Chapter 34
The two of them worked together to expand the floating board on the first floor. Qiao Sheng hung a backpack full of wooden boards and plastic products on his chest, and followed Li Mu to make floating boards. Li Mu took the newly made floating boards and connected them one by one with a construction hammer. The line that had tied the fishing nets before was still equipped with fishing nets.
Qiao Sheng took a long time to tie 104 floating boards at first, but this time, it only took more than an hour to add 96 new ones. There were more people working, and the construction hammer was really convenient.
The next step was to rebuild the wooden wall. The first floor was still a completely closed wooden wall. The two of them dismantled the previous wooden wall and the second floor deck. The rice and wheat that had just been hung out to dry in the morning were also collected and dried in the open space at the bow of the first floor.
After dismantling the wooden wall, Li Mu also took a look at the ship's level, and then told Qiao Sheng that unless he lost the ship like he did, the level would automatically decrease. Now, rebuilding the ship would not affect the existing ship's level.
The dismantled wooden walls and decks were also put into Qiao Sheng's backpack. This time, Qiao Sheng walked in front, taking out the wooden walls, and Li Mu followed behind to help install the wooden walls. He had to count while installing them. There were 16 wooden walls on both sides of the boat and 10 wooden walls at the stern. After
the wooden walls were installed, Li Mu simply nailed a ladder with wooden boards, took Qiao Sheng's backpack for supplies, and climbed up to install the deck. Qiao Sheng was afraid that he would fall down, so he kept holding the ladder, but later found that it was quite stable, so he ignored him and went to harvest the crops in the planting pots.
The installation started from the end of the bed. After installing two rows of decks, the space was large enough for people to climb up and install the decks. Qiao Sheng followed to help after finishing his work. The staircase leading from the first floor to the second floor was built on the right side of the hull, so several decks had to be reserved.
Li Mu also installed a crossbeam under the deck. Qiao Sheng wondered if it was not installed before and it was no big deal. The deck could be installed along the wooden wall. However, Li Mu thought it would be more solid with the crossbeam.
The deck without the crossbeam can be used as a ceiling, but now they are going to live on the second floor, so the weight of the deck will increase. It is better to be safe. After listening to his explanation, Qiao Sheng also felt that it was very reasonable. Materials and other things are not important. Safety is the first priority.
The deck on the second floor was installed with 158 pieces. After installing these, the two returned to the first floor to have lunch. They were too tired this morning. For lunch, they simply steamed the buns they made yesterday. They didn’t even make soup. Each of them had a glass of boiled water.
After a short rest after lunch, the two went upstairs again and started to build the wooden wall on the second floor. This floor was installed with a newly opened wooden wall with windows. It used two more wooden boards than ordinary wooden walls. It was still in the direction of the bow, leaving a space of four deck widths as a platform, so it was necessary to install a wooden wall with windows that was 12 pieces long and 10 pieces wide.
The third floor is not needed for the time being. When the time comes, let Li Mu build a fence around it. When the weather is good, we can dry the food there. So there is no space for stairs on the third floor. After the top deck is sealed, the ship begins to take shape.
The two of them also received a reminder at the same time that the ship has been upgraded to level three and the friend system has been opened. Qiao Sheng clicked on the interface and added Li Mu first. Although he is already a teammate, he must have a place in the friend list. This is a ceremonial sense.
The second thing is to enter No. 66 Xia Beibei. As soon as the application was sent here, I clicked the agreement there, and Xia Beibei's messages came one after another.
[Sister Qiao, how come you only upgraded to level three? I was waiting so long. Before, I could only contact you through the trading system and couldn't even leave a message. Qiao
Sheng replied that he was a bit busy recently, and it was the rainy season, so he couldn't build a boat in the rain. Xia Beibei immediately expressed her understanding, and said that she had made a lot of salt recently, and wanted to exchange food with Sister Qiao.
Qiao Sheng told her to place an order for whatever she wanted, and it didn't matter whether it was salt or not. Xia Beibei sent two kilograms of salt by email, and told her that this email system was opened together with the friend system, and she could send items at any time, and the goods would arrive in real time, which was very convenient. The most important thing was that there was a reminder sound, unlike the orders in the trading system, you had to go in to know that there was an exclusive order.
While Qiao Sheng was chatting with Xia Beibei, Li Mu went down to the first-floor cabin to build the stairs.
He planned to build a staircase with handrails in the cabin, and a folding ladder for the staircase on the terrace. It was folded up like a wooden wall, and when in use, it was pulled and opened to form a staircase with sections.
When Qiao Sheng came down from the third floor, he saw Li Mu installing a folding ladder.
"Being a teacher is a waste of your hands-on ability. You can even do this! Did you major in carpentry in college? Or did you take on private renovation work?" Qiao Sheng opened and closed the ladder several times, and really couldn't help but praise him.
"Before I entered the game, I thought I could only teach. Now I know that if I lose my job in the future, I can still do renovation." Li Mu said self-deprecatingly, and Qiao Sheng laughed that he entered the game to develop a second career.
After the general work was completed, the two began to work on the soft furnishings in the cabin. The bathroom on the first floor was still at the innermost left position, and the storage room was still on the right. This time, the space reserved for the storage room was built a little bigger. Li Mu installed storage boxes and cabinets in the storage room, and Qiao Sheng moved the toilet and bathtub in the bathroom.
