Unlike Wang Qi's busy schedule, ordinary people in Elena's family cannot work in a dark or low-light environment. In order to ensure safety, even logging must wait until dawn before starting work.
As the daylight hours shrink to two hours, it no longer makes much sense to go out foraging due to the speed of movement in the snow.
So they are relatively leisurely overall.
But it's not really idle, everyone usually makes some handmade products... mainly wooden products, most of which are of little value, because almost all the wasteland people can do some carpentry in the wasteland.
After moving, I found that the underground garage in this place was larger than the hospital's and had more water seepage, making it more suitable for breeding Brick.
Anyway, idle time is idle. In order to expand this advantage, they collected some relatively intact and thicker exterior window glass and glass doors, combined with the wooden pillars they made, and tried to breed Brick in boxes.
Wood will rot quickly in a basement with water seepage, but it should be fine to survive the winter. If you continue to live in it next year, I will find a way to make a batch of anti-corrosion wooden pillars.
Several people were working on the firewood pile heating the basement and a few torches with little oil, when they suddenly heard a movement outside.
Varya and Kai quickly put their weapons on alert.
The movement outside continued for a while, but the position seemed to remain motionless. Anna said with a strange expression: "It's probably the king."
This man is definitely a freak among freaks. They found him on the roof doing alchemy and other things before. He hasn't been in the kitchen for two days. They just saw two people entering from the underground garage. They don't know how they moved again. Going outside to cause trouble.
Varya and Kaitsu tried to turn the curve of the garage and approach the ice wall.
After several months of freezing and several repairs, the ice wall has become as transparent as river ice... which means that when there is no light outside, it is purely a mirror and nothing can be seen.
But at least I can hear it more clearly, like the sound of pliers biting.
I pushed open the wooden sliding door and went out with a torch. I saw a scene that should not be seen - two people were dismembering the scorpion ant guard.
Wang Qi saw someone coming up and said hello: "Hey."
His expression was not ferocious, but the others did not feel friendly or friendly at all. They only felt the cold wind blowing, and their minds were a little unruly.
Valia had dissected a mantis monster before, and it was the remains of the mantis monster that was cut off by the other party. It was the first time for the other two to see the dismemberment of a three-meter-high monster with their own eyes. The feeling was far more shocking than relying on imagination.
Wang Qi saw a few stupid people and did not feel any hostility. He continued to work and quickly disassembled the parts that needed to be disassembled, entered through the corridor door and hoisted them to the fourth floor.
Process and save based on last experience.
Going into the water... It's not a good idea to give it away. Even if part of this thing is edible, it's difficult to clean it up and throw it directly into the elevator shaft under the current conditions.
Finally, an exoskeleton remains.
There is already a pair of the mantis monster's exoskeleton teaching props hanging in the practice room on the sixth floor. This one is better preserved and can be used to replace the teaching props. It seems unnecessary.
I had thought about changing the mantis's scythe into a saw before, but it became very brittle after being stored for a long time, making it unusable.
It feels like a waste to throw it away. There are hundreds of kilograms. After thinking about it, I still have to find a way to use it. Try retorting and barbecue to see what comes out.
Don't rush, I'll get a few more together later.
Now let’s find an excuse to support our neighbors with some food.
He didn't entertain the new neighbors every day, but he even had one of their meals by chance...the taste was really not flattering.
Stewed randomly, acorn flour balls and Xiaoqiang were added. To Wang Qi, the acorns were bitter, and Xiaoqiang seemed to have used up his digestive tract, and the smell he particularly disliked was stronger.
They know honor and disgrace if they have enough food and clothing, and know etiquette if they have enough food and clothing. They must have too little food, so they have to eat these weird-tasting things.
He quickly found an excuse and took translator Li to the kitchen.
After breakfast, he said: "Hire two of you men to work, and each of you will receive two kilograms of meat per day."
Wang Qi spoke in his native language, and Li Xiang was responsible for translating.
Two kilograms of meat doesn't seem to be worth much, but when it comes to productivity, as far as wasteland is concerned, the hiring price he gave can definitely be called a great philanthropist.
Before the old lady could say anything, the girl with broken eyebrows raised her hand: "I want to do it!"
Wang Qi looked around and hesitated.
He hired people to help him move the remaining two sections of the big oak tree in the corner park to the first floor. Although he was the main force, assisting was also very physically demanding work, and he was worried about breaking the other party's waist.
But after hesitating, he had some ideas and nodded: "Okay, you can find another one and bring your own torch or flashlight. I will wait for you downstairs. Li Xiang will stay at home, so there is no need to worry about safety."
Knowing the lack of mutual trust, Wang Qi did not mention hiring out all the labor force. The other party left one labor force, and Li wanted to be responsible for the security on this side, which was acceptable to both parties.
The torch should have been provided by the employer, but Wang Qi, a nocturnal ghost, does not need that thing, and the torch needs oil to be bright and durable. Reptile oil is a bit luxurious to use, so it is better to let them prepare their own torch and exchange it for meat after completion.
The rules for converting torches should be explained clearly first, but Li Xiangda, the translator, was afraid that he might not understand the explanation, so he had to do it himself when he called it a day.
Put on your snow hiking boots, go downstairs, wait for the scarred girl and the black-haired man, and give them tools.
He gestured and explained: "We went to transport wood, and the stress on our shoulders was great."
The tools given are two neck pillows and a rope.
The scarred girl wanted to push the neck pillow back, but Wang Qi shook his head: "We'll know when we get there."
After saying that, he took the lead and left without taking the sled, intending to do it purely by manpower.
It was still dark, so each of them brought two torches and lit them one at a time.
Soon the three of them arrived at their destination. Wang Qi pointed to the large branch with a triangular cross-section: "Try this first."
The two of them stared at each other, seeing that their employer did not dare to curse.
This branch plus leaves and so on weighs at least two tons!
Wang Qi ignored them, gave them scroll saws, and went up to demonstrate.
In fact, there was no need for a demonstration. The two of them had seen the other two branches of this tree in the base and knew what the person in front of them wanted to do.
The deserters also dry wood in the shade, but due to limitations on team size, physical strength, etc., they generally cannot save too much wood... Sometimes the wood is so big that even cutting it down is a waste of food. The diameter of the wood that everyone uses to make furniture is between 20 and 30 centimeters. The diameter is only used in shipbuilding.
However, due to the water flow of the two rivers in the north and south of the city, even in non-ice periods, only canoes or larger ones can be used.
The two of them couldn't figure it out, but since the employer gave them a lot of meat, they didn't need to think too much. Just go ahead and chop up a twig.
Wang Qi feels that the two of them are of high quality and suitable for part-time work.
In fact, as time goes by, his attributes have increased, and now he can drag this branch by himself.
The snow was too thick and he couldn't step on the ground, and the friction brought by the snow hiking boots was still not enough, but his explosive power was so strong that he could make the wood move before the skidding started, but he couldn't achieve continuous movement by himself.
Letting the two of them repair the branches now is purely to find something for them to do and increase their working hours. Anyway, if they don't repair it now, they will still have to repair it if they delay it.
The three of them worked hard for several hours, and by noon the main branch disintegrated into a relatively straight main branch and several smaller branches.
It was noon, but the sun was so low that it couldn't even be seen directly from the corner park.
Paying attention to the frequency of pauses between the two of them, he felt that their physical energy was almost exhausted, so he asked the two to drag the small twigs, and he dragged the larger ones, and then returned to the base to call it a day.
Tomorrow we will trim the one meter thick oak trunk.
