Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 319 Two hundred and thirty four. Completion and strangeness

  The sea breeze blows up the cliffs.

  Dead trees blocked the surrounding of the cave from the sea breeze, and as the time approached the afternoon, the sound of digging in the cave gradually ceased.

  The four Jones brothers piled the last pile of gravel outside the cave, and with enthusiasm, they looked at Lu Li and walked into the cave for inspection.

  In the depths of the cave, a relatively flat space was excavated here according to Lu Li's requirements. The cross-section of the rock layer and the soil layer was exposed on the wall of the cave. With the furniture and debris stacked on the outside of the cave, there was finally some life here.

  The cellar in the corner is dark and dark, and the cellar space is less than two cubic meters.

  The original plan for Luli was ten cubic meters, but obviously this requirement could not be fulfilled in a few days-but two cubic meters of cellars were basically enough for use, and they could be expanded gradually in the later period.

  Luri's line of sight swept between the walls of the cave. The current space is enough for a 10-centimeter-thick deep-sea stone, but if it is replaced with a one-meter thickness, the height and length need to be increased.

   But there are two pieces of news that are neither good nor bad: Lu Li can't afford to use a one-meter-thick deep-sea stone as a wall, and a ten-centimeter-thick deep-sea stone is actually quite reluctant.

After the inspection, the four Jones brothers breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the carriage with their tools.

   Before leaving, Lu Li picked up the empty tin can on the edge of the cave - this was the can that Lame Barton had thrown away last time.

   Handed it over to Anna to pick up a can of seawater under the cliff. Lu Li walked to the carriage, walked to the carriage and waited until Anna came back. Lu Li took the iron can filled with seawater and put it away, and got on the carriage.

   "I need a mason,"

   Put away half of the books that Anna had seen, and Lu Li controlled the carriage to leave the cliff and rush out of the woods.

The    Jones brothers looked at each other, and the eldest said, "We usually also work as masons and carpenters... If it's not too complicated, you can hire us."

   An employer who doesn’t bargain, point fingers, and pay easily is something all workers are willing to cooperate with.

   A few seconds later, Lu Li's voice floated into the carriage from outside the curtain: "I want to spread the stones in the box on the wall of the excavated hole."

  The four brothers were deeply impressed by the flat square stones. After thinking about it, the eldest nodded and said, "Are you laying it on the wall? It's not difficult."

   Lu Li repeated: "It's on the wall of the cave."

   "The cave wall...you mean all?" The boss was stunned.

"Um."

   "Okay...you can hire two people and we'll do it in a day. Or it'll be faster to hire four people. It's only half a day, you only need to pay 40 shillings."

"Can."

  The boss turned his head and glanced behind him, but he only saw the three brothers sitting next to each other and the carriage at the back of the carriage. He thought for a while and said to Lu Li, "Aren't we going back to the cave to take a look? There are still not enough stones."

  Lu Li was still concise: "No need, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

  It is a little late, and it will be difficult to leave the Elm Forest before dark.

  Although Elm Forest has softened his attitude towards him, no one dares to say whether it will still be the same after dark.

  …

  Elm Street, when the sky was dark, a carriage slowly drove out of the shadowy and gloomy forest.

  The dim light of oil lamps lit up in some houses on the street, and the carriage drove all the way back to the four Jones brothers' residence to take them home, and then returned to the vicinity of Sailor Street, returned the carriage, and walked back to Sailor Street.

  Lu Li passed the market, most of the sellers' shops had closed and scattered, and the selling prices of the remaining few stalls were so high that it was doubtful whether the shilling had suddenly depreciated.

   However, Lu Li still added some ingredients. Although they are expensive, they are much more cost-effective than canned food.

   Back at the detective agency, Anna wound up the clockwork of the radio and alarm clock, and with the sound of the radio, she got into the kitchen and made a stove to cook rice.

   The sound of cooking and talking came from the corridor outside the door, and as time passed, the smell of burning wood wafted out of the kitchen.

  After half an hour, Anna brought the hot pork and potatoes and the bread that had absorbed the water from the broth to the table.

   When Anna was about to turn off the stove, Lu Li stopped her and walked into the kitchen with the can of sea water and the still.

  Anna knew what he was going to do, slipped to the desk to pick up the phone, and, as usual, called her good friend Daisy every once in a while.

   After a while, Anna's crisp voice sounded from the living room.

   At this time, her mood would be brighter and more lively, just like Lu Li had never seen before.

   Although the phone bill was very expensive, Lu Li never stopped him.

   He knew that this would help to delay Anna's fall into the abyss and become an ice-cold being who no longer had consciousness.

  Put the half-full tin can on the hot stove, Lu Li lifted the distiller, placed it on top of the tin according to its usage, and connected the wooden bowl under the outlet pipe.

   As time went by, the turbid seawater in the tin pot began to boil, and the steam with the smell of the sea came out, and most of it drilled into the distiller above.

  The distillation process is very slow. Only a few minutes after the sea water boils, the first drop of distilled water drops into the wooden bowl, but soon, the second drop and the third drop fall into the wooden bowl one after another...

  After more than ten minutes, the boiling water in the tin can almost bottomed out, and the wooden bowl on the other side accumulated a small half bowl of distilled water. Open the tin can and empty out the residual distilled water in the distiller. Lu Li put his attention in the wooden bowl.

  The distilled water in the wooden bowl is relatively clear under the light of the oil lamp, and after smelling it, there is no rust smell and suspicious color.

  Old craftsmen did some anti-rust measures on the still.

   Take it to the lips and take a sip, the warm distilled water has a hint of astringency, and there is a faint sea smell that is so light that it can be ignored.

  What more is there to hope for in the apocalypse with clean and safe water to drink?

  The water source problem has been resolved.

   "Hmm...I ask Lu Lili, he knows everything."

  Anna's voice sounded from the living room at this time.

  Lu Li put the still away, walked out of the kitchen, and met Anna who was coming.

   "Daisy seems to have encountered something weird." She frowned and briefly told Lu Li what happened to Daisy.

Daisy is studying at the Messer University of Music, and a few days ago, one of her professors was showing students in class an ancient book he had been given, which he said was a precious The bard's diary with his career written in it - but since it's in a different language, he's still deciphering the text.

  The professor invited several interested students in class to decipher the contents of the diary together.

  Because of having a ghost friend, Daisy, who knows a lot of things, always feels that something is not right, so when Anna called just now, she told Anna her doubts.

After listening to Anna's story, Lu Li went to the desk and picked up the phone, and said to Daisy on the other side: "Recently, stay away from that professor and the people he often contacts as much as possible. If you find that he is not the same, call the police. "

   "Hello Lu Li, call the police...?" Daisy, who had just had time to say hello, was stunned.

   "Yes, they know who to contact."

   The voice fell, and Lu Li's eyes suddenly fell on the radio that was suddenly noisy.

   (end of this chapter)