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After the insects finished their feast.

Xu Wenyan began to direct the construction of the cave.

In the winter without a quilt, Xu Wenyan really didn’t know how to survive if there was no charcoal fire.

Find the wall on the side of the loess mountain and first clear the weeds around it.

Then Xu Wenyan drew an arched door on the earth wall, and then drew a rectangle about four or five centimeters below, which was used to add firewood.

The earthen kiln does not need to be dug very high, but it must be dug deep, so that the temperature in the cave can be preserved to the maximum. The group took turns digging for an entire afternoon and it was almost finished.

During the break, Xu Wenyan found a few stones to seal the earth kiln later. That was all he was going to do.

The next day, Xu Wenyan used the green ganoderma to make the first batch of charcoal. According to Xu Wenyan's idea, this charcoal might have to burn for the entire winter, so it should be enough if he started storing it now.

The burnt charcoal is placed in a newly dug hole next to the earthen kiln, which is specially used to store charcoal. Otherwise, it will be wasted when washed away by rainwater.

Another important thing is that we have to sleep in separate rooms. We can't have more than a dozen people sleeping together all the time.

When this was mentioned, Chen Sanlin agreed wholeheartedly. He was fed up with not being able to sleep alone with his wife.

Now this dug hole is left for the three boys, Xiaohu, Rong Xiaoliu and Chen Dong, to sleep in. Four more holes of similar size will have to be dug later. Fortunately, this loess wall is slightly arched.

Moreover, mud made from loess is heat-resistant. Xu Wenyan planned to connect the four rooms, so he left a passage for the earthen kang when digging.

Yellow mud was repeatedly applied inside the loess channel to prevent it from collapsing due to burning.

"Brother Chen, saw some wood strips." Although Chen Sanlin's leg was injured, he still had strength in his hands.

Don't be fooled by his big and strong appearance, he has superb skills in making these small things.

"How long do you want it to be?"

Xu Wenyan couldn't tell exactly how long it was, but it was the size of a normal red brick. Two molds were needed in total. The first one was for making ordinary bricks, which was a small and tall mold, and the other was for large and short bricks.

Naturally, the more molds of this kind, the better.

While Chen Sanlin was making the mold, Xu Wenyan arranged for other people to collect a lot of dry thatch. The function of this thatch is actually the same as concrete, making the connection between the yellow mud more solid.

Wang Cuijuan and Wang Dongmei were responsible for cutting the dry thatch. It must be said that the military knife was incredibly fast in cutting the grass.

Xu Wenyan led everyone except Chen Sanlin to process the loess. The loess that had been dug out before was placed outside to dry and is now dry.

"Crush the soil into pieces, the finer the better." Because there is no sieve, the only way to do it is to break it down manually. Although it is troublesome, there is no other way.

When doing this work, Xu Wenyan asked them to wet their clothes and cover their mouths and noses. If they inhaled too much smoke and dust, their nasal cavity would be blocked.

Using the new mold made by Chen Sanlin, Xu Wenyan added dry straw and water to the refined loess, mixed it thoroughly, and then placed it on the ground outside the shelter to dry.

Xu Wenyan roughly estimated that the bricks needed for five earthen kangs were not simple, at least more than a thousand bricks, but Xu Wenyan didn't think it was too troublesome.

After all, we have plenty of time now. If we do better now, we will suffer less in winter.

There was not a single trick or sleight of hand in the entire process of making earthen bricks. Xu Wenyan tested the first batch of bricks in an earthen kiln and found that they were indeed yellow mud bricks and were very resistant to burning.

Originally Xu Wenyan was worried about the cracking problem, but now the test results are much better than he thought.

There is still a lot of time, so just take your time. It won’t be used anyway because summer is coming soon.

While making the yellow mud bricks, Xu Wenyan began to build the outline of the house outside. The sleeping areas had to be separated, but this house should be built bigger, so everyone could work together.

The first thing to do is to dig a rectangular foundation.

All that remains to be done is to stand the cut wood in it.

Then use yellow mud, dry straw and small stones to make a simple concrete.

There are plenty of pebbles by the stream, so it is convenient to transport them here.

Xu Wenyan built a house on a large gentle slope, still built against the yellow mud hill.

On the side close to the stream, he left a 1.9-meter-high gate.

The end close to the mountain is more than five meters high.

It took two full days just to dig the foundation.

"Brother Xu, this house is too difficult to build. In the past, we built a thatched house and it only took two or three days to complete." Xiaohu held a saw in his hand. The physical strength required to build a house these days was really too high.

Almost everyone was so tired that they fell asleep at night, including the children, whose main task was to collect straw and pebbles.

Running around every day means a lot of exercise.

Xu Wenyan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "There's no other way. The wild is different from the village. The house must be strong. Not to mention insect pests, at least it must be able to defend against wild animals.

"Don't complain." Xu Wenyan tapped Xiaohu on the forehead.

Xiaohu rubbed his forehead and continued to work: "I'm just talking. I'm the best at chopping trees."

Here, Xu Wenyan was using a machete to clear the branches on the tree trunk. He turned his head and saw a pheasant in the bushes not far away, looking at him with its head tilted.

"Oh, what a coincidence." Xu Wenyan smiled, but he had nothing in his hands at the moment. He carefully felt around and found a stone as big as a bun.

"call out."

The pebble flew out of Xu Wenyan's hand and the pheasant hid deep in the bushes.

Xu Wenyan raised his foot to chase after it, but when he reached the bushes, he could no longer see any trace of the pheasant: "I need to practice more. I didn't even hit it."

But just as Xu Wenyan was about to leave, he discovered five green eggs under the bushes, which were two sizes smaller than normal eggs.

Xu Wenyan, who was originally disappointed, was happy again. His mood today was like a roller coaster.

"Brother Xu, did you catch it?" Xiaohu also saw the pheasant fly away.

"promise."

Xiaohu saw the five eggs in Xu Wenyan's pocket and smiled innocently: "Brother Xu, we can eat eggs today."

"Boom."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaohu was hit on the forehead again: "What are you going to eat? I finally found a sustainable development business, and I have to hatch this egg."

Xiaohu scratched his head and looked at Xu Wenyan who was walking away: "What is sustainable development?"