A new day, a new beginning.
After a good night's sleep, Sang Ning and the others got up. The sun hadn't risen yet, but the light was already bright.
A sea breeze carrying the smell of the sea blows in; it's not refreshing at all, but rather a bit unpleasant.
But they were all used to it. After brushing their teeth and washing their faces, Sang Ning steamed some mashed yam, made a pot of wild vegetable soup, and boiled a pot of eggs. Breakfast was ready.
The eggs came in all sizes. Apart from a few wild eggs, I didn't recognize the rest, but they were edible and tasted pretty good.
One of the eggs had pink egg whites but transparent yolks. It didn't taste like an egg; it was more like jelly. There were three of these eggs in total, and Sang Ning and her two friends got them.
After finishing her egg, Monet pondered for a moment and asked, "What kind of egg is this?"
No one could answer the question, and everyone shook their heads.
Mu Tao frowned and said, "It tastes terrible?"
"The taste is a bit bland, there's no eggy smell, but it's not bad either."
Sang Ning gave a fair assessment, his brow relaxing, "If you like, you can go and pick up more. I know where to find this egg."
"Um."
Fimonloa nodded, "Then go and pick some up when you have some free time."
"good."
With the egg matter settled, Sang Ning then proceeded to discuss today's task assignments.
"You guys continue building houses, I'll make furniture."
"Are you sure you can manage on your own?"
Clyde looked worried, but Sanning smiled and said, "It's likely to work, but don't worry, if it really doesn't work, I'll ask you for help."
Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
After eating and drinking their fill and resting for a while, the group got busy.
The timber was prepared well in advance. When Mu Tao and the others moved the rosewood from the cave, they brought it all over. Originally, they didn't plan to move it back every night, but after trying it once, they found that the distance was too far.
It takes four or five hours to travel from the cave to the place where the stone house was built, and going back and forth every day is too time-consuming.
Therefore, after discussion, everyone decided to move directly.
Not having a house is not a problem. The weather is not cold now, so we can sleep on the ground and sleep under the sky without feeling cold.
Just be wary of wild animals at night.
Since we don't plan to come back to the cave, we should take everything we can with us.
Therefore, the timber was readily available.
In addition to the rosewood they brought from the cave, Sang Ning and his group later cut down and brought back other types of wood, such as mahogany.
After drying and cutting, the timber is ready for use.
So while Mu Tao and the others were busy building houses, Sang Ning was writing and drawing on the stone slabs with charcoal.
audience,"!!!"
Here we go again! Last time we made stools, chairs, and bamboo crafts. What are we going to make this time?
Looking at the dimensions she marked and the drawing she made, it looks like a bed.
With special effects comments, Sang Ning nodded and said, "Yes, I'm going to start making the bed today. I'm so tired of sleeping on the floor. My back and waist ache every day."
[Ningning, you can even make beds?]
"Won't."
Sang Ning said confidently, "I've only seen others make beds, but I've never made one myself. I'll give it a try today."
"If it doesn't work the first time, I'll try again. Anyway, I don't have much else, but I have plenty of time."
【I know how, do you want me to teach you, Ningning?】
A viewer who knew how to make beds enthusiastically sent a special effects comment, which energized Sang Ning, whose eyes sparkled as she asked, "Can it be made without modern tools?"
Upon hearing this, the audience member was speechless.
Oh no, he forgot that Sang Ning and the others have nothing, so there's no hope of making a comfortable and luxurious bed. But it doesn't matter, he has a way.
Thinking of this, the audience member smiled and said—
Actually, there's no need to go through all that trouble. You have a bunch of wooden planks, right? Just use two logs to hold them in place, then lay the planks on top, and you've got a makeshift bed. It certainly won't be as comfortable as a professional one, but it'll do.
Sang Ning laughed, "I've figured it out. You don't know how at all. I'll try to figure it out myself, and if I really can't make it, I'll follow your method."
OK.
So, in the following time, Sang Ning took charcoal and made some modifications on the stone slab, and a complete sketch of the bed frame appeared.
The audience felt something was off. Compared to the previous sketch with just a few lines, this nearly finished sketch looked incredibly complex. Was Ningning sure she could pull it off?
[I feel this is so difficult and complicated. How can I assemble these panels and pillars without any tools?]
[It is indeed complicated, but I don't think assembling it will be too difficult. Didn't Ningning and the others find a kind of fern leaf with super strong adhesive? We can just squeeze out more sap to use as an adhesive to glue these wooden pillars together.]
This was a good idea, and Sang Ning kept it in mind, planning to use fern leaves as an adhesive again after her experiment failed.
With the sketch drawn up, Sang Ning began to take action.
She found the pillars and planks she needed and, without using a single nail, built a bed frame using mortise and tenon joints.
Because the tools were not handy, the tenons, mortises, and grooves that had been chiseled out earlier were not done well. Either the size was not right and they could not be inserted, or the height difference was not matched, resulting in them not fitting together properly.
Therefore, as the work progresses, it is often necessary to re-carve out the tenons, mortises, and grooves.
Fortunately, the result was not bad. Apart from taking a little time at noon to make lunch and have a meal, Sang Ning spent the rest of the time struggling with the bed frame and finally put it up by sunset.
She shook the bed frame vigorously; it was quite sturdy and showed no signs of falling apart.
It's ugly because it was reworked too many times, leaving many marks.
In addition, there were no planes or polishing tools to sand the pillars and planks, so they were quite rough with a lot of sawdust and splinters. If you want to sleep on them, you should put down a mattress or quilt, otherwise the sawdust and splinters will prick you.
But it's okay, there's no rush to do these things now. Once everything is done, let Mu Tao and the others polish it up, and then apply a bucket of paint, and that should solve the problem.
If you really can't solve the problem, you can lay down a thick layer of fern leaves or hay.
I remember my dad saying that when they were young, there wasn't much cotton, so there weren't enough quilts at home. It was okay in the summer, but the winter was tough. To keep warm, every day after the rice harvest, the straw would be dried and bundled up to be used as bedding, to feed livestock, and to start fires.
Laying down soft, thick straw and then placing a mattress on top makes it less cold and keeps you warm. The only problem is that the straw makes a creaking sound when you move it while sleeping.
Therefore, Sang Ning decided to follow in the footsteps of his father and his family when they were young.
No one knew what Sang Ning was thinking. At this moment, everyone was staring at the bed frame with shock, unable to understand why the pillars and planks could be connected together so sturdily with only a few openings.
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