Chapter 3 Drilling wood for fire

The night has come, and there is a moon.

The moon is in the sky, and the stars are dim.

"I can't go back......", looking up at the night sky, Liu Xiu muttered with mixed feelings.

There is only one moon in the sky, but it is more than five times larger than the moon in Liu Xiu's cognition, and the moon is like a hook, like a bright blade across the night sky.

The familiar stars in the night sky are no longer visible, and it is impossible to associate the constellations in memory with the stars in the night sky.

It's a game changer......

The moon shines like water, and a faint mist rises from the lake not far away, which is like a dream under the moonlight.

The night was silent, and the roar of fierce beasts could be faintly heard in the dense forest in the distance, adding a bit of solemnity.

The cold hit, Liu Xiu had to retract his gaze and return to the cave, he had to make a fire with only a pair of boxers, otherwise it would definitely be a trouble to freeze out.

A lot of dry firewood and branches were picked up before, and they were piled up in a corner of the cave, which were Liu Xiu's tools and materials for making a fire.

In the absence of fire-making tools, with the current conditions, drilling wood for fire is undoubtedly Liu Xiu's best choice.

There are two kinds of drilling wood for fire, hand drill and bow drill, the principle is the same.

The hand drill is to use both hands to clamp a wooden stick on another piece of wood back and forth and rub it back and forth, friction heat, the temperature reaches a certain level, the friction part will be carbonized and burned, and the burning carbonized powder is the fire, and it is poured on the velvet and blown with the mouth There is a high chance of igniting the flame.

The principle of the bow drill is the same as that of the hand drill, except that the bow is used instead of the hands.

Looking at his small hands, Liu Xiu decisively gave up the idea of hand drilling, he felt that he was afraid that he would not even want to start a fire if he rubbed the skin with his hands, and he would be offended if he wasted his strength in vain.

Comparatively speaking, bow drills are much less labor-intensive and can effectively avoid damage to both hands.

Liu Xiu has done this kind of thing many times to drill wood for fire, and it is not very difficult.

When he made up his mind, he took immediate action.

The velvet he had prepared a long time ago, it was a small mass of fluffy bryophytes, there were many of them around, they grew on the stone walls, and they would have died and dried up without water, and they were easy to collect.

Then there was a piece of dry wood, with a sharp stone cut in the edge to wait for the burning toner to overflow, and then he chose a dead branch from the firewood pile to use as a drill pipe, and his index finger was a foot long, and the two ends were smoothed on the ground for later use.

At this point, he can actually drill fire by hand, but Liu Xiu chooses to drill with a bow to make fire, so there is still a bow missing.

During the day, he broke a lot of branches to block the wind, and at this time, he simply took materials from the spot, and chose a wooden stick with the thickness of his thumb and good toughness and a little bent as his bow arm.

The bowarm material was there, but the problem was that there was no bowstring, and then Liu Xiu looked down at the only pair of boxers on his body.

There is a nylon rope on the boxers, which is used to tie the waist, and it is also thanks to this nylon rope, otherwise, Liu Xiu's body that is a few sizes smaller will not be able to wear boxers at all, so she can only run around with her bare buttocks, and this rope is used to make a bowstring at this time.

With the bow arm in hand, the bowstring in hand, the rest is simple.

The bowstring of drilling wood for fire should not be tied too tightly, otherwise it is inconvenient to fix the drill pipe and hinder the back and forth pulling.

In a few clicks, a loose small bow appeared in Liu Xiu's hand.

At this point, everything is ready, and the next step is to really drill wood for fire.

Put a leaf on the ground, put the notched wooden block on top of the leaf, the notch drawn with the stone before is just placed on the leaf, and then Liu Xiu holds the bow in his right hand, and the bowstring is wrapped around the middle of the drill pipe to fix it slightly, one end is placed in the notched position of the wooden block, and the other end Liu Xiu is holding a slightly concave stone in the middle to cover it and press it down.

Holding the sunken stone in your hand is to prevent the hand from being worn by the rotation of the drill pipe.

Next, Liu Xiu held the end of the drill bow and began to pull the bowstring, and the bowstring drove the drill pipe to start drilling.

Liu Xiu has experienced this kind of thing many times, even if his body has shrunk now, it is not much difficult for him.

The drill pipe turned, and after a few jerky strokes, it became handy, and the tool worked well, so Liu Xiu began to speed up and pull the bowstring.

Under the rapid rotation of the drill pipe, the part of the drill pipe that came into contact with the wood block below began to heat up, and a minute later a slight green smoke came out.

As soon as his eyes lit up, Liu Xiu didn't dare to relax, and continued to pull the drill bow to maintain a constant speed, and gradually, there was more and more green smoke, and the friction parts began to turn black and carbonize, and then hot powder fell down the gap on the leaves below.

When the amount of smoke and ash accumulated to the end of a cigarette, Liu Xiu immediately put down the tools in his hand, poured the remaining hot powder on the wooden block on the leaves, and then carefully picked up the leaves, poured the smoking hot powder above into the velvet, covered the velvet with both hands and puffed up his cheeks to blow......

