Without Zhong Li Feiyu, Lu Wanqing would definitely have taken the child back to the space capsule to rest, which would have been safer. But now, with Zhong Li Feiyu lying here, they couldn't leave.
Lu Wanqing thought for a moment and then took out another piece of clothing from her spatial button. She looked around and finally found a shady spot, spreading the clothes out.
"Lanlan, you can lie here for your afternoon nap~" Lu Wanqing said.
Little Mu Lan looked at the clothes his mommy had spread out, a little confused, "Mommy, are we going to rest here at noon?"
Lu Wanqing reached out and rubbed the top of her child's head, saying gently, "Yes, General Zhong Li is here. If we leave, he might be in great danger."
"Okay." Mu Lan understood and nodded slightly.
Little Mu Lan immediately went inside, lay down on the clothes, and then said to his mommy, "Mommy, you sleep too~"
Lu Wanqing took out another piece of clothing to cover the little one and then said, "Lanlan, you rest first. Mommy isn't sleepy today."
Little Mu Lan looked at his mommy, confused. Why wasn't Mommy sleepy today? Mommy used to take a nap with him every noon, didn't she?
"Sleep~" Lu Wanqing soothed.
Little Mu Lan was really sleepy. He blinked against his drowsiness and then said, "Okay, good afternoon, Mommy~"
Lu Wanqing smiled, leaned down, and kissed her child's forehead, saying, "Good afternoon to you too, Lanlan~"
When it was the time for the child's usual nap, little Mu Lan quickly fell asleep. Lu Wanqing stayed by his side. She was actually a bit sleepy too, but she couldn't sleep. They were still outdoors, with Zhong Li Feiyu unconscious and Mu Lan sleeping. If she also fell asleep, and something from the forest rushed out, all three of them would be in danger.
Unable to sleep, Lu Wanqing kept her eyes open, looking at the big and small figures lying on the ground. Suddenly, a problem occurred to her.
They couldn't leave at noon, so they had to sleep here. What about the night?
If Zhong Li Feiyu didn't wake up before nightfall, would they still be unable to leave at night?
Lu Wanqing thought about it, her gaze suddenly shifting upwards, looking at the space above where Zhong Li Feiyu was lying. If she tried hard, could she build a house above Zhong Li Feiyu before dark?
Building a house might be difficult, but constructing a simple temporary shelter shouldn't be too hard, right?
As Lu Wanqing pondered, her gaze fixed on the space above and around Zhong Li Feiyu, and her mind spontaneously began to construct a structural model of a house.
With a rough model of the house in mind, Lu Wanqing simply opened her spatial button and took out paper and a pen.
Speaking of this, she had to thank Mu Sijie. Lu Wanqing's habit of carrying paper and pens stemmed from her visits to the Mu family's top floor for study, where she discovered that many precious documents and mecha models were recorded using the most primitive paper and pens. Thus, she subconsciously placed paper and pens in her spatial button as well.
Occasionally, when inspiration struck, she would take out paper and pens and casually sketch the ideas that suddenly popped into her mind.
Lu Wanqing thought and began to draw on the side.
Little Mu Lan took a nap and woke up to find his mommy drawing. He was startled and then quickly assumed that Mommy must be drawing mecha models again, right?
Thinking of the super 3S mecha his mommy had designed, Mu Lan suddenly became excited and rushed towards his mommy!
"Mommy!" Little Mu Lan ran to his mommy's side and called out happily.
Lu Wanqing was startled, her hand trembled, and she almost ruined the house model she had spent the whole morning drawing.
Mu Lan craned his neck to see what Lu Wanqing was drawing on the paper, but when he saw it clearly, he was stunned. His little brows furrowed, "Mommy, what is this?"
It wasn't a mecha drawing!
Mu Lan was confused. Mommy wasn't drawing a mecha, what was she drawing?
Lu Wanqing also reacted. She carefully finished the last stroke and then looked up at little Mu Lan, smiling and saying, "This is a house."
"A house?" Mu Lan asked, puzzled.
Lu Wanqing nodded, "Yes, let's go, we're going to cut bamboo."
There were trees in the forest, and also a lot of bamboo. Lu Wanqing thought that using bamboo to build a house would be the best. Bamboo had a special structure and similar sizes, so the assembly of materials would be neat when building a house, making it not only aesthetically pleasing but also able to provide shelter from wind and rain.
Trees were different. There were many trees in the forest, let alone different types of trees; even trees of the same species were mostly of different sizes and lengths, with considerable variations. This made them troublesome to handle.
"What are we cutting bamboo for?" Little Mu Lan was very confused.
"To build a house," Lu Wanqing said with a smile.
"Mommy, you can build a house?" Little Mu Lan was shocked.
Lu Wanqing lowered her eyes and looked at the little one, smiling and explaining, "It's not a proper house, just a simple place for temporary shelter from wind and rain."
"It might not be very sturdy, but Uncle Zhong Li is lying here unconscious, and we can't take him back to the space capsule."
Even if they took him back, the small space capsule couldn't accommodate three people. It was already at its limit with two people. If Zhong Li Feiyu were moved in, then she and little Mu Lan would have one person left outside.
Moreover, Zhong Li Feiyu was injured and couldn't be moved.
"We'll build a temporary house for shelter from wind and rain. It should be fine for living for a few days," Lu Wanqing said.
Little Mu Lan looked at his mommy, his eyes full of admiration, "Mommy, you're so amazing!"
Before today, Mu Lan's most admired person was always his dad. His dad was incredibly capable, but from today onwards, Mu Lan felt his mommy was even more capable than his dad.
This was because Mommy knew so many things, she could design mechas, and she could also build houses. His dad only knew how to design mechas, so Mommy was more amazing than his dad!
Lu Wanqing didn't waste any more time. She only had the afternoon, and time was very tight. If she couldn't finish building the house before dark, they might all face danger tonight.
At first, Mu Lan followed his mommy just because he thought she was amazing. But after a while, he suddenly realized that Mommy seemed very tired.
"Mommy, do you want to rest for a bit? You're sweating so much~" Mu Lan said with concern, looking at his mommy as she carried another bamboo stalk back to Zhong Li Feiyu's side.
Lu Wanqing looked at little Mu Lan and smiled, saying, "Are you tired, Lanlan? If you're tired, you can rest by Uncle Zhong Li for a while~"
"I'm not tired!" Little Mu Lan quickly replied.
"Mommy, you're sweating a lot, Mommy is tired!" Little Mu Lan said earnestly.
Lu Wanqing smiled and then continued walking towards the forest. Actually, the tiredness came from carrying the bamboo. She had cut the bamboo directly with the interstellar energy saw, which was very convenient and effortless.
After bringing back quite a lot of bamboo, Lu Wanqing began the next step. She took out the drawing she had made at noon, looked at it carefully, and then took out the energy saw and the bamboo she had brought back, and started working.
Although the bamboo stalks were all about the same size, their lengths still needed to be controlled manually. Lu Wanqing sawed the bamboo into neat sections according to the needs of building the house.