Desert Island Survival: I took my concubine and raised wolf cubs

Chapter 61
With Wu Junlan's wild help, the ditch around the earth stove was quickly dug.

Once the ditch was opened, all the rainwater flowed into the ditch.Half flows toward the reservoir, and the other half flows down the mountain in the other direction.

Wen Xian and Wu Junlan had no communication throughout the whole process, but they ran to the cave together carrying the bamboo mat in a tacit understanding.

The terrain of the cave is high, but there is a flat piece of land at the entrance of the cave.If there is a lot of rain, it may flow back into the hole.

Even if it doesn't pour into the hole, just the rainwater flowing into the hole along the entrance can make the entire hole moist.

This is not possible, the cave must be kept dry.

But this was the first rain that came to the island.No one knows how big the rain will be or how long it will last.

Therefore, Wen Xian had to dig a drainage ditch at the entrance of the cave despite the rain.

Others wanted to come over and dig together, but Wen Xian refused.

She was caught in the rain, so she dug out one by herself and used it.If everyone comes together to soak in the rain and catch the wind and cold, the group will be destroyed.

With a bamboo mat on her head, she squatted at the entrance of the cave to dig a trench.The body is in the hole, and only the head and arms are sticking out.

After quickly digging out the trench, the excavated soil and wooden blocks were piled at the entrance of the hole to make a simple flood prevention guardrail.

If there is rainwater pouring in, the guardrail can still block it.If there is no intrusion of sea water, it can also block the rainwater flowing down along the cave wall.

After doing this, she washed her hands in the rain, then closed the cave door and went back to the cave to warm herself by the fire.

As soon as she sat down, Fang Jiaren handed over a bowl of ginger soup: "Madam, please have a bowl of ginger soup to dispel the cold. I also have the clothes you are wearing. Change them and I will help you toast them."

Zhou Hui silently handed her the freshly baked leather coat, and also handed her some underwear to change into temporarily.

Wen Xian drank the ginger soup in a big gulp and took the leather coat but not the underwear: "My underwear is not wet, a leather coat is fine."

Her underwear was indeed not wet, just a little moist.

The extra underwear was found from Zhou Hui's baggage.Now I wash it and use it as spare underwear, which I use in turn.

She got up and went to change clothes, but she didn't forget to tell her: "Drink a bowl of ginger soup to dispel the cold, and add some charcoal to the fire. Let's burn the charcoal for the whole night."

The temperature drops sharply when it rains. If you don't keep warm in time, you will be in trouble if you catch wind and cold.

Wen Xian thought the rain would stop overnight, but she didn't expect it to rain for three days.

By the morning of the third day, the rain had not stopped.

Hu Keer's brows were furrowed and her eyes were filled with worry as she said, "When will this rain stop? I'm afraid we only have enough charcoal to burn for three more days. And we don't know how long it will take for the firewood outside to dry."

In the past few days, they have really realized the advantages of charcoal. It is smokeless and resistant to burning. The temperature is not too high but not too low.

Burning charcoal day and night can not only keep warm, but can also be used for cooking directly on the charcoal fire.

Although the cave is too spacious and not particularly warm, it is still much better than being dry and cold.

It's not the coldest time of winter yet, so save some money and just light a pile of charcoal fire, and everyone can huddle together to keep each other warm.

But in late winter, one pile of charcoal fire is definitely not enough. Several piles must be burned at the same time.

Wen Xian pursed her lips and said, "If the rain doesn't stop today, then we will burn a cellar of charcoal at the entrance of the cave. If there is mud, dig it from the side of the cave."

It is also beneficial to burn charcoal at the entrance of the cave. The temperature of the earth cellar will be transmitted to the entire cave.By then, the entire hole will be warm.

This reminded Wen Xian of the kang in the north. If possible, she would really like to put a kang in the hole and sleep on it to keep it warm without worrying about freezing to death.

There was no need to think about the kang, but after lunch, the weather finally cleared up.

Moving the damp wooden door open, Wen Xian hurriedly ran out of the hole to see what was going on outside.The ditch at the entrance of the cave was widened by the rain, and the last half of the fresh oysters and cat's eye snails kept in the puddle were buried in the soil.

The earth stove was not damaged, but the small earth cellar where charcoal was burned collapsed into a pile of mud.

The reservoir next to the earthen stove was filled with turbid rainwater.After clarification, it can be used for bathing and so on.

Although I have used a lot of rainwater for eating and drinking in the past two days, I don’t drink rainwater if I can’t.If you want to drink fresh water, you have to hurry up and burn some more.

The firewood that had not had time to be moved back to the cave was soaked by the rain and had to be dried for several days before it could be used.

Wen Xian looked at the sky. It was clear and clear. It was estimated that it would not rain again today and tomorrow.Then he invited everyone to move the things out of the cave to dry, and then tidy up the outside of the cave.

After the ditch is cleaned, it is retained to prevent it from raining again next time.

The flood control guardrail at the entrance of the cave has not been removed. After all, relying on this guardrail, water did not enter the cave.

So, just wait for it to sit there and use it as a threshold.

Zhou Hui was eager to try: "Madam, I have seen palm trees before, how about I go pick up some palm bark and make a coir raincoat?"

It was her fault that she had no previous experience and did not think of coir raincoats when she saw palm trees.If she had known earlier, she would have gone and picked up some beforehand, and she wouldn't have been helpless when it rained.

Wen Xian said in surprise: "Palm tree? Where did you find it? How come I haven't seen it before?"

If she had seen it, she would definitely clean it up and make the best use of it.

Zhou Hui pointed to the back of the cave, towards the sunny side, and said, "When I hurt my foot earlier, I wanted to look for wild vegetables, so I walked a little way over there and found it there."

Wen Xian's face darkened and she was about to refuse.

Zhou Hui said quickly: "It's not far, only about 50 meters."

Wen Xian's frown relaxed: "Okay, go early and come back early. Call two more people to go together. If anything happens, come back quickly."

Zhou Hui nodded, turned around and pulled Sheng Lian'er towards the palm tree, and Wu Junlan followed.

Wen Xian went to peel off the bark of the palm tree, but Wen Xian didn't care and turned around to burn charcoal.

Yes, the first thing she had to do was burn charcoal.

Most of the firewood in the cave is still dry and barely usable.No matter what, she had to burn another cellar first.

Xu Shiyuting made Wen Xian feel relieved. After insisting on lighting the firewood in the cellar, she fell asleep.

Her cheeks were red, and anyone with a discerning eye would notice that they were abnormally red.

Zheng Rou was the first to notice and quickly ran over to hold her arm. She touched her forehead and said worriedly: "Madam, you have a fever. I will help you go back to the cave to rest."

Wen Xian shook her head and said with wide eyes: "Nonsense, I was heated up by the cellar."

"Ahhh~"

After she finished speaking, she sneezed, making people want to believe what she said.

Xia Zhi said worriedly: "Madam, please go back and rest. Ke'er and I are here."

She actually wanted to stay with Wen Xian, but she had guarded the cellar once and had more experience.

"No, no, no, I'll just take a nap here." Wen Xian waved her hand and sat down on the ground.

Zheng Rou and Fang Jiaren were so frightened that they quickly grabbed her, and then dragged Wen Xian back into the cave.

(End of this chapter)