Chapter 7 Preparations before departure
Although he was eager to go to the outside world to see and solve the salt problem, Liu Xiu restrained himself and now he would just paste the stone wall first.
This place has special significance for Liu Xiu. Although the conditions were a little difficult, the unparalleled beautiful environment made him plan to live for a long time. The construction of the cave had long been planned. He was a little obsessive-compulsive and did not want to give up halfway.
Besides, he didn't know what the outside world looked like. If he gave up the root of this place because of his temporary curiosity and anxiety, he would put the cart before the horse.
No matter what, he still has to return here.
Putting aside his thoughts, Liu Xiu calmed down and started to mess with the wall.
The wood that made the axe handle that day was still there. He cut off a section about a rice-long length with a stone axe, and then slowly cut one end of the section of the wood into a flat shape with a stone axe. This was used to dig pits and dig soil.
The first time I used a stone axe, although it was not sharp, it was quite good at using it. It was not as good as a metal axe. Whether it was cutting wood or cutting wood, it was more than ten times worse than a real metal axe. It can be said that one in the sky and the other underground.
He used flat wood to dig the soil on the flat bottom outside the cave. In half an hour, Liu Xiu dug a dirt pit two feet wide and one foot deep. He then used a pottery pot to go to the lake to get water and mud again and again, and then used a half-dry mud ball to mix the wall.
It took Liu Xiu almost three hours to make all the gaps in the walls built by Shi Toulei. In this way, the construction of the cave has been successfully completed, fully meeting Liu Xiu's expectations. Just wait for the mud to dry out, and this is a good place to live.
"Compared with the deserted villa I once lived in, this simple cave makes me feel more belonging. Every bit I did it with my hands..."
Appreciating his masterpiece, Liu Xiu showed a sincere smile on his face, because it was a cave he built with his own hands. Even if it was a simple one, it gave Liu Xiu a special feeling.
The sun rises, and he is hungry.
In order to celebrate the completion of his cave, Liu Xiu specially rewarded himself.
With the clay pot, he cooked a fish, put the leaves of wild onions and wild peppers in the fish soup, which was fragrant and roasted a rabbit leg, plus a handful of sour grass. In this way, there was barbecue, fish soup and "salad". Although there was no seasoning, Liu Xiu ate it very sweet until his stomach was bloated.
"You will spoil yourself..." Liu Xiu touched his stomach and said, leaning against the cave wall.
Compared to eating dried fruits snatched from squirrels on the first day, such a day is like heaven for Liu Xiu.
This place not only has a beautiful environment, but also has many plants that can be eaten. In spring when everything is full of energy, the wild onions, dandelions, Houttuynia cordata and other plants around it grow extremely fat and tender, and they are tied up and handfuls.
What is even more commendable is that when Liu Xiu picked up firewood two days ago, he found several wild pepper trees. Although they were still blooming, the leaves could be used as condiments. After time, he could collect mature wild peppers for storage.
In short, this place is unique.
After eating and drinking, Liu Xiu did not forget the serious business, and then built a raft for exploration of the outside world.
While it was still early, Liu Xiu left the cave with a stone axe.
There was no suitable wood around the cave, so Liu Xiu decided to take a risk to search for it farther. Although it would take more time and it would be difficult to carry the wood back and forth, Liu Xiu did not want the raft he built himself to be a tofu project.
The rafts built must be strong and durable. It is estimated that they will take a lot of time to explore the outside, so the rafts may be related to their lives and will not be careless!
He was calculating and Liu Xiu carefully selected the wood to use.
Before he knew it, Liu Xiu had gradually left the cave more than 500 meters away. After climbing over a small mountain bag, his eyes suddenly lit up. In front of him, there were dense bamboo forests growing!
It can be seen from the naked eye that the bamboo forest cannot see the end at first sight, and there are many old bamboos with the thickness of the bowl.
"That's great. What better material to build rafts than bamboo? No, it should be bamboo rafts, and bamboo can also be used to build houses. If you build a bamboo building in this beautiful place, it would be too beautiful. And with this bamboo forest, I can also collect bamboo shoots and eat them. 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 suddenly thoughts flashed through his mind. The bamboo has too many uses. At this moment, the appearance of this bamboo forest is tantamount to God's gift to him.
I don't know if there are any surprises in this area waiting for me to discover...
With this idea, Liu Xiu couldn't wait to walk over with a stone axe. Of course, he did not forget the necessary safety. Liu Xiu, who has rich experience in survival in the wild, knew that the bamboo forest was the most likely to breed snakes and animals!
Even if the antisnake venom is rich in the earth, the world has a high mortality rate when bitten by a bite, Liu Xiu dared not take it lightly here.
When he came to the bamboo forest and looked at it carefully, Liu Xiu started cutting the bamboo after he confirmed his safety, and he did not dare to relax for a moment during this period.
The efficiency of the stone axe cutting old bamboo can be imagined. The power cannot be too great to prevent the stone axe from collapsing, but it cannot be too small, otherwise it will be inefficient. Therefore, it took Liu Xiu half an hour to get a piece of old bamboo that can be cut off in one or two minutes with a metal axe.
