Chapter 129
Xinxin and the cassock kid's ear-biting game is a real ear-biting game. First, the cassock kid lies in the nest, letting Xinxin ride on its head, biting its ears and grinding its teeth. After a while, Xinxin is on the bottom again. The cassock kid knows that he is big, so he doesn't press down on Xinxin, but stretches his head to bite his ears.
Qiao Sheng really looks disgusted when he sees this. There is nothing he can do. The two guys can't control their saliva at all. Their heads are wet from biting each other. Fortunately, they just grind their teeth with their ears and don't bite their ears.
Li Mu took the mud-digging tools he had prepared, dismantled a wooden wall at the stern, took a large wooden barrel and put it next to it, and scooped small basins of volcanic mud into the large wooden barrel.
Qiao Sheng cooked dinner in the kitchen. It was a bit hot here, so she didn't cook anything spicy. She cooked all kinds of sashimi or steamed food. She sent the portion to Xia Beibei, but the little girl protested, saying that it was too light.
Qiao Sheng told her that she was busy digging volcanic mud and didn't have time to cook anything complicated, so she asked her to eat a bite.
[Sister Qiao, can volcanic mud be used as a facial mask? Can you dig some for me? I'll try it out.]
This request was easily met. Qiao Sheng went downstairs with the wooden basin. Li Mu was still scooping volcanic mud from the sea into a large wooden barrel.
"From your back, you look like a shoveler. Dig a basin for Beibei. She wants to try the volcanic mud mask. After you're done, wash your hands and go eat. I'll come down to make a tool later. I'll dig with you." Qiao Sheng put the basin at Li Mu's feet and waited for him to fill it up.
Li Mu looked down at the mud spots on his body. It was indeed a little dirty. He quickly filled the basin, put down the mud digging tools in his hand, and went upstairs to the bathroom to wash.
Qiao Sheng had already put dinner on the dining table outside the warm room. With Li Mu's current clothes, he shouldn't eat on the kang. It wouldn't be appropriate to change clothes. He still had to continue working later. It would be better to sit outside so that it would be convenient for cleaning.
After dinner, Qiao Sheng found a piece of black cloth and made a long apron for himself. This thing is called a smock when worn by children, and it has a rope tied at the back.
Li Mu requisitioned Ah Dai's rice bowl and was making another mud-digging tool for Qiao Sheng. There was a reason for requisitioning Ah Dai's. The two rice bowls of him and the cassock kid were dirty. You Su always ate his meals politely, which made the rice bowls used by these two guys look particularly ugly.
Ah Dai's was pecked with pits and holes by its beak, and the cassock kid's was even worse. The bear's paw would dent a piece when pressed. These two broken bowls would not last long if they were not requisitioned this time.
After finishing the tools, he looked up and saw Qiao Sheng coming down fully armed. He probably saw that he was covered in mud and took protective measures in advance.
After all, overalls are much easier to wash than cotton clothes and trousers. He really didn't think much about it before doing this job. Fortunately, he hadn't been able to open the container many times before, and he had enough clothes to wear at home.
The two of them dug mud together, which was much faster. They dug four large wooden barrels of volcanic mud. They haven't figured out what to do with it yet, and it would be uncomfortable if they didn't take some away.
They put away the big wooden barrels, reinstalled the wooden wall, collected the anchors, turned on the drive equipment, and drove away from the volcanic island as fast as possible.
After driving a distance, Li Mu turned off the drive equipment, determined the wind direction, and began to drift with the wind.
It was late, and after a day of sweating, they decided to take a hot bath, change into clean pajamas, and change into clean cotton coats and pants by their pillows.
Qiao Sheng felt that he had not slept for long when he heard a bang. They were awakened at the same time, put on their cotton coats and went out of the greenhouse. Standing on the terrace, they saw that it was the volcano that erupted. Fortunately, they left in advance, otherwise the magma left from the top of the mountain could really burn their boat.
Even though they were so far away, they were still affected. The glass of the three-story glass-top sun room was all shattered. You
can ignore the upstairs for now. Li Mu went to the first floor to turn on the drive equipment, filled the boiler with coal, and headed towards the direction away from the volcanic island at full speed. He felt that the current distance was still not safe enough.
After feeling the speed of the ship, the two of them prepared to go to the warming room to sleep. Passing by the sofa on the second floor, they saw that the animals lying on it were also awake. In the absence of lights, those eyes were quite scary.
Qiao Sheng went over and stroked them one by one. When it came to Jiashazi and Xinxin, she chose to skip it. She really remembered the drooling look of the two before, and she couldn't stroke them. She also reminded Li Mu to wash these two guys well, because they smelled of saliva.
