shock!Empress Dowager

Chapter 17 It's cloudy, let's go to the mountains together
They made a trap in the same way at intervals, and after making seven or eight, Shi Miao and Gu Tianjiao continued to collect vines and thorns.

"Shi Miao, is it really useful to do this? What if the bloody smell attracts too many beasts, and then this mountain forest will be even more dangerous for us?"

While chopping thorns with a hatchet, Gu Tianjiao couldn't help but stare into the depths of the forest.

"If there are really many ferocious beasts in this mountain forest, then we will try not to come here in the future."

Shi Miao frowned and spoke in a normal tone, but she always had a vague and weird feeling about the environment here, but she couldn't say where the weird feeling came from for the time being.

"Ah."

As she said that, Gu Tianjiao started chopping harder.

The two chopped a lot along the way, and before they were about to go back, Shi Miao's eyes were attracted by a tree with green fruits.

Suddenly, there was a gleam of joy on her face.

"Tianjiao, wait for me."

As she spoke, she walked over and picked several bunches of green fruits and threw them into the bamboo basket.

Seeing Shi Miao seemed a little pleasantly surprised, Gu Tianjiao, who happened to feel a little dry mouth, suddenly felt a little greedy: "Shi Miao, seeing you smiling so happily, what kind of fruit is this? Give me a taste!"

When Shi Miao heard Gu Tianjiao's words, she chuckled and explained: "This is the fruit of the tung tree, it is not edible~
We... oh no, the ancients used to extract oil from its seeds to maintain wooden furniture. I brushed a layer of tung oil on the wooden basin I made yesterday, and even on the tub I will make in the future, which can prevent penetration At the same time make them last longer. "

"Oh I got it."

Gu Tianjiao nodded, revealing a thoughtful expression.

They are not short of food now, and what they need to do is to make their living standards better and better.

When I went back, it was already exposed to the sun.

The seafood brought back from the beach the day before yesterday will all be eaten at noon today, four or five of the remaining coconuts were cut up by Shi Miao and dried into dried coconuts, and there are three fresh ones for their drinks today.

And the two rabbits that Shi Miao hunted today can just be their dinner today and lunch tomorrow.

After returning, Gu Ao had already prepared lunch, a pot of mushroom and seafood soup, which smelled delicious.

Almost all of the two bamboo huts have been built except for the roof.

The three of them didn't rest after lunch.

Because fixing the roof requires climbing up a ladder, Gu Ao has little strength, and Gu Tianjiao has too much strength and is a heavyweight, so Shi Miao helped the siblings fix the roof, and Gu Tianjiao went to finish what Shi Miao made yesterday. The bamboo fence is fixed in rows with vines, and then all the thorns are planted in rows outside the fence as a natural barrier.

As for Gu Ao, his task is to build two simple bamboo beds for him and Gu Tianjiao, and then use the wood left over from Shi Miao yesterday to make two wooden pier for them to sit on when they rest and one for cutting vegetables. cutting board.

After five o'clock in the afternoon, the work of the three of them in the afternoon was completed.

Shi Miao worked with Gu Tianjiao again to use the remaining bamboo, using four three-meter-long bamboos with holes perforated at the top as pillars, and four bamboos with a row of even holes as beams, and inserted the bamboos into the bamboo one by one. The hole was made into a triangular roof, and a herringbone-shaped shed was formed for them to eat and rest, and to shelter from the sun and rain. Finally, in order to cover the gaps, they covered the shed with a thick layer of grass. , put the small square table and the wooden pier of bamboo chairs under the shed, which looks quite charming.

Afterwards, the three of them sat in front of the bonfire, roasting rabbits, and looked at the three small bamboo houses surrounded by four bamboo walls, with a sense of accomplishment in their eyes.

"At this moment, I feel like we are at home again, which is a great feeling!"

Gu Tianjiao stretched her waist greatly, the pain caused by exhaustion in the past two days, now it seems that her eyes are full of worth it.

Parents and grandpa should be relieved to see that they are living well here.

Gu Tianjiao's eyes turned red when she thought that both of her siblings were drawn to new star land reclamation, her mother was crying, her grandfather and father had been silent for several days, and the family's always relaxed and happy atmosphere had become tense and silent.

"Shi Miao, we will definitely live here for a year! No, it's a lifetime! Right?"

Seeing the sparks in mid-air after the firewood exploded, Shi Miao gave a soft "hmm".

In fact, she can't guarantee how long they can live here.

To her, these few days seemed to be rewarded to her by the gods. Every extra day she lived was a blessing to her. If one day they encountered a situation where they must die, she would not feel that there was a problem. Pity.

However, to live here, it is good to have more expectations, so Shi Miao did not veto Gu Tianjiao's expectations for the future life.

Gu Ao didn't say anything, but he seemed to be infected by Gu Tianjiao's emotions, and found an excuse to secretly wipe his nose in the bamboo house, and it took a long time before he came out of the bamboo house.

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The next day.

The weather seemed to have changed. Unlike the sun that lasted for several days, the sky turned gray this morning, and there was a slight breeze in the air.

"Sea King, will it rain today?"

After waking up early and drinking vegetable soup, Shi Miao looked at the sky and said silently in her heart.

"Master, my current ability can only predict that there will be no rain within an hour."

"Then please help me monitor it in real time. If there is any trend of rain, remember to notify me in advance."

Frowning slightly, Shi Miao said.

Looking at the weather, if it doesn't rain today, it will rain tomorrow, so today they have to go out to prepare food for a day or two, otherwise they can only barely drink some vegetable soup.

"Master, don't worry."

"Shi Miao, why are you in a daze? Are we going out today?"

Seeing that Shi Miao sat in the shed after drinking the vegetable soup and didn't respond for a long time, Gu Tianjiao waved her hand in front of Shi Miao's eyes.

"I was thinking about something just now." Shi Miao chuckled and continued: "I think it won't rain in an hour or two, and I don't know how long it will rain if it does, so we have to Go out and find enough food for a day or two, in case of emergencies. Just in time, we can go and see if there is any harvest in yesterday's trap."

"Can I go with you?"

Thinking that the basic things for life here are almost done, Gu Ao is also a little ready to move.

For the past two days, he has been left here alone every day, and his heart is really itchy.

Moreover, if he doesn't go out, how can he have the opportunity to gather medicinal materials to upgrade the small medicine box to exchange for medicine?
"I originally planned to let you two go together. You need to pick more wild vegetables and fruits. I'll see if I can hunt any more. You have to eat meat every day, don't you?"

Shi Miao naturally understood why the young man was eager to try, so naturally he had no reason to refuse.

Anyway, the places they walked through in the past two days can basically be regarded as safe.

"We first carried the dry branches we picked up into the house, and then put the remaining bamboo and vines under the shed. After that, Tianjiao took my long gun, and Gu Ao had better keep a hatchet in his hand. When I'm hunting later, I may keep a little distance from you, you have to be careful not to be bitten by a snake, if you find a snake, cut off its head directly."

(End of this chapter)