Chapter 30
Li Mu was soon forced to eat half an apple puree, and did not dare to resist, because she knew that it would be useless to resist her.
After the fruit snack, Qiao Sheng began to prepare lunch. Her meals were easy to prepare, especially for this patient meal. The brown rice was soaked early in the morning, but it took a long time to cook the porridge, and the shredded chicken also needed to be shredded by hand.
Put the brown rice porridge in the clay pot to cook first. Qiao Sheng deliberately opened the trading system and took a look at whether Xia Beibei had placed an order for lunch. After confirming that there was no order, he began to look through other people's orders. The pheasant order this time was normal. One pheasant was exchanged for 10 kilograms of sweet potatoes. Compared with the previous orders, this was a great deal. He quickly accepted the order and traded.
The porridge was cooked and brought to Li Mu's bedside after it was cooled to warm. Qiao Sheng sat on a small bamboo chair, holding a wooden spoon and preparing to feed him. The patient lying on the bed was restless and struggled to sit up.
"Just lie down and eat. Can you sit up? Forget about eating by yourself. Your arms need to be healed for a few days. The skin has peeled off. I don't know what happened to you." Qiao Sheng saw that he was struggling too hard, so he helped him up and took his own leaf pillow to cushion his back so that he could sit up straight.
"I feel much better now that I can get up." Li Mu sat up straight before speaking, and his voice sounded much stronger than in the morning.
"Okay, okay, sit down and eat, but don't move your hands. If you move too much, I'm afraid the wound will bleed again." Qiao Sheng held the bowl and began to feed him porridge.
"I was plotted against. They threw me into the sea, and when the ship was blown up, I was also affected." Li Mu said while feeding her porridge.
"Blow up the ship? Did you get dynamite?" Qiao Sheng's eyes widened. He was still in the cold weapon era, why did Li Mu start using dynamite.
"It's not that powerful. It's just gunpowder made of charcoal, saltpeter and sulfur. After we separated, I came across an island again. There was a mine there. I dug up other ores and said I would give them to you later. But they were all gone in the explosion." Li Mu lowered his head and sighed.
"It's gone, but it's okay as long as the people are alive. You will encounter islands and mines in the future. Have you forgotten who you are? You are a European emperor with a seal of approval, okay? Be happy, you won't need any supplies. By the way, where are those who hurt you?" Qiao Sheng saw that he was in a low mood and comforted him.
"They should be dead. It was really incongruous to be with them, so I made preparations and placed explosives in many places on the ship. Later, I was a little too arrogant and wanted to ask them questions, but I didn't expect them to take action." Li Mu frowned and recalled.
"It's better to die sooner than later. Don't feel burdened. There are many scumbags like this in the game. They enjoy snatching other people's resources. You are doing good to the people, but you are sacrificing half of your life. It's a bit unfair." Qiao Sheng's spoon never stopped. As soon as Li Mu stopped eating,
he fed him. A bowl of coconut porridge was quickly fed. When he went to have lunch, he poured Li Mu a glass of boiled water and asked him to tell him what happened while drinking it.
Li Mu said that the island where he had the accident was the fifth island he encountered after he separated from Qiao Sheng. He was frantically collecting supplies on the first four islands, so when he reached the fifth island, his ship had been upgraded to level three.
On the afternoon of the first day he arrived on the island, he encountered a first-class floating board boat. There were four men on the boat, led by a middle-aged man named Shen Bin, and the other three younger brothers looked like scoundrels.
"How can there be four people on a boat? Isn't it one boat for each person?" Qiao Sheng was puzzled.
"I was also curious why they didn't leave the boat right away. Now I think they were just trying to get close to me, but I didn't see it at the time. When we talked deeply, I thought that Shen Bin was a good man and that the other three younger brothers were rescued by him from the sea. The truth should be that these four people cooperated and harmed several players." Li Mu curled his lips as he spoke.
"If the four of them came to the island on one boat, does it mean that players can team up together?" Qiao Sheng was curious and stopped using his chopsticks.
"Yes, they said it was possible. I was stupid at the time. I thought I was going there to get information. I didn't expect them to get me drunk. While sending me back to the cabin, they stabbed me a few times and threw me into the sea. They mainly stabbed my legs. They might be afraid that I could swim away. But this is the sea. Even if I can swim, I can't swim in the sea." Li Mu felt a little embarrassed when he said it. After all, Qiao Sheng had reminded him seriously before, but he didn't expect that he would still let others trick him.
"Then what happened to your hands and face? Your forearm was burnt black before, and there were small wounds on your upper arm." Qiao Sheng saw that his wounds didn't match up and continued to ask.
"My forearm was blocking the flames and aftermath of the sudden explosion of gunpowder, so I should have been burned. Those small wounds were probably scratched by the debris of the shattered wooden boards on the ship. My face..." Li Mu reached out and touched his slightly round face, his swollen skin tensed up: "This should be when they threw me into the sea, my face hit the water first, and I was stunned for a moment, so I didn't run far and was injured again by the gunpowder."
"Is it so serious to be hit in the water? Your face is so swollen that it's scary. I didn't recognize you at first. Later, when I was wiping your face, the cloth covered it and I could vaguely see your shadow." Qiao Sheng really couldn't help it and said with a smile.
"It was okay when I hit the water. After I blocked it with my arm, a piece of wood flew out and hit me in the face. I only remember the pain at that time. When I regained consciousness, I was already floating on the sea holding a piece of wood." Li Mu wanted to cover his face with his hands. It was too embarrassing, but his arms could not bend back. He could only close his eyes and ignore Qiao Sheng's expression.
