After looking at the trolls for a while, Xiang En lay back in Andrea's arms, lowering his eyebrows in thought.
The trolls didn't stay in the town, and they probably didn't want to take revenge.
After this battle, the trolls are extremely powerful, and they should no longer risk their own lives by becoming enemies with them.
Even if the trolls really want revenge, they won't be able to do so in the near future, at least this winter they don't have to worry about it.
If they can win once, they can win a second time!
After digesting the spoils of this battle, their strength can at least be improved by several levels. Under the ebb and flow of one another, even if the trolls want to cause trouble later, Xiang En will be able to deal with it with confidence.
After thinking for a while, Xiang En ignored it and decided to go to bed first. He was too tired.
In the afternoon, Markey knocked on the bedroom door to alert them that it was time for their rotation.
Then, Xiang En and the others got up, randomly summoned some bread for a few people to eat, and went to rest when it was time to rest, and to work when it was time to work.
A wooden board temporarily served as the door to the basement, and Xiang En led Andrea and Naka to the manor that was still covered with zombie bird corpses.
The smell of corpses was blown by the wind and went straight into their noses. Even the cows in the cowshed were disgusted by the smell and huddled in the corner of the cowshed.
When he came to the edge of the small lake, Xiang En checked the excavation progress of the big pit and found that the big pit for burning corpses was only ten meters in diameter and three meters deep.
Without battery life, Markey and Duncan could spend a few hours digging such a big hole, which is already good.
But such a pit is far from enough. They will continue to dig and expand the pit.
It would have to be dug to a diameter of at least fifteen meters and a depth of eight meters to be able to barely burn half of the corpses of the zombie birds.
The number of bird carcasses piled up in the manor was so exaggerated that it would take at least two large pits fifteen meters wide and eight meters deep to be burned four times.
They turned on the battery life plug-in and dug until night before completing the first hole.
The work of burning the corpse needed to be completed as soon as possible, so Xiang En woke up Markey and Duncan and asked them to cut down the trees together, implementing the truth that if you want to get rich, you must cut down the trees first.
Others went to collect firewood, piled logs and broken wood at the bottom of the pit, spread a layer of firewood, and then spread a layer of corpses. After laying a pile of corpses, they spread a layer of firewood.
It's like a layer cake with one layer of corpse and one layer of wood.
At night, Xiang En and the others laid out a big pit for corpses, including zombie birds and trolls.
After lighting the firewood, they went back to rest, leaving the job of guarding to the trap totems planted all around the manor.
After knowing that trolls were about to appear, Xiang En started to stock up on trap totems. He had a lot of them in stock, so he didn't have to worry about wasting them.
When they woke up the next day, they found that the body had not been completely burned, but it was almost done.
The trolls are still building huts and cowsheds, and some trolls are still clearing fields and continuing to grow potatoes.
Xiang En told everyone about their situation, but also told them not to be so nervous and just continue to do their things.
The operation of cleaning up the corpses took three days, even if they worked overtime.
Although the bodies have been cleaned up, the smelly blood-stained soil on the ground still needs to be cleaned up.
It took another two days to clear away a layer of mud that contained the smelly blood in the manor. This was only possible with the help of the yaks.
Xiang En used his old craftsmanship and made two oxcarts and several plows out of wood, letting them play a role other than growing meat.
After the manor was cleaned up, the originally beautiful garden turned into a large area of mud. The stone slabs were basically broken. Only some stone chips were left in the big house. A large area of grass in the backyard was stripped and turned into an ugly mud. land.
After a few days, the surrounding temperature dropped again, and the weather became increasingly bad and gloomy, reminding people of the rain that changed the world.
When everyone looks up now, they will think of the terrible experiences they had and feel vaguely uneasy.
This uneasiness became a reality in just two days.
The gloomy sky with a hint of dark green cast a layer of gloom in the hearts of Xiang En and others.
Xiang En looked away at the sky, adjusted his work content for the day, and pointed at the people standing by the entrance to the basement, "Marky, Duncan, you two will pull an ox cart to the river later." Bian, bring back a cart of loess, as I taught you before. Naka, you and Hogan continue to chop down trees. Bourne goes to the cowshed to get some boards to strengthen it."
