Chapter 9: Oars

The next morning, when Xingyu turned over in his sleep, he was in a daze, and he felt wrong, and the space seemed to have become larger. Xingyu opened his eyes and didn't see Mia, no wonder he felt that the space had become larger. didn't see Mia, Xingyu, who was a little worried, quickly got up. After standing up, Heungwoo saw Miya sitting on an inflatable boat leisurely enjoying the sunrise. And noticed that Mia had two portions of bread and mineral water next to her.

When Mia caught eye on Xingyu, she mysteriously pointed to the mineral water and said, "Come over and have breakfast, I made this today." After Mia's words, Xingyu immediately discovered that the mineral water bottle contained chocolate-colored water. Heung-woo immediately guessed that Mia was soaking chocolate in mineral water. Xingyu tried to take a sip, and it tasted really good. "How do you melt chocolate into mineral water without hot water?" Xingyu asked puzzled. Mia replied with a mysterious face: "Secret! ”

At this time, Xingyu noticed that Mia was wearing a wetsuit, and he vaguely guessed that Mia put mineral water into the wetsuit and used her body temperature to warm the mineral water to dissolve the chocolate. Xingyu's heart "wow" "Wow": "Body temperature chocolate mineral water!" Of course, Xingyu only dared to think in his heart, and did not dare to say it. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to drink this body temperature chocolate mineral water in the future. The smart Miya guessed that Xingyu might have guessed when he saw that Xingyu wanted to snicker but didn't dare to laugh. Mia's face immediately flushed. In order to disguise her embarrassment, Mia pouted and pretended to continue to enjoy the sunrise.

Heung-woo and Mia sit side by side on the boat, watching the sunrise while eating a special breakfast prepared by Mia. At this moment, a warm picture appeared on the sea, but it was a pity that there were floating objects after the tsunami on the sea.

After the sun had completely risen over the sea, Mia, who was still a little weak-hearted, could no longer stare at the sun, so she had to look east and west with her eyes. When I looked at the row of paddle troughs next to the paddle ring, there should have been a row of paddle troughs. Mia broke the silence with this: "It's a pity that the oars of this inflatable boat are missing. Xingyu saw that Mia was finally willing to speak, so he quickly replied: "The oars are simple!" I'll just make it later. Mia asked curiously, "We don't have any tools, how do you make an oar?" Xingyu learned Mia's mysterious expression just now and replied, "You just wait." ”

Xingyu took a bite of the remaining bread in his hand. Then put on your fins and jump into the sea. There are a lot of planks floating in the sea, but unfortunately there are no knives to cut the planks into wooden paddles. Xingyu had no choice but to pick up two wooden sticks and return to the inflatable boat. After that, Heung-woo took out the fins that were supposed to be for Mia from the refrigerator. The fins have a rectangular hole in the back of the heel. Heung-woo threaded a wooden stick through a rectangular hole into a fins, tied it with a rope, and then it became an oar. After seeing Xingyu easily making an oar, Mia said in surprise, "Wow! It's that simple! I just saw you picking up sticks, and I thought you wanted to tie the planks. I didn't expect it to be fins! Xingyu replied proudly: "I said that making oars is simple!" Xingyu continued: "We don't have iron nails to fix the planks, and the width of the planks and sticks is different, so it is difficult to tie them tightly with a rope without loosening. Therefore, it is better to tie it tightly with soft fins. ”

Soon, Xingyu made another oar. After loosening the rope that bound the inflatable boat, he threaded the freshly made oars into the oar ring and began to try. Mia shouted excitedly: "The dinghy has moved!" The dinghy moved! Ha ha! But after drawing a distance, Xingyu found a problem. The design of the fins is like a fishtail, so the front part of the fins should be soft and elastic to allow the user to play the water without difficulty. However, this softness is not suitable for oars, and it is laborious and unpleasant to row. Xingyu had to think of another way, and Miya, who was originally excited, looked at Xingyu depressedly to find a way.

