Han Cheng seemed very happy today, and Wu also seemed very energetic. Not only them, but the entire Qingque tribe was enveloped in an inexplicable excitement and expectation.

At the beginning of spring, many of them learned from the Son of God or other people that the Son of God was going to build something called a house, which was better than a deer pen, for the people in the tribe to live in.

The house is more spacious and cleaner than the cave, and it is brighter inside. In winter, it is warmer than the cave.

The concept of cleanliness was very vague to them before the coming of the Son of God. Sometimes they would consciously or unconsciously do some cleaning work, but it was not a habit after all.

After the Son of God came, he asked them to rinse their teeth, wash their faces, take a bath, clean animal skins, and clean the caves... After doing all these things, when they looked back, they suddenly realized that this was cleanliness.

Clean and tidy things always make people feel more comfortable, and primitive people are no exception.

If Han Chengcai had included the advantage of cleanliness in the promotion of the houses shortly after he came here last year, the people of the Qingque tribe would definitely not have felt anything, and they might even have wondered what "cleanliness" was or whether "cleanliness" could fill their stomachs.

But things are obviously different now. Now, even without Han Cheng's advice, no one in the tribe will get themselves dirty.

Of course, except when working.

But even if they were dirty from working, they would take a bath at night, unlike before when they didn’t know if they could take a bath once a year…

After knowing that houses have so many benefits, they are naturally looking forward to such a good place to live. However, the Son of God said that they have to raise the wall first before they can start building the house, so they can only look forward to it, and from time to time they imagine what a house that is better than the deer pen will look like.

After such a long time of anticipation, the wall is finally built, and the Son of God is finally going to lead everyone to build houses. How could they not be excited?

Even the eldest brother and others took the initiative to request to shorten the rest time, reducing the three-day rest after the wall was built to one day.

Under the watchful eyes of the people of the Qingque tribe, Han Cheng, a guy who had only seen houses being built but had never done it himself, took the rope grass measuring tape he had made earlier, and with the cooperation of Lame, he calmly and confidently measured the foundation.

The people of the Green Bird tribe, who didn't know the truth, gathered around and looked at their Son of God with reverence as if he knew everything. The lame assistant was so excited that his face turned slightly red. He didn't walk properly and almost fell to the ground.

"here."

Han Cheng used a wooden stick wrapped with a tape measure to poke a small mark on the ground, then turned around and said something.

The eldest brother who was following nearby came over with a stick that was two centimeters in diameter, over one meter long, and one end of which had been burned black and sharpened in the fire.

He pointed the tip of the stick at the mark Han Cheng had just made, held it vertically with one hand, and smashed it down with a stone in the other hand.

After a few strokes, the straight stick was firmly erected there.

After the wooden stick was nailed, four sticks appeared on the open space. At Han Cheng's signal, the eldest brother connected the four sticks with a thin rope. In this way, a piece of open space ten meters long and five meters wide was circled out.

"dig."

Han Cheng said again.

The people who were standing by with shovels in their hands started to act. They were divided into four groups and started digging along the four lines.

Han Cheng and Bo then took the Shengcao brand measuring tape and began to measure, trying to divide the north-facing south rectangle into three even rooms.

After nailing four more wooden stakes and pulling two more lines, the position of the foundation was finally determined.

The house is on the west side of the cave entrance, about ten meters away from the mountain wall.

After the house was built, it faced north and south, just like the cave, which was conducive to collecting sunlight.

The people of the Qingque tribe have long been familiar with bone shovels, and using them to dig soil is a common practice for them.

With the joint efforts of everyone, by the afternoon, several foundation trenches with a width of 40 cm and a depth of 40 cm had been dug.

Because the digging is done along the line, there is no need to worry about digging in a crooked way.

While the eldest brother and his men were digging the foundation, those who could not help were not idle either. Under Han Cheng's arrangement, they were preparing for the next step.

It's not about cutting sticks or grinding wooden stakes, but about going outside to find stones.

Han Cheng thought about it and felt that the wooden rafts covered with mud walls used to build the deer pen were not strong enough, so he wanted to make some changes.

“Snap, snap!”

Shang placed a few stones in two baskets woven from tree branches.

Lift one of the hoes over here so that the distance between them is appropriate.

Then he took the shoulder pole that was leaning against a large rock on one side and put it on the handle of the hoe made of a bent wooden stick.

There were two poles, one at each end, and the middle of the carrying pole was on his shoulders.

Shang was half squatting with his arms half stretched out, climbing on the carrying pole, holding down one of the hoes with one hand to prevent it from sliding inward.

Then he exerted force on his body and stood up from the ground.

The pole loaded with stones was very heavy, causing the shoulder pole to bend a little, and it flashed up and down with Shang's steps.

Shang also mastered the skill of carrying things, and walked in rhythm with the swaying of the load.

This can save some effort, and secondly, the things on the shoulder pole will not easily fall apart.

Now we are carrying stones, so it is not obvious. If we use a clay pot to carry water and don’t master the technique, half of the water in the pot will be spilled when we walk from the river to the tribe.

Shang did not carry the stones to the tribe, but came to the west side of the wall, put down the burden, and threw the stones in the basket towards the wall one by one.

This was not because Shang wanted to practice his stone-throwing skills and deliberately did not throw the stones to the edge of the wall to show off his muscles, but because as the wall grew higher, the 'wall protection ditch' outside the wall had already taken shape. It was too much trouble to carry two loads of stones down into the ditch and then climb up again. It would be better to just throw them over there and save trouble.

When there is a pile there, use the previous method to put the stones in the hoe, pull it up with a rope, and place it on the inside of the wall.

Of course, this also applies to those stones that are not too big. If the stone is too big, you can only carry it all the way from the back side of the mountain, bypass the long wall, enter the courtyard from the south gate, and then walk north to carry the stone to the place where the house is built not too far from the mountain wall.

This would require at least twice the distance to walk, so when Shang and the others were looking for stones, they tried their best to find those with appropriate sizes.