Chapter 7 Preparations Before Departure

Although he was eager to go to the outside world to see and solve the salt problem by the way, Liu Xiu restrained himself, and for now, he still pasted the stone wall first.

This place has a special meaning for Liu Xiu, although the conditions are a little difficult, but the unparalleled beautiful environment makes him have a long-term plan in his heart, the construction of the cave has long been planned, and he doesn't want to give up halfway because of his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Besides, he didn't know what the outside world was like, and if he gave up on the roots of this place out of curiosity, he would be putting the cart before the horse.

He's going to come back here anyway.

Putting aside his thoughts, Liu Xiu calmed down and began to paste the wall.

The log that day was still there, and he used a stone axe to cut off a section of rice length, and then used a stone axe to slowly cut one end of the wood into a flat shape, which was used to dig the hole.

The first time I used a stone axe, although it was not sharp, it was still handy, not as good as a metal axe, whether it was chopping wood or cutting wood, it was more than ten times worse than the effect of a real metal axe, which can be described as a heaven and an underground.

In half an hour, Liu Xiu dug out a pit two feet wide and one foot deep, and then used a clay pot to go to the lake to fetch water and mud again and again, and then used a half-dry mud ball to paste the wall.

It took Liu Xiu about three hours to paste all the gaps in the stone walls, so that the construction of the cave had been successfully completed, fully meeting Liu Xiu's expectations, and it was a good place to live as long as the mud dried.

"Compared with the deserted villa I once lived in, this humble cave gives me a sense of belonging, and every bit of it is done by me with my hands......"

Appreciating his masterpiece, Liu Xiu showed a heartfelt smile on his face, because it was a cave built by himself, even if it was simple, it also gave Liu Xiu a special feeling in his heart.

The sun was rising, and he was hungry.

In order to celebrate the completion of his cave, Liu Xiu specially treated himself.

With a clay pot, he boiled a fish, and the fish soup was filled with wild onions and wild pepper leaves, which were fragrant, and he also roasted a rabbit leg, plus a handful of sour berries, so that there was a barbecue, a fish soup and a 'salad', although there was no seasoning, Liu Xiu ate it unusually sweet, and did not stop until his stomach was swollen.

"You'll spoil yourself ......" Leaning against the cave wall, Liu Xiu touched her stomach and said.

Compared to eating the dried fruits snatched from the squirrels on the first day, such a day is tantamount to heaven for Liu Xiu.

This place not only has a beautiful environment, but also a lot of plants that can be eaten, and in the spring when everything is flourishing, the surrounding wild onions, dandelions, Houttuynia cordata and other plants grow extremely fat and tender, and a lot of them are pulled.

What's even more commendable is that when Liu Xiu was picking up firewood two days ago, he found a few wild pepper trees, although they are still blooming, the leaves can already be used as condiments, and he can collect mature wild peppers for storage after the time has passed.

All in all, this place is blessed.

After eating and drinking, Liu Xiu did not forget his business, and next he was going to build a raft for exploring the outside world.

Taking advantage of the fact that the time was still early, Liu Xiu left the cave with a stone axe and took action.

There was no suitable wood around the cave, so Liu Xiu decided to venture out to find it, although it would take more time and it would be difficult to carry the wood back and forth, but Liu Xiu didn't want the raft he built to be a tofu slag project.

The raft must be strong and durable, and it takes a lot of time to explore the outside when you want to go downstream, so the raft is likely to be worth your life, and you can't be sloppy!

With a plan, Liu Xiu carefully selected the wood to be used.

Unconsciously, gradually Liu Xiu had left the cave more than 500 meters away, and after turning over a small hill, his eyes suddenly lit up, and in front of him, a bamboo forest was growing densely!

Visible to the naked eye, the bamboo forest cannot see the end at a glance, and the old bamboo with the thickness of the bowl mouth abounds.

"Great, what better material to build a raft than bamboo? No, it should be a bamboo raft, and bamboo can also be used to build a house, if you build a bamboo building in this beautiful place, it is not too beautiful, and with this bamboo forest, I can also collect bamboo shoots to eat, by the way, bamboo can also be used to make various daily necessities and tools......"

Seeing the bamboo forest in front of him, Liu Xiu's heart suddenly flashed with various thoughts, there are too many uses of bamboo, at this moment, the appearance of this bamboo forest is tantamount to God's gift to him.

I don't know what other surprises are waiting for me to discover in this area......

With such a thought, Liu Xiu couldn't wait to carry the stone axe and walked over, of course, he did not forget the necessary safety, Liu Xiu, who is experienced in wild survival, knew that places like bamboo forests were the easiest to breed snakes!

Snakes, even if the antivenom drugs are abundant on the earth, there is a high mortality rate when bitten in the world, and Liu Xiu does not dare to take it lightly here.

When he came to the edge of the bamboo forest and looked carefully, Liu Xiu only began to cut down the bamboo after he was sure that it was safe, and he didn't dare to relax for a moment during the period.

The efficiency of the stone axe to cut down the old bamboo can be imagined, the force can not be too large, to prevent the stone axe from cracking, but it cannot be too small, otherwise there is no efficiency, so it took Liu Xiu half an hour to get an old bamboo that can be cut in a minute or two with a metal axe.

