Chapter 247 Compost (2)

Since composting is involved, building a toilet must be included in the plan.

Although Si Ye has always respected her privacy in terms of personal needs, the live broadcast system also has an intelligent shielding function, so there is no need to worry about any privacy leaks.

But it is still a bit embarrassing to meet physiological needs in the wild for such a long time.

Now all aspects of life are gradually getting back on track. Considering that we will still be living here for a long time in the future and the mountain will be closed during the winter season, simple landfill is not appropriate.

It's also a huge project, requiring digging pits, building shelters, and ideally, flushing water...

At this time, Si Ye came back with the cleaned Xiao Xue.

I don't know how many times I washed it, but it was clean anyway, and there was no odor on its body. It just looked like its fur was almost plucked out.

"Haha, how hard did you wash it?" Xia Tian was amused by Xiaoxue's humble expression. "It's just a little dirty, it's not intentional."

"It's okay, I just used a little force." Si Ye regained his composure. "Don't worry, the hair won't fall off if you use too much force."

"Hmm..." Xia Tian saw that Xiaoxue was in good spirits and trusted Si Ye, so she joked for a few words and then talked about the "serious business" they had just planned - building a toilet.

"What is a toilet?" Si Ye heard a new word from the girl's mouth.

"It's... a place where excrement is centrally disposed of." Xia Tian suddenly remembered that this world did not have the concept of toilets. The best that could be done was to put a toilet at home and then take it out to dump it.

Moreover, orcs have the instincts of wild beasts, and their excrement contains some special pheromones. At times, it is an important tool for marking territory.

But now, as our lives change from those of animals to those of humans, this excretion habit needs to be adjusted to a certain extent.

She explained, "Excrement is a good fertilizer that helps crops grow better. And if we don't deal with it, it will pollute the soil, and in the end we will be the ones who get sick."

For example, Escherichia coli, which mainly causes diarrhea, is balanced in number in the gastrointestinal environment and does not cause an inflammatory response.

However, if you eat food contaminated with E. coli, the flora in your stomach and intestines will become unbalanced, causing gastrointestinal infections with vomiting and diarrhea. In severe cases, it may even be life-threatening and harmful to your health.

"So, you're saying that abdominal pain and vomiting are caused by fecal contamination?" Si Ye suddenly thought of something. "When I was in Dongfang City, these collective symptoms would often occur periodically, but they would disappear on their own after a while, and we could never find the cause. So this is the reason?"

Every time this kind of collective diarrhea occurs, it is when food is scarce, and people can only fill their stomachs with grass, leaves, and tree roots.

If what the girl said was true, then there would be a reasonable explanation for all this.

"However, sometimes they still show symptoms even though they haven't eaten leaves. What's the reason for this?" Si Ye continued to ask.

"Then the water source could be contaminated," Xia Tian suggested. "Because soil and water are connected, drinking unboiled water can also cause these symptoms. These germs are invisible and intangible, so just because the water looks clean doesn't mean it's completely safe to drink. Just because you don't eat vegetables can still cause problems."

(End of this chapter)