Chapter 1568 Still Cold

But now they can't go too far away from the camp even if they go out, so they have to work around the camp.

They mainly do two things.

The first thing is to continue to burn charcoal. For a long cold winter, it is not too much to prepare more charcoal.

Moreover, there are still a lot of wood that has not been burned into charcoal piled around the camp. It is necessary to deal with it.

The second thing is that they plan to dig a new shelter.

This also surprised Qi Yuan a little. He didn't expect that they would build a shelter again at this time.

And it seems that they made a temporary decision.

While the two used charcoal to keep warm in the fire, they cleared the snow around the original shelter, about seven or eight meters away, and then began to dig.

This time, they did not plan to build a shelter on the surface, but to build a shelter in the middle, similar to a cellar.

After listening to their conversation, Qi Yuan roughly understood their ideas.

The two pondered for a long time in the shelter and felt that it was necessary to open a new way out for themselves, and they could not just sit at home and wait for death.

Because no one knew how long the cold wave would last, they could not guarantee that they would be able to survive the entire cold wave if they stored food.

So they needed to take precautions to prevent the situation that one day they ran out of food but the cold wave had not passed.

In order to deal with this situation, it is necessary to develop the planting industry. However, the original shelter has very limited space and there is no remaining space for them to plant crops.

On the contrary, a large amount of soil will make the shelter dirty, and their original life will become worse.

So the two thought of digging a shelter specifically for planting crops and storing charcoal.

And the two also checked and found that the soil around the camp was very solid, which was convenient for digging and easy to collapse. There were all conditions for digging a shelter.

The two said that they would do it. At present, there was no condition to go out, so they stayed in the camp to dig a shelter.

What the two did not expect was that they were very lucky. They actually found a one-click excavation artifact, the shovel, in the store the next day.

And the price was only five coins. After some thought, the two gritted their teeth and bought it.

In this way, the speed was obviously much faster. In just a few days, it had taken shape.

According to the two people's ideas, they dug about 5 meters.

The entire shelter is at a depth of 3 meters, and the shelter itself is more than 2 meters high, so they dug just 5 meters.

The two could clearly feel that when they were at a depth of 5 meters, the temperature was not so cold. Obviously, the insulation effect of the soil was still very good.

When the depth was reached, they began to dig horizontally and excavated the main body of the shelter. It was said that the soil here was very good, without many rocks, all pure soil, and it was relatively easy to dig.

And so far, there has been no sign of collapse, and the overall structure is very solid.

However, for safety reasons, the two dug a few square meters of area and moved some wood from the camp to serve as pillars to support the shelter.

It can greatly improve safety and avoid unexpected situations.

Afterwards, because the shelter was completely under construction, the temperature increased slightly and could be maintained at around 4~5℃, and the working environment was obviously much better.

The two continued to dig and expanded the entire shelter to about 20㎡.

In fact, it is entirely possible to continue expanding the shelter to make it larger, but after thinking for a long time, the two stopped.

Because the 20㎡ area is almost enough, even if the area is larger, they don’t have more seeds to plant.

More importantly, although the shelter looks very solid and there is no risk of collapse, it does not mean that it is foolproof. Every additional 1㎡ of space means a greater risk of collapse.

For safety reasons, only about 20㎡ is allowed to be maintained.

If there is enough space in the future, it is likely that they will continue to expand and dig another shelter. It is particularly difficult. With the ability of two people, it is not a problem to dig a few more.

This is the advantage of having more people, which is far from as simple as 1+1=2. If one person wants to dig such a shelter, it will take at least ten or twenty days.

But if two people cooperate with each other, it only takes 1/3 of the time, and helping each other can avoid many accidents and reduce the error rate.

After digging out this shelter, the first thing the two did was to move the objects immediately and build a fireplace and ventilation ducts.

Connect the shelter to the surface, and then use clay to make a fireplace. After it was decided, they would also live there, so a fireplace would be more suitable.

Next to the fireplace, five or six bamboos were tied together to make a ventilation duct. The temperature difference between hot and cold was used to facilitate air conduction and ensure that there was enough oxygen in the space.

After doing this, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief and began to move the items in.

Since there is this shelter, there is no need to plant bamboos in the plants. It is limited in scope and difficult to grow, which is conducive to the development of plants.

So, they directly reclaimed the soil in the shelter, and then planted these plants in rows, mainly planting some staple foods, such as rhizomes, potatoes, and cassava.

Relatively speaking, it is also the easiest plant to plant, at least it is easier to survive than wild vegetables and beans, and the cost-effectiveness is higher than ginger and green onions.

In a limited scope, these plants with high cost-effectiveness must be planted.

In a 20㎡ space, these plants were planted in about 15㎡. The two wanted to plant more, but the seeds were not enough. Most of the food had been dried and stored, and only a part was used for seeds.

This made the two regret it a little. They should have kept more earlier.

But there was no way. If they had thought of building a shelter earlier, perhaps they would have been more comfortable now and more likely to plant more plants.

But the two did not regret it too much. Planting plants is a risk.

No one can guarantee that these plants will eventually mature. There is a high possibility that they will fail in the end and not grow any food.

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