Chapter 293 Digging the Foundation!
Hearing Sakura’s voice, the other Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls looked over.
Seeing the branches Diona had laid out, they all became interested.
Just as the other Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls were about to measure each other’s lengths, Lin Ye’s voice rang out.
“Don’t forget we have to build houses tomorrow. If you don’t rest early, you won’t have the energy tomorrow.” As soon as Lin Ye said this, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls quieted down immediately.
Then, one by one, they lay down on their beds and obediently started to sleep.
Lin Ye lay on the bed, a smile on his face.
This method would allow the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls to quickly grasp the method of measuring lengths.
After thinking for a while, Lin Ye also fell asleep.
Knowing her height, Diona even let out a laugh in her sleep.
The next morning.
Lin Ye stood on an open space outside the cave.
Lin Ye still chose to build the two brick houses near the cave and the wooden house.
This would make it convenient to get or move anything in the future.
However, the space for the brick houses needed to be carefully planned.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls were using a flatbed cart to transport bricks from the brick kiln.
Lin Ye, on the other hand, was walking around the ground with a wooden stick and the tape measure.
Shi followed beside Lin Ye, and Lin Ye asked Shi to help him out.
Lin Ye had Shi pull one end of the tape measure and extend it, then began to measure the length of the open space.
Lin Ye planned to build as much as possible this time.
He would enclose the entire open space.
If he had a good way to waterproof it, Lin Ye would have even wanted to enclose the cave entrance within the brick houses.
But in that case, there would be gaps between the walls, roof, and the mountain wall of the brick house.
It would leak when it rained, and also let in wind in the winter.
The walls could be sealed with cement.
But the roof could not be completely covered.
So Lin Ye had to give up this idea and build a large flat house.
She followed Lin Ye, constantly measuring various lengths.
Watching Lin Ye draw squares on the ground, she couldn’t understand what Lin Ye was doing.
Finally, after working for a whole morning.
Lin Ye drew the structural diagram of the entire brick house on the ground.
After putting away the tape measure, Shi also stood beside Lin Ye.
Seeing Lin Ye looking at the squares on the ground and nodding with satisfaction, he became even more confused.
After watching for a while, Lin Ye used the wooden stick to draw another large square around the outermost perimeter of the squares he had just drawn on the ground.
Then, at intervals within this large square, he drew clear markings. “Hoo~!”
After finishing all the markings, Lin Ye let out a sigh of relief.
Turning around, he saw Shi looking at him with a confused expression. Lin Ye smiled at Shi.
Seeing Lin Ye stop, Shi quickly walked to his side, looked at the thin lines Lin Ye had just drawn on the ground, and asked Lin Ye with confusion, “Ye, what are these thin lines you drew on the ground for?” Hearing Shi’s question, Lin Ye smiled and replied, “These deepened thin lines are where we need to dig down later.”
“The first thing to do when building a house is to dig the foundation. Otherwise, if you build a house on the ground, it will subside over time.” “But since we are only building a flat house, we don’t need to dig the foundation too deep, just five bricks deep is enough.” “Foundation?”
Lin Ye knew that Shi wouldn’t understand this concept when he mentioned it.
So, without giving Shi a chance to ask further questions, he continued.
“Call everyone back. Today, we’ll start by digging the foundation, just as wide as a brick.” Shi looked at Lin Ye blankly. After listening to Lin Ye, he nodded as if he understood but also didn’t.
Then he went to notify the other Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls.
Soon, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all arrived.
Looking at the frames Lin Ye had drawn on the ground, they were all confused. “Ye, do we need to dig these thin lines on the ground first?”
After the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls arrived at the small open space, Xing walked to Lin Ye’s side and asked him.
Lin Ye smiled and nodded, pointing to the clear lines on the ground that he had deliberately deepened, and said to the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, “Do you see those deeper lines? Dig down five bricks deep and one brick wide.”
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls looked in the direction Lin Ye pointed.
Indeed, they saw thin lines on the ground that were clearly deepened on purpose.
Then, all the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls raised their heads and nodded at Lin Ye.
Seeing the appearance of the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, Lin Ye smiled at them and then said to them again, “What are you waiting for? This is a lot of work, go get your tools and start!”
Hearing Lin Ye’s words, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, who were smiling foolishly at Lin Ye, immediately reacted.
They all ran towards the cave.
Meanwhile, Lin Ye began to consider issues such as natural light from windows, where to place the stove, and where to eat.
They also needed a place for daily activities and play.
How to keep the heat inside the house without causing oxygen deficiency.
Lin Ye had to consider all these things.
Soon, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls rushed out of the cave with various tools.
Each person found a spot and started digging.
However, with over forty Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls digging together, it seemed a bit crowded.
Seeing this, Lin Ye thought for a moment and said to Shi, “Shi, take a few people and pull the flatbed cart to the river to transport river sand back. It’s okay to bring stones, we don’t need to be so particular about building houses.” Shi heard Lin Ye’s voice, raised his head, nodded at Lin Ye, and then called a few Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls to set off.
Watching their backs as they learned to carry shovels like him, Lin Ye couldn’t help but smile.
Lin Ye himself had to watch the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls to make sure they didn’t dig crookedly.
When they built the brick kiln last time, Shi was also sent to dig for river sand.
As it happened, they didn’t need so many people here right now.
So Lin Ye asked Shi to take a few more people to set off.
Lin Ye stood there and watched the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls dig for a while.
He saw that the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls had very good control over the direction. They dug the pits right where the thin lines were drawn.
There was no deviation at all.
So Lin Ye also started digging with the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls.
As for Shi and the others, two flatbed carts and one carriage, they would bring back large amounts of river sand every so often.
It was all unloaded to one side of the open space.
They dug like this for a whole day.
Everyone finally finished digging the foundation.
After digging, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls stood aside.
They looked at the沟壑-like foundations dug on the ground along the thin lines drawn by Lin Ye.
Looking at it this way, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls could all see that the foundations were arranged in square shapes.
The outermost large square was divided into smaller squares by the foundations within.
And the size of these small squares was basically the same.
Seeing the results of their hard work for a day, smiles appeared on the faces of the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls.
Lin Ye also looked at the dug foundation on the ground with satisfaction.
These foundations were where the walls would be.
When the bricks were stacked vertically, they would form a wall.
Lin Ye saw that it was getting late.
Just as Shi and the others had returned to the tribe with the carriage.
So Lin Ye smiled and said to the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, “Alright, that’s all for today. Everyone help Shi and the others unload the river sand from the carts, and then we’ll go rest.” Hearing Lin Ye’s words, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all nodded with smiles.
Although they were all tired from a day of hard work.
But just thinking about living in the large brick house in winter, as Lin Ye said, they would not be cold, filled them with energy.