He was not in a hurry to transport the cut bamboo back. Liu Xiu continued to cut down ten of them before he stopped. As the stone axe was used easily, it took him nearly five hours to cut off these old bamboos!
Cutting bamboo is a physical job, beware of mental jobs around you. After that, Liu Xiu is not only tired in her body but also in her heart.
Next, Liu Xiu used a stone axe to remove the branches of the old bamboo, and spent a lot of time. Finally, he got eleven old bamboos that were thirty or forty meters long. Then he fought two at a time and drove all the bamboos back and forth six times before transporting all the bamboos back to the cave.
This is thanks to his great growth in strength during this period. If it were the past, even at his peak, he would have to resist one bamboo at a time.
He rushed back quickly, and he finally transported the bamboo back before the sun set, and was very tired.
"If the bamboo raft is, ten meters long is enough. Today we will first cut off the desired length and start building the bamboo raft tomorrow..."
After thinking about it, Liu Xiu immediately felt moved and held a stone axe and chopped the bamboo. Although it was dark, he was still busy with the light of the bonfire. After observing this period, this area was very safe, otherwise Liu Xiu would not dare to stay outside the cave at night.
I don’t know how long he had been busy, but he finally cut off all eleven of the bamboos and took the length he wanted, then finished work, had a meal of roasted rabbit meat and rested.
Despite the busy day, Liu Xiu still got up the next day before the sun rose, with his back soreness. He felt relieved after practicing Wuming's health exercise.
After two routines, the strength will increase further, and then eat and clean yourself.
After a short rest, he began to build a bamboo raft.
Yesterday, he brought back eleven old bamboos, and ten of them were cut off by him. He broke them with a stone axe, and then made them into strips one centimeter wide and two or three millimeters thick. This was a fine job, especially without a handy tool, which took Liu Xiu three hours.
Among them, he left a piece of old bamboo that was two inches wide, which was five centimeters thick and extremely tough. This piece of bamboo was useful for Liu Xiu.
Everything was ready. Next, Liu Xiu defeated ten bamboos about ten meters to a point downstream of the lake, and then brought bamboo strips, arranged ten old bamboos side by side, and weaved them with bamboo strips. He worked for nearly five hours before he built a satisfactory bamboo raft.
The raft is about one meter five in width, and three sections of bamboo strips are woven, each section is densely tied, and a two-meter-long bamboo is tied horizontally to ensure it is firm and does not deform. The bamboo is hollow, and it can float well on the water without waiting for it to dry.
It took Liu Xiu almost a day to build a raft. He even forgot to eat when he was busy at noon.
"Damn obsessive-compulsive disorder..." Liu Xiu touched his croaking stomach and said speechlessly.
After the raft was built, Liu Xiu placed it by the lake and could ride it downstream tomorrow, but he had to prepare some things before this.
Since he didn't know how long it would take, the necessary food must be prepared. For this reason, he went to the stone circle by the lake to catch thirty fat fish that were shortest one foot long, and then opened it and took it back to the cave to roast it into dried fish with a bonfire.
While supporting the fish with branches by the bonfire, Liu Xiu went outside to cut a few bamboo tubes and boiled water in the pot. Although he thought that there was no shortage of water downstream, he felt more at ease to drink boiled water.
As night fell again, dried fish was not so easy to get the exam. Sitting beside 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, and carefully polished it to ensure that the two ends were balanced. Then, the nylon rope on the simple wooden bow that drilled wood to make the fire was removed, which was the "belt", and the polished bamboo piece was bent hard, and the nylon rope was fixed at both ends. In this way, a bamboo bow was ready!
After polishing the bamboo bow again to ensure that the two sides were balanced, Liu Xiu pulled it. The bamboo bow made of old bamboo had good strength. It was estimated that it would take fifty or sixty kilograms of strength to pull it open. This was also because his strength increased greatly to pull it open easily, which was not enough for ordinary people to do.
This is a good ranged weapon.
With a bow, there must be arrows. The remaining bamboo pieces are good materials. They are chopped with a stone axe to about one meter long and split into pieces. They are carefully polished and rounded. One end is placed on a bonfire to calcinate and harden and polished sharply. The other end is slightly split. The feathers of the pheasant that day are useful. They are clamped in it and tied tightly with small bamboo silk. In this way, an arrow will be made.
Liu Xiu made a total of ten arrows. He was silent in it, and before he knew it, it was already dawn outside!
He couldn't wait to go outside and experiment with the power of the bow and arrow.
The ejection can shoot at a distance of about 120 meters, and the arrows within 25 meters can penetrate a tree trunk one centimeter deep!
"Yes, with this bow, I can barely have some long-range attack methods." Liu Xiu murmured to himself as he looked at the bow arrow in his hand.
He glanced at the sika deer in the distance, and he probably had to give up using the bow and arrow in his hand to hunt.
Although he didn't sleep all night, he became energetic after practicing Wuming's health twice.
Health care has really brought him too many surprises.
Chapter completed!