After arranging the work, he released the migratory birds to take a look at the situation of the trolls, and found that the trolls were a little indifferent to the dark clouds in the sky, and did not seem to care much about the coming rain.
Maybe they don't know what the rain will bring, so they don't have any sense of crisis
After watching the trolls as usual, Xiang En refocused his attention and began to waterproof the basement entrance and several small vents.
The simplest waterproofing treatment is to seal the door tightly, but this is too depressing.
Xiang En plans to build a small hut like a hut at the entrance of the basement. Later, he will expand the basement to make the area larger and fill it with wooden boards to separate several rooms.
The wooden hut was built in half a day. Many of the materials were directly disassembled from those troll huts. The huts built by the trolls were quite simple and durable.
After the hut was built, Xiang En took Andrea to dig drainage ditches in the manor. The rain might be heavy, so they needed to dig enough drainage ditches to drain the possible black rainwater to appropriate places.
The well in the manor was covered with wooden boards by Xiang En and was not used for the time being.
After the simple ditch was dug, Markey and Duncan returned with an oxcart of loess.
The loess will be used to build a reservoir in the cell in the basement. Before, Xiang En only knew that soil could be fired into ceramics.
As for the specific material, he only remembered an ant nest, and it took many attempts to figure out which kind of soil could be used as a building material.
While preparing to build a furnace, a troll arrived and interrupted his plan to smelt iron.
Winter is coming soon, and they can melt and cast iron into the shapes they need during this winter.
After the iron door of the cell was removed, the space of the cell seemed much larger, about 40 square meters.
They only need to build a 20-square-meter water tank, and the remaining space is ready to be used to build a kitchen.
The middle of the reservoir was filled with wooden boards as partitions. It only took half a day to repair it. The rest was to use charcoal pots to dry the soil.
By late at night, all the preparations that could be done were basically done.
The sky outside is not too dark yet, and if it goes according to the conditions of the last black rain, they still have three or four days to complete preparations.
At night, after eating rat dinner, Xiang En and Andrea took a bath.
Lying in bed at night, Andrea changed her past infatuated look and looked dull and stupid, as if she was thinking about something.
"What are you thinking about?"
Xiang En turned his back on the guest, hugged Andrea, and rubbed the gorgeous red hair intimately.
Andrea also put her arm around Xiang En's waist and said dullly: "I miss my family a little bit..."
The arrival of the second rain reminded her of her mood during the first rain, and then of her family members who were not around.
Father, mother, and second sister don't need to worry too much. What should be worried about most is Sharon, the eldest sister who accepted the imperial conscription and went to a foreign land.
In the past, you could see your parents and relatives as long as you went home, but now you can't see your parents even if you go home. Although you can't see them either, there is an essential difference between the two.
The former doesn't make people think much about it because it's not a problem. The latter is like a separation between heaven and man, which makes people scratch their hearts and feels uncomfortable. Even if they want to see it, it is impossible to see it.
Such questions made people very irritated, and then Andrea stood up
what to do if I am sad
Just do something else to distract yourself!
Although they were physically and mentally exhausted due to work, they had not practiced sparring for more than a month when they were underground.
By the time the two came out of the basement, the others had already started exercising and feeding the cows grass.
The sky was darker than yesterday. When Xiang En looked up, he saw a dark green sky. The wind was blowing, and a familiar sour smell was wafting.
The dark clouds are moving, maybe somewhere else, the rain is already falling.
After sighing for a while, he assigned Naka and the others a task to continue cutting down trees and storing the wood underground.
Let Bourne and Hogan harvest some more young grass and store it as food for a few yaks.
I checked the water reservoir in the cell and found that it had been dried. Although it was not very smooth, Xiang En had the magic to purify liquids, so whether the water was dirty or not was not a big problem.
As long as the water is not filled with corpses, there won't be any problems after purification.
Let Marky and Duncan carry water together. When the reservoir is full, Xiang En purifies the water and then covers it with wooden boards.
The water in the pool is probably enough for them to drink for a month or two. After that, even if it is very cold in winter, they will not have to leave the ground often.
