Chapter 55: Be Careful We have been on the water these days, completely...
"Sister, we caught another wild boar in our trap!"
"How big?" Bai Yu asked.
"It's not very big, probably less than 100 pounds," Bai Xi now had an estimate of the weight. "But it got stuck quite deep in the trap. It was still struggling inside when we came back. Should we wait another two days, or just go ahead and do it now?"
Bai Yu did not answer immediately, but turned back to look at the map.
It has been four days since they left the island. They passed several small islands that could be seen at a glance and did not meet any people. The next stop was an island that was marked slightly larger on the map.
However, based on the estimated distance, it will take at least two days to reach the next destination.
It was not completely dark yet, but it was not far from the normal night rest time, so after thinking about it, Bai Yu chose to drop the anchor and let the boat stop at the current position as much as possible.
Otherwise, when the water becomes choppy at night, the boat will just drift with the waves.
"Xiaoxi, watch the boat. If another boat approaches, find a way to keep the people on board. I'll go deal with the wild boar." Bai Yu was older and not necessarily the strongest, but he was better at handling wild boars. "We'll have wild boar meat tonight."
"Cut up a big pig's trotter," Bai Xi said. "We'll stew it tonight."
"Okay." Bai Yu nodded, took Bai Miao's hand not far away, and took her to the forest plane.
The trap in the forest plane is still the same as before. I don’t know how many wild animals have fallen into this trap.
Bai Yu carried Bai Miao as she approached. When she was almost there, she put Bai Miao on a tree stump and approached the trap with a heavy axe in her hand. When the wild boar wasn't paying attention, she chopped it on the head with the axe.
The wild boar soon fell silent.
Bai Yu bent down and reached out, grabbed the pig's feet and pulled it onto the trap, then dragged it towards the wall, not forgetting to take Bai Miao with him on the way.
There is pig blood in the trap, and the smell of blood will spread. Other wild animals may come next.
After entering the wall, Bai Yu did not walk far. He took an axe and cut up the wild boar one by one. He put some of the meat in the trading pen, tied some of the meat with vines and hung it in the house beside the wall, and then carried the two pig's feet to the kitchen not far away.
Previously, their main living place was on the island. Since they decided to move here, in addition to the basic house, they also built a bathing pool here.
The pool is still covered with leather from the magical plane, but the pool here is connected to a nearby stream, so the water in the pool can be changed at any time after taking a bath.
The only problem is that there are too many fallen leaves here.
Even if there are no leaves overhead, there are still quite a few leaves blown by the wind.
Bai Yu used a homemade vine fishing net to scoop up the leaves from the pond. When he entered the pond to take a bath, he was already thinking about building a shed over the pond when he had time, so that at least the water in the pond could be cleaner.
After a quick shower, Bai Yu changed into clean clothes and called Bai Miao: "Miao Miao, let's go back to the boat."
"Second sister, are you making pig's trotters?" Bai Miao was more concerned about what to eat next.
"Well, after we go back, we'll change your second sister back and let her make pig's trotters for you," Bai Yu smiled and pulled her hand, "but you can go back to the boat while she makes the pig's trotters."
The pass is in Bai Miao's hand, but it doesn't mean that she has to be in the plane every time. As long as she wants, she can move back and forth on her own at any time.
Bai Miao grabbed Bai Yu's hand and whispered, "The pig's trotters made by my second sister are very delicious."
Bai Yu instantly understood what she meant and said with a smile, "Then you can stay here with Second Sister later, but remember, don't eat too much. You ate too much last time and your stomach was uncomfortable all night."
Bai Miao pouted and quickly responded "Okay".
After getting on the boat, he ran quickly to find Bai Xi, and went to the forest plane with Bai Xi again.
Bai Yu watched the two people leave, smiled and returned to the operation room, moved a chair and sat at the door, looking ahead on one hand and looking at the possible ships that might appear on the left and right on the other.
The closer she got to an inhabited island, the greater the possibility of encountering a boat on the water. Even though she was very strong now, she had to be prepared for any eventuality.
Fortunately, everything went well.
A strong aroma of meat wafted on the wind.
Bai Xi's cooking skills are now completely different from what they were at the beginning. With recipes and seasonings, the dishes she makes now can be said to be both delicious and fragrant. Today's stewed pork elbow is even more so. It is tender, smooth and fragrant, and not greasy at all. It goes perfectly with rice.
Bai Yu told Bai Miao to eat slowly and eat less, but she herself felt a little full.
Just like that, half of the pot of stewed pork elbow was left.
The three of them burped at the same time.
"It's delicious, just like what's written in the book," Bai Xi sighed, leaning back in his chair. "But the reason why this stewed pork elbow is so delicious today is also because of my cooking skills. With my cooking skills now, I could even open a restaurant with no problem."
