Yu couldn't let go of the wheel. Something she had only heard of before now appeared before her eyes, and she felt a little excited. "It's a good opportunity to take advantage of the water on the beach today. It will be convenient to come back and dock again later. We haven't been in the water for a long time."
Bai Xi looked at her suddenly: "Is it okay?"
"We can try," Bai Yu looked outside the cabin. "There's no wind or rain outside right now, and the tide is just right. The boat won't be far from the island."
"I'm going to get the fishing net. I wonder if the fish we catch will be bigger if we leave the island." Bai Xi quickly ran out of the cabin and got off the boat to get the fishing net.
Bai Yu smiled at her actions and began to pack up to leave the island by boat.
The island is right on the sea, very close to the water. All they see every day is the ocean. They should have been able to come into contact with water all the time, but they are not familiar with the ocean after all and dare not act rashly. Since they arrived on the island, they have not been in the water.
There is an opportunity today, not only Bai Yu and Bai Xi are excited, but Bai Miao is also a little excited.
Bai Xi took the fishing net and untied the ropes that tied the boat to the shore.
Then he returned to the boat and worked together with Bai Yu to slowly lower the boat, which was floating on the shallow water layer, into the water little by little.
"Sister, we're coming down!"
"Where are you going?"
"Over there," Bai Xi pointed in a direction. "The wind was blowing that way yesterday, and it blew a lot of firewood over there. Let's go pick up some firewood. We can use it after drying it."
"Okay." Bai Yu smiled and adjusted the direction.
When Bai Xi said he wanted to collect firewood, he really meant it and even took a long wooden stick from the cabin on the bottom floor.
Bai Yu adjusted the direction and stopped the boat, then walked out of the cabin and watched Bai Xi operate.
After looking at it for a while, he said, "Our boat is a bit high now. If it were the original small boat, we could just reach out and catch it."
"If it were the original boat, we couldn't stand on the side, otherwise the boat would be unstable," Bai Xi said with a smile, picked up another piece of firewood, and then handed the tool in her hand to Bai Yu, "Big sister, you can play with it."
Bai Yu took it with a smile and started to pick up the firewood.
Bai Miao squatted on the side, not daring to move. He stretched out his hand through the railing and pointed not far away: "Sister, over there."
Bai Xi also followed the instructions: "That one, that one, and that one."
The three of them stood at the railing, and had a good time playing with the wood that had been blown into the sea the night before.
When the firewood was almost collected, Bai Xi spread out the fishing net he had prepared early in the morning.
The island is not far away and they can go there at any time, so now they don’t feel worried while floating on the sea. Instead, they feel at ease.
Bai Xi turned around, looked at the water around him and said, "Sister, why don't we build a small dock first, so that we can go into the water more often. When the dock is built and the boat is docked in the water, I can tie a rope and go into the water to pick up some shells."
The boat was originally docked on the beach, and even if it was tied to the water, it could not go far.
But if the boat is already in the water, she has a rope tied to her body and can walk deeper.
In the past, in order to make a living, she always had to go into the water to catch fish, shrimps and shellfish. Sometimes she felt very tortured and could not stop for a whole day. But after not going into the water for a while, she actually missed it a little and wanted to go swimming and catch fish and shrimps underwater.
Many of the fish and shrimp in the sea here are much larger than those in inland waters.
"How many blank upgrade cards does Miaomiao have?"
Bai Miao held onto the guardrail, raised his head, and counted with one hand: "Twenty-two, three, four..."
"There are still quite a few left. The small dock and the house we live in on the island can be upgraded."
"We also need a woodshed," Bai Yu calculated. "We also need to upgrade the dock a few more levels to make it stronger. It will take several upgrade cards, but it's almost there. We can first upgrade a small house to sleep in at night, and then upgrade the small dock."
"Yeah!"
“Great!”
Bai Yu smiled, but turned around and found that the firewood that was almost trapped had flown away.
"We need to go a little further over there. Is your fishing net okay, Xiaoxi?"
"It doesn't matter. Just catch as much as you can. We have plenty of fish and shrimp to eat."
Staying on the island all the time, they lack everything except fish and shrimp, which they can't even eat all. Every time they catch fish and shrimp, they always keep the small ones, and now only keep the few they want to eat, and throw the rest back into the water.
Boats can move easily in the water, and the sea was calm during the day, so their boat circled the island directly.
Looking at the island from the water is different from looking at it from the island.
They thought the island was quite big when they saw it from the water, but after walking around in the water, they found that the island was even bigger than they had imagined. The main reason was that some places looked relatively flat in the water, but it was difficult to walk around on the island.
During this trip, they also found several places suitable for building small docks, but they were too far from the beach, and it was not very convenient to walk to these places on the island.
If these locations were closer, they might simply choose to abandon the previously selected location and build a small pier somewhere here.
The time spent drifting on the sea passed quickly. After walking around for a while, when I returned to the original place, the sun had already set.
Fortunately, there was still sea water on the beach at this time. Bai Yu and Bai Xi found the right opportunity and took advantage of another rising tide to move the boat closer.
But this was not enough. In order to prevent the next wave of tide from carrying the boat away, Bai Yu and Bai Xi quickly went into the water, pulled out the rope tied to the boat, climbed to the top of the island, and while wrapping and fixing the rope, they continued to wait for the sea water to rise.
Not until the boat docked in the same position as when it was launched in the morning did both of them feel relieved.
At this time, Bai Yu and Bai Xi were both sweating profusely, but neither of them felt anything. They were even thinking about what to do next time they went into the water, as well as the collection work for building a small pier and a house.
In addition to these things, you also need to go to the magic plane to collect materials that can upgrade the pass time.
There are a lot of things to do, and it takes a lot of time to be busy, but Bai Yu and Bai Xi don’t think it’s a big deal. Instead, they are full of fighting spirit because they just went into the water today.
"I thought I didn't like water, but after the boat went into the water today, I kind of want to go in the water too," Bai Xi rubbed his hands, "If the sea water wasn't dangerous, I would have gone in to play a long time ago."
"Once our little dock is built, you can go out and play in the water," Bai Yu said, and after thinking for a moment, "Just go and have fun, you don't have to catch any fish."
Bai Xi smiled and said, "Then I'll go find some beautiful shells for Miaomiao. There must be a lot of beautiful shells on the seabed here."
Bai Yu also smiled: "That's fine."
The two men said that they would move all the firewood they had retrieved from the boat down to the island to dry. Now that it was soaked in water, the firewood could not be used for burning and had to wait until it was dried.
Time passed by quickly, and their daily lives became ordinary. In the morning, they went to the magic plane to collect materials for delaying the pass, and in the afternoon, they went to the forest plane to collect materials for building houses and small docks. They also had to take time out to learn to read, cook and fish. Occasionally, they would find good things falling from the traps, and they would pick them up for a snack.
Bai Xi's cooking skills haven't improved much, but she can now cook edible dishes.
At least Bai Yu and Bai Miao felt that stir-fried dishes were indeed much more delicious than stews. They didn't know whether it was because Bai Xi's cooking skills were good, or they were tired of stews, so they felt that as long as stir-fried dishes were edible, they would taste good.
But it doesn’t matter, they have something to eat now anyway.
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