Good luck with koi carp
Chapter 125 Building a House
Chapter 125 Building a House
"I'll change her washcloth."
"How is she now?"
"I touched it just now and it felt like the temperature had dropped a little. Oh, it would be nice if there was a thermometer."
"If the fever is going down, it means it's getting better."
……
Chili was in a state of being about to wake up. Before her body woke up, her brain had begun to regain some consciousness. She could hear someone talking in her ear, but she couldn't open her eyes for a while and could only lie quietly. He stayed where he was, listening to the voices of the two people next to him, and observing his own situation.
She seemed... to have a fever.
why?
It seems that the reason is not difficult to guess. This body is originally relatively weak. It was backfired once before to save Jian Yuan when he forcibly broke through the seal of the rules of this world. As a result, this time he used his spiritual power for Sun Wen for the second time. It’s normal to experience backlash.
But the second time Chili controlled it very well, and it only lasted a short moment, and she didn't use much spiritual power. She thought that even if the backlash would not be that serious, in fact it was not as serious as the first time. She felt that her body was getting better for a few days, but suddenly she developed a high fever.
Sure enough, it has been raining these past few days.
Backlash is just an inducement, and the resulting weakened body and reduced immunity are the real reasons for her illness.
But okay.
Chi Li felt her body carefully. It was just an ordinary fever. She should take some medicine and get better.
As the brain wakes up, the body slowly becomes active. At a certain critical point, the consciousness and the body are synchronized. Chili regains control of the body and wakes up.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Sun Wen and Jian Yuan beside him.
Sun Wen was kneeling next to her and changing the disposable face towel on her forehead. The face towel that was originally soaked in cold water had been warmed by her body temperature and was still a little dry. Now it was replaced with another one. Zhang Bing's cold face towel made Chi Li feel that her heated brain had cooled down a little, and her consciousness became clearer.
Jian Yuan squatted at the door of the shelter and looked inside, holding some food in his hand. He was the first one to notice that Chi Li had woken up. As soon as he saw her open her eyes, he immediately asked with concern: "I'm awake, do I still feel better?" Is it better?"
"It's okay, thank you."
Chi Li felt that she was speaking normally, but her voice was extremely quiet when it fell into the ears of the other two people.
"Thank you, we don't have to be so open to each other."
Sun Wen helped Chi Li sit up, took the bowl handed over by Jian Yuan, and placed the rim of the bowl against her lips as if to feed her.
"No, I'll do it myself."
Chili was not used to being fed like this. She reached out to take the bowl, lowered her head and drank up the shrimp, wild vegetable and mushroom soup bit by bit.
Perhaps considering that the patient was weak and had poor digestion ability, Jian Yuan deliberately cut the ingredients into smaller pieces. Each shrimp had to be cut into five or six pieces, so that Chili could eat it more easily.
As soon as I drank a bowl of hot soup, I was handed a few pills in front of me.
Looking at the amount of medicine, Chi Li knew that Jian Yuan said to follow the instructions and give a compromise. This would not only ensure that the dose of the medicine would not be too small and the effect would be ineffective, but also ensure that taking too much medicine at once would not cause any problems. .
Originally, Chi Li wanted to say that she could just take the minimum dose and the illness would be over. She would save some medicine and save it for later use when everyone needs it.
But before she said the words, she suddenly felt that this scene seemed familiar. If she thought about it carefully, wasn't her current behavior exactly the same as Jian Yuan's a few days ago?
Even earlier, she had done this to save medicine.
It turns out that she was the one who started this bad trend, and she ended up getting angry with Jian Yuan over it...
Chi Li, who felt she had been wronged, immediately swallowed back the words that came to her throat, and obediently took the medicine handed over by Jian Yuan and drank it along with the water.
"Put the water here. If you want to drink it, take it yourself. If you're sleepy, just take a nap again. We're right outside. If you need anything, just call and we'll come right away." Jian Yuan took the empty cup from Chili's hand and said, He added some warm water to it and placed it next to her while giving her detailed instructions.
"Okay." Chi Li felt that her head was still a little groggy, but she didn't hold on, so she lay down and continued to rest.
Not long after she closed her eyes, the other two people went out.
Sun Wen went to watch the fire, their smoked meat was not ready yet, while Jian Yuan went to build their future home.
Since the house to be built this time is relatively large, the foundation must be solid enough. Jian Yuan even felt that relying on just one bamboo as a weighing column was not enough, so he actually erected three bamboos in the same pit.
The three pillars were tightly tied together in a triangular shape, and almost one-fifth of the whole pillar was submerged in a dug pit. In order to make it more stable, Jian Yuan also filled the pit with some yellow mud mixed with stones, almost Every gap is filled so that the three pillars can stand firmly on the ground without shaking at all.
He erected the same load-bearing pillars at the four corners of the foundation he had dug earlier. The four thick bamboo pillars shot straight into the sky, which was a bit shocking just looking at them.
The area of the foundation that Chili and the others excavated before was over sixty square meters, and the length and width were about ten and six meters. The error was within one meter. As for the specific amount, they didn’t know. Without measuring tools, they could only rely on feeling. .
It's even possible that they dug more foundation than this value, but it doesn't matter, it won't have much impact.
The bamboos that grow in the bamboo forest come in different lengths, ranging from a few meters to more than ten meters, or even more than 20 meters long. When Chili and the others select building materials, they carefully select the older ones that are stronger and stronger. Bamboo, this bamboo also means that its length is not short, each root is almost ten meters long.
Of course, the house they plan to build is only a single-story bamboo building, and it is limited by tools and manpower, including technology, so it cannot be built too high. Naturally, there is no need for such long bamboos to be used as load-bearing columns.
Therefore, the thinner parts at the top were cut off by Jian Yuan, leaving only the thicker part about five meters long at the bottom.
Now it is buried about one meter into the soil, and the part exposed above the soil is about four meters high. You still have to look up to see the top.
Jian Yuan brought a large bundle of straw rope, tied one end of it to a pillar, and then pulled it in a circle around the four load-bearing pillars, trying to keep the entire rope at the same level.
In order to be more accurate, it was debugged and calibrated many times, almost to the point of being picky.
When this step was finally completed, more than half an hour had passed. In addition, four deep pits were dug and load-bearing columns were erected. Seeing that more than half of the day had passed, Jian Yuan found a place to sit down, drink some water, and rest for a while. .
After resting for maybe 10 minutes, he stood up and continued working.
Chi Li took a nap and then woke up. She wanted to come out to help but was rejected by both parties, but she had nothing to do. She could only wrap herself up in a quilt and sit in front of the shelter and watch Jian Yuan busy. land to build a house.
Including Chi Li, the three of them actually don't know how to build a house, let alone have any relevant experience. Although they seem to be busy and orderly, in fact they are just messing around.
There are no skills in the whole process, it all depends on feeling.
For example, everyone knows that the foundation must be laid before building a house, so they work as diligently as a few little worker bees. It took them three days of digging to lay the foundation. Whether the foundation they laid is professional or not does not matter. Anyway, the three of them are quite satisfied.
For another example, Jian Yuan's understanding is that a house must first have load-bearing columns before it can be built. When building a house with bamboo, generally speaking, one bamboo is a pillar, but he feels that this is not strong enough. , he made three bamboo pillars tied together according to his own ideas.
There are countless examples like this, but no one like Chili and others think there is anything wrong with it. Anyway, as long as the house that was finally created can be lived in, there is no need to worry about it so much.
Chili's illness came with a sudden onset. Initially, everyone thought that it would take a few days for her to recover. However, after only one day of rest, her fever had almost subsided. By the next day, she basically felt no discomfort at all. I feel like I can go out and work.
The pork was still being smoked and roasted, and its appearance had become shiny, red and smooth. It looked like it was almost ready. Chili and the others planned to smoke and roast for another day or two, then put out the fire and take out the meat. Come down.
Since everyone's next actions are mainly around the house under construction, they won't go too far. Whether the fire is out or not can be seen by looking up, so there is no need to leave someone to watch the fire.
After adding more firewood, the three of them worked together to build a house, hoping to move into the new house as soon as possible. After all, the current shelter was too simple and narrow, and it was really tight for three people, which affected people's rest.
Yesterday, Jian Yuan had already erected the four main load-bearing columns and used ropes to circle the areas where crossbars were needed.
They plan to raise the small bamboo building about half a meter high, just like the bamboo rafts they laid out in the old shelter before. This is to isolate the moisture on the ground, prevent rainwater from soaking into the ground inside, and also has a certain insect-proof effect.
Sleeping directly on the ground, even if there is something between you and me, you still have to have a close relationship with some strange little bugs. It is quite common to be bitten or crawled across a certain part of the body from time to time. Even Chili couldn't avoid this kind of encounter.
The only good thing is that her good luck is quite useful. Until now, neither she nor the people around her have been bitten or crawled by poisonous bugs.
You know, sometimes the real danger in the wilderness is not the large beasts or the sudden natural disasters, but these tiny and inconspicuous little things.
Even some huge animals would die on the spot even if they were stung, let alone these weak humans without fur protection.
Therefore, to survive in the wild, in addition to not being afraid of insects, you must also find ways to prevent them.
Yesterday, Jian Yuan used a knife to dig out grooves of equal height and size in the parts of the four load-bearing columns where the ropes were wrapped.
