Ye An

Five days passed in a hurry.

Probably because the rainy season was approaching, there were no more strangers visiting near the ice lake, and there was no sign of Xiao Yun and his party returning.

Ye An finished hiding, picked up the shovel again, and cleaned the wooden house thoroughly.In three days, I used bark and rope to redo the window sashes and the house door, and found more than a dozen thick branches near the forest, cut off the raised knots and branches, and after simple polishing, pieced them together to a suitable length. The rope was tied to the stone and a low bed was built for himself.

The mud stove in the house was still usable, Ye An collected enough hay and firewood, and lit the stove to disperse the damp and air-conditioning in the house.During the combustion process, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the flue is set up very cleverly, and there will be no danger of smoke staying in the house.

The fire burned for a day and a night, and there was no more pungent smell in the house, only the heat left by the dry grass and branches after burning, and the steam that swelled when the hot water boiled.

After several days of hard work, the wooden house became suitable for living. Ye An parked the snowmobile in the open space behind the house and spent half a day removing all the marks on the car body. After attracting attention, I clapped my hands with satisfaction, picked up the blanket and the tin box used as cooking utensils, and moved into the new home.

The low bed is placed on the east side of the house, about five steps away from the tandoor.Such a distance can ensure warmth without being smoked by smoke.

The original wooden pier in the house could not be reused, so Ye An cut it into pieces and used it as firewood.

The tin box was found in the trunk, Ye An carefully cleaned it up and used it to boil water and cook meat and stew.Wooden handles are embedded on both sides of the box, which will not burn your hands when you lift it down, which is far better than the stone pot Ye An used before.

There are several hot stones placed under the wooden bed, which are specially used for drying wood.When the stones cooled, Ye An checked the bed boards and confirmed that they could be used. Then he spread a thick layer of hay and pressed it tightly with his knees to isolate the cold air and moisture rising from the ground.

One blanket was made into a coat by Ye An, and the other three were spread on the bed by him.

After working all morning, the matter finally came to an end. Ye An added two sticks of firewood to the stove, went outside to scoop up half a pot of snow, set it on the stove and boiled it.Then he took down the snow rabbit hanging in the corner of the house, peeled it neatly and cut it into pieces, and put it directly into the pot.

The snow rabbit was caught at the edge of the forest. While looking for food, Ye An covered it with animal skins and smashed its head several times.

Mingfang left three bags of salt, but Ye An didn't want to use it, so he took out a handful of pine nuts and crushed them, and when the rabbit meat changed color, rolled it in the pot, sprinkled the salty pine nut powder into it, and stirred it a few times with a wooden spoon. The fragrance wafts away.

The broth needs to be boiled for a while, Ye An sat by the stove, while warming the fire, he sharpened the cutlery with a short knife.

Chopsticks and spoons are relatively simple, but the finished products are quite decent.This gave him confidence, and he found another suitable piece of wood, cut it into several sections of similar size, and planned to make some dishes for himself.

As it turns out, crafting is not that simple.

After Ye An's hands, the plate is barely usable, even if it is a polygon, it will not delay the food.The wooden bowl is said to be round or not, and it looks like it has a large capacity, but the wall of the bowl is too thick, and two spoons can fill it up.The inside is uneven, and the outer layer is a little scratchy. It is very laborious to polish, and it is not as convenient as using a pot directly.

Judging from the current situation, in order to use a suitable wooden bowl, he still needs to continue to work hard.

The aroma of the broth is getting stronger and stronger, the snow rabbit meat is tumbling in the pot, and the bones are stewed until crispy.

Ye An picked up a piece with chopsticks, and without caring about the heat, he tore off the rabbit meat and put it into his mouth while inhaling.The hot gravy bursts in the mouth, and the salty rabbit meat becomes more delicious as you chew.Small pieces of bone can be easily bitten off and chewed together with the rabbit meat.The big ones don't require much effort, they can be broken with two taps on the back of the knife, and the bone marrow inside can be sucked directly.

Ye An ate five or six pieces of rabbit meat, and there was not even a bone left.Then he scooped up a spoonful of hot soup, blew it randomly, and put it into his mouth.The soup has a salty taste, and drinking it warmly into the stomach warms up the whole person.

The rabbit meat and broth in the pot quickly bottomed out, Ye An put down the spoon and burped contentedly.

It was by far the most satisfying meal he had.Compared with when I first came to this world, I could only gnaw on raw meat and eat ice and snow. Now I can't even think about my life.

Ye An took out a blackened branch from the stove, extinguished the sparks on it, found a suitable place on the wall, and solemnly drew a stroke.

There is no going back to the RV, and the imprint left there will also be a thing of the past.Here he will start all over again, re-recording every day he lives.

"I don't need to hunt tomorrow, I'll find some bark to repair the roof."

Putting down the branch, Ye An stretched his waist, and took advantage of the sunlight from the window to carefully examine the wound on his body.

The blood scabs on the arms and calves were partially peeled off and healed in a short time.The wound on the palm was more troublesome, but fortunately he was more careful when working, and was tied with a cloth strip, so it was not torn apart again.It's just that the scab is extremely itchy, and I can't help but want to scratch it.

Ye An peeled off the raised black scab on the edge of his palm, it was torn a little too big, blood oozes out when it breaks, and the pain hit him, but he didn't care, just shook his hand, and wrapped the cloth strip again.

Throwing away the blood scab, Ye An picked up the hot iron box, wrapped the bottom with animal skins, ran it back and forth on the blanket a few times, tested the temperature with his hand, and nodded in satisfaction.

"It's okay."

After repacking half a box of snow and putting it on the tan stove, Ye An lifted the blanket and lay down on the bed, surrounded by warmth, sighed contentedly, and closed his eyes.

The fire is still burning, the heat evaporates from the chimney, and the room is warm.

The bark on the windows is not fastened, and there are gaps on both sides for the air to circulate in the house.

The door of the house is a few pieces of thick bark, bound with branches on all sides and in the middle, it is very firm.To ensure safety, Ye An specially found a large stone to block behind the door, unless he had the strength of a mutant bear, he would not be able to break in easily.

Not long after Ye An fell asleep, snowflakes began to float in the sky again, and they quickly joined together.

The snowflakes fell to the ground, and instead of forming a thick snow accumulation, there were signs of melting, making the land muddy.

On the ice lake, the knife marks left by Xiao Yun did not disappear.Along the location where the knife mark is located, the transparent ice layer is covered with cracks, extending from the shore to the center of the lake, like a huge spider web, just waiting for the life in the lake to break the silence of several months and break the ice from the water Layer, let the whole ice lake come back to life.

On the other side of the frozen lake, a man in animal skins was trudging through the woods.

The man was tall, his face was covered with plaster, and his shoulder-length hair was filthy.His fingernails were full of dirt, he dug up the snow, found a gopher, grabbed it, put it in his mouth, and swallowed the fur and dirt together.

The man straightened up suddenly, as if he had discovered something, he walked carefully to the edge of the forest, hid behind a tree, and looked across the lake.There stands a log cabin, previously occupied by mutant bears.The man accidentally encountered a mutant bear, tripped his companion while fleeing for his life, and was able to escape by taking advantage of the mutant bear's bite of the food delivered to his mouth.

Since then, unless he has to, he will never approach the opposite bank, and will bypass it every time he passes by.

But on this day, the man saw the changes in front of the house, saw the smoke that hadn't cleared away, and doubts arose in his heart. Thinking of some possibility, he couldn't help but clung to the tree trunk, scratched the bark with his sharp nails, and grinned greedily.