Chapter 171
Unexpectedly, the crew member did not give them a chance to speak. He committed suicide as soon as he was restrained. Seeing the driver slashed in the neck, Qiao Sheng and Li Mu could only look at each other in silence.
After the roles were reversed, they tied up all the pirates on the deck with ropes, and then went into the cabin for a tour. Judging from the food in the ship's kitchen, the pirates' lair should not be far away. After all, with so many people and so little food, it would only be enough for six meals for two days at most. They came out
holding the last glimmer of hope, pulled the one-eyed captain aside, and after splashing sea water on him to wake him up, they saw fear in the exposed eye.
He was clearly in the upper hand, but how did the boat capsize due to a conspiracy? He even suspected that the two men had some magic.
After some questioning, they found out that the pirates were actually ordinary fishermen who took advantage of the situation. After removing the eye patch from the captain's face, both of them were fine.
"Then how come the crew member who was driving your boat was killed in an instant? We really didn't touch him and didn't even have time to say a word." Qiao Sheng expressed his confusion.
"Before we came out, we were determined to die. Our island is very small, not suitable for planting, and we can't hunt. We rely on fishing. Recently, I don't know why, even the fish we catch have become less. The islanders are now short of food and clothing. There is really no other way. That's why we changed the fishing boat into a pirate ship to test the waters. You are the first ship we encountered." Han Tianzhuo gave up resistance and told the truth.
Li Mu asked how far it was from their island. Han Tianzhuo said it was about five or six days away. Qiao Sheng didn't understand yet, so Li Mu sent her a message saying that what the other party said should be true, and the reason for the judgment was the food in the kitchen.
At first they thought the journey would take two days, because there were only six meals a day, but with an average of one meal a day, it would take about five or six days. When he helped Han Tianzhuo up just now, he felt that he was obviously skin and bones. The other crew members lying on the deck were also skinny, and none of them were strong.
This plot was simply unexpected. Qiao Sheng asked the system to try his luck, and it actually told her that the completion rate was 100%, which meant that they could get rewards even if they left.
As for whether to go back to the nest with this group of so-called pirates, the two decided to be safer. Although they were sure that these people were all pretending to be islanders, they still didn't want to take risks.
Without untying Han Tianzhuo, Qiao Sheng first took the monks back to the boat. After a round of walking up and down the stairs, he found that none of these people had moved, especially the livestock and planting areas on the third floor, where not even a leaf had been dropped.
However, the cabin door on the second floor was broken, and the tables, chairs and benches were kicked over. After calling Li Mu back to explain the situation, the two decided to help these islanders. Who would be willing to live on the edge of a knife if they could live a good life? They
took a lot of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, which are easy to grow. They selected two pairs of chickens and ducks from the livestock area, and the wild boars they caught before also gave birth to young ones. I don’t know if it’s because the time flow in the game is fast, and they have grown quite a lot.
They also caught two pairs of hares, which reproduce quickly. The fish they caught recently were all placed in the refrigerator. Now they just emptied one refrigerator and gave it to the islanders. With these foods, they could always get by.
When Qiao Sheng and his friends put the food on the deck, Han Tianzhuo was stunned. He had heard before that the people on the ship were not very wealthy, but he didn't expect that the food they gave out was enough for everyone on their island to eat for a long time.
Although he was still tied up, Keren was already stuttering with excitement. Qiao Sheng asked him to be quiet for a while, and then told him that these animals could give birth to pups after being raised. She chose adults, both male and female. As long as they were raised well, they would be able to have something to eat in the future when there was a shortage of food.
After putting down the things, Qiao Sheng and Li Mu prepared to return to their own boat and leave. Han Tianzhuo had not untied the bird yet, so he left Ah Dai behind and asked Ah Dai to help untie it when the boat was far away. Han Tianzhuo said that there was no need to keep the bird, and he would untie it himself when they were far away.
He also asked them to take the pirate flag as a gift from him.
Hearing that there was a gift, he would be a fool not to take it. Li Mu climbed up and unloaded the pirate flag. He also said goodbye to the other party politely before getting off their boat.
When they returned to the boat, they turned on the drive device and drove away in the opposite direction. When the boat was out of sight of the pirate ship, they turned off the drive and packed up the damaged things on the boat.
The first thing was the broken cabin door. It was completely broken and had to be replaced. The tables, chairs and benches were all kicked over. After they were straightened, it was found that only one bamboo chair had its legs broken. The others were fine. Li Mu chopped down the chair with the sloping legs for firewood and made a new one with bamboo.
After finishing all this, Qiao Sheng also made dinner. She and Li Mu had a hot pot, which was simple and easy. The monks had goat milk and meat buns. After the meal, they had mashed potatoes with salad dressing. The salad dressing was also the product of a Western-style pastry that was made crookedly.
In order to save the eggs, Qiao Sheng changed it to salad dressing and egg yolk sauce. If there was no bread, they would spread it on the steamed bread slices. Anyway, they were all edible. However, Li Mu said that it was better to spread sesame sauce and sugar on the steamed bread slices.
