Chapter 5 Chapter 5 There are differences between men and women, let’s build a house
Before she could start, she saw Lu Chen coming back with a wooden stick and a wooden board, as well as some dead branches and dry grass in his hands.
He came to the shed, first piled up the dead branches and put them in the stove that Su Qing had just made, then picked up the axe beside him and carved a groove on a dry wooden stick, put a leaf under the stick, then rolled the hay into a ball and put it aside, then picked up another wooden stick and rubbed it on the groove with both hands.
After about 3-5 minutes, sparks fell from the leaves. Lu Chen picked up the leaves and poured the sparks on the hay. He blew on them with his mouth, and smoke gradually rose, and then flames started.
He put the hay into the stove, and soon the dry branches caught fire.
Su Qing watched Lu Chen's operation from the side and said, "The steps are obviously the same, how come you can light the fire in one go? I've been trying for hours and can't light it..."
"...Don't let the fire go out. I'll go pick up some dry firewood." Lu Chen disagreed, stood up and left.
Su Qing squatted by the fire and silently added dead branches under the stove.
Fire! Hard-earned fire! She had to protect it.
Lu Chen quickly returned with a pile of dry branches and dead wood. He squatted down and stuffed some wood into the stove. He clapped his hands and stood up. "Do you have any iron boxes and cotton cloth?"
"Huh? I'll go look for it."
Su Qing stood up and pretended to go back to the cabin to look for something, but he actually rummaged through his backpack. After searching through it for a long time, he only found a box of biscuits, and he didn't know if it was made of iron. He also took out two towels that looked like cotton.
She walked back to the woodshed with her things, "Are these okay?"
Lu Chen took Su Qing's things, looked at them, and said, "It should be OK. Let's find something to put the biscuits in first."
Su Qing had no choice but to go back into the house, took out a bowl and poured the biscuits into it.
Lu Chen cleaned the box, then took an axe and gently knocked a few small holes on the lid. He also cut a cotton towel into many small pieces with the axe. He put the cotton pieces into the box, closed the lid, took out some firewood from the stove, and put the box into the fire.
"What are you doing?" Su Qing was a little confused about Lu Chen's actions.
"Carbon cloth."
“What is carbon cloth used for?”
"Start the fire."
Oh... I don't understand...
Lu Chen didn't say anything. He sat on the ground, holding a wooden stick in his hand, adjusting the fire in the stove at any time.
Seeing this, Su Qing also sat down on the ground, hugged his knees, and stared at the stove.
About 20 minutes later, Lu Chen used a wooden stick to pry the box out. The surface of the box had been burned black. After it cooled down a little, Lu Chen reached out and opened the lid.
Su Qing leaned forward and saw that the pieces of cotton cloth in the box had been burned to carbonization.
"It's all carbonized. Can it still be used?"
“It’s carbonization that’s what we want.”
"How do I use this?"
Lu Chen sighed lightly, picked up the wood drilling tool beside him, and after some operation, he drilled out sparks, and then placed the sparks on a piece of carbon cloth. The carbon cloth immediately ignited into stars. He picked up a ball of hay, wrapped it around the carbon cloth, and blew gently, and the hay caught fire.
"Do you understand?"
Wow~ She finally understood. Su Qing nodded vigorously, "I understand!"
"If you want to start a fire in the future, this carbon cloth can be used as a ignition material to ignite quickly. Did you write down all the steps just now?"
“Remember!”
Can this girl survive in this apocalyptic world? Lu Chen was a little skeptical.
Su Qing looked up at the sun. It was already noon. She stood up, brushed off the dirt on her body, and said to Lu Chen, "It's noon. Let's use the stove to cook instant noodles." She couldn't wait to try this new stove.
Lu Chen nodded. Instant noodles were another luxury food. He had already looked around the place thoroughly before. There was no place to hide in such a small space. He was sure that he did not find any trace of instant noodles. Many of the things she took out appeared inexplicably.
