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On the day when they were about to cut down the big tree, Zhu Youzhen and Li Zhenyan both came to the top of the mountain. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoBecause this is an important moment, if you don't control the direction of the tree's fall, and the trunk can't roll down the hill on its own, it will be a big problem.

At this time, all the branches of this big tree had already been cut off by Zhu Youzhen, and only a bare trunk remained. About two feet above the ground, on the side facing away from the slope, there was a deep V-shaped wound carved out of a stone axe, and the part that was connected was now less than forty centimeters wide.

The two of them slashed again, and suddenly the big tree shook, and the center of gravity finally could not fall into the connecting part, and began to crumble.

At this time, Li Zhenyan screamed, jumped into the air, and slammed her palms on the trunk with all her strength. Under the action of this external force, the tree finally fell slowly in the expected direction. After pouring to a certain extent, I heard a loud "click", and the joint part finally broke, and the huge tree trunk tumbled down the slope down the mountain.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen mentioned his throat and eyes, not only afraid that the tree trunk would stop on the middle road, but also afraid that due to the uneven potholes in the mountain, the tree trunk would be too bumpy in the process of rolling down, resulting in deviation from the predetermined direction.

Fortunately, the process was relatively smooth, and because the trunk was too thick, it was really unstoppable to roll down. Although there were some small bumps, they were still within Zhu Youzhen's expectations. With a loud rumbling sound, the trunk quickly rolled down to the foot of the hill and hit the reef on the shore before stopping.

Zhu Youzhen only felt that the ground under his feet was trembling, and it took a long time to recover. He hurriedly ran to the trunk of the tree at the bottom of the mountain with Li Zhenyan to carefully check the damage to the trunk. If there is a huge crack in the trunk of the tree under this impact, then the material will be wasted, and the hard work of more than two months will be useless.

Fortunately, the pine wood is soft and flexible, although it hit the reef with huge kinetic energy, it only wiped off some of the bark, and the trunk inside was basically intact, so Zhu Youzhen was relieved. From this moment on, he moved on to the next stage of work: processing the hull.

First of all, he had to make a flat bottom. Because the trunk itself is round, but the canoe cannot be made round, otherwise it will have to turn around and turn in the water. This is another very tiring job, and when Zhu Youzhen completes this link and polishes the bottom surface flat, another ten days have passed.

Next, a cabin was carved out of the trunk of the tree so that people could sit and row in it. However, at this time, the bottom surface of the trunk that had just been smoothed was still rushing up, and how to turn it over made Zhu Youzhen think about it again.

In the end, he used the principle of levers to find two thick and long logs, put stones underneath, and pry them vigorously with Li Zhenyan. After a lot of effort, the trunk was finally turned over.

Then it's time to dig up the trunks. However, after two days of work, Zhu Youzhen was frustrated to find that the workload was too big and too big, and he didn't know how much more work it would take to cut down a big tree and cut out a plane. If you just use a stone axe and a stone knife to do this, I'm afraid it will take at least half a year.

It happened that there was a thunderstorm in the past two days, and the heavy rain hit people so painfully that Zhu Youzhen had to temporarily stop work and huddle in the stilt house to wait for the storm to subside.

In the middle of the night on this day, the thunder in the sky was extremely loud, the lightning danced like a golden snake, and the heavy rain poured like the Milky Way. I heard a loud bang overhead, and the fire on the hill shook, thinking that the forest had been struck by lightning. Although they were extinguished by the heavy rain in an instant, the two of them still hugged each other tightly in fear, and they were in awe of the infinite power of nature.

Finally managed to survive until dawn, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly went up the mountain to inspect, and sure enough, he found that a big tree was struck by lightning, and the trunk was burned into black charcoal. As soon as you touch it with your hand, the crispy parts fall off one after another, and then the tree falls down.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen suddenly came to the foot of the mountain, and without saying a word, began to make mud, and after making peace, he smeared the thick wet mud on some parts of the huge tree trunk.

Li Zhenyan didn't know what she meant, and Zhu Youzhen lit a bonfire next to the trunk and threw the burning branches on the big trunk. Li Zhenyan was startled and said, "What are you doing here?" You've worked so hard for so long, do you want to burn it with a fire? ”

Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "Don't worry, you are not crazy or stupid, how can you do such a heartless thing." Don't you see where I've got wet mud? After a while, the fire will be lit, and the places protected by mud will not burn, and the places where I will burn are the places where I have to dig holes. ”

Li Zhenyan suddenly felt that she couldn't help but sincerely admire Zhu Youzhen's quick wit. Sure enough, the fire ignited, and the parts that were not protected by the dirt were soon burned to char.

"Extinguish the fire, extinguish the fire!" Zhu Youzhen was afraid that the fire would not be under control, so he hurriedly extinguished the fire with Li Zhenyan. After that, the trunk was cleaned, and sure enough, those charred parts would shatter when touched, which was much less labor-saving than chopping with a stone axe!

This process was repeated dozens of times, and after six or seven days, the trunk was burned deep into the sunken, and the canoe was already beginning to take shape. Then it could no longer be burned with fire, because the cabin still had to be finished with a stone axe.

From the marks engraved on the trees, we can know that it is now the second lunar month of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, and it has been half a year since Zhu Youzhen and Li Zhenyan went to the island on the 15th day of the eighth month of the fourth year of the Apocalypse. The two of them have been away from the mainland for too long, and they have been separated from their relatives for too long, so they are like arrows, and they can't wait to fly back to Jingyang with their wings.

Now seeing that the canoe is about to be completed, Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything, but his heart became even more impatient. Since the big tree trunk was still some distance away from the wooden house where they lived, he simply did not go back to the small cabin, and soaked here all day, eating some food sent by Li Zhenyan when he was hungry, and lying down in the unfinished cabin for a nap when he was sleepy.

Even in the middle of the night, the sound of Zhu Youzhen's stone axe and stone chisel still came out intermittently, as if it was accompaniment to the monotonous sound of the sea waves. Li Zhenyan knew that he was impatient and sad in his heart, but in fact, she was not like this!

Therefore, she did not dissuade Zhu Youzhen, but just cooked for him more carefully every day. And while Zhu Youzhen was asleep, he gently massaged him, so that his extremely tired body could relax a little.

Finally, on the 19th day of the second lunar month, Zhu Youzhen's canoe was completed. The canoe was three feet five feet long, three feet wide, and one foot eight inches deep, and although it looked a little rough, it was finally ready to be launched!