doomsday survival

Chapter 116 Building a Boat to Cross the River
Feng Chen and the others have always been curious about Shi Jian's method of crossing the river, and when they saw Shi Jian mentioning this, they immediately became interested.

Xiao Wu begged with a playful smile: "Leader, just tell us directly, don't be a secret."

Shi Jian smiled mysteriously, and said, "Let's talk after eating."

Xiao Wu begged several times, seeing that Shi Jian had not let go, she had no choice but to give up.However, the eating speed of several people was obviously accelerated. Before Shi Jian finished eating, they had already put down the bowls and chopsticks.

After Shi Jian finished his meal, the four couldn't wait to surround Shi Jian, waiting for Shi Jian to explain in detail.

Shi Jian smiled slightly and said, "Think about it, what is the thing we brought the most this time?"

Feng Chen pointed to a large roll of birch bark piled aside and said, "Isn't it just birch bark, could it be related to this?"

Shi Jian stood up, laughed, and said, "Of course. Let's go, let's go on a boat."

Xiao Wu ran to the big roll of birch bark in two or three steps, spread them out, picked up one with her hand, and said, "Boss, is this going to work, don't miss it when the time comes."

"What are you afraid of if I miss it? It's not that you are on it, am I not there? Alright," Shi Jian said with a smile, "Go to work while it's still bright!"

"Fengchen, take Andre to get some thick willow branches. Xiaowu brings me the birch bark bag and hammer over there. Meizi unfolds the birch bark and finds something to press it on." Shi Jianyi After sending out the task at once, he leaned aside and started smoking.

At this time, the sun had just set, and the sky was not completely dark yet, so it was easy to work.After a short effort, Feng Chen and Andre dragged a few long thick willow branches.Several people went into battle together, and quickly trimmed willow branches that met Shi Jian's requirements.

The rest of the work was mainly handled by Shi Jian, and the others fought on the sidelines.

Willow branches in spring are very flexible, and Shi Jian can easily use them to make the skeleton of a boat.The skeleton shares nine twigs that are interlaced and interlaced. Grooves are carved with a knife at the willow branches, and they are stuck together to form a boat shape.

Shi Jian took out the wooden nails he had prepared earlier from the birch bark bag, and used these wooden nails to nail the birch bark to the frame of the boat.

These wooden nails are cut from completely dry birch wood, which is a hard wood, and the heads of the wooden nails are very sharp, so they can be easily nailed into the soft willow wood.Soon a boat was made with birch bark as the shell and willow as the bone.

Meizi inspected the birch bark, and said puzzledly: "Boss, there must be a leak."

Shi Jian smiled slightly and said, "Shanren has his own tricks."

Several people looked at Shi Jian, wondering how he could prevent leaks.

Shi Jian took out a few large pieces of turpentine from the birch bark bag, melted it with fire, and spread it on the seams of the birch bark.After the pine resin has cooled, the gaps between the birch barks have been firmly glued, and no water can leak at all.

Feng Chen and the others praised loudly, and Andre even said in Chinese and Mao bilingual: "That's great, Master Hala!"

Shi Jian waved his hands reservedly, and said, "You know how to do it, right? Let's make two more ships now."

This birch bark boat was three meters long and one and a half meters wide, and it couldn't hold five people at all, let alone so many supplies.

Although the sky was getting dark gradually, it still couldn't stop Feng Chen and their enthusiasm.They lit the torches, followed Shi Jian's steps, and quickly finished making two more birch bark boats.

Shi Jian and several others made three pairs of oars, and finally prepared the means of transportation needed to cross the river.In order to ensure safety, Shi Jian asked several people to transport the boat to the river, put it into the river, and fix it to a tree on the bank with ropes.

The birch bark boat is very light, and although it is big, it can be easily carried by one person.Feng Chen and the others put the birch bark boat into the slowly flowing river, tied it to the shore with a rope, and let it float with the waves.In order to prevent the birch bark boat from being too light and being overturned by the river, several people also put in some stones as ballast.

"I hope there is no problem." Shi Jian said in a low voice.He really didn't have enough confidence. After all, everything was dictated by Chen Qiong, and he hadn't actually operated it because of time.With a disturbed mood, Shi Jian fell asleep.

The next day, Shi Jian got up early and took everyone to the riverside.Seeing the three small boats still floating on the river, Shi Jian was finally relieved.

However, when Shi Jian checked carefully, he found that there were various depths of water in the three small boats.Shi Jian froze in his heart, and thought to himself, "Could it be a water leak?"

