Day 81, Guidance (1)
The meaning of this notebook to me is simply unimaginable, the more I turn back, the more amazing it becomes, and the back part is the plan of Xiao Hei's former owner. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Info The most important thing is that he also drew pictures of each step and practice.
This kind of step-by-step recording gave me the opportunity to emulate, but I also knew very well that he probably died without even trying these things. Because his treehouse, including the yard, has none of these things at all.
His treehouse only found mortise and tenon joints, and it's likely that these were just his plans for the future, which is all so important to me. Firing tiles, pottery utensils, making charcoal, and much more. There is also the structural diagram of the perfect house, which only needs to be slightly improved, and it can be much stronger than the current treehouse. All of a sudden, I felt that there was not enough time, and I wanted to try everything, but I didn't know which one to do first.
It was nearly early in the morning after reading it yesterday, but lying on the futon, he never fell asleep, and his brain was abnormally active, which made his tired body protest countless times.
After falling asleep, I also had a sweet dream. This dream only ends when I wake up now.
The sun had already risen overhead, and I was surprised to find that the little lightning was still sleeping, not as noisy as before. Shake it up and feed it half a bottle of honey water. After cooking something casually and eating, the planned work began.
Xiao Hei didn't know where to go anymore, whether he was going to play ball or the place he was yesterday. It can be seen that this ball is Xiao Hei's favorite, and he has to carry the ball into his own nest even when he sleeps.
My goal is to cut down some trees, both big and small, of course, the more the better, there is no bamboo on this island, if it is not so troublesome. Cutting down trees is a physical job, but fortunately there are woods not far away, and with the help of an axe, the speed is relatively much faster than that of Xiao Hei's previous owner.
In more than two hours, a total of twelve small trees were dragged back, which was already the fastest speed that could be done, and the tiger's mouth was numb from the shock, and if it was cut down again, it might really hurt.
These small trees will be used to build a new open hut that will be used as a shed to do some work in when it rains, and the rest of the days will be very busy.
After cutting off the branches of the small tree, start to follow the records in the notebook, choose the thickest trunk to try to make a mortise, tools are not lacking now, first use a Swiss army knife to draw a tenon shape, and then slowly dig in this shape, and after digging some, then use the back of the axe to hit the Swiss Army knife, the hole is deep, the mortise does not need to penetrate, the depth only needs to be in the middle of the trunk.
Soon, the mortise of the two trunks was ready, and according to the recorded information, if the mortise was scalded with a small piece of burning wood, it would ensure that the mortise was firm and smooth, so that its firmness could be greatly improved, so I used an axe to pick out a few pieces of burning wood from the fire in the house and put them into the four mortise. It takes about five minutes or so, and it's done when the mortise and tenon holes are all charred.
Next, we can build the shed, and four trunks were selected, two of which are about two meters and a half meters long, and the other two are both two meters. Insert them into the pre-dug pit separately.
After inserting, the branch that has been made of mortise is put on it, and after it is covered, it is fixed with vines. After cutting down some tree trunks and tying them all to the roof of this sloping shed, the prototype of the shed was completed. The advantage of this kind of shed is that it is both simple and practical.
Just tie the trunks of these slopes with vines, and finally pounce on the extra coconut leaves from the last time. I knew very well that this simple shed would not be able to withstand the fierce typhoon last time. But by the afternoon, it had gotten much worse, and it looked like it might rain again in the next few days. At this time, the only way to do this is to build the shed as quickly as possible.
According to the notebook, it will take at least three days to build this shed perfectly, and even if I have the tools, those two days are necessary. But depending on the weather, I don't have that much time, so I have to finish it as soon as possible. Originally, there was a need to do some support to make the shed stronger. But in the end, it was abandoned.
It was not yet a few hours before it got dark, and the sun was obscured by drifting clouds from time to time, so that the next few days would not be out in the rain or doing nothing in the treehouse. I still have to be fully prepared.
The dried branches and leaves, including those that had just been cut down, were all received by me in the tree house as a reserve firewood, and it took me another thirty minutes to pick up some dead wood and fallen branches. These are all prepared for the upcoming rainy day, and the last time the rain lasted for so many days, I was really afraid that it would really stop one day. Without fire for me means losing everything.
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Following the instructions in this notebook, I finally found this huge termite nest near a large field of arrowroot, dug up many pieces of soil from the termite nest, and filled the entire plastic basket. Then he didn't care about the termites scurrying around, and went back to the treehouse.
After coming to the yard, I now dug a pit in the shed, about half a meter long, put all the soil dug on these termite nests, and then scooped a large basin of water and poured the water into it. According to the records of Xiao Hei's former owner, when he found this termite nest, he knew that he would soon be able to get pottery, and even tiles. Maybe it's also to remind yourself that you're afraid of forgetting. So here is a detailed record of each step.
And the step I am doing now is a very important part of the above, I must pour the soil dug up by these termite nests into the pit, add water, crush the clumped soil with an axe, and then push it into the soil pit in the shed, after adding water, I will jump down, and the soil will be very wet, and I also need to crush some dry grass and add it to prevent the utensils or tiles from bursting when firing in the future.
I followed all of this step by step. This step he called "maturation"
Before I had all this last night, the rain began to rain unexpectedly. Luckily, there is a shed, so you don't have to worry. Pottery is not something that can be made right away, and it is clear that the embryo needs to be made first, and the embryo must be dried before it can be fired. If it is not dried and fired, it will definitely burst.
But luckily, the fire helps me dry them when the sun is not shining.
Soon, I started experimenting with making clay embryos...... It's not that hard......