Huhuhu......

As Liu Xiu's toad-like mouth blows, there is more and more smoke in the velvet, and within a few clicks, an open flame burns.

It's done!

Although this is not the first time Liu Xiu has drilled wood for fire, this success of drilling wood for fire is of great significance to him, not only can bring him light and warmth, but also can slightly dispel the confusion and fear of this world in his heart, and most importantly, he can use the fire to roast wild eggs to eat!

With the fire, the next thing is easy, first with small dead branches to increase the fire, continue to add firewood, and soon after, a bonfire in the cave is blazing......

All this is complicated but also very simple, as long as you master the strength and rhythm of the method, anyone can easily complete the drilling of wood for fire.

However, even so, Liu Xiu was busy for nearly two hours, and he was even more hungry and sweating.

In the dead of night, in this strange world, a deserted place, Liu Xiu showed a heartfelt smile in the face of the bonfire.

No matter how bad the conditions are, as long as you live, as long as you are willing to do it, as long as you are willing to work hard, everything is full of hope!

There are always more ways than difficulties, mortals do not die, they will achieve something!

Liu Xiu, who was hungry and had green eyes, couldn't wait to put more than ten wild eggs in the fire, and after waiting for about ten minutes, the wild eggs were roasted one after another.

took it out with a wooden stick, and although most of it had been cracked, Liu Xiu still ate it deliciously.

With more than a dozen eggs in his stomach, Liu Xiu sat by the fire with a satisfied smile on his face.

Wild eggs can bring him plenty of energy and physical strength, and it also gives him hope to live.

To be honest, without seasoning, eating too many wild eggs makes Liu Xiu a little nauseous, but that is the hope of living, some are good to eat, what is not satisfied?

Relatively safe accommodation, fire, water, and the three necessary conditions for survival in the wilderness Liu Xiu has barely met, sitting by the fire, Liu Xiu, who is not much sleepy, began to plan his next step.

Judging from the observation during the day, the area he was in was completely endless primeval forest, and he didn't know if there were humans in this world for the time being, and even if there were, it would not be easy to find them in his position.

"In this way, I'm afraid I have to stay in this place for a while, during the day in the dense forest for so long, with rich experience in the wild to avoid poisonous insects and beasts, but judging from those traces, the beasts in the dense forest are terrible beyond my imagination, this is under the premise that the range of activities is not large, it is impossible to have such good luck to avoid them in the future, so it is best not to easily set foot in the dense forest again before their own safety can not be guaranteed, and the environment here is too beautiful, It's an ideal settlement......"

There were many thoughts in his mind, since he was going to live in this place for a long time, Liu Xiu began to think about his future plans.

First of all, there is a stable source of food, without a food source everything is empty talk in the future, there are a large number of fish in the lake not far away, and the pheasants, hares, and sika deer on the plains can also become a source of food for him, as long as he is willing to use his brains, it is not too difficult to obtain long-term stable food from these two places.

The problem of food is put aside for the time being, and the next thing is to live, the cave where you live now is not ideal, it is best to find stones and earth to seal two-thirds of the cave entrance, so that not only can you shelter from the wind and rain, but the cave has become a relatively closed room, and then if you spread hay, you can sleep more comfortably.

"It will take you three to five days to find rocks and dirt to build a place to live, and maybe more time will have to be spent looking for food during this time, so the period will be greatly extended, but taking your time will always achieve the goal, and fortunately the place is relatively safe and there are no other factors to interfere with......"

This is just a short-term plan, and if you live here for a long time, you have to have a better plan.

If you live for a long time and you need a quick and easy source of food, and a cave is not an ideal place to live, it is especially necessary to build a house, but it is not easy to build a house, especially if you don't have any tools in your hands.

In this way, it is necessary to build tools in advance, and there are stones everywhere, and there is no shortage of materials for making stone knives and stone axes......

Are you going to enter the Stone Age?

Take your time, as long as you live, you can always create a better future with your hands.

Thinking about the deviation, Liu Xiu thought, after creating a stone knife and stone axe, he could cut down trees to build houses, and he could also use mud to simply burn pots and pots as daily necessities, and the vines in the forest could also be used to weave into frames......

With thousands of thoughts in his mind, Liu Xiu sat by the fire and fell asleep in a daze.

Compared to sleeping in a tree yesterday, I don't know how many notches of comfort in the cave has improved.

When she woke up the next day, Liu Xiu was inevitably sore, after all, she was sleeping in a sitting position, and it was no wonder that her body was not uncomfortable.

Stretched, crackled, and could grow.

It was just dawn, the sun had not yet risen, the flowers were all over the ground, the mist was misty, and taking a deep breath of fresh air, Liu Xiu's spirit was shocked.

Looking outside, there are no large beasts, safe.

It's another day and it's begun.

Leaving the cave and coming to the ground, Liu Xiu began to practice the nameless Taoist health exercises, yesterday's experience made him taste the sweetness, health maintenance skills are the only way to eliminate physical discomfort.

He faintly looked forward to it, maybe the nameless health maintenance exercise could bring him unexpected benefits......