Chapter 54

The first problem that came into view when the temperature dropped was that the water filter on the bow was frozen. Li Mu tried to take the ice out of the plastic bucket filled with fresh water, but found it very difficult because it was completely frozen.

He changed the plastic bucket and added seawater. After a while, both plastic buckets were frozen. It seemed that the fully automatic filter could not be used in winter.

In order to ensure daily water use, Li Mu took out the simple water filter that he had put away before, at least there would be no water shortage.

In the morning, he harvested the crops in the planting pots, and he was more careful and planted a seed, with the purpose of trying whether the plants could still grow in winter.

The animals in the livestock area suffered, especially the 14 newborn rabbits, who had no fur to keep warm and were shivering in their dens. If they got any colder, they would all die.

The two discussed and decided to build a windproof den for the two litters of rabbits and put a brazier near the livestock area to raise the room temperature. Once

this person got busy, he didn't care about the cold. Qiao Sheng was even sweating a little in the rabbit fur hat he was wearing. The first-floor cabin was relatively large, so there were two braziers. Li Mu also opened the cabin door a little. Qiao Sheng passed by there while doing his work and felt the cold wind, so he closed the door.

Qiao Sheng, who was squatting and fiddling with the rabbit nest, felt dizzy when he stood up. Li Mu was in the storage room taking cotton clothes to the auction system. Here was a chance to make some money. Hearing the sound of Qiao Sheng hitting the wall, he hurried out to see. He felt a little dizzy after walking a few steps from the storage room.

After helping Qiao Sheng sit on the sofa, he saw that the wooden door he had opened a crack was closed.

"Maybe the wind blew the door shut. There's charcoal burning in the cabin. We have to pay attention to ventilation, otherwise we won't be keeping warm, but just burning ourselves." Li Mu opened the wooden door completely to let in fresh air, and the heat that had gathered in the room with great difficulty dissipated again.

"It's not the wind, I just closed it on purpose. We've had central heating for years, and I've long forgotten about gas poisoning. Fortunately it was during the day, if it was at night, we would have closed our eyes and never seen them again." After smelling the fresh air, Qiao Sheng felt less dizzy, and even the nausea was relieved.

"Not really, I would definitely check the ventilation before going to bed at night, so you didn't have a chance to close the window." Li Mu poured a cup of hot water for the two of them, and sat on the sofa to drink while relieving the excessive carbon monoxide inhalation.

With the door open, cold air soon filled the cabin. Since there were no windows on the first floor, Li Mu went upstairs and opened all the wooden windows on the second floor, and then ventilated the cabin. When the whole cabin was cool and the two of them were no longer dizzy, they closed the doors and windows, but left a crack on the first floor door.

Qiao Sheng also took a piece of wood to prop it up, because she was afraid that if she didn't do it, the whistling wind would be annoying.

The two of them ate lunch in the kitchen, with a big iron pot filled with hot pot base given by Fang Yueyi, and a stove in front of them. Qiao Sheng even sweated a little while eating, and his cotton coat was opened a little, and the kitchen window was also opened a little. They

were going to have hot pot for dinner. The poor couple only prepared the bottom of the pot, adding water to continue cooking. It would be a waste to throw it away after eating it once. Anyway, it was cold now and they didn't have to worry about it going bad.

In the afternoon, they guarded the brazier in the first deck, lifted two floating boards, put on leather gloves, and quickly collected supplies with colanders. Under the current situation, supplies were consumed quickly, and even fresh water needed to be obtained by burning wooden boards. Life was a bit difficult.

"Do you think we can build a kang? I remember when I was a kid, every household had a kang. It was very warm, and I didn't think anyone had been poisoned by gas." When Qiao Sheng got tired of holding the kang with his left hand, he switched to his right hand. After a while, he asked Li Mu to stand up and stretch his cervical spine to avoid the cervical spondylosis he had before.

"That's something we can try. Let's leave the stove and chimney outside the cabin, and there shouldn't be this hidden danger." Li Mu thought about the feasibility of this.

The two of them first discussed whether the kang should be built on the first or second floor. If it was on the first floor, it would be better for warmth because there was another floor above. If it was on the second floor, the advantage was that it was close to the kitchen.

Finally, they decided to place it on the second floor. The main reason was that the bow on the first floor was occupied by large planting pots on both sides. It was not appropriate to put the stove anywhere. Finally, they decided to make the second-floor restaurant into a greenhouse. They would eat, drink and live there in the future. After

everything was agreed, Qiao Sheng was left alone to continue to guard the brazier and collect supplies. Li Mu brought a waist bag of wood and mud to the second floor.

At dinner time, the two of them still ate hot pot at the stove in the kitchen. The weather was too cold and they really needed something warm.

The crops in the planting pots showed no signs of germination after a day. It seemed that the crops stopped growing in winter.

In one afternoon, the greenhouse was planned and separated by wooden walls. The foundation of the earthen kang was just laid, and even the outline was not seen yet. Li Mu was just crossing the river by feeling the stones. He understood the principle, but it was a bit strenuous to operate. He was also a dexterous person, but making a kang was a technical job, not something that could be solved by theory and dexterity.

In the evening, Qiao Sheng put the float back and called Li Mu down to do the serious work first. The amount of serious work was a bit small. Qiao Sheng collected for a whole day, plus the half day that Li Mu collected, and the total number of drift bottles was less than 100.

The two of them did not sit on the sofa to open. It was comfortable to sit on the sofa when the weather was warm, but it was cold today, and sitting on the wooden sofa, even with the cushion, still felt uncomfortable.

So this time the bottle opening location was moved to the storage room. Usually I felt that this space was too small and stuffy, but now I felt it was quite good, at least there was no wind.

Li Mu sat there opening the bottles one by one, and Qiao Sheng stood up and took the materials he opened and put them into the storage box, which made it much more efficient.

There were less than a hundred drifting bottles, and they were opened quite quickly. They were all opened in a short while. This critical hit was very much to their liking. Two critical hits and 500 pieces of charcoal, plus the ones they had stored before, were enough for them to burn for a while. Even if it was not enough later, they still had some spare.

From the time of collecting corn to now, the corn stalks and corn cobs on the boat have never been thrown away. They have all been dried and stored in the storage box. This is a way for Qiao Sheng to save himself, just in case there are not enough wood or leaves to burn one day, he can still use these as firewood.

Now it's all right. When the kang is set up, these will be the first to go into the stove pit. As long as they have fuel, I don't believe they can't survive this winter.