The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1117 - Chapter 1117 1117 Cliff Survival 2

Chapter 1117: 1117 Cliff Survival 2 Chapter 1117: 1117 Cliff Survival 2 His strength was much greater than ordinary people’s, and he knew how to weave baskets and the like, so even though he was injured, the speed at which he crafted the wooden raft was very fast.

Almost as soon as Qingyue dropped a bundle of branches, he would join them together into a raft.

The trees on the face of the cliff were not towering giants, so Qingyue climbed cautiously and broke off branches from five trees before Yuchuan had enough to make a roughly two-square-meter ‘miscellaneous branch raft’.

Yuchuan intentionally left some vertical sticks with load-bearing capacity to support the makeshift raft.

Looking down, Qingyue saw that the landing spot had been prepared, and the third brother held a thick stick and was hammering an ordinary wall stone before using the knocked-off stone to smash the cliff wall, to collect small stones and the mud from the crevices.

She continued to gather firewood from the cliff face.

Night had completely fallen.

Laid across the extended tree trunks from one cliff face to another, the wooden raft, with an area of about one square meter, was covered with a thick layer of crushed stones mixed with mud.

To prevent the mud and stones from falling, this half-square-meter raft was woven very tightly.

The other square meter on the left was piled high with other miscellaneous branches and bark Qingyue had gathered, and barely left space to stand.

Yuchuan took some dry leaves and twigs from the branches, made a small pile, and started a fire with flintstone.

This was not a good piece of flintstone, and the cold wind was strong, so it took him a while to start a fire.

Although sparks flew, the dry twigs and leaves would not ignite.

He removed his wet clothes and, on the windward side of the raft, inserted two sticks and spread his clothes over them, tying the sleeves to the sticks to block the wind.

Then he continued his efforts, skillfully striking the two pieces of flintstone together among the pile of leaves.

With a spark, a few of the dry leaves finally caught fire, and he hurriedly added more leaves from the side, bolstering the small and pitiful flame.

He piled on finer, dry bark, and only when the flame started to grow stronger, did he place two larger stones on either side of the small fire and laid a few larger dry branches across them.

He started with dry wood to strengthen the fire before adding green wood to burn, to prevent the fire from going out.

“Wife, it’s ready, we have enough firewood for tonight!” Yuchuan called out towards the cliff face.

“Oh.” From dozens of meters above, Qingyue’s voice echoed.

She tied a large bundle of newly gathered firewood to her waist belt at the lower back.

Climbing down the nearly vertical cliff face was much tougher than climbing up.

She had received special training and was not going to be defeated by this challenge.

If she were to walk down the cliff face with the sky completely dark and unable to see the small protruding stones for footholds, one misstep could lead to a fall.

No matter how skilled she was, she didn’t possess the kind of flying ability found in novels.

Seeing the thick, unbreakable branches extending from the cliff below, she thought for a moment and simply jumped down.

Yuchuan, seeing her jump, stretched out his arms in fear, trying to catch her below.

But she had only jumped to land on one of the extended branches.

Right next to this branch happened to be a protruding stone, and before she lost her balance, she narrowly grabbed onto the stone to steady herself and prevent falling.

One of the thick branches on this tree had a bundle of vines hanging from it, which she had previously collected from the cliff face.

She had picked every vine she could reach and hung it here temporarily, estimating it to be tens of meters long when connected.

After tying the vines together, she fastened one end to the tree trunk and threw the other end down, and the length just reached the wooden raft Yuchuan had prepared.

She steadied herself with one hand on the vine rope and the other grabbing the wall, kicking the stone wall as she gradually made her way down.

Before long, she had safely returned to the raft.