The willow branch breathed in the air with the fragrance of grass and trees, and felt that he was much better. Curiosity prevailed, and she looked around, Swallow Island was very different from what she had imagined, and it was not as desolate as he said, but rather lively. Stone and wood are piled up everywhere, and it is clear that construction is being carried out in large quantities.

There was a loud "boom" in the distance, and the tall banyan trees and palm trees with swaying feathers around them also swayed, so frightened that the willow branch did not stand firmly, and fell on top of him, and she grabbed him tightly.

"Don't be afraid, they're blowing up the mountain." Li Chun explained, and at the same time secretly prayed in his heart that it would sound a few more times. Isn't Xiaozhi still dependent on himself?

Tranquility and his friends devoted themselves to the development of gunpowder, and it happened that there was high-quality granite on the island, and while blasting up the mountains to mine stones, they were pondering to improve the gunpowder, which was cheap.

This year, Bai Qi has already selected a site for planning, first repaired fortifications, and the residence is temporarily simple, and most of the stilted houses built to avoid insects and snakes are bamboo and wood. What Swallow Island lacks now is manpower, craftsmen and laborers are in short supply, and the material island is abundant, but building a city is by no means a day's work, so far three years, Swallow Island has grown from scratch, and it can be said that the efficiency is amazing.

When they turned a corner, they saw a bamboo house that was completely different from the hustle and bustle just now, with large banyan trees, plantain trees and a verdant bamboo forest making this scene like a beautiful paradise. Li Chun walked to a house with willow branches, and heard a "meow", a fluffy white pompom jumped out of the door, grabbed the corner of her skirt and didn't let go.

White sugar cake! Liu Zhi was surprised and delighted, and bent down to pick up the white sugar cake. I heard a miserable cry from the "lady", and Xingrui stumbled and appeared, "Lady, I'm so scared that I've been brought here, I thought something happened to you-" She saw a tall and sturdy man next to her lady, and immediately stopped talking, this must be the lady's husband who has never shown up.

Willow Branch glanced at Li Chun, he grimaced at himself, and then took his hand and led himself into the house. This is the first batch of brick houses on the island, not very large but still a bright and dark pattern, the room has no furniture, only a set of tables and chairs and beds, tables and chairs are made of bamboo, although not expensive but light and elegant. I just don't know whether it is made by the craftsmen on the island or transported from Nanquan, Nanquan has nine mountains and one field, and people have no choice but to ask the sea for rations, so Nanquan is not only rich in bamboo and wood resources, but also a local bamboo worker.

Only the bed is different, this is a wenge shelf bed, although it is not as cumbersome and rich as the Babu Qiangong bed, but it is not the common patterns of rich flowers blooming, magpies and other patterns, but cats. Cats of various forms, or chasing and fighting, or fluttering butterflies, or rolling with a ball of thread, and simply sticking out a small head from behind the lake rocks to peep curiously.

The bed is obviously custom-made, and it takes as little as a year for a good shelf bed to finish and dry from the time it is cut to the last coat of paint, or two years or more if the carvings are complex and the inlays are to be inlaid.

Did he start preparing when he went to pick him up at his hometown in Huashi County?

Liu Zhi saw the white sugar cake and the apricot stamen, and the anxiety of the first arrival in a strange place was greatly reduced, and she was moved when she saw this arrangement full of heart everywhere, she wanted to say something to Li Chun, but the voice of opening her mouth disappeared again. She was stunned for a moment, not understanding what was going on, his expression was also uncomfortable for a moment, but said, "Xiaozhi, you rest first, I have something to do in front of me, come back later." After saying that, he turned around and left.

"Ah, you're back at this time-" Bai Qi, who was busy looking at the drawings in front of him, looked at Li Chun, who was sitting down on the mop chair in a huff, and didn't know what to say.

"Lao Tzu has come back, don't be verbose" Li Chun was irritable, Liu Zhi could talk to Xingrui and smile at her, obviously he had a heart problem with himself. After going out for half a year, he ended up estranged from her, if he had known that this was the ending, he might as well stay in the three mansions in the south of the Yangtze River and find a place to buy a few acres of land and live with her.

"Take advantage of the wind, you should go over in a few days, you can't leave the sale of that batch of muskets halfway."

