Chapter 264 Star's Holographic Deserted Island Life 9
She picked up a wooden stick and drew a circle about 3 meters in diameter on the ground. She carefully made ten marks inside the circle, which represented the locations where the holes for the stakes would be driven.
She built a stove according to the location and then built a chimney with stones and loess, so that there would be no smoke when cooking in the house on rainy days.
Then, she took out a thick and sturdy piece of wood from her backpack and began to hammer the stake holes vigorously with stones and wood. Because the land here is all soft soil, each hole needs to be dug deeper, about 50 centimeters.
Jian Bai understood Zhang Xiaojia's intention and quickly inserted the ten saplings into the holes for the stakes. He then filled the holes with soil and stones and compacted them. He knew this would allow the saplings to take root more firmly in the ground.
Zhang Xiaojia chose saplings to construct this simple shelter because they are flexible and can better withstand wind and rain. Next, she selected two saplings standing opposite each other, crossed their tops, and tightly tied them together with tough vines to form a stable arch structure. She then repeated the same process with the other six saplings, tying their tops together in opposite directions, ultimately forming a complete shelter framework.
Li Yang also came back with the vines.
Jian Bai asked, "Anything else?"
Li Yang drank the water in big gulps and said, "Yes, a lot. I just need to go there two more times."
"Together"
Zhang Xiaojia took the vines and wrapped them around the frame directly, in circles, to serve as a wall. Of course, this alone is not enough, and palm leaves are also needed. There are many palm leaves on this island, and large and wide leaves with a width of 2.5 meters and a length of 2 meters are everywhere. This shape can block rain and has a good smoke exhaust effect, so they will not get poisoned by burning fire inside, and it can also maintain heat.
Zhang Xiaojia was not good at wrapping up at high places. She was short, only 158 cm, so she needed two tall people. She could have picked the palm leaves while they were wrapping up, but the two men were either not strong enough or not strong enough, so she had to give them directions.
If she were alone, she wouldn't be so tall or so big, but she would definitely be much faster. There are gains and losses.
Li Yang was very angry when he saw Zhang Xiaojia's disgusted expression, but he couldn't beat her.
The three of them went to pick palm leaves. Zhang Xiaojia told them her requirements and asked them to work alone while she went to look for materials for making doors.
After seeing the vines, Zhang Xiaojia continued to roll them up and tied them into bundles. When he saw thorns against the mountain, he thought this was a good thing. He surrounded the house with a circle to prevent wild beasts. There was also shepherd's purse, which was delicious in autumn, so he dug it up quickly.
She dug up a lot of wild vegetables, took a tree, and returned to the camp.
The other two had seven or eight bundles of palm leaves with them.
Li Bai panted and said, "We have collected 200 leaves, all of which are collected according to the size of 2.5*2. We have also collected 10 palm cores that you asked for. We want to eat. It's 1 o'clock now. We started working at 5:30 in the morning and we are exhausted."
Zhang Xiaojia looked disgusted. If He Fei was here, they would have already lived there. Maybe He Fei would have prepared the chairs, table and bed for her. Well, she was too dependent on He Fei~~~
Zhang Xiaojia took out dried shrimps, there were only 18 of them, 6 for each person, and a compressed biscuit divided into 3 parts, which would definitely be enough to fill you up. Each person also had a bottle of dandelion root tea.
After eating and drinking, they stacked the palm leaves layer by layer and tied them up on the vine wall. After Zhang Xiaojia installed the door, he also helped them fix the palm leaves.
It will be done in less than two hours.
See the palm leaf thatched house is built.
Li Yang asked, "Xiao Jia, how long can we live in this palm leaf thatched house?"
Zhang Xiaojia said, "If we just patch it up, it will take at least a year, even if we don't build or move the house. But we still want to build a home there. The few huge rocks there will be the best protection against typhoons."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Xiaojia continued, "Let's go cut down some trees and build the bed today."
Zhang Xiaojia went to cut down 6 trees. She carried one tree back to the camp by herself, and the two of them carried the trees back together.
Jian Bai said, "Xiao Jia, let's go carry it. Can you help us cut the tree into sections? We can go cut down some thin and hard trees to make bed boards."
"Can!"
Zhang Xiaojia cut trees into short and long logs of equal length to create the bed legs and frame. The mortise and tenon joint structure required extra care when creating the grooves. Lacking the proper tools, she resorted to using an engineer's shovel and a knife, which easily led to errors and compromised the fit of the edges. Fortunately, her rudimentary carpentry skills enabled her to complete the task more smoothly.
After completing the headboard, Zhang Xiaojia felt her skills were becoming increasingly refined, so she quickly made five more. Next, she joined two headboards together and carried them inside. She then brought the bed supports over and installed them in the grooves, but found them somewhat wobbly, so she used wooden nails to secure them. Finally, she installed the other two beds in the same manner.
When they came back, Zhang Xiaojia took a look and wondered how many trees had been cut down!
Li Yang asked, "Xiao Jia, I want to cut it into a few centimeters to make the bed board."
Zhang Xiaojia said, "65 centimeters is enough."
"We'll take care of the rest, you just take a rest!"
Zhang Xiaojia didn't want to work anymore. His hands were a little scratched and painful when he was working on the mortise and tenon structure. After waiting for more than an hour, they finally finished cutting the wood. The rest was easy. Just lay the round logs on the bed frame. When surviving in the wilderness, don't expect the bed to be too big. A bed that is 2 meters long and 65 centimeters wide is good enough.
Zhang Xiaojia took a sip of water and said, "I saw some thorn bushes growing very lushly at the foot of the mountain. If we could transplant them here and form a fence around our shelter, it would provide excellent protection. If we want to survive here for a long time, a safe campsite is essential. At least we don't have to worry about being attacked by wild animals when we sleep at night."
Li Yang nodded in agreement. He continued, "We can also dig trenches around the front of the thorn fence. The trenches should be deep enough and lined with sharp logs. That way, even if someone or an animal tries to climb over the thorn fence, they will fall into the trenches and be injured by the sharp logs. We can also build a hanging door at the entrance. This will make it even safer."
Zhang Xiaojia said self-deprecatingly, "It's just a bit of a waste of hands, it's purely manual!"
Jian Bai said, "I'll go wash the vegetables and cook."
Zhang Xiaojia looked at herself and said, "I'm going to wash the vegetables. I'll go wash up downstream."
Zhang Xiaojia washed the vegetables upstream, drew some water, and washed up directly. Suddenly, the wind blew, and Zhang Xiaojia hurried back to the camp. At this time, it started to rain heavily.
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