Chapter 487 A Huge Tail
Clay is not only used to make walls, otherwise Bifang would not have gone to so much trouble.
He also needs to use clay to make blast furnaces, and blast furnaces are used to smelt iron, all of which require clay materials.
Bifang inserted a wooden stick and stirred the clay and water like cement. Soon, gray water floated on the surface of the clay pit, accompanied by mud and sand.
"Has anyone ever washed gluten? It's done by putting the kneaded dough in water and washing away the starch. The sticky mass left is gluten. Our current process is similar to washing gluten."
After stirring for a while, Bifang scooped out the washed clay, drained the water, and successfully washed out a ball of usable clay .
After scooping out all the clay , Bifang quickly ran into the woods. After a moment, he dragged out several thick vines, as thick as his wrists, and then dragged the vines around the shed in circles.
The beginning and the end are not connected, but there is a one-meter gap as an exit.
Afterwards, Bifang used more vines to surround the pillars of the roof, leaving a one-meter space at the same position as the gate. When the vines were piled up to one meter high, a vine wall appeared.
But having one layer on the outside was not enough, so Bifang continued to look for vines and also wrapped a layer around the inside of the pillar.
There are two layers of vine walls inside and outside.
Every two vines were tied tightly by Bifang with tiny fiber ropes.
When watching Bifang pulling on the vines and the entire roof shaking, the audience couldn't help but worry whether it would suddenly collapse.
"That's why I need two layers, inside and outside. I can seal the supporting pillars directly later. This way, unless the pillars break directly, it won't fall down."
Bifang kicked the vines and the whole house shook, but it was still very strong. After the clay was applied, the wall would be connected to the earth and would be more solid.
"The vines alone are not enough. I'm just using them to make a supporting structure. Next we're going to coat it with clay. Do you know composite materials? Reinforced cement is a typical composite material. The steel bars inside give the whole structure a higher strength. It's similar here."
After doing all this, Bifang carried the clay on his shoulders, poured it on the wall, and spread it little by little with his hands to make it look like a wall.
[Resin concrete! ]
【Awesome! 】
[It looks pretty solid.]
[Awesome, I built one in my house today]
In order to make the wall more beautiful, Bifang also used a small and uniform wooden stick to roll it around the clay wall to flatten it, making it smoother and with square corners.
It took a full two hours to complete the clay wall, and it was around four in the afternoon.
It took several hours from noon to build the wall. It was not an easy task.
"Now we just have to wait for the clay to dry and harden. We can light a bonfire inside the house to make it dry faster."
Bifang came to the inside of the house. The shelter now was the real shelter. Once the clay dried, it would become a natural wall that could be used for attack or defense.
As long as you don't encounter super-large creatures like the white-lipped buffalo or the Indochinese tiger, there will be basically no problem. Many poisonous snakes cannot climb up the one-meter-high smooth wall.
This is what makes Bifang happiest. Cold and slippery snakes have always been his least favorite creatures. He is sincerely happy when he thinks that he will no longer have to worry about such creatures sleeping next to him in the middle of the night.
Not only that, the pillars supporting the roof have also been sealed, so as long as they are not broken directly, it is almost impossible for the roof to fall down.
"Fortunately, I had the foresight to build the roof higher, otherwise it would have affected the lighting now." Bifang stood in the house and looked around.
The wall is nearly one meter high, but fortunately, after Bifang and Leonardo worked together to build the roof, the edge height is more than two meters. Now there is more than one meter of light, giving the space a real "house" feeling.
"It's just that the interior is too monotonous, all brown mud, but there's nothing we can do about it. Don't go to the trouble of laying a lot of thatch. It's not impossible, but you'll have to face two problems."
Bifang added some firewood to the bonfire: "First, too much hay will easily attract a lot of small insects, so you need to drive away the insects regularly. Second, it is easy to cause a fire. It is best not to put flammable objects within three meters of the bonfire, unless you choose to light the bonfire outside the house."
“Also, since we have built the wall, let’s not forget to add an extra drainage ditch, otherwise you will be in great pain if it floods.”
Bifang pointed to a groove on the ground and explained that the design of the shack also requires a lot of considerations.
Different sizes and shapes of huts are built according to the number of people.
"If you are alone, a shed with a diameter of three meters is enough, which can provide sufficient space and is also convenient for heating."
"Don't overestimate the space you need. A diameter of three meters is more than enough. Even though Leonardo and I built this together, you can see that it is only less than four meters in diameter."
Bifang stood up, walked to the side of the wall, and walked seven steps in a straight line inside the shack.
The distance of a normal person's step is 45cm to 60cm. It can be seen that the space of the shelter is indeed as Bifang said, with a diameter of about four meters, or even less than one meter.
"For a team of six, building a hut with a diameter of five meters is enough, and it can even accommodate nine people."
