wasteland ranch

Chapter 17 Discovery of the Black Stone
Taking advantage of the darkness, Lin Guiyao sneaked a glance at Bai Ruochu who was slicing the meat with his head sullen, and then smiled wryly at his right hand that was swollen into a pig's trotter.

Fortunately, it was just a wooden stick. If it were a dagger, wouldn't he have to follow Huang San's footsteps after training his unicorn arm for more than 20 years?
clang~
A plate of sliced ​​meat was thrown on the table in front of him, Bai Ruochu walked aside, turned around, and began to wipe his dagger.

After Hu Xiaoer's explanation, Bai Ruochu also knew that he had misunderstood Lin Guiyao, but he didn't say a word until now, and he didn't know if he was still angry.

Chen Elong also seemed to know that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and he was dealing with a piece of thigh meat with a sullen head.

Lin Guiyao grabbed a piece of grilled meat and chewed it lightly. It was full of salt and greasy, but it was still protein anyway. He knew that the requirements should not be too high now.

"In the future, we must plant some spices such as onion, ginger, garlic, star anise, cumin and black pepper..."

Silently looking at Gabang who was sleeping with a bone in his arms, Lin Guiyao swallowed the thick meat in his mouth forcefully.

"By the way, I missed something important..."

After knocking on the table, Bai Ruochu only turned his head a little.

"What about the wood we use for cooking and fire... I don't think it will take long to burn all these houses."

After Bai Ruochu listened, he turned his head back, but Chen Elong raised his hand, but in the end it was Hu Xiaoer who answered:

"Um...Brother Lin, our village used to use a kind of black stone for cooking. We seldom burn wood, but it is very difficult to ignite, so the little erhu only uses wood today."

"Black stone?"

"Yes, it's in the passage."

Hearing this, Lin Guiyao hurriedly urged Hu Xiaoer to lead the way, without caring to continue chewing meat. Soon, Hu Xiaoer took out a small black stone from the spiral staircase leading to the sea of ​​darkness. With a glance, Lin Guiyao knew what it was.

coal!
Those black rocks in the passage are actually coal?
Lin Guiyao froze for a moment, went back and picked up a wooden board soaked in oil, lit it and used it as a torch to go into the cave to investigate.

Starting from the entrance of the cave, the walls were covered with shiny black coal. A tunnel that was obviously dug by humans ran parallel to the other side from the entrance of the cave. It should have been dug by the villagers to obtain fuel.

But the passage to the sea of ​​darkness is a normal rock, so Lin Guiyao didn't find anything abnormal.

I gently tapped the coal wall with a hoe and easily broke off a large piece of coal. The texture was very clear and no yellow impurities were visible. It was still anthracite!

This is good stuff!

Generally speaking, many coals in nature contain some sulfur, so they will have a strange smell when burned. However, anthracite coal is different. It has very low sulfur content or no sulfur at all. It has low impurities and high carbon content. It is a relatively Premium fuel.

Except... the ignition point is a little higher.

But the villagers can light it up, so it's not a big problem, just some kindling is enough.

Looking at the dark passage, Lin Guiyao couldn't help sighing:
With a natural moat-like defense, endless water sources, and the current anthracite coal, this village is not only a little small as a base, but also has obvious advantages.

But whether it's because of his good luck or because of someone's arrangement, it's a bit interesting for him.

After digging two boxes of coal and returning to the bonfire, Lin Guiyao tried to throw in two pieces of coal. Sure enough, the flame after ignition was short and long-lasting. It seemed that he no longer had to worry about fuel.

No wonder Bai Ruochu didn't even bother to answer. In her opinion, her question was a bit stupid.

"Since there is nothing else, let's go take a bath, little erhu, you go first."

Bai Ruochu turned his head and took a deep look at Chen Elong and Lin Guiyao, the warning was self-evident.

The second batch of supplies that she and Chen Elong brought back were somewhat prescient. They were all daily necessities, such as pots and pans and some clothes, so it was no problem to boil some bath water.

Now they took a pot of boiled hot water and walked into the hole with the sink. A large water tank had been placed in it long ago, and after adding hot water, it became a bathtub.

There is no way, if there is water, you will be willful. Even if you are as strong as Huang San, you are not so lucky to be able to take such a great hot bath...

After Hu Xiaoer finished washing and went out to watch, Bai Ruochu slowly took off his clothes in the cave, white robe, shirt, and bandages...

If you observe carefully, you can vaguely see that the long bandage is densely embroidered with small characters:

Village, Chen Elong, route, Hu Xiaoer, food, trade, dangerous camp...

After taking a bath, Bai Ruochu cut off the blood-stained bandage on his left arm, looked at the information recorded on it, and seemed to think it was not very important, so he threw it aside, but looked at a piece that hadn't had time to embroider it on. information:
Home, strange man, a little smart, Lin Guiyao, fire, new human beings, able to farm, owed a bullet, two lives...

When her hand touched the little cleverness and the two lives, Bai Ruochu didn't know what she thought of. She curved her mouth and asked Hu Xiaoer to hand the needle and thread to her.

Taking a slight glance at the hourglass that was about to bottom, Bai Ruochu quickly embroidered these words on a new bandage, then wrapped it back,
In the flickering firelight, the last sentence on the bandage seemed to have one more:
An apology.

……

After Hu Xiaoer and Bai Ruochu, Lin Guiyao and Chen Elong also took a comfortable hot bath, of course, in another water tank.

Under Lin Guiyao's strong opposition, Chen Erlong's request to be honest with him and rub each other's backs was not met, but who cares, anyway, the sticky feeling from last night was washed away. Lin Guiyao just needs to feel comfortable.

I have to say that after losing my mobile phone, computer and Internet, once it gets dark and there is no light, there is really nothing to pass the time.

However, everyone has been tired for a long day, not to mention so many things happened today. Even the village is about to be disbanded, so naturally no one is in the mood to sit down and discuss life or strangers.

So after taking a shower, everyone went back to their respective houses and said good night early.

Lin Guiyao lay on a hard wooden bed and began to count today's harvest:

The coconuts saved yesterday were burned by a fire, and now I only have a hoe and a dog claw knife as tools.

After a whole day of smashing and selling, the G coins earned were also filled in the seeds, but it can be regarded as the development of several functions of domestication, recovery, and taming of the system.

Thinking of taming, Lin Guiyao glanced at Gabang, who was lying on his lap, snoring with his bones in his arms. Since taming, this guy no longer sleeps in a burrow, but follows him closely, without any pretense. Rat awareness.

No, they all went to his bed!

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