[Ting Yu] Abandoned in the wild

31. New house

The days were busy, and ten days later, Chen Ting and the others finally completed the first fence built using the new method. Early in the morning, they took a group of females and three children up the mountain to see the fruits of their labor for so many days. .

This time they didn't just enclose the southern mountain from the foot of the mountain to the small waterfall. After busy rest, they also used the remaining boards and branches to enclose various plants in different categories.Even Zhiyuan's newly transplanted medicine field has a bamboo fence, which looks very beautiful.

A group of people walked along the wall. Along the way, Lueshang, Mike, Chen Ting and others all showed a very mysterious smile, as if they were hiding some secrets from each other.And it wasn't until they reached the waterfall that the female and the children knew what this so-called secret was.

"This...was built by you?"

Sanliu looked in amazement at this simple but sturdy and comfortable stone house in front of him. There was a stone stove built under the window in front of the door, and a bamboo roof was built on it. Cook here, and you won't get drenched.

"It's all according to your method, how about it? It's very good, right?" Lue Shang and the others introduced it very proudly.

"Wow..." Ah Zhan and Dila had never seen a house like this before, and ran into the house with the little tiger in surprise.

The others followed them into the house. Although this small house was not big, it completely applied the house building model discussed with Chen Ting before Sanliu.The doors and windows made of camphor wood can play a very good role in preventing moisture and insects. The screens on the windows are made of the cobwebs of white spiders brought back last time. Said the best window screen material.A small kang was erected between the inside of the house and the stone stove outside.It is completely conceivable that in the cold winter, the warmth of the fire lit in the stone stove outside is transmitted to the kang, and how warm it will be in the house.

"This house is really beautiful." Suola Mijie and others couldn't help exclaiming.

Chen Ting smiled, wrapped his arms around Xiyu's shoulders and said softly, "Does Xiyu like it?"

"I like it." The little friend nodded without hesitation.

Chen Ting smiled, and looked at Sanliu, "Because it was just to test whether our method is feasible, we discussed it a few times, and did not lay the foundation for this house, but fixed the four corner pillars as firmly as possible. Lueshang said that he would simply treat this as a house for guarding the forest, and if he needs to stay in the forest on weekdays, he can live here, which is safe and convenient."

"That's not a bad idea." Sanliu nodded in agreement, and smiled at Lueshang.

Lueshang suddenly felt elated, pursed his lips and suppressed a smile and said modestly: "Actually, it's just an idea. I think our fence is generally just a wall. Whether the house can bear the weight is still unknown. Why not build a small one and try it out.”

"This idea is really good." Sanliu reaffirmed.

Lue Shang was completely satisfied now, and followed Sanliu enthusiastically, and kept introducing which places were designed by himself, and how convenient it would be to use in life in the future.

"Next, we're going to start building our house." Mike looked around the cabin in front of him and said expectantly.

As soon as this topic was mentioned, Okur and the three of them looked at each other, walked up to Chen Ting and said, "Ah Ting, I don't know if our idea is too demanding, but I still want to mention it to you."

"What?" Chen Ting was puzzled.

Okur pursed his lips, and said with some hesitation: "I believe you all know what happened to us this year. Since you were injured, Handa took over the affairs of the tribe, and he has become more active in the management of collective hunting. Strict, those of us who lack ability and only strength naturally get less food. Not only that, Sawyer and the others are also neglected in the tribe. Seeing our partners and children not having enough food and clothing, we are really sad uncomfortable."

Having said that, the three tall and burly men all lowered their heads sadly, with guilt-ridden expressions.Their females crept up to them and leaned against them with their arms, comforting their mates with her silent warmth.

After a long while, Oku spoke again, and said, "But these days, I am grateful to you for not disliking me. You are willing to give me the method of making bamboo bows and arrows, and now let us help build the fence. It is precisely because of this that our life is so smooth." It’s getting better. Following everyone, Sawyer and the others are also very happy, seeing them talking and laughing every day, we feel relieved a lot.” At this point, he paused, although he was embarrassed, he finally opened his mouth: “So I I want to ask, can we also build a new house on the side of the creek and live with you?"

"Are you going to move here?" Lue Shang and Mike asked in surprise.

The address of their new house was chosen on the side of the creek, which had been decided a long time ago. Unexpectedly, Okur and the others had such an idea now.

"Well, if Ting agrees, we want to be neighbors with you." They really had enough of being angry in the tribe. Compared with the indifference of being ignored, they would rather live at the foot of this mountain, at least Feel comfortable.

Chen Ting didn't answer for a long time, but frowned slightly thinking about something.

After a while, he said, "You know, I never liked group hunting."

He can understand the feelings of Okur and others, but he doesn't want their current decision to be based on the fact that living with them now will make it easier to obtain food.Compassion is one thing, but Chen Ting also does not want these three people to lose the ability to live because of this.

"Of course." The three of Okur nodded without hesitation, "We have mastered the bamboo bows and arrows you taught us to make. We will rely on our own efforts to hunt in the future."

