"Let's split up and see which house is more intact. At least it has no air leaks. We'll stay in that house tonight."
Zhang Zian put down his backpack and rubbed his sore shoulders.
The elfins were all curious about the abandoned village that used to be the home of the beekeepers and the Wranglers. They walked into the village for sightseeing.
He wasn't sure when the village was abandoned. Since he saw a Chevrolet from the 1960s, it must have been after that.
Due to the natural shelter provided by the dense forest that covered the sky and the sun, the strong winds and torrential rain were blocked and weakened by the trees. Furthermore, the Native Americans had some unique building techniques. Most importantly, there were no naughty children messing around. All these factors combined made the village quite well preserved. At a glance, most of the windows were intact.
When the beekeeper and the Wrangler abandoned the village, there were two possibilities. The first was that they came here for the last time and took all the valuable items with them. The second was that they felt there was no need to pack up anymore, so they just abandoned the village.
If it was the latter, they might be able to find some useful things in the village.
Taking things that people didn't want shouldn't be considered stealing, right?
Little White was leading stray dogs to scavenge in China, and he was scavenging in the United States …
"Eeek! Eeek! "
Pi waved its wooden stick and ran back first. It grabbed the corner of Zhang Zian's clothes and gestured for him to follow it. It looked very excited.
Zhang Zian left his backpack where it was. There were so many wolves guarding it, so he wasn't afraid of it being stolen.
Zhang Zian followed Pi to the back of a house, where there was a collapsed tree that almost crushed the house.
"Eeek." Pi pointed between the tree trunk and the ground.
The tree didn't completely fall to the ground, but maintained a small angle with the ground, as if it was supported by something.
Zhang Zian squatted down to take a look, and unexpectedly found that it was a well made of stones.
"Pi, stay a little further away. I'll push this tree aside."
He looked at it and felt that the tree wasn't very thick. Maybe he could try to push it.
"Eeek?"
Pi gestured worriedly, then turned around and pointed to the entrance of the village, meaning to ask the wolves for help. This tree was much thicker than the one that was used as a bridge.
"Don't worry, I think there won't be a problem." Zhang Zian rolled up his sleeves, picked up an iron chair from the side, and tried it. It was quite comfortable. "I'm not pushing with brute force. Do you know the principle of leverage? Give me a woman, I can create … No, give me a fulcrum, I can move the Earth! "
He inserted the back of the chair into the gap between the stone well platform and the tree trunk, then held the legs of the chair and pushed it forward. The L-shaped structure of the chair acted as a crowbar.
The heavy tree trunk started to loosen up. Every time it tilted, it moved a little to the side. Finally, it fell to the ground, revealing the black hole of the well.
Zhang Zian shone the flashlight into the well and saw the reflection of the water in the well.
Since the tree trunk had completely blocked the well, there were not many leaves on the surface of the water. The water looked quite clear. After all, it was underground water.
The other elves heard the commotion and ran over to check on the situation.
"Thanks to Pi, we found a water source," he said. "We won't be thirsty tonight."
"Zhi zhi." Pi lowered its head shyly.
As a village, no matter how small it was, it was too inconvenient without water. It was impossible for the Indians, who were proficient in survival in the wild, to not consider this when they built the village.
The wolves did not know the existence of the well because the well was blocked by the tree.
Zhang Zian was confident that he had found a water source.
"Ga ga ga ga!"
Richard's scream came from a house not far away.
Zhang Zian and the elves ran over to take a look and were shocked. They saw a group of animals flying out of a house with its door open. They screamed at a very high frequency and flew into the evening sky, like fast-moving dark clouds.
They were bats.
They flew too fast for him to see clearly. He guessed that they were big brown bats, which were very common in North America. They had used the house as a nest.
"These big flying rats almost scared me to death!" Richard was still in shock and cried out while rubbing his chest with his wings.
"Your eyes are not good. Don't run around all day. Be careful that you don't lose your life one day," Zhang Zian warned.
Although bats were beneficial animals, their bodies were very dirty and could easily spread germs, so there was no need to look at the house. There must be a lot of bat feces in it, and it stank.
"Zian, I found a house that seems to be intact," Old Time Tea ran over and said.
"Let's go and take a look."
Zhang Zian and the elves followed Old Time Tea to a house and looked carefully.
The foundation and walls of the house were made of stone, and the roof of the house was made of wood. It was both strong and light. The West Coast of the United States was hit hard by earthquakes. If there was an earthquake, the stone roof would likely crush the people in the house, and the wooden walls were not very safe against the black bears in the forest.
The house did look quite intact. The window glass was not broken, and the curtains were half closed, as if the owner could come back at any time.
"Is there anyone inside?"
Although there was a 99.99% chance that there was no one in the house, he still knocked on the door and asked loudly.
"Who is it?"
A sharp and sinister voice replied, sending chills down the spines of those who heard it.
He and the elves were stunned and took half a step back. After a few seconds, they realized that it was Richard, the b * tch bird, who had imitated a human's voice and answered.
"Quack!" Richard knew that it was going to be beaten, so it quickly flew to a higher place to hide.
Zhang Zian didn't have time to deal with it for the time being. He tried to push the door, but it was locked and very strong.
It seemed that he could only break the window and enter.
He was about to go around to the side to break the window glass and unlock the window to enter the house when he suddenly remembered that in many American movies or TV series, Americans often hid the door key near the door, such as under the door mat, above the door frame, or under the flower pot on the windowsill … Especially in a house like this kind of holiday house, the owner did not come even once in a few months, and it was easy to lose the key if he carried it with him.
He had an idea and searched around the door. Anyway, he wouldn't get pregnant if he tried. If he really couldn't find it, he could break the window and enter.
Once the integrity of the house was destroyed, it was likely to become a bat's nest. If there were hikers who came here in the future, they could only camp in the wild in disappointment …
It was better to think about others.
"Quack! What are you looking for, idiot? "Richard couldn't help but ask.
"I …"
Zhang Zian hadn't thought about how to reply to the b * tch bird. He moved a natural stone under the porch, and there was a metal key under the stone.
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