ebookland Chapter 700
Chapter 700
Soon, the stone was cut into two regular square stones.
Zhou Jianghai nodded with satisfaction: "The effect is good. This electric stone saw really saves a lot of effort."
Zhipeng, Xue Tao, Xue Dong and neighbor Sun Xu all came to help and carried the cut stones back to Zhou's house.
Zhong Tiyun, Zhou Shuwan, Yuxuan and Jiang Yixin were busy collecting hay and branches.
Nowadays more and more people realize the importance of fuel.
After the tsunami, in addition to repairing houses and digging cellars, the survivors groped in the dark to collect branches and cut hay.
The warship knew that everyone had no fuel and could only rely on the plants on the island, so they did not try to stop them.
They only strictly ordered everyone to report to the warship when they needed to cut down trees to build houses. The warship would then designate a specific area for them to cut down trees, and no other trees were allowed to be touched.
Their main island has mountains. If all the trees are cut down, they will not only face tsunamis and cold weather, but also mudslides.
By the time they carried the neatly stacked hay and branches to the wooden house, Qi Mingyu and his team had already transported the stones to their destination one after another.
Everyone started cleaning the ground again, clearing away all the weeds and gravel a few steps away from the cabin.
They did not plan to demolish the wooden house, but to build a small stone house next to it.
Zhou Jianghai knew more about building houses than anyone else. He took a shovel and drew a shallow trench along the base of the wooden house, preparing to lay stones.
"The soil needs to be filled more firmly, otherwise the foundation will be unstable." Sun Xu had built countless houses for pirates and was quite knowledgeable, so he said when he saw this.
"it is good!"
The foundation of the stone house was quickly laid and everyone began to build the walls.
The stones were piled up one by one, and Qi Mingyu used measuring tools to check the verticality of the wall from time to time to ensure that each stone was placed flat.
The walls are raised little by little, and spaces for windows and doors are reserved.
Zhou Shuwan and Mu Mu worked together to lift a large stone. The frost on the surface of the stone shone faintly under the light.
Zhou Shuwan's hands were so cold that he almost lost all feeling.
Those who move stones suffer, and those who saw stones suffer even more.
But everyone worked hard, without complaining or feeling tired, and worked hard to build the stone house as soon as possible to add an extra layer of safety.
When it was time for lunch, Qi Mingyu stopped what he was doing and looked up at the sky.
It was still pitch black, and the wind was growing colder. He rubbed his red, frozen hands and shouted to the crowd, "It's getting late. Let's stop here for today and continue after dinner."
Since everyone comes here to do heavy work, the Zhou family naturally provides meals.
An hour ago, Zhong Tiyun started working. Zhou Shuwan and Mu Mu worked as laborers to move stones, and Chunchun helped to pick vegetables and wash fish. His movements were very quick and it was obvious that he did it often.
Zhong Tiyun praised him.
At noon, she steamed more than twenty taro roots, which were harvested a few days ago. They were small in size, but tasted pretty good.
He also made a big pot of stew with canned meat, kelp, vegetables, and potato vermicelli.
The fact that their family had rice was known to other families, and Zhong Tiyun was not stingy and directly steamed a pot of it.
Each person has a small bowl, which is not much, but it is definitely enough when paired with taro as a staple food.
Everyone buried their heads in their bowls and ate with great relish.
After lunch, everyone continued to work.
The weather was too cold, so everyone finally decided to build another layer of earth wall in the stone house. The earth wall has good air permeability and heat preservation properties.
At that time, instead of burning the kang, you can burn the smoke directly in the fire wall to keep warmer.
However, the soil on the island is very precious. The Zhou family used the soil that Zhou Shuwan smuggled out from the space. When anyone asked, they just said that it was dug from the vegetable garden at the back.
Finally, glass was installed on the windows, and supplies and warships were used to exchange for an iron door.
This iron gate is used in the pirate leader's home.