"It's okay, it's okay. Except for a little swelling, you are still handsome. It should be fine after the swelling goes down. You reminded me that when a fairy descends to the earth, her face hits the ground first." Qiao Sheng comforted him again, but it is hard to say whether he was comforted enough.
After lunch, Qiao Sheng moved the dining table away, took out the basin of bloody cotton strips, changed the water, and continued to scrub.
Li Mu sat on the bed and watched her work. He whispered, "I'm sorry for causing her trouble."
"Don't be so polite, okay? It doesn't matter if it's a trouble or not. Everyone has bad luck sometimes. It's normal for me to help you and you to help me." Qiao Sheng had good ears and heard it clearly.
"I saw you were impatient when you were washing these this morning. I thought you thought I was a bother." Li Mu said softly.
"Nonsense, I'm bothered because blood stains are hard to wash off. This game is extremely backward. There's no special blood stain washing liquid like in the real world. I can't rub it clean, and I'm afraid that if I use the bloody cotton strip on you, it will cause your wound to get infected. Look at the rain outside, there's not even any sun. You can only dry it in the shade, not in the sun. The only way to disinfect is gone. Do you think I can be bothered?" Qiao Sheng felt that this matter had to be explained clearly.
"When I get better, try making sulfur soap and vinegar. These two should be able to wash it clean." Li Mu suggested.
"That's great. I forgot that you read a lot. If I had known, I wouldn't have worried about it. I'd let you figure out a solution." Qiao Sheng continued to lower his head and rub the cotton strip vigorously.
After doing my best to wash it, I still feel that it is not clean enough. However, this is all I can do under the current conditions. When I wanted to boil the cotton strips, I was in trouble because the iron pot and clay pot at home needed to be used for cooking, so it was not convenient to use them directly to boil the cotton strips, and the other iron basins were too small.
Seeing Qiao Sheng holding a wooden basin filled with washed cotton strips and staring at the iron pot on the stove, Li Mu knew what she wanted to do. She asked her for the iron products and made a new pot according to the diagram.
Qiao Sheng gave a thumbs up and put the cotton strips into the iron pot. She took the iron pot to get water. While it was boiling, she took out wooden boards, leaves, and iron products and asked Li Mu to make two drying racks and two planting pots.
Her two existing drying racks had to be used to dry wild boar, so it was just right to make two new ones. When Li Mu's injury was not healed, he would use them to dry cotton strips, and when his injury was healed, he would use them to dry washed clothes. Anyway, they would always be useful.
The same goes for the planting pots. With one more person, and the possibility of winter coming at any time, she was really a little panicked. This way, there are exactly four planting pots, one is dedicated to growing Panax notoginseng, and she can grow more in the future. It is also very cost-effective to put Panax notoginseng powder on the trading system to exchange for supplies. After using this Chinese medicine powder for the past two days, it is really useful.
Of the remaining three planting pots, one is dedicated to growing cotton, and the other two are for growing food. Everything is arranged properly.
Suddenly I remembered that I didn't feed Li Mu Panax notoginseng powder. It's good that he woke up and can drink it on his own. But judging from his expression when he drank it, it should not taste good. So don't get sick, otherwise you will suffer.
When cleaning the nest for the female rabbit, she felt that the little rabbit seemed to have grown again. She discussed with the female rabbit and took out one for Li Mu to touch. Li Mu told her that rabbits grow fast. They will be fully developed in three or four months and can get pregnant. Moreover, they reproduce very quickly. If you don’t want so many rabbits, it’s best to raise them separately. As for the three chickens, he also identified one male and two females.
"If they are all brothers and sisters, will the ones bred be disabled?" Qiao Sheng poked the little rabbit's ear.
"Uh... yes, so in the future, if you have the chance to catch a male wild rabbit and bring it back, you can just give birth to them together. When these little rabbits grow up, separate them by male and female, and don't raise them together." Ke Pumu went online.
As for whether the three chickens were in the same nest, we could only ask the great auk who worked so hard to steal and deliver the eggs. Li Mu meant that if more chicks were needed, they could be allowed to lay eggs. If not, the hens could just lay eggs. Anyway, they could eat the eggs.
It seemed that Li Mu knew more. If he hadn't come, there might be many more disabled chicks and mentally retarded rabbits on the ship in the future.
I kneaded the dough in advance and steamed twenty steamed buns in the evening. The first time I steamed them, the dough didn't rise a little, and the steamed buns were a little too stiff and not so soft. Qiao Sheng broke off a little, tasted it himself, and gave it to Li Mu to taste. They both thought it was edible.
The staple food for dinner is steamed buns. Fortunately, the quantity made this time is not large. I counted out five and sent them to Xia Beibei in exchange for a leaf. This girl definitely doesn’t know how to steam steamed buns. We are all familiar with each other. Let’s work together to digest the failure. Don’t forget her next time we make a good one.
The soup is ginseng chicken soup, a whole chicken, which is enough for the two of them. They also fried a plate of cabbage with only salt. Looking at Li Mu’s condition, he has been sitting against the wooden wall for the whole afternoon. It shouldn’t be a problem for him to eat other food.
It was still Qiao Sheng who fed him during meals. Li Mu, whose arm couldn’t bend back, had made up his mind that he must be awake when the dressing is changed tomorrow. At that time, he must not let Qiao Sheng tie the cotton strip to his elbow!