But this winter will definitely be better than the last one, because Xiang Enhui is blessed with the element of fire and can use this skill to achieve a constant body temperature effect. It will never happen again when you are too cold to move!
During a routine observation of the troll neighbors, Xiang En found that the trolls also seemed to be making pottery from soil. They seemed to be very leisurely. They only made some basic preparations for the subsequent heavy rain and dug some drainage ditches.
After finishing observing the trolls, Xiang En continued to do carpentry work.
Everything that needs to be done has basically been done. Now they just need to wait quietly for the coming heavy rain to end and spend this winter.
In today's world, even the most worthless time passes extremely quickly.
Thick green clouds as black as ink soon covered the entire sky. The next night, Xiang En and Andrea were sparring and were about to decide the winner. Suddenly, a thunder fell from the sky and Xiang En lost his ability. .
After hastily finishing the sparring session, Xiang En released the migratory birds and flew outside to check the situation.
The pure white body of the migratory bird stumbled under the interference of the rain. With the help of the shaking perspective, Xiang En saw the thunder dyeing the night sky dark green.
The strong wind disturbed the rain, sometimes moving to the left, sometimes to the right, and sometimes even flying upward.
The sound of crashing can be heard clearly even underground.
Facing the wind and rain, the migratory birds flew hard towards the town. Soon Xiang En saw the trolls' camp.
The troll camp was very lively. Some of the roofs of the huts built by the trolls were blown away by the strong wind. Raindrops hit the trolls' bodies, causing bursts of strange screams.
They desperately searched for materials, re-strengthened the roof, and even used trees to hold down the roof of the hut to prevent rainwater from drifting into the house.
After watching for a while, the migratory birds were dispersed by the black rain.
After seeing the misery of the trolls, Xiang En no longer felt that they had the ability to sneak attack on them. How could he still be able to attack them if he could not protect himself.
In this way, Xiang En could sleep next to Andrea peacefully.
I woke up naturally after sleeping. Although it was already daytime outside, the rain still didn't stop and it was getting worse.
They could have stayed in the basement, but that was before and now they had six more yaks to look after.
Bourne was already very familiar with taking care of yaks. After wrapping himself in the animal skin, he left the basement and rushed to the cowshed.
Because he had anticipated the arrival of acid rain in advance, Xiang En had asked Bourne to strengthen the cowshed in advance, store fodder, and build a pond.
Bourne prepared fodder for the yaks for a day and returned after shoveling the dung. The rain had little impact on the yaks.
They spent the past few days leisurely during the rainy days.
Xiang En saw that Naka and the others had nothing to do, so he carved playing cards out of wood chips, and then taught them how to play Landlord and Bullfighting.
The adventurers all have the same hobbies, drinking and gambling, even Andrea is no exception.
In addition to reading novels and fighting hand-to-hand combat, Andrea took up the hobby of playing cards, and became increasingly addicted to it.
Xiang En is not very interested in playing cards. When he really has nothing to do, he will take the barrel and ask Bourne to go to the cowshed with him to milk the cows.
After all, yaks are not cows, and their milk supply is limited. After two days of going back and forth, I only got a little more than one liter of milk.
Xiang En cooked it and divided it. There was too little milk and no eggs, so I couldn't even make some cakes.
After Naka and others indulged in playing cards for five or six days, the rain outside finally stopped.
Under Xiang En's forced request, they reluctantly left the surface and went to see the world after the rain.
This time the acid rain was much more serious than Xiang En expected. When they walked to the surface, the pungent sour smell in the air was stronger than what they remembered, and the water accumulated on the ground was also black.
Stepping on the muddy road, Xiang En first checked the condition of the cowshed and found that everything was normal with the yaks.
After that, Xiang En went to the well again. After opening the wooden board, a stronger sour smell hit his nose, making him dizzy, so he quickly covered the wooden board.
The water in the underground wells has also been polluted, and people and animals in the world have fallen into a state of water and food shortage.
This time the pollution is more serious than last time. I don’t know if the land will be able to recover to the point where it can be planted after this winter.
If the land was completely polluted, they might not have as good food as they do now.
The trolls next door who insist on being their neighbors may also have some changes and have their own ideas.
(End of chapter)