After nuclear sewage, I can hear the voices of plants

Chapter 81 "Building an Earth Kiln"

When making food for Zhao Dabai and Kaka, Jiang Yan had already discovered the limitations of an earth stove.

Only one pot was used, which greatly reduced Jiang Yan's cooking efficiency. In order to prepare lunch for himself and Zhao Dabai, Jiang Yan often spent more than an hour on this, which was a waste of time.

Carrying a shovel, Jiang Yan walked out of the door with a small cart. The land at Jiang Yan's house was almost used, and there was no place left for Jiang Yan to dig. However, Jiang Yan's neighbor's house had never been mined by Jiang Yan.

Kicking open the door of the neighbor's house, Jiang Yan pushed the cart to the neighbor's house, aimed at a piece of yellow land in the corner, pushed the cart and hurried over.

Most of Shengjia Village is made of precious black soil. Sticky soil like loess is relatively rare here. However, Jiang Yan knows his neighbors very well. There is a piece of yellow soil in the southeast corner of the front yard of this house. After all, Jiang Yan’s family is now The earth stove comes from this piece of loess.

After shoveling out buckets of loess, Jiang Yan poured the loess onto the cart. When she realized that the cart could not hold it, Jiang Yan put down the shovel in her hand and pushed the cart back to her farm.

Unloading the loess on the trolley next to the earthen stove, Jiang Yan pushed the trolley back to the neighbor's yard. Repeating this cycle twice, Jiang Yan finally collected the loess for making the earthen kiln.

After cleaning the cart, Jiang Yan fetched a bucket of water from the well and poured it on the pile of loess. With the help of a shovel, Jiang Yan stirred the loess into thick yellow mud. Then he put down the shovel and walked to the left side of the farmhouse. side.

Jiang Yan stored a lot of broken bricks and collected them all next to the yellow mud. Jiang Yan used the broken bricks to roughly build the outline of an earthen kiln. He stood up and judged the size. After finding that it was OK, Jiang Yan A thick layer of yellow mud was applied on top of the adobe bricks.

The yellow mud filled all the gaps in the adobe bricks. After finishing all this, Jiang Yan put a second layer of broken bricks on the yellow mud.

Like an adhesive, the yellow mud unites the broken adobe bricks, and the adobe bricks are like the bones of the yellow mud, allowing the soft yellow mud to form a three-dimensional shape.

After building three floors, Jiang Yan stopped what he was doing and looked at the hole he had left. Jiang Yan put two iron rods on the hole, and then carefully placed a strip of bricks on the iron rods. After setting up the lintel, Jiang Yan continued to lay down the fourth layer of bricks.

With a layer of bricks and a layer of yellow mud, Jiang Yan finally built an earth stove with a diameter of one meter and a height of 1.5 meters after working for nearly an hour.

The earthen stove in front of her is like an inverted funnel, with a big bottom and a small top. The reason for this is that Jiang Yan has no big iron pot at home and only has a small household pot left. It's so big that the pot won't fit in it.

After comparing the size, Jiang Yan put the iron pot back into the room, then walked to Gao Chou and helped the latter break down the big tree in front of him.

After the earth stove is built, it needs to be dried, but the drying should not be too hasty. If you dry it immediately after setting up, it will only cause the earth stove to crack and be damaged. The best way is to wait for the earth stove to dry in the shade until the soil is almost set. At this time, adding firewood for drying will not only prevent the earth stove from cracking, but also make the earth stove stronger.

Following Gao Chou, Jiang Yan gradually decomposed the big tree in front of her. Holding an ax, Jiang Yan chopped the decomposed wood into suitable sized firewood, and then neatly stacked it at the firewood pile.

The cut branches were placed on top of the firewood by Jiang Yan. From a distance, it looked as neat as a green-roofed wooden house.

After doing all this, Jiang Yan finally relaxed. After working hard all day, it was already approaching evening. When she walked to the stone mill, Jiang Yan observed the shadow on the millstone.

