Chapter 141: Finally Drinking the Soup (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Anyway, waiting for the clay pot to be fired requires adding firewood all the time, so it is better to take advantage of the time to find something to do. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Chen Xu looked at the barrage and was speechless.
Then, he said to the drone: "The most difficult point of making a clay pot is to make a shape, because we don't have a pottery turntable, so it is difficult for some people to directly pinch out the shape of a clay pot, even if it can be pinched out, it looks very irregular, and it is easy to explode when baking." ”
"Here, I teach you a very simple way to make shapes, which is to pinch a round and flat chassis first, and then use mud to rub out long strips, each long strip is connected into a circle alone, and then these mud circles are built one by one from the chassis barrier, and it becomes the shape of a clay pot!"
The chassis was easy to pinch, and he pulled a small lump directly from the large mud ball, kneaded it in his hand, and pressed it against the stone workbench.
The mud ball naturally turns into a flat chassis.
Then, Chen Xu began to follow the steps he said and demonstrate them to everyone one by one.
From the large mud ball, a mud rope was rubbed, and then the head and tail were connected, glued into a mud ring the same size as the base, and slowly placed on the base.
After a gentle press, the mud ring sticks to the base.
In this way, one after another mud rings sticked down, and the soil embryo soon reached a considerable height.
After about 20 centimeters of sticking, a cylindrical clay pot is ready!
Forty minutes passed, and Chen Xu made a total of three clay pots.
"After we do a good job of drying the soil embryo, we can also use other items to polish some edges and corners on the edges, so that the shape of the clay pot will be more symmetrical, here, I use the scallop shells left over from the noon, because the main component of the scallop shells is calcium carbonate, grinding on the soil embryos, it can also play a role in reinforcing it. ”
The clay embryos of the three clay pots gradually dried and began to harden.
He then began to use the back of the scallops to polish the surface of the three pots in circles.
Since he learned how to make tools, his ability to make tools is obviously much better than before.
After a few laps, the three clay pots of almost equal size are basically smooth and flat on the surface, because of the relationship between the scallops, the brown and black soil surface also flashes white calcium carbonate powder, which is shaken by the sun, flashing a little bit of crystal.
"2333, I'm playing in the mud in the Northeast!"
"It feels like three urinals!"
"It's awesome, I serve this craft!"
Chen Xu smiled, then put the three clay pottery into the fire, and filled it with a bunch of new branches, and the flames burned bigger and bigger.
"Generally, a kiln is needed to burn clay pots, and it is okay to use an ordinary fire, but the heating is not as uniform as the kiln, and the failure rate is relatively high, so I glued three spares, and the molding temperature of the clay pot should be at least 700-800 degrees Celsius, which can only be achieved in a large bonfire, so we must keep adding firewood and expand the flame temperature!"
As he spoke, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, as if it was approaching two meters.
The surrounding air had been steamed and distorted, emitting waves of heat, which was enough to explain the temperature of the campfire.
"At such high temperatures, the pot burns for at least 4-5 hours, and we don't have to look at it all the time, we just need to add firewood to it regularly. ”
"It's almost evening, I have to find a way to get something to eat and replenish my strength!"
While speaking, Chen Xu took the harpoon and came to the beach again.
But obviously, luck is not always there, and after waiting for a long time, he did not see a single sea fish.
In desperation, he had no choice but to pick up a few old coconuts, smash them open, and eat the flesh inside.
Coconut meat is also rich in a certain amount of fat, protein and starch, although it is not as good as meat food, but if you eat a few more, it is still about the same.
However, Chen Xu was still a little unhappy when he didn't eat meat, and he couldn't help but start thinking about the idea of those hares, but this will have to wait until tomorrow.
In the evening, while waiting for the clay pot to be fired, he began to split some bamboo knots, and made a fence around his shack, and because of the abundance of materials, he inserted a large number of shrub branches in the gaps.
Overall, it looks much stronger than the last time it was made in the rainforest.
By the end of the night, it's almost 5 hours.
Chen Xu gradually stopped adding firewood.
The fire grew smaller and smaller, revealing three clay pots.
He immediately picked up the wooden tongs that had held the stones before, took out the three clay pots one by one, and put them on the sand to cool down.
Viewers can see through the drone that one of the clay pots looks like it's broken, with many fine lines cracking from the outside.
Chen Xu looked at the clay pot and shook his head, "It's a pity that the heating is uneven and cracked, but it's okay, at least we have two of them intact!"
After more than ten minutes, the remaining two clay pots finally cooled.
He picked up one of the fully formed clay pots and tapped them lightly with his fingers, making a crisp "pound pound" sound, just like the old-fashioned earthen flower pots at home.
The audience couldn't help but play a bunch of "666".
"Let's try how about the quality!"
Chen Xu smiled, found a pile of stones, built a stove, and then put the clay pot on top and poured in a small half of fresh water.
Perhaps because of the strange factor, he took out two small sand crabs from the beach at high tide, lifted their shells, dug up the excrement, and threw them into the clay pot.
After four minutes, the water in the clay pot began to make a "gurgling" sound, apparently about to be opened.
When it was completely boiling, Chen Xu took it down.
Because the thermal conductivity of the clay pot is average, as long as you hold the edge of the pot at the top, it is not hot at all.
Cooling down a little, he began to pick up the clay pot and took a sip gently, "Hmm! I can finally drink hot water, and with these two little crabs, it tastes good, this is also the first soup I have drunk since I came to this uninhabited island!"
"666, this wilderness life, you can even drink soup!"
"2333, Xu Ye will burn a kang again one day and sleep more comfortably!"
"Hug Tao young man: Ah Xu!"
"If you don't hold it steady all of a sudden, it's a god if it breaks, haha!"
After drinking a pot of soup that can't be considered soup, Chen Xu finally felt a lot more comfortable, and chatted with the audience for more than an hour, and he went off the air.
With the fence, he slept much more comfortably in the shack at night than he did yesterday.
At dawn on the third day, the audience slipped into Chen Xu's live broadcast room on time.
As soon as they entered, they saw a man swimming tossing and turning in the middle of the sea.
After seeing it clearly, I realized that it was Xu Ye.
Nima, he's ...... What about swimming in the sea?