So all these sauces were used to make desserts for the cassock babies after meals. Because the amount was not large, some was only made when it was necessary to coax them, just like today when they were all tied up and scared, so I made some delicious food to coax them.
When the cassock cub saw her steaming potatoes, he knew he had to make mashed potatoes. He took Xinxin and circled around her legs for a long time, behaving in various ways. Sometimes he lay on the ground, hugged his legs, closed his eyes and rolled over, and sometimes he hugged his head and rolled over, which meant that he was tied up badly and needed to be fed with delicious food.
Xinxin was also a follower. He didn't roll over, but when he walked around next to Qiao Sheng, he walked crookedly, as if he was missing a leg.
"Li Mu, come and take these two conspicuous bags away. I'm cooking and can't do anything." Qiao Sheng used the tip of his shoe to poke the two of them. They were so devoted to their performance that they almost got into trouble several times.
Li Mu was reinforcing with a hammer when he came over. He put the hammer into his wrist bag, took one in each hand, and left.
He didn't throw it back to the nest. Anyway, it would be dinner soon, and he had to carry it out for them. It was too troublesome. So he threw it on the second-floor terrace and took a small rattan ball for them to play with.
This was sent by Fang Yueyi, who said it was specially made for Jinlan's brother, Jiashazi. Maybe it had a smell because Jinlan had played with it, and Jiashazi especially liked to play with this small ball.
After taking care of the two little animals, Li Mu washed his hands and went to the kitchen to help. After the potatoes were steamed, he came over to help mash them. When he first made this snack, Li Mu was so careful that he mashed them until there were no lumps at all.
Later, he realized that he was worrying too much. The little ones at home ate them so much that they didn't pay attention to the degree of mashing.
Now he makes it in two portions. He and Qiao Sheng mash the potatoes a few more times for a better taste. For the little ones, he just grabs a handful, mixes them with salad dressing, adds a little salt and meat, and the guys are very excited to eat.
After dinner, the two of them brewed a pot of tea, drank tea to help digestion, and took a look at the flags brought back from the pirate ship.
[Pirate Flag: Under the protection of the Pirate Alliance, if you encounter a pirate ship, you only need to hang the flag, not only will you not be attacked, but you will also be protected.]
"Wow, with this, we are also considered pirates?" Qiao Sheng looked at the flag in his hand and felt it was quite fresh. After all, the profession of pirate sounded very far away.
After stuffing the flag into Li Mu's hand, she had to inform Xia Beibei and Fang Yueyi, in case these pirate NPCs suddenly appeared in the game process, they would most likely encounter them.
Sure enough, the reply they received was that they also encountered them. Xia Beibei drove the driving equipment and ran away directly, and did not let the pirate ship touch them. He ran so fast.
Fang Yueyi had more people and was able to attack fiercely, and in the end the pirate ship fled.
Three teams with three versions, Qiao Sheng was simply at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Suddenly he remembered that he had not asked the system for a reward yet, and the system gave it to him as soon as he asked. It was this reward that made Qiao Sheng's head hurt. Whatever supplies she sent out, she would get back double the supplies. She and Li Mu were also given a title reward: [Good Man: All NPCs' Initial Favorability +5]
This reward and title were somewhat useless to them, especially this title. After seeing the title of Lin Haiyang, the Diplomatic Expert, the favorability was +20, and their current +5 favorability was obviously just a perfunctory one.
You can only take one title at a time. With the attack-boosting Jieyuhua and the defense-boosting Brotherly Love, they both have to be very stupid to take the title of the Good Man.
Li Mu advised her to be more open-minded. After all, this is just a two-and-a-half-star copy. Don't have too much hope. It's already very good to have these rewards. It's good to get back double the things you gave away.
"Don't mention it. I gave away the whole refrigerator of fish with great difficulty, and it was sent back to me again, with twice as much. I have to fill two refrigerators with fish. It's so troublesome." Qiao Sheng felt that it would be a burden to give her this reward. It was really a headache.
Li Mu smiled and stood up to get the materials from the storage box. He made a new refrigerator and put the two full boxes of fish in place. He also put potatoes and sweet potatoes into the empty refrigerator.
Finally, he put the chickens, ducks, pigs, and rabbits back into their respective nests. He also comforted Qiao Sheng that this was good. It was because there were more animals with different genes, so that they would not be disabled due to their single bloodline. After washing
the dishes, the two went to the first floor to collect supplies. It was not that they did not want to go fishing, but there were too many fish resources and storage was almost a problem.
Qiao Sheng and Li Mu now have fixed activities every night when they work. One person is brushing the world channel, and the other is brushing the trading system.
There are obviously fewer orders in the trading system today. Not only are the quantity small, but the types are also single. Li Mu flipped through it for a while and decided to close the system. There is nothing to exchange in it. It is a waste of time to read it.
However, Qiao Sheng's world channel is very lively. It is full of players complaining about encountering pirates. One player even summarized that it seems that it is a pirate season recently. The probability of encountering pirates is much higher than that of encountering islands.