But after checking again, Shi Jian let out a sigh of relief.It turned out that this was not water leaking in at all, but was driven into the boat by the waves of the river.

It is actually quite easy to find out.If the ship is leaking, then if you observe carefully, you will find that the accumulated water will have ripples rolling like a spring.But the accumulated water in the boat did not sway with the boat, so Shi Jian could be sure that the boat was fine.

Taking out the stones in the ballast, Shi Jian and the others put tents, bullets, food and other supplies into the boat.The five people took three small boats, rowed the oars, and sailed to the opposite bank.As for the reindeer that several people were riding on, they were tied to the boat with reins and allowed to swim behind the boat.

At this time, the reindeer has not completely shed its winter hair. The soft long hair is hollow and filled with air, which not only keeps warm, but also increases a lot of buoyancy for the reindeer in swimming.So a few reindeer swim very easily in the river, which is much more comfortable than five people rowing desperately.

The section of river selected by Shi Jian and others is not wide, and the river is also very gentle, which is very suitable for them to cross the river manually.

But these people were really not good enough for rowing a boat. As soon as the boat entered the river, it started to spin.In addition, the birch bark boat did not have a rudder, so it could not guarantee the direction of navigation, so the birch bark boat floated down the river.

Shi Jian only had experience of rowing in the ponds of the park, so he was not used to rowing in the river all of a sudden.After a long time of groping, he found the knack of rowing, and then he controlled the boat and approached the opposite shore little by little.And Feng Chen and the others had also mastered their skills and followed Shi Jian's boat.

When they reached the other side, all five of them were sweating.Shi Jian asked Feng Chen and the others to move the boat to the shore and find a place to put it away, so that everyone could sit down and rest.

"It's too difficult to row." Xiao Wu complained.

"Okay, no matter what, we're finally here." Shi Jian lit a bag of cigarettes, breathed a sigh of relief, and said.

Andre pulled Feng Chen and whispered something, Feng Chen's face became more and more ugly, and he asked Andre again.Andre nodded affirmatively.

"Boss..." Feng Chen hesitated for a moment and said to Shi Jian.

Shi Jian looked at Feng Chen, and found that his face was not very good-looking, so he asked strangely: "What's the matter?"

Feng Chen swallowed his saliva and said, "We are far away from the original landing site."

"Oh, that's okay, the big deal is just walking back." Shi Jian said indifferently.

"But, but we are not far away from an old district." Feng Chen then explained the reason why he has been hesitating.

As soon as Shi Jian heard the word "old district", he immediately jumped up and asked, "Where is it?"

Feng Chen pointed to the northeast and said, "It's about an hour's journey from here."

"Damn it! Then what are you waiting for? Get out of here while the weather is fine." Shi Jian shouted immediately.

The few people no longer cared about rest, and didn't care that the reindeer was still wet. They hurriedly put the supplies on the reindeer, turned over, and rushed upstream along the river.

As for the three birch bark boats, Shi Jian didn't even respond.Even though the birch bark boat is very light, at this time, it is definitely not a wise choice to bring such a large birch bark boat.

In fact, Shi Jian and the others floated down for a distance of only ten kilometers. If they took the reindeer, they could go back in less than half an hour, but this ten kilometers is actually considered a safe distance.Because zombies can smell the smell left by humans two hours ago, and zombies with a walking speed comparable to humans can walk about ten kilometers in two hours.This also means that as long as humans keep a distance of more than ten kilometers from the zombies, after he leaves, there is no need to worry that the zombies will find their way out where he stays.The reason is simple, when the zombies walked there, the smell had dissipated to the point that the zombies couldn't smell it anymore.Of course, if you want to go in the direction of the zombies, that's another matter.

After stopping again, Shi Jian looked at Feng Chen suspiciously and asked, "Team Leader Feng, tell me, can you ensure the safety of the route?"

Feng Chen blushed a little, and said: "Don't worry, leader, I won't make mistakes again this time."

"Oh my God!" Shi Jian raised his head and shouted to the sky, "Why did you ask Andre to tell you? He knows this better than you."

"This is like this, Andre participated in a road exploration here. You also know my identity at that time..." Feng Chen said in a muffled voice.

"Forget it, hurry up and take a rest, and then leave immediately." Shi Jian didn't delve into this issue, and called everyone to rest quickly.

Although Shi Jian didn't say anything more, he began to feel a little uneasy in his heart.Suddenly, Shi Jian felt that this operation would not be as easy as he had imagined at first.

"Feng Chen, don't be too deceitful, kid." Shi Jian murmured silently in his heart.

　Chatting with my parents today, I didn’t have the time code until evening, and the update was late.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)