Now, one of them is holding the middle and two people are holding the two ends. They are inserting a bamboo pole about ten meters long and nearly 11 meters into the groove of two load-bearing pillars, and using a small bamboo stick, they are tilted. It was stuck diagonally into a small hole that had been dug on both sides of the bamboo pole, and was embedded with the load-bearing pillar.
After it was done, Chili put her hands on the crossbar and jumped up and pressed down to give it a try: "It's very stable."
As this was not enough, they later tied the junction of the bamboo poles back and forth several times with straw ropes. They were afraid that the ties would not be tight enough and even put on pedals. They did not stop until they confirmed that it would be difficult to break them apart without cutting them with a knife.
The other three sides also used the same method to clamp a horizontal bar, so that they got a prototype of the frame.
Then Jian Yuan used the rope positioning method to add four more bamboo poles about ten centimeters above the crossbar parallel to the bottom crossbar.
Chi Li didn't understand why Jian Yuan did what he did, but she believed that the other party must have his own reasons, so she didn't ask any more questions and just worked silently.
Because the building area is too large, just relying on the four load-bearing columns at the four corners is definitely not enough. Even if those four columns can support an entire bamboo building, it depends on whether the long bamboo poles that are raised horizontally can successfully support it. Live.
Therefore, at intervals of about two meters, Chili and the others also set up a load-bearing pillar.
This kind of pillar is made of two bamboos. They first dug a deep pit under the bamboo where the bamboo was to be erected, and buried it to a depth of nearly one meter. Then they filled it with a mixture of stone and yellow mud to make the two A piece of bamboo can stand up with the two horizontal poles in the middle, and then the positions are adjusted, and half of the grooves are dug in all the places where the horizontal poles can be clamped. Finally, the two bamboos are put together, and the two bamboos can be just right. A crossbar is stuck in the groove.
Strictly fit.
Adding up the four sides, a total of twelve identical central load-bearing columns were erected. Just doing these took a day.
Knowing that the house could not be built in a day, Chili and the others were not nervous. They took a rest when it was almost done and could continue with the rest later.
Seeing that the sky was starting to dim, thinking that their food was not enough, Chi Li and Sun Wen planned to go to the woods to pick some wild vegetables, fruits or mushrooms, while Jian Yuan brought tools and prepared to go to the beach. Catch the sea.
The three men divided into two groups, making an appointment to come back before it got completely dark, and then set off separately.
Jian Yuan didn't know what he could gain, but with Chili here, there was no time when he was empty-handed.
As soon as they stepped into the woods, they found several clusters of mushrooms under several nearby trees. After Chili identified them, most of them were non-toxic. The two happily picked all the big mushrooms, leaving Let the smaller ones grow longer, and then keep going in.
"Is that the black fungus?"
Sun Wen sharply noticed that there were black things growing on a collapsed tree trunk in front of her, which looked like fungus. But she was not sure, so she turned around and picked up Chili, who was squatting on the ground digging for something. Call over.
Chili stuffed the things she dug into her handbag, then stood up and came over to check. After careful identification, they confirmed that these were black fungus, which were slightly poisonous but edible.
They were not particular about it. They knew that the appearance of black fungus was time-sensitive and the time was very short, so the two of them had no intention of letting it go. Regardless of the size of the black fungus, they would pick all the black fungus they found.
Surprisingly, there were really a lot of black fungus after the rain. They picked them all the way, and the harvest almost filled a handbag.
Before going out, the two of them each brought a handbag.
This is already a great harvest. The important point is that black fungus can be stored for a long time after being dried. If you want to eat it, take it out and soak it in water, and it will quickly return to its original appearance. It can be used as a long-term food reserve.
Chi Li estimated that summer was coming to an end, and autumn would be a good time for them to stock up on food for the last time. They didn’t know what the winter on this island was like, but as we all know, winter in most places is not the same. An easy season to get through.
Especially when they are extremely short of thermal supplies.
Regardless of anything else, the total of the clothes and quilts they have now may be barely enough to keep one person warm in the winter. This is still assuming that they can keep burning a fire to keep warm, and it is also a bet that the winter on this island will not be It is too cold. If you are unlucky, the temperature on the island will drop to below zero in winter, and it may even snow...
Chili couldn't imagine how difficult it would be for them then.
I really hope to get more warm items, she said in her heart.
"Wow! What is that?"
Startled by Sun Wen's sudden scream, Chi Li came back to her senses and followed her frightened eyes to look ahead, and saw a twisted humanoid object lying on the ground crawling towards them twitchingly.
Suddenly, a sense of horror rushed straight to his forehead. Even Chi Li, who had seen real monsters and ghosts, was frightened and hid two steps back, not forgetting to hold Sun Wen with him.
"Don't get close."
"It's so disgusting, like a zombie."
Sun Wen couldn't help showing disgust, and pulled Chi Li back with her backhand.
In fact, even though it was scary just now, Chi Li and the others still saw clearly that the disgusting thing squirming on the ground was a person, but they didn't know why the other person was acting like this. He was covered in filth, his eyeballs were protruding, and the corners of his mouth were crooked, and he was still leaking out. He was drooling and his body was twisted like some kind of alien monster. It was extremely scary to look at.
After slowing down for a while, Chili calmed down the panic in her heart and cautiously moved forward to observe the man's condition.
Sun Wen suddenly saw that Chi Li was approaching the person on the ground, and subconsciously wanted to reach out to hold her, but she was afraid, so she hesitated for a while, but her feelings overcame her fear, and she took two quick steps to follow Chi Li.
"He seems to have been poisoned."
Chili looked at the indescribable vomit scattered on the muddy ground, and combined with the fact that the other person was so thin that he was almost only skin and bones, she guessed that he must have been starving and ate poisonous mushrooms out of desperation. That's how it will turn out.
But they didn't have the corresponding antidote or the relevant medical knowledge, so they didn't know what to do. In the end, Chili could only ask Sun Wen to help lift the person up and put him in a kneeling position, with his head facing towards Then, he found the right angle, and with Sun Wen's horrified eyes, he punched her in the abdomen hard.
"vomit!"
A large amount of acidic water mixed with some bits of food was spat out.
When the person was almost vomiting, Chili asked Sun Wen to get the water cup they brought out and pour all the water in the person's mouth.
goo goo goo...
After vomiting, he was forced to drink a lot of water. The poor unlucky guy was tortured until he was even weaker, and he looked like he was about to die.
Sun Wen felt that her hands and feet were numb, and she panicked: "We won't kill him if we do this, right?"
If other people were not poisoned by mushrooms but were killed by their operation, then they would become murderers.
"He's not going to die, but I don't know if he can get better."
Chili just tried her best to make people spit out the poisonous things, and then poured in a lot of water to dilute the remaining toxins. This was the best way she could think of to save people. As for whether she could succeed, she could only leave it to fate. After all, she Not a doctor.
I just hope this person can have a longer life.
Fortunately, the goddess of luck favored this unlucky guy, and he managed to survive in the end.
When he gradually regained consciousness, the first thing he noticed was the smoky smell of meat. His stomach, which he hadn't eaten in a long time, let out a shrill howl, as if it would be delayed for a while longer. , he will starve to death.
He opened his eyes in a daze, without any extra energy to pay attention to his surroundings. He staggered to his feet and walked towards the scent like a corpse. What was reflected in his retinas were beautiful reddish-brown strips of flesh.
Meat, food, I really want to eat, so hungry...
He stretched out his hand, but before he could reach the meat strips hanging on the top of the rack, he was pushed down by a figure rushing towards him like a whirlwind: "What do you want to do? Steal our meat?!"
Sun Wen didn't expect that their precious food would almost be stolen without her watching for a while. She was so angry that she ran over at a sprint speed of [-] meters and pushed the person away.
For her, food is her life, and no one is allowed to touch it except her companions!
"Don't be excited, don't be excited. He is probably hungry and has just woken up, so his mind is not clear."
Jian Yuan and Chi Li chased after Sun Wen when she rushed out. At this time, Jian Yuan hurriedly helped the person on the ground, while Chi Li hugged Sun Wen to comfort her, for fear that she would do something drastic again.
It's not that they are really afraid that Sun Wen will beat him up, the main reason is that that man is a big man after all. Even if he is extremely weak from hunger, it is hard to say that he will not hurt him for food in the face of survival. Sun Wen.
After all, everyone knows how crazy people can be in desperate situations.
Chi Li coaxed Sun Wen here, while Jian Yuan handed her a small piece of bacon and a few wrinkled wild fruits.
After the storm, there were very few wild fruits left on the trees. These were the only ones they had in stock.
The food was right in front of him, but the man who was so hungry that he was almost crazy seemed to have some concerns and didn't dare to reach out to take it. Finally, Jian Yuan said with understanding: "Don't worry, it's not poisonous and it's edible."
He suddenly snatched the thing away and stuffed it into his mouth hungrily. His posture was just like when Chi Li and the others met Sun Wen for the first time.
Sun Wen seemed to be reminded of her past memories by this scene. She was stunned, hesitated for a while, and then reluctantly took out a few lard residues from the bamboo tube she carried with her and put them on a bed of leaves. Hold it and place it in front of the person.
