Chapter 18: The Source and the Refuge

"Why do we want to go to the source?" Lu Ke glanced at Xu Yi with some puzzlement.

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 the right thing fits, we can set up 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 with some surprise, feeling that he knew a lot of things.

I read a book about survival in the wilderness, but there is no place to play at all.

So, the two men walked upstream along the creek and ditch.

In twenty minutes or so, they arrived at the source.

The source is a mountain spring, and the amount of water produced is also considerable, flowing out more than one meter on the cliff wall, forming a small pool underground.

"It's a pity that there are no small fish and shrimp 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 do you know?" Lu Ke glanced at Xu Yi in surprise.

"There are some footprints at the water's edge, you can see if you look closely. Xu Yi pointed to the footprints and told Lu Ke.

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

"You looked so carefully that I didn't even see it at first glance. Saying that, Lu Ke became a little ashamed.

Xu Yi is the right attitude, and he also said that he wants to grow up, this is the first lesson he learned, and he must carefully observe every place.

"As long as you put your mind to it, you can too. The place was ideal and we were able to set up our own camp around here. Xu Yi said happily, and then went around to a place where there were no footprints, picked up a handful of water, and washed his face.

"The water is so cold, it deserves to be a spring. You also come and wash your face. Xu Yi sent out an invitation.

"Hmm. 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 top of four sticks. Xu Yi and Lu Ke talked about their thoughts.

"What's the point?" she was puzzled.

"It's used to take a bath, you have to file it, I don't care, just pause and shoot. Xu Yi grinned, if Lu Ke didn't mind, he would be happy to appreciate it.

"Ah, I see, Xu Yi, you are too smart, I can use 8 sticks to make them that can be opened and closed, which is more convenient. At the bottom, you can suspend a little in the air, save materials, and it is also convenient to fix the position. Lu Ke felt that Xu Yi's idea was really wonderful, maybe tonight, she could take a bath.

"Well, you're a connoisseur, you decide. Xu Yi smiled slightly, and then left the water.

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

There are rock walls there, which saves a wall.

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

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

After choosing a location, Xu Yi was about to start logging.

First cut 8 two-finger thick ones for Lu Ke, and then Xu Yicai began to find a bowl with a thick mouth to build his own camp.

Nine trunks with a thick bowl mouth are needed, two of which need to be 4.5 meters long, two need to be 4 meters, and then the remaining five are 3.5 meters long.

Xu Yi made a one-meter ruler with a belt, which can be more accurate.

The camp Xu Yi chose was on the edge of the woods, and most of them were thick bowls, Xu Yi sawed them down casually, and then sawed out the length he wanted according to his needs.

The tops of these 9 pillars are all sawed out with a small groove by Xu Yi, so that when the roof is made, it is convenient to fix the beams.

It took Xu Yi more than an hour to sawn out nine pillars, and then Xu Yi began to dig a pit in the camp.

The pits dug by Xu Yi are all the same deep, probably more than 40 centimeters deep.

Then, Xu Yi buried the two 4.5-meter stickers against the wall.

This is followed by two of the 4 meters, and finally five of the 3.5 meters.

After all 9 pillars were buried, the general shape of a wooden house was revealed.

The house is four meters wide and five meters long, and Xu Yi still has the position of a door, one meter wide.

I looked at the time, and it was already 16:03.

Lu Ke had already wored the things for the bath, so he could spare time to help.

The top can be left alone today, but the three walls must be taken care of.

Otherwise, the night would be no different from a sleeping forest.

Stones can be used to make walls, thatch, dirt, tree trunks, and so on.

There are still fewer stones here, but there is clay, that is, where the water source is, and the dirt is clay. But it was too busy to carry because they didn't have the tools to do so.

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

In addition, Xu Yi also has a lot of bark, which can be divided into small ones and used for binding.

decided that Xu Yi would only take the sapper shovel to cut the thatch.

It gets dark here around 19:20, which means they have 3 hours left.

After Xu Yi first went to cut a bundle of thatch and came back, he went to cut a dozen shrubs two fingers thick and came back, and asked Lu Ke to fix the thatch one by one on the bushes, and then fix it to the pillar.

Xu Yi is racing against time to harvest the thatch, which is more than 50 centimeters, and it is indeed very suitable for use as a simple wall.

Lu Ke also knew that time was pressing, so she didn't ask for beauty much.

Solid, tight is fine.

The two of them didn't stop for a moment, and after two hours of busyness, there were 18 pieces of thatch.

"Xu Yi, it should be enough, right?" Lu Ke hid his thatched hand behind his back.

"That's it, it's getting dark, and after we've fixed it, we're going to make a fire and gather some firewood and come back.

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

"Okay, let's tie them up, and we'll have a wall to keep the wind out. Lu Ke nodded, the night here is still quite cold.

So, the two of them got busy again.

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

As long as 3 pieces of thatch are fixed in front, there are still 3 pieces left, and tomorrow after Xu Yi makes a simple herringbone ladder, the roof can be laid.

Now, one can only pray that it won't rain tonight.

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

So, the two of them put all their backpacks in the unfinished wooden house, and then went out together to collect firewood.