The slanted sunlight left an obvious mark on the millstone. He took out the chalk from the storage room and drew a mark on the graphite. After finishing this, Jiang Yan took out the rolling pin inserted in the center of the stone mill and put it back. Storage Room.

Taking out a piece of wool from the storage room, Jiang Yan tied one end of the wool to her finger, and pointed her finger on the stone mill. Jiang Yan searched for the center of the circle drawn by the sun. After searching for a long time, Jiang Yan finally found the center of the circle drawn by the sunlight. At the line, a standard circle is drawn.

Taking out the ruler, Jiang Yan divided the circle in front of her into twelve equal parts, and with the first mark as the vertex, Jiang Yan carved out the most basic twelve hours.

After doing all this, Jiang Yan put away all the chalk and wool, then returned to the storage room and took out a hammer and awl.Following the traces of chalk, Jiang Yan carefully struck the back of the awl with a hammer. The sharp awl carved a white trace on the stone mill. As traces appeared, the twelve o'clock drawn in chalk was finally Ginger smoke is imprinted on the surface of the stone mill.

After working for nearly an hour, Jiang Yan finally finished making the sundial. He put the hammer and awl back into the storage room. Jiang Yan then pulled out a piece of firewood of suitable size from the firewood pile and inserted it into the center of the stone mill.

The sky was dark, and the sunlight had long disappeared. Gao Chou on the side lit the stove, and a large amount of corn had been cooked in the pot. He tried to distinguish the time with the help of the weak sunlight, but after observing for a long time, Jiang Yan only saw the stove fire on the stone mill. The shadow left behind.

"What are you doing?" Gao Chou on the side saw Jiang Yan's eyes almost touching the stone mill and couldn't help but ask.

"I'm judging the time."

With his eyes fixed on the faint shadow, Jiang Yan opened his mouth to explain.

Upon hearing this, Gao Chou instantly put down the firewood in his hand, stood up, pointed to the horizon with both hands, and spoke.

"Isn't it dark today? Isn't this night? Can't you see it with your eyes? How can you judge it? Do you think it's dawn now?"

Hearing this, Jiang Yan turned around helplessly. Jiang Yan understood what Gao Chou meant, but obviously Gao Chou didn't understand Jiang Yan's actions. He opened his mouth helplessly, but Jiang Yan didn't know from what angle to start. After explaining, he was embarrassed for a long time, and then sat down by the stove.

"You're right, it's night now."

Jiang Yan filled the stove pit with a piece of firewood, and Jiang Yan was worse than dead.

The corn was cooked quickly, and Zhao Dabai and Kaka were called. Jiang Yan and the four of them enjoyed the food wantonly. By the time everyone's stomachs were full, not a single corn was left in the pot.

After dinner, Jiang Yan walked to the earthen stove she had built. The yellow mud she had put on in the afternoon had now taken shape, and now it was time to burn the stove.

Bringing a pile of corn stalks, Jiang Yan broke the corn stalks and stuffed them into the kiln, then took out a lighter and lit the corn stalks.

The bright yellow firelight instantly illuminated Jiang Yan's face. Looking at the flickering firelight in front of her, Jiang Yan broke off the corn stalks in her hands and filled them into the stove pit again.

The stove burning did not last long, it only required drying out the water, and stuffing a large amount of corn stalks into the earthen kiln. Jiang Yan walked into the farmhouse looking at the strong firewood.

Tomorrow, Jiang Yan would have to rush to the trading place. It was already getting late, so Jiang Yan went to bed early after a tiring day.

The next day.

In the early morning, the tired Jiang Yan struggled out of bed, washed herself briefly, then took out her backpack and started preparing her luggage for the next few days.

Stuff all the smoked crocodile meat into the backpack. This kind of crocodile meat is suitable for use as food for a long journey, and the remaining quantity is just enough to meet the needs of Jiang Yan and others.

Then he hung the military lunch box on the side of his backpack. The military lunch box was very useful. The steel material was not only strong and durable, it could even be used to boil water in the wild, which was very convenient.

(End of this chapter)