Chapter 121
Continuing to climb the mountain, Cao Meng quickly filled her small bag and exchanged it with Jian Fanling. Xia Beibei was still putting things into her coin purse. This anomaly quickly attracted Wei Xiaoyan's attention. The small bag hanging on this girl's messenger bag could hold so many things. How much more could that messenger bag hold? Looking at
Qiao Sheng and Li Mu, he felt that their backpacks and waist bags might be able to hold more than this little girl's.
Qiao Sheng had already noticed Wei Xiaoyan's gaze, but there was only curiosity in his eyes, not malice, so he didn't take it seriously and continued to climb the mountain with the machete.
When they climbed halfway up the mountain, they were asked to take down a group of wild boars that occupied a cave. Qiao Sheng and his team still left the piglets behind and killed more than 20 adult wild boars.
Everyone worked together to kill the pigs, but Qiao Sheng's fighting ability was indeed stronger. They still used large stones to block the entrance of the cave, and then shot arrows from both sides. It didn't take long to hunt down this group of wild boars.
When dividing the pigs, Wei Xiaoyan still suggested that Li Mu and his team take the lion's share, but Li Mu refused. The main reason was that there was too much food at home, and the blind boxes at home had not been opened yet, so he decided not to cause himself too much trouble.
So they decided to split the piglets in half, half for each person, and half for each adult dead pig. After
determining the number, Xia Beibei and Cao Meng waited for them to move the big stone, sneaked in and collected all the arrows on the wild boars, and then walked into the pig den. There were a total of eight little wild boars, still humming in the hay.
They didn't have a cloth bag, so in the end Cao Meng took out a bundle of rope from his bag, strung the eight little pigs together, four by four, and each of them carried a string before coming out.
When Xia Beibei came out with the pigs on her back, Li Mu and his friends had just divided up the adult wild boars. Seeing that she was struggling to carry four thrashing piglets, they took the wild boars over. They
took out a cotton bag and a rope from their bag, tied the piglets' limbs together so that they couldn't struggle too much, and then stuffed them into the cotton bag. Finally, they sealed the bag and tied it to themselves.
Wei Xiaoyan also took the piglets from Cao Meng's back and tied up the piglets' limbs with a rope, but they didn't have enough cotton to make a cotton bag, so they just tied the piglets behind their backs.
After walking around the mountain for a while, they were ready to go back as the sun was about to set. It was too cold and without equipment, it was impossible for them to spend the night outside.
"Is there smoke coming out from the foot of the mountain over there?" Xia Beibei suddenly saw smoke coming out from the opposite direction of where they came from.
A few people observed carefully and found that it was probably cooking smoke. From time to time, they could see a few human figures. Wei Xiaoyan and the others had never seen the aborigines in the game, so they thought that other players had set up camp here.
"There are lions and wild boars on this mountain. These people are really brave. They dared to give up drifting on the sea and live on the island instead." Jian Fanling found it incredible.
However, even if they thought that these were also players, they had no intention of staying overnight. There were good and bad players among players. They were lucky this time. They met Qiao Sheng and Li Mu, who did not think of taking advantage of the situation, but saved them.
He was lucky once, and he dared not try it again. He tried not to get close to the people at the foot of the mountain. He definitely did not want to get into the tiger's den just after leaving the Lion's Pond. After
saying a few words to Li Mu, most of their troops prepared to return the same way. They walked from dawn to dusk before reaching the shore.
Everyone went back to their own homes. Wei Xiaoyan was quite curious when he saw the boats of Qiao Sheng and his team tied together and docked. Judging from how familiar they were, they should not be members who had just teamed up, but the two bright boats showed that they must be two teams.
Back on the boat, Qiao Sheng cooked some soup, heated up the big pancakes he brought out at noon, and ate the meal together.
In order to finish sorting out the things in the container as soon as possible, Xia Beibei and Li Mu sat in front of the storage box to open the blind boxes, while Qiao Sheng lit the brazier and the stove in the kitchen. After not being on the boat for the whole afternoon, the kang in the greenhouse was not that hot.
After doing all this, he went to the greenhouse to harvest the soybeans and peanuts that he had planted in the morning. He came back too late and didn't have the chance to harvest the edamame, as they had all turned into soybeans.
Peel the soybeans and put them separately in a clay pot. After thinking about it, he took an iron basin, added fresh water to it, and soaked the soybeans. Soak them now, grind them with a stone mill tomorrow morning, and then boil them and you should be able to drink soy milk.
Xia Beibei immediately said that she had some brine left over from making salt, and asked if they would have a chance to eat tofu pudding and tofu in the next few days. After saying that, she stood up and went back to her boat without waiting for Qiao Sheng to object.
After a while, she came back with a few glass bottles. This was the brine she had saved from making salt in the past few months. After handing it to Qiao Sheng, she continued to open the blind box.
The three of them didn't dare to work too late. They had an appointment with Wei Xiaoyan and others to go up the mountain to collect supplies tomorrow, so they went to rest early when the time was almost up.
When Qiao Sheng woke up, she heard the sound of the stone mill turning in the kitchen. She got up, dressed, and tidied her bedding. The first thing she did after getting off the kang was to put all the planting pots outside the door on the kang.
She didn't plant peanuts this time, but soybeans. She could make more while it was cold, and freeze more tofu, so that she could have an extra side dish in the hot pot.
