Chapter Seventy-One: The First Trial
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No matter what outsiders think, how they think about making the Li family uncomfortable! The Li family is not affected! Still working on the division of labor step by step, each busy!
After a few days of hard work, the Li Ansong brothers made enough sieves and templates, and the Li Anfu brothers also milled the cinders, and the first real test began!
With the help of a few cousins, things went very smoothly, and the cinders were sifted in pairs, first using a sieve with large holes, and the part left on the sieve was a large particle size, which belonged to the coarse aggregate! The leakage from the sieve is then put into the sieve with a smaller hole, and the part left is another group; And so on until the smallest hole in the sieve, from which the thinnest cinder leaks out!
According to the sun-dried cinders, the group test is mixed, seven or eight strong laborers, plus a few juniors like Li Yusheng and Li Yumao can also be called by adults, and the work is not lost to Li Anfu and others!
According to the different thickness of cinder, it is divided into six groups, one group of groups, mixed with raw materials, stirred with water, and then beaten into adobe with molds, demoulded, dried, after this series of tired steps, can be put into the brick kiln calcined!
In two days, about 2,000 pieces of adobe were made, all the types were put in order, stacked in rows, and placed on the open space leveled out of the wasteland!
"Cousin, I'm really bothering you, I haven't stopped for the past few days, while it's been drying, let's all rest, and our brothers will also drink two cups!" Finally finished the two days, Li Anfu thanked Li Ansong like his brother! This is not light work, after two days of work, I am so tired that I want to lie down and sleep!
In order to thank Li Ansong and a few people, Li Anfu invited Li Ansong to eat at home!
"Okay, our brothers haven't chatted for a long time, let's go!" Li Ansong is not polite, he is three or four years older than Li Anfu, his cousins had a good relationship when they were young, and when they grow up, they only care about supporting their families, they rarely have time to idle and chat, and they can't eat enough, so they only care about work!
plus Li Ansong, as well as Li Yusheng's brothers, Li Hui's house is lively, two tables are not enough to do, just busy, the guys are not complete, the table is usually enough for their own family to eat, but so many people came!
"Lotus mother, use your table, there are many people in the family today, not enough!" Hu and Li went next door! It happened that the Wang family was at home, so the two of them opened their mouths to borrow a table! For peasant families, it is normal to borrow tables and benches and the like!
"It's okay, come and move!" Wang didn't shirk it, he simply agreed, and at the end he helped the two of them move a few stools, the table was not enough, and of course the stools were not enough!
"Thank you so much, Ogawa!" Hu sent Wang out and thanked him!
"You're welcome, neighbors, shouldn't you help! It's just two steps away, no need to send it, you hurry up, I'm leaving! After saying that, he turned around and left, and walked a few steps to his own yard!
This meal is also a joy for the guests and hosts, Li Ansong and a few people have not eaten and drunk so happily for a long time, the wine and meat are enough, and the brothers chatted freely from time to time, touching a glass from time to time, and after a mouthful of wine, the addiction of eating meat!
Until the night fell, the sky was slightly dark, with a slightly drunken sense of wine, humming a little song, and staggering away from Li Anfu's house!
A few days have passed in a blink of an eye, thanks to God's gift, the sun is shining brightly, the breeze is blowing, and the beaten adobe is quickly dried and ready to be opened!
The old and young in the family came to help, and the Niu family also came to help, and the dried adobe was moved into the brick kiln, placed in batches according to the type, and then closed the door.
Li Qingshan started a fire, and the raging fire began to burn, which was the real beginning of the first wave of experiments!
The men, women and children of the Li family were all watching from the side, although the fire was very hot, and there were beads of sweat flowing down after standing for a while, but this still couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm!
"Grandpa, I'm going to burn it!" Li Hui is very excited, this is a rare opportunity, she must burn it herself, have a good time, so that she will not regret working for so many days!
Since Li Hui started, Li Xiu also wanted to try it, and then it developed to the point that all the people in the Li family except Li Yujin and a few people in the school tried a fire, and then they felt satisfied!
As the enthusiasm of the Li family slowly waned, there were fewer and fewer onlookers in the village, from the beginning of the three circles to a group of people to a few people who loved to join in the fun, and finally everyone calmed down, and when they passed by, they turned their heads to look, and then walked away!
The rest of the long-term firing work was handed over to the four brothers Li Anfu and Li Anlu, and several of them took turns to work! This is very tiring, because at the beginning of firing, you can't stop in the middle, or you will break a kiln of bricks!
Because it takes a long time to fire, all the wood is prepared in advance, so you can take less time and longer, and you don't have to add firewood all the time!
Again, it's a very monotonous and tedious job! Four people work shifts, two burn during the day, and the other two burn at night, and when they are not working, they hurry home to rest! Then enter the next round of work energetically, and you can't be careless in the middle, and you should pay attention to careful observation!
During the period, there was not enough firewood, but Li Anfu was busy, the big women couldn't cut, and a few people hurried up the mountain as soon as they rested, and Li Hui followed Hu and others to fight and was responsible for carrying some light ones! The family is in a hurry, and they are tired!
Time passed in everyone's non-stop work, and when it passed, I felt very tired, Li Hui finished moving firewood every day, went back to pinch her waist, and felt so painful, and kept praying in my heart that the time passed quickly or that the work was done quickly!
When it's really done, looking back, it feels like a dream, and time flies quite quickly!
"Okay, it's okay, it's almost time to finish this cage of fire!" With the experience of the last time, Li Qingshan looked at the time, it had been burned for twenty days, and it was time to open the cellar!
"You said you could do it this time, sister-in-law!" Zhou was very nervous, at the decisive moment, I really didn't know who to ask, Hu was next to her, she was pulling Hu's sleeve and asked, her hands were clenched tightly, very nervous!
"I don't know! No one knows if you don't get out of the way! Hu replied, everyone knows the same amount, and no one can comfort anyone!
Everyone is apprehensive in their hearts, and they don't know if they can succeed this time! It was the first time Li Hui was so nervous, and she didn't feel it when she took the college entrance examination that year!
Then came the decisive moment, and everyone's hearts were clenched, not knowing what the next outcome would be!
Li Anfu and Li Anlu trembled their hands and opened the cellar door together