Chapter 1569: Cave Life

Opportunities and risks coexist. Perhaps the current situation is the best situation. There is no need to regret it.

The remaining 5 square meters of space in the underground shelter was directly used to pile up charcoal. By the way, a small bed was also woven here, and they could spend the night here in the future.

With this underground shelter, the two people's ability to resist risks has been greatly improved, which is equivalent to leaving themselves an extra way. Even if the shelter on the ground is hit by a disaster or blown down by a strong wind, they can move to the underground shelter and will not die completely in the cold wave.

And the two have made plans. If possible, they can dig a few more underground shelters in the future, or even directly move their living places underground, which can greatly improve safety and warmth.

After building the underground shelter, the next few days will be relatively leisurely. There is no heavy work, and there are fewer things to do every day.

The main thing is to clean the snow around to prevent the snow from being too thick to crush the house, and check the crops in the underground shelter by the way. There is nothing else to do.

At this time, the time has come to the third month, and the cold wave has officially arrived.

Maybe it doesn’t seem to have changed much, it’s still snowing and the wind is still howling.

But around midnight, the two of them were woken up by the cold at the same time, huddled in bed and shivering.

Bai Hao tightened his clothes and pants, shivering as he typed: "Haizi, don't you feel that the weather has suddenly become much colder?"

"Haozi, you are shaking like this, do you feel cold?"

"Well, how come the temperature drops so quickly? This is the first time I feel so cold after putting on this set of clothes."

"That's right." Huang Hai was also a little doubtful: "Before, with the fireplace, the temperature in the shelter could be maintained at around 20 degrees, but looking at the current situation, it should only be around 7 degrees, right?"

Bai Hao nodded and said: "The cold wave has completely arrived, and the cold air from outside is penetrating. Although we covered the inner and outer walls with clay, there are still many gaps, and the roof is not covered with clay, and the cold air is also penetrating."

Although their shelter looks very solid inside, the warmth effect is actually not as good as imagined.

Their walls are actually a row of wood wrapped with a layer of clay. When the weather is not so cold, the warmth retention effect is relatively good.

But once the temperature drops, the disadvantages of this inferior shelter are obvious.

And the most important point is that the various joints of the shelter are actually ventilated.

For example, the corners of the wall, the joints between the wall and the ground, the joints between the roof and the roof and the wall, and even the doors and windows... There are many gaps when making them. Once the cold wind penetrates, the temperature in the shelter immediately drops a lot.

The two also noticed this, but it is too late to remedy it now. Where can they find clay?

After freezing all night, Bai Hao couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Haizi, why don't we go to the river to get some clay? Let's repair this shelter."

"It's too late to rest now?"

"But we can't just keep going like this. The cold wave has just started. Let's not freeze to death..." Bai Hao, wearing thick clothes, kept turning around in the shelter.

After thinking for a long time, he still didn't go to dig clay. After all, it was not a simple project to repair the entire shelter.

Even adding a layer of clay to the roof would take a day or two, and that was when it didn't snow before.

According to the current situation, there was heavy snow and howling cold wind outside. If the roof was lifted, the two of them would probably be frozen to death outside.

They couldn't make up their minds to do such uncertain things.

Moreover, the riverside is now covered with snow, and it is very difficult to dig clay.

Finally, the two ran to the underground shelter and lit the fireplace of the underground shelter to see how warm it was.

It turned out that the warming effect here was indeed much better than their original shelter. Even if the fireplace was not lit, the temperature could be maintained at around zero degrees.

Of course, this was under the condition of blocking the ventilation pipe.

In general, they would block the ventilation pipe to prevent the cold air from outside from coming in and destroying the crops here.

However, if they wanted to live here, they would need to open the ventilation pipe. Although the fireplace would increase the temperature, the ventilation pipe would also cool down, and the temperature would be maintained below 10 degrees.

The situation in the underground shelter was indeed better than that in the ground shelter, but living here was still very inconvenient.

After all, most of the areas here had already been planted with crops, and the remaining 5 square meters were also piled with charcoal, which could not accommodate two people at all.

After staying for a while, they returned to the shelter on the ground.

In fact, the best way to solve the current problem is to buy a big quilt, and the two of them can sleep together. With the fireplace, they should be able to resist the cold.

But in the current situation, there is no food source, and the two are reluctant to spend 10 Qiu coins to buy a quilt!

10 Qiu coins, how much food do you need to consume to redeem it?

Until the end, the two did not make a decision, but they thought of a new place to go, which is the cave behind.

That is, when they came here on the first day, the small cave where the two lived had a narrow entrance and could shelter from the wind. The space inside the cave was quite spacious, but it was not suitable for daily life, but it was definitely enough for one night.

What's more important is that the cave was completely closed and had excellent warmth retention.

After thinking about it, the two of them went to the hill in the cold wind. After entering it, although the temperature inside was not necessarily very high, it completely isolated the cold outside.

"Hey, this place is really good. If you can light a fire, the temperature will definitely be much higher than in the shelter." Bai Hao said with some surprise.

Huang Hai looked around and said helplessly: "But isn't the space here too small? It can barely accommodate two of us, and it's hard to even turn over."

"It's okay." Bai Hao shook his head indifferently and said: "Let's dig it a little more, the place should be much bigger."

As he said that, he took the back of the axe and knocked on the surrounding caves.

Although the caves here are very hard, a lot of debris was knocked off by the knocking of the iron.

Moreover, there is no need to use tough means, and a more relaxed way can be used to expand this cave.