Chapter 33
With so many atlases, the first thing to do is to make them. In a survival game, the most important thing is storage space. Although the storage capacity of medium-sized storage boxes is already quite large, these boxes are placed side by side on the floating board, which takes up a lot of space.
Large storage cabinets solve this problem very well. The materials required are 20 wooden boards, 10 iron products, and 2 rare metal copper. Qiao Sheng had always wondered where the copper was used. Steel is used to make weapons. It turns out that it was waiting for her here. Thinking of the ten pieces of copper she used to exchange for Sanqi, she felt sorry for it. It could make five or six large storage boxes.
Li Mu saw her expression of eating shit and didn't know what happened. After asking, he found out that there was such a thing. He could only comfort her and tell her not to worry. There will be more islands in the future. When he encounters an island, he will go to the sea to dig.
"You're still going to the sea? You've passed the novice protection period. Have you forgotten about sharks? Do you want to be a courier? Are you worried that the sharks are hungry and want to deliver some food? It seems that you still have to work hard to collect supplies. Now these atlases have not opened any offensive weapons." Qiao Sheng first made a large storage cabinet and put it against the wall.
I was pleasantly surprised when I opened them. The medium storage box has 25 compartments, and the large storage cabinet has 60 compartments. The space is doubled with 10 more compartments. I immediately started to dislike the 20 or 30 storage boxes in the storage room. Some of them are hung on the wooden wall, and most of them are placed on the ground.
I want to replace all the storage boxes with storage cabinets, but I feel sorry for the materials used to make the boxes.
"Don't feel bad about it, and don't throw it away. In fact, it's not a waste to make storage boxes. Although the capacity of large storage cabinets is larger than that of storage boxes, it also occupies a large area. Aren't your storage boxes hung on the wall? This wall can probably hang four boxes, but according to your height, you can see the height of the third box, and the same size of space in the storage cabinet can only hold one box. Isn't the space above wasted?" Li Mu held a storage box and gestured to analyze it for her.
"This... Are you sure you're not saying I'm short again?" Qiao Sheng tilted his head slightly and asked doubtfully. It was the first time that he, who was 1.65 meters tall, was told that he couldn't reach high.
"Definitely not, you think too much, it's just a matter of fact, just planning the storage space. I can't see the things in the box if it's placed at the highest point, and it's inconvenient for both of us to take it out, so it's not recommended to put the storage box that high. The space above the three boxes can be nailed to a wooden shelf to put some daily necessities, which is clear at a glance and convenient to take out, right?" Li Mu explained quickly.
Qiao Sheng looked at him suspiciously for a long time, then turned his head away and continued to study how to place these boxes and cabinets. Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately the explanation was fast enough, Qiao Sheng's eyes just now made him feel the crisis, this is definitely the intuition of primates.
After planning, the two began to tidy up the storage room. Li Mu was busy hanging all the medium-sized storage boxes vertically on the wooden wall. His carpentry work was much more solid than Qiao Sheng's casual hanging. He first measured the height of the storage boxes after opening. This needed to be reserved, otherwise if they were placed too close, the lid of the lower box would be blocked by the upper box when opened. After determining
the height, he took the wooden boards and nails and nailed them on the marked positions. After the storage boxes were placed on them, the wooden boards below could play a certain supporting role. Fearing that they were not strong enough, Li Mu used ropes to weave a net to hold the storage boxes, and the rope heads were fixed on the wall.
After he finished a row, Qiao Sheng pushed and pulled it, and found it was really sturdy. In the future, he no longer had to worry about the boxes on the wall falling to the ground because they were not sturdy when he entered the storage room.
The storage room was full of wooden walls and there was no light source. Qiao Sheng also made two metal wall lamps, which required 5 iron products. They could be nailed directly to the wooden wall after they were made, and they had their own nails. The best thing was that the lamp had its own wick, so they just had to pour oil into it. It looked much more refined than the iron basin oil lamp she had made before.
Now the storage room was not big, and the brightness of the two wall lamps should be enough. Qiao Sheng also lit them up to test the brightness and made sure there were no problems.
Finally, after tidying up, 21 storage boxes and 10 storage cabinets were placed against the wall in the storage room. There was a large open space in the middle, and Li Mu placed a footstool at the door.
Qiao Sheng saw that the thing was prepared for her. Li Mu, who was more than 1.8 meters tall, could easily touch the top boxes and wooden shelves. She didn't stretch out her hand, but secretly stood beside and compared. If she could touch the top box, she had to step on it to see the things inside, and the top shelf was even more difficult.
When coming out of the storage room, Qiao Sheng walked in front, and when he reached the door, he kicked the footstool at the door. That action was full of disgust. Li Mu walked behind and secretly put the footstool back in place before coming out.
In the afternoon, the two of them did nothing else but prepare dumplings. The seafood collected on the island where Li Mu had the accident had long been collected and dried. Yesterday, he said he wanted to eat dumplings, so he kneaded the dough this morning and soaked the seafood.
Yesterday, he was lucky enough to exchange cabbage seeds in the trading system and planted them immediately. Today, he harvested more than ten cabbages. He kept one to chop up for the filling of the dumplings, and put the rest on the wall.
Li Mu was asked to chop up all the fillings, and Qiao Sheng was in charge of seasoning the fillings.
When making dumplings, the two of them worked together. Li Mu could not cook, but he had a strong understanding ability and was even stronger in hands. The dumplings Qiao Sheng made last time were like steamed bread, without any wrinkles. This time, when he demonstrated making dumplings, he still could not pinch out wrinkles.