"I'm sorry just now. I wasn't trying to make excuses, Chen Zhuze."
Yes, Sun Wen knew him. Not only Sun Wen, but also Chi Li and Jian Yuan had met this person once or several times.
After all, apart from the three of them, there were only one other group of humans left on the island, so there was no need to guess the human beings who could appear in front of them. They must be one of that group of people.
And this boy named Chen Zhuze is the one with grandma's gray hair.
It's just that after so much time in the wild, his granny gray hair, which was originally quite beautiful and fashionable, is now so dirty that the original color cannot be seen, just like a ball of dry weeds.
Sun Wen's family had a pretty good relationship with his elders. The two were barely childhood sweethearts who grew up together, but their relationship was very ordinary. They couldn't even be called friends. They were just two acquaintances. They were not as close as normal childhood sweethearts.
The reason why they hung out together later was just because Chen Shuze was a good brother of her ex-boyfriend, and she was Hou Ruizhi's girlfriend at the time. What's funny is that these two childhood sweethearts actually relied on another man to maintain contact. .
What's even more ironic is that this person fell in love with the same woman as her ex-boyfriend.
Of course, that person is not her.
"Get out of here after you finish your food, and don't bother us here."
Sun Wen was not so good-tempered towards someone who had already broken her skin. When she saw that the person was awake and eating, she wanted to drive him away.
It's a pity that it's easier to ask God than to send God away.
"I have nowhere to go." Chen Zhuze wiped the grease stains from the corners of his mouth and said hoarsely.
"What, you were kicked out?"
When talking about this, Sun Wenke became energetic.
Not to mention her, even Chi Li and Jian Yuan, who heard the smell of melon, couldn't help but prick up their ears silently and listen to the gossip openly.
"Well, we broke up."
Chen Zhuze obviously didn't want to talk about his embarrassment. He looked up at the surrounding environment and noticed the half-built bamboo building not far away. He guessed what these people were busy with and they probably lacked manpower, so he took the initiative Self-recommendation: "Can I stay here? Just give me a little food. I can help you work, anything."
"No, please leave quickly...forget it, what do you say?"
Originally, when she heard that this person wanted to stay with them, Sun Wen was like a small animal with explosive hair, baring her fangs and trying to drive him away, but she suddenly thought that Chili and the others seemed to be planning to find other people before. When someone came to help build the house, he immediately stopped what he blurted out and awkwardly handed over the initiative to Chili and the others.
To be honest, multiple labor pools are not exclusive, but there are also some safety risks. The point is that they still can't trust this person. Who knows that after leaving him, there will be good times and bad times.
But thinking about how the other person was almost dying before, it was a bit unbearable to ask them to drive him away now.
Wasn't it because they were soft-hearted that they took Sun Wen in?
Now it seems that having one more is not a problem.
"You can stay, but you can't get too close to us. Also, if you want to get food, you have to be obedient and help us work. You can get as much as you do. If you can accept it, just nod. If you can't, just leave. "
In the end, after discussions between Chi Li and Jian Yuan, they decided to let him stay. However, before they were sure whether he was good or bad, out of precaution and caution, they would not really accept him so quickly.
This is human nature, so it makes no sense for Chen Luze to just nodded and made up his mind to stay in Chili's team.
Having more people in the team means one more mouth, and the stored food also consumes more food. This makes Sun Wen a little unhappy, but since Chi Li and Jian Yuan have both decided, she will not object, at most It's just that he doesn't look good to Chen Zhuze.
"Looking on the bright side, our house can be built faster with more people, and some of the physical labor can be shared by others."
Seeing that Sun Wen was not in a good mood, Chili stuffed her with a candy and immediately cheered her up.
Like a child, Sun Wen, who got the candy, first thanked Chi Li with a sweet smile, and then mysteriously leaned into her ear and whispered that she would definitely take a good look at Chen Zhuze and report it if she found anything wrong with him. Listen to them.
Amused by Sun Wen's funny look, Chi Li patted her on the head: "Don't worry, even if he really has a problem, he can't hurt us."
It has to be said that although the addition of a strong laborer is a burden on food, it also provides a powerful helper in work.
With Chen Zhuze, Chili and the others were able to speed up their house construction progress. In just two days, they not only erected all the load-bearing columns, but also erected each top crossbar that was mainly used as a load-bearing and stable frame. After it was built, the frame at the top of the house was even made.
In addition to the outermost frame, in the inner area, Jian Yuan also made several load-bearing columns and double-line horizontal bars according to different area divisions, roughly dividing the entire interior of the bamboo building into several areas.
The middle rectangular area is the living room, which is four meters long and three meters wide. The remaining areas on the left and right sides are set up as two small rooms, about three meters long and three meters wide, which is almost a square space of about nine square meters. , enough for one person to live comfortably in it.
The regional layout of the second half is actually the same as the front. It is equivalent to saying that their small building, which is ten meters long and six meters wide, is evenly divided into three parts from the front, and evenly divided into half from the side. The painting is divided into six parts. a small area block.
Except for the front and middle part, which is used as a living room area, the four small rooms on the left and right will be used as bedrooms. The slightly larger room behind the living room is initially estimated to be used as a warehouse. If there is any need in the future, we will talk about it.
The distance between the buildings was simply more than three meters, and then he made two parallel horizontal bars on the left and right about one meter apart above the two horizontal bars at the bottom.
If the two horizontal bars at the bottom are stuck vertically and up and down on the middle part of the load-bearing column, then the upper horizontal bars are stuck on both sides of the load-bearing column left and right. In order to be more stable, grooves are also dug and slots are used. position, add clamping sticks, nails and rope binding to strengthen it.
It is stable and will not shake even if someone steps on it.
Later, they only stepped on the two top horizontal bars to raise the roof frame.
In order to facilitate drainage and prevent rainwater from accumulating on the roof, they adopted a traditional eaves structure, which is a triangular eave.
Triangular eaves are easy to make. You only need to cross-tie two long bamboo poles on the left and right sides, and then put a long bamboo pole in the middle of the top to complete the eaves frame. Later, you only need to place the bamboo pieces at an angle. On the left and right sides, let it have a downward arc. When it rains in the future, the rainwater will naturally flow down along the eaves.
In order to strengthen the top of the interior, two very long bamboo poles are used, crossed and fixed diagonally on the four sides. Looking up, it is just a rectangular frame with a cross added to it.
That's right, it's a triangular stable structure again.
The same structure is also used in various places.
For example, the load-bearing column under the hanging building will also have two bamboos crossed on the sides to form a triangular structure. The middle cup will be divided into grids of rectangular horizontal bars, and two crossed diagonal bars will also be added, which are also dug. The card slot is inserted into it and is quite stable.
Since the work is relatively cumbersome, even if it is just to build a frame, the amount of work is not small. After the entire bamboo building frame is completely completed, the filling will begin.
The first thing to be filled in was the roof.
Jian Yuan cooperated with Chen Shuze, and Chi Li and Sun Wen helped below. The four of them worked together to measure the angle, determine the position, and then put up the bamboos that had been cut to length one by one.
These bamboos have slots dug in advance at the pre-calculated positions in the two sections. When placing them on the roof, you only need to align the slots and click them, and they will be stuck on the roof without falling off. fall.
Of course, various bamboo nails and ropes must be used to reinforce it later. This step is essential.
The roofs on the left and right sides had to be covered. This project was quite large. It took Chili and the others a lot of time just to calculate the locations and dig the card slots. On the contrary, it was faster to lay the roof in the end.
Of course, just such a roof is definitely not enough.
No matter how closely the cylindrical bamboos are arranged, there will still be gaps.
So this is just the first layer, and then they need to put down the second layer.
The second layer of bamboo fixed to the roof was specially cut in half, with the middle bamboo section hollowed out, and the top of one end was specially treated.
Jian Yuan and Chen Shuze knelt face to face on the roofs on both sides. Together, they first turned a piece of bamboo with its cut side facing up, aligned it, and pressed it on the edge of the roof. Then the tops were brought together. There was a special groove buckle there. Just like the opening buckle of an old-fashioned wallet, you only need to slant the opposite grooves on both sides and close them tightly, and the two bamboos can be firmly stuck together without falling off.
Then use a small piece of bamboo to jam the remaining gap. This will completely ensure that it will not loosen easily.
The second piece of bamboo is buckled backwards, just on one edge of the original one, and the third piece is turned over and interspersed on the second piece of bamboo. The three form a wavy roof, which is the most classic Gutter roof.
This will ensure that there will be no water leakage underneath.
After the experiment, Jian Yuan found that it was not easy to operate the bamboo pieces stuck one by one. He should first arrange the two bamboos with the cut side upward, and then fasten a piece of bamboo with the cut side downward in the middle, so that it would be easier to operate.
The next step is to repeat the project. After the entire roof is laid with a rainproof roof, finally fasten the longest half-open bamboo to the ridge of the roof in the middle and tie it with a rope. This solves the problem of the two central problems. There is a problem that the connection part of the side bamboo pieces may leak.
The construction of the roof is completed, followed by the exterior walls and floors.
Let’s not worry about the exterior wall first, the floor is more important.
