She and Yuzi used stone hoes to dig up the weeds growing on it, and saw the dark red stones with a metallic luster exposed on the ground.
Yao Xiaoqing picked up a piece and said to Taro: "Pick up a stone like this and put it in a basket. Let's carry two baskets back."
Yuzi looked at her in confusion, "Xiaoqing, why did you pick up such a stone? It doesn't look good."
Yao Xiaoqing said happily: "Have you seen any other good-looking rocks?"
Yuzi smiled and said, "When I was in Si Mountain, I picked up a fiery red and translucent stone. It's very beautiful."
Yao Xiaoqing thought it should be a stone like agate, "When we have free time, let's go out and look for any good-looking stones."
Yuzi smiled and said: "You are so busy all day long, how can you have any free time?"
Yao Xiaoqing thought the same thing. After picking up the stone, she would try to refine it. She also thought that after the ramie was cut, she would peel off some mulberry bark and try to make some paper. Using bamboo chips for a long time was not an option.
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Thinking of the last time Yuzi talked about her, Quan, and Pig, she asked with a smile: "You haven't told me yet, how are you, Quan, and Quan doing?"
Yuzi smiled and took out a wolf tooth from his neck, "I choose Quan as my partner, and I will be paired with Quan in the summer."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "Okay! Congratulations!"
"Congratulations!" Yuzi looked at her puzzled, "Xiaoqing, what does congratulations mean?"
Yao Xiaoqing realized that he was using a language they didn't understand, and said with a smile: "It means that you and Quan are paired up, which is a joyful thing."
A joyful smile appeared on Yuzi's face, "Thank you, Xiaoqing."
The two picked up half a basket of stones and carried them back.
Not long after coming down the mountain, I saw Douzi and a few women walking back carrying the food they had collected.
When Yao Zi saw Yao Xiaoqing, she happily went up to him and said, "Qing Wu, I pounded some millet last night and cooked the porridge you mentioned for my father to eat. He ate two bowls."
Yao Xiaoqing was also very happy after hearing this, and said with a smile: "Okay, remember to let him drink the medicine, and I will go to your tribe to show him tomorrow."
"Okay, thank you Qingwu." Douzi responded happily.
Yao Xiaoqing and Yuzi said goodbye to Douzi and returned to the tribe carrying the ore.
The two put the baskets in the bamboo shed of the kiln. Yao Xiaoqing said to Yuzi: "Go back and pick up a basket of charcoal from under the stairs."
Taro replied: "Okay, I'll get you some more water."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded and went to the firewood shed to bring some firewood over and build it into a stack.
Pick out the ore from the basket, smash it with a stone hammer and pile it on top of the firewood pile.
He took out a lighter from his pocket, lit the pine needles underneath, and the fire gradually started.
Yuzi came over carrying charcoal, handed her the bamboo tube and said, "Amu has already prepared the food. I want you to go back and eat before you come back."
Yao Xiaoqing shook his head, "I'm too lazy to go back. Just go back and bring me some pancakes."
"Okay, I'll get it for you." Yuzi turned and walked towards the cafeteria.
Yao Xiaoqing used a stone hoe to dig out some clay piled inside, scooped water into it, took off his straw sandals, and stepped on the clay until it was sticky. He added two scoops of oyster ash into it, stirred it evenly, and picked up some
Earth bricks are used to build a taller cylindrical stove.
Taro panted and came over with the vegetable basket, "Xiaoqing, Amu has packed a bowl of eel soup and some locust cakes for you." After saying that, he put down the bamboo basket and helped move the bricks.
Yao Xiaoqing went to wash her hands in the ditch and said to her with a smile: "You go back and have lunch. I can come here by myself."
Yuzi put down the adobe bricks and said, "Xiaoqing, there is a kiln here, why do you want to build a kiln?"
"What I want is different from this." Yao Xiaoqing took a sip of fish soup and waved, "You go back and eat food."
"Okay, I'm going back." Seeing that he couldn't help, Yuzi put the bricks there and left.
Yao Xiaoqing filled her stomach and started building the kiln.
The kiln is built to a height of one foot, leaving an air inlet. The kiln is built to a height of one meter and it is completed.
Use clay mixed with oyster ash to apply a thick layer on the outside of the kiln. Put your hand in a ladle and dip it in water, and smooth the inside and outside of the kiln without leaving any gaps.
After it was done, I checked it again, went to the ditch to wash off the yellow mud on my feet, and took my shoes to the bamboo shed at the bottom of the mountain.
I found a round wooden board and a bamboo tube about one meter long and as thick as a bowl. I used a wooden stick to open the bamboo joints in the middle. Then I found a smaller bamboo tube and opened it up. I took it to the stone tool room.
Shan saw her coming in carrying a big bamboo tube and asked with a smile: "Xiaoqing, what's the use of the bamboo tube?"
"Uncle Shan, do you still have duck feathers? I want to make something." Yao Xiaoqing said with a smile.
"They're all there!" Shan pointed to the big basket in the corner, "Do you want Uncle Shan to help you?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Okay! Help me cut this round wooden board a little smaller, just enough to fit into the bamboo tube. After cutting it, cut a groove in the middle of the side."
Shan took the board and said, "Okay, what else should I do?"
Yao Xiaoqing picked up the wooden stick and said, "After it is done, drill a round hole in the center of the wooden board, insert the wood inside, and fix it with isinglass." She planned to use the wooden board as a piston.
After Shan wrote it down, he took the bamboo tube with a smile and said, "Okay, you wait."
Yao Xiaoqing went to grab some wild duck feathers and put them on the stone slab. Then he found some rattan leather ropes and started to tie the duck feathers.
A group of more than a dozen duck feathers were tied into a small bundle. There were more than a dozen bundles in total and connected together with hemp rope.
After it was tied, Jianshan was still busy cutting grooves there.
Pick up the big bamboo tube placed on the stone slab, use a bow drill to drill a round hole at the bottom, and insert the small bamboo tube into the round hole. Pick some isinglass and fix the bamboo tube.
When done, it will look a bit like a hookah.
Shan handed the finished wooden piston to Yao Xiaoqing, "Let's see if it works?"
Yao Xiaoqing took a look at it, smiled and gave a thumbs up and praised: "Uncle Shan's craftsmanship is certainly commendable."
Shan looked at the big chimney and smiled: "Xiao Qing, what are you doing?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "I made a blower to increase the power of the wind."
Shan didn't know what a blower was, so he didn't ask much and just watched her busy.
Yao Xiaoqing stuck the tied duck feathers into the groove of the wooden board, circled it twice and tightened it. After thinking about it, he got some isinglass and put it on the rope to fix it.
Insert the piston into the pipe and prepare to test the blast effect.
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said to Shan: "Uncle Shan, help me hold the bamboo tube."
Shan smiled and stepped forward to hold the bamboo tube. Yao Xiaoqing pressed the piston, and a gust of wind blew out of the ventilator.
Shan looked at the blown stone debris in surprise, "Xiao Qing, there is wind blowing out of the bamboo tube."
"It will happen if the wind blows." Yao Xiaoqing laughed happily.
Shan looked at the piston rod and said, "Xiao Qing, put a wooden rod horizontally on the wood to make it easier to use."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Okay, Uncle Shan still has a bright eye."