Chapter 124 Building a Stilt House

Du was quite good at finding a place to live. The place he found was a certain distance away from the sea and was in a very dry place in the belly of a mountain.

This small hill is a hollow gourd. The entrance is at the top of the hill. It is an irregular cave that can only accommodate one orc. It is blocked by the roots of a tall coconut tree on the top of the hill. Du also wanted to stand high and see far, so he came here, but his sensitive snake tail was hooked by the roots of the tree. When he swung his tail, he discovered this cave.

This cave is divided into two floors. The upper floor is the entrance. To enter the bottom of the gourd, you have to go through a larger hole. The area below is very large. There is a spring in one corner of the cave, which should be groundwater. I tasted it and it was very sweet and delicious. This solved the problem of water source.

The temperature inside the cave is also very suitable, neither too cold nor too hot. The only bad thing is that the cave is a bit humid, which is also related to the proximity to the sea. However, it is no problem to live there for a winter season if you clean up.

Lianyi was also very satisfied after seeing it, but she felt that it would be better to live more comfortably if possible. Moreover, there was so much space here that building a small stilt house would be just the right way to isolate the moisture from the ground, and also provide private space. Meng and Du could live in the small cave above, and the two spaces would not disturb each other.

They did what they said. After Lianyi told him his plan, Du went to prepare the materials for building the stilt house. Since it was his first time to build one and he had no experience, Lianyi held the sleeping Tuanzi in his arms and went to the woods to select materials.

When Meng was sent back by Wei Lan, the wood and vines for building the stilt house had been prepared. Meng was responsible for getting the stones, and then slicing the stones into different shapes of thickness and size according to Lianyi's requirements for use.

When Wei Lan saw that the messenger of God was making a big move, she was very tactful and offered to help.

Lianyi thought that she would have to deal with the mermaids many times throughout the winter season, so she didn't hesitate and asked her to find a few male mermaids to help build a residence, allowing Meng and Du Teng to hunt some more prey and collect more wood.

Wei Lan didn't even need to ask the tribe leader for permission. She immediately nodded in agreement, returned to the beach and called out twice. A moment later, eight handsome and strong male mermaids joined the ranks of building the house.

The foundation of the stilt house is made of solid iron wood, which are hammered into the bottom of the cave one by one, leaving only one and a half meters of iron wood exposed outside. Then the main frame of the stilt house is also made of iron wood. After the overall frame is completed, cut stone pieces are used as walls.

The roof of the stilt house is a huge shell contributed by the mermaids, which covers the roof of the three-bedroom, one-living-room house designed by Ripple tightly and looks extremely beautiful.

With strength in numbers, the stilt house was built in just ten days. Lianyi placed several braziers in the house to dry the stilt house, and then slowly added the prepared tables, chairs, benches and wooden beds.

As there was nothing suitable for making windows, Lianyi used the power in the beast seal to make windows with flowing water, separating the space inside and outside the stilt house so that the house would not be pitch dark.

Weilan stayed in the cave to help build the residence of the messenger of God. Everything she had not seen attracted her attention, and she felt that each one was extremely exquisite. She didn't know how many new things were in the mind of the messenger of God, and she admired Lianyi more and more.

Ten days before the cold season, the weather cleared up as expected. Although it was a sunny day, there was a hint of coldness in the air. Even the mermaids felt it and were actively storing food.

Du and Meng also took advantage of this period to hunt more, and Weilan would also send some of the fresh fish and shrimp she caught.

Lianyi knew that the mermaids were about to enter the deep sea, so after the stilt house was built, she invited the tribe leader Li and Wu to her place for a warming feast, and the food was made with fresh ingredients.

Roasted unicorn beef, roasted whole pig, tofu fish soup, spicy and sour fish, cold fern root noodles, cornmeal cakes, crystal meat buns, stir-fried meat with bean sprouts, tofu stewed with kelp, seashells in garlic sauce, fried seafood stew, and soy milk really opened the eyes of the Carp Chief and the witch, and whetted their appetites. They ate until they were full before leaving.

The tofu was made from the brine that Lianyi found from the place where the mermaids dried sea salt after he came to the mermaid tribe. He was amazed at the changes that occurred in the soy milk after adding the brine, especially when it was made into tofu, which made him feel even more incredible.

Lianyi just wants to eat something delicious, and she has a lot of soybeans. After being dried, they are very durable. Whenever she wants to eat them, she can just grind some. It is very convenient. Lianyi likes soaked young bean sprouts very much, which are much fresher than soaked dried vegetables.

With the first heavy snow falling, the animal world officially entered the cold season.

In previous years, although the first month of the cold season was cold, they did not starve because of the stored food. When entering the second month, all orcs had to start budgeting carefully, and the last month was the most difficult. Although the temperature had risen, their food reserves had also run out.

In the first month of the warm season, the beasts in the forest have been cooped up for a whole cold season and are extremely hungry and ferocious. It is easy for a wild beast wave to occur at this time. They know that the orc tribe has food, so they will unite and attack the tribe fiercely.

Of course, such situations do not occur every year, and not in every tribe. Some small beast tribes are easily attacked, while large beast tribes such as bears and tigers are not easily besieged. After all, male orcs are not vegetarians.

Lianyi had a very fulfilling winter season. She exchanged some animal skin scrolls and squid ink with the mermaid witch and listed all aspects of the future development of the beast world, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, weights and measures, writing, etc. She wrote down everything she could think of and then found the right time to implement them one by one.

Then it was time to train Tuanzi. The little guy was also badly troubled by the ripples. He was either drowned, his limbs were tied up by branches, or his butt was burned by the fireball. In short, he never had a moment to rest.

The little dumpling was always alert. Even when eating, he would keep one eye on his mother, which made Lianyi very amused.

However, the effect of doing so is still very obvious. The little Dumpling is very alert and his hearing is even better than that of the two adult orcs. He is the best among the cubs in running and jumping.

Although Tuanzi has mastered the use of the beast seal and can transform into a human form, the human form is too soft and he himself dislikes it. In addition, he keenly feels that his mother beast seems to prefer his beast form more and will hug him to sleep at night, so he basically appears in beast form.

Lianyi actually treats the little guy as a heater. Although it is small, it is very warm and it is very comfortable to hold it while sleeping at night.

After Tuanzi had eaten and drunk his fill that day, Meng took the little guy out for a patrol. When they came back, they brought back a monkey covered in blood.

(End of this chapter)