In Survival in the Wilderness, my fishing skills are only a few million points Chapter 248 Battle Damaged Bamboo Shed, Damage to Sweet Potato Seedlings
Thinking of this, Su Bai quickly climbed out of the turtle shell and ran to the fire in two steps.
After carefully searching for a long time, he rescued three pieces of firewood that had not been wetted by water, and a piece of charcoal that was still burning.
Using these things as kindling, Su Bai quickly built a new fire using the green logs gathered in the corner of the bamboo shed.
These green logs are naturally contaminated with some moisture, and they crackle when burned. The green logs that should have no smoke also produce a lot of smoke when they are humid.
After stabilizing the flame, Su Bai and Zhao Xinqing had time to start tidying up the bamboo shed.
The outer walls and roof of this bamboo shed were broken by hail in more places than you can count with two hands. The whole thing looked dilapidated, showing some vicissitudes of life.
Even the door is about to fall off!
Su Bai and Zhao Xinqing repositioned the outer walls and roof, re-reinforced them with straw ropes, and stabilized the angles of the vertical beams, finally restoring the bamboo shed to its original appearance.
Looking at Su Bai and Zhao Xinqing's bamboo shed full of holes, Danmu joked:
[Is this the legendary Syrian battle-damaged version?]
[A 10% Hsinchu shed that has gone through many vicissitudes of life.]
【This is leaky, what should I do if it rains again at night?】
Zhao Xinqing looked at the bamboo shed, also a little worried, and whispered:
"It must be very cold tonight..."
"And what if it rains?"
Su Bai shook his head and said:
"It won't rain tonight."
"Maybe tomorrow, but unlikely tonight."
"The hail has cleared this cumulonimbus cloud. Although under the cold wave, cumulonimbus clouds may brew again, but it will take some time."
"It's not easy for us to replace the broken materials of the bamboo shed at night. On the one hand, it takes too long, and on the other hand, the light is not good."
"Make the fire bigger and spend the night like this..."
As the hailstorm ended, the chaotic wind gradually subsided.
Although you can still feel the cold wind coming in from all the cracks in the bamboo shed, the two of them have coyote skins to protect them from the cold, so they should be able to withstand it all night.
Su Bai and Zhao Xinqing finished tidying up the inside and outside of the bamboo shed, and it was already dark.
But the two of them still didn't sleep.
Instead, he held a torch and pushed open the door to the fields on the south side.
With the help of the weak light from the torch, Zhao Xinqing knelt down and checked the conditions of the fields.
The visible area was very small, but Zhao Xinqing could still see that some sweet potato seedlings must have been smashed.
Some of them should be able to recover during the growth process, but some were directly smashed to pieces, and their roots were also broken.
Even though there are three layers of alfalfa, fist-sized hail is no joke...
As long as the angle is right, it can still follow the gaps in the alfalfa, penetrate these three layers of barriers, and kill the sweet potato seedlings below.
The specific losses cannot be counted at night and will have to wait until daytime tomorrow.
Zhao Xinqing sighed, got up and looked at the paddy field again.
The water level in the paddy fields is already very high, completely submerging the young rice seedlings.
Under the cover of water levels, the rice seedlings did not suffer any damage.
The tender seedlings moved with the water. Although the force of the hail was not small, it was not able to kill any hybrid rice plant that used softness to overcome hardness.
At most, some leaves were broken, which is of no concern to hybrid rice, a crop with extremely strong vitality.
"Now that the hail has stopped, let's adjust the water level."
"With this level of water, if it floods overnight, it will be somewhat harmful."
Zhao Xinqing went directly to dig the flood outlet, allowing the excessively high water in the paddy fields to flow directly away from the west side.
After adjusting the flood outlet, Zhao Xinqing looked up at the direction of the source of the water diversion pipe, hesitated a little, and asked:
"Su Bai, can we turn off the water pipe?"
In order to protect the rice seedlings, Su Bai connected the water source of the aqueduct. Now there is a steady stream of stream water pouring into the paddy fields from the water pipe.
Even if the flood outlet is opened, as long as the water in the aqueduct continues, the water level in the paddy field will still remain relatively high.
But it was already late at night, and Zhao Xinqing was not sure whether the two of them would encounter any unexpected danger when they walked to the source of the aqueduct.
Su Bai nodded firmly and said:
"OK."
"Tonight is different."
"With such a hailstorm, large nocturnal beasts must be hiding in their lairs and shivering."
"As for some poisonous insects and snakes hiding in the night, they are probably frozen under such a cold wave. Some snakes may even have started semi-hibernation mode."
"So, it's relatively safe tonight."
The two held torches and turned off the water source in the aqueduct in the dark. Then they turned around the bamboo shed again, huddled into the soft Tillandsia bed, and began to rest.
Zhao Xinqing was obviously very tired tonight. Her head hit the wolverine leather pillow and she fell asleep quickly.
Su Bai gently stroked her soft waist curve, hugged her with both hands and gently pressed her, holding her against him.
Su Bai felt a little relieved after tucking the coyote skin behind Zhao Xinqing's head to ensure that not a breath of wind would get into the bed.
He wasn't going to sleep tonight.
This bamboo shed is very drafty tonight, and it's so cold outside. Once you fall asleep at night and turn over unconsciously and kick off the quilt, you may catch a cold directly.
If he also falls asleep, it is very likely that neither of them will be able to get up tomorrow.
But Su Bai chose not to sleep, to help Zhao Xinqing keep the quilt in check, and to share her body temperature, the risk of this night would be greatly reduced.
As for Su Bai himself, although his head was outside the quilt, the resistance to cold in a waking state was many times stronger than when sleeping.
Su Bai took care of Huo Dui and Zhao Xinqing, and said nothing all night.
Early the next morning, Zhao Xinqing woke up, and Su Bai immediately started repairing the bamboo shed with her.
The sky is still gloomy, the temperature is very low, and it is obviously still in the cold wave.
In this weather, it may rain again at any time.
Given the condition of this bamboo shed, if it rains again, the interior will directly turn into a water curtain hole.
Therefore, repairing the bamboo shed is the first priority.
The two of them didn't have time to cut down the bamboo, but there were still a lot of greenwood branches left, so they directly replaced the broken bamboo pieces, and then filled the gaps with soil to block the cold wind.
When repairing the roof, Su Bai removed the entire giant anaconda skin and observed it carefully in the light of day.
There are no defects or holes on this!
"It's so tough..." Su Bai exclaimed: "It survived under such a big hail all night and it was not damaged."
Although this is also due to the green wood and bamboo supporting the giant anaconda skin, it is undeniable that the giant anaconda skin is really very durable.
It's just that the straw rope connecting the three giant anaconda skins was broken in many places.
The two of them worked together and quickly restored the roof to its original appearance.
Only then did the two of them have time to breathe a sigh of relief.
After cooking breakfast in the snapping turtle shell, Zhao Xinqing stood up and looked at the three acres of land on the south side, her eyes full of worry:
"No, I have to go and see what the specific losses are..."
"The hailstorm last night may have caused great damage to the sweet potato seedlings..."