I took the arrow off and inspected it. The shaft and fletching were fine, but the arrowhead was made from a fragment of a wolf's leg bone, so it would probably only last two or three uses before it broke down.
Overall, however, the quality is quite good and can meet their hunting needs.
With these sixteen bone arrows, the ten arrows brought by the yellow whale became spares and would not be used unless absolutely necessary.
After seeing the final result, the two didn't waste any more words and finished making all the remaining arrows in one go before stopping.
After chatting for a while, they each prepared to rest.
The next day, after getting up, the same routine was followed: after breakfast, we went out hunting.
Although Alaska has four seasons and the program is scheduled to start in the summer, the summer temperature here is not very high, usually less than 10 degrees Celsius, and the winter temperature can drop to minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius.
Therefore, storing prey is relatively convenient. After cleaning the prey, it can be stored for a day or two without any problems.
With a sufficient supply of arrows, prey such as pheasants and rabbits became the main food source.
Hunting large game is not the right time yet, as storage is inconvenient and the camp is not yet finished. The main task at this stage is to build the camp and ensure that we don't go hungry.
To be honest, Alaska is a place full of malice towards everyone who comes here.
There are few edible plants, the weather is bad, the temperature is low, and there are many carnivores such as black bears, brown bears, and wolves. There are herbivores, but they are mainly moose, with a small number of bison.
These two species are both enormous, and ordinary people would only want to avoid them.
Even experienced hunters are reluctant to provoke them unless they have no other prey and have set traps in advance.
Of course, if you have a shotgun, then disregard what I said.
At this stage, Yezi and Huangjingyu need to explore their surroundings while hunting and ensuring their safety, so it is best for them to act together.
Another reason is that the leaf has a system that can detect whether there is prey nearby, complete the hunting work in the shortest time, and then go back to continue building the camp.
The game they hunted in one morning was enough for their needs for the whole day.
At this point, the advantage of drawing Alaska as the survival location becomes apparent. It is sparsely populated, and although the carnivores are fierce, there is also plenty of prey such as pheasants and rabbits.
The work of setting up the shelter continued in the afternoon.
The third shelter, being for girls, will have some changes. First, it will be larger, and second, a heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove) will be added inside.
A fireplace is dug on one side, and a heated brick bed is built on the other. Originally, only an A-frame was placed on top of the fireplace, but now two are needed because the smoke vent of the heated brick bed also needs a similar frame.
Originally, there were plans to build heated brick beds in each shelter, but after the Thousand-Pound Pill tempered her body, Ye Zi's resistance to low temperatures increased exponentially, so it was no longer necessary.
As for why the Yellow Whale's house didn't have a heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed), the main reason was that there wasn't enough time, and it could be modified later if needed.
Ye Zi had already decided that if the yellow whale felt cold after the temperature dropped, they would hunt a large prey first. If it still felt cold, they would have to make some modifications and provide it with a heated kang bed.
But in any case, hunting large prey is essential; bison, moose, bears, and more than one are all possible.
Only in this way can the food and furs needed for warmth be guaranteed for the three of them.
Ye Zi dug a hole, cut down trees, and built a fire pit. Huang Jingyu was also busy, collecting some dry grass from the nearby forest according to Ye Zi's request, and then chopping it into small pieces about one or two inches long with a machete.
This stuff is very important, but its use is rather simple: it's added when mixing mud.
This method is more commonly used in the north, and its main purpose is to improve the durability of the mud.
During the use of a building, due to various reasons (such as temperature changes, water erosion, etc.), building materials may develop cracks and fissures, which can lead to a decrease in the stability of the building.
Adding straw to concrete can make it stronger and more durable, thereby enhancing the stability of the building.
Secondly, mixing straw with soil can also enhance the heat preservation effect.
Because in winter or in cold regions, the interior of buildings needs to maintain a certain temperature to make people feel comfortable.
Concrete with added straw has excellent thermal insulation properties, which can effectively prevent the indoor temperature from being too low.
The main purpose of this mud in Ye Zi's hands is to coat the kang (a heated brick bed).
Using stones to build a kang (heated brick bed) is not simply a matter of stacking them together; concrete is needed to seal the gaps between the stones, which also helps to secure them.
Furthermore, after the kang (heated brick bed) is set up, a thick layer of mud should be applied to the top. Only in this way can the kang achieve the best heat retention.
Another reason is that stones can become brittle after being baked or heated for a long time.
Although Er Ya is a girl and relatively light, she still weighs around 100 jin (50 kg). If a 100-jin (50 kg) body is placed on the heated brick bed and encounters a brittle stone, it could crush and cause danger.
Therefore, after the kang (heated brick bed) is built, the top layer of straw concrete is essential.
The leaves and the others are trying to survive by using the leaves as a substitute for straw, since they don't have any straw available. However, they can use hay instead.
So the task of collecting hay and chopping it up was left to the yellow whale.
Yellow Whale was also from the north, so he naturally knew about these things. Therefore, he didn't need Ye Zi to teach him how to do it. Ye Zi just explained the uses, and he immediately understood.
Two meters long and one and a half meters wide—that's the size of the kang (heated brick bed). Of course, there are no measuring tools here, so everything is approximate.
Digging holes and cutting down trees took four days. Although it seems like it took longer than before, it didn't actually.
For these four days, Ye Zi and her companion had to go out to find food every morning and build a shelter in the afternoon.
Since the third shelter is located further back, at a higher elevation than the first two, it needs to be dug deeper to maintain a consistent elevation among the three shelters.
Four days have passed, and the preparations are still not finished, because the stones needed for the kang (heated brick bed) have not yet been selected, so this can only be done on the fifth day.
On the fifth day after the yellow whales reunited, the two got up early in the morning, had breakfast, and then divided up the tasks.
"Old Huang, let's split up today."
"Sure, shall I go hunting?" the yellow whale asked casually.
Splitting up and acting separately is imperative; there's no need to overthink it.
"I'm going hunting. I have good hearing. We don't know if there's any danger nearby, so I'll scout around while I'm hunting."
You stay at the camp and look for some large, flat stones nearby.
The yellow whale nodded and said:
"Is it okay, the kind used as a surface for a heated brick bed?"
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