Chapter 21: Thatched Walls, Wooden Houses Completed!
Xu Le was carrying a bundle of thatch in one hand, a severed diamond-spotted rattlesnake in the other, and a black-footed cat on his head.
Little Black was lazily nestled in his hair.
He shook his head and tried it, but the little guy was able to keep it from falling.
Feline balance...... Yes!
Lin Xihan, who lived for the rest of her life after the catastrophe, although she had palpitations, her good psychological quality still allowed her to return to normal as soon as possible.
The first rule of survival in the wilderness is to always have a good attitude!
She also carried a bundle of thatch on her back and followed behind Xu Le, glancing at the snake that almost killed her from time to time.
In the attack just now, the diamond-spotted rattlesnake had already injected all its venom into its teeth.
In the venom glands of the snake's body, there is not a single drop left.
Xu Le is right, this snake ...... It can really be used to improve food.
But don't you actually eat snake sashimi...... Snakes have a lot of parasites......
Lin Xihan shuddered.
After returning to the cliff, Xu Le tied the snake's body with a thatch and hung it on a high place.
"Since it is not cooked immediately, it is necessary to put it in a cool and ventilated place to avoid spoilage due to humidity and heat. ”
Xu Le explained while hanging snake meat.
Lin Xihan was on the side, dividing out the thatch that was just enough for one hand to hold, pulling out one of it and tying it up at one end.
Then, about fifteen centimeters from this end, another thatch is bundled as a structural reinforcement.
Xu Le, who had finished processing the snake meat, also came to help.
He used the same technique as Lin Xihan to make bunches of thatch.
Then put the thatch bundles side by side, and use longer thatch to intersperse and bundle between the thatch bundles.
"It's like sewing clothes, sewing bundles of thatch together in this way. ”
"It was made into a whole thatched skirt. ”
"The thatched skirt is the same width as the wooden strip wall we made. ”
"And then ...... like this"
As he spoke, Xu Le leaned the made thatched skirt against the bottom of the wooden wall.
Then use the soft vines that have been prepared for a long time, tie a knot at intervals, and fasten the thatched skirt to the beams of the wooden strip wall.
“...... The first layer is complete. ”
"We continue. ”
After making another set of these thatched skirts, Xu Le tied the second layer on top of the first.
"It is important to note that the second layer should hold down at least a third of the height of the first layer. ”
"Cover the overlapping areas with each other, and tie them with soft vines. ”
In this way, even if the wind blows, the thatch bundles can be guaranteed not to be blown away by borrowing from each other. ”
On the side of the one-meter-wide short wooden strip wall, Xu Le and Lin Xihan covered the thatched skirt all the way to the top.
At the top of about thirty centimeters, Xu Le left a gap.
On another two-meter-long wooden strip wall, a thatched skirt covered to a height of about a meter, and a window was set aside.
The windows are about 50 centimeters wide and boxy, with a length of thatch of the same width used as a window panel, and the lower end can be jacked up.
It can be opened and closed, and it is very flexible.
Continue to cover upwards, maintaining the pattern that the previous layer presses down at least a third of the next.
Again, leave an opening of about thirty centimeters at the top.
Barrage –
"I know everything else, what is this opening on the top for? Won't it leak?"
"Look at it quietly, since Big Brother Xu Le has done this, he must have his reasons. What's the hurry?"
"It doesn't feel like it leaks...... There are cliffs blocking it. ”
The two thatched walls took Xu Le and Lin Xihan about four hours to complete.
A bundle of thatch, no more than three centimeters in diameter, is so finely and densely arranged that it is a very patient thing.
In the meantime, Xu Le also returned to the small water beach and cut a few more stubbles of thatch.
Now the edge of the small waterhole is bare, and there is no way to hide the snake......
He went to ...... himself Are you afraid that I will be in danger again? Lin Xihan guessed.
I won't let her go, and I don't have much strength...... Xu Le muttered in his heart.
Four hours later, the last layer of thatched skirt covered the wooden strip wall about two meters high!
Bundled up!
Call it a day!
Whew...... Whew......
The tightly tied thatched skirt rustles in the wind, but it doesn't mess up at all.
Xu Le and Lin Xihan took a few steps back, so that their respective cameras could capture the full picture of the current "wooden house".
Under a steep cliff wall, two thatched walls bulge like kettles.
A tightly sewn pale green thatched skirt keeps the wind out of the way.
A gap further up is perfectly used for ventilation.
Through the "door" less than one meter wide between the two thatched walls, you can see that the sunlight that has been slightly slanting to the west is evenly sprinkled in the "house".
This makes the whole room feel warm.
It's not cold on the island.
This warmth acts directly on the heart.
The two sections of walls, which do not look like bells and whistles, form a sense of "home".
Lin Xihan looked at Xu Le and felt that this person was actually not so annoying.