After washing up and going to the kitchen, she saw that the beans she soaked yesterday had almost been ground by Li Mu. He took a small can of soy milk, and she came in just in time to complete the next step, which was actually to boil the soy milk, add sugar if she wanted, and add eggs if she wanted.
When Xia Beibei came over, Qiao Sheng had just cooked a pot of dumplings, and she really didn't know what to eat. Thinking that the workload that day was quite heavy, she might as well eat something hardcore from the morning.
Li Mu, Xia Beibei and the animals at home all just need to be fed. They don't care what they eat, as long as they are full. They are very easy to keep. As a cook, Qiao Sheng feels quite fulfilled. No matter what they do, someone is responsible for cleaning up. Operation CD is the best compliment to cooks.
After breakfast, Xia Beibei went to the terrace to take a look at Wei Xiaoyan's boat. No one has come out yet. It is estimated that they are still eating breakfast or just getting up.
The three of them first replenished the arrows that were lost yesterday. Xia Beibei then remembered that there was something he hadn't done. He took the cloth and ran back to his cabin. When he came back, he was carrying two shoulder bags and two change bags.
The light grey one was given to Qiao Sheng, the black one to Li Mu, and a coin purse of the same color was stuffed into each of them. Qiao Sheng was quite surprised when he received the bag. They had never thought of asking Xia Beibei to make two large-capacity shoulder bags. Now it was done, and they directly upgraded.
Especially Qiao Sheng, who changed from a 15-grid shoulder bag to an 80-grid crossbody bag. The coin purse was 30 grids, much larger than what he usually carried.
When he thanked Xia Beibei and wanted to give her the raw materials, the little girl was quite unhappy and kept yelling that Qiao Sheng did not treat her as a friend. It was just a small thing, so why did he have to thank her and give her supplies? Aren’t they partners who help each other? She came over every day to eat and drink for free, and she didn’t feel embarrassed at all. Why was Sister Qiao so distant?
"Okay, I won't be so polite. When we finish this island and go back to the sea, I'll cook you a big meal." Qiao Sheng put on his bag, but when he put on his coin purse, he found that the game reported an error.
After some research, it should be that each person is only allowed to bring two bags, and the wrist bags on their wrists should affect the wearing of the coin purse.
Although the wrist bag is quite convenient, it is much smaller than the coin purse after all. Without thinking, the two of them took off the wrist bag and put the weapons and personal belongings inside into the coin purse.
However, Qiao Sheng was still used to the position of the wrist bag. He found a piece of cloth and needle and thread, and added a strap to the coin bag so that it could be tied directly to the wrist. He took out the crossbow and tried it out. When he put the crossbow on his left wrist, it could be cushioned, so that he didn't have to put it directly on his arm every time, which was quite painful.
Qiao Sheng made dozens of meat buns for lunch and dinner, and took a lot of glass bottles filled with fresh water. Li Mu also distributed a lot of Baibao Pills to everyone.
The three of them were ready, and at that time, Wei Xiaoyan and the others shouted outside.
When they came out, they saw that there were only five people. Cao Tian was standing next to them. It seemed that he could move, but he was not fully recovered, so he was left on the boat. There was no need to leave anyone to take care of him. The others continued to go to the island to collect supplies.
Qiao Sheng and the other two took the two animals off the boat. The cassock cub had been protesting for a long time on the boat that they were not allowed to take it with them. This time, it stood on the second-floor terrace, howling pitifully.
Unfortunately, it only attracted the attention of Wei Xiaoyan and the others. Qiao Sheng and the others didn't even look at it. Finally, the little guy saw them walking away, and then he reluctantly opened the wooden door and entered the cabin.
"Brother Li, there are really a lot of animals at home." Since he knew yesterday that Li Mu was younger than him, Wei Xiaoyan began to call him brother.
"Well, they all followed us here on their own. The mother of the black bear was beaten to death by someone. It was only half alive, and we couldn't bear to see it, so we brought it home. Fortunately, these guys don't eat much. They usually eat some animal entrails that we don't eat, or chew on leftover corn cobs, otherwise we really can't afford to feed them." Li Mu lied without blinking.
Wei Xiaoyan was actually just envious of them for having so many animals with explosive fighting power, but didn't think much about it. Jian Fanling, on the other hand, looked at the Arctic fox and snowy owl with shiny fur and feathers, and fell into deep thought.
This time they took another route up the mountain. The distance was about the same, and the time was about the same. They also had some gains. They dug up a sweet potato field that had been dug up by wild boars. There were still some sweet potatoes buried in the soil, and the others were dug out of the ground and gnawed into a mess.
Before digging, Wei Xiaoyan was a little hesitant, wondering if he should dig into the land of the group of people he saw at the foot of the mountain yesterday. Li Mu observed it and said that this land was wild and not cultivated by anyone, so they could dig it boldly.
Qiao Sheng and his friends did not grab it. They just picked up a few sweet potatoes that had been gnawed into a mess, and put them in their backpacks after making sure they were not rotten. Wei Xiaoyan saw that they had not dug it up, and wanted to share some with them, but was rejected.
I explained that I picked up the ones that were chewed because I didn't want to waste them and I could give them to the animals. As for why I didn't pick the good ones, it was because the three of them didn't like to eat sweet potatoes, so I didn't want them for the time being.