Chapter 136
Qiao Sheng washed the dishes after dinner. Usually, Li Mu did it, and she couldn’t wait for others to do it. Housework is a matter of whoever is more convenient to do it. Usually, she cooked more, so she did less washing dishes.
After cleaning the kitchen, she went to the bow to see how they were feeding. The little turtle was still slurping. Qiao Sheng reminded him not to feed too much, otherwise it would be damaged. Li Mu pointed at the rice bowl of the cassock cub. There were not even a few fish in it. It was too hard for the disabled turtle to eat.
They didn’t provide meals for the big sea turtle. This guy also knew what was going on. After seeing Li Mu feed the salmon strips and Wei the potion, he left to look for food.
Li Mu was taking care of the little turtle. Qiao Sheng had nothing to do, so she went back to the cabin to get a chair and a big wooden barrel. The spring breeze was quite comfortable. You Su was no longer busy watching the little turtle. She jumped onto Qiao Sheng and asked for a rub. She went up to fish one by one with the fish bone bracelet.
It took a full hour to feed the little turtle. Qiao Sheng caught a lot of fish. Later, she had to give it medicine and change the medicine. There was still a lot of work to do. When Li Mu went to the kitchen to brew a pot of barley tea and brought it out, she sat next to Qiao Sheng. She had already caught a full bucket of fish.
It wasn't that she caught a lot of fish. All the fish caught today were big fish. The big wooden barrel was full before it could hold much.
Li Mu first posted all the fish in the barrel on the trading system. The exchange of fish is actually based on weight. For the large fish that Qiao Sheng caught, there will be more supplies when exchanging.
While he was still posting, Qiao Sheng received an email. Xia Beibei, the idle man, brought the latest news from the world channel. Players all hoped that Li Mu could split the big fish. In winter, if they exchanged for a 20-jin fish, they could eat it for a few days. Now, if they exchanged for a 20-jin fish, it would go bad before they could finish it.
Qiao Sheng notified the player No. 18 who posted the order about this request, but was rejected. This would increase their workload. It was obviously a matter of posting it, but they had to split it, which was very troublesome. Besides, who would be willing to take the head and tail of the fish after it was divided? Players who exchanged for fish but couldn't finish it could split it themselves and post it on the trading line to exchange for supplies.
After relaying this to Xia Beibei, there was no movement over there. Qiao Sheng was busy fishing and didn't pay attention. Just when the durability of the fishing rod was exhausted and he was changing the fishing rod, new news came again.
"Beibei said that players don't trust each other. Have you become a wholesaler of marine fish? Everyone only recognizes you as the source of goods." Qiao Sheng felt that this situation was ridiculous.
He suggested to Xia Beibei that she should lead the trend on the world channel. If she doesn't trust outsiders, she can buy it together with her familiar friends, and then divide it by herself. He
discussed it with Li Mu again. They can place a few orders for division every day. It is impossible to divide it very finely. Just split it in the middle and divide it into two halves. This way, more supplies will be required when changing, but it is better than wasting it if it cannot be eaten.
When Qiao Sheng opened the world channel, Xia Beibei was already leading the discussion.
[88: Then how can you not have friends? Why not share it among a few friends? Those who eat less can ask a few more friends to share, and those who eat more can share it with two people. Besides, the fish No. 18 is not always that big, so if you catch the smaller one, you don’t have to share it. ]
[76: Don’t mention it. I still don’t have any friends in my friend list. I also exchanged fish from No. 18 a few days ago, but later I found that I really couldn’t finish it all by myself. It’s better to catch one fish by myself, so I changed to catching one or two fish a day. ]
[9462: What you said is quite right. Anyway, you can think of a solution by yourself. You can’t expect one player to solve all the problems. 】
【18: In view of everyone's recent appeal, starting from today, we will place some orders for half a fish every day, the kind that is split in half from head to tail, and the weight of half a fish is all over ten kilograms. Because there is an extra process, the materials charged will be more. We still encourage everyone to exchange for big fish by themselves, and then share with friends. It is more cost-effective if the quantity is large. 】 As
soon as Li Mu's news came out, it caused a thousand waves. Some said that he did not earn enough materials and was a capitalist. Some said that his method was good. Instead of wasting, it was more cost-effective to pay more materials.
However, there were still more rational players, and soon the negative news was suppressed by players led by No. 88.
"Beibei's ability to control comments, I really admire it." After closing the world channel, Qiao Sheng pulled up the fish that had just been hooked.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Qiao Sheng handed the bracelet and fishing rod to Li Mu, took the hairpin from his hand and put it on her head.
Patting Yousu on the head and letting it go to play with other small animals, she had to go upstairs to the kitchen to make lunch for the whole family.
Today, she wanted to change the taste of the small animals, so she arranged salmon sashimi and baked some sweet potatoes.
She and Li Mu also saved trouble, first made a sashimi platter, stewed some sauerkraut, and the pickled bamboo shoots that Li Qingqing sent over last night. Qiao Sheng studied it and decided to stir-fry it with chili and pork slices. Instead of steaming the rice, she baked a few pancakes and boiled a fish soup.
