Chapter 63 Lawrence’s Locker
Lawrence made a simple wooden frame and placed it in his sleeping area.
This is not my home, but I’ll make do with it temporarily and talk about it later.
Lawrence stood on the wooden frame and paused to admire it for more than a minute, checking where the wooden frame needed improvement.
The wooden frame is 1.6 meters high, 1.2 meters wide on the left and right, and 40 centimeters wide inside and outside. There are a total of 17 spaces for storing things.
"It would be perfect if there were drawers, but it's just too troublesome."
Lawrence accepted the imperfection and put the nearby tools in with a smile.
Lawrence tilted his hoe into the space on the far side, which was a vertically separated grid suitable for long-handled tools.
In addition to Lawrence's killer hoe, there is also the scavenger dagger that Sophia has been using since she picked it up.
Nine iron nails
, one hand-drawn wood drill, one iron nail drill bit, ten 0.3 cm wood drill bits, three 0.5 cm wood nail drill bits, ten 1 cm wood drill bits, and two spare lead ropes.
Forest squirrel storage bag * 1
traveler's stick, a
spear, three
wooden boards for storing pine resin, a
Lawrence's teaching board, and a box of charcoal pens.
One meter
of wood chips for the trap rope: more than ten kilograms.
The bottom part is unprocessed copper ore. Since I don’t have time to measure the specific weight and process it, I put it on the bottom of the press box.
The charcoal burned before and some daily tools were shared by Andrew's family and Lawrence, so they were not put in.
There is no need to put the clothes and shoes you are wearing, there are already a lot of them just put in now.
Looking at his gains this time, Lawrence showed a satisfied look.
"When we go to the stone house in the future, we will repair the livestock stalls first, and then continue to collect materials. After it is almost settled, we will build a better big house." Lawrence lay on the bed
thinking about the future.
"We need three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom, as well as a storage room and a study room." "The
pet room can be placed outside, and a doghouse can be built in a large yard surrounded by stones, and grape vines and apples can be planted. Trees."
"Usually I go out hunting or exchange the prey for some supplies, while Sophia grows vegetables at home, cleans the house, and takes care of the livestock." "After we have children, the
family will cultivate fields and expand the house together . ."
Lawrence thought about beautiful things and soon fell asleep happily.
Early the next morning, Lawrence put on his gear and walked out of the room.
"Salil, I went to build a house on the mountain today and won't be back at noon."
Salil was just about to go out to feed the livestock. After hearing this, she said, "Okay."
Lawrence saw that Salil didn't look very happy. Smiling: "Andrew has been out for more than ten days. It won't take too long before he can come back."
Salil's mood became even worse, "I hope so."
She went out directly, looking like she didn't want to be with him. Lawrence spoke.
Lawrence thought of something and quickly picked up a wooden jar made yesterday from a nearby box.
"Sariel, this is for you."
After hearing this from outside the door, Saril turned around and walked in again to look at the wooden jar handed over by Lawrence. I took it and looked at it. It was a barrel made of hollowed wood, like a drinking cup.
"Why did you give me this?" Salil didn't understand the meaning of this.
Lawrence explained: "I have previously calculated our grain storage and the amount of food we should consume every day, and combined it with the flour we have eaten in the past few days to make this cup." "When you cook, just put
this It is enough to fill the cup with flour, so that our food can be eaten until the end of spring."
Lawrence gave him a graduated cup. This thing looks like just a cup and is of no use to many people, but it is easy to make. It's not complicated, as long as you follow it strictly, you can determine the approximate food storage.
Salil shook her head and said earnestly: "Lawrence, eating is a sacred thing. You can eat whatever you want. If you want to eat more, you can put more noodles. We can't have our mouths pinched even when we eat. I don't like this thing."
Salyl returned the graduated cup to Lawrence and went out to work.
Lawrence reluctantly took the graduated cup, walked back to the house and placed it on the wooden shelf.
If you don’t need it, don’t use it. I’ll change it to a smaller one for Sophia in the future.
Lawrence set out for the mountains and began a busy day.
The stone houses on the mountain are still very simple. They have not yet been capped, and the problems with moisture, doors and windows have not been solved.
This is just a backup place. Lawrence will disturb Andrew's house for a while after Andrew comes back.
If you have an unpleasant experience and need to find a place to sleep by yourself, then this is the best choice.
I hadn't been to the mountain for several days, and when I got in front of the stone house, I found that the trap in the stone house had been triggered.
In order to control rats, simple collapse traps were set up near nearby rocks. Later, several sloping rocks were also placed in the stone house.
The stone house can be protected from some strong winds, and the dark hole is full of concealment for small animals. Rabbits, mice, and foxes all like to run here.
There were leftover rat corpses in Lawrence's stone house.
"It's really troublesome..." Lawrence sighed, found a branch and threw the mouse with only its tail and part of its fur out.
If prey is not harvested immediately, it can easily be stolen by other predators.
Especially in winter, when it is difficult to find food, most predators are accustomed to trying their luck.
Lawrence checked around and found that the hay collected earlier was already wet, probably due to the previous heavy fog and water vapor on the mountain.
"I forgot to make moisture-proof settings..."
Lawrence thought about the problem at hand and quickly thought of a solution.
"You can put a circle of wooden boards in the round house to create a comfortable home floor. It would be nice to have moisture-proof wooden boards and carpets in winter, as well as a warm fireplace for heating!" Lawrence quickly came up with a plan
.
First, use ropes and wooden sticks to actually measure the tools and materials needed later, then pile hay into the stone house, and put leftover food scraps inside the stone house, as well as a suspended noose trap.
Lawrence sprinkled the trap with wet grass blades, and the mutton residue inside was enough to attract some small animals.
After doing all this, it was time to go down the mountain. Lawrence looked at the darkening sky and sped up to return to the house before dark.
"Strange, why does it feel like the days are getting shorter and shorter? Although this is the case in winter, it's a little too fast?"
Lawrence thought about it after returning home and quickly decided to make two timing props to locate the time.
One is placed here in the house and the other is placed on the mountain, so that both parties can have a tacit psychological preparation.
(End of chapter)