The wooden mallet was pounded into the stone mortar, and after pounding for a while, the stone's face gradually showed a happy look.
Because these barks, which have been boiled in water and finely chopped with a copper knife, are much easier to pound than before.
The same amount, but ninety-eight less times, is basically the same as before.
After resting for a while, he continued to pound the bark vigorously, trying to break the fibers into finer pieces.
Han Cheng, who had been watching here for a while, nodded slightly. Judging from the current effect, the change made by Shitou was very good.
After watching for a while, I suddenly felt that the sky was getting a little dark. I looked up at the sky and found that the sky in the north had become a lot darker.
This situation did not last long, and the sun, which was not very bright, quickly disappeared.
In the calm weather, the wind gradually appeared and shook the trees.
The sun disappeared, the cold wind blew, and not long after, the temperature began to drop, and you could feel the obvious chill.
After all, the cold front has passed through!
The man who was sitting at the base of the wall doing needlework in the sun no longer stayed there any longer, and returned to the house with a small dustpan, needles and thread.
The able-bodied people, after standing here for a while, finally put on the fur coats that they had taken off.
The minors felt a kind of excitement mixed with a little fear due to such weather.
Holding some small branches in the yard, shouting loudly and waving them randomly.
It seems that he is fighting something invisible to show his bravery.
Compared with the inexplicable excitement of many minors, they just poured the pounded wood pulp into a long, oval-shaped basin with two ends and soaked the stones with water, but they were not excited at all.
Because after putting the pulp on that kind of sieve, it still needs sunlight to dry it.
He had already thought of the method of boiling tree bark in boiling water. The reason why he waited until now to implement it was because he was waiting for the weather to get warmer and a good day.
In this way, the spread out pulp will not freeze and will dry out in the sun, allowing the pulp to dry faster and turn into paper.
In order to determine whether the weather had warmed up long enough, he did not make any paper yesterday, but carefully observed it all day long. When he got up this morning and saw that today was also a good day, he started to implement it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I pounded the pulp and put it in a basin to soak, everything changed.
Looking at the sky that had turned gloomy not long after, Shitou's face became as gloomy as the sky. This was really annoying.
"Let's put it here first, and then we can do it again when the weather gets better."
Han Cheng carried Xiao Wandou back to the room. When he came out, he saw Shi Shi looking helplessly at the sky. He couldn't help sniffing and said to Shi Shi.
Generally, people who are able to achieve great things have some tenacity and perseverance that ordinary people lack. The stone that inspires people to reach heaven also does not lack this kind of vigor.
The weather was bad, so he did not follow Han Cheng's suggestion to put this matter aside and wait for the weather. Instead, he took a sieve and put it into a basin filled with paper pulp, put pulp in it, and continued making paper.
This guy...
Han Cheng looked at it and said nothing more. Since he had left the papermaking matter to Shitou, he would not interfere any more.
Even if it is damaged, nothing is lost, because the paper can be soaked in water again, and after stirring, it can slowly return to paper.
Even if it cannot be restored, it doesn't matter. It's just some bark, and the tribe can still afford to lose it.
As expected, the power of the strong cold front passing through was not limited. It didn't take long for the temperature to start to drop slowly.
Shi Shi fished out all the paper pulp in the basin and made three pieces of paper.
Put the last 'sieve' on the shelf aside, and when you looked at the first one, you found that the earliest one had already formed a thin layer of ice.
If this trend continues, it won't take long for these things, which have just been finished and turn into paper as soon as they are exposed to the sun, to be completely frozen.
Shitou stood here with a frown on his face, obviously he just needed to wait a little longer for things to get better, but the weather was so unlucky.
Stone, who had been waiting for a long time to see the result, looked at the gloomy sky with a look of despair on his face.
God didn't care about his feelings. Maybe he felt that the stone's expression was not miserable enough. There was a gust of wind and snow fell quickly.
First, I hit the stone's upturned face with snow particles, causing pain, and soon it turned into heavy snow.
At this time, people couldn't fight against God, so the stone was soaked with snow for a while, turned back to the house, and was so angry that he didn't even want to throw away the sieves that were already covered with some snow.
There weren't many people in the courtyard, there was only dense wind stirring up the snow, which was rolling down uncontrollably, as if it was free of charge.
The closed door opened again, and a figure came outside despite the wind and snow.
The person who came was Shi Shi, who had not been in for a long time.
Shitou came to the place where paper was made, and after looking at it for a while, he put together the three sieves covered with paper pulp covered with snow, and carried them back to the house.
In the room, Han Cheng couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene. It was like this many times. He was angry and collapsed, but after a little venting, he still had to continue to do what should be done. After all, there is a long way to go.
Carrying three sieves, he returned to the room with stones, sat on the edge of the kang, and put his feet closer to bake.
I spent a long time dealing with water today, and the shoes on my feet inevitably got wet.
When the wet shoes were roasted by the fire, white smoke soon began to appear.
After the stone has been baking for a while, move your feet, change the direction and continue baking.
He didn't want to be like a guy in the tribe who sat there and baked his shoes, which would burn the soles.
After baking like this for a while, Shitou's eyes once again fell on the paper he was struggling with.
There was a kang burning inside the house, which was much warmer than outside. It didn't take long for the snow falling on the three wooden sieves placed aside to melt, revealing the wet paper.
I looked at the stone that was burning my feet, looked at the smoking shoes, then looked at the wet paper, and gradually sat up straight.
Since you can use fire to dry wet shoes, why can't you use fire to dry wet paper pulp?
It was like a ray of light, piercing the depressing darkness in my mind. I was stunned for a while, and then I stood up suddenly.
Holding a piece of sieve, I came to the mouth of the kang and started baking.
The area of the sieve is a bit too large compared to the mouth of the kang, so it is impossible to bake it all at once.
After the stone roasted here for a while, he then turned around and ran towards the cave with the sieve in his arms.
The place there is wide enough to light a larger fire.
In the cave, flames rose, and white smoke rose from the sieve held in the stone's arms.
Under the heat of the flame, the water vapor gradually evaporates, and the paper slowly takes shape.
Staring at the piece of paper that was gradually taking shape, his eyes slowly began to shine.
He was not in a hurry to do anything to the paper. He waited until no trace of white gas came out, then put down the sieve, and with a trembling hand, he used a bamboo knife to lift up the paper inside, which looked very different from before.
The paper is thin, relatively soft, and the color is much whiter than the previous paper.
"Son of God..."
Stone stood here looking excitedly for a while, holding this piece of paper that was very different from the past with his hands extremely precious, rushed out of the cave in a few steps, and got into the wind and snow.
That's the thing, as long as you work hard, the suffering you have suffered before may be just to push you to success.
Just like Shitou, who is now ecstatic, if it weren't for God's unfailing grace, he still doesn't know how much time it would take to get to this point.
Therefore, when encountering difficulties, never be discouraged or give up on yourself.
Because when God closes a door for you, he will also pinch your head...