Xingyu suddenly shouted excitedly: "Stupid! We are Chinese, and we didn't even expect a Chinese-style paddle. "The principle of the oars is to imitate the swing of the fish's tail, which is the same as the principle of the fins, so the oars made of the fins are very suitable for the paddles. Xingyu immediately began to tie a tripod to the iron frame at the stern of the boat with a wooden stick, and then put the oars on the tripod. After getting it done, Xingyu began to try to rock the oars. "Haha! Fins are really good for rocking paddles. Xingyu proudly showed off his achievements to Mia. But soon after, Xingyu was dissatisfied again. Xingyu said to Miya again: "It is a bit laborious to shake the oar like this, and it will be very tiring after shaking for a long time." I have to change it again. Miya saw that Xingyu had been busy for a long time without resting, and said to Xingyu distressedly: "Take a break!" In fact, as long as we can push the inflatable boat, we don't want to participate in the competition and win prizes. ”

"It's okay! Just change it a little bit. Xingyu stubbornly refused to rest and jumped into the sea. I saw Xingyu swimming around in the sea, looking for one wooden stick after another, but he was still not satisfied. Just when Miya couldn't help but want to come back, she saw Xingyu swimming back with a long wooden stick that was about a little shorter than an inflatable boat and slightly bent at one end. After Xingyu climbed into the boat, Miya immediately stuffed water and bread to Xingyu angrily: "If you don't rest, you are not allowed to do it again!" Xingyu had no choice but to sit down and rest.

After Heungwoo finished eating the bread, he began to disassemble the paddle he had made earlier, and then put the removed fins on the slightly curved end of the long wooden stick. After that, the newly made wooden paddle is placed on the tripod again. Previously, when Xingyu put the wooden oar on the tripod, one-third of the oar's handle was in the boat, and two-thirds stretched out into the sea from the tripod, so it would be difficult to rock the oar. Now it's the opposite, two-thirds of the oars are inside the boat, and one-third is bent into the sea from the tripod. After getting it done, Xingyu was trying to rock the oar again. This time, a gentle paddle can propel the inflatable boat. This time, Xingyu was finally satisfied with his results.

Miya saw Xingyu's smiling face and knew that the paddle was ready. Mia excitedly shouted that Xingyu would teach her to rock. In fact, it is very simple to shake the paddle, just shake the oar handle from side to side. Mia quickly learns to get started. Then Heungwoo teaches Mia how to turn the ship. The official way to make a turn is to turn the oar 30 degrees and then tilt the paddle slightly from side to side. This method is difficult for novices, and holding the paddle handle can hurt the skin in the palms of the hands. So Xingyu thought of another way by himself, pressing down the paddle handle to let the oar tail leave the sea, and then the oar tail moved in the direction he wanted to turn, put down the oar tail and row in another direction. So that the ship turned. This method is simple and easy to use, but when turning, the speed of the boat will drop sharply or even stop. Xingyu taught Miya both methods, but Miya chose to use Xingyu's own method.

Mia was rowing for the first time and refused to stop with excitement. But the sun was getting hotter and hotter at noon, and the two had to go back to the refrigerator and half-close the door to shade them. Mia rested with her back against the wall of the cabinet, complaining that the inflatable boat did not have a roof to shade her. I don't feel tired when I'm rowing excitedly, but when I sit down to rest, I can't hold my spirit. Soon, Mia fell asleep unconsciously. Seeing that Mia was asleep, Xingyu concentrated on how to add a roof to the inflatable boat. There is a lot of wood floating on the sea, and it is not difficult to install the roof of the ship, but the difficulty is to support the sea breeze. When Xingyu was thinking about it, he suddenly tapped on the top of his head and Mia's voice came: "What are you thinking?" Thinking so intently, my eyebrows are almost knotted. ”

"I'm thinking about how to add a roof to the boat." Hearing Xingyu's answer, a hint of sweetness appeared in Miya's heart.

"Fool! I'm not that delicate. ”