Apocalyptic Tundra Age

The sled dogs are indeed an excellent breed of dogs—the ones in the early morning, they don’t seem to hold any grudges at all, they rush forward enthusiastically and wag their tails. I feel that the current one tail is really not enough to express their excitement, and I wish I could grow eight more. .

Xu Zhonglei scolded "You can't lick a dog without a house" while checking the situation of the two.The offspring of wolves, the wolf gene finally allowed them to mature a bit. The two silly dogs looked dirty, but there was no large piece of yellow mud stuck on the dog's fur, which would damage the warmth retention of the dog's fur. The two of them stayed outside quite comfortably. of.

After washing the dogs and throwing them into the basement to catch mice with the mouse, Xu Zhonglei and Cheng Yuming officially started the house construction project.

Xu Zhonglei started with only a hoe. Following the traces of the previous glass greenhouse and the marks made by lime powder, he dug out the foundation of the house about 20 meters long, 2.5 meters wide and [-] centimeters deep, and then pulled out a little The yellow mud, mixed with straw and a small amount of water added many times, began to step hard on it wearing rain boots.

This is the experience of the countryside for hundreds of years. Yellow mud lacks durability and ductility, and it will fall apart after a long time.Adding straw will give the loess enough space to expand and improve the firmness of the loess. This is the poor version of reinforced concrete - at least the principle is the same.

Xu Zhonglei stepped on dozens of feet until the straw mixed in the yellow mud was successfully camouflaged, and it was no different from the yellow mud. The yellow mud changed from brownish granular to whitish and easy to flow. At this time, the yellow mud looked like It makes people want to play with mud.

He stopped quickly, filled the pile of yellow mud in a small bucket, and asked Cheng Yuming to move the bricks. He stood on the edge of the foundation and put the bricks into the pit one by one, leaving a gap between the two bricks. A space of 4 centimeters was left and filled with "soil cement". Just like this, mud and soil were built one by one, and a 2.5-meter-long pit was quickly filled.

"Earth cement" was not enough, so Xu Zhonglei had to start preparing fresh ones again. Cheng Yuming carried brick baskets, 12 yuan and 12 yuan to transport bricks from the old house to the vegetable garden, and put them on Xu Zhonglei's wall with special thoughtfulness. place within reach.

Xu Zhonglei had to build walls and step on mud, and soon he couldn't keep up with Cheng Yuming's speed of moving bricks. Later, Cheng Yuming secretly took Xu Zhonglei's rubber shoes, leaned on a big shovel, and prepared cement for Xu Zhonglei step by step.

The cooperation of two people made progress faster than one person. In just two days, the foundation was laid, and Xu Zhonglei began to lay bricks along the foundation.

Bricklaying can be compared to building blocks.There are two basic elements: neat and random.

Neatness means that each row of bricks must be kept level and the distance between each brick is basically the same. If it is limited to materials or the level of the wall is not neat or consistent, then this effect can be achieved by changing the yellow mud used as filler.

Scattering means that the bricks in the vertical direction cannot be parallel, but it should be like a pile-up, by controlling the position of the bricks to achieve a stable construction effect.

"It's raining!"

This time, the sunny day lasted for eight days. Xu Zhonglei completed the repair of the wall and built an adobe brick house with a height of more than one meter. Xu Zhonglei planned to make the brick house shorter, because a low house is more suitable for keeping the temperature.

The heavy rain was falling, and it just poured directly on the brick wall that Xu Zhonglei had just built. Xu Zhonglei could only brave the rain and cover it with woven plastic sheets and asphalt sheets. Finally, there was nothing left, so he removed the plastic of the greenhouse again. Covered on a brick wall.

"Let's go! Go back!"

After the covering was finished, Xu Zhonglei waved Cheng Yuming, who was standing outside, to go home.

