Chapter 27
Seeing the attitude of the mother rabbit, Qiao Sheng took out cotton from the storage box and covered the newborn rabbits with a thick layer. In fact, she wanted to use rabbit fluff, because it was taken from the rabbit and used in the rabbit, but the yield of this stuff was relatively small, unlike cotton, which could be grown casually. After covering the mother rabbit with
cotton, Qiao Sheng also fed the mother rabbit some fresh radish strips and cabbage leaves, and changed the water in the basin. She didn't dare to feed the little rabbit, because it was too small, so she let the mother rabbit feed it with milk.
She also put some corn crumbs in the chicken nest. The little chicken looked much bigger. I don't know if there is a hen inside. Whether it can eat scrambled eggs in the future depends on these three people.
It was getting late, so I turned off the lights and went to bed.
When I woke up, it was still raining outside. It was the rainy season, but how could it keep raining? Seeing this, Qiao Sheng felt a little weak. Was the calm weather in the previous ten days just to confuse the players?
If there were really players who saw the good weather and didn't actively collect supplies and upgrade their boats, would they be eliminated when the rainy season came?
A simple floating board really couldn't withstand the wind and waves, and the rain would wet the clothes, so the value bar of the small clothes wouldn't last long. Maybe the value bar would drop to the bottom and people would have problems, so the cabin must be built.
In this kind of weather, if there is not enough food stored, it will not last for a few days. It is indeed the old routine of survival games. It starts peacefully, and then gradually becomes more difficult. She can imagine that the quiet autumn will be mixed with the rainy season. This rainy season will eliminate some players. It is really hard to say how many people can survive the winter. After
estimating this situation, Qiao Sheng started to plant cotton in one planting pot and plant food in another planting pot. She would check it when she had nothing to do, collect it as soon as it was ripe, and then plant it again. She originally only planted one or two rounds a day, but she was so focused that she actually collected three rounds of crops a day.
The boat was floating on the sea, and the materials in the fishing net were not stopped. The water filter could not work, so Qiao Sheng made two more buckets and placed them on the bow to collect rainwater. She was no longer frugal with washing and rinsing. In fact, if she did not take a shower, she would not use much water in a whole day.
When making lunch, she specially opened the trading system to make sure that Xia Beibei and Player No. 18 had not placed an order. Then she fried some hot and sour potato shreds. With the addition of vinegar, the taste was amazing.
After the meal, she took out the sweet potatoes and used the newly collected rainwater to rinse the dirt off the surface. When she washed the sweet potato starch water, she deliberately washed it several times and moved the sweet potato starch water waiting to settle to the side corner.
It had been raining for several days, and the temperature at sea had dropped sharply. She felt a little cold sleeping with only a layer of cotton cloth, and the wooden bed beneath her was getting more and more uncomfortable.
She first made a higher bamboo bed with bamboo, so she wouldn't be afraid of rainwater flowing back into the cabin and soaking her. Then she took out iron products and made needles without diagrams. Fortunately, these things were small, and one piece of iron products could make more than a dozen needles.
She made cotton thread with cotton, took out two pieces of cotton cloth from the storage box, one slightly larger and the other slightly smaller, and put a layer of scattered thin cotton in the middle. She knew how to sew quilts.
I was used to sleeping with a heavy cotton quilt since I was a child. When I grew up, I also tried to buy a down quilt. It was warm and comfortable, but it didn't press my body. I always felt insecure and woke up in the middle of the night and felt that I kicked the quilt.
Later, her mother took the down quilt away. The old lady used it for a few days and gave her the following comment: Wild boars can't eat fine bran. They didn't use the light and warm down quilt, but had to use a cotton quilt weighing eight or ten kilograms.
That kind of quilt needs to be disassembled and the cotton needs to be re-stuffed every few years. At first, her mother sewed all the quilt lining and quilt cover for her. Later, when she was sitting there and getting bored, she let her learn to sew the quilt herself. After entering this game, she really has to thank her mother for teaching her how to do those things. Otherwise, she would still be covered with cotton cloth in this weather and would be close to frostbite.
After sewing the quilt, she has to make a slightly thicker mattress for the bed. Although the wooden bed had leaves under it, it was still very hard. Now she has to make a thick mattress for this bamboo bed. The rabbit skin mattress is a bit overkill today. It’s still in time to make it in winter.
Fortunately, there was enough cotton planted recently, and a thick cotton mattress was laid on the bamboo bed. Qiao Sheng lay on it and felt it. The mattress was soft, but still not very comfortable. She could only unravel the cotton. It was not as soft as cotton that had been fluffed. Some places were still a little hard when people lay on it.
"It's better than sleeping on a hard wooden bed. I can accept either. Don't think about your family conditions now. You are not the Princess and the Pea. How can you be so delicate." Qiao Sheng laughed at himself and patted the cotton mattress on the bamboo bed vigorously, trying to soften the cotton balls inside.
The quilt and mattress were made, and the pillow was even simpler. The original leaf pillow was moved over, and a cotton pocket of similar size was made. The rabbit down collected in the past few days was stuffed inside. It was only a thin layer, but it was soft.
She was very satisfied with the new bed. After almost half a month, she finally had a proper bed. The wooden bed had been put into the storage, so it took up some space.
When it got dark and it was time to cook dinner, the rain outside finally got lighter. She looked up at the sky, but could not see any stars. It looked like it would still be a rainy day tomorrow.
