Chapter 49 Visitors to the Island There is an island ahead, a big island ahead. ...
The book about the new dimension contained so much knowledge, and much of it was something the three sisters had never encountered before.
Although most of the knowledge cannot be understood just by reading books, it does not prevent them from being interested in the content of the books. So they added another thing to their daily life, which is to read more books and learn more about the content in the books.
Bai Yu and Bai Xi's memory is not as good as Bai Miao's, and they still don't know all the words, but whenever they have free time, they will pick up a book and read it. Even if they can't remember what they have read, they will still be surprised by the new world presented in the book every time they read it.
At the same time, the seeds they obtained from the new planes were planted one by one in the forest plane, the white fog plane, and the magic plane. However, except for a piece of open space in the forest plane specifically opened up for growing vegetables, the seeds in the white fog plane and the magic plane were planted in pots.
The book says it’s called a potted plant.
"It should be edible now that it's grown so big."
Bai Xi squatted in front of the potted plant in the magical plane, looking at the big round purple eggplant growing from the pot. After muttering to himself, he asked the little sister beside him: "Miaomiao, do you want to eat it?"
Bai Miao was skeptical about the dark purple eggplant: "Will it taste good?"
"I think I can. Doesn't it say in the book that eggplants are this color?" Bai Xi said, craving the taste of eggplant. "A few days ago, I saw an eggplant dish in a book called Fish-Fragrant Eggplant. It said it tasted like fish. I want to try and see if I can make it."
"Do you want to add fish?" Bai Miao didn't bother to look at the recipe. "We'll just eat fish if it has a fishy aroma."
"That's different. There's no fish in fish-flavored eggplant. That's why I wanted to make it, to see if it really has a fishy flavor."
Bai Miao's eyes lit up: "There is no fish meat, only the smell of fish."
Bai Xi was very excited: "Yes, yes."
When Bai Yu came over, she saw two people squatting in front of a pot of eggplants and chatting. They looked at the eggplants with excitement and excitement. She walked over and said, "If you want to pick them, just pick them. If you keep squatting and watching, the eggplants won't grow anymore."
"Sister," Bai Xi stood up, "I want to make fish-flavored eggplant."
"Go ahead. The kitchen is your territory. Do whatever you want," Bai Yu said, walking towards the nearby balcony. "Wait until I take the dried radishes back. It looks like it's going to rain here."
After the house in the magic plane became bigger, when it occasionally rained on the island, they would move some things that needed to be dried in time here. Over time, they also stockpiled some dried vegetables here.
The dried radishes were put away and there was no need to take them to the island. After putting them down, the three of them returned to the island.
The seasonings needed for fish-flavored eggplant are quite complicated for them, but fortunately, after daily [check-ins] and continuous transactions, the kitchen has all the seasonings for fish-flavored eggplant.
After some effort, Bai Xi finally managed to make a dish of fish-flavored eggplant.
The fish flavor was not as strong as expected, but it tasted pretty good.
The three of them sat outside the kitchen, eating and chatting.
"Is my skill not good enough? It doesn't taste as good as described in the book."
"It's already delicious. It will be even better if you cook it a few more times. It really has a fishy flavor." Bai Yu always praised her sister's cooking skills. Looking at Bai Miao who was concentrating on eating, she said, "Look, Miaomiao likes it too."
Bai Xi gained confidence: "Then wait until the remaining eggplants grow a little bigger, and then I'll make you fish-flavored eggplants."
Bai Miao ate happily, but still had some doubts: "We have fish to eat, why do we have to smell fish-scented eggplant?"
Bai Yu smiled and guided: "Miaomiao has read so many books, think about whether it is written in the books?"
Bai Miao pondered this carefully for a while, and then it dawned on him, "Many people inland don't have fish to eat, and fish is very expensive, so they want to smell the fish-flavored eggplant to satisfy their cravings, right?"
"Yes, Miaomiao is really smart," Bai Yu smiled and looked up to touch her head. "Because we have always lived on the water, we have always had plenty of fish to eat. But many people who don't live near water don't have fish to eat. For example, people who live in the forest plane don't have big rivers nearby. Even if there are fish, they are rare and very expensive. That's why we have this dish called fish-flavored eggplant."
"But I think fish-flavored eggplant tastes better than fish." Bai Miao said from the bottom of his heart.
Bai Xi muttered softly, "I also think fish-flavored eggplant tastes better than fish."
Bai Yu was stunned for a moment and felt the same way.
But he quickly said, "We ate a lot of fish back then, so we didn't think it was that delicious. But many people inland can only eat fish once a year, so they think it's delicious."
"Just like when we can't always eat chicken, we still think it tastes good once in a while, right?"
“It’s not just the chicken, the vegetables are delicious too.”
Bai Miao raised his hand and answered loudly, "I know. It says in the book that 'scarcity makes things valuable'. The less something there is, the more valuable it is. We always eat fish, so we don't appreciate it anymore."