And his injuries, he knew exactly how serious they were. If someone else had saved him, in this time of lack of medical care and medicine, he would have died early because of ineffective rescue. However, the various wounds on his body were treated very well now. He seemed to have been groggy last night and seemed to have been fed medicine by her. In just one night, his injuries had recovered for the most part.
This would have been completely impossible even before the end of the world.
Quite interesting.
Lu Chen silently watched Su Qing move the pots and pans out of the wooden house, and seemed to be in a very happy mood as she cooked noodles on the stove.
Seeing Jiaojiao, weak and simple-minded, not guarding enough, and a little smart but not smart enough, it's a good thing that she met him. In today's world, if she met someone with bad intentions, she would probably end up miserably.
Su Qing quickly cooked the noodles, and the two of them returned to the wooden house table to eat.
Since there was only one chair here, Su Qingli gave way to the wounded man, but the wounded man didn't care at all. He picked up the bowl and leaned against the wooden wall to eat. She had no choice but to sit down and eat her own portion.
The two of them finished lunch quickly.
Su Qing looked at Lu Chen and said, "Your injuries don't make it suitable for you to leave right now. It's not good for you to sleep on the ground. Besides, there are differences between men and women. My place is small, so we can build a simple wooden house for you to stay in this afternoon."
Lu Chen really couldn't leave now, so he nodded in agreement.
The two of them rested for a while, and Su Qing went out first to pile some wood, bamboo, etc. behind the wooden house to be used to build the wooden house later.
Just as she took it out of her backpack and put it away, she heard footsteps behind her and turned around hurriedly.
"Oh, you're here! I have some wood and bamboo here. I collected them bit by bit in the mountains. They're perfect for building a house."
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Looking at the obviously processed wooden planks on the ground, Lu Chen paused and was silent for a moment.
He was just injured but his brain was fine, so why did he look so gullible?
Su Qing picked up some bamboo and dragged it towards the front of the cabin. "You're injured, so rest aside for now. If I can't handle something, you can take over."
Lu Chen sighed secretly without saying anything, bent down, picked up the wood and followed.
The two of them moved it back and forth several times and got roughly the amount they needed.
Su Qing still followed the general process of building a simple shed. He first dug four holes in the ground and buried the four pieces of wood in them one by one. Then he tied a few pieces of wood horizontally to connect them together. After that, he inserted a few short pieces of wood in the middle of the four main frame woods to fix them.
Then he took up some thin bamboo and tied one end of it with a rope. "This is a little out of reach for me. Could you please spread the bamboo and place it on the crossbar and tie it up?"
Lu Chen walked forward and fixed the bamboos one by one in two or three steps.
In this way, the roof frame was completed. Then Su Qing asked Lu Chen to use an axe to split the bamboo into bamboo strips, and then insert and fix them between the wood, so that it could serve as a bamboo wall.
She went to collect palm leaves, intending to use them as a roof. She walked back and forth countless times, and a thick layer of palm leaves piled up on the ground. She split the leaves in half, handed them to Lu Chen, and piled them up on the wooden frame bit by bit.
The two worked hard for an entire afternoon, and the house was finally built. Su Qing used wooden boards to make a single bed on the ground, and then covered it with half a blanket. This blanket was found in the supermarket. It was a large double blanket that could just fit half of the bed and the other half covered.
"The conditions are limited, so we'll just have to make do with what we have." Su Qing looked at the dilapidated wooden house in front of her. It was even more shabby than when she first arrived, with leaks everywhere. It was worse than the ground floor of her wooden house. It was really embarrassing to ask a wounded person to live here...
After thinking for a moment, she went to pick up a few stones and placed them in a circle on the ground. She also took some wood and dry branches and placed them aside. "If it's cold at night, you can make a fire to warm yourself."
"You know a lot." Lu Chen sat on the wooden bed and watched Su Qing busying around, and spoke.
That's right, Mr. De, Bear Grylls, the Australian guy, and the Vietnamese guy are all her must-haves for hypnosis every night.
