Chapter 30: The Way to Survive (11)

The door of the house was unlocked, it was fastened with a lock, and the lock was rusty, and no one had touched it for a long time. Take off the lock, push the door in, the ground is sparsely covered with weeds, the corner of the house here has a platform built with adobe bricks to the waist, it is a simple stove, there is an iron pot full of rust on the stove, Fei Li Nan stretched out the torch and shined, the pot is fine, there is no rust through the bottom of the pot, it can still be used, this can solve the problem of cooking. The edge of the platform against the wall has a chimney made of adobe bricks, which protrudes from the roof. There was a single iron frame bed by the wooden wall opposite, and the rest of the light was too dim to see clearly. Vito held the torch and looked around, and found that there were three log columns in the middle of the house, and these three columns were on top of the wooden beams above, supporting the roof, and the wooden beams had oblique iron hoops, which were used for inserting torches, and they fixed the torches, and there was a fixed light source in the house, and the scene in the house was clearly visible.

In the corner of the house there was a pile of animal bones, large fish bones, and small animal bones; In the corner of the wall stood a three-headed harpoon, two of which were shorter and one of which was longer; The pointed end is still sharp; There was a small pile of bamboo sticks on the ground, most of which had rotted due to dampness; There was also a bunch of fluffy things, everyone didn't know what they were, Fei Linan reached out and grabbed a handful, and when he came to the firelight, it turned out to be a fishing net, which was rotten like a flocculent and could not be carried. It appears to be a temporary dwelling abandoned by fishermen or hunters, and judging by the condition of the house, it has not been visited for two years.

In any case, now they finally have a place to stay, in this house, at least they can shelter from the wind and rain, and they can take off all their guards and take a breath in a state of complete relaxation. They tried the iron frame bed first, and it was okay, although it was rusted, it was not completely decayed, and it was still solid. The three of them pulled a few handfuls of dry grass on the spot, cleaned the bed, and put a layer of hay on it, which made it feel softer, and then let Villa lie down, which was the treatment of the wounded. Villa glanced at the three of them with a beady eye, and sat down on the bed without saying a word.

The three of them went outside the house to collect some branches and hay, and spread three simple bunks on the ground, and finally they wiped the rust off the pot with hay, thinking that it was to boil a pot of water, after all, they had not drunk hot boiled water in the past two days, and it was all stream water, but it was late, and it was inconvenient to get water, so they could only make plans in the Ming Dynasty.

When everything is cleaned up, the three of them feel tired, two days are spent in the rush and panic, people are always in a high degree of tension, in this state people are the most likely to feel tired, not to mention a few young adults, all lack of endurance and toughness of the elderly, after some work, are feeling the eyelids fight, drowsy extremely. At this moment, the sky outside the house suddenly became brighter, and in an instant it returned to darkness, it was a lightning bolt that pierced the sky, and in a certain corner of the sky, a string of muffled thunder rolled out, and then several lightning bolts tore through the night sky, wantonly outlining an unknown pattern on the vast black curtain, and erasing it quickly to the extreme. Finally, after such a contrived thing, the raindrops finally crackled and fell, and the sound was chaotic, covering the long night.

Fei Linan snorted: "It's really timely, I went to this house in the rain, otherwise I would have to suffer." Qiu Wuxian nodded thoughtfully, then walked to the side of his own bunk and sat down, looking at everyone. Villa's face was stiff, his body leaned against the wall, and he slowly lay down, and at the moment he lay down, he let out a soft snort in his mouth, but it was comfortable like a fairy, but the taste was not enough to be with outsiders!

When Felinan saw someone lying down, he also lay down in his straw bed, and his head was already snoring as soon as he rested on the pillow made of branches. The snoring sound was like a hypnotic spell, first Villa, then Qiu Wuxi, but they each slept until they were too tired, and with the continuous high level of mental tension, people were more likely to get tired, so they didn't have to fall asleep.

Vito glanced at everyone, they were all snoring loudly, then he swung his body, and felt that his muscles were sore, his limbs were weak, and his eyelids were fighting, but he still insisted on standing up, took off a few torches and extinguished them, and finally threw one into the stove hole, and checked the wooden door with a wooden stick to make sure that the wolves could not rush in, and the house was safe. Then by the light of the torch he lay down on his bunk, and in a short time fell into a deep sleep.

The sky was thundering and the rain was murmuring. I don't know how long it took, Vito was awakened by a crackling sound, because his body experienced two unintentional coincidences, which made his six senses outstanding, and he was more sensitive and quick than normal people, plus since practicing the marrow washing exercise, his body was even more aware of the external environment, so he was the first of the four to notice this unusual sound.

He struggled to open his misty eyes, and when he could see his surroundings clearly, he slammed himself to his feet, shouting loudly, "Get up, there's a fire, there's a fire." While stretching out his hand to wake up Felinan, he dragged Qiu Wuxian up, helped Villa, and jumped to the corner of the wall with a brisk walk, reaching out to pick up the three-pointed harpoon.

Vito's shouts woke everyone up, and the fire had covered the entire roof, and began to spread downward, and the roof began to fall with sparks, which quickly ignited new areas, and there were still uncleaned weeds on the floor of the house, and their new floors, and in a few moments, these were lit by scattered flames, and the fire spread.

It was still raining outside, but it wasn't enough to extinguish the burning wooden house. Qiu Wuxian took the lead in removing the wooden stick that was holding the door, opened the door, and then stood at the door, beckoning the others to go out. Felinan and Villa both ran out of the house, and Vito ran to the stove with a harpoon in one hand, and picked up the iron pot on top of it, and then left the house with Qiu Wuxi.

The four of them stood in the rain, looking at the wooden house that was still crackling and burning, and felt helpless. Felinan muttered, "How could it suddenly catch fire?" ”

Villa said cowardly: "Look, it should have burned from the roof first, could it be caused by lightning hitting the roof?" All three nodded, and his statement was the most plausible explanation.

"That's a natural disaster." Qiu Wuxian shook his head helplessly: "We are unlucky, we should have been here for some years, but as soon as we came, we brought it a heavenly fire and brought a catastrophe, hehehe, but we are its disaster star." ”

As soon as he said this, Vito's heart moved, and he faintly felt that he didn't know what was wrong, but he couldn't understand what was wrong for a while.