The bathroom door used to be the leaf door made by Li Mu, but now the new wooden door has been replaced, and it fits tightly and looks straight.
Qiao Sheng just needs to move it a little bit, and it will be completed soon. Li Mu is still making noises in the storage room.
After getting materials from the storage room, Qiao Sheng made several metal wall lamps, one for the bathroom and two for the storage room.
When Li Mu packed all the boxes in the storage room, Qiao Sheng had already put the planting pots and rabbit and chicken nests in place. The area in front of the storage room was the livestock area. There were few animals now and the area occupied was small. When they grew up, he would have to make a few more nests to accommodate them. The planting
pots were placed in front of the bathroom. Because the space was large enough, Qiao Sheng went to get materials and made six more. The ten planting pots were divided into two rows and lined up against the wall.
Having just received the salt from Xia Beibei, she prepared to plant more Chinese cabbage, and then empty a water tank to pickle sauerkraut. She also had to store more Chinese cabbage before winter came. This would last. When she was a child, every household had to buy hundreds of honeycomb coals and one or two hundred kilograms of cabbage to store. The corridor was a spectacular sight in winter.
"By the way, Li Mu, what about fuel in winter? Are we going to keep burning wood?" Qiao Sheng squatted beside the planting pot and planted seeds in it.
"Let's see when we can find an island. We can stay a few more days and burn some charcoal while cutting trees." Li Mu is building a fence on the first-floor terrace, leaving a hole for the boat planks. When the boat planks are lowered, they can reach the island. The rest of the circle is nailed with wooden fences, which is beautiful and safe.
Four large planting pots are placed on both sides of the first-floor terrace, and coconut seeds are planted in them. In the future, there will be an endless supply of planks and coconuts. The lights on the boat need coconut oil, and planks are also the most basic and necessary supplies. The more the better.
The water filter is placed next to the large planting pot. There are still two now, and no more are added. It is completely because it is the rainy season recently and a lot of rainwater has been stored. There is no rush for this. You can wait until the rainy season is over before adding new water filters. Anyway, they can work as long as there is sunshine.
The drying racks were moved to the open-air platform on the second floor. From the first floor terrace, use the folding ladder to go up to the second floor. The drying racks were placed on the left side. There were only four now. Li Mu used materials to make six more. Ten drying racks filled this area.
On the right side, Qiao Sheng was going to make a small kitchen. It only needed the size of two decks. Two stoves with stove eyes, a stone mill, and a simple grill were all placed here. There was also space left. If you can find materials in the future, you can also make an oven.
In the cabin behind the kitchen, bamboo tables and chairs were moved up. This would be a restaurant from now on. On the left, there was a staircase leading upstairs, so a wooden wall was built to enclose a bathroom. There was a toilet and a bathtub inside. Li Mu nailed a few wooden shelves inside to store soap, tooth powder, etc.
The beds for the two were placed at the innermost part of the second-floor cabin. Qiao Sheng's was on the left, and Li Mu's was on the right. His injuries had just healed, so he took this opportunity to change to bamboo beds.
A lot of cotton has been planted these days, and now it has been moved out. A thick mattress and quilt were made for Li Mu. Li Mu was not used to sleeping on cotton pillows, so he still used the hard leaf pillow. The thin rabbit fur pillow that Qiao Sheng used before was also given to him.
While Qiao Sheng was sewing the bedding, Li Mu nailed two bedside cabinets with wooden boards, one on each side, where a glass of water could be placed before going to bed. After
tidying up, Qiao Sheng sat on her bed to feel it. There was no problem with the toilet at the foot of the bed, but the stairs were facing her bed, which made her a little uncomfortable. In the end, Li Mu installed a wooden door at the entrance of the stairs, which was used for going up and down.
After the second floor was cleaned up, it was time for dinner. Li Mu went to install the folding ladder from the second floor to the third floor, and Qiao Sheng went to the kitchen to continue steaming buns. She was very glad that they had made so many buns yesterday, otherwise they would have to work on the ship expansion all day and cook, and they would have been exhausted.
After dinner, she mentioned to Li Mu that Xia Beibei had given her two kilograms of salt. She was going to use it to pickle sauerkraut. If she had the chance to find other vegetables, she could pickle them too. This is how the pickle jars in the north came about. There would be no shortage of vegetables in winter.
"Then use it first. If it's not enough, tell me. We can make it ourselves. Keep the wheat from the sun this time for me. I'll try to make some wine. I'll plant wheat in all the planting pots before going to bed, and grind flour for the next crop." Li Mu stopped eating the buns and told her what he was going to do next.
Qiao Sheng said she understood. If the weather was bad tomorrow, she would clean up the planting pots while using a colander to collect supplies. Today's consumption was a bit fierce. There was not much left of the wood and plastic that had been stored recently. In addition, there were so many metal wall lamps on the boat, and the two bottles of coconut oil didn't seem to be enough. She couldn't bear to use lard, but she still needed it to stir-fry vegetarian dishes.
After studying the work for the next day, they used a large iron pot to boil some hot water, and then they went upstairs and downstairs to take a hot bath. Then they went to bed comfortably.