The floor is actually relatively simple. You only need to cut out a pile of bamboo to the required length, then dig out semicircular grooves on both sides, and then insert the groove buckles upside down into the bottom two. In the middle of the crossbar, just like building blocks, the bamboos are arranged neatly and inserted one by one until the suspended floor is completely covered with several bamboos.
After finishing it, Chili tried to shake one of the bamboos. Maybe there was a slight gap between it and the bamboos on the left and right sides. Although it would not fall out easily, it was a little easy to be displaced.
Of course, this does not affect the use, but it still makes people feel a little uncomfortable, so Chi Li went to find ropes, wrapped them one by one, and tied the pillars used for paving the floor and the horizontal bars at the edges tightly. Tightly so they won't shift as easily and will be more stable.
The laying method of the wall is somewhat special. In order to prevent wind and rain, Jian Yuan uses a method similar to the wave-shaped laying method of the roof. The bamboos are split in half and the inner bamboo sections are hollowed out one by one. In the gap between the two horizontal bars in the center, these horizontal bars are used to fix the bamboos. For the sake of firmness, each bamboo used for the wall is laid very tightly, and almost half of the bamboo on the front side is firmly fixed. Fitted together, the bamboos are aligned on the reverse side and each one is tightly next to each other. The only difference is that the arc-shaped grooves in their centers will intersect with each other to achieve a good wind and rainproof effect.
In this way, the airtightness may be slightly worse, but it's okay. Almost every room will have one or two windows and a door. As long as it is opened, the air in the house can circulate.
Once all the walls are laid with bamboo and the pre-made doors and windows are installed, Chili and his new home is complete!
They spent nearly a month building this small bamboo building, and now it's finally completed. Almost everyone can't help but have a big, silly smile on their faces.
There is no way, this is their home, a real home they obtained through their own efforts in the wilderness. Now that this home is finally completed, it is really hard not to be excited.
Not only them, Chen Zhuze, who was also a participant in the construction, was also deeply touched.
After experiencing this period of being busy together and getting along with each other, Chi Li and others gradually accepted Chen Shuze as a new member of them, and Sun Wen, who had already known others, also went from being defensive at the beginning to recovering in the end. to a normal attitude.
And what's amazing is that, with the addition of two family friends, childhood sweethearts, many common friends, etc., the two people who had never become friends with each other actually became friends after being in trouble together and meeting again after going through twists and turns. friends.
Although they are not the kind of close friends, it is still a big improvement.
Then, Sun Wen took advantage of the situation and found out from Chen Shuze's mouth why he had broken up with his former good brothers and loved ones.
Chi Li: "..."
I'm a bit suspicious that this girl is not becoming friends with someone just to dig up gossip, right?
However, as the person being shared, Chi Li said, well, it’s really wonderful.
It turns out that after Chen Shuze encountered a tsunami, he lived on a desert island with several good brothers, loved ones, and Sun Wen. When faced with this situation at first, everyone naturally chose to stay together for warmth and help each other in order to wait for rescue.
However, as time went by, these young men and young ladies lacked the knowledge to survive in the wild, making it very difficult to live. In addition, there were not completely no conflicts between them. Now, driven by the external environment, all the accumulated experience in the past has become difficult. Grudges were detonated.
The outbreak of the first internal quarrel became inevitable.
It’s just that the protagonist at that time was not Chen Shuze, but Sun Wen.
After Sun Wen left in anger, as they said before, everyone who initially thought she was just having a bad temper and would come back naturally after she calmed down actually went out to look for her after waiting and waiting for no one.
Although everyone has some conflicts with each other, and because Sun Wen always targets He Baiqing, the boys who like her are a little dissatisfied with her. In addition, she has a bad temper, so she is not very popular among them. It's nice to see, but not to the point where people want her to die.
After searching for several days but still unable to find the person, they had no choice but to give up, hoping in their hearts that the person would still be alive, and they did meet him again later. Not only was the person still alive, he was living better than any of them. People are nice.
Of course, these are not the main points of conflict between Chen Shuze and his original companions.
As we all know, the brothers all fell in love with the same girl, including Hou Ruizhi, who already had a girlfriend.
Several people have been competing openly and secretly in the past, but because He Baiqing has never made a choice and due to brotherly love, they are still able to maintain a superficial harmony.
As a result, once he was trapped on a desert island, under the test of survival, all the darkness of human nature was exposed.
Sun Wen's departure was just a trigger. In other words, it was precisely because of her departure that Hou Ruizhi no longer had any scruples, which led to the competition between them being brought to light.
During that time, Chen Zhuze did his best to be kind to He Baiqing. Whenever he found some edible food, he would be the first to give it to her. He would try his best to find materials to give her a comfortable place to sleep. She was obviously very tired from struggling to survive. , but as soon as someone is unhappy, he will immediately find a way to make them happy.
"I've never been so kind to my parents."
At that time, Chen Zhuze was wiping his tears while crying in front of Sun Wen. Unfortunately, someone only wanted to hear gossip and did not show any sympathy to him. He only gave him a few perfunctory words of comfort, and then asked: "Then, and then Woolen cloth?"
"Then...then she kissed my best brother in front of me!"
"Wow, awesome."
Chi Li and Jian Yuan, who were passing by, both stopped in their tracks. Ahem, this is really not what they want to hear. It's mainly about people. They are both a little curious, aren't they?
The fact is not just that, after Chen Shuze accidentally caught He Baiqing and Hou Ruizhi kissing, he also caught her hugging Wu Yuanxuan, which was a big blow.
"I felt like I was being taken advantage of at the time. I was so angry that I had a fight with Hou Ruizhi and Wu Yuanxuan, and then I followed your example and left the team alone."
As a result, the young man overestimated his ability to survive alone in the wild. In addition, a storm happened just after the conflict broke out. Not only did he not find anything to eat for several days, but he also accidentally ate poisonous mushrooms due to excessive hunger and almost died.
"Sometimes I really admire He Baiqing. She can make so many people fall in love with her and risk life and death for her. This is also an amazing ability."
Finally, Sun Wen ended the gossip with this sentence.
Building a house is just the beginning.
Although they can move in now, they don't really have a home. After all, it's still empty inside, waiting for them to fill it slowly.
But there is no rush for this. There will always be time to add furniture in the future. They are now going to dig out a lot of yellow mud and fill it with the foundation.
Chili didn't understand what they were thinking when they were building the house. It was only when the entire bamboo house was built that they discovered that the foundation at the bottom was not filled.
At that time, several people looked at each other awkwardly, and then couldn't help laughing.
After laughing, I quickly found a remedy. In fact, it was simple. It was just to bring something back and fill it in. As for what to use to fill it, after discussion, Chili and the others unanimously decided to use yellow mud with better plasticity to fill the sky. .
Thanks to the storm ahead, it blew down many trees and scraped away large tracts of turf, while also allowing the yellow mud underneath to leak out.
Chili and the others each held a simple bamboo dustpan, dug it full of yellow mud and carried it back again and again, then mixed it with a large number of weeds and filled it into the foundation.
The [-]-square-meter foundation project was a large amount of work. Fortunately, there were many people and strength. With the joint efforts of four people, it only took them one day to completely fill the foundation.
Then just let it dry naturally.
On the day they moved into the bamboo house, Chili and the others held a small celebration in a ceremonial manner. At the party, they prepared sumptuous food, including smoked bacon, fish fried on stone slabs, stir-fried wild vegetables, and shrimp, kelp, and bamboo shoots. Soup.
Quite hearty.
The four people raised their bowls and clinked glasses with each other with a smile: "Warm congratulations on moving to a new home."
The rooms in the Bamboo House are allocated so that the girls live on one side and the boys live on the other side. There is a warehouse in the middle to separate the living room from the living room, leaving a private space for each other.
Chi Li lives in the room on the right near the warehouse. Jian Yuan happens to be on the ground. The two of them are Sun Wen and Chen Zhuze.
Four bedrooms for four people is just right.
It's just that these bedrooms are still empty, with nothing there. They can only sleep in them on the floor, and even Chen Zhuze doesn't have a quilt to cover him.
Because they later used the extra thermal blankets for other purposes, they were unable to provide a quilt to each new member.
Fortunately, Jian Yuan's straw mats are already being produced. I believe that soon they won't need to sleep on the bare bamboo floor anymore.
The virtuous craftsmen are working hard for everyone's future mattresses, and Chili and the others are not idle either.
Sun Wen and Chen Suze were instructed by Chi Li to reclaim the land with hoes, while Chi Li went to the sea alone, preparing to "go out" again to look for any traces of passing ships.
Chi Li chose a different direction for her second trip to the sea. She even brought a small bamboo raft and some food and water with her, as if she was preparing for a protracted war.
The so-called small bamboo raft is actually the bamboo raft Chi Li made before. This thing can float when placed in water and can fully support the weight of a person.
Chili planned to climb up and rest for a while when she was tired from swimming, and then she could continue going further when her strength recovered.
Of course, she would not tell Jian Yuan and the others her plans clearly. She only said that she brought the bamboo raft just in case. After all, no one could predict the situation in the sea, so she had to make second-hand preparations.
She didn't say that she would swim that far away, she just wanted to take a look in the nearby shallow waters.
Knowing that Chili was a good swimmer and that she had been in the water many times before, no one resisted her. No one expected that she would swim towards the deep sea as soon as she got out of the water. The speed was so fast that she disappeared in a flash.