Bai Yu and Bai Xi both smiled and applauded.
“Miaomiao is so smart!”
Bai Miao held his head high and nodded proudly: "I am just smart."
After she finished speaking, Bai Yu and Bai Xi both burst into laughter.
Bai Miao didn't understand why they were laughing, so he started laughing too, and soon they were all laughing happily.
Just then, they heard a sound coming from a distance.
"Boat?" Bai Xi quickly stood up and immediately pulled Bai Yu beside him, "Sister, is that a boat? And a big one at that."
"Yes, it must be a large ship, and there are people on it," Bai Yu also stood up and picked up Bai Miao, who was trying to stand on tiptoe to see clearly because he was too small. He pricked up his ears and listened carefully. "They seem to be shouting. What are they shouting?"
"They're shouting..." Bai Xi also listened carefully. As the boat got closer, the sound became clearer and clearer. She gradually heard the voices on the boat and widened her eyes. "They're shouting, 'There's an island ahead, a big island ahead.'"
"I heard it too," Bai Yu said, looking at the increasingly clear boats. "They were shouting, 'We finally saw land.'"
A year has passed since they landed on the island. Although they have also come into contact with people during this year, those are people from other planes. Most of the time, they stay on the island, and no ship has approached the island during this year.
The most recent one was a box of porcelain bowls that floated over from somewhere.
So when a ship came, they were naturally very excited.
What made them even more excited was that they could understand what these people were saying, which meant that they must be from the same country as them.
Likewise, as the boat got closer to the island, the people on board saw the situation on the island and the vague figures, and shouted excitedly: "There are people on the island, there are people living on the island!"
Afraid that they wouldn't understand, I even tried speaking loudly to them in other languages.
Of course, the three sisters could not understand these foreign languages.
But fortunately, the boat kept moving, and soon they were within a distance where both sides could see each other clearly. It was the familiar black hair and black eyes.
Bai Yu carried Bai Xi to a high point on the shore and asked loudly, "Why are you here?"
The people on the boat were even more excited when they heard the familiar words. They quickly explained, "We're lost, and the boat is a bit broken, so it's not easy to move. We've been drifting on the sea for half a month, and the food and water on the boat are almost gone. We want to buy some food and water, and we'd like to rest on the island for a few days. Is that okay?"
"What do you do?" Bai Yu asked again.
"We are doing business. We just came back from overseas. We have some spices bought from overseas on board. If you don't believe me, you can come on board and take a look. Don't worry, we are doing legitimate business and we have no bad intentions." The man at the bow said, and whispered something to the person next to him. After a while, someone brought a bag of things. When they opened it, there were indeed spices inside.
Bai Yu turned around and discussed with Bai Xi.
"Shall we let them come up?"
"They don't look like bad people," Bai Xi carefully looked at the people on the boat, "and the boat has already arrived here, wouldn't it be a problem to not let them get on? There are no other islands nearby."
A year is enough time for them to travel around the area and confirm that there are no large islands nearby.
These people had already finished eating and drinking all the food and water on the boat. Even if they told them not to, they would never refuse to go to the island.
Instead of confrontation, it is better to give them a way out.
Bai Yu had the same idea as Bai Xi. After quickly confirming it, he waved to the people on the boat and said, "It's not easy to stop the boat here. Come with me over there. There's a place to stop there."
The people on the boat were overjoyed and agreed immediately.
The speed of moving on the water is faster than on the shore. By the time Bai Yu and Bai Xi passed by, the boat had already docked and someone was tying the rope.
When they appeared, everyone on the boat bowed.
"Thank you, young lady, for letting us onto the island."
"You're welcome. You and I belong to the same country, so we should help each other." Bai Yu handed over the water bag. "This contains clean water. You've been drifting on the water for a long time, so you should need it."
"Thank you very much." The person in charge thanked repeatedly and hurriedly took the water bag. Then he asked the people behind him to take out the water bags on the boat and transfer the water in the bags one by one so that everyone could have a drink of clean water.
The water bag didn't look big, and the amount of water he poured into it each time was not much, but it was enough to quench everyone's thirst.
This sip of water made everyone breathe a sigh of relief after drinking it.
The person in charge then explained the situation of the ship.
Simply put, it was originally a fleet traveling, but on the way back, it unexpectedly encountered a tsunami. Although it barely survived, it lost contact with the main force.
Although they were lost in the past half month, they were not completely lost. In fact, they were always looking for the way back.
But the ocean was too vast, and the biggest problem they faced was the lack of water. If they had not encountered this island, they would probably have completely perished at sea.
"I didn't expect that an island like this in the middle of the sea would actually be inhabited, and they're all from the same country," the manager said hesitantly. "You must be from Feng Country, right? I mean, you didn't come from the island before, did you?"
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