The two had lunch and started working in the afternoon before taking a long break—Hua Mu, who had never worked, had already begun to define this ascetic experience in this way.
Wild Mint and Miswak are at the junction of the coconut grove and the coast, and Hua Murang White Pillow with a wooden stake next to it as a marker. The sentinel would of course not get the wrong location, but Hua Mu always felt that it was better to be prepared.
The original plan was that White Pillow would continue to look for water sources in the afternoon, but he had not yet decided to go to the west side of the island and the mountains in the middle, or simply go around the coastline to the north.
The island where the two are located is located near the equator, which is a typical tropical oceanic climate, and the precipitation should be very abundant. But I don't know if it's because the storm that landed on the island at the beginning wiped out all the rain in the following days, and there has been no rain for more than ten days.
However, the area of the island is not small, the terrain is also high, and there is a mountain several hundred meters high in the middle, so the precipitation on the windward and leeward slopes may be very different.
If possible, White Pillow would like to go to the north of the island and have a look.
But whether it is to climb over the mountains or go around the coastline, it cannot be done in half a day, and she finally decided to go to the west of the island first.
Finding coconut groves is already a big gain, so we shouldn't rush into it at this stage.
The sentinel's plan is natural and safe, but the eldest lady also has her own ideas. After Hua Mu listened to White Pillow's consideration, she simply asked her to focus on finding the materials and spices for assembling the distillation apparatus.
Clean and clean water is naturally important, but not particularly urgent for the current pair. Hua Mu is already a little numb to bathing without water, so she is not in a hurry.
The white pillow is naturally the eldest lady's lead.
It's not hard for Sentinels to find plants with strong scents. It's just that she doesn't know most of the spices, so Hua Mu must judge.
White Pillow has preliminarily determined that the area of the island is not less than 100 square kilometers. According to the current knowledge, the rainforest area is likely to account for more than half of the total area.
The origin of many spices is the tropics. After years of cultivation and cultivation, they have become one of the economic crops in many tropical countries. Hua Mu's judgment on the wild spices on the island was not wrong. The two found a cinnamon tree without much effort.
Cinnamon grows in a warm and humid environment. The sapling likes shade, and the mature tree likes the sun. It is not suitable for stagnant water, and prefers sandy loam with loose soil and good drainage.
The two started walking south from the outer reaches of the coconut grove and found this cinnamon plant less than a kilometer away.
Hua Mu was very confused.
The term spice itself contains a wide range of definitions, and the plant-based spices used as seasonings are only a small part of it. At the beginning, Hua Mu learned this part of the knowledge mainly from the popular homemade essential oil among noble ladies. Because she loves food, she has a deeper understanding of its role as a seasoning.
The part of cinnamon that is generally used as a seasoning is the bark, and of course the bark cannot be cut and used directly.
"Miss, is this not possible?"
Seeing that Hua Mu didn't speak to a tree for a long time, Bai Zhen couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.
"...Forget it, let's find something else."
Then, things came to a deadlock. Even with a white pillow, finding spices is much more difficult than Hua Mu imagined. There are indeed a lot of scented plants, but Huamu found that most of them didn't know him, and there were very few that could really be used.
The two spent more than two hours, and the final harvest was only one pepper of unknown variety. Hua Mu's taste is light, and if it weren't for her two hours of hard work, she would never be willing to pick those few red peppers.
"I'm not looking for it anymore, let's look for the materials for the distillation unit. Gather some wooden stakes, and don't look for any glass. You can go to the junk and find an iron frame to try first."
Hua Mu was a little frustrated lying on the back of the white pillow, and reality was never as beautiful as imagined. Obviously, I only wanted to save some face today, but in the end I still relied on the sentinel.
The coconut grove was found by White Pillow, and Miswak also found it because she found the wild mint. It is up to her to find water, to find spices, and to make distillation devices.
Hua Mu subconsciously touched the well-defined muscles on Bai Zhen's shoulders, and couldn't help but feel desperate.
But don't say it, I have to rely on her to move in the rainforest!
"Little, miss?"
Bai Zhen obeyed Hua Mu's orders and was carrying her back to the south coast. As a result, the bare skin on her shoulders was suddenly attacked, and she almost stumbled on her feet.
"What are you calling me for?"
Hua Mu has been full of energy for a day, but now she is a little discouraged by the setback, and the tone of her answer is particularly lame.
The white pillow felt her back numb from the touch of her soft little hands, and her heart was itchy, but she didn't dare to comment.
"No, no, are you tired?"
Hua Mu is tired, both physically and mentally.
"You think everyone is like you, as strong as a cow."
Or a horse? Or is it a wolf
No, no, it's actually more like a silly and energetic big dog.
It's a compliment to a sentinel, but not a compliment to a woman.
Bai Zhen didn't know whether to be happy or sad, so he couldn't help but feel a little bit ashamed. But only strong enough can protect the safety of the eldest lady, which makes her not regret growing into the sentinel she is today.