"I'm not interested" he finished speaking and left, regardless of Bai Qi calling him from behind. If the problem of the twig is not solved, he will not go anywhere.

The willow branch stood in the middle of the house, what was wrong with himself? Xingrui didn't dare to make a sound to disturb, and she didn't come back to her senses until the white sugar cake was unwilling to be left out in the cold, and Meow meowed and fluttered at the corner of her skirt.

Xingrui has already boiled water, and the climate of Swallow Island is hotter than Nanquan, so everyone goes directly to the river to bathe directly, but Li Chun told her that the willow branches cannot be washed with cold water, and must be mixed with hot water.

The willow branch took a happy bath, the bath bucket was cypress, apparently transported from the mainland, and the water had Western flower dew, and the fragrance was intoxicating. She tilted her head, and Xingrui helped her wash her hair, chattering about her condition after saying goodbye.

She said that the food shop was still open, and it was handed over to Aunt Xu and Xiao Shrimp, and the yard of Liufu Lane was also entrusted to their mother and son and Mother Zhang, so she was the only one who followed her to the island. "I was scared after a day at sea, these people were so rude, I thought I had been sold." Xingrui was embarrassed to say that she hugged the white sugar cake and cried.

When you arrive on the island, Xingrui only needs to take care of the white sugar cake and clean the house every day, and wait for the willow branches. "Alas, lady, I'm so worried about you, I never knew that Madame was such a difficult person" Xingrui is now bolder, and dares to complain about Madame Pearl, "How good our lives used to be." "How do you look at it now, it feels like the end of the world.

Liu Zhi opened her mouth, but found that she hadn't spoken for a long time, and her voice was a little astringent, she coughed and said softly: "Don't think nonsense, it's just a different place to live." If you are willing to follow me, I will follow, if you don't want me to ask someone to send you back to Nanquan, the deed will also be returned to you. ”

Xingrui was horrified, and immediately cried: "Mrs. Seventh gave me to my mother, I have been a lady's person in my life, and my mother must not drive me away." ”

"I can't ask if you want to stay by my side, don't cry, our home will be here in the future." Willow comforted her.

Xingrui sobbed and nodded, and helped her wrap her wet hair in a muslin cloth: "I'll go and make a bowl of noodles for the lady, and sleep well after eating the lady, the boat man who has been sitting for so long is tired and panicked." ”

Willow sat by the window basking in the sun while continuing to carefully examine the furnishings in the room. On the square table made of bamboo, there is a Longquan kiln celadon vase, with a bunch of flame-like red flowers inserted in the slender neck, the red flowers are huge, and the vase does not match the color or shape.

This incongruous arrangement is obviously the work of Li Chun, who has no sense of beauty, but just piles up what he thinks is good. He wanted to give himself all the good things - Liu Zhi's heart twisted, and he didn't have time to feel sad that Xingrui came in with a bowl of noodles, and the soup made of oysters was still outside the door.

It's hot here, the hair dries quickly, the willow branch eats the noodles and the hair has dried, she climbs up to the bunk, and the bed is covered with a fine swallow silk grass woven mat, snow white as silver, it looks cool, and the pattern of Fang Shengwen is very elegant. This mat is light and fine, rolled up and can be folded into a book-sized to take away, and the water is splashed up and rolled into a bead, which is a good product for the summer cool house of the dignitaries, and it is sold very expensive in the Nanyang land. A mint green embroidered quilt was stacked on top of it.

Outside the house, there was a large bush of plantains, so it was not hot, but green, and the willow branch yawned, and a thin quilt was placed on his lower abdomen, and he soon fell asleep.

When she woke up, she felt that her spirit had been completely recovered, and she saw that the white sugar cake was also coiled up and lying on her feet, sleeping soundly. Xingrui sent herbal tea, and the willow branch played with the white sugar cake for a while and wanted to go out to have a look, but Xingrui disagreed, saying that there were few women here, and she only saw some strong women on the island for ten days, doing some pulp washing, sewing and cooking. The fortifications on the island are busy, and some of them are rough people, and some of them look like outlaws, what if they collide.

Willow Branch had no choice but to walk around the edge of the house, and finally went into the kitchen to see what ingredients were there, thinking that she would cook in the evening. This is her home, and she has to cheer up and fulfill the duties of a housewife.