"The location of the fire pit is also important. If oxygen can penetrate from the ground, the fire will burn more vigorously. We can dig four trenches underneath to achieve this goal. Starting from the four walls, dig a trench in each direction to the fire pit. Of course, I won't bother with this."
"The last thing is the exit of the shack. Normally, the exit of a shack built outdoors should not face south, although that way there is the most sunlight. But we are not in a crowded city. If you want to dry clothes and bask in the sun, you can just walk a few steps and come out."
"We need to point the exit to the east, the direction where the sun rises."
Bifang pointed at the gap in the wall that he had deliberately left. The gap was not completely unguarded, but was directly piled with a layer of clay similar to a threshold. It was not high, only about the height of a palm, and there were several holes dug on it.
The holes are used to install the gate. Bifang sharpened bamboo and arranged it in a grid shape, with one long bamboo and two short bamboos arranged together. The long bamboo protrudes out so that it can be inserted into the hole, and the other end is sharpened to make it difficult for animals to climb up.
The only real gap in the entire wall is the drainage ditch, which can be directly blocked with stones if it doesn't rain.
The shelter is not only located on a high ground, but also not far from the stream, in a relatively open area. It is also the only place within a radius of several hundred meters where the sun can be clearly seen, but the line of sight is still narrow.
"The exit facing east, in the early morning, the sunlight will wake you up, and you will feel very happy both physically and mentally. Keeping a happy mood is the most important thing in the wilderness."
"Unless we are in a desert or snowy terrain, we cannot do anything at night. That is the hunting time for wild animals, which is inconsistent with the human schedule."
"If you watch my videos often, you will know that unless I am making tools at night, I usually go offline and go to bed before 9pm. I basically leave at sunrise and return at sunset."
In the wilderness, you must make the best use of daytime. There is no entertainment at night, and if you have the conditions, you can only do some simple chores.
"If you have the exit facing the other way, you will find yourself getting up later because it will be darker in the shack, which is an irreversible loss."
On the other side of the ocean, Peter nodded vigorously.
Many overseas netizens also agree.
It is because of Bifang’s regular life that they lead an irregular life.
As for domestic netizens, it is a mixture of pain and happiness.
[In order to watch Lao Fang’s live broadcast, I had to follow a regular schedule]
[To be honest, if I sleep before 9,000, wake up at 6, and take another half an hour to 45 minutes of nap at noon, I will be full of energy for the whole day.]
[Me too, I have to go to bed early and get up early to catch up with the live broadcast]
[Staying up late is too exhausting]
[It’s okay, if you get enough sleep, it doesn’t count as staying up late]
"No." Bifang shook his head. "Many people think that as long as they get enough sleep, they don't count as staying up late, but this is actually wrong. Even if you get enough sleep, if you sleep during the day and play at night, you interrupt your biological clock."
The biological clock may sound mysterious, but it does exist.
Disorder not only causes physical fatigue and mental fatigue, but more importantly, it harms human health.
"Some people may say that the biological clock can be adjusted, but can you adjust the sunrise and sunset? Humans are diurnal animals, just like bats are nocturnal animals. This is determined by our genes and evolution. No matter how you adjust it, it cannot be changed. Unless you stay in a completely closed room all day, your biological clock will definitely be messed up."
【Awesome】
[No need to watch it, it’s half past five, time for dinner]
[So early? ]
"Is it so late?" Bifang looked up and found that the sunlight had turned orange. He dusted his hands and stood up. "Then let's go and see what the wall is like?"
I walked to the wall and pinched it. The surface of the clay had begun to harden, but the air in the rainforest was very humid, so it would probably take some time for it to dry out completely.
Fortunately, after checking, Bifang found that there were no obvious large cracks in the wall, which meant that his work was done very well and he could basically declare that this was a successful wall.
“It’s time to eat.”
Bifang fished out the fresh fish from the pool nearby. Yes, it was a pool.
The pit where the clay had been poured was empty, so Bifang dug it a little deeper, poured water into it, made it into a pond, and raised the live fish he had just brought back.
As long as basic food and clothing issues are solved and there is a stable source of food, life will basically get better and better.
After scraping off the scales and removing the internal organs and wrapping them in leaves, Bifang was carrying two fishes. Just as he was about to go into the shelter to barbecue them, he heard a rustling sound from the leaves nearby.
In the first venue, the crowd who were about to leave stopped silently.
"Was there a sound just now?"
"What's that sound?"
"I didn't hear clearly... I saw that they all stayed, so I stayed too..."
"It seems like something is approaching. Listen, the sound is getting louder and louder."
As the sun was setting and dusk approached, Bifang moved silently and grabbed a wooden spear leaning against the wall.
The rustling sound of the leaves became louder and louder, and finally there was a rustling sound.
A, a... uh, a huge tail poked out.