Hua Mu said casually, but found that the other party stopped talking, and felt depressed again. This is the norm in talking to the white pillow, and the topic always ends abruptly for no reason. For example, at this time, the other party can clearly say from the perspective of caring for her, "Miss, go back and have a good rest" or from the perspective of expressing loyalty, "Only in this way can you protect the eldest lady", but she just kept silent.
This guy is so boring!
What Bai Zhen thought was that the eldest lady was tired, so it would be better not to talk to her.
"Hey."
But Hua Mu is boring.
She has been worrying about whether she can go back these days. Apart from worrying about survival, she has no entertainment activities. There is only one person to speak to.
I spent most of the day on the white pillow, but it wasn't as easy as I imagined. For example, she has to be concerned about whether her breasts are too close to the white pillow, and whether she is dishonest when the white pillow holds her butt in her hand, and she also needs to guard against the attacks of insects and branches that appear out of nowhere, and her legs It's tiring to be separated, isn't it
"What's the matter, Miss?"
Her only pleasure was touching the white pillow's muscles.
Even if it is a sentinel, a girl is a girl after all. The white pillow is not as burly as the other male sentinels that Hua Mu has seen. The lean body and firm muscles give her a sense of strength, but the smooth and delicate skin does not make her look too cold.
Black is a lot of tanning—Hua Mu unbuttoned the strap of her vest and found that there were already very obvious tanning marks, but when it comes to the quality of her skin, it is better than her eighteen-year-old lady who takes care of her skin every day. Not too bad.
No, Hua Mu has already begun to suspect that he has not applied skin care products for more than ten days, and his face can no longer be seen.
"What do you usually do?"
Bai Zhen didn't expect Hua Mu to ask such a question, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
"You mean... after coming to the island? I'm all—"
"No, it was before."
White pillow has been Hua Mu's bodyguard for five years, rarely communicates with her, and rarely talks about her own affairs. After all, her job is to keep Hua Mu safe, not to chat with her.
"I am your bodyguard..."
"Of course I know!" Hua Mu patted her and despised her for being stupid, "I mean what are you doing when you're not working? You also have vacations... eh, do you have vacations?"
The white pillow belongs to the Guards. As Hua Mu's personal guard, the freedom of his work is not as good as that of a personal maid.
Hua Mu suddenly found out that Bai Zhen had never left her more than 20 meters apart from returning to the tower to report her work. Even at night, the Sentinel lived closest to her bedroom.
"some."
But White Pillow says she has a vacation.
"when?"
Why doesn't she know
"One day at the end of every month."
"Isn't that the day you returned to the tower to report to work?"
Hua Mu was a little angry. According to this, leaving her is considered a vacation, right
White pillow seems to have a lot of affection for the tower, "because the tower is my home, I can see the leader and other friends when I go back."
The leader is the supreme power in the tower and the spiritual mentor of the sentinels and guides. Every leader comes from the royal family, but after becoming a leader, he must be removed from the royal family and go into the dark. The leader belongs directly to the queen, and even Hua Mu has never seen her.
It is said that the leader of this term was also a female sentinel.
But Hua Mu's focus was not on this. She was astonished as if she had discovered a new world: "Do you still have friends?"
Of course, White Pillow has friends. Whether it was training together in the tower or the years she used to work together, she has gained a lot of life and death friendships.
This kind of friend does not need frequent contact, but will always be remembered in my heart.
"Um."
Hua Mu is very unpleasant.
White pillow actually has friends, and it seems that there are quite a few.
She always thought that she was as dumb as her, as taciturn as her, as dull as her, and there must be no one close to her!
"Well, then you know a lot of guides too? Are there any guides among your friends?"
Of course there is.
While Sentinel and Guide courses are vastly different, collaborative training definitely needs to be together. There are also many cases of temporary partners when performing tasks.
"There are indeed a few guide friends."
Okay, it looks like an honest man, but it's actually a courtesan at all.
Hua Mu didn't know why, but looking at the back of the white pillow, she felt the urge to bite down.
"Then have they helped you soothe your mental body?"
The eldest lady's tone has begun to turn cold, but the sentinel still doesn't know that her catastrophe is imminent.
"I did when I was on a mission, but most of the time, the public guide in the tower helped sort it out."
Sentinels and guides have a problem of matching, so even if they are good friends, if the matching is not high enough, unless there is an emergency, the general guide will not help the sentinel to sort out the mental body.
Most of the public guides in the tower are spiritually stable and gentle, highly harmonious and experienced guides.
Hua Mu bit her lip and couldn't help pinching Bai Zhen's shoulder.
"Miss?"
It's not painful, not much bigger than mosquito bites. It's just that Bai Zhen didn't quite understand why she was trying to pinch herself, so she was puzzled.
Hua Mu didn't know why she was pinching her.
"I'll see if your muscles are hard."