Elven settlers

Chapter 122

Rock charged the chainsaw in the camp, carried a bucket and walked to the Jingkong River.

"hiss!"

The wound on his shoulder stuck to the fabric, and when he took off his shirt, the skin tore open again, and he sucked in the pain.

After taking off all his clothes, Rock jumped into the river with a "plop".

The water temperature in summer was very comfortable, and the cool water washed away the blood, sweat and stains on Roque's body, allowing him to regain some strength.

After soaking in the river for a while, Rock sat on the bank, popped the blisters in his hands with a grass stalk, and returned to the camp with a bucket of water.

During the whole day of transportation work today, his Mare sheep worked very hard.

These low-strength lambs are now showing some signs of collapse, and Rock needs to take care of them in time to make them recover from their weak state.

If he left it alone, the Mare sheep would probably get sick from it.

At this time, Bay Leaf and Black Luga had returned with a large amount of birch bark. Rock put the birch bark into the pot, filled it with water, sprinkled a handful of salt in it, and boiled a pot of simplified " energy drink".

After the water was boiled, he and the three elves drank a bowl each, and then carried a large bucket full of birch bark water to feed the thirty Mare sheep one by one.

The Mare sheep regained some strength after drinking water and began to eat grass.

Rock was relieved to see all the Mare sheep standing up from the ground after drinking the birch bark water.

After taking care of the Mare sheep, Rock began to prepare dinner for himself and the elves.

Now he fully understands the difficulty of living in the wasteland. Today can be said to be from morning to night, and it is a must.

In the evening, the tired Rock didn't watch a movie with the elves, but went to bed early after soaking his feet in hot water.

A night without dreams.

When he woke up the next day, as Rock expected, his whole body began to ache.

He is very experienced in this situation, which is caused by high-load exercise the day before, and it will return to normal in a few days.

But this morning I can no longer work.

"Abbe, help me stretch."

Stretching can help muscles relax and improve blood circulation.Rock had already stretched before going to bed last night.

Hearing Rock's call, Arbo came to his side, wrapped him skillfully, squeezed slowly, and pulled his muscles and ligaments.

After asking Abo to help stretch it again, Rock felt a lot lighter.

But in the morning, he can't do heavy physical labor for the time being, and he plans to take advantage of this time to shear the sheep.

Generally speaking, the hair of Mali sheep is not cut in winter and summer.

In winter it is because Maari sheep need thick hair to keep out the cold, while in summer it is simply because the quality of Maari wool hair during this period is very low.

The wool of Mali sheep grows quickly, and it will fall off and grow again after the hot summer. The hair that grows like this is very fragile and easy to break.

Therefore, the pastures where the Mali sheep are normally raised are sheared in the three months of spring and three months of autumn.

The wool of Maari sheep is usually sheared every two weeks. A normal-sized Maari sheep can shear 500 grams of wool each time, and can produce [-] kilograms of wool a year.

The purchase price of Maali wool is only 30 yuan per kilogram. If you want to make money, you can only carry out large-scale breeding, and you have to hire people to help shear the wool.

Although Rock's territory is very large, the level of wild elves in it is relatively high, which does not fully meet the conditions for large-scale breeding of Mali sheep.

However, these problems are not unsolvable. Rock chose to introduce a batch of Mare sheep first, not only because the Mare sheep are docile and suitable for novices, but also because the Mare sheep can indeed generate good income.

He already has some long-term plans and his own ideas for the subsequent breeding of Mare sheep.

Of course, that's all for later things, now we have to take good care of the [-] existing Mali sheep.

According to Rock's observation, yesterday the Mali sheep lay motionless on the ground, not only because of work fatigue, but also because of overheating.

The wool covering the Mare sheep prevents the heat generated in their bodies from dissipating in time, thus leading to symptoms of lack of energy and excessive fatigue.

So Rock is going to shear off the wool of the Mare sheep, so that they should feel better when they are working.

Rock put on a pair of rubber gloves that Pierre had given him, grabbed a Mare sheep randomly from the flock, and picked up an electric clipper to shave it.

"What~"

Mare sheep don't always like their hair, they dislike the thick wool very much in summer.

After seeing Roque start shearing the sheep for his companions, the Mali sheep all gathered together one by one.

"They will all be cut, one by one."

The mare sheep in Rock's hand was very docile, and he stood there quietly and let him shave it with a clipper.

It's just that the head is not very honest, and it always sticks out to eat grass.

"cymbals"

The electric clippers slid across the hind legs of the Mare sheep, shaving off a large mass of light yellow wool.

Rock, in order from back to front, stuck the dark blue skin of Maari sheep, and shaved off all the hair on its body.

The shaved Mali sheep are smaller in size, with only a thin layer of hair less than one centimeter long.

"What a baa~"

It can be seen that the Mali sheep was very happy after the hair on its body was shaved, and ran to the side to graze.

The remaining Mare sheep also spontaneously formed a long line in front of Rock.

Compared with other jobs, Rock feels that shaving wool is very easy.He has only shaved three Mali sheep, and his movements have become proficient.

Soon the thirty Mare sheep were all slender, leaving only a curly hair on the top of their heads.

Without the thick wool, they shook their bodies comfortably, feeling the direct contact between the air and their skin, showing more vitality than usual.

The shaved wool was not thrown away, but kept.

Although these wools can't be sold for any price, they can be made into felt and used in many places.

After resting for a morning, Rock felt that he and the Mali sheep had recovered a lot, so he started the work of logging and returning to Leng.

Calculated at the current speed, it would take about six days for Rock to collect enough logs for a wooden pile.

It takes a month for four wood piles, and he must collect and process enough wood during the summer.

In this case, by the beginning of spring next year, the wood will be almost dry, just enough to start building a house.

If Rock hadn't stocked up the wood this summer, he would have to wait until next fall to build the house, and there would be a risk that the construction period would not be enough by then.

This is also the reason why Rock must drag his tired body and persist in his work.

After all, for every extra day of delay, it is possible to delay more time in the follow-up work.

"buzzing"

Rock, wearing a pair of sunglasses, was holding a chainsaw and quickly cutting spruce branches.

With yesterday's experience, he has become a lot more proficient in handling wood.

After shaving the wool, the condition of the Mali sheep has also improved a lot. After today's work, it did not appear to be tired again.

After surviving the most difficult first day, the logging work went on smoothly.

(End of this chapter)