"I used to like watching outdoor survival videos, so I still have some impression of them." Su Qing looked up and saw Lu Chen sitting on the bed with a tired face and a bad look on his face. "It's been a busy day. You should take a break. I'm a little tired too. Let's have dinner after a while."
After all, he had lost so much blood, and although his wounds had healed a lot, he was still a little weak inside. Lu Chen felt that he really couldn't hold on any longer, so he nodded, "Okay."
"Congratulations to the host for completing the self-built house to house others. You will be rewarded with 5,000 gold coins. The system will automatically deduct the amount. The current balance owed is 39,800 gold coins."
The system, which had been silent for a day, suddenly made a sound.
Su Qing couldn't help but ask, "Is it something I made that can be rewarded with gold coins?"
"In theory, that's the case, but not all rewards will be given. It depends on the difficulty."
Very good, she found a new way to pay back the debt, and she could earn much more gold coins by making things than by completing tasks. If she continued like this, she would be able to pay off her debt in less than a month.
Su Qing returned to the wooden house and fell on the bed with heavy eyelids, thinking randomly. She didn't sleep well last night, and she was busy all day today. She had only been in this world for a few days, but she had done more work than the physical labor she had done in the past twenty years combined.
I really want to lie down and give up every minute, but when I think about the huge debt I am still in, I dare not stop at all.
"System, can you help me pay attention to the surrounding situation?" Su Qing was very sleepy, but he was still a little alert in his heart and couldn't fall asleep at all.
"Host, don't worry. I will inform you if there is any danger."
After hearing what the system said, Su Qing closed his eyes and fell asleep. When he opened his eyes again, it was pitch black. Turning on the flashlight, Su Qing took some bread, biscuits, cans and water and walked out of the house. Seeing the firelight coming out of Lu Chen's house, he hurried forward.
Lu Chen was sitting on the wooden bed with a blanket wrapped around him, breaking off branches and throwing them into the fire bit by bit.
"I'm so sorry, I fell asleep. Are you hungry?"
Lu Chen raised his head when he heard the voice, "Not bad."
"These are for you, take them." Su Qing placed the pile of things in his hand next to Lu Chen, then pretended to take out anti-inflammatory medicine from his pocket, but actually took it out from his backpack, and handed it to him. "Remember to take this anti-inflammatory medicine later. You still need to apply ointment on your wound. When you're done, call me and I'll help you apply the ointment."
Lu Chen took the box of medicine and looked at it. There was no label on it. "In this world, anti-inflammatory drugs are rare and hard to come by. Are you just going to give it to me like this?"
"I took this out from home and have been carrying it with me for emergencies, but I've never used it. Isn't it true that its value lies in being able to be used?"
Lu Chen looked up at the person standing in front of him. In the reflection of the firelight, Su Qing's face was soft and his eyes were pure and sincere.
It is rare to find such a kind person. It is extremely difficult to find such a person in the last days. People nowadays are lucky to be alive. Everyone only cares about themselves.
In times of crisis or for personal gain, even close relatives can be dragged out to die, let alone strangers.
"Thank you. I can apply the ointment myself."
Su Qing thought for a moment, then took out another box of ointment. "Okay, if there's any area you can't apply it to, you can call me."
"These medicines are unusually effective. My wounds healed quickly." Lu Chen took the ointment and said casually.
"Ah? Really? Why don't I think so? Your injuries are still very serious! These are just ordinary medicines. Maybe your injuries are not serious, so you feel that the effects are good." Su Qing said a few simple words, said goodbye, turned around and left.
She was not good at lying, and if she stayed any longer she was afraid that she would be exposed.
Seeing Su Qing leaving in a hurry with a panicked look on his face, Lu Chen shook his head and couldn't help but chuckle.
She probably didn't know that she had been exposed a long time ago.
The author has something to say:
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Su Qing: You say that as if you are so kind.
Lu Chen: I am a good person.
Haha...I don't believe you at all.
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