Chapter 7 Finally a Bed

Lu Chenxi took one look and saw that her sister was indeed holding a sea bass weighing about a pound.

“Chenyue, you’re amazing! I’ll make you steamed sea bass tonight.”

Chenyue was thrilled to hear her sister’s praise. She was so cool!

Then she skipped happily after her sister to eat noodles.

Their little home now had pots, pans, and utensils, but they didn’t have a table or chairs to eat on. So the sisters had to sit on the floor.

After finishing a bowl of noodles, the sisters let out satisfied burps and smiled at each other.

With their bellies full, it was time to work.

Lu Chenxi told her sister to continue fishing outside and to call her if she found any treasure chests.

Lu Chenxi quickly cleaned up the kitchen, washed the dishes, and then opened the system panel to check the trade.

[Trading Hall]

As soon as she entered, she saw a system notification that the trade was successful. The water had been exchanged, replaced by 4 planks, and Lu Chenxi also received a private message.

[Boss, are you there? I have more planks here. I want to trade some water and food with you.]

Lu Chenxi didn’t rush to reply to the message. She was eager to build the bed, so she immediately opened the workbench.

[Simple Wooden Bed:

Wooden Bed Blueprint x1

Planks x4

Production conditions met. Do you want to start production now?

]

Lu Chenxi pressed “Yes.” The production time for the wooden bed was displayed as 1 hour. She didn’t bother with it anymore. She couldn’t just wait for an hour.

Leaving the workbench, Lu Chenxi opened the trading center to reply to the player’s message while thinking that they wouldn’t be short of food or water for now, and they had a bed and blankets to sleep on at night.

Next, she would focus on upgrading the house. It was only Level 1 now, and it was already the second day. The newbie protection period was only three days. She would try to upgrade the house to Level 2 during the protection period.

She found the player who had sent her the private message and replied, “How many planks do you have? If the price is reasonable, we can trade.”

The other person must have been waiting, because they replied immediately: “I have 10 planks here. I want to trade for 1000 ml of water and 500g of food.”

Lu Chenxi had checked the trading information posted in the trading hall, and she found that this price was quite reasonable.

Every player needed to upgrade their hut now, but not many players could get planks. So the price of planks was still quite high.

She replied to the other person, “Okay.”

A flash of white light, and the water and bread that Lu Chenxi had taken out of her space disappeared. 10 planks appeared in front of her.

She put the planks into her space. Now Lu Chenxi had [Planks x10, Stones x10].

She still needed [Planks x10, Stones x20, Iron x2] to upgrade the hut.

Once the house reached Level 2, she and her sister would have another layer of protection. Thinking about this, Lu Chenxi was full of motivation.

Just then, Chenyue’s call came from outside: “Sister, come here quickly. I found another treasure chest!”

Lu Chenxi quickly ran out and followed her sister’s finger. She saw a treasure chest floating far out on the sea, but it was still quite far from them. If it weren’t for their good eyesight, they wouldn’t have been able to see it, let alone reel it in.

“Chenyue, don’t worry. It will take a while for us to get close to that treasure chest. Let’s wait patiently. Sister will accompany you to fish for a while, okay?”

Because the island was slowly moving, even though Chenyue was very lucky, fishing wasn’t as easy as she thought. She only caught one sea bass after a whole day of fishing.

Perhaps luck was on her side again. After sitting with her sister for about 20 minutes, the fishing line suddenly twitched, and the movement grew stronger.

The two sisters knew that this fish must be big. They pulled on the fishing rod together. The fish struggled fiercely in the water, splashing water everywhere. But slowly, the fish’s strength was exhausted, and it was finally reeled in, unwillingly, to the shore.

Lu Chenxi was overjoyed to see the fish, which weighed about 8 pounds. She quickly put it into her space.

It’s worth mentioning that time is frozen in the space. Food stored there can be preserved, but living things cannot be put in. The sea bass that Chenyue caught at noon died as soon as it entered the space.

After a lot of effort, the island slowly approached the treasure chest. This time, Lu Chenxi decided to try hooking the treasure chest herself. She couldn’t let her sister do everything while she, the older sister, just watched.

It has to be said that Lu Chenxi’s aim was pretty good. After about 20 tries, she successfully reeled in the treasure chest.

This time, the treasure chest was still red. It seemed that orange-level or higher treasure chests weren’t so easy to get.

Chenyue didn’t need her sister to remind her this time. She took the initiative to open the treasure chest. Her lucky charm wasn’t just for show. The items she got were still very rich: [Underwear x2, Pajama Set x2, Towel x2, Toothbrush x2, Toothbrush Cup x2].

Lu Chenxi touched her sister’s little tuft of hair, “Good job, Chenyue. The items we got this time are very useful. We can change our clothes. Sister has been feeling uncomfortable for a long time.”

Chenyue was also happy, but she still frowned, “But sister, we have toothbrushes and toothbrush cups, but we don’t have toothpaste. How do we brush our teeth?”

Of course, Lu Chenxi had a solution. The water purifier she got from the sign-in not only solved their drinking water problem and the lack of salt for cooking, but they could also use the salt to clean their mouths.

“Remember the water purifier Sister got from the sign-in? It not only purifies clean water but also produces a small amount of salt.”

“We can occasionally brush our teeth with salt. It can also disinfect and kill bacteria. We’ll have a chance to get toothpaste later. Sister will go to the trading hall and exchange it for Chenyue. I’ll definitely make sure Chenyue can use toothpaste.”

As for why she wasn’t exchanging it now, it was because it wasn’t an immediate need. They couldn’t waste resources, right?

Just like that, it was time to prepare dinner.

She told her sister to fish outside by herself and to keep an eye out for any treasure chests floating by.

She went into the kitchen to prepare dinner. Since she had promised her sister that she would make her steamed sea bass tonight, she had to do it.

Since the only seasoning they had was salt, before starting to cook, Lu Chenxi opened the trading center and traded 100 ml of water for a large piece of ginger and a bunch of scallions.

That would be enough to make a simple steamed sea bass. For the main course, they would just eat bread.

It wasn’t that Lu Chenxi didn’t want to cook, but the food supplies were still not rich enough. They had to be frugal. They had noodles for lunch, so it would be extravagant to eat them again for dinner. They would just have bread for now.

“We have to keep working hard tomorrow. Hopefully, we can get more types of main courses. Chenyue is still growing. She can’t just eat bread without any nutrition,” Lu Chenxi encouraged herself as she cooked.