No matter how comfortable the cushion is, Hua Mu still needs to get up, simply eat breakfast, and drag the bamboo raft over with the white pillow. When the sun rises a little more, the two of them officially start crossing the sea.
Hua Mu checked the supplies a little, and left the things that were not needed for the time being in place. The most important resource for the two of them now is fresh water, which she confirms every day—there are still six liters today.
In addition to the water, the duo also carried two coconut shells for containers, some herbs and spices for seasoning - hanging in freshly made bamboo tubes. The rest of the useful ones are all the things that the white pillow originally carried.
The sea outside the mangroves was deeper than the area that White Pillow had explored before. To be on the safe side, she not only made poles but also two bamboo oars.
Hua Mu said with great interest that she wanted to try it, but she gave up after the bamboo raft was hit ashore by the waves for the third time.
Such a great and arduous task as punting a boat should be left to the hard-working sentinels.
The waves around the island seem calm, and only the white pillows who have actually crossed the sea know the turbulence of the ocean currents. Even a sentinel with a strong physique like her could not swim too far.
Punting naturally requires some skill.
The white pillow made Hua Mu sit in the middle of the bamboo raft and pushed the bamboo raft into the sea for the fourth time. She pushed and swam for a distance, and then got on the bamboo raft and began to use the pole to control the direction.
Hua Mu was a little scared at first, but after seeing that the white pillow was held firmly, her heart gradually calmed down.
Because of the previous day's experience, Bai Zhen was quite cautious today, always paying attention to the situation in the sea, and did not dare to let the bamboo raft go too far from the shore.
The mangroves along the coast are only about two kilometers long, but White Pillow still rowed five kilometers when he found a suitable landing spot. The mangroves were followed by a gravel cliff with no suitable road leading into the island.
Hua Mu sat in front of her and pretended to enjoy the scenery along the way, but she was really worried at the beginning. Not to mention the shipwreck more than half a month ago, the thrilling scene yesterday was still in front of her eyes, so it was impossible for her to go to the sea calmly like a sentinel.
She was mentally prepared to face some difficulties early in the morning, but she didn't expect a smooth journey, but it seemed that she was overly worried. Because her mood gradually relaxed, her attention slowly shifted to other places - the sentinel punting the boat looked much better than her dream.
The line from the upper arm to the chest, the flat and firm abdominal muscles, and the long, slender and powerful legs don't look too reliable. And her serious face is much more pleasing to the eye than the bright smile in the dream.
It was originally, how could that frivolous appearance appear on the white pillow? As an escort and sentinel, composure, alertness, and a little ruthlessness toward enemies and tenderness toward loved ones are perfect.
Hua Mu unconsciously remembered the novel she had secretly borrowed from Catherine, and her heart skipped a beat.
What is the title of the text, my cold and pretty sentinel? Domineering guards fall in love with me? Or... Hua Mu found that he only remembered a few colored fragments.
Just when the eldest lady was thinking about it, the white pillow had already found a suitable place to stop. She held fast and smoothly, and it only took her more than half an hour to cross this area.
The northeast side of the island doesn't seem to be anything special. It must be said that the sandy beach here is wider and the coastline is longer than the east side.
While Bai Zhen slowly docked the bamboo raft, she said to Hua Mu, who seemed to be fascinated by the beauty, "Miss, let's go overland next."
Hua Mu only felt the bamboo raft tremble slightly, turned around and saw that the two of them had landed on the shore at some point.
"Then, so soon?"
Bai Zhen didn't choose to go ashore earlier because she wanted Hua Mu to rest for a while, but the ocean current became more turbulent as she went north, so she had to choose to go ashore.
"Um."
The white pillow went directly into the water and pushed the bamboo raft ashore, and Hua Mu hurriedly wanted to jump on the beach to reduce the weight.
"Miss, don't move, yesterday's wound will hurt when immersed in sea water."
Bai Zhen was afraid that she would hurt her if she didn't pay attention, and Hua Mu secretly glanced at her shoulder.
When the dressing was changed in the morning, she saw that the wound was recovering well, but she was only worried that the white pillow would open the wound again after vigorous exercise.
Fortunately, there was no blood seeping out. She breathed a sigh of relief and jumped from the bamboo raft to the beach.
"I'm not stupid."
She felt that the white pillow was even less able to take care of herself.
Seeing that she was not being brave, the sentinel calmed down, dragged the bamboo raft to the shore and tied it, and then returned to Hua Mu and squatted down on her back. The two had never explored the north side of the island, and the danger index surged in Bai Zhen's heart. The most reassuring way for her was to let Hua Mu stay on her back.
The eldest lady was exhausted yesterday, and she knew what Bai Zhen was worried about, so she didn't dare to be brave, and submissively landed on her back.