(End of this chapter)
"I'll change her washcloth."
"How is she now?"
"I touched it just now and it felt like the temperature had dropped a little. Oh, it would be nice if there was a thermometer."
"If the fever is going down, it means it's getting better."
……
Chili was in a state of being about to wake up. Before her body woke up, her brain had begun to regain some consciousness. She could hear someone talking in her ear, but she couldn't open her eyes for a while and could only lie quietly. He stayed where he was, listening to the voices of the two people next to him, and observing his own situation.
She seemed... to have a fever.
why?
It seems that the reason is not difficult to guess. This body is originally relatively weak. It was backfired once before to save Jian Yuan when he forcibly broke through the seal of the rules of this world. As a result, this time he used his spiritual power for Sun Wen for the second time. It’s normal to experience backlash.
But the second time Chili controlled it very well, and it only lasted a short moment, and she didn't use much spiritual power. She thought that even if the backlash would not be that serious, in fact it was not as serious as the first time. She felt that her body was getting better for a few days, but suddenly she developed a high fever.
Sure enough, it has been raining these past few days.
Backlash is just an inducement, and the resulting weakened body and reduced immunity are the real reasons for her illness.
But okay.
Chi Li felt her body carefully. It was just an ordinary fever. She should take some medicine and get better.
As the brain wakes up, the body slowly becomes active. At a certain critical point, the consciousness and the body are synchronized. Chili regains control of the body and wakes up.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Sun Wen and Jian Yuan beside him.
Sun Wen was kneeling next to her and changing the disposable face towel on her forehead. The face towel that was originally soaked in cold water had been warmed by her body temperature and was still a little dry. Now it was replaced with another one. Zhang Bing's cold face towel made Chi Li feel that her heated brain had cooled down a little, and her consciousness became clearer.
Jian Yuan squatted at the door of the shelter and looked inside, holding some food in his hand. He was the first one to notice that Chi Li had woken up. As soon as he saw her open her eyes, he immediately asked with concern: "I'm awake, do I still feel better?" Is it better?"
"It's okay, thank you."
Chi Li felt that she was speaking normally, but her voice was extremely quiet when it fell into the ears of the other two people.
"Thank you, we don't have to be so open to each other."
Sun Wen helped Chi Li sit up, took the bowl handed over by Jian Yuan, and placed the rim of the bowl against her lips as if to feed her.
"No, I'll do it myself."
Chili was not used to being fed like this. She reached out to take the bowl, lowered her head and drank up the shrimp, wild vegetable and mushroom soup bit by bit.
Perhaps considering that the patient was weak and had poor digestion ability, Jian Yuan deliberately cut the ingredients into smaller pieces. Each shrimp had to be cut into five or six pieces, so that Chili could eat it more easily.
As soon as I drank a bowl of hot soup, I was handed a few pills in front of me.
Looking at the amount of medicine, Chi Li knew that Jian Yuan said to follow the instructions and give a compromise. This would not only ensure that the dose of the medicine would not be too small and the effect would be ineffective, but also ensure that taking too much medicine at once would not cause any problems. .
Originally, Chi Li wanted to say that she could just take the minimum dose and the illness would be over. She would save some medicine and save it for later use when everyone needs it.
But before she said the words, she suddenly felt that this scene seemed familiar. If she thought about it carefully, wasn't her current behavior exactly the same as Jian Yuan's a few days ago?
Even earlier, she had done this to save medicine.
It turns out that she was the one who started this bad trend, and she ended up getting angry with Jian Yuan over it...
Chi Li, who felt she had been wronged, immediately swallowed back the words that came to her throat, and obediently took the medicine handed over by Jian Yuan and drank it along with the water.
"Put the water here. If you want to drink it, take it yourself. If you're sleepy, just take a nap again. We're right outside. If you need anything, just call and we'll come right away." Jian Yuan took the empty cup from Chili's hand and said, He added some warm water to it and placed it next to her while giving her detailed instructions.
"Okay." Chi Li felt that her head was still a little groggy, but she didn't hold on, so she lay down and continued to rest.
Not long after she closed her eyes, the other two people went out.
Sun Wen went to watch the fire, their smoked meat was not ready yet, while Jian Yuan went to build their future home.
Since the house to be built this time is relatively large, the foundation must be solid enough. Jian Yuan even felt that relying on just one bamboo as a weighing column was not enough, so he actually erected three bamboos in the same pit.
The three pillars were tightly tied together in a triangular shape, and almost one-fifth of the whole pillar was submerged in a dug pit. In order to make it more stable, Jian Yuan also filled the pit with some yellow mud mixed with stones, almost Every gap is filled so that the three pillars can stand firmly on the ground without shaking at all.
He erected the same load-bearing pillars at the four corners of the foundation he had dug earlier. The four thick bamboo pillars shot straight into the sky, which was a bit shocking just looking at them.
The area of the foundation that Chili and the others excavated before was over sixty square meters, and the length and width were about ten and six meters. The error was within one meter. As for the specific amount, they didn’t know. Without measuring tools, they could only rely on feeling. .
It's even possible that they dug more foundation than this value, but it doesn't matter, it won't have much impact.
The bamboos that grow in the bamboo forest come in different lengths, ranging from a few meters to more than ten meters, or even more than 20 meters long. When Chili and the others select building materials, they carefully select the older ones that are stronger and stronger. Bamboo, this bamboo also means that its length is not short, each root is almost ten meters long.
Of course, the house they plan to build is only a single-story bamboo building, and it is limited by tools and manpower, including technology, so it cannot be built too high. Naturally, there is no need for such long bamboos to be used as load-bearing columns.
Therefore, the thinner parts at the top were cut off by Jian Yuan, leaving only the thicker part about five meters long at the bottom.
Now it is buried about one meter into the soil, and the part exposed above the soil is about four meters high. You still have to look up to see the top.
Jian Yuan brought a large bundle of straw rope, tied one end of it to a pillar, and then pulled it in a circle around the four load-bearing pillars, trying to keep the entire rope at the same level.
In order to be more accurate, it was debugged and calibrated many times, almost to the point of being picky.
When this step was finally completed, more than half an hour had passed. In addition, four deep pits were dug and load-bearing columns were erected. Seeing that more than half of the day had passed, Jian Yuan found a place to sit down, drink some water, and rest for a while. .
After resting for maybe 10 minutes, he stood up and continued working.
Chi Li took a nap and then woke up. She wanted to come out to help but was rejected by both parties, but she had nothing to do. She could only wrap herself up in a quilt and sit in front of the shelter and watch Jian Yuan busy. land to build a house.
Including Chi Li, the three of them actually don't know how to build a house, let alone have any relevant experience. Although they seem to be busy and orderly, in fact they are just messing around.
There are no skills in the whole process, it all depends on feeling.
For example, everyone knows that the foundation must be laid before building a house, so they work as diligently as a few little worker bees. It took them three days of digging to lay the foundation. Whether the foundation they laid is professional or not does not matter. Anyway, the three of them are quite satisfied.
For another example, Jian Yuan's understanding is that a house must first have load-bearing columns before it can be built. When building a house with bamboo, generally speaking, one bamboo is a pillar, but he feels that this is not strong enough. , he made three bamboo pillars tied together according to his own ideas.
There are countless examples like this, but no one like Chili and others think there is anything wrong with it. Anyway, as long as the house that was finally created can be lived in, there is no need to worry about it so much.
Chili's illness came with a sudden onset. Initially, everyone thought that it would take a few days for her to recover. However, after only one day of rest, her fever had almost subsided. By the next day, she basically felt no discomfort at all. I feel like I can go out and work.
The pork was still being smoked and roasted, and its appearance had become shiny, red and smooth. It looked like it was almost ready. Chili and the others planned to smoke and roast for another day or two, then put out the fire and take out the meat. Come down.
Since everyone's next actions are mainly around the house under construction, they won't go too far. Whether the fire is out or not can be seen by looking up, so there is no need to leave someone to watch the fire.
After adding more firewood, the three of them worked together to build a house, hoping to move into the new house as soon as possible. After all, the current shelter was too simple and narrow, and it was really tight for three people, which affected people's rest.
Yesterday, Jian Yuan had already erected the four main load-bearing columns and used ropes to circle the areas where crossbars were needed.
They plan to raise the small bamboo building about half a meter high, just like the bamboo rafts they laid out in the old shelter before. This is to isolate the moisture on the ground, prevent rainwater from soaking into the ground inside, and also has a certain insect-proof effect.
Sleeping directly on the ground, even if there is something between you and me, you still have to have a close relationship with some strange little bugs. It is quite common to be bitten or crawled across a certain part of the body from time to time. Even Chili couldn't avoid this kind of encounter.
The only good thing is that her good luck is quite useful. Until now, neither she nor the people around her have been bitten or crawled by poisonous bugs.
You know, sometimes the real danger in the wilderness is not the large beasts or the sudden natural disasters, but these tiny and inconspicuous little things.
Even some huge animals would die on the spot even if they were stung, let alone these weak humans without fur protection.
Therefore, to survive in the wild, in addition to not being afraid of insects, you must also find ways to prevent them.
Yesterday, Jian Yuan used a knife to dig out grooves of equal height and size in the parts of the four load-bearing columns where the ropes were wrapped.