Hearing what they said, Chen Ting nodded approvingly, "Okay then, you are welcome, new neighbors." He clenched his fists and stretched out towards the other party.

Okur laughed happily, the three of them also clenched their fists, and punched Chen Ting.

"From now until the rainy season, there are only three months left. We currently have six houses to build. The time is very tight. Everyone must start working hard after tonight." Chen Ting encouraged everyone .

"Do not worry."

"no problem."

"It's definitely not a problem."

These people from the barbaric era, if they say that their brain power may not be as good as Chen Ting who came through time travel or Sanliu who is left over from the end of the world.But in terms of strength, he is definitely a good hand, and he is unambiguous in his work.

In the following days, the group of them devoted themselves to the intense work of building houses.Zora, Meka, Zhiyuan, and Sanliu all had no mates of their own and couldn't build stronger stone houses, so they could only stay in the tribe's original home.The rescued child can now start to eat some sticky food, so Sanliu tried to feed him some vegetable soup with a spoon, and sometimes let him eat some fruit to supplement nutrition.Under the careful and thoughtful care of the new father, the little guy has gained a lot of weight in just one month, and now that Sanliu comes to Xiaoxi to help, he has to carry him behind his back.

"Baby is so good."

Sanliu was bending over to make lunch by the firepit in the yard of the stone house, while Xiyu was helping him roll out the pastry.The little guy who was carried behind him faintly smelled the aroma of food, and opened his mouth to let out a sigh.

"Hungry?" Sanliu glanced at him sideways and teased.

"Papa." The little guy who just started teething has already identified Sanliu as his father, and he is very close to him.

"Abba will feed you later." Sanliu said with a smile, lowering his head and continuing to focus on baking the meatloaf.

Xiyu watched from the side, and said, "Sanliu, the baby doesn't have a name yet."

"That's right." Sanliu nodded, "His father is no longer here, and I don't know what name to give him." As he spoke, he walked towards the stone house under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree not far away. He glanced at the new construction site, and murmured: "Let's talk about it later when we find a chance."

"Ah?" Xiyu didn't understand, and tilted his head in doubt.

Sanliu shook her head with a smile, "It's nothing, let's cook quickly and deliver it to them later."

Because Chen Ting chose the address of his new home to be under the three osmanthus trees near the creek, so the original stone house can still be used for the time being.In the past few days, three or six people are still preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner here, and then send them to the people who are busy building houses.

It is said that the flames of everyone picking up materials are high. With the concerted efforts of Chen Ting and other people, the stone house of Xiyu's family has now begun to take shape.Because there is only one floor, Sanliu suggested that they don't need to dig the foundation too deep, and the four pillars that they found were about two stories high and buried only a normal length.The other half was left outside and joined with other beams and ridges and fixed with iron nails to form a basic frame of the house.Then pile it with stones and grass mud.The slopes on both sides of the roof are nailed with wooden boards, and a layer of grass mud is still spread, and then fixed with straw and palm bark and spread on the top layer, and some thicker palm branches can be laminated on the top layer. up.

"It's a nice house."

Zhiyuan was standing in front of the stone house, and he could just see Okur and Jamie’s partner, Peng Da, building planks for the roof. The cut and polished planks were straight and smooth, and they were laid flat on the slope of the roof to fit each other perfectly. .If you apply a layer of grass mud on it, it will really be the most compact and solid roof.

"If it's the rainy season, Xiyu and the others won't have to worry about rain leakage anymore." He sighed enviously.

In this era, there will always be a long period of heavy rain in summer. Sometimes it rains so hard that you can’t even go out for more than half a month.The previous stone houses often leaked, not to mention the thatched house where single females lived.

"Then Zhiyuan come and live with us." Xiyu was very enthusiastic, and upon hearing him say that, he quickly invited him.

"I don't want it." Zhiyuan turned his face away arrogantly, walked up to Xiyu with a smirk, and said teasingly, "I'm living with you, everyone thought I was married to Ah Ting too."

"Ah?" Xiyu stopped talking when he heard this.

Lowering his head, he seemed to be struggling with the issue of Ah Ting and another person forming a partner again.

"Ah Ting's partner is Xiyu." It took him a long time to utter such a sentence, soft and weak, but with a sense of stubbornness and persistence.

Sanliu glanced at Zhiyuan disapprovingly, blaming him for teasing the innocent Xiyu.The other party smiled smugly, shook his head and went to another fire pit to make vegetable soup and barbecue.

Because building the third layer of the roof requires a lot of straw and palm bark, Meka, Zora, and Sawyer have been concentrating on weaving these two things at Sawyer's house for the past few days.The task of cooking also fell on the three of Xiyu.

The meal was ready in a short time, and Sanliu used the bamboo tube lunch box developed by himself to pack the meat pie and broth barbecue.The three of them each carried the hemp rope tied to the top of the bamboo tube, and walked towards Xiaoxi side together.

But before the person walked in, he had already vaguely heard the voice coming from the other side of the corner, but listening to the other party's tone, it was completely provocative.

The three of them glanced at each other, then quickened their pace and walked over there.