Chapter 1178 I’m Afraid I Will Follow in the Footsteps of My Predecessors
Chou Chou moved around, and Liu Wei almost failed to hold her properly. He quickly lowered his head to see if her daughter was feeling uncomfortable, and then reached out to touch her daughter's head.
Rong Leng also looked over, stroked his daughter's face with his big hand, and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable due to the wind?"
Liu Wei didn't know either, so he said, "I'll go in first."
But as soon as she entered the cabin, Chou Chou in her arms began to squirm even more vigorously, and his mouth was puckered, looking like he was about to cry at any moment.
Liu Wei didn't know what was going on with Chou Chou. He wasn't hungry and didn't poop, he just kept pushing.
She had no choice but to change her position and hold the child, coaxing: "What's wrong? What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Xiao Li happened to come out of the house. Hearing the noise, he ran over and asked on tiptoe: "What's wrong with Xiao Ye? Mom, what's wrong with Xiao Ye?"
The son was croaking and the daughter was fussy, making Liu Wei's head grow bigger by going up and down, so she had no choice but to squat down and let Xiao Li look at her sister.
Xiao Li propped up his head and looked forward. He saw that his sister was pink and tender, and her little eyebrows were wrinkled into a knot. She reached out to touch her in distress: "Xiaoye, I am your brother. Look at me quickly."
Babies who are only a few months old can't tell the difference. They cry when they open their mouths when they get emotional.
Chou Chou started to lose his temper inexplicably, and his cries soon alerted the others. Everyone gathered around and tried all kinds of methods, but they couldn't make the little baby show his happy face.
Rong Leng also heard the noise, and immediately ignored Yue Shansheng, thrust the map into his hand, and stepped into the cabin.
Yue Shansheng held the map and was still looking at the situation on the sea. The small wind just now brought heavy fog, but this day, the fog gathered quickly and dispersed quickly.
When the white mist that enveloped the ship gradually dissipated, the little baby girl who was crying heartbrokenly in the cabin also stopped crying.
Before Rong Leng came back, he heard his daughter crying, but as soon as he entered the cabin, her daughter stopped crying.
He walked to Liu Wei, who was also confused and couldn't help but check her daughter's pulse.
Chou Chou seemed to have forgotten how noisy she had been, with two teardrops hanging on her upper eyelashes. In the blink of an eye, the teardrops touched her lower eyelashes, making her eyes watery, and her pink lips pursed again and again. .
Liu Wei didn't understand, pinched her little face and asked, "Why are you laughing again?"
Chou Chou couldn't understand what the adults said, so he just kept staring at his mother with his shining eyes.
Seeing that the child was okay and the others had dispersed, Yue Dansheng entered the cabin and said, "If we walk a little further ahead, there should be a deserted island."
There is a small island where you can at least go ashore, stay or watch, which is better than floating on the sea.
Judging from the map, this legendary desert island is really not far from their current location. It can be reached in three to five days at most.
But when I really looked for it, let alone three or five days, after ten days I didn't even see a single leaf.
Liu Wei wondered if he had gone the wrong way?
But judging from the fake-looking map, it was correct.
They are now between the boundary line of the deep sea and the island, and the distance between the boundary line and the island on the map is only half a nail on your little finger, but when you really look for it, it feels like you can cross an ocean, so the map, Proportions are so important!
After another seven days, they finally saw a lump of green on the horizon in the distance.
Liu Wei looked at it again and again with the telescope, and said excitedly to Rong Leng: "That's right there, Green Island!"
This telescope was made by Liu Wei. Because she was looking for Rong Leng, she made several of them using the existing glass material. But after all, they were made in a hurry and rough. The viewing distance was not as far as later telescopes, but in this Time is enough.
Liu Wei was in a hurry to leave Beijing at that time, so Liu Wei found Rong Leng and returned to Qingzhou without staying too long. Otherwise, it would be okay to give the design drawings to Jin Nanyun and ask her to hurry up and make a few telescopes with good performance.
If you don’t have a good telescope, you’ll have to make do with a bad one.
Rong Leng looked at the hazy green in the distance, and based on his experience, he guessed that it was indeed a green island, but judging from its location, it was quite far away from what was marked on the map.
"Go and have a look first."
After giving the order, the helmsman on the other side steered towards Green Island.
After staying in the water for too long, the whole ship was a little excited when they heard that they were about to go ashore. After all, it was not a serious navy, and most of the soldiers felt more at home on land.
Wangshan is a dead horse, and the same is true for this small island. It looks very close, but it really isn't that fast.
They moved at full speed for two consecutive days, and finally on the third day, everyone on the ship came ashore.
This island is indeed very small, and the entire island is like a lonely boat floating in the middle of the sea.
The experienced helmsman went ashore, took a look, and said firmly: "You can't spend the night on this island."
Everyone didn't know why, but it was difficult for their feet to touch the ground. Everyone wanted to rest for two days.
"This is a floating island with a low base. It's okay not to encounter wind and waves. However, if the weather is bad, the tide will rise easily. Once the tide rises, the entire island will be submerged!"
It will be submerged, so you really can’t stay.
Liu Wei discussed it with Rong Leng and Yue Shansheng, asked the helmsman a few more questions, and finally decided that everyone should rest on the island for half a day and get on the boat before dark to continue walking.
After all, I have landed, and I have to stand and enjoy myself before setting sail again.
It's not bad to be able to go to the island for half a day. The soldiers, the boatmen, and even the well-trained secret guards were very happy. When they got to the island, they went to light a fire, look for fruits, and everyone was busy with their own business.
There are many plants on the island, but most of them are fruitless.
Finally, he found a tree with only a palm-sized red fruit. Liu Wei looked at it for a while and announced helplessly - it couldn't be eaten.
Why can't you eat it? poisonous!
This is indeed not an island where living people can survive. Although there are no raptors, insects or beasts on the island, there is no food or water source. Even if a normal person is really living here, they will not survive for many days. They have to afford it these days. Wind and waves, no rising tide, no flooding.
There is nothing on the island, and everyone’s enthusiasm for landing soon dissipated.
Rong Leng was still studying the map, and Yue Shansheng was also writing and drawing on the ground.
Liu Wei came over and sat next to the two of them, pointed at the map and said, "I still feel that this island is not marked on it."
The direction is too different.
Yue Dansheng raised his head at this time, holding a branch in his hand, and used the branch to point at something he had drawn: "It should be over here."
Liu Wei turned his head to look. After looking at it for a long time, he nodded in agreement: "Yes, it should be over here."
After the words fell, the three of them fell silent.
After a while, it was Yue Shansheng who said: "We have yawed."
Since entering the deep sea, they have unknowingly lost their way while looking for the small island marked on the map.
Now their location is no longer within the range shown on the map, and the small island on the map is unknown. Even if they want to return to the original route and return to the deep sea boundary, they may not be able to go back. .
"Now I seem to know how the Rong family ancestors' hundreds of thousands of sailors, as well as my grandfather, disappeared." Liu Wei felt that they might also follow in the footsteps of their predecessors.