He also told Li Mu that the appearance is not important, what matters is the inside, as long as the filling is delicious. Originally, Li Mu rolled the dough and Qiao Sheng was wrapping it. After wrapping four or five, Li Mu said he wanted to try it. Qiao Sheng actually disliked the buns he wrapped without wrinkles, so he gave up his position.
Li Mu first recalled what a normal bun looked like, and then carefully asked Qiao Sheng how the wrinkles should be pinched. Qiao Sheng demonstrated it to him. When the first bun was wrapped, there were a few shallow wrinkles on it. Needless to say, it was indeed better looking than Qiao Sheng's.
Who wants to eat buns that look like steamed bread when there are normal buns? Qiao Sheng immediately decided to swap jobs. She rolled the dough and Li Mu wrapped it. Everyone has their own expertise. After the swap, Qiao Sheng rolled the dough of different sizes to the same size and thickness. Li Mu's bun making became better and better.
The buns were made with thin skin and big fillings with eighteen folds. The more you look at them, the more you like them. Qiao Sheng also made a radish vermicelli soup.
After saying goodbye to Li Mu, she counted out ten buns and sent them to Xia Beibei. The two of them sat at the dining table eating buns and drinking soup. For this meal, Li Mu ate ten buns and Qiao Sheng ate seven. After eating, she remembered that her mother said she couldn't eat seven, so she ate another one.
Facing Li Mu's incomprehension, Qiao Sheng thought for a long time and still didn't know why he couldn't eat seven. In the end, he could only tell him that it was her mother who said so. She had never asked the reason. Anyway, you can't eat seven buns.
After dinner, Qiao Sheng went to study the large backpack, while Li Mu went to study the large planting pot.
The capacity of the double-shoulder backpack made by Li Mu before was 15 compartments. This large backpack made of a whole pig skin has a capacity of 30 compartments, which is larger than a medium-sized storage box. The key point is that the shape is small. It has changed from the previous double-shoulder backpack to the size of a waist bag. This is a historical breakthrough. The shape is smaller and the capacity is more objective. It can be called perfect.
Li Mu also figured out this large planting pot. It can be used to plant fruit trees. He has already planted the seeds in the coconut. It is not known how many days it will take to mature. The previous planting pots cannot be used to plant trees, but only some smaller crops.
Pour water into the large planting pot, put on the hat, and move to the open space at the bow. It is better to plant trees outdoors as much as possible. Putting them in the cabin will be bad in case the deck leaks when sleeping for a long time.
After returning and taking off the hat, Qiao Sheng handed over a waist bag. He subconsciously took it and looked through it.
"A new big backpack. It happened that your backpack was taken away by someone. Change to a new bag. This one has a large capacity and looks good." After busying for a long time, Qiao Sheng explained while drinking from a bamboo tube cup.
"This one is more compact. You can carry it. I can give you the old bag." Li Mu felt that this waist bag seemed to be easier to carry.
Qiao Sheng shook her head. Compared to waist bags, she was more used to carrying things on her shoulders. Besides, she would do it after hunting wild boars. Then she could make eight or ten waist bags and hang them all on him. In one trip, she could hang all the supplies for half the island on her body.
The next day was a rare sunny day. It had been raining for nearly a week. As soon as the sky cleared, the two of them started to get busy.
First, move out all the drying racks, water filters, and planting pots piled in the cabin. Looking at the clouds in the sky, it shouldn't rain today.
Li Mu also took the rice and wheat that had been planted before to the second deck to dry. The drying racks were now full of radish strips, which were recently planted and kept for the rabbits to eat. The rest were all cut and dried.
Qiao Sheng previously thought that he would dry the radish strips to extend the shelf life of the radish. This time, he increased the inventory because Li Mu mentioned another possibility, which was what to do if the crops could not grow in the planting pots in winter. This idea really scared Qiao Sheng. Without the blessing of the planting pots, they would have a harder time on the ship in winter.
So now the four planting pots are planted seamlessly, cotton must be stored, and vegetables that are easy to preserve must be stored. If the space on the ship was not too small, Li Mu would have prepared a few more planting pots.
The reason for moving them out today while the weather was good was also because they wanted to expand the cabin.
The two of them had already done their research. The boat is now 8*13, with a total of 104 pieces. In order to give the two of them more living space, they plan to increase it to 10*20, which means 200 floating boards on the bottom.
One-fifth of the bow, which is the width of four floating boards, is reserved. This place is open-air. The second-floor deck is built in a size of 10*16, and a staircase is built in the cabin, so people can go up and down directly inside the cabin. A staircase is also built in the open space at the bow on the first floor. When the weather is good, people can go up from either side, and when the weather is bad, they can go up from the inside.
The bathroom on the first floor is retained, and the rest is divided into the planting area and the livestock area, plus a storage room. When the wooden wall on the second floor is erected, there will also be a setback to leave an open-air platform.
A bathroom and a shower room must also be built in the cabin on the second floor. The beds will remain the same as they are now, with one bed on each side. We also considered whether to separate each person's bedroom. Later, we thought that it would cost money and make the space cramped, so it would be better to leave it like this.
The kitchen will also be built on the second floor, facing the bow, on the left side of the platform. We will decide how to design it later. According to their idea, the ship must have a third floor, and it should be built as high as possible, so that we can see farther from the top.