Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

On the day of the earthquake, they dug out half a bag of charcoal from under a pile of broken tiles and wood. It was leftover from the winter several years ago and was the lowest and lowest quality charcoal that even the poor could afford. Miao was reluctant to throw it away and even took this charcoal with him when he fled from the famine.

Lin Xiaoyue: ...

Lin family: ...

The ignorant grass: ...

Miao is really a good housekeeper, no one can match her. Thanks to the good head of the third house - Miao.

But when Miao took out the small bag of charcoal from the luggage, everyone fell silent. The bag was really small, and there were only six pieces of charcoal in it, which was big enough for a man to eat. There was no more.

Even so, Miao treasured it so much that she couldn't bear to throw it away, and she never forgot to take it with her even when fleeing thousands of miles away from famine.

Lin Xiaoyue racked her brains and thought about how a few years after the apocalypse, a former wilderness survival enthusiast in the team taught his teammates how to burn charcoal so that they would not freeze to death in the winter.

It had been a long time since then, but Lin Xiaoyue followed the instructions. The wilderness survival enthusiasts talked and she took action. She couldn't remember the specific details, but it was okay to try.

Besides, there is no Forestry Bureau to control this place, and no one has complained about them destroying the environment. We should give it a try first and see if it works. Anyway, we might as well give it a try.

So, Lin Xiaoyue communicated her idea of ​​trying to burn charcoal with her family.

Hearing this, Father Lin and Lin Zhaodi agreed in unison, thinking that it was worth a try. They were idle anyway, and it was windy and rainy outside, and they didn't know how long it would take. It would be better to give it a try. If it worked, they wouldn't have to worry about running out of firewood later and having to sit and stare at a pile of raw grains and rice.

With Old Man Lin and Lin Zhaodi taking the lead and raising their hands in agreement, even if others had doubts, they could only swallow their words back and not say anything to spoil the mood and bring bad luck.

With a goal in mind, the group was full of energy. Lin Xiaoyue put on her raincoat again and rushed into the rain.

Old Man Lin took Lin Zhaodi to teach her how to make mud. Clay is everywhere in the forest, and you can just dig it up near the cave entrance. There is sand in the cave, so these can all be picked up ready-made.

Miao and Xiaocao washed vegetables and cut meat, preparing to light a fire and cook. There was a lot of wolf meat, so everyone could eat as much as they wanted, and only after they were full would they have the energy to continue working at night.

Xiao Si and Xiao Wu stayed in bed quietly, being well behaved and not causing any trouble to anyone.

Suddenly, a loud "boom" sounded, different from the sound of thunder and lightning, causing the people who were busy in the cave to pause and look outside the cave. Unfortunately, the white rain and fog blocked their vision, and they could not see anything clearly. They had no choice but to continue working with a heavy heart, but their minds kept wandering to the cave entrance.

……

"Baha, Baha"

This time, from far away, unlike the "crackling" sound of heavy rain, the sound of hurried footsteps reached everyone's ears. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at the direction of the cave entrance.

"Crash——" Lin Xiaoyue rushed into the cave carrying a tree that was thicker than three of her.

As soon as she entered the cave, she smashed the big tree on her shoulders heavily to the ground beside her. While everyone was stunned, she grabbed a towel and wiped the rain off her head and body, and asked Xiaocao to give her a bowl of ginger soup to warm her body.

"Sanyah, what's going on? Where are your hat and raincoat?" Lin Zhaodi took the bowl from Xiaocao's hand, acted as a setter, and handed it to Lin Xiaoyue personally.

"It's too much of a hindrance, I threw it away." Lin Xiaoyue handed the towel that was wet and dripping with water to Lin Zhaodi, and took the ginger soup she handed over with her other hand and drank it while it was hot. After slowing down her rapid breathing, she replied, "The rain is too heavy, I can't see clearly at all. It's a waste of time to pick them up one by one, so I just brought the whole tree back and sorted it out slowly.

Everyone:...

Father Lin swallowed his dry throat, pointed at the tree that was more than ten meters long on the ground, and asked awkwardly, "San Ya, you didn't bring any tools, how did you cut down the tree?"

Everyone looked at Lin Xiaoyue with curiosity and the same eager expression.

He drank the remaining ginger soup in the bowl in one gulp, put the empty bowl aside, shook off his sleeves that were dripping with water, strode to the tree, and kicked it repeatedly.

"bang bang bang"

A big tree was kicked into pieces.

Everyone:...

For some reason I felt a little sympathy for this tree and...the pack of wild wolves that attacked last night.

Lin Xiaoyue did not even turn her head, and continued to do what she was doing, so she naturally did not notice the expressions of the people behind her who were hesitant to speak. The crisp sound of the trees breaking struck everyone's heart again and again, making their hearts tremble.

After cutting the tree into ten or so sections, the remaining wood pieces only need to be chopped into firewood, so that they can be easily loaded into the charcoal kiln for drying and then ignition.

Lin Xiaoyue felt that the axe was not chopping wood fast enough, so she simply laid out the wood pieces, rolled up her sleeves, and performed a show of chopping wood with iron hands in front of everyone's stunned expressions.

"click, click"

Everyone:...

I'm scared to death, okay?

Father Lin covered his chest and breathed hard: My daughter, you are so brave, can your future son-in-law handle it? ...

Lin Xiaoyue had no idea of ​​everyone's mental state. She just wanted to quickly chop all the firewood in front of her. Her wet clothes stuck to her body, which was really uncomfortable.

Ah...Ah.

In the blink of an eye, 1/5 of the firewood had been broken down. While wiping her sweat off her forehead, Lin Xiaoyue inadvertently caught a glimpse of the people behind her. They looked as if they were under a spell, with a dazed look on their faces, staring with blank eyes and watching her chop wood.

???

Lin Xiaoyue was quite speechless, it was almost dark, and instead of speeding up, he was just standing there in a daze, she was convinced.

After calling everyone back to their senses, Lin Xiaoyue started assigning tasks directly.

Considering the safety issue, Lin Xiaoyue asked her second sister to place the chopped wood in a vertical and close arrangement on one side of the cave entrance to form a small hill. As the cave was limited in height, they did not burn too much wood and preferred to burn it in several batches, otherwise the smoke would be too strong and easily choke people.

After all the wood blocks were stacked, Xiaocao came to help and together with her second sister, they built the kiln wall around the wood pile.

Because charcoal is made from wet wood, an additional furnace must be built. When the front furnace has sufficient heat, the wet wood can be dried and ignited along with the smoke. At the same time, after the kiln wall is baked, an oxygen port must be reserved at the top. After the charcoal in the kiln burns and green smoke comes out of the chimney, the chimney and the fire door are all closed. After three to five days, the kiln can be opened to produce charcoal.

But the firewood they currently have is not enough to last for three to five days. She has to think about it. The wilderness survival enthusiast at that time mentioned a faster method, but he himself has never tried it. It seems to be called... extinguishing the fire outside the kiln.

Lin Xiaoyue carefully reviewed the steps she remembered and communicated with everyone. The specific implementation still depends on everyone's joint efforts, and they must improve it as they go along.