Qi Jiuli rummaged through the brazier for a few pieces of wood that had been buried before, picked them up with tongs, and broke them with a little force.

"Isn't this just ash?" Qi Shiyi looked at the wooden stick that was broken by the fire tongs and said bluntly.

Qi Jiuli twitched the corners of his mouth, unable to refute, it was really ashes, but Qi Jiuli didn't give up, and then rummaged, and finally after two more failures, he took out a piece of wood about the length and width of his two fingers, and used some force, it didn't break, just some black ash fell, hehe, Qi Jiuli was a little happy, this is done.

Qi Qizhu watched Qi Jiuli's series of operations on the side, and some of them saw the fame, "Jiuli, didn't you say that you wanted to use water before, why is it useless?" ”

"Then get some water." Qi Jiuli replied.

Qi Qizhu went to the utility room and brought a wooden bucket over, and also took an old straw mat, scooped half a bucket of water from the water tank with a scoop, and carried it to the edge of the stove to put it away.

Qi Jiuli came out of the stove with the red-hot wood, buried some in the ash heap first, and put some of it in the bucket.

"Whew-" The sound of hot and cold encountering, when the wood in the water was gone, Qi Jiuli took out the wood and put it on the straw mat.

Looking at the black wood stained on the straw mat, Qi Qizhu smiled, "Jiuli, you have made up your mind to wash your hair today, right?" ”

Qi Qizhu still remembered that Qi Jiuli had said before that the charcoal stained with water had to be dried, that is, it could not be used before drying, looking at the pot of ash, and the fiery red wood that Qi Jiuli buried in it from time to time, Qi Qizhu still didn't understand anything.

Qi Jiuli looked at Qi Qizhu pitifully, "Brother, I'm uncomfortable and smelly." ”

also deliberately leaned his head in the direction of Qi Qizhu.

"Eldest sister, you haven't been coquettish for many years, my goosebumps are up, and my flesh is numb." Qi Shiyi rubbed his arms.

Qi Jiuli rolled her eyes, she is called coquettish, the child is too tender, I have never seen a real coquette.

"What meat?" Qi Shixiang walked into the kitchen, her face full of surprise, "Is there meat at home?" ”

Qi Qizhu's expression was a little depressed when he heard this, and his eyes were filled with distress.

"Second sister, if there is meat at home, you should know best, what's the matter, hungry for meat?" Although Qi Shiyi said this, he couldn't help but swallow saliva after saying meat, but too, who doesn't crave meat.

"I'm not greedy." Qi Shixiang retorted, she just heard the meat at first glance, and her first reaction was to make up for her sister, but after asking, she calmed down, since her mother went, her sister was sad and suffered from the Yu family's resignation, and now the food at home is her handle, and she really knows best whether there is meat or not.

Qi Shixiang lifted the lid and carefully put down an egg.

"Wow, eggs, second sister, the hen in the house has laid eggs today?" Qi Shiyi's eyes lit up and he asked.

"No, there were only two yesterday." Qi Shixiang sighed, "Those eggs have to be saved, first pay back the fifty wen owed to the uncle's family, the little aunt said, you can take the eggs, but you can't move." ”

"This one was given to my sister by Aunt Tian Hua in the morning, and I cooked it for my sister to make up for her body." Qi Shixiang explains the origin of the egg.

"I'll dig it later to see if there are any earthworms, and the hens will eat them to lay eggs." Qi Shiyi said.

"I'll go with you." Qi Qizhu said.

"Now that it's so cold and the soil is frozen, can you dig up earthworms?" Qi Jiuli was surprised.

"It's better to burn more charcoal, it can still be sold in this weather, and it won't be hot anymore." Qi Jiuli proposed.

"Can this be sold for money?" Qi Shiyi looked at the black wood of different sizes and lengths on the straw mat and said, "I saw that the charcoal sold in the shops in the town is not like this, it looks much better than this, although the color is black." ”

"Then didn't we just start tinkering, the heat is not enough, and then we will burn better and better." Qi Jiuli said confidently.

"Eldest sister, how do you know that charcoal comes from like this?" Qi Shiyi asked curiously, picked up the black wood soaked in cold water and said, "Eldest sister, you have been to the town two or three times, have you ever seen charcoal?" ”

"How do I know?" Qi Jiuli said with an innocent face, "I don't remember this, but I should have seen it, because I remember that charcoal is black, and I remember a sentence, charcoal is made of wood, and I don't know who I heard about it." ”

As soon as I heard that I had been to the town, what else could not be a lie, Qi Jiuli's lie was blurted out, and there was no need to beat the draft, "You said that I have been burning the fire for a few years, how can this wood be burned to turn black, you see, this is not it." ”

Qi Jiuli said as he rummaged through the ash heap and found two pieces of charcoal that had been successfully burned, "Hehe, look at it, it's better than before." ”

Qi Shixiang saw that Qi Jiuli had successfully burned the charcoal, and his heart was alive, "Sister, you teach me how to make it, I will also burn this stove, and we will use the boiling water for bathing, and it will not be wasted." ”

"But eldest sister, why did you take out this fire stick like this and that." Qi Shiyi asked, pointing to the brazier and bucket.

"If not, the wood will burn to ashes." Qi Jiuli said as a matter of course, "How to extinguish the fire, isn't it just to put it in the water, or put it in the ash heap, in the past, there would always be one or two pieces of wood with sparks left over from the stove, is it all put in the ash heap to extinguish." ”

Qi Shiyi suddenly realized, "No, I didn't expect that the rest of the burning was charcoal, I thought there was a lot of charcoal." ”

"It's still amazing, there is a certain technology for this charcoal to be burned successfully, this burns too much, it will turn into ashes, it is not burned through, and the inside is still logs." Qi Jiuli said, "We have to try a few more times, pick the good-looking ones and sell them, that is, we will burn them like this, Fei Chai." ”

"Brother Lobby, they just cut a lot for us, I'll pick up some later." Qi Shiyi said.

"The small ones don't make it, and they will turn to ashes as soon as they are burned, so they have to be bigger." Qi Jiuli said.

"I'll cut it later." Qi Qizhu echoed.

"Brother, you are holding a pen in your hand, where ......"

Before Qi Shixiang's words could be finished, he was interrupted by Qi Qizhu, "The hand is used for work, so can't you hold the pen after you work." ”

"I used to take care of my studies, and I didn't do as much work at home as you, so I will do more work at home in the future." Qi Qizhu's eyes were firm, his father and mother had already gone, he was the eldest son, the eldest in the family, and it should be so.

"But you can't be distracted from studying, if my brother takes care of his work, he will have less time to study, how can he take the test." Qi Shixiang said worriedly.

"It won't take much time to chop wood." Qi Qizhu touched the top of Qi Shixiang's hair and said with a smile, "Don't worry, there is no conflict between work and studying, my brother knows it." ”