The old uncle also nodded, "There is still a lot of work to do! We have to build the fence quickly, otherwise the food grown will not be enough for wild animals to destroy it."
After hearing this, Jiang Li smiled and said: "Uncle Tiger, no wonder the Yaoshan tribe has developed so prosperously in just two years. Eminem and Abe are our role models."
Yao Hu nodded, "Yes! Thanks to them."
Yao Xiaoqing arranged for Xia and Hongye to help in the canteen and also asked them to learn how to make food.
The next day was another sunny day. The women finished their work in the fields, leaving the weeders behind, while the others went out to collect food.
Yaohu and Jiangli went to the mountain to cut down trees and build a shed. Ada and Tugen took the men alone and continued to build the fence.
Muba and the others continued to cut down trees, and the big tree took people to the river, where they collected stones and carried them home, sifting oyster shells and sand to prepare for building a wall.
Uncle Chong took a dozen old uncles to the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots.
After sowing, everyone is still busy.
Yao Xiaoqing was at the foot of the grove, looking at the bulging mountain in front of him, and thought of the earthen kiln.
The hayloft upstairs collapses under the weight of snow every year, and covering it with grass is also a hassle. In the past, there were no saws and nails, so it was impossible to make purlins and rafters. Now that we have the tools, we can remodel the hayloft upstairs and cover it with tiles.
Film once and for all.
She planned to dig an earthen kiln to bake bricks and tiles. She picked up the shovel and dug a few times, and when she saw that it was clay, she nodded with satisfaction. It was not far from the pond, and it was easy to use water for making bricks and tiles. The small trees that were cut down were just right.
Can be used to build a drying shed.
Yao Xiaoqing said hello to Muba and asked him to cut down the bushes around the mountain and then returned to the tribe.
When we reached the foot of the mountain, we saw oyster shells piled up beside the kiln.
Uncle Shui and several old men were loading oyster shells into the kiln. When she came back, they said, "Xiao Qing, I think we should build two more kilns to bake bricks and oyster ash."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "I found a hill over there in the woods. Let's put the oyster shells into the kiln, light the fire and go dig the kiln there."
It didn't take long for the kiln to be filled with oyster shells, leaving one person to guard the kiln. Yao Xiaoqing took Shui Bo and a few of them to the woods with hoes and shovels.
The bushes around the hill have been cut down.
Yao Xiaoqing and a few people dug out the clay from the low areas and piled them beside the pond. It took four or five days to cut off the low areas of the hill.
By this time, Muba and the others had already cut down all the trees from the pond to the open space, and were just waiting for the wolf and his men to dig the ditch.
The market on the mountain has been completed. There are two rows of wooden sheds along the mountain road. The roofs of the sheds are covered with a layer of thatch, and wooden beds are laid inside the sheds.
After the market was completed, Yaohu, Jiang Li, Mufeng, Leopard and thirty warriors went into the mountains to hunt, and by the way, they spread the news that the Yaoshan tribe had set up a market.
A batch of oyster ash and lime have been fired, and a lot of stones and sand have been piled up. Dashi took Muba and they began to build the north wall, pens, and houses.
Yao Xiaoqing and his men dug in from the foot of the mountain and took out a kiln door about five feet wide and six feet high. The excavated clay also piled up into a hill.
A big hole was dug inside, and a flue was dug out from the top of the mountain. Red bricks were brought in and a chimney was built with big rocks. The entrance of the cave was built with red bricks, and the inside of the cave was tamped with wood.
To put it firmly, the shape of the cave dwelling is a bit like a large iron pot turned upside down.
More than a dozen people have been busy for more than half a month, and an oval earth kiln is basically completed!
Seeing everyone's happy faces, Wolf walked over with a smile on his face and said, "Our ditch will be dug tomorrow."
Yao Xiaoqing went over to take a look, nodded and said, "We can dig the channel under the pond tomorrow."
"Well! It will take some time to get to the river this way!"
Wolf said as he walked to the entrance of the cave and looked at it for a while, "How many bricks can be fired in such a kiln at one time?"
Yao Xiaoqing shook his head, "I don't know." She remembered that her family used to build a house, and the earthen kiln in the village could bake 15,000 bricks at a time. At that time, the family built a house, and everyone came to help step on the clay and make bricks during the off-season.
Soil embryo to make bricks and tiles.
A Shuibo laughed at the side and said: "It's so big, I think it can burn a lot."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Let's level the open space first, build the thatched shed, and make the bricks. We'll know after we burn the kiln."
Ah Shui nodded, "Okay, let's start working!"
Everyone leveled the open space next to the kiln, which was two to three hundred square meters. Two men pulled stones and rolled them into the smooth open space, rolling them several times and compacting them.
Ah Shui led people to build a thatched shed, and it took several days to build the thatched shed for drying bricks and making bricks.
Once the straw shed was ready, we started making adobe bricks.
I dug out a pile of clay piled aside, picked up tree roots, grass roots, stones and other impurities in the soil, broke the soil into pieces, poured an appropriate amount of water into the soil pile, and let it sit for a night. The next day
It can be mixed with mud.
Yao Xiaoqing returned to the tribe and asked Dashi to help him make a few thin iron wires. He used a wooden stick to bend it into a semicircular shape and fixed the wires to both ends of the wooden stick. When tied, it looked a bit like a bow. The masons called it a bow.
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Dashi thought it was her new weapon, "Xiao Qing, this is no different from a bow!"
Yao Xiaoqing gestured a few times, "I use it to scratch the stepped clay. In the past, the kiln was small and we couldn't use much clay pile at one time. Now the adobe bricks made in one time are almost the same as those made ten times before. Then I dig them with my hands.
My fingers can’t bear it.”
"Oh!" Dashi understood.
Yao Xiaoqing thought about it and said with a smile: "Uncle Dashi, the original brick molds are not enough. Please help me make a few more brick molds."
Dashi nodded cheerfully, "Okay, I'll give it to you tomorrow morning."
Early the next morning, Dashi sent the brick mold to Yao Xiaoqing's house.
After breakfast, Yao Xiaoqing took A Chong Bo, Shui Bo, a few brick-making uncles, and two oxen to the earthen kiln.
Yao Xiaoqing drove the oxen in circles in the soaked soil, while Ah Shuibo and several other uncles also stepped on the clay behind with their bare feet.
When there are no small lumps in the soil, use the shovel to gather up the clay, go back and forth several times, and step on it for a while until the clay is firm and no longer sticks to your feet.
It is considered complete until the clay is gathered into a wall and the mud will not collapse.
Uncle Chong picked up the brick mold and went to dig out the soil to put it inside. Yao Xiaoqing hurriedly stopped him.
"Uncle Chong, use this! This is called a bow draw. I asked Uncle Dashi to help me refine it and made it from thin iron wire."
Several people took the bow handed over by Yao Xiaoqing and said with a smile: "It's just a bow!"
"Uncle Chong, what are you watching me do?"
Yao Xiaoqing said as he picked up the drawing bow, scratched a piece of clay on the clay wall that was about the same thickness as the brick mold, smashed it into the brick mold dipped in dry sand, and then placed the brick mold on a small stone slab that was about the same size as the brick.
Use a scratching bow to scratch off the excess clay on the brick mold.
Go to the back, knock out the bricks, and place them vertically.