Stone House: Population +3

Humble Shack: +5 population

Lawrence soon woke up, looked at the still burning fire in the room, and looked at the sky outside in confusion.

The window wasn't closed, and the door was cracked, but the crow didn't come back.

Lawrence reached out and touched the side of the fireplace next to the bedside, and there was no more residual heat on the fireplace.

Usually this is a sign that the night has passed, and it means that it may only be half an hour to an hour or two before dawn.

The fire on the ground should have been refueled in the middle of the night.

Lawrence gently got out of bed, looked at the basket next to the fireplace, and when he lifted the covered hides, he saw two fat puppies sleeping soundly.

Lawrence touched the two puppies lightly, and the warm touch of young life came from his fingers.

All are alive.

Lawrence went back to bed, thinking about what he was going to do today.

Time passed quickly as she thought, and it wasn't long before it was dawn outside, and Sariel sat up.

Lawrence got up, and so did Reglow, who was sleeping in the haystack next to the Dom sheep.

"Baa~" The Dom Sheep opened his eyes and let out a meaningless cry.

Sariel yawned and said to Lawrence, "What are you going to eat today?" Is bread good? ”

I got the old bread noodles from the town of Bhumixiu, and everyone can eat bread from today.

Lawrence said, "Noon, eat the rest of the bread in the morning, and today we will do things separately, I will go hunting with a few men, and you will take people to burn stones." ”

"What burns stones?" Sariel didn't understand.

Lawrence said: "I told you before about the expansion and contraction of heat, you first burn a match on the exposed stone for a while, and then pour cold water from the river on it, so that the stone will be more fragile and brittle, and if you encounter a stone with a crack, you can fill it with water and wait for it to freeze tomorrow." ”

Lawrence felt that it was a bit difficult to say this to Sariel, so he said, "You will clear the rocks with me today, Sophia will cook at home, and will Reglo hunt?" ”

Lawrence looked at the new female warrior.

"I can catch seals and hunt," replied Leglow, "and I hid in the mountains for a long time when I was hiding, and the Ugers relied on sneak attacks to catch me. ”

Lawrence felt like it was going to be easy.

"You take two men to hunt, there are grouse, squirrels and rabbits, and fish in the river, and I will give you a shield, and you will find sticks and stones for your weapons."

Reglo promised, "Good! ”

Soon everyone began to do things, first of all, pulling the dom sheep outside to find food for themselves.

Winter was fast over, and there weren't many days left for the mountains to freeze, and Lawrence wasn't prepared for much this year.

Now is the time to take advantage of the last cold winter season to use the power of nature to crush the hard-to-dig stones in the vicinity.

A while ago, I was looking forward to the end of winter every day, and today Lawrence will grasp the tail of winter and take advantage of the last cold before the arrival of spring.

After eating the broth and potatoes with only one slice of meat, the crowd began to get busy.

One person cooks, shepherds, and cleans the house.

The four men gathered fuel wood, built a sheepfold, and dug up stones.

Three people hunt and get food.

There are also two who make straw baskets and sacks in the house down the hill, and raise chickens, sheep and pigs.

At this time, the grass and branches have been exposed at the bottom of the mountain, and the mountain is still icy and snowy.

Lawrence looked at the hunting party that was hunting down the hill and quickly went on to do his own thing, taking Salil to survey the land near the hillside.

"Here."

Lawrence pointed to the location in the snow and continued to walk forward.

Sarriel stuck a forty-centimeter stick in the snow and followed Lawrence on.

The surrounding low-lying areas accumulate a lot of snow, which is easier to accumulate soil and rotting leaves because of the topography, and is also easy to irrigate with stream water.

This is the most suitable area for development as farmland, but the stones in the field are the biggest problem.

The stone area in front of the house is too difficult to mine, so it is not mined, but used as an area for rest and drying, where there is more sunlight.

In the rest of the places, the best fields are also selected according to the light and topography.

Whether the land is good or not, Lawrence had a rough judgment before the snowfall, and now it is time to give priority to the development of the easiest fields.

"There is a gap here, wait for the hot water to be poured down, and it will freeze tomorrow."

Lawrence pointed to a stone with a gap.

Fire, water, freezing, relatively speaking, the easiest way to inject water into the stone crevices is to crack the ice, that is, it will be slower.

Sariel touched a pine branch from the basket behind her, and the green branch stood out on the clean ice.

Sariel got bored after being busy for a while, "Lawrence, aren't we going hunting?" They alone may not be able to catch their prey. ”

Lawrence said: "Three people are already a lot, even if they encounter wolves, they can fight, but too many people can't catch animals." ”

Salil smiled and said, "You can go and catch the seal, guard all the ice holes where the seal lives, and give it to the seal when it shows its head!" That's how the Vakiri catch seals, and they often catch them! ”

Lawrence reluctantly said, "We don't have seals here." ”

"We have seven of us now, and we can go boar hunting!" ”

Sophia is not considered combat power, and Sariel excludes the young Sophia while hunting.

Seven barbarians, armed with spears and throwing axes, were indeed able to hunt wild boars.

And generally do not choose male wild boars, but look for those small wild boars or female wild boars that are not too big to attack.

"If we have a chance, now we have to hurry up and develop the fields and build a fence out of stones."

Lawrence looked at the valley in the distance and the hillside in front of him, most of the place was a sloping hillside except for the construction area behind him, but this part of the area was not small.

"If we are lucky, we can set aside about 30 acres of fields, some of which are planted with grass to raise chickens and sheep, and the other part is planted with fine grains and vegetables."

"We didn't have time to burn the land last year, and most of us can't count on it this year, but at least we can solve the problem of pasture first, and we can eat a little bit of it."

Sariel looked at the nearby slopes that were still icy and snowy, and then at the mountains not far away, "Lawrence, can we dig a cave?" ”

"It will take a lifetime."

Lawrence continues to survey the land, but is soon reminded of something by Sariel.

Lawrence was quick to say, "I almost forgot about the mountain road, and we must hurry up and open the rocks before the winter passes, especially on the way down the mountain, where we can break two cliffs and form a rocky slope with the falling stones." ”

"If we do it quickly, we can shorten the time to go down the mountain to half an hour in the future!"

Lawrence now only wants the winter to pass slowly, or it will be too late.

(End of chapter)