They each had a bowl, and they would see if they could feed the little turtle with the rest later. If they couldn't, they would give it to the cubs. Anyway, there were many mouths to feed at home, so it would definitely not be wasted.
How fun it was to stock up on food in the winter, but how hard it was to clean it up now. As the temperature rises, the freshness is counting down. It's a headache for Qiao Sheng to eat those foods with low freshness every day.
She had just pickled a large jar of sauerkraut before spring came. If it wasn't eaten up before summer, it would probably be wasted. She
complained to Li Mu during the meal, and he spent a long time in the kitchen sorting out the food boxes, taking out those with low freshness.
Now the world channel has sent a message saying that they are going to clear out some of the expiring ingredients. Those who need them can exchange some. It only takes a few materials to exchange them. You must pay attention to the expiring ones and don't exchange too much!
He has repeatedly refreshed this message six or seven times. When he placed the order, he specially marked it at the beginning. He exchanged it out like this, but it was still criticized by some haters.
Xia Beibei was angry and sent a series of exclamation marks to Qiao Sheng, saying that it would be better for her to contribute her stomach to eat more than those bad guys. If it really doesn't work, there is still Lin Haiyang, the big slot. Seeing those who exchanged for cheap ingredients and slandered Li Mu, she was angry.
Qiao Sheng and his friends were quite open-minded. They comforted Xia Beibei and told her that there were still a lot of food on the way. They would pack some food for Lin Haiyang and send it to him. They had been eating together recently, so it was just right to use up the food on the way.
Xia Beibei replied that the food Lin Haiyang cooked was not as good as Qiao Jiejie’s. She whispered that otherwise the guy would threaten her by not cooking. Qiao Sheng said that this was their little secret and no one should tell it. The next time Lin Haiyang threatened her, he would tell her that without him, the butcher, they would not be able to eat hairy pigs!
When Li Mu was busy feeding fish soup to the little turtle, the big sea turtle came back from hunting. It swam to the side of the boat but did not dare to do anything big. It stuck its head out to observe the little turtle’s situation and continued to swim with the boat.
After all, the little sea turtle was still a wounded soldier and could only eat a limited amount. In the end, the remaining half can of fish soup ended up in the stomachs of the other turtle cubs.
Qiao Sheng continued to fish leisurely. While drifting on the sea, she saw other players' boats. The boats were not big, but they were built quite high. She counted them from a distance and found that they had six floors in total.
"Li Mu, our boats can't be built like this. They have a small body and a big head. They look shaky and about to fall. If they don't encounter a sea turtle, they will be ruined if they are hit by this guy." Qiao Sheng raised his chin and asked Li Mu to look at the boat.
"We can study it later. The wood and plastic at home are full. We can expand it again. It really can't be built like this. A four- or five-story boat will be enough. The main thing is that there must be enough floats underneath. Whether the driving equipment can carry it is also a problem. We have to try everything." Li Mu was also troubled by the expansion. There were too many things to do.
Qiao Sheng was thinking that if it was wider, they might not be able to park the boat. Should they lengthen it or change the bow to a pointed one? The boat they are talking about now is really a lift, just a large float.
After studying for a long time, Li Mu also took out a wooden board and charcoal to draw a sketch. When drawing, he also said that the work of dismantling the mulberry fiber would come in a few days. By then, they might have to dismantle it until they vomited, but they could use paper to draw in the future. The width of the wooden board seriously affected the quality of his sketch.
In the end, it was a 15 or 12-piece float width and a 35-40-piece float length. It was designed according to the shape of a normal ship, with pointed front and back. In addition to the driving equipment, the first-level cabin was also filled with cannons, with at least ten cannons on both sides of the hull.
The second level still had to be exposed to facilitate their fishing. The work of collecting supplies still had to be done by lifting the floats on the first level. This was really unavoidable.
The cabin is their main living area. The kang cannot be moved, so whether it is widened or lengthened, it has to be done from the other side. Storage boxes cannot be moved up. No one wants to climb upstairs to get something. Then you can't do anything else that day. Climbing is tiring.
The third floor is the livestock area. The planting pots and homes of all small animals are here. Of course, the smart ones of the cassock cubs still want to live with them on the second floor. Because they heard that they were going to move to the third floor, they protested. The method of protest is very simple.
Yousu was twisting on Qiao Sheng, Ah Dai rode directly on Li Mu's head, while Jianshazi and Xinxin took advantage of Li Mu chasing Ah Dai, and broke the wooden board he was drawing on, tied it up and kept quacking around them. After
quacking for a while, it seemed to have figured it out, and it didn't live on the second floor with Qiao Sheng and the others. It would stroll up during the day to hang out with Jianshazi and the others, and go back to the duck nest to sleep with the little female ducks at night. At this time, the married duck seemed to understand its position and was determined not to mess with this group of singles, so it squatted aside and pretended to be a quail.
Qiao Sheng's ears were quiet until he agreed to move the rabbits to the third floor. The four of them were still living in the second-floor cabin. Li Mu held the broken wooden board and really wanted to slap them on the head to vent his anger.
Fortunately, there was not much to draw later. These two boards could be understood by splicing them together. The fourth floor was built just to try to upgrade the ship. They still didn't know what the highest level of the ship was and what functions they could open.