Chapter 78: Shelves

Chapter 78: Shelves

Of course, for now, taking a bath isn't possible immediately.

Although the water issue has been resolved, there is still no bathroom.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.

If only boys were present, it wouldn't be a big deal; they could just be open about it.

But now that everyone is sharing the same space, co-ed bathing is definitely not an option.

Fortunately, while building a proper bathroom might take some time, some simple partitions are easy for Chen Mu to set up.

"While it's raining, I'll create a simple partition near the water outlet, and we can take turns to wash."

These days, except for sometimes in the morning when He Ying brings buckets of water for everyone to wash their faces, it's difficult even to wash our hands.

Taking a bath.

The concept seems so distant now.

The last time they washed up was when they went as a group to collect water. They rinsed a bit under the mineral water bottles without even taking off their clothes.

Somebody suggested bathing outside when it rained, but Dong Junwei, Tang Jing, and others vetoed the idea.

Though raindrops wouldn't kill anyone, it would significantly affect their movements. Besides, if the water flow on the ground was a bit strong, it could easily sweep someone away. Risking their lives for a bath clearly wasn't worth it.

But now, with the entire water supply project in place, during the rain, they practically have an unlimited water source and don't even need to use the water stored in tanks.

Chen Mu made a simple makeshift room near the water outlet so that everyone can take turns to undress and take a bath.

Priority goes to the girls.

Each person gets five minutes.

Since they don't have shower gel or anything of the sort, bathing is just a quick rinse; it doesn't require much time.

And if anyone takes too long, it's possible the rain might stop at any moment.

Even so.

When Wei Dalei finished bathing, nearly an hour had passed. The rain had also subsided considerably.

...

Everyone had smiles on their faces.

Bathing indeed brought joy and relaxation to both body and mind.

Now, the biggest problem was the lack of clean clothes.

The clothes they were currently wearing had been on their bodies for half a month, enduring all sorts of stains and being soaked and dried repeatedly by sweat. Even Dong Junwei and the other girls couldn't escape the unpleasant odor.

But as they say, when everyone stinks together, no one minds each other's smell.

Moreover, with time, they seemed to have grown accustomed to it.

Especially the area along the walls.

According to Tang Jing's medium to long-term planning, the rooms where people would live in the future would still be placed against the walls, and the facilities like toilets that required drainage would be the same.

If the number of people increased in the future, this storage room, which was less than 4 square meters and was currently occupied by supplies, might not be enough.

Therefore.

Dong Junwei's first step in the plan was to free up the floor space, especially the two large cardboard boxes against the walls. They needed to find a way to move them onto the shelves.

The first tier of the shelves still had some space, but the problem was, with the current size of humans, how could they lift these large cardboard boxes onto a 10-centimeter high shelf?

Wei Dalei stood in front of the cardboard boxes, looking left and right for a while before saying, "If they were empty inside, I think I could lift them."

Tang Jing chuckled, "Indeed, the weight might be manageable, but we are so tiny now that there's no way we can lift these soft and floppy large cardboard boxes."

"So what should we do?"

"There's only one way."

"What is it?"

"Ant-style moving, bit by bit." Tang Jing spread her hands, feeling somewhat helpless.

"How do we do that specifically?"

"First, we take out the things inside one by one, then we disassemble the cardboard boxes piece by piece, and finally move them bit by bit onto the shelves."

"That sounds a lot like the Foolish Old Man Removing the Mountains." Chang Junyan looked up at the huge cardboard boxes and sighed.

"That's all we can do."

"But even if we manage to move them onto the shelves, we won't be able to climb up even if it's the bottom tier."

"Yeah."

Tang Jing nodded, "So, we still need Chen Mu to make us a staircase."

Everyone immediately shifted their gaze to Chen Mu, who was diligently chiseling another staircase at the entrance.

They sighed collectively.

Without Chen Mu, they wouldn't be able to accomplish anything.

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