Armed with a machete and a gun, armed with a system, they fled the famine.

"I will."

Zhao Yan nodded to Yuan Yutang and the others, then called Zhao Yunchen, and each of them, carrying machetes and baskets on their backs, headed towards the hot spring valley.

When she encounters a dead tree on the road, she will stop, cut it down, cut off the branches, and continue walking while holding onto the trunk.

Seeing her act this way, Zhao Yunchen didn't know what his aunt was planning, but he guessed it must be related to separating the hot springs.

He helped Zhao Yan drag the dead tree from behind, and the two of them struggled down the valley.

Zhao Yan tossed the dead tree into the grass and gave Zhao Yunchen his instructions.

"Yun Chen, cut down these branches and split the trunk into four pieces."

With her peach-blossom eyes, she looked around the valley and said, "I'll go cut down a few more trees, and then we'll start building the house."

That's right.

She wants to build several small wooden houses in the hot spring.

In this way, everyone can have their own independent space and no longer be afraid of feeling embarrassed when they see each other.

Of course, men and women should still be separated.

There's only one hot spring, and she hasn't figured out how to separate the men's and women's areas yet.

Currently, she has only thought of using wood to fix the middle and both sides, using kudzu vines to hold the wood together, and then covering it with wild grass.

As for the wooden house, she still plans to use wood and kudzu vines to fix it in place, and then lay a layer of tarpaulin from top to bottom.

In this way, she can build several more small wooden rooms.

She still has plenty of oilcloth; everyone can use it however they want.

Before cutting down the trees, Zhao Yan first dragged the piles of kudzu vines back to the hot spring valley.

When Yang Sanlang heard that she was planning to build a wooden house in the hot spring, Yuan Gang pushed him to come and help.

So, Zhao Yan, with a stiff face, and Yang Sanlang, one on each side, dragged the vines back to the valley.

After putting her things down, Zhao Yan took a breath, picked up the machete, and left.

"Yan'er, I'll go with you."

Yang Sanlang's eyes flickered, and he followed after him.

Zhao Yan only gave a muffled "hmm" and kept walking.

People are trying to help out of kindness, what can she say?

You can't say things that are so infuriating they'll kill you, can you?

That's fine. Anyway, building a wooden house is a big project, and she and Yunchen might not be able to build a house today.

With Yang Sanlang joining the team, the progress bar went up to the maximum.

Zhao Yan and he chopped down forty or fifty trees, each as thick as an adult's calf, in one go in a small grove of trees by the valley.

Cut off the excess side branches, then tie them up with vines, and two people each carry a bundle back to the valley.

"Use this for now, and I'll go cut more if it's not enough."

Yang Sanlang said to Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan indicated that she had no objection, "Okay."

She originally wanted to go down into the lake herself to see what the bottom was like and whether it was suitable for burying wood.

But with Yang Sanlang here, her eyes flickered slightly, and she said to him in a wooden voice, "Go down and see how to fix this piece of wood to the bottom of the lake. If that doesn't work, we'll have to think of other ways."

"it is good."

Upon receiving his wife's order, Yang Sanlang began to undress without saying a word.

Zhao Yan was completely stunned.

"Hey? Why are you taking your clothes off?"

Why not just jump down? Is it really necessary to take off your clothes?

What? You're being a pervert in front of her?

Yang Sanlang paused, his dark eyes looking at Zhao Yan, and said somewhat awkwardly, "Yan'er, this is the only set of clothes I have. If I don't take off my outer garment... I'm afraid it won't be appropriate..."

My clothes got wet after I went into the water, and it wouldn't be good if Sister Tian saw them.

Zhao Yan choked for a moment, then stammered, "Then...then take it off."

Why didn't you say so earlier? She has plenty of clothes; we could have just given him a couple later.

"Ah."

Yang Sanlang glanced at her, took off his dark outer robe, and leaped into the lake.

Actually, the lake isn't very deep; only the middle part is slightly deeper.

But it's only slightly deeper, probably only up to an adult's waist and abdomen.

Yang Sanlang submerged himself in the lake and carefully searched the bottom.

A moment later, he swam ashore, wrung out the water, and put on the outer garment that Zhao Yunchen handed him.

Zhao Yan leaned closer and asked, "How is it? What's the situation at the bottom of the lake? Is it suitable for burying wood?"

His clothes, soaked to the bone, clung to his skin, causing Yang Sanlang to furrow his brow uncomfortably.

Sensing the urgency in Zhao Yan's voice, he patiently said, "Okay, what do you want to do? Tell me, and I'll do it."

"First, we'll sharpen one end of those trees, then drive the sharpened end into the lake bottom, and then weigh it down with stones and other heavy objects."

Zhao Yan walked to the inner part of the hot spring and said, "The men's and women's areas are separated from here. The outer area is for you men, and the inner area is for us women."

They only have four female members, so they don't need much space.

Yang Sanlang's eyes were as black as ink, with a faint firelight flickering within them.

Just do it.

The three men, each wielding a machete, were banging away at a pile of trees.

The lake in the middle was about 1.4 meters deep. After picking and choosing, Zhao Yan selected ten pieces of wood that were two meters long.

Yang Sanlang inserted the sharpened end into the lake, with about fifty centimeters still sticking out.

It's not high enough, but it's high enough to block part of the view.

Zhao Yan cut the kudzu vines into sections and had Yang Sanlang fix them between the pieces of wood.

In the meantime, Zhao Yan went to the grove to cut down trees by herself again.

She roughly calculated that a small wooden house would need about fifty or sixty pieces of wood, and the remaining thirty or forty pieces of wood would not be enough.

She needs to cut down more trees, the more the better.

Zhao Yunchen can't swim, so Zhao Yan arranged for him to stay behind and whittle the remaining wood.

By the time Yuan Gang had dug up half of the kudzu roots and brought them over, Zhao Yan had already cut down no less than a hundred trees, and Yang Sanlang had already built the dividing wall in the middle.

"You guys are quick; this is all set up already."

Yuan Gang smiled and said, "What's the next step?"

Zhao Yan told him the rest of the plan, and Yuan Gang listened attentively, giving Zhao Yan an approving look.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

With the partition walls built, all that's left is to construct the wooden house.

Zhao Yan plans to build two small rooms for the ladies, so that she can take Xiaomi and Sister Tian can take Jiaojiao separately, and no one will feel awkward.

For the men, build a few more rooms; there are many of them, so more rooms will accommodate them all.

We definitely need to prioritize building things for the ladies first.

Zhao Yan and Zhao Yunchen were constantly whittling wood on the shore, while Yang Sanlang and Yuan Gang went into the water to drive wooden stakes.

The house was surrounded by a dense array of wooden stakes, each two meters long and wide. The roof was then covered with wood, all secured with kudzu vines. Finally, a huge oilcloth was wrapped around the house from top to bottom to secure it.

A simple wooden house was built.

The space inside is about four square meters, enough for her and her daughter to fit together.

Zhao Yan was extremely satisfied with this.

The group followed suit and quickly built another wooden house next to it.

With little usable wood left and it getting late, Zhao Yan told everyone to head back first.

Yang Sanlang frowned and asked, "What about you? Aren't you coming back with us?"