Now, one of them is holding the middle and two people are holding the two ends. They are inserting a bamboo pole about ten meters long and nearly 11 meters into the groove of two load-bearing pillars, and using a small bamboo stick, they are tilted. It was stuck diagonally into a small hole that had been dug on both sides of the bamboo pole, and was embedded with the load-bearing pillar.
After it was done, Chili put her hands on the crossbar and jumped up and pressed down to give it a try: "It's very stable."
As this was not enough, they later tied the junction of the bamboo poles back and forth several times with straw ropes. They were afraid that the ties would not be tight enough and even put on pedals. They did not stop until they confirmed that it would be difficult to break them apart without cutting them with a knife.
The other three sides also used the same method to clamp a horizontal bar, so that they got a prototype of the frame.
Then Jian Yuan used the rope positioning method to add four more bamboo poles about ten centimeters above the crossbar parallel to the bottom crossbar.
Chi Li didn't understand why Jian Yuan did what he did, but she believed that the other party must have his own reasons, so she didn't ask any more questions and just worked silently.
Because the building area is too large, just relying on the four load-bearing columns at the four corners is definitely not enough. Even if those four columns can support an entire bamboo building, it depends on whether the long bamboo poles that are raised horizontally can successfully support it. Live.
Therefore, at intervals of about two meters, Chili and the others also set up a load-bearing pillar.
This kind of pillar is made of two bamboos. They first dug a deep pit under the bamboo where the bamboo was to be erected, and buried it to a depth of nearly one meter. Then they filled it with a mixture of stone and yellow mud to make the two A piece of bamboo can stand up with the two horizontal poles in the middle, and then the positions are adjusted, and half of the grooves are dug in all the places where the horizontal poles can be clamped. Finally, the two bamboos are put together, and the two bamboos can be just right. A crossbar is stuck in the groove.
Strictly fit.
Adding up the four sides, a total of twelve identical central load-bearing columns were erected. Just doing these took a day.
Knowing that the house could not be built in a day, Chili and the others were not nervous. They took a rest when it was almost done and could continue with the rest later.
Seeing that the sky was starting to dim, thinking that their food was not enough, Chi Li and Sun Wen planned to go to the woods to pick some wild vegetables, fruits or mushrooms, while Jian Yuan brought tools and prepared to go to the beach. Catch the sea.
The three men divided into two groups, making an appointment to come back before it got completely dark, and then set off separately.
Jian Yuan didn't know what he could gain, but with Chili here, there was no time when he was empty-handed.
As soon as they stepped into the woods, they found several clusters of mushrooms under several nearby trees. After Chili identified them, most of them were non-toxic. The two happily picked all the big mushrooms, leaving Let the smaller ones grow longer, and then keep going in.
"Is that the black fungus?"
Sun Wen sharply noticed that there were black things growing on a collapsed tree trunk in front of her, which looked like fungus. But she was not sure, so she turned around and picked up Chili, who was squatting on the ground digging for something. Call over.
Chili stuffed the things she dug into her handbag, then stood up and came over to check. After careful identification, they confirmed that these were black fungus, which were slightly poisonous but edible.
They were not particular about it. They knew that the appearance of black fungus was time-sensitive and the time was very short, so the two of them had no intention of letting it go. Regardless of the size of the black fungus, they would pick all the black fungus they found.
Surprisingly, there were really a lot of black fungus after the rain. They picked them all the way, and the harvest almost filled a handbag.
Before going out, the two of them each brought a handbag.
This is already a great harvest. The important point is that black fungus can be stored for a long time after being dried. If you want to eat it, take it out and soak it in water, and it will quickly return to its original appearance. It can be used as a long-term food reserve.
Chi Li estimated that summer was coming to an end, and autumn would be a good time for them to stock up on food for the last time. They didn’t know what the winter on this island was like, but as we all know, winter in most places is not the same. An easy season to get through.
Especially when they are extremely short of thermal supplies.
Regardless of anything else, the total of the clothes and quilts they have now may be barely enough to keep one person warm in the winter. This is still assuming that they can keep burning a fire to keep warm, and it is also a bet that the winter on this island will not be It is too cold. If you are unlucky, the temperature on the island will drop to below zero in winter, and it may even snow...
Chili couldn't imagine how difficult it would be for them then.
I really hope to get more warm items, she said in her heart.
"Wow! What is that?"
Startled by Sun Wen's sudden scream, Chi Li came back to her senses and followed her frightened eyes to look ahead, and saw a twisted humanoid object lying on the ground crawling towards them twitchingly.
Suddenly, a sense of horror rushed straight to his forehead. Even Chi Li, who had seen real monsters and ghosts, was frightened and hid two steps back, not forgetting to hold Sun Wen with him.
"Don't get close."
"It's so disgusting, like a zombie."
Sun Wen couldn't help showing disgust, and pulled Chi Li back with her backhand.
In fact, even though it was scary just now, Chi Li and the others still saw clearly that the disgusting thing squirming on the ground was a person, but they didn't know why the other person was acting like this. He was covered in filth, his eyeballs were protruding, and the corners of his mouth were crooked, and he was still leaking out. He was drooling and his body was twisted like some kind of alien monster. It was extremely scary to look at.
After slowing down for a while, Chili calmed down the panic in her heart and cautiously moved forward to observe the man's condition.
Sun Wen suddenly saw that Chi Li was approaching the person on the ground, and subconsciously wanted to reach out to hold her, but she was afraid, so she hesitated for a while, but her feelings overcame her fear, and she took two quick steps to follow Chi Li.
"He seems to have been poisoned."
Chili looked at the indescribable vomit scattered on the muddy ground, and combined with the fact that the other person was so thin that he was almost only skin and bones, she guessed that he must have been starving and ate poisonous mushrooms out of desperation. That's how it will turn out.
But they didn't have the corresponding antidote or the relevant medical knowledge, so they didn't know what to do. In the end, Chili could only ask Sun Wen to help lift the person up and put him in a kneeling position, with his head facing towards Then, he found the right angle, and with Sun Wen's horrified eyes, he punched her in the abdomen hard.
"vomit!"
A large amount of acidic water mixed with some bits of food was spat out.
When the person was almost vomiting, Chili asked Sun Wen to get the water cup they brought out and pour all the water in the person's mouth.
goo goo goo...
After vomiting, he was forced to drink a lot of water. The poor unlucky guy was tortured until he was even weaker, and he looked like he was about to die.
Sun Wen felt that her hands and feet were numb, and she panicked: "We won't kill him if we do this, right?"
If other people were not poisoned by mushrooms but were killed by their operation, then they would become murderers.
"He's not going to die, but I don't know if he can get better."
Chili just tried her best to make people spit out the poisonous things, and then poured in a lot of water to dilute the remaining toxins. This was the best way she could think of to save people. As for whether she could succeed, she could only leave it to fate. After all, she Not a doctor.
I just hope this person can have a longer life.
Fortunately, the goddess of luck favored this unlucky guy, and he managed to survive in the end.
When he gradually regained consciousness, the first thing he noticed was the smoky smell of meat. His stomach, which he hadn't eaten in a long time, let out a shrill howl, as if it would be delayed for a while longer. , he will starve to death.
He opened his eyes in a daze, without any extra energy to pay attention to his surroundings. He staggered to his feet and walked towards the scent like a corpse. What was reflected in his retinas were beautiful reddish-brown strips of flesh.
Meat, food, I really want to eat, so hungry...
He stretched out his hand, but before he could reach the meat strips hanging on the top of the rack, he was pushed down by a figure rushing towards him like a whirlwind: "What do you want to do? Steal our meat?!"
Sun Wen didn't expect that their precious food would almost be stolen without her watching for a while. She was so angry that she ran over at a sprint speed of [-] meters and pushed the person away.
For her, food is her life, and no one is allowed to touch it except her companions!
"Don't be excited, don't be excited. He is probably hungry and has just woken up, so his mind is not clear."
Jian Yuan and Chi Li chased after Sun Wen when she rushed out. At this time, Jian Yuan hurriedly helped the person on the ground, while Chi Li hugged Sun Wen to comfort her, for fear that she would do something drastic again.
It's not that they are really afraid that Sun Wen will beat him up, the main reason is that that man is a big man after all. Even if he is extremely weak from hunger, it is hard to say that he will not hurt him for food in the face of survival. Sun Wen.
After all, everyone knows how crazy people can be in desperate situations.
Chi Li coaxed Sun Wen here, while Jian Yuan handed her a small piece of bacon and a few wrinkled wild fruits.
After the storm, there were very few wild fruits left on the trees. These were the only ones they had in stock.
The food was right in front of him, but the man who was so hungry that he was almost crazy seemed to have some concerns and didn't dare to reach out to take it. Finally, Jian Yuan said with understanding: "Don't worry, it's not poisonous and it's edible."
He suddenly snatched the thing away and stuffed it into his mouth hungrily. His posture was just like when Chi Li and the others met Sun Wen for the first time.
Sun Wen seemed to be reminded of her past memories by this scene. She was stunned, hesitated for a while, and then reluctantly took out a few lard residues from the bamboo tube she carried with her and put them on a bed of leaves. Hold it and place it in front of the person.
"I'm sorry just now. I wasn't trying to make excuses, Chen Zhuze."