Li Mu was puzzled. He had just washed these guys three days ago, so why did they smell of saliva again? When he gave them a bath the next day, he looked at Jiashazi and Xinxin sitting in the bathtub and whispering to each other. He suddenly felt that Su and Adai had worked hard. It was really unfair for them to take this bath. When
Qiao Sheng got up in the morning, Li Mu was no longer at the end of the kang. He didn't know when this guy got up.
He got up, put on his clothes, tidied up his bedding, and went to the bathroom to wash up. When he entered, he heard the calls of various animals and the sound of water in the bathroom next to him. He could imagine the war situation in it.
After cleaning himself, Qiao Sheng did not go to the bathroom nearby, fearing that he would be affected by the splashing water. He went to the kitchen instead. Cornmeal porridge was cooking in a clay pot, and corn and sweet potatoes were roasting on the grill.
Qiao Sheng first asked Li Mu how long it would take to wash, and he was told that he would have to wait a while. It was a wrong decision. He should not wash all of them together. He was simply going crazy.
Knowing that it would take some time, Qiao Sheng found a few potatoes, peeled and shredded them, soaked them in water, took the roasted corn and sweet potatoes off the grill, plucked all the kernels from one, mashed the other, beat an egg, and mixed everything together.
He took out a frying pan and rolled it into pancakes. The reason for not using flour was simply because he didn't want to waste some roasted sweet potatoes.
The first one was brought out and tasted. It tasted okay. Because there was too much batter, I baked 20 in total. I took a few potato cakes, a bowl of cornmeal porridge, some spicy radish strips, and some pickled mustard greens. I sent one to Xia Beibei.
Breakfast was ready and placed on the kang table in the greenhouse. Li Mu hadn't finished washing it yet. Qiao Sheng stood outside the bathroom and shouted a few words, threatening those dishonest ones that if they didn't finish washing it, they would not be given shark meatballs. The shouting and water sounds in the bathroom finally quieted down.
Qiao Sheng was waiting outside the bathroom with a few cotton cloths. She wiped each one when Li Mu handed it out. When all four were wiped, they were placed on the bamboo bed at the door of the greenhouse. Then she began to distribute the bowls of shark meatballs.
Xinxin was too young, so the bowl contained milk that Xia Beibei had specially sent over, and there was also some crushed shark meat in it. The four of them ate it so deliciously. Shuanzhu couldn't get on the bamboo bed anymore, so they squatted on the ground to eat corn kernels.
After dinner, the first thing Li Mu did was to make a nest for Xinxin alone, and built a high fence to keep it away from the monks' cubs. These two guys really couldn't be careful, otherwise it would be too painful to bathe them every day.
The weather outside was good. Qiao Sheng hung their washed cotton coats and trousers on the drying rack and moved the drying rack outside the greenhouse. If it weren't for the need to put plant pots in the greenhouse, she would have put the wet clothes on the kang to dry.
After finishing all this, Qiao Sheng took the wooden hairpin and went downstairs to collect supplies. Li Mu had already started the cycle of fishing, freezing fish, and placing orders.
At noon, when Qiao Sheng went to the kitchen to make lunch, she felt a little hot. When she told Li Mu about it while eating, the two realized that it was not their illusion, but the temperature was really rising.
In order to test whether it was true, Li Mu found the water filter that had been in the storage box, put it on the bow, and added seawater to it.
Qiao Sheng went to the storage box for food to check the freshness. The frozen ones still had a long freshness, and the fresh ingredients had a shorter freshness again.
The two of them got together and talked for a while. They felt that spring should be coming, but it was not very obvious now. Li Mu still couldn't catch any fish after taking off the fish bone bracelet. It seemed that this process did not change all at once like entering winter, but changed slowly.
It is estimated that the job of replacing frozen fish in the trading system should be completed by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Considering that the price of frozen fish might plummet in the future, Li Mu really went fishing like crazy this time, and the job of moving fresh fish and collecting frozen fish was replaced by Qiao Sheng.
In order to prevent people from gossiping about their clearance operation in the future, Li Mu also adjusted the conversion rate of frozen fish. The previous high prices have now been adjusted to the normal ratio in autumn.
He also explained to everyone on the world channel that if there is food stored at home, there is no need to exchange too much frozen fish. It will soon be spring and everyone can go fishing by themselves.
Pei Hong and others saw it and asked him, it is obviously a good opportunity to reap the benefits, why not take the opportunity to reap some benefits, Li Mu replied that he felt it was unnecessary, it was originally a win-win situation, it was the last few days, it would be bad to sell the live fish if they fell to death.
By doing this, those who have a conscience will at least be grateful, so that when those haters come out, there won't be anyone to speak up for them.
Pei Hong laughed at him for paying attention to public opinion. Li Mu sighed. After all, he is a living person. Who can keep watching others bash him and still be emotionally stable? In order to prevent himself from getting depressed in the future, it doesn't matter if he earns less now, or even loses a little.