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Published at 26th of November 2021 05:17:43 AM


Chapter 18: 18

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"Why should we go to the source?" Lu Ke took a puzzled look at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi glanced at the girl and then explained, "generally speaking, there are few source animals, which can be used as our camp. If it is appropriate, we can build our long-term camp today."

"That's great. Let's go to the source first." Lu Ke narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Yi in surprise. He felt that he knew a lot of things.

I read a book about survival in the wilderness. There is no place to play.

So the two men walked upstream along the brook.

They will arrive at the source in 20 minutes.

The source is a mountain spring with considerable water output. It flows out more than one meter from the cliff and forms a small pool underground.

"What a pity, there are no small fish and shrimp in the pool." Lu Ke glanced at it and said with some regret.

"But there are rabbits moving around here." after Xu Yi observed, he found some small footprints, some of which look like rabbits.

"Oh, really? How do you know?" Lu Ke glanced at Xu Yi in surprise.

"There are some footprints by the water. Just look carefully." Xu Yi pointed to the footprints and told Lu Ke.

Lu Ke narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Yi in surprise.

"You observed so carefully that I didn't see it at first sight." Lu Ke was a little ashamed.

Xu Yi's attitude is correct. He says he wants to grow up. This is the first lesson he learned. He should carefully observe every place.

"As long as you pay attention, you can. This place is still ideal. We can build our own camp near here." Xu Yi said happily, then walked around to the place without footprints, picked up a handful of water and washed his face.

"The water is so cold that it is worthy of being a spring. Come and wash your face," Xu Yi invited.

"HMM." in fact, Lu doesn't just want to wash her face. She wants to take a bath.

"Luke, when you find a place, you can start knitting a barrel, which can be woven on four sticks." Xu Yi and Luke said their ideas.

"What's the use?" she was puzzled.

"It's used to take a bath. I don't care. Just pause and shoot more." Xu Yi grinned. If Lu Ke didn't mind, he would be happy to enjoy it.

"Ah, I see. Xu Yi is too smart. I can use eight sticks to make it open and close, which is more convenient. At the bottom, it can be hung in the air to save materials and fix the position." Lu Ke thinks Xu Yi's idea is really wonderful. Maybe she can take a bath tonight.

"Well, you are an expert, you decide." Xu Yi smiled and left the water.

Xu Yi looked at the left and right sides respectively, and then Xu Yi chose the left, seven or eight meters away from the water source.

There is a rock wall, which can save a wall.

Another reason is that it is dry and more suitable for setting up camps.

And they are all mud, which is also convenient for the construction of camps.

After choosing the location, Xu Yi will start logging.

First, Lu Ke cut eight two finger thick ones, and then Xu Yi began to find a bowl with a thick mouth to build his own camp.

The thick trunk at the mouth of the bowl needs 9, of which two need to be 4.5 meters long, and two need to be 4 meters, and then the remaining five need to be 3.5 meters long.

Xu Yi made a one meter ruler with a belt, which can be more accurate.

The camp Xu Yi chooses is surrounded by woods, and most of them are thick. Xu Yi saws it down casually, and then saws out the length he wants according to the demand.

The top of the nine columns is easy to saw a small groove, so that it is convenient to fix the beam when making the roof.

It took Xu Yi more than an hour to saw out nine pillars, and then Xu Yi began to dig holes in the camp.

The pits dug by Xu Yi are all the same depth, about more than 40 cm deep.

Then, Xu Yi buried two 4.5-meter walls.

Then there are two pieces of 4 meters, and finally five pieces of 3.5 meters.

After the nine pillars were buried, the general pattern of a wooden house appeared.

The house is four meters wide and five meters long. Xu Yi still keeps the position of a door, one meter wide.

After looking at the time, it's already 16:03.

Luke has woven the things for bathing and can spare time to help.

Don't worry about the top today, but the three walls must be done.

Otherwise, it's no different from sleeping in the woods at night.

There are stones, thatch, soil, tree trunks and so on that can be used to make walls.

There are still few stones here, but there is clay, that is, the water source. That piece of soil is clay. But it's too busy to carry because they don't have the corresponding tools.

Finally, Xu Yi chose thatch, which is more.

In addition, Xu Yi also has a lot of bark, which can be divided into small pieces for binding.

Xu Yi took the engineer's shovel to cut the grass.

It's about 19:20 when it's dark here, that is to say, they still have three hours.

After Xu Yi first cut a bundle of thatch, he went to cut more than a dozen two finger thick shrubs back, so that Lu Ke could fix the thatch on the shrubs in small bundles, and then fix it on the column.

Xu Yi reaped the thatch against the clock. These thatchs are more than 50cm, which is really suitable to be used as a simple wall.

Lu Ke also knew that time was pressing, so she didn't ask for beauty.

Just be solid and close.

They didn't stop for a moment. After two hours of busy work, there were 18 pieces of thatch.

"Xu Yi, should be enough?" Lu Ke hid his hand cut by the grass behind his back.

"That's it. It's getting dark. After we fix it, we'll make a fire and pick up some firewood.

As for dinner, Xu Yi didn't think about it.

"OK, let's tie them up and there will be a wind wall." Lu Ke nodded. It's still very cold here at night.

So the two were busy again.

Six pieces are fixed on the left and right sides, so that the height of the wall is more than two meters. This height is enough.

Just fix three pieces of thatch in front, and there are three left. After Xu Yi makes a simple herringbone ladder tomorrow, the roof can be laid.

Now, I can only pray that it won't rain tonight.

"It's getting dark. Let's hurry to pick up some firewood." Xu Yi glanced at the time. It's already 18:54 and it's getting dark. If it's a little darker, there's no way to enter the forest.

So the two men put their baskets into the unfinished wooden house, and then went out to pick up firewood together.





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