After doing all this, Yun Ruoxi directly lit the corn stalks.
There is a special hole in the stone kang for heating. Because the space is relatively small, smoke will come out when the kang is heated.
Yun Ruoxi connected a chimney to the stone kang, leading directly to the outside of the cave.
In addition, a small door was made at the entrance of the kang using waste stone slabs, and the entrance to the kang was also covered.
Listening to the sound of flames burning inside the quarry, everyone waited by the quarry for about half an hour. When Yun Ruoxi touched it, the stone slab was already warm.
"It worked. The heat from this stone lasts longer than that from the earthen kang."
Mu Ruxue: "That's great! With this thing, I can sleep a little warmer at night. Otherwise, it's easy to catch a cold if I sleep on a cold kang."
Yun Ruoxi spread the mattresses that everyone had placed on the carriage along the way on the stone kang.
Two large mattresses just covered the entire stone kang, which could accommodate five people. Yun Ruoxi took out some of the quilts she had collected from the servants' quarters of the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion and gave them to everyone.
Because the conditions are difficult now, Yun Ruoxi really can't bear to take out new quilts for everyone to cover themselves with.
She planned to throw away these old bedding and quilts after they got dirty, so she didn't feel bad about it.
Mu Ruxue looked at Yun Ruoxi's frugal look and knew that she was reluctant to use the new quilt.
After the kang was laid, the five brothers came back with new stone beds.
With the experience just now, Xiao Jingrui was able to get started very quickly. With the dagger in hand, he had finished making the stone kang in no time.
The eldest brother had a flying sword in his hand. After learning the essence of mining from Xiao Jingrui, he started to do it himself.
The experiment Xiao Jingrui conducted this time was for the three female relatives to sleep with.
That's because the area of this stone pit is not small, and it can accommodate four people.
But now it's just the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law sleeping together, so they can sleep more spaciously.
However, when they came here, although Yun Ruoxi also used darker-colored bedding, it was at least new. On the way here, only Yun Ruoxi and Mu Ruxue had covered themselves with the quilt.
Now she was ready to take it out and continue covering herself with it, while her mother-in-law, Zhao, was holding the quilt she had been covering herself with.
After everything was done, it was daybreak outside, but the heavy rain showed no sign of stopping.
Everyone was very tired after tossing and turning all night, so they lay down on the warm stone kang and fell asleep in no time.
When everyone opened their eyes again, they were awakened by hunger.
When Yun Ruoxi woke up, she saw that Zhao was already preparing lunch for everyone. Even her grandmother looked much more energetic and was sitting aside packing things.
Yun Ruoxi woke up and called out to the sleeping Mu Ruxue, "Xiaoxue, wake up quickly. Let's go out and see what's going on outside."
Mu Ruxue had been worried about the incessant heavy rain and had been sleeping restlessly. Now, she was suddenly awakened by Yun Ruoxi's sleep.
"Okay, I'll get up right away."
When the two of them put on their clothes and came out from the back, they saw that everyone had gotten up.
Because there are both men and women in one cave, the women sleeping in the innermost part are separated by curtains, making them look like small tents.
Xiao Jingrui watched Yun Ruoxi wake up, walked over and put his cloak on her, "I knew you were worried, put on your raincoat, we will go out with you to see."
Yun Ruoxi turned around and saw Xiao Jingxuan putting his cloak on Mu Ruxue.
After the two best friends had packed up, the four of them left the cave together. Seeing this, the five brothers also followed them out.
Liu Yong and Liu Gang were helping to light a fire in the cave. The kang that was lit last night was still hot, so there was no need to rush to light it.
However, the stove had gone out after a nap, so brothers Liu Yong and Liu Gang took out the still burning honeycomb coal from the stone pit as fire starter, put it directly into the stove, and then covered it with firewood. The stove soon caught fire.
There are three stoves in the entire cave, all for keeping everyone warm.
However, after a night of hard work, the cave was indeed transformed into something quite presentable and looked like a home.
Yun Ruoxi and Mu Ruxue held hands and supported each other. Xiao Jingrui and Xiao Jingxuan followed behind them, staring at each other.
Looking at his empty hands, he felt helpless.
My brother and I watched the show from the side. Xiao Jingrui's eyes hurt from seeing him trying so hard to hold back his laughter.
Because their cave is the closest cave to the top of the mountain, there is a small slope on the side. Someone must have walked through it before, so a small path was created.
Everyone walked up this road. Although it was not very slippery in rain boots, Xiao Jingrui, Xiao Jingxuan and several brothers made stone slabs out of the stones they had borrowed last night and laid them on the slope one by one.
In this way, they will not easily slip when walking on the cobblestone road, and their clothes will not easily get dirty.
Since they were on the road of exile, Yun Ruoxi and Mu Ruxue, the two best friends, have never worn skirts and changed into pants early on.
It is much more convenient to do anything, because the skirt is too big and you need to hold it up when walking, otherwise it will get stuck with mud, which is somewhat troublesome.
Sure enough, their choice was correct. On such a rainy day, with rain boots on their pants, a raincoat on their bodies, and an umbrella in their hands, it was impossible for their clothes to get wet.
After we walked along the way and laid stone slabs along the way, when we stood on the top of the mountain, we found that there was a large open space.
But now everyone had no time to appreciate the scenery on the top of the mountain. Instead, they looked solemnly at the mountain and the flood on the other side.
That’s right, although there is water accumulation in Dashan Village due to the rain, the houses at the foot of the mountain are only flooded to a depth of 50 centimeters at most.
Although the houses at the foot of the mountain are no longer habitable, the villagers halfway up the mountain are not affected.
Everyone originally thought that the situation was similar everywhere, but now it seems that this is not the case.
Because the water accumulation on the other side of the mountain is obviously higher than on this side.
And looking at the situation now, you can no longer see the crops in the fields and the trees on the other side of the mountain.
Looking at the trees on the other side of the mountain that have been flooded and only the tops of the trees are left, you can imagine how dangerous the situation is over there.
Mu Ruxue: "What should we do now? I didn't expect the water on the other side of the mountain to have accumulated so seriously. The heavy rain shows no sign of stopping. If it continues like this, I guess the caves here will be uninhabitable."
Xiao Jingrui: "The cave is still habitable for now, but I'm worried that the riverbank in front won't be able to hold back the flooding. If it bursts, it will definitely flood here."
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