Chapter 19 Preparations for the Construction of a Shelter

The sun had slowly set in the west, and the light it sprinkled red the clouds on the horizon. It felt like the whole world was turning red.

And Zhuang Yan and Wang Lu were squatting by the fire at this time. It was almost four or five o'clock after the two of them finished grilling the meat. From yesterday to now, they have not eaten anything, except to drink some water.

Now that the food was finally made, the two of them couldn't wait to squat down and eat.

A total of one fish and one rabbit were grilled. Both of them were divided in half. Eat it while it's hot.

Zhuang Yan felt that he had never been so hungry in his life, and he used to be too lazy to eat when he was playing games and computers. Then starve for a day. It's still just sitting in front of the computer and not moving. Basically, there is no energy consumption.

And now, in a day and a half, I only ate one compressed biscuit. And it's basically always busy, whether it's life or making weapons, it takes a lot of energy. And also to run from the camp to the river. The whole person is about to fall apart.

Just when Zhuang Yan was still gobbling down the rabbit meat, Wang Lu had already begun to process the bones that had been eaten. I saw that there were piles of bones piled up on the ground, and all of them had been eaten cleanly, and there was not even a shredded meat.

Zhuang Yan was really curious, he saw that Wang Lu was not in a hurry to eat, why did he eat so fast than himself? Just when Zhuang Yan was still gobbling it up.

Wang Lu threw the pile of bones in front of him into the fire. I have to say that this is a good way to dispose of these bones, what goes in is to eat clean bones, and it is estimated that the ashes are left.

After about a few minutes, Zhuang Yan finally finished eating his meat. He also followed Wang Lu's example and threw all the bones he ate into the fire.

Finally, before dark, Liang Zhuang Yan finished eating the first meal he cooked in the wild. Although, I didn't do it very well. But because he was hungry for a long time, he ate with relish. Well, that's fragrant.

Now it was past six o'clock in the afternoon, and Zhuang Yan and Wang Lu drank some water. I'm ready to start making shelters. In fact, it was originally possible to do without making it. After all, the two of them were only here for three days. Basically, it's useless to make it well.

But after all, it's here to learn how to survive in the wild, and if it's really to survive, shelter is indispensable. So the two of them prepared to use the rest of the time to build a shelter.

But since it's already night, you can't see anything clearly at night, and it's not a good time to build a shelter. So it's better to prepare some materials for tomorrow during the evening.

"Let me see what it takes." Wang Lu looked around, what else needed to be prepared.

There was an empty space all around, except for a campfire crackling and burning, and the light of the jumping fire lit up the darkness around it. However, the trees in the distance were hidden in the darkness, and it was difficult to see.

"It seems that we can only prepare some dirt and hay, like wood, but we will prepare it tomorrow morning when it is dawn!"

Wang Lu finally decided on what to prepare for the evening.

"Wait, just prepare hay, why prepare soil, is it to prepare water and mud and grass." Zhuang Yan remembered some of the rural earthen buildings he had seen in the countryside before. It is made by mixing clay and straw. Not to mention, the earthen buildings are still very sturdy. I can't figure it out, it's still intact after decades. It has to be said that that is the wisdom of the working people.

"That's right, that's it. We're going to use this to build shelters. Of course, most of the time people make it from leaves and wood, because these things are more convenient and quick. But since we don't have leaves here that are suitable for making shelters, we're going to use dirt. ”

"But there are also advantages to using clay, it's more malleable and stronger, but it takes some skill and the weather is important."

"Well, it's getting dark now, and it's dangerous in the forest. We're right next to the camp, just dig some dirt. As for the rest, let's get it ready tomorrow morning! ”

Zhuang Yan nodded.

"How are you going to dig this?" Zhuang Yan looked at his empty hands and said helplessly.

"I don't even have a tool, do you have to dig by hand?"

"Of course not, you have to dig it by hand. But there really aren't any tools to use right now, so let's dig with split wood! Use the stone knife we made today to split the wooden blocks. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a dry tree trunk not far away, and Zhuang Yan noticed it when this trunk came. The trunk looks like it's been down for a long time, but it's probably because of the dry weather, and the trunk is still very intact.

"I think this trunk is good, make a hole with a stone knife, and then it should be easy to tear off a piece of wood. We used wood chips to dig the soil, which wasn't very convenient, but we couldn't find a better way. ”

Zhuang Yan looked at the tree trunk not far away and nodded. This trunk still looks relatively easy to handle.

Then Wang Lu found the stone knife, and prepared to use the stone knife to cut an opening in the cross-section of the tree trunk, and then break off a piece of wood from that opening.

However, at this angle of the cross-section of the trunk, the stone knife does not use force at all. Wang Lu had no choice but to find a wooden block to put on the stone knife, and then find a stone to knock on the wooden block, and finally knocked the stone knife into it with great difficulty.

Then he started to break the stone knife upwards. There was a click, and there was a crisp sound of wood. A layer of wood has been torn off.

It was a semi-conical piece of wood, with many wooden thorns on the pointed end. Wang Luyou's stone knife was modified a little bit, and those fragile tips were repaired.

"Alright, almost. Zhuang Yan, this wood will be given to you. Wang Lu gave the wood in his hand to Zhuang Yan.

"Did you see that little dirt bag not far away? Let's go to the little dirt bag where to dig the soil, you take the wood, I take the stone knife. ”

Then the two men took the wood and the stone knives and ran to the small mound not far away, ready to start digging.

The two of them dug hard in the night, and the soil on the ground slowly piled up thicker and thicker.

It took about two people almost two hours, and the soil on the ground had accumulated enough.

Wang Lu glanced at the soil next to him and the soil next to Zhuang Yan, and felt that it was almost the same, so he stopped the movement in his hand.

"Okay, okay, Zhuang Yan, don't dig it, this soil is almost there, it's so late now, let's rest early, there are more important things to do tomorrow."

Then the two men put down their tools and went back to their places to get ready for bed.

It's late at night.