Yes, Sun Wen knew him. Not only Sun Wen, but also Chi Li and Jian Yuan had met this person once or several times.
After all, apart from the three of them, there were only one other group of humans left on the island, so there was no need to guess the human beings who could appear in front of them. They must be one of that group of people.
And this boy named Chen Zhuze is the one with grandma's gray hair.
It's just that after so much time in the wild, his granny gray hair, which was originally quite beautiful and fashionable, is now so dirty that the original color cannot be seen, just like a ball of dry weeds.
Sun Wen's family had a pretty good relationship with his elders. The two were barely childhood sweethearts who grew up together, but their relationship was very ordinary. They couldn't even be called friends. They were just two acquaintances. They were not as close as normal childhood sweethearts.
The reason why they hung out together later was just because Chen Shuze was a good brother of her ex-boyfriend, and she was Hou Ruizhi's girlfriend at the time. What's funny is that these two childhood sweethearts actually relied on another man to maintain contact. .
What's even more ironic is that this person fell in love with the same woman as her ex-boyfriend.
Of course, that person is not her.
"Get out of here after you finish your food, and don't bother us here."
Sun Wen was not so good-tempered towards someone who had already broken her skin. When she saw that the person was awake and eating, she wanted to drive him away.
It's a pity that it's easier to ask God than to send God away.
"I have nowhere to go." Chen Zhuze wiped the grease stains from the corners of his mouth and said hoarsely.
"What, you were kicked out?"
When talking about this, Sun Wenke became energetic.
Not to mention her, even Chi Li and Jian Yuan, who heard the smell of melon, couldn't help but prick up their ears silently and listen to the gossip openly.
"Well, we broke up."
Chen Zhuze obviously didn't want to talk about his embarrassment. He looked up at the surrounding environment and noticed the half-built bamboo building not far away. He guessed what these people were busy with and they probably lacked manpower, so he took the initiative Self-recommendation: "Can I stay here? Just give me a little food. I can help you work, anything."
"No, please leave quickly...forget it, what do you say?"
Originally, when she heard that this person wanted to stay with them, Sun Wen was like a small animal with explosive hair, baring her fangs and trying to drive him away, but she suddenly thought that Chili and the others seemed to be planning to find other people before. When someone came to help build the house, he immediately stopped what he blurted out and awkwardly handed over the initiative to Chili and the others.
To be honest, multiple labor pools are not exclusive, but there are also some safety risks. The point is that they still can't trust this person. Who knows that after leaving him, there will be good times and bad times.
But thinking about how the other person was almost dying before, it was a bit unbearable to ask them to drive him away now.
Wasn't it because they were soft-hearted that they took Sun Wen in?
Now it seems that having one more is not a problem.
"You can stay, but you can't get too close to us. Also, if you want to get food, you have to be obedient and help us work. You can get as much as you do. If you can accept it, just nod. If you can't, just leave. "
In the end, after discussions between Chi Li and Jian Yuan, they decided to let him stay. However, before they were sure whether he was good or bad, out of precaution and caution, they would not really accept him so quickly.
This is human nature, so it makes no sense for Chen Luze to just nodded and made up his mind to stay in Chili's team.
Having more people in the team means one more mouth, and the stored food also consumes more food. This makes Sun Wen a little unhappy, but since Chi Li and Jian Yuan have both decided, she will not object, at most It's just that he doesn't look good to Chen Zhuze.
"Looking on the bright side, our house can be built faster with more people, and some of the physical labor can be shared by others."
Seeing that Sun Wen was not in a good mood, Chili stuffed her with a candy and immediately cheered her up.
Like a child, Sun Wen, who got the candy, first thanked Chi Li with a sweet smile, and then mysteriously leaned into her ear and whispered that she would definitely take a good look at Chen Zhuze and report it if she found anything wrong with him. Listen to them.
Amused by Sun Wen's funny look, Chi Li patted her on the head: "Don't worry, even if he really has a problem, he can't hurt us."
It has to be said that although the addition of a strong laborer is a burden on food, it also provides a powerful helper in work.
With Chen Zhuze, Chili and the others were able to speed up their house construction progress. In just two days, they not only erected all the load-bearing columns, but also erected each top crossbar that was mainly used as a load-bearing and stable frame. After it was built, the frame at the top of the house was even made.
In addition to the outermost frame, in the inner area, Jian Yuan also made several load-bearing columns and double-line horizontal bars according to different area divisions, roughly dividing the entire interior of the bamboo building into several areas.
The middle rectangular area is the living room, which is four meters long and three meters wide. The remaining areas on the left and right sides are set up as two small rooms, about three meters long and three meters wide, which is almost a square space of about nine square meters. , enough for one person to live comfortably in it.
The regional layout of the second half is actually the same as the front. It is equivalent to saying that their small building, which is ten meters long and six meters wide, is evenly divided into three parts from the front, and evenly divided into half from the side. The painting is divided into six parts. a small area block.
Except for the front and middle part, which is used as a living room area, the four small rooms on the left and right will be used as bedrooms. The slightly larger room behind the living room is initially estimated to be used as a warehouse. If there is any need in the future, we will talk about it.
The distance between the buildings was simply more than three meters, and then he made two parallel horizontal bars on the left and right about one meter apart above the two horizontal bars at the bottom.
If the two horizontal bars at the bottom are stuck vertically and up and down on the middle part of the load-bearing column, then the upper horizontal bars are stuck on both sides of the load-bearing column left and right. In order to be more stable, grooves are also dug and slots are used. position, add clamping sticks, nails and rope binding to strengthen it.
It is stable and will not shake even if someone steps on it.
Later, they only stepped on the two top horizontal bars to raise the roof frame.
In order to facilitate drainage and prevent rainwater from accumulating on the roof, they adopted a traditional eaves structure, which is a triangular eave.
Triangular eaves are easy to make. You only need to cross-tie two long bamboo poles on the left and right sides, and then put a long bamboo pole in the middle of the top to complete the eaves frame. Later, you only need to place the bamboo pieces at an angle. On the left and right sides, let it have a downward arc. When it rains in the future, the rainwater will naturally flow down along the eaves.
In order to strengthen the top of the interior, two very long bamboo poles are used, crossed and fixed diagonally on the four sides. Looking up, it is just a rectangular frame with a cross added to it.
That's right, it's a triangular stable structure again.
The same structure is also used in various places.
For example, the load-bearing column under the hanging building will also have two bamboos crossed on the sides to form a triangular structure. The middle cup will be divided into grids of rectangular horizontal bars, and two crossed diagonal bars will also be added, which are also dug. The card slot is inserted into it and is quite stable.
Since the work is relatively cumbersome, even if it is just to build a frame, the amount of work is not small. After the entire bamboo building frame is completely completed, the filling will begin.
The first thing to be filled in was the roof.
Jian Yuan cooperated with Chen Shuze, and Chi Li and Sun Wen helped below. The four of them worked together to measure the angle, determine the position, and then put up the bamboos that had been cut to length one by one.
These bamboos have slots dug in advance at the pre-calculated positions in the two sections. When placing them on the roof, you only need to align the slots and click them, and they will be stuck on the roof without falling off. fall.
Of course, various bamboo nails and ropes must be used to reinforce it later. This step is essential.
The roofs on the left and right sides had to be covered. This project was quite large. It took Chili and the others a lot of time just to calculate the locations and dig the card slots. On the contrary, it was faster to lay the roof in the end.
Of course, just such a roof is definitely not enough.
No matter how closely the cylindrical bamboos are arranged, there will still be gaps.
So this is just the first layer, and then they need to put down the second layer.
The second layer of bamboo fixed to the roof was specially cut in half, with the middle bamboo section hollowed out, and the top of one end was specially treated.
Jian Yuan and Chen Shuze knelt face to face on the roofs on both sides. Together, they first turned a piece of bamboo with its cut side facing up, aligned it, and pressed it on the edge of the roof. Then the tops were brought together. There was a special groove buckle there. Just like the opening buckle of an old-fashioned wallet, you only need to slant the opposite grooves on both sides and close them tightly, and the two bamboos can be firmly stuck together without falling off.
Then use a small piece of bamboo to jam the remaining gap. This will completely ensure that it will not loosen easily.
The second piece of bamboo is buckled backwards, just on one edge of the original one, and the third piece is turned over and interspersed on the second piece of bamboo. The three form a wavy roof, which is the most classic Gutter roof.
This will ensure that there will be no water leakage underneath.
After the experiment, Jian Yuan found that it was not easy to operate the bamboo pieces stuck one by one. He should first arrange the two bamboos with the cut side upward, and then fasten a piece of bamboo with the cut side downward in the middle, so that it would be easier to operate.
The next step is to repeat the project. After the entire roof is laid with a rainproof roof, finally fasten the longest half-open bamboo to the ridge of the roof in the middle and tie it with a rope. This solves the problem of the two central problems. There is a problem that the connection part of the side bamboo pieces may leak.
The construction of the roof is completed, followed by the exterior walls and floors.
Let’s not worry about the exterior wall first, the floor is more important.
The floor is actually relatively simple. You only need to cut out a pile of bamboo to the required length, then dig out semicircular grooves on both sides, and then insert the groove buckles upside down into the bottom two. In the middle of the crossbar, just like building blocks, the bamboos are arranged neatly and inserted one by one until the suspended floor is completely covered with several bamboos.
