Chapter 22: Extraordinary Wealth

Huaiyu returned to the tree house with a flashlight. The time on his watch was already 9:30.

The room was in a mess. The things bought at the market were piled up in a disorderly manner. Under the flashlight, it looked like a junk factory.

The vine net bag brought back from the mountain was still thrown on the ground, there was only half of water left in the mineral water bucket, and the embers of the fire in the square wall in the middle of the house were cold.

She was so tired today! But time was running out, so she couldn't rest yet. She went outside to gather a bunch of branches and leaves, and then started a fire again.

The warm firelight danced, and after she lowered the woven straw curtain door, she felt completely relaxed.

But after lying on the haystack for only a short while, Huaiyu climbed up again.

There were three backpacks, one of which was used as a storage basket. The newly bought sugar and salt, as well as his own soybeans, peanuts and yam eggs sponsored by the field mouse were all wrapped in leaves and carefully put in.

The large waterproof storage bag is used to store my newly bought down jacket, sweatpants, underwear, and brand new sneakers.

Ah, it was so spacious, as if it could hold a lot of things. The more she looked at it, the happier she felt! She wished she could go to the mountain to collect two baskets of wild vegetables tomorrow and fill the house with them!

But... looking at the hay piled up on one side of the tree house, Huaiyu could only suppress his anxious mood.

There will be another crop of wild vegetables after another, but if the toilet is not built before the heavy rain, her cycle of crops will be in big trouble! There are still priorities.

She sighed, then placed the cups and basin on the simple washbasin where the toothbrush and toothpaste were placed, put the soap aside, and placed the iron pot there as it was not being used for the time being.

Three plastic bags were stuffed into one of the backpacks, and the other one was kept as a spare. They were placed together with a multi-functional shovel so that they could be picked up at any time and set off up the mountain.

And now! Her most important task is to weave straw curtains!

The small pile of braids that she had made last night was piled beside her bed. It looked like the workmanship was totally lacking. It was just the simplest three-strand braids, which were overlapped and interlaced up and down to barely form a straw curtain.

The curtain was not smooth at all, and the broken stubble of hay was sticking out, looking silly.

All I can say is that your proficiency will increase towards the end, and you can use it anyway.

After a visit to the trading market today, Huaiyu became more and more certain that Captain Zhou did not tell her the real price twice when he helped her exchange the waterproof tarpaulin.

The points should be spent on the most important things, such as toilets and other places with straw curtains to keep out the rain. When you have more points, you can replace them step by step.

The firelight was slowly jumping, and the temperature in the room was gradually rising. With the accumulation of yesterday's proficiency, Huaiyu's knitting movements were getting faster and faster today...

The night gradually deepened.

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Early the next morning, Huaiyu woke up to the sound of the broadcast. She had gone to bed at one o'clock last night and now it was very difficult for her to get up.

When I lifted the straw curtain, I heard gusts of wind. I could feel the moist vapor in the wind without even listening to the broadcast.

Although the broadcast said that heavy rain was expected the day after tomorrow, Huaiyu looked at the weather and felt that tomorrow would be bad too.

She picked up a multi-purpose shovel and a rope, washed up briefly, picked up a bag of nutrient solution and went straight up the mountain.

After all, building materials are so expensive now. If you need support to build a shed or a toilet, you have to go and see your relatives in the mountains.

This time, Huaiyu was already familiar with the route, and the Rose Corridor gradually became polite and took the initiative to give way without him having to say anything nice.

Huaiyu didn't walk too far. The mountains were so high, deep and huge, and what she had to do today was all heavy work, so it would be best to get materials nearby.

After all, it takes more than half an hour to walk from District 37 to District 8!

Fortunately, the thing that is most abundant on the mountainside is trees, especially those newly grown saplings.

They are only as thick as a girl's wrist, just the right weight to bear and carry. And now many trees have not yet sprouted green, so the weight is much lighter.

She picked up a multi-purpose shovel, selected a suitable position for the elastic rope, and tied it to several nearby trees to prevent the tree from falling in the wrong direction.

Chopping, sawing and kicking were too much for a weak girl to bear.

After two hours of breathless and exhausting labor, eight evenly spaced tree trunks were finally stacked at Huaiyu's feet.

Although the trunk was not thick, the branches and forks on it had a large diameter. She tied them up again with ropes, hooked a few vines, and pulled them back.

In fact, if you can save effort, it is better to use vines to grow by rooting. Although it takes some effort and the feeling of exhaustion is not pleasant, it also saves this hard work.

But Huaiyu was very afraid that the defense troops would come.

Her tree house was completely covered with leaves and waterproof tarpaulins. The wisteria branches were doing well, with side buds stopped growing and roots spreading and growing from the soil underneath.

After a while, they will break through the soil on the other side and grow strong trunks.

But that is the normal growth rate, and even if the defense forces come, they won’t notice it.

Not to mention the leaves used to cover the roof, which have now shrunk and withered into yellow and will wither in less than two days.

Of course, even if they dry up, they can stay on the roof and stack up to keep warm and insulate.

But in this way, no one will doubt where the fresh sycamore leaves come from in the early spring. However, if you use this method to build a corridor or toilet, it will make a big difference whether the tree trunk is alive or dead.

Besides, she didn't have the nerve to ask for a waterproof tarpaulin to cover the whole way.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

After thinking about it, I decided to just put in the effort and just get through this period.

Huaiyu kept trying to convince himself while pulling with a grunt.

The tree trunks were too big, so when we reached the rose corridor we had to untie them one by one and drag them across.

The branches and twigs entangled the vines of the rose corridor, causing the flowers on the other side to move, and it was obvious that they were very unhappy.

Huaiyu was afraid that it would sound the alarm, so she had to beg softly...

It was so long that she almost wanted to cry.

Woo woo woo, this is too difficult!

Why is it so hard? She had enjoyed great wealth before, but now she has just hit rock bottom. Does she have to live like this? When she dragged the tree trunk back to the tree house in a mess, she raised her wrist and it was already 12 o'clock.

But I can't rest yet.

Huaiyu wiped the sweat off his head and face with a towel, then lit the fire, set up the pot, and boiled a large pot of water.

When the water is boiling and bubbling, if you throw a packet of instant noodles into it, it would probably be the most delicious thing in the world.

Huaiyu stared at the pot that was empty except for the water, and felt a surge of greed. But no matter how greedy he was, there was nothing to eat!

The only things that can be eaten now are some seeds she reserved and the remaining nutrient solution.

Finally, he raised his eyes and settled on the pine cone in the center of the tree house, which was hung with vines and disguised as a chandelier.

never mind.

She looked away depressedly and sprinkled the salt and sugar she bought yesterday into the pot.

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I'm here! 6pm, wait for me.

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