Chapter 103 Cracked Stone
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Lawrence woke up quickly, looked at the flames still burning in the house, and looked at the sky outside in confusion.
The window was not closed, and there was a gap in the door, but the crow still didn't come back.
Lawrence reached out and touched the side of the fireplace next to the bed. There was no residual heat on the fireplace.
Usually this is proof that a night has passed, and it also means that it may be only half an hour to one or two hours before dawn.
The fire on the ground must have been fueled by someone in the middle of the night.
Lawrence gently got off the bed and looked at the basket next to the fireplace. After lifting the animal skins, he saw two fat puppies sleeping soundly.
Lawrence gently touched the two puppies, feeling the warm touch of young life on his fingers.
All still alive.
Lawrence lay back on the bed, thinking about what he had to do today.
Time passed quickly while thinking, and soon it was dawn outside, and Salil also sat up.
Lawrence got up, and so did Regloro, who was sleeping in the hay next to Dom.
"Hey~" Dom Sheep opened his eyes and made a meaningless cry.
Sariel yawned and said to Lawrence: "What are you going to eat today? Is the bread good?"
She got the old bread noodles from Pumexiu Town, and everyone can eat bread from today on.
Lawrence said: "Let's have lunch. Eat the remaining bread in the morning. Today we will do things separately. I will take a few people to hunt, and you will lead others to burn stones." "What do you mean by burning stones?" Salil didn't understand
.
Lawrence said: "I told you before about thermal expansion and contraction. You first burn a match on the exposed stone for a while, and then pour cold water from the river on it. This will make the stone more fragile and brittle. If you encounter a cracked stone, You can fill the stones with water and wait for
them to freeze tomorrow." Lawrence felt that it was a bit difficult to tell Sariel, so he said: "You will clean the stones with me today, Sofia will cook at home, Reglo, can you hunt?" Lawrence looked
at Newly added female warrior.
Reglo replied: "I can catch seals and hunt. I hid in the mountains for a long time when I was hiding. Those Uggs only caught me through sneak attacks." Lawrence felt that this would be easy to handle
.
"You take two people to hunt. There are grouse, squirrels and rabbits here, and there are fish in the river. I will give you a shield, and you can find sticks and stones as weapons." Reglo agreed: "Okay!"
Soon
! Everyone started to do things, first of all, they took the Dom sheep outside to find food for themselves.
Winter will be over soon, and there will be only a few days left for the mountains to freeze. Lawrence is not well prepared this year and has not had time to do much.
Now we need to take advantage of the last cold winter season to use the power of nature to crush nearby rocks that are difficult to excavate.
A while ago, I was looking forward to the end of winter every day. From today on, Lawrence must grasp the tail of winter and take advantage of the last severe cold before spring arrives.
After eating the broth and potatoes with only one piece of meat, everyone started to get busy.
One person cooks, shepherds the sheep, and cleans the housework.
The four men gathered fuel wood, built sheep pens, and excavated rocks.
Three people hunt for food.
There are two others who are making straw baskets and sacks and raising chickens, sheep and pigs in the house at the foot of the mountain.
At this time, grass and twigs were exposed at the bottom of the mountain, but the mountain was still covered with ice and snow.
Lawrence looked at the hunting team hunting down the mountain, and quickly continued to do his own thing, taking Salil to survey the land near the hillside. "Here."
Lawrence pointed to the location on the snow and continued walking forward.
Sariel stuck a 40-centimeter-long wooden stick in the snow, and then followed Lawrence and continued walking forward.
A lot of thick snow has accumulated in the surrounding low-lying areas. Due to the terrain, it is easier to accumulate soil and rotten leaves, and it is also easier to obtain irrigation from streams.
This is the area most suitable for development into farmland, but the biggest problem is the stones in the field.
The stone area in front of my house is too difficult to mine, so I don't mine it. Instead, I use it as an area for resting and drying things. There happens to be more sunshine there.
In other places, the best fields should be selected based on light and terrain.
Lawrence had a rough idea of whether the land was good or not before the snowfall, and now he prioritized developing the fields that were easiest to cultivate.
"There is a gap here. Pour hot water on it later and it will freeze tomorrow."
Lawrence pointed to a stone with a gap.
Fire, water, freezing, relatively speaking, pouring water into the cracks of the rocks to crack the ice is the easiest way, but it will be slower.
Salil touched a pine branch from the basket behind her. The green branch was very conspicuous on the clean ice.
Salil got bored after working for a while, "Lawrence, why don't we go hunting? They may not be able to catch the prey alone."
Lawrence said: "Three people are already a lot. Even if they encounter a pack of wolves, they can still hunt. If there are too many people, it will be impossible to catch the animals."
Salil said with a smile: "You can catch seals, guard all the ice holes where the seals live, and give them a blow when the seals show their heads! That's what the Valkyries are like Those who catch seals like this can often catch seals!"
Lawrence said helplessly: "We don't have seals here."
Salil suggested: "Now that we have seven people, we can go hunting wild boars!"
Sophia is not considered a combatant, Salil Lil excludes young Sophia while hunting.
Seven barbarians armed with spears and throwing axes could indeed hunt wild boars.
And generally, male wild boars are not selected, but small wild boars or female wild boars that are not too big are attacked.
"Let's talk again when we have the chance. Now we have to seize the time to develop the fields and build a fence with stones." Lawrence
looked at the valley in the distance and the hillside in front of him. Except for the building area behind him, most of the place was a sloping hillside. , but this part of the area is not small.
"If we are lucky, we can allocate about 30 acres of land. Part of it will be planted with grass, chickens and sheep, and the other part will be planted with fine grains and vegetables." "Last year we didn't have time to burn down the wasteland. We probably won't be able to count on it this year, but at least we can plant it first.
" The problem of forage has been solved, and we can eat a little bit."
Salil looked at the nearby slopes that were still covered with ice and snow, and then looked at the mountains not far away, "Lawrence, can we dig a cave?"
"That will take several lifetimes."
Lawrence continued to survey the land, but was soon reminded of something by Salil.
Lawrence quickly said: "I almost forgot about the mountain road. We must hurry up and open up the stones before winter passes, especially the road we go down the mountain. We can completely break the two cliffs and use the fallen stones to form Stony slope."
"If we do it quickly, the time we need to go down the mountain can be shortened to less than half an hour!"
Lawrence now only hopes that winter will pass slowly, otherwise it will be too late.
(End of chapter)