After finishing it, Chili tried to shake one of the bamboos. Maybe there was a slight gap between it and the bamboos on the left and right sides. Although it would not fall out easily, it was a little easy to be displaced.
Of course, this does not affect the use, but it still makes people feel a little uncomfortable, so Chi Li went to find ropes, wrapped them one by one, and tied the pillars used for paving the floor and the horizontal bars at the edges tightly. Tightly so they won't shift as easily and will be more stable.
The laying method of the wall is somewhat special. In order to prevent wind and rain, Jian Yuan uses a method similar to the wave-shaped laying method of the roof. The bamboos are split in half and the inner bamboo sections are hollowed out one by one. In the gap between the two horizontal bars in the center, these horizontal bars are used to fix the bamboos. For the sake of firmness, each bamboo used for the wall is laid very tightly, and almost half of the bamboo on the front side is firmly fixed. Fitted together, the bamboos are aligned on the reverse side and each one is tightly next to each other. The only difference is that the arc-shaped grooves in their centers will intersect with each other to achieve a good wind and rainproof effect.
In this way, the airtightness may be slightly worse, but it's okay. Almost every room will have one or two windows and a door. As long as it is opened, the air in the house can circulate.
Once all the walls are laid with bamboo and the pre-made doors and windows are installed, Chili and his new home is complete!
They spent nearly a month building this small bamboo building, and now it's finally completed. Almost everyone can't help but have a big, silly smile on their faces.
There is no way, this is their home, a real home they obtained through their own efforts in the wilderness. Now that this home is finally completed, it is really hard not to be excited.
Not only them, Chen Zhuze, who was also a participant in the construction, was also deeply touched.
After experiencing this period of being busy together and getting along with each other, Chi Li and others gradually accepted Chen Shuze as a new member of them, and Sun Wen, who had already known others, also went from being defensive at the beginning to recovering in the end. to a normal attitude.
And what's amazing is that, with the addition of two family friends, childhood sweethearts, many common friends, etc., the two people who had never become friends with each other actually became friends after being in trouble together and meeting again after going through twists and turns. friends.
Although they are not the kind of close friends, it is still a big improvement.
Then, Sun Wen took advantage of the situation and found out from Chen Shuze's mouth why he had broken up with his former good brothers and loved ones.
Chi Li: "..."
I'm a bit suspicious that this girl is not becoming friends with someone just to dig up gossip, right?
However, as the person being shared, Chi Li said, well, it’s really wonderful.
It turns out that after Chen Shuze encountered a tsunami, he lived on a desert island with several good brothers, loved ones, and Sun Wen. When faced with this situation at first, everyone naturally chose to stay together for warmth and help each other in order to wait for rescue.
However, as time went by, these young men and young ladies lacked the knowledge to survive in the wild, making it very difficult to live. In addition, there were not completely no conflicts between them. Now, driven by the external environment, all the accumulated experience in the past has become difficult. Grudges were detonated.
The outbreak of the first internal quarrel became inevitable.
It’s just that the protagonist at that time was not Chen Shuze, but Sun Wen.
After Sun Wen left in anger, as they said before, everyone who initially thought she was just having a bad temper and would come back naturally after she calmed down actually went out to look for her after waiting and waiting for no one.
Although everyone has some conflicts with each other, and because Sun Wen always targets He Baiqing, the boys who like her are a little dissatisfied with her. In addition, she has a bad temper, so she is not very popular among them. It's nice to see, but not to the point where people want her to die.
After searching for several days but still unable to find the person, they had no choice but to give up, hoping in their hearts that the person would still be alive, and they did meet him again later. Not only was the person still alive, he was living better than any of them. People are nice.
Of course, these are not the main points of conflict between Chen Shuze and his original companions.
As we all know, the brothers all fell in love with the same girl, including Hou Ruizhi, who already had a girlfriend.
Several people have been competing openly and secretly in the past, but because He Baiqing has never made a choice and due to brotherly love, they are still able to maintain a superficial harmony.
As a result, once he was trapped on a desert island, under the test of survival, all the darkness of human nature was exposed.
Sun Wen's departure was just a trigger. In other words, it was precisely because of her departure that Hou Ruizhi no longer had any scruples, which led to the competition between them being brought to light.
During that time, Chen Zhuze did his best to be kind to He Baiqing. Whenever he found some edible food, he would be the first to give it to her. He would try his best to find materials to give her a comfortable place to sleep. She was obviously very tired from struggling to survive. , but as soon as someone is unhappy, he will immediately find a way to make them happy.
"I've never been so kind to my parents."
At that time, Chen Zhuze was wiping his tears while crying in front of Sun Wen. Unfortunately, someone only wanted to hear gossip and did not show any sympathy to him. He only gave him a few perfunctory words of comfort, and then asked: "Then, and then Woolen cloth?"
"Then...then she kissed my best brother in front of me!"
"Wow, awesome."
Chi Li and Jian Yuan, who were passing by, both stopped in their tracks. Ahem, this is really not what they want to hear. It's mainly about people. They are both a little curious, aren't they?
The fact is not just that, after Chen Shuze accidentally caught He Baiqing and Hou Ruizhi kissing, he also caught her hugging Wu Yuanxuan, which was a big blow.
"I felt like I was being taken advantage of at the time. I was so angry that I had a fight with Hou Ruizhi and Wu Yuanxuan, and then I followed your example and left the team alone."
As a result, the young man overestimated his ability to survive alone in the wild. In addition, a storm happened just after the conflict broke out. Not only did he not find anything to eat for several days, but he also accidentally ate poisonous mushrooms due to excessive hunger and almost died.
"Sometimes I really admire He Baiqing. She can make so many people fall in love with her and risk life and death for her. This is also an amazing ability."
Finally, Sun Wen ended the gossip with this sentence.
Building a house is just the beginning.
Although they can move in now, they don't really have a home. After all, it's still empty inside, waiting for them to fill it slowly.
But there is no rush for this. There will always be time to add furniture in the future. They are now going to dig out a lot of yellow mud and fill it with the foundation.
Chili didn't understand what they were thinking when they were building the house. It was only when the entire bamboo house was built that they discovered that the foundation at the bottom was not filled.
At that time, several people looked at each other awkwardly, and then couldn't help laughing.
After laughing, I quickly found a remedy. In fact, it was simple. It was just to bring something back and fill it in. As for what to use to fill it, after discussion, Chili and the others unanimously decided to use yellow mud with better plasticity to fill the sky. .
Thanks to the storm ahead, it blew down many trees and scraped away large tracts of turf, while also allowing the yellow mud underneath to leak out.
Chili and the others each held a simple bamboo dustpan, dug it full of yellow mud and carried it back again and again, then mixed it with a large number of weeds and filled it into the foundation.
The [-]-square-meter foundation project was a large amount of work. Fortunately, there were many people and strength. With the joint efforts of four people, it only took them one day to completely fill the foundation.
Then just let it dry naturally.
On the day they moved into the bamboo house, Chili and the others held a small celebration in a ceremonial manner. At the party, they prepared sumptuous food, including smoked bacon, fish fried on stone slabs, stir-fried wild vegetables, and shrimp, kelp, and bamboo shoots. Soup.
Quite hearty.
The four people raised their bowls and clinked glasses with each other with a smile: "Warm congratulations on moving to a new home."
The rooms in the Bamboo House are allocated so that the girls live on one side and the boys live on the other side. There is a warehouse in the middle to separate the living room from the living room, leaving a private space for each other.
Chi Li lives in the room on the right near the warehouse. Jian Yuan happens to be on the ground. The two of them are Sun Wen and Chen Zhuze.
Four bedrooms for four people is just right.
It's just that these bedrooms are still empty, with nothing there. They can only sleep in them on the floor, and even Chen Zhuze doesn't have a quilt to cover him.
Because they later used the extra thermal blankets for other purposes, they were unable to provide a quilt to each new member.
Fortunately, Jian Yuan's straw mats are already being produced. I believe that soon they won't need to sleep on the bare bamboo floor anymore.
The virtuous craftsmen are working hard for everyone's future mattresses, and Chili and the others are not idle either.
Sun Wen and Chen Suze were instructed by Chi Li to reclaim the land with hoes, while Chi Li went to the sea alone, preparing to "go out" again to look for any traces of passing ships.
Chi Li chose a different direction for her second trip to the sea. She even brought a small bamboo raft and some food and water with her, as if she was preparing for a protracted war.
The so-called small bamboo raft is actually the bamboo raft Chi Li made before. This thing can float when placed in water and can fully support the weight of a person.
Chili planned to climb up and rest for a while when she was tired from swimming, and then she could continue going further when her strength recovered.
Of course, she would not tell Jian Yuan and the others her plans clearly. She only said that she brought the bamboo raft just in case. After all, no one could predict the situation in the sea, so she had to make second-hand preparations.
She didn't say that she would swim that far away, she just wanted to take a look in the nearby shallow waters.
Knowing that Chili was a good swimmer and that she had been in the water many times before, no one resisted her. No one expected that she would swim towards the deep sea as soon as she got out of the water. The speed was so fast that she disappeared in a flash.
(End of this chapter)
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