"Yes, Xiaoxi is the best. Even if she is just reading, she can make such delicious dishes." Bai Yu was not stingy with her praise.
Bai Miao sat with her legs crossed, pulled up her shirt, revealing her round belly.
Bai Yu smiled and reached out to pat her: "Miaomiao has a big watermelon hidden in her belly."
"Watermelon," Bai Miao said happily, eyes wide open. "When can we eat the watermelons we planted?"
"The watermelons we grow are still small. We have to wait until they grow a little bigger. When they are bigger than Miaomiao's belly, we can eat them," Bai Yu said. She also wanted to eat watermelon. "I don't know if the watermelons we grow are delicious. I only ate watermelon once, and that was when they were very small."
"Is watermelon really as sweet as it is described in the book?" Bai Xi asked curiously.
Bai Xi didn't have many memories of Bai Yu when he was very young.
Bai Yu thought about it carefully, and finally shook her head: "It's not very sweet, and the color is not as red as the picture in the book. It's white inside and has a light sweetness, but it's very watery. When I bite it, the water splashes out."
As she spoke, she looked at the two of them with a smile and told them her embarrassing story: "I remember when I took a bite of the watermelon, the water splashed everywhere. I felt like I had wasted such a good watermelon, and I cried bitterly."
"And then?"
Bai Xi and Bai Miao both looked at her curiously.
Bai Yu still smiled: "After that, I didn't dare to take big bites. I only dared to take small bites. I ate a small piece of watermelon for a long time. Now that I think about it, that piece of watermelon was not very delicious. It was completely different from what was described in the book. But I didn't understand it at the time. Because it was my first time eating it, I thought the watermelon was very precious and I was reluctant to waste it."
This is also all her memories of watermelon from her childhood.
For a long time, she even wondered how watermelons grew, but because she had lived on the water since she was a child, she didn't understand how watermelons, let alone the most common crops, grew. At that time, her fantasy of watermelons was that they grew and floated on the water, just like duckweed.
It wasn't until they switched to the book in the new dimension that she learned how watermelons grow.
Bai Yu thought about it and told the story again under the night sea breeze.
Bai Xi and Bai Miao now have a lot of knowledge about crop cultivation methods, but they can't understand why she thinks so, and ask back subconsciously.
"How can watermelons grow on water?"
"Watermelon is an annual vine that grows in the ground."
"You're smarter than my eldest sister. You won't think watermelons grow in water," Bai Yu praised again. "Once our watermelons are grown, we can send a few to Nancy and the others. There are no watermelons in the magical plane, and they will probably like sweet watermelons."
"They like to eat potatoes, too," Bai Xi continued, "but the soil conditions in the magical plane aren't very good. It's not suitable for growing ordinary potatoes. Even if they do grow, they contain magical elements, and they'll taste weird."
"Well, things from the magical plane really aren't very tasty," Bai Yu said, then remembered something. "Oh, by the way, the warm grass quilt we asked Nancy to find a few days ago should have arrived. We have to go there tomorrow."
When they were sorting out various things this time, they found that the sheets and quilts they were using were very old and they planned to replace them all.
But the fabrics obtained from [Sign in] were limited, and most of them were used by Bai Xi to make clothes. Bed sheets and quilts did not require very good materials, so she thought of going to the magic plane to exchange them.
As for the warm grass fluff, it is a kind of grass fluff commonly used in the magical plane to keep warm.
That kind of grass is called warm grass, which is similar to fire grass, but warm grass will not change when it comes into contact with magical elements, so whether it is for people with magic or for people without magic, they can use it to make quilts to keep warm.
The temperature on the islands in the sea does not differ much throughout the year, so since they came to settle on the island, they have been using the original sheets and quilts, and sometimes they even just cover themselves with a thin double layer of cloth.
If I hadn't left the island this time, I wouldn't have thought of changing to warm grass quilts.
"We have to go to the magic plane during the day. Tomorrow, after Miaomiao and I arrive there, Miaomiao will come back and stay on the boat," Bai Yu instructed. "That way, if anything happens, Miaomiao can immediately take your second sister to the magic plane. In case of an accident, you must save your life first."
"It should be fine. We have been on the water these days and have not encountered any ships at all." Bai Xi felt that there was a high probability that they would not encounter any other ships tomorrow.
"It's better to be cautious. We're at sea, after all." Bai Yu frowned. "The last time those people came to our island, they mentioned a maritime ban and said it might lead to pirates. Even though they only mentioned it briefly, it's always better to be cautious."
Bai Xi nodded: "Don't worry, big sister, if I really encounter a problem that is difficult to solve, I will hold Miaomiao and hide in a corner, and then go to the magic plane immediately."
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