Chapter 46 Building a House

Behind the caves of the Black Deer Tribe, there are large stretches of relatively flat land overgrown with weeds.

Xu Que called a small group of tribe members.

Each member should prepare a small, leafy tree for themselves that can be used to extinguish wildfires and also as a broom.

After assessing the terrain and assigning each member to a suitable position for firefighting, Xu Que pulled out a multi-functional, non-refillable, windproof lighter from his pocket and lit it on the weeds! The fire blazed fiercely with the help of the wind.

Soon, large swaths of wasteland revealed the impure, earthy color of the soil.

Ha Gang ran up to Xu Que and asked, "Is the next step to tamp down the ground? To make the ground solid?"

We'll smash it, but not now! Right now, all we need to do is clear the weeds from these large areas of land.

We'll go to the primeval forest to cut down trees in a bit, and then we can put the felled timber in these few wastelands!

Ha Gang and Ping Yao bumped fists and said to Xu Que, "Let's go now! Let's go!"

Ha Gang and Ping Yao led a large group of members from the primitive tribe to the primeval forest to cut down trees.

Xu Que first used the saw to chop and cut wildly for a while, but he was too tired, so he handed the saw over to other tribe members.

After a few practice sessions, most of the tribe's primitive people quickly learned how to use the logging saw and the techniques involved!

Seeing that they were all able to use the logging saws skillfully, Xu Que felt much more at ease!

Xu Que felt that given the current skill level of these tribal members in using logging saws, there was really nothing he could do here!

"Then you and your strongman partner should lead these tribe members to do a good job! I'll go back and make some useful things for the tribe!" Xu Que patted Ha Gang's arm and said.

"Hmm!" Ha Gang nodded, giving Xu Que a very confident look!

Xu Que returned to the tribe, took out a multi-functional power drill from the system warehouse, found a piece of wood that was relatively solid inside, and used the multi-functional power drill to carve a long-handled wooden spoon shape on the wood!

Then, he would replace the polishing drill bit and polish the entire wooden spoon until it was shiny and smooth, before handing it to the person busy cooking meat in the large iron pot.

Xu Que carved seven or eight identical wooden spoons in one go.

After finishing the wooden spoons, Xu Que, still in high spirits, went on to make many more wooden bowls, basins, cups, combs, and the like. Once finished, he randomly distributed these items to each of the busy cavemen.

Ha Gang and Ping Yao each carried several logs from the primeval forest and arrived at the Black Deer Tribe!

They neatly stacked the timber they were carrying on the ground where the fire had just burned the earth.

Before much timber was gathered, Xu Que pre-drilled and mortise-and-tenon joints and other holes that needed to be drilled in the wood. This would save a lot of trouble when building the house later!

"These pieces, about the thickness of a bowl, belong to the same size! Pieces of the same size can be placed together! These, about waist-length, can be used as roof beams! Those for roof beams should be placed together with those for roof beams! Place them in this position, and treat them differently from the pieces about the thickness of a bowl! Otherwise, they'll be easily confused!" Xu Que finished speaking and began drilling holes and making tenons in the roof beams! Taking advantage of the fact that these primitive people hadn't yet piled up mountains of timber, Xu Que had already drilled holes and made tenons in all the timbers where necessary! After doing this, once there was enough timber, the foundation could be laid and the pieces could be directly fitted together without needing to drill holes again! This would make building a house much faster!

Members of the Black Deer tribe's elite armed forces each led their own warhorses into the primeval forest to help transport timber back to the tribe.

After quickly drilling the holes in the timber brought by Ha Gang and the others, Xu Que found a reusable piece of wood from a pile of scrap wood beside him and used a multi-functional power drill to make a plow shape. After several repairs and fine-tuning, a wooden plow was finished! He replaced the plowshare with a sharp stone blade!

Ha Gang, Ping Yao, and others took the felled wood, twisted it into thick ropes from cowhide strips, and tied two ropes to each side of the warhorse's shoulders. The tribal members then led these ropes, allowing each person to lead at least two horses, or even more than four, at the same time! This increased the efficiency of transporting wood by more than double!

Wow, after secretly taking care of myself for a while, my dark skin has become noticeably lighter by more than half!

After finishing the mortise and tenon joints on the wood sent by the primitive tribe, Xu Que went to the cave to watch Hou Huahua!

"Here! This is for you!" Xu Que handed Hou a bottle of toothpaste, a toothbrush, and a toothbrush cup, which he had redeemed with exchange coins from the system's exchange shop.

"What is this? What is it used for? Can I eat it?" Hou asked Xu Que, holding a toothbrush, toothpaste, and toothbrush cup.

"This is called toothpaste! This is called a toothbrush! They're for cleaning and killing bacteria in the mouth! I'll demonstrate it for you first, and you can learn by watching!" Xu Que said, then picked up the toothbrush cup, filled it with water from the washbasin in front of the tribe, squeezed the toothpaste onto the toothbrush, and then started brushing his teeth back and forth, left and right, up and down!

After brushing my teeth, I took a sip of water from the cup I had filled, rinsed my mouth, rinsed it again, and then cleaned the toothbrush and cup and put them away!

"Here you go! This new one is for you! Remember to wear it once in the morning and once at night!" Xu Que handed the set to Hou, reminding him repeatedly.

"Okay! I understand!"

Xu Que walked up to Hou and pulled her face closer: "Let me see if using face masks has improved your rough skin during this time!"

"Wow! It seems to be working! My skin definitely feels different than before! Looks like you can't stop using it! You'll have to keep using hydrating masks!"

Led by Hagang, the primitive people worked together to transport a large quantity of timber to the Black Deer tribe.

Hearing the sounds of them working outside, Xu Que came out of the cave with a multi-functional power drill.

Using a skillful and efficient method, they quickly completed the mortise and tenon structure on the batch of wood that Ha Gang and others had brought back.

Looking at the timber that was gradually piling up in front and behind the Black Deer tribe, Xu Que decided that building a house was a huge project. For a tribe like the Black Deer, it was best to carry timber from the primeval forest as they built, cutting down only what was needed. This way, there wouldn't be much left over or much shortage! It was a win-win situation!

"Hagang! You and Pingyao stay here! Find another dozen or so people from the tribe! We'll split into two groups! The first group will build houses here! The second group can cut down timber for building houses in the primeval forest!" Xu Que said to Hagang in a tone that sought his opinion.

Ha Gang nodded: "Okay!"