This location has the best drainage.
Of course, compared to before when building a shelter completely by hand in Canada, this time Li Younan has more choices and space.
There are quite a few materials on the plane that can be used directly to build the framework.
Li Younan brought down aluminum alloys, such as seat tracks and luggage racks, to the vicinity of the shelter.
Since this is a tropical area, there’s no need to consider warming issues, which saves a lot of time.
On the island, the tree with the highest hardness is the Terminalia tree. It’s a processed wood with very high strength, good corrosion resistance, and straight grain. There are only more than 20 scattered within the island’s rainforest, with four of them being fallen and dead trees.
These trees have a diameter of over 30 centimeters. Li Younan spent some time dragging them all near the shelter, then used them as the main pillars to lay the foundation.
And the main framework of the shelter still uses Li Younan’s favorite beam-lifting structure.
Of course, this time when making the beam-lifting frame, there’s no need to make too many. The wood for the beam-lifting frame is from the Acacia tree, which has moderate strength but very good wood toughness. With a diameter of nearly twenty centimeters, it’s widely distributed and grows quickly. There are at least sixty or seventy within the island.
Li Younan made three sets of beam-lifting frames, with the innermost one placed directly beside the cave, thus turning the cave directly into a room of the shelter.
After connecting the horizontal beams and vertical beams, the framework of the house began to take shape.
The material for the roof is even simpler.
Li Younan first laid a layer of pandan leaves on the sandalwood; these leaves, used for wind and rain protection, are even more effective than thatch. After laying a base layer, Li Younan placed all the collected aluminum alloy trusses on top and fixed them with screws. In this way, the roof became very stable.
Standing underneath the shelter, he felt immensely assured.
No matter how heavy the rain that falls, he no longer needs to worry about getting drenched.
Moisture is naturally unavoidable, but it’s not as damp as imagined.
As long as the sun is out, the sunlight is good enough here to quickly remove the moisture and keep it dry.
Next, Li Younan continued to use Acacia wood and pandan leaves to create the walls.
A small shelter of over ten square meters was built.
Compared to the last time in Canada, this time Li Younan’s living experience will be even better because he directly used the thick carpet from the airplane cabin to lay on the floor. Furthermore, with ready-made mattresses, Li Younan could use them directly, and laying his woven mat on top turns it into an extremely comfortable large bed.
After finishing these tasks, it was again evening.
At this time, the sky darkened again, yet there was no rain, and the outside was extremely quiet.
Li Younan turned on the flashlight, took a coconut, made a hole with a screwdriver, sat on the bed, and inserted a straw found on the plane to sip.
Next, the most important thing is to make the workbench.
But before that...
Li Younan suddenly thought of tomorrow morning’s breakfast being breadfruit again and felt a slight acid reflux in his stomach.
In addition, the problem of drinking water hasn’t actually been solved yet.
These past few days, his water source has actually been coconuts.
After making the workbench, starting to make the radio station will be a long process.
Tomorrow, he must properly solve the problems of food and water.
What Li Younan didn’t know was that while he was doing these things, external speculation began to ferment once more.

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