Lying down on the new bed and falling asleep, Qiao Sheng dreamed of her mother, who had cooked a table of her favorite meals for her. Before she sat at the table, she was awakened by the sound of knocking on wood outside the cabin. She
put on her shoes and got out of bed. It was still drizzling outside. She put on her hat and stuck her head out of the cabin. She saw a first-class floating board boat following her boat. There were not many floating boards. At a glance, she knew that there were definitely less than fifty of them.
A man and a woman on the boat were tying a wooden board with a rope, trying to throw it onto the second-floor deck on Qiao Sheng's side. Unfortunately, during the novice protection period, the board kept sliding down the wooden wall after many throws.
Seeing this, Qiao Sheng pulled back the hat on his head, leaving only his eyes and forehead, and carefully observed the situation outside.
"Is your skill not good enough? Why can't you throw it up? Hang it on the boat quickly so that we can have a good sleep. It's been raining for the past two days and I haven't gotten a good night's sleep. I'm dying of sleep." The woman standing on the floating board anxiously asked the man beside her.
"Wife, I've tried very hard, I don't know what's wrong, it won't hold, you see I've thrown it up several times, but it slides down every time as if there's an air wall blocking it." The man was still trying again and again.
"Do you think we're being punished? Ever since we saw that drifter couldn't be saved and took off his equipment, the rain has never stopped." The woman said, holding the wooden umbrella nailed with wooden boards.
"He looked like he was dying, how could we save him? I put him on the wooden board and let him lie down, I've done my best, what's wrong with taking his briefcase? Besides, who would have thought that the briefcase was considered equipment? He didn't give it to me voluntarily and it couldn't be opened. I shouldn't have put those two wooden boards for him, it was a waste." The man said viciously.
"Yeah, I think you did the right thing. After all, you have been playing games for so many years, you must be familiar with the rules of the game. This is how you play the game, otherwise it will be too tiring." The woman saw that the man's head was covered with sweat, and she wiped it with her sleeve.
If he hadn't heard this conversation, Qiao Sheng would have agreed to hold on to the other party, especially with a woman on the float, for such a simple request for help. Of course, he would have ignored other requests.
"I give up. They have been floating here for so many days, and they really treat it as a game. The bottom line of these two people is too low. They don't even have the most basic humanity. No one would say anything if they didn't save the drifter, but they took the equipment too much. They weren't afraid that the drifter would turn into Ah Piao and follow them. The point is that in this game, if you really die, you will be refreshed, so the drifter must still be alive." Qiao Sheng retreated back into the cabin and muttered softly. They
took a wooden board as an oar, dismantled a few fishing nets, and began to row the boat desperately along the small gap. They couldn't get too close to such a tasteless person, as it would be easy for them to plot against them. They would rather spend some effort to stay away from them.
The two people on the floating board looked at the boat in front of them. It was originally drifting slowly, but suddenly it accelerated and drifted farther and farther.
"Honey, is this a ghost boat? There is no one in sight, how can it drift so fast?" The two people who were just flirting were trembling with fear. They returned to the middle of the floating board, holding the wooden umbrella and dared not move, for fear that Qiao Sheng's ghost boat would drift back again.
Qiao Sheng, who had frightened the couple without realizing it, was still rowing the boat with all his strength until his hands were weak. He then stopped the plank and carefully looked out. He could no longer see any trace of other players near the boat. It was too dark to see any further away.
He succeeded in staying away from the scum, but he got himself all sweaty. He could only go to the bathroom, take a quick shower, change into dry clothes, and go to bed.
Qiao Sheng woke up at dawn. While he was in a daze, he heard the electronic sound of the system.
[Player No. 38, please note that the fifteen-day novice protection period has expired. From now on, be careful of natural damage and attacks from other players. 】
"Ah, there's really no way to survive. Let's not consider the burning and looting for supplies among players. Who can withstand the damage from nature? There are sharks in the sea near the island and aggressive animals on the island. If I accidentally fall into the water in the deep sea, is it possible to encounter a whale? In that case, I don't even need to fight, both I and the boat will be gone. What if there is a tiger on the island? Do you think all players are Wu Song?" Qiao Sheng became more and more angry as he spoke while lying on the bed, so he simply sat up and cursed.
The system really didn't respond to her scolding, and didn't even pay any attention to her. After venting enough, Qiao Sheng began to make breakfast. The rain had stopped. Qiao Sheng looked up at the clouds, but they still seemed very thick. The sunlight shining through the clouds was not bright at all.
The rain had been falling for two days and three nights. Finally, there was some sunshine. Qiao Sheng immediately moved the drying rack out. The clothes she had washed had not dried yet. The humidity was too great. She quickly dried them while the sun was out.
There were a lot of things to do, so she grilled two corns for breakfast. Since she entered this game, she didn't have to worry about losing weight. She was too active every day, and she didn't eat too much oily and salty food, so she couldn't gain weight even if she wanted to.
She put a bamboo chair on the bow, crossed her legs and ate corn, when she suddenly saw a black object floating on the sea not far in front of her.
Her mind told her that she should immediately use a wooden board to move the boat horizontally and bypass the unknown object in front of her, but she always felt that this might be the river drifter that the couple talked about at night. Regardless of whether to save it or not, she should go and take a look. If she really moved it away, she might regret it.