The farther north you go, the more you can feel the difference between this side and the south side. The temperature and humidity gradually increase, and the vegetation becomes denser. The white pillow guessed rightly that the reason for the lack of rain in the south for so long was because of the blocking of the middle mountain, which formed a leeward slope.
There is obviously a wider area on the north side of the island, and the lushness of the tropical rain forest is not comparable to the south side. White pillow did not dare to enter rashly, and continued to walk northward for several kilometers along the edge.
Hua Mu was dying of heat.
"White pillow, when can we find water?"
She hung on the sentinel's back and did nothing and was sweating all over, and the two of them were sticky and sticky, which made her feel uncomfortable. Because of the rise in temperature, she had drank more than two bottles of water, but now she didn't even see the shadow of the water source.
In front of you, except for the white sand, the sea is a dense rainforest.
The rainforest in the south has a place to stay, but this is really prohibitive. The soft and muddy soil in the ground seems to be able to sink people into it, and there are either dense vines, poisonous snakes and insects in the small gaps.
Hua Mu couldn't help but feel a little hopeless when she saw Bai Zhen turned around several times and exited the rainforest.
"Miss, I can smell the river, and if I walk further, I should find out."
The white pillow can distinguish the difference in taste between clean water and stagnant water, and can even feel that it is very likely that it has rained in the north in the past few days.
The humidity in the air was high, there were many new fungi growing on the ground, and most importantly, she heard the sound of running water.
Hua Mu didn't trust her judgment much after Bai Zhen called the small stream that hadn't lasted for ten days as "a lot of water" last time. So when the white pillow said "river", she just thought it was the same stream as last time.
But Xiaoxi is better than nothing, she hasn't had a good bath for more than ten days! She didn't take a bath in such an environment, she suspected that she was already smelly, but her nose gradually adapted, so she couldn't smell it.
When the eldest lady realized this, she suddenly remembered the identity of the sentinel of the white pillow. She didn't know how many times better her sense of smell was, and she suddenly became nervous.
"White pillow."
"What's the matter, miss?"
"You, did you smell the water again?"
"Yes, it should be not far from us. It will be easier to find its entrance and go up."
Hua Mu has completely neglected that this river can still enter the sea - the sentinel can even smell the water, so how could he not smell her body
This dog's nose has also smelled the blood on her body!
Hua Mu supported Bai Zhen's shoulders to keep her body away from her, and the expression on her face became more and more tangled.
"Miss," Bai Zhen noticed her behavior and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter with you?"
Although the sentinel never said that he had smelled any odor, and never showed disgust, Hua Mu still felt embarrassed for some reason.
"A lot of sweat, I don't like it."
Hua Mu replied a little stiffly, with obvious unhappiness.
The white pillow just thought it was the sweat on her body that disgusted the eldest lady, and she was flustered for a while.
"Yes, I'm sorry, Miss, I'll take a good bath when I find a source of water."
Hua Mu's words "perverted pervert" were in her mouth, and then she realized that the other party was talking about cleaning her own body, and immediately swallowed them back to her stomach.
"It's not just you, I'm talking about it. I'm sweating so much, it must be smelly."
Bai Zhen heard her consolation, and temporarily put her heart back to her stomach.
"It's my fault, I didn't pay attention to it. But you are very fragrant, and there is no bad smell."
Damn, this sentinel actually smelled the scent on her body and said it was fragrant—she still has a bad heart, right!
"Really... doesn't it stink?"
The white pillow naturally said: "How can you smell bad, miss? It's my smell."
That's right, how could she smell bad? She used to take a bath with flower petals every day!
However, the smell of the white pillow is not bad anymore. If you want to say it hard or hard, it probably smells a little good unexpectedly. It's so strange, obviously there is so little fresh water, and the water freed up to wash her body is already very tight. How does the white pillow keep it clean
She knew that the other party would take a bath in the sea, but the body of the one who washed only had to be full of salt.
"Ahem, I didn't say that either... However, you seem to have been... um, you haven't used much fresh water to wash your body."
Hua Mu was purely curious at first, but when she asked, she felt that something was wrong. White pillow is a girl after all. It seems a little rude to say that she doesn't pay attention to cleaning. It took a while to express the meaning.
The white pillow also seemed a little embarrassed, "Because the fresh water is not enough... But don't worry, I have wiped it, and I will wash it after you wash it."
That's right, it's a girl after all... Wait, it's a bit wrong to hear what she means!
Hua Mu straightened her upper body and was further away from the white pillow.
"You, what do you wipe with?"
The white pillow answered calmly this time, "I use the water you used."
This pervert!
Hua Mu finally remembered the name of the novel that she asked Catherine to borrow, the gentleman's sentinel's favor!
She became a big prawn, and there were 10,000 swear words in her heart, but one sentence from the white pillow completely disrupted her thoughts.
"Miss, I see the river!"
The author has something to say: Everyone should save water.