Thinking of the bobbin needed for spinning, Yao Xiaoqing came out of the canteen and went straight to the woodshed at the foot of the mountain, found a bundle of thin bamboo poles, and carried it back home.
Holding the engineering shovel, he sawed off the bamboo joints of the thin bamboo pole, and sawed the bamboo tube into four or five inches long, which was used to make a spool for winding.
After sawing two bamboo poles, she suddenly remembered that when participating in outdoor activities with some teammates, she used bamboo pipes, toilet paper, cotton, reeds, cherry blossoms and rosin to make fire folds. It was much easier to use than drilling wood to make fire.
At that time, she also searched on the Internet. It was said on the Internet that the Huozhezi used by wealthy people in ancient times was made by soaking white (red) potato vines in water to thicken them, taking them out and beating them flat, then soaking them, adding cotton, reed tassels, beating them, and drying them in the sun.
, made by adding nitrate, sulfur, rosin, camphor and other flammable substances, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. The toilet paper and tinder used by ordinary people can be rolled up tightly and stuffed into a bamboo tube.
Yao Xiaoqing touched his chin and thought: There are not enough complex materials, and simple materials are readily available, so why not try to make a fire dumpling.
She picked a longer bamboo section and sawed it into two pieces. Then she used a dagger to cut a small hole at both ends. She thinned the long section and widened the inner diameter of the short section, making a
cover.
I went to the warehouse and took out a piece of rosin and a stack of paper. The dried rosin was a slightly transparent golden yellow and had a faint smell of rosin. People who are not used to the smell may find it a bit heady.
Yao Xiaoqing put the rosin into the mortar, pounded it finely, and then ground it into powder with a wooden stick.
Rub the paper, cut it into the length of a bamboo tube, spread it out on the table, sprinkle a little rosin powder on it, think about it, grab some golden retriever back hair and mix it with the rosin powder, and roll it into a tight paper roll.
, stuffed into the long bamboo tube.
Take out the lighter, light the paper roll and blow it out. Although there is no flame in the paper roll after blowing it out, you can see the fiery red highlights burning faintly, like the embers of fire in the ashes.
Yao Xiaoqing picked up the lid and closed it. After two minutes, she opened the lid and saw the roll paper in the bamboo tube. The fiery red highlights were still there. She puffed up her cheeks, blew hard on the roll paper, and the paper rolled again.
Burn up.
"Haha! It's done." She looked at the fire folder in her hand happily. From now on, when Mu Feng and the others go out, they won't have to work hard to dig into the wood to make fire.
"You kid, why are you laughing here alone?" Yao Hu walked in with a smile.
Yao Xiaoqing raised the fire folding piece proudly, "Father, look, what is in my hand?"
Yao Hu smiled and said: "Isn't it just a bamboo pipe? Look at how proud you are."
"Just wait!"
Yao Xiaoqing opened the cap, puffed up his cheeks again, and blew, and the paper in the bamboo tube ignited.
Yao Hu's eyes widened and he looked at the bamboo tube in Yao Xiaoqing's hand, "What's going on? Why did it catch fire?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "Father, let me tell you..."
After Yao Hu tried it, his face was full of smiles and he gave Yao Xiaoqing a thumbs up, "Hey! My daughter is amazing! You can teach me how to do it and give it a try."
"Okay!" Yao Xiaoqing guided Yao Hu to make the fire dumplings.
The father and daughter made about ten fire dumplings in succession before they stopped.
Yao Hu took a few fire sticks and said with a smile: "Xiao Qing, my father is going to visit your uncle Dashi." He couldn't wait to share it with Dashi, letting them know how powerful their future leader is and his brains.
How useful it is.
Yao Xiaoqing looked at him like a child, eager to go out and show off his new toy. He smiled and nodded, "You come back early. I boiled hot water in a jar. You can scald your feet before going to bed."
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Yao Hu felt happy and nodded repeatedly, "I understand, go to sleep now."
"I'll go as soon as I finish cleaning up."
Yao Xiaoqing finished sawing the remaining bamboo poles, cleaned them up, and threw the garbage into the stove.
With the Huozhezi, there was no need to keep any kindling. Yao Xiaoqing poured hot water and added some water to the jar to heat it up. After carrying the basin to the bathroom to wash up, he went back to the room and got into bed and fell asleep.
Yaohu took the fire folding pieces and showed them off in a circle, and each person got one, and then he went home happily.
Early the next morning, Yao Xiaoqing came back from practice and walked into the cafeteria. Yun Amu happily pulled her in and said, "Xiaoqing, the fire dumplings you made are so easy to use. You don't have to get up in the middle of the night to watch fire."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will teach you how to make more later and use it slowly."
Yun Amu nodded repeatedly, "Okay, you will teach us later."
"Xiao Qing, the paper mulberry bast collected back is about to be used up. I remember there are some on the way to Shenmu Mountain. I want to take Ah Zhongbo and the others to cut some back tomorrow." Taro came in from outside and said.
Yao Xiaoqing nodded and said: "I will go with you tomorrow." She remembered that there was a large pine forest over there and wanted to go back to find some Poria cocos.
After eating the food, Yao Xiaoqing taught Yun Amu how to make fire dumplings, and then returned to the yard.
Bao Amu and others moved all the ramie into the yard, fetched several basins of water and put them aside. Everyone opened the bundles of ramie, smoothed them on their legs, and tore them into thin threads.
The short torn twine was one meter long, and the long one was only two meters long. Bao Amu dipped some water in the basin, overlapping the two twines and twisting them a few times to make a long twine, and then
Wrapped around the bamboo tube.
Yao Xiaoqing twisted the twine all morning and found that tearing and cutting the twine was quite boring. She would rather dig the ground and chop firewood than do such detailed work.
After lunch, Shan Amu said with a smile: "Xiaoqing, the kudzu has been peeled. You can go play in the afternoon and we will go over and help twist the twine."
"Okay!" Yao Xiaoqing nodded with a smile, "You are good at this kind of meticulous work. I'd better go up the mountain to collect herbs and find food."
Shan'am looked at her and smiled lovingly, "I know you don't like it, so take Asen up the mountain to find food."
"I know, I asked Ah Sen to go." Yao Xiaoqing hugged Shan Amu and went to the cattle pen.
"Uncle Chun, where have Asen and Yaya gone?"
Ah Chunbo pointed to the river and said, "They went to herd cattle by the river."
Yao Xiaoqing waved to Achun, "Oh! Then I'm leaving."
"Xiaoqing, I have something to tell you." Ah Chun stopped her.
Yao Xiaoqing looked back at him, "Say."
Achun said: "I was grazing cattle at the foot of the mountain in the morning. I saw plum blossoms quietly going up the mountain. I followed up the mountain but found no one."
"Plum blossom?" Yao Xiaoqing couldn't remember who it was. "She secretly went up the mountain. Did she have anything in her hand? Did she come back when she was having lunch?"
Ah Chun thought for a moment, "She went there empty-handed. I saw something was wrong with her in the cafeteria during lunch. I originally wanted to watch her secretly for two days, but I was afraid that she would steal the tribe's things."
Yao Xiaoqing thought of the iron tools in the tribe and frowned: "Do you know where she got it from?"
Ah Chun thought for a moment and said, "She seems to have been brought back from the cattle tribe, and she usually works very neatly."