There was no rush to transport the cut bamboo back, Liu Xiu continued to cut down ten before stopping, and with the stone axe being used handy, it took him nearly five hours to cut these old bamboos!

Chopping bamboo is physical work, and being vigilant around is mental work, and Liu Xiu is not only physically tired, but also mentally tired.

Next, Liu Xiu used a stone axe to remove the branches of the old bamboo, wasted a lot of time, and finally got eleven thirty or forty meters long old bamboo, and then he resisted two at a time, and it took six trips back and forth to transport all the bamboos back to the cave.

This is also thanks to the fact that his strength has grown greatly during this time, and if he was in the past, even at his peak, he could only resist one bamboo at a time.

Hurrying and hurrying, he finally carried the bamboo back before the sun went down, and he was tired enough.

"If you want a bamboo raft, ten meters long is enough, so take the desired length today, and then start building a bamboo ......raft tomorrow."

With an idea in his heart, Liu Xiu immediately paid his heart, carrying a stone axe to slam the bamboo, although it was dark, but by the light of the bonfire, he was still busy, after this period of observation, this area is very safe, otherwise Liu Xiu would not dare to stay outside the cave at night.

I don't know how long he was busy, but he finally cut off the eleven bamboos to the length he wanted, and then called it a day, and rested after eating a roast rabbit meal.

Although it was a busy day, Liu Xiu still got up the next day before the sun rose, her back hurt, and she was relaxed after practicing the nameless body cultivation exercises.

After the routine is repeated twice, the strength is further increased, and then eating, cleansing itself.

After a short break, he began to build a bamboo raft.

Yesterday brought back eleven old bamboos, ten of which were cut by him, the whole heel, he used a stone axe to break it, and then little by little made into a centimeter wide and two or three millimeters thick strips, this is a delicate work, especially without the premise of taking advantage of the tools, it took Liu Xiu three hours.

Among them, he left a two-inch-wide piece of old bamboo, a full five centimeters thick, with unusual toughness, and this piece of bamboo Liu Xiu kept useful.

Everything is ready, and then Liu Xiu in turn resisted ten bamboos of about ten meters to the downstream position of the lake, and then brought the strips, put the ten old bamboos side by side, and weaved them with strips, and he was busy for nearly five hours before he created a satisfactory bamboo raft.

The raft is about one and a half meters wide, and the strips are woven into three sections, each section is densely tied, and each section is tied with a two-meter-long bamboo horizontally to ensure that it is strong and not deformed, and the bamboo is hollow, even if it does not have to wait for it to dry out, it can float well on the water.

It took Liu Xiu almost a day to build the raft alone, and he forgot to eat when he was so busy at noon.

"Damn obsessive-compulsive disorder......" As the sun set, Liu Xiu touched her gurgling stomach and said speechlessly.

After the raft was built, Liu Xiu placed it by the lake, and he could ride it down the river tomorrow, but he had to prepare something before that.

Since he didn't know how long he would have to go, he had to prepare the necessary food, so he went to the stone circle by the lake and caught thirty fat fish with the shortest one foot, disemboweled, and brought them back to the cave to be roasted into dried fish over a bonfire.

When the fish were propped up by the bonfire with branches, Liu Xiu went outside to cut a few bamboo tubes and poured boiling water into them with a clay pot.

Sitting by the fire, Liu Xiu began to process the two-inch wide bamboo piece, cut off a section of one meter and five meters long with an axe, carefully polished it to ensure that the two ends were balanced, and then took off the nylon rope on the simple wooden bow that drilled wood for fire, that is, the 'belt', and bent the polished bamboo piece hard, and fixed the nylon rope at both ends, so that a bamboo bow was ready!

After polishing the bamboo bow again to ensure the balance on both sides, Liu Xiu pulled it, this bamboo bow made of old bamboo has a good strength, and it is estimated that it takes fifty or sixty catties of strength to pull it away, which is also his strength has increased greatly to easily pull it away, and ordinary people can't bear it at all.

That's a good ranged weapon.

With a bow and arrows, the remaining bamboo pieces are good materials, cut into a meter long with a stone axe, split into roots, carefully polished and rounded, one end is placed on the bonfire to be calcined and hardened and polished sharply, and the other end is slightly split, the pheasant feathers of the day are useful, sandwiched in them and then tied with small bamboo wires, so that an arrow is made.

Liu Xiu made a total of ten arrows, and he was silent in them, and before he knew it, it was already dawn outside!

After not sleeping all night, he couldn't wait to go outside to experiment with the power of the bow and arrow.

The projectile can shoot up to about 120 meters, and the arrow can penetrate the trunk of a tree one centimeter deep within 25 meters!

"Yes, with this bow, I barely have some long-range attack means," Liu Xiu muttered to himself, looking at the bow and arrow in his hand.

Glancing at the group of sika deer in the distance, he estimated that it was a bit enough to hunt with the bow and arrow in his hand, so he had to give up.

Although he didn't sleep all night, he became refreshed after practicing the Nameless Body Cultivation Exercise twice.

The self-cultivation skill really brought him too many surprises.

Next, it's time to really explore the outside......