Living in the Wilderness Becomes Stronger

Chapter 18 Source and Sanctuary
"Why are we going to the source?" Lu Ke glanced at Xu Yi in confusion.

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

"That's great, let's go to the source first." Lu Ke squinted his eyes and glanced at Xu Yi in surprise, feeling that he knew a lot.

I read a book about survival in the wilderness, but there was nothing I could do.

So, the two of them walked upstream along the creek.

In twenty minutes, they reached the source.

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

"It's a pity, there are no small fish or shrimps in this pool." Lu Ke glanced at it, and then said with some regret.

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

"Ah, really, how did you know?" Lu Ke glanced at Xu Yi in surprise.

"There are some footprints by the water, you will know if you look carefully." Xu Yi pointed to the footprints and told Lu Ke.

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

"You observe so carefully, I didn't even see it at first glance." After speaking, Lu Ke felt a little ashamed.

This is Xu Yi's correct attitude. He even said that he wanted to grow up. This was the first lesson he learned, and he had to carefully observe every place that came out.

"As long as you put your heart into it, you can do it too. This place is quite ideal, and we can set up our own camp near here." Xu Yi said happily, and then went around to the place where there were no footprints, holding a handful of water , washed his face.

"The water is so cold, it's worthy of spring water. Come and wash your face too." Xu Yi sent out an invitation.

"Yeah." In fact, Lu Ke didn't just want to wash her face, she wanted to take a bath.

"Lu Ke, as soon as you find a place, you can start weaving a barrel, which can be woven on four sticks." Xu Yi and Lu Ke shared their thoughts.

"What's the use?" She was a little puzzled.

"It's for taking a shower. You have to switch gears. I don't care. Just pause and take another shot." Xu Yi grinned. If Lu Ke didn't mind, he would be more than happy to appreciate it.

"Ah, I see, Xu Yi, you are so smart, I can use 8 sticks to make it open and close, which is more convenient. The bottom can be suspended a little, saving materials, and it is also convenient to fix the position." Lu Ke I think Xu Yi's idea is really wonderful, maybe tonight, she can take a bath.

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

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

There are rock faces out there and a wall can be saved.

Another reason is that it is drier and more suitable for camping.

And it's all mud, which is also convenient for building camps.

After choosing the location, Xu Yi will start logging.

First, he chopped off 8 two-finger-thick ones for Lu Ke, and then Xu Yi started looking for bowl-sized ones to build his camp.

The trunk with a thick bowl mouth needs 9 trunks, two of which need to be 4.5 meters long, and two of which need to be 4 meters long, and then the remaining 5 trunks need to be 3.5 meters long.

Xu Yi used a belt to make a one-meter ruler, which would be more accurate.

The camp that Xu Yi chose was next to the forest, and most of them were as thick as bowls. Xu Yi saw them down casually, and then sawed out the length he wanted according to his needs.

Xu Yi saw a small groove on the top of the nine pillars, so that the beams could be easily fixed when the roof was being built.

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

The pits that Xu Yi dug were all the same depth, probably more than 40 centimeters deep.

Then, Xu Yi buried the two 4.5-meter-high walls.

Then there are two 4-meter ones, and finally five 5-meter ones.

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

The house was four meters wide and five meters long. Xu Yi also reserved a door, which was one meter wide.

I checked the time, it was already 16:03.

Lu Ke has already finished knitting things for the bath, so he can spare time to help.

You don't need to worry about the top today, but the three walls must be done.

Otherwise, it would be no different from sleeping in the woods at night.

Stones, thatch, soil, tree trunks, etc. can be used to make walls.

There are relatively few stones here, but there is clay, that is, at the water source, the soil is clay.But it's too busy to move, because they don't have the corresponding tools.

In the end, Xu Yi chose thatch, which is more.

In addition, Xu Yi and the others still have a lot of bark, which can be divided into small pieces and used for binding.

Decided only, Xu Yi took the engineering shovel to cut the thatch.

The dark time here is around 19:20, that is to say, they still have 3 hours.

After Xu Yi went to cut a bunch of thatch first and came back, he went to cut a dozen shrubs as thick as two fingers, and asked Lu Ke to fix the thatch in small bundles on the bushes, and then fix them to the pillars.

Xu Yi raced against time to harvest the thatch. The thatch was more than 50 centimeters, and it was really suitable to be used as a simple wall.

Lu Ke also knew that time was running out, so she didn't ask for beauty any more.

Solid and tight will do.

The two of them did not stop for a moment, and after two hours of busy work, there were 18 pieces of thatch.

"Xu Yi, should it be enough?" Lu Ke hid his hand that was cut by thatch behind his back.

"That's it, it's getting dark soon, after we've settled down, we're going to start a fire, and we're back picking up some firewood.

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

"Okay, let's tie them up and we'll have a windshield wall." Lu Ke nodded. It's still quite cold here at night.

So, the two got busy again.

On the left and right sides, 6 pieces are respectively fixed, so that the height of the wall is more than two meters.With this height, it is enough.

It is enough to fix 3 pieces of thatch in front, and there are 3 pieces left. After Xu Yi makes a simple herringbone ladder tomorrow, the roof can be laid.

Now, I can only pray that it will not rain tonight.

"It's getting dark, let's hurry up and get some firewood back." Xu Yi glanced at the time, it was already 18:54, and the sky was getting dark. If it got darker, there would be no way to enter the forest.

So, the two put their baskets and stuff into the unfinished wooden house, and then went out together to collect firewood.

(End of this chapter)