novelbin Chapter 23 Even beautiful girls are cattle and horses!
Chapter 23 Even beautiful girls are cattle and horses!
Su Jin suddenly said to Li Yuanyuan:
"Yuanyuan, I need to tell you something first. You'll be sleeping on this island alone tonight. I need to go back to your sister Shen's place."
Li Yuanyuan was stunned when she heard this.
She glanced at the boat Su Jin had moored on the shore; it was clearly so big, there was no way it couldn't fit her.
Then she looked at the man in front of her, whose expression didn't seem to be joking.
After spending time together, she felt that Su Jin was a really good man, and she didn't believe that he would abandon her.
But when Su Jin said those words, she wavered a little, and a jumble of thoughts began to surface in her mind.
Was it because she repeatedly resisted him?
She wasn't proactive enough; last night they were clearly naked, a man and a woman alone together...
Or perhaps, last night the man wanted to, but he got hurt by his own actions and became angry?
Various reasons made her uneasy, her eyes began to dart around, and she was struggling internally about whether to do something drastic. Then... she received a sharp blow to the forehead.
"What are you thinking? Don't worry, it's not that we don't want you anymore, it's just that we have work for you to do!"
Su Jin withdrew his hand in annoyance, looking at the adorable pink-haired girl.
He did the same thing with a certain young woman last time, but this time he's more experienced.
Seriously, these women are all so cunning!
After recovering from the pain, Li Yuanyuan heard Su Jin's words and excitedly exclaimed:
"I'm willing to do anything!"
Su Jin patted the girl's shoulder with great satisfaction at her answer.
"Very good, very energetic. Did you see what I just did? You'll have to keep doing it after I leave."
"Huh? Me?" Li Yuanyuan was stunned. Was she, a beautiful young girl, supposed to do this kind of work?
The next second, Su Jin threw the axe in his hand at her, and she instinctively caught the short-handled stone axe with both hands.
However, the short-handled stone axe was not as heavy as she had imagined. On the contrary, she could easily hold it in her hand and swing it around without even breaking a sweat.
"Huh? I'm actually that strong?"
"Nonsense!" Su Jin rolled his eyes. "Did you think you ate all that rare sea monster meat and dragon power mushrooms for nothing?"
The former increases strength and constitution at the same time, while the latter focuses on increasing strength. At this point, Li Yuanyuan's strength should have increased by as much as 2.2 compared to before.
So even if this adorable girl was previously powerless, she can now at least become a powerful beast of burden.
As for chopping wood or something, as long as you master the technique, there's absolutely no problem.
Although the talent of being a spirit chef already makes Li Yuanyuan powerful enough, he still has to use whatever he can get his hands on, and he won't begrudge girls.
However, he still showed some concern for girls, or for Li Yuanyuan, the girl with the ahoge (a cowlick-like hair on her head).
Su Jin took the axe back from the girl's hand, his gaze sweeping around before landing on a fallen tree.
At first glance, the tree's rings indicate that it is over 200 years old, almost twice the size of an ordinary tree.
A smile appeared on his lips as he said to Li Yuanyuan:
"I won't make you suffer. I'll make you a simple wooden bed so you won't get cold sleeping on the floor at night."
Based on last night's experience, he already knew that the girl had a weak constitution and was prone to feeling cold. Normally, when the weather was warm, sleeping on the ground would be fine and wouldn't cause too many problems.
However, the outside is obviously not safe, and the safest place is the Water Curtain Cave where the Dragon Marrow Mushroom grows.
It was a damp and dark place, with wet ground, and even a grown man like him didn't like to sleep there.
Without him as a cushion, if this adorable girl slept inside him for one night, he was afraid she would catch a cold in a couple of days, which would be a real problem.
Therefore, it is essential to make a wooden bed for the other party, since a sick ox or horse cannot work properly.
Of course, a large part of it was simply because he cared about Li Yuanyuan.
When the girl heard that Su Jin was going to make her a bed, she was overjoyed at the thought of not having to sleep on the floor that night.
"Thank you, Brother Su!"
Her sweet voice reached Su Jin's ears, making him feel quite good.
He looked at the big tree trunk and thought for a moment, then decided not to make it into a slatted bed, but rather a large plank bed.
A so-called "large board bed" is actually a bed made of two wooden boards joined together.
Because the tree trunk was big enough, and Li Yuanyuan was only 1.55 meters tall, the two planks joined together were enough for her to sleep on.
However, the terrain inside the Water Curtain Cave is not completely flat; it still has a slope. He also needs to make three bed legs according to the slope to pad the bed board.
These three bed legs are also carefully designed. They are not just made of padding, but also have a small notch on top to hold the bed board in place, and some texture on the bottom to match the structure of the ground, so that they can be easily secured.
This kind of small wooden bed is very sturdy and won't cause the girl to bump her head while sleeping at night.
He finished the small wooden bed in less than an hour. Li Yuanyuan's eyes lit up at his speed, and she regarded him as a master craftsman.
In reality, Su Jin only learned some related knowledge from the internet and then figured it out on his own in the wild.
After making the wooden bed for the girl, he also made her a shorter-handled stone axe, using less stone, so it was lighter.
This way, Li Yuanyuan doesn't have to exert so much effort when she swings the ball, effectively improving her work efficiency.
For almost the entire afternoon, the girl followed Su Jin to learn how to chop wood.
As dusk fell, a small mountain of firewood appeared beside the two of them.
Seeing that he had a certain amount of firewood, almost 60 units, Su Jin decided it was time to use some to upgrade his ship to level 3.
He stopped what he was doing, turned to Li Yuanyuan and said:
"Yuanyuan, stop for a moment, help me carry these firewood onto the boat."
Li Yuanyuan didn't ask too many questions, she just obediently said "oh", and then picked up the firewood and followed behind Su Jin.
From a distance, she looked like Su Jin's little follower, trailing behind her boss step by step.
Soon, 20 units of wood were piled up on the ship, and Su Jin called a halt to the girl's journey.
"That's all for now, you can get off the boat first."
Li Yuanyuan obediently disembarked from the boat once again and looked at Su Jin curiously from the side.
Without hesitation, Su Jin submitted 20 units of wood to upgrade.
The next second, the familiar white light enveloped the entire small fishing boat.
As the light shimmered, the ship's hull emitted the creaking sounds of dense wood growth and splicing.
When the light faded, a brand-new ship appeared before our eyes.
This scene made Li Yuanyuan, who was standing next to her, widen her eyes in surprise.
This was the first time she had ever directly witnessed the miraculous power bestowed by the will of the world; she had only ever seen it in novels or movies before.
In the blink of an eye, the ship grew bigger and more imposing; it was simply amazing.
Suddenly, she realized that this seemed to be Su Jin's "island". It had been upgraded again. Wouldn't that make it a level 3 island?
In her excitement, she couldn't help but praise:
"The captain is awesome! By the way, may I come aboard for a look around?"