Making Beds:

Genesis February 21th, 0001:

Today was a day mainly focused on gathering the materials necessary to make another 13 houses for everyone else, the plan was just to get all of the material ready and getting all of them carved accordingly before getting to actually constructing the houses as that was pretty much the easiest part of the whole ordeal.

Each house consisted of 9 1ft x 1ft x 15ft wooden beams, 4 1ft x 1ft x 13ft wooden beams, 8 1ft x 1ft x 10ft wooden beams, 4 1ft x 1ft x 3ft wooden beams, 4 1ft x 1ft x 5ft wooden beams, 2 1ft x 1ft x 7ft wooden beams, 2 sets of 12ft x 10ft worth of 2in planks followed by a final 2 sets of 10ft x 10ft worth of 2in wooden planks, so I just had to multiply that by 13 and I had a goal set for the day.

Yesterday while we were finishing the first house I was also able to make another 7 axes with time to spare so everyone had their own axe now meaning that I could finally use all of the manpower available to its fullest, excluding the pregnant woman of course, while I am willing to force others to work I'm not that evil.

Regardless, all that I had to do was just to train everybody on how to make wooden support beams in the same way I had taught them how to make wooden planks as it was not only faster and easier but any wood that they 'wasted' could just be turned into potash, which I was currently stockpiling for future use.

After getting things going I pretty much spent the rest of the day working on making a second rock pot that I could use to boil water as it had become evident that we couldn't make due by using just a single one. Once that was done though I could finally start working on what I was actually looking forward to, making beds.

Although laying on leaves was rather relaxing it was still worse than a bed as it was impossible to insulate heat, plus, getting people used to sleep on their own bed would start to slowly put the idea of ownership in their head as they would be the only ones to use their beds which would be good for establishing an economy.

Although a bed would certainly not do much more than just help people sleep better, the idea of ownership would be a major building block for the future economy. For example, right now we share everything we own but as the population increases it would be best to start moving onto a monetary-based system, and getting people to start thinking of things based on ownership would make the transition easier and faster.

That was for later though, as right now I just had to focus on actually making a bed. The plan was to construct a 7ft x 4ft wooden outline for the bed using the Tenbin no gyaku kumi tsugi technique (look it up) to put all four sides of the mattress's outline making it so that I could fill the inside with leaves.

I could have just woven a mattress cover using leaves but that would just make the mattress of the bed sort of bumpy and slightly uncomfortable to lay on due to the unevenness that the folds created, plus by not having a mattress cover I could just fill up the mattress with the softest material I could get my hands on which just so happened to be leaves, there was a reason that nomads prefer to sleep on grouped up leaves after all.

The blanket though was a completely different story because since you didn't have to lay on it but just put it over you to insulate heat, the unevenness of a woven leaf blanket was no longer a problem as long as it was made tightly enough so that the holes left by weaving the leaves were either completely eliminated or made so small that they altogether release less heat than our body produces.

Finally, the pillow would just be made of long leaves put together in the shape of a rectangle and held together by vines. Although it was certainly not the most comfortable thing I could think of, it was the best I could actually make as of right now. Only after planning out everything did I notice how long it took to get all of the necessary materials to make the bed.

Although right now and probably for a year so it would be manageable to do this, I honestly couldn't see the production of these kinds of beds being beneficial as it consumed a lot of materials and did a lot of damage to nearby flora while also requiring a ton of time to collect said materials.

I honestly couldn't wait to be able to make a boat so that I could just sail from here to any river this one was connected to until I could make my way into the Ucayali river which traveled all the way to the area of Peru that was called the sierra back then and get some llamas to bring back to the jungle.

Although they would be used to cold environments, I could simply cut their fur to help lower their body temperature until we got to the settlement at which point I would make them a home in a nearby tall hill or mountain so that they could be in a colder environment and have a higher chance to slowly adapt to the new weather. Still, for right now I was stuck with this type of bed, and I couldn't really complain as it was still a lot more comfortable than sleeping on the ground.

It was still halfway through the day by the time I finished the first bed so I just decided to make as many beds as I could before the day ended, after all, I would probably be spending the next couple of days making houses for everyone.