"Ahem!" Xu Zhonglei felt that it was still bone-chillingly cold when he returned to the house. The rainy days in the south are not fun. The humid air will take away all the heat emitted from the body. It will freeze people into the eighteen layers of hell, from the heart to every hair is full of cold stimulation.

Xu Zhonglei's throat was itchy, his head was dizzy, and he felt that something was wrong. He immediately found clothes and went to the bathroom to wipe off his body, and then changed into dry clothes. As soon as he entered the living room, he smelled a strong scent of ginger.

"White sugar ginger tea, it's for my baby to keep out the cold. I don't see brown sugar, and it tastes bad." Cheng Yuming held an iron pot of ginger tea in his hand, full of it.

Xu Zhonglei took the ginger tea from Cheng Yuming's hand, sank himself into the single sofa in the living room, and took a sip of the hot ginger tea.

"Ah! Comfortable!"

Cheng Yuming also held the ginger tea and drank it slowly.

"There is no good way. If we want to cap the roof of our vegetable field, we can only learn from the Australian brother and burn the tiles ourselves. To make that kind of large tiles, there are more than 1000 tiles in total. There is no technology in this content, the burning time is also short, and you have to dig white soil on the mountain while it’s raining, oh! It’s too difficult! It’s tiring to think about it!” White clay is what they say, it’s named according to the color of the soil, and its scientific name is called Kaolin is also known as Guanyin clay.It's just behind the tea garden in the village, one kilometer away from Xu Zhonglei's home, and it's another mountain to climb.

"Hard work baby, I'll help you when the time comes." Cheng Yuming comforted him with that gentle expression and low voice.

I don't know what evil Cheng Yuming has, he doesn't call him brother now, and calls him "baby" with his nose and face, and his words are sticky, there is really no mouth, Xu Zhonglei can only let him go.

"You're so coquettish, brother." Xu Zhonglei complained, "It doesn't matter if it's raining, after working for so long, I should have rested long ago. There's no end to work, one has to enjoy life!" After speaking, he drank After taking a sip of ginger tea, the entrance is spicy and the aftertaste is lingering, good tea!

The indoor temperature is higher than the outdoor one. Xu Zhonglei saw it at noon, and now the temperature is only ten degrees. In addition, his hands and feet are cold now, and his body is still very cold. The house heating system should be on the field.

Xu Zhonglei struggled to get himself off the sofa, and Cheng Yuming immediately followed him like a dog.

The boiler-burning house is built outside the house. It is a small house built by the back door of the kitchen. The method of use is very simple, just light the fire.

However, the heat generated by firewood is not enough to heat up an area of ​​nearly 120 square meters, so it is best to burn coal, which lasts for a long time and maintains heat for a long time.

There is also a large iron pot on top of the clay stove, weighing fifty catties, made of pure iron. In order not to waste heat, the big iron pot can also boil water and cook rice.

"What a big pot!" Cheng Yuming made an uninformed voice.

"This is your stage, how about it?" Xu Zhonglei patted the young man on the shoulder.Cheng Yuming is a native of Guang'an. He obviously inherited the excellent blood of Guang'an people. He is good at cooking and soup. What is rare is that Cheng Yuming can also show his skills in Hunan cuisine.Ever since Cheng Yuming cooked a meal, Xu Zhonglei resolutely handed over the spatula to this promising socialist successor.

There is a capable person here, and he must not be given a chance not to shine.

"It's so hot, it's a must to make small stir-fries. I'll give you a try when I have a chance." Cheng Yuming turned around, pointed to the super-large water storage device that was set aside, and asked, "What is this?" ?”

"The way to maximize the use of heat. There is water here. Connect it to the water pipe and connect it to the bathroom. When the boiler is fired here, the water will be hot and you can take a hot bath. Besides, water can retain heat, even if you don't take a bath. It can keep the temperature." Xu Zhonglei pointed to the water storage tank on one side, "I like to buy things in pairs, and if I don't buy two, I don't think it's okay."

"You are better." Cheng Yuming gave a thumbs up.