Ah Yue actually wants to go back?

How can this work!

It seems that the fire kang needs to be done quickly.

It is always unsafe not to cook raw rice into cooked rice.

Early the next morning, Zhao Hao began to concentrate and rack his brains, looking for materials to build a fire bed.

The hard work paid off, he walked around for a long time, returned to the house, looked at the clay pot that his mother had just sent over, and finally thought of a good material, that is, bricks!

Isn't this clay pot made of clay?

If you make clay into a square shape and bake it in a fire, wouldn't it turn into a brick?

With bricks, it is not easy to build a fire bed!

Of course, making bricks is not that simple. Baking clay like a barbecue is definitely not possible. It seems that a special stove is required, and the fire must not be small. If the fire is too small, the bricks will be useless.

It seems that this stove cannot be made at the moment. The reason is the same as the fire kang, there is no suitable material!

But it doesn’t matter, you can still use a traditional brick kiln.

The structure of this earthen brick kiln is actually very simple. It is to first make large earthen bricks with a thickness of about 20 to 30 centimeters and dry them in the sun, then place them on the flat ground to make several rows of fire ditches like barbecue grills, and then make them.

The shaped clay bricks and firewood or briquettes are placed vertically on the fire ditch, and they are placed one by one, just like sandwich biscuits. One clay brick and one firewood, one clay brick and one firewood, fill one layer, and then put one on top.

layer, and so on. After placing them, seal the periphery with large sun-dried adobe bricks, then fill the fire trench below with lit firewood and burn it for a while until all the firewood on each layer is ignited.

After all the firewood in each layer has been burned, the kiln can be opened to take out bricks.

This process is simple to say but not easy to do. First of all, you need a mold to make adobe bricks.

This mold is usually made of wooden boards nailed together. How can we make a mold now that we don’t even have nails?

Zhao Hao had no choice but to use the magic weapon to dig out a square hole in the large piece of wood as a mold. Fortunately, the magic weapon was sharp enough, so it was not difficult to dig out the holes. He took out three in one breath.

, one with large adobe bricks, one with small bricks, and one with large clay bricks.

Small bricks are the size of ordinary bricks and are used to build the base of the fire pit.

The large clay brick is a long strip that is two ordinary bricks thick and three ordinary bricks long. This is used to build the bottom bed board of the hot kang.

This guy worked hard for a happy life in winter.

He didn't ask anyone for help because many aspects of the process were too troublesome to explain, so he might as well do it himself.

First of all, we need to find clay. The clay material is very important. If there is too much mud and sand mixed in, the fired bricks will not have much strength.

Fortunately, there was quite a lot of clay in the bamboo forest. After searching for less than an hour, he found a huge piece of clay land.

He directly uprooted the bamboos on the clay soil and threw them aside. Then he moved a large piece of shale with a flat surface and placed it next to the clay soil. He then placed the finished mold on the large shale, and then placed it on the big shale.

The shale was dug next to it.

There is a special point here, that is, it is best to place the brick-laying table directly where the clay is dug, so as to save the time of carrying the clay back and forth.

Also, this brick-making does not mean hitting someone's head with a brick, but lifting a large piece of clay and patting it into the wooden mold. As long as you are skilled enough, pat it down, and then use a wooden or bamboo knife to cut the wood.

The excess clay on the mold is scraped off, and then the clay brick inside the mold is knocked out. A clay brick is now formed.

There is also a trick to knocking out the clay bricks from the mold. It is best to apply some water or powdery fine sand on the inner wall of the mold in advance. Otherwise, the clay bricks inside will be difficult to knock out, even if you knock them hard.

When they come out, nine times out of ten they will be deformed.

Zhao Hao uses water because the surface of the bricks produced this way is smoother.

He worked alone on the clay for a whole day and finished taking pictures of various types of bricks. When Ayun and Ayue ran over to him to eat meat, they were really shocked by the scene in front of them.

Why is this guy covered with square clods of soil on the ground?

Also, why the hell did this guy make himself look like a mud monkey?

They really can't understand why people who are so old still play with mud all day long!

In fact, Zhao Hao wanted to invite them to play in the mud together, because there was a movie about playing in the mud that was very famous in later generations. It would be romantic if two people played in the mud together.

However, if there are three people playing in the mud together, it seems that it will not be romantic, because they are not in that relationship at the moment.

Because Zhao Hao was worried, he didn't explain much. He jumped into the nearby stream and soaked for a while to wash off the mud on his body, and then followed them back.

Early the next morning, he went to the woods near the bamboo forest to find firewood.

You can't just pick up some dry branches for firewood. You need to find a big tree that is about as wide as a brick. Otherwise, it will be more troublesome to build a brick kiln.

There are naturally many such trees in the mountains and forests, but they were broken, dead, and dried out due to various reasons. It took him a whole morning of searching to find enough firewood and move them back to the clay soil.

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The next step is to chop firewood.

This firewood cannot be chopped haphazardly. It must be roughly the same length as the bricks. Otherwise, it will not be easy to build the brick kiln.

He worked for another hour and finally prepared the firewood.

At this time, the clay bricks on the ground are almost dry, and the clay brick kiln can finally start working.

He directly placed the large adobe bricks on the ground for a few steps to form a rough square, and then began to lay the clay bricks and firewood on top. A fire pit did not require many clay bricks, so he built an adobe brick kiln that was as tall as one person.

That's basically it.

Fortunately, this is the case, otherwise, he would have to build a ladder.

The last step of this adobe kiln is to seal the kiln, that is, seal the left, right, front, and back of the built clay bricks, and seal the tops with hay and soil.

After working all afternoon, a small adobe kiln was finally completed. Zhao Hao lit the firewood and boiled it underneath.

When Ayun and Ayue ran over to him to go back to eat meat, they were startled again by what they saw in front of them.

What the hell is this guy doing?

It’s okay to play with mud yesterday, but today I’m playing with fire!

These are just for children to play with, okay?

Also, what is this large earthwork that is as tall as a person used for? What is the purpose of piling this thing up for nothing? Can it be used for barbecue and smoked fish?

It seems impossible!

Zhao Hao still didn't explain much. When the firewood below was enough and the roof of the adobe kiln started to smoke, he jumped into the stream to wash himself clean, and then followed Ayun and Ayue back.

Early on the third day, it was finally time to check and accept the results. How strong are the clay bricks fired in this way? Can they be used to build a fire bed?

Zhao Hao ran to the adobe kiln, tore apart the surrounding adobe bricks, took out a large clay brick from the inside, and raised it on the ground with two adobe bricks. Then, he jumped on the big clay brick and jumped around wildly.

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As for why this acceptance method is adopted, the reasons are not clear to outsiders.
Chapter completed!