Chapter 182

Li Mu calculated the ice cubes he had just made and thought they should be enough for the next week, so he put the container in the storage cabinet and would do a batch operation next week.

After Qiao Sheng finished collecting the ice, she sat back on the bamboo chair, holding the half-drunk cup of iced sour plum soup in her left hand, and started to open the trading system with her right hand.

Li Mu sat on the bench she had spread out on the ground, with only a few bamboo pieces with the rough edges fixed, and took over the job of making the cold mat.

Qiao Sheng was really busy all afternoon, secretly sending emails to Xia Beibei, and waiting for orders. There was some demand for cold mats, but she felt that she could bear to pay a high price.

The two girls spent the whole afternoon in the trading system until they could no longer bear the hunger and then closed the trading system. They grabbed an order in the afternoon. It was not a cold mat, but a bamboo cushion. It was not her who grabbed it, but Xia Beibei.

The two finally sent letters to each other and made an appointment to continue grabbing orders in the evening. When she stood up and prepared to go to the kitchen to finish cooking, she saw Li Mu sitting on a small stool. The bamboo pieces she had discarded were placed on the ground. She

walked over and picked it up. The burrs had been trimmed. He was now using nails and hammers to drill holes in the bamboo pieces one by one.

Seeing this, Qiao Sheng knew that she didn't have to fight for the cold table in the evening. How could she forget that there was a handicraft expert at home? Her disabled hands really couldn't compare with him.

"Teacher Li, I'm busy. If you want to eat something in the evening, you are welcome to order." Qiao Sheng smiled and fiddled with the bamboo sticks with holes. "People

who eat white rice are never picky about food. They will eat whatever you cook. By the way, don't drink sour plum soup in the evening. I'll make some mung bean soup later. Don't put ice in it. It's not good to drink too much cold food. Mung beans won't be wasted. Mix some sugar and give it to the cassock kids as snacks." Li Mu suddenly remembered that they all drank too much cold sour plum soup today, so it's better to drink less in the evening.

As he spoke, he stood up and prepared to get the green beans from the refrigerator, and then go to the stove of the cassocks to cook the green bean soup.

Qiao Sheng immediately extended her hand to refuse his help in the kitchen, saying, "Stop making trouble. In order to lie on a comfortable cool mat at night, she just wanted to nail Master Li to the bench and not move except for eating."

Li Mu was pushed back with a confused look on his face. After listening to Qiao Sheng's words, he really didn't waste any time. He even accelerated to eat dinner and finally made the cool mat before going to bed.

Qiao Sheng took the newly-made cool mat and compared it with the one she had exchanged before. She had to say that Li Mu's craftsmanship was better and the workmanship was more meticulous.

"Are we making something simple complicated? Why do we have to make it into mahjong tiles? Wouldn't long bamboo pieces be fine?" Qiao Sheng spread two cool mats on the ground, wiped them with a wet rag, and asked after realizing it.

"Long bamboo pieces are fine. I'll make a pair of long bamboo pieces tomorrow. The one snatched from the trading system can be put on the sofa by then, so that they don't always lie on the ground. This one is not trimmed finely enough, and there are a lot of burrs. I'll sleep on this one tonight." After saying that, Li Mu left the cabin.

First, he took back the bedding that was dried during the day. After the two of them laid the mattresses, Li Mu spread the cool mat he had just made on Qiao Sheng's bed, and spread the cool mat snatched from the trading system on his own bed.

Qiao Sheng also looked carefully. The only problem with the mat was the part next to the bed, but there was no problem on the side next to the person, so there was no problem. Anyway, it was just one night's sleep and he could make a new one tomorrow.

Sure enough, the quality of sleep improved with the cool mat. The next day, Qiao Sheng slept until she woke up naturally. When she opened her eyes, she found that Li Mu was not in bed. At first, she thought he was washing up in the bathroom. When she came out after washing up, she found that there was no one next door.

When she got out of the cabin, she saw Li Mu huddled at the door of the kitchen, using the deck above the kitchen for shade, sitting on a bench, chopping bamboo. It was probably because someone was sleeping in the cabin, so he moved very quietly and didn't make much noise.

He was so focused on what he was doing that he was startled when Qiao Sheng came out.

After asking, I found out that they had gotten up early and took out bamboo to chop and prepare the raw materials.

Qiao Sheng drank some porridge for breakfast, while Li Mu ate two pieces of roasted sweet potatoes. The weather was too hot and she really had no appetite. Qiao Sheng was still sighing while drinking porridge. Life without air conditioning was too hard to endure.

I once sat in the air-conditioned room and watched my best friend who couldn't eat because of the bitter summer and was forced to lose weight, but my appetite increased greatly and I was very distressed. I looked forward to the bitter summer every day. Now it's good, and the bitter summer is here.

After breakfast, the two of them moved all the chopped raw materials back to the cabin together, and it was easier to work next to the ice cream.

Li Mu trimmed the burrs on the split bamboo, and Qiao Sheng went to get new bamboo and continued splitting bamboo. This job was easier than trimming the burrs, and there was no danger of getting her hands pricked.

When the splitting was almost done, Qiao Sheng picked up the fishing rod to go fishing. It was not that she didn't want to help trim the burrs, but she still remembered the feeling of getting her hands pricked yesterday, and she really couldn't bring herself to do it.

Li Mu didn't need her help, and it was nice to sit next to him, fish, and chat. The cassock cubs had completely recovered, but the weather was really troublesome for them with real fur.

"What do you think about shaving their hair? They are almost like dogs. They lie next to the ice cubes every day, and their tongues are hanging out." Qiao Sheng came to Li Mu and whispered.

Even though he lowered his voice, the word "shaving" still deeply stimulated Jiashazi and Yousu. They were the only ones with the most hair. Xinxin was still hairy because she was young, and Ah Dai had feathers. It might not grow back after plucking them, so Qiao Sheng didn't dare to take the risk.

Regarding Qiao Sheng's suggestion, Li Mu advised her to forget it, it was really unnecessary. These guys were all smart, and if they were really shaved, they would probably make a lot of noise for a long time. It would be better to make more ice to cool them down. They should not go out of the cabin all the time, and it would be fine to stay in the house.

The two were still worried about the summer, and Qiao Sheng heard the system's prompt again, saying that they would encounter an island in the afternoon. There were already two ships and six players on the island, but there were no players in the nearby sea.

"In this weather, we still have to go to the island to collect supplies. This game doesn't want players to survive." Qiao Sheng took the fish off the fishing rod, put it in the wooden barrel, and continued to fish.

"Look at the situation. It must be within the range that our bodies can bear. If we can't bear it, we won't go up. Now we go there to see what the players who have already landed are like." Li Mu accelerated the movement of the bamboo strips in his hand.

Qiao Sheng forced herself to eat more for lunch. After all, she might have to do physical work in the afternoon. Even if she couldn't do anything, she tried not to drag her feet. It would be embarrassing if she fainted from hunger outside.

After dinner, Qiao Sheng asked Li Mu to continue fighting with the bamboo strips. She went to prepare the things needed to go to the island. The number of arrows in the quiver of the crossbow had to be checked, the durability of the machete needed to be checked, and the common medicines such as Baibao Dan and Jiedu Pills had to be confirmed to be in sufficient quantities in the wrist bags of the two people.

There were also a lot of other odds and ends that needed to be prepared. By the time both of them had prepared the items in their wrist bags, the island that the system mentioned was already within reach.

When the boat reached the shore, they moved the boat not far from the two wooden boats that had already docked, and then went to the first deck to lower the anchor. After

parking the boat, Qiao Sheng also asked Su and A-Dai if they wanted to get on board, after all, they were panting from the heat.

Unexpectedly, they were still as enthusiastic as ever about accompanying them. Seeing how hard it was for them, Qiao Sheng made two cloth bags and hung them around their necks, and put some crushed ice in them.

Originally, she put the ice bags on their chests, but they both threw the ice bags behind their backs at the same time, obviously resisting the ice bags being close to their stomachs.

"I seem to suddenly understand how parents raise their children. If they don't listen to anything they say, they have to suffer a loss before they can remember. Do you think these two are alike?" Qiao Sheng refused to let Yousu continue to lie on her shoulder.

It had too much hair, and it felt hot when it was close to her. There was really no other way, so Li Mu quickly nailed a bracket, padded it with a few pieces of cotton cloth, and carried it on her back like a backpack. Then she let Yousu jump on it and lie down. Although it was still a little hot, it was more acceptable than close contact.

As for Ah Dai, Li Mu agreed to let it stand on his shoulders. Who would have thought that humans didn't dislike animals, but animals turned out to dislike humans. Li Mu also made a bracket for Ah Dai, and Ah Dai squatted on the bracket with his face backwards, with the man and the owl back to back.

No matter how funny their current state is, at least the preparations have been made. It was probably three o'clock when they came ashore, just after the sun was at its hottest. They walked into the woods with the hats they had worn to keep out the rain on their heads.

The resources in the woods are also very rich in summer. This island should be tropical, but there are so many spices. It all depends on Li Mu to identify them, and Qiao Sheng followed behind and dug wherever he pointed.

In addition to spices, the most abundant thing on the island is fruit. When Qiao Sheng saw the watermelon, he subconsciously didn't want to pick it. After all, the watermelon he had eaten before was really not sweet at all, and it would be a waste even if he picked it.

Li Mu said to take it back first, and then try to cultivate it to see if the variety of this watermelon can be improved.

They also found peach trees, grapevines, lychee trees, mango trees, etc. They picked everything they could. Not to mention, the fruits on this island looked quite abundant. They thought that they had been exposed to the wind and sun in the wild, and they didn't know whether they were clean or not. It would be better to take them back and wash them before eating.

Qiao Sheng then swallowed his cravings and collected them. After a long time, he knew what was going on from Li Mu's expression. He took out a piece of cotton cloth from his wrist bag, wiped his hands first, and then peeled the lychees and handed them to Qiao Sheng.

There was no need to worry about whether the fruit with skin was clean or not. Qiao Sheng took it and ate it. The lychee was really sweet. He fed some to Yousu and Ah Dai, and told Li Mu to collect them quickly to avoid being snatched by other players.

They were like farmers who were anxious to collect in autumn. They were panting and groaning. When the sun was about to set and they were about to return to the boat, they realized that they had started collecting as soon as they entered the forest. They had not left the shore at all.

But what was puzzling was that they had not seen any players in the afternoon. Didn't the system say that there were six players on the island? How come the boat was parked on the shore and no one was seen?