Chapter 10 Bricks
I don't know when I will be busy, although I am very tired, but I think I am very satisfied with the mold, whether it is the size or the firmness of the shape, it is the best effect that can be achieved under the existing tools.
In fact, there is another way to make a mold, and it is also the strongest one, which is to directly find a large tree trunk, and then slowly polish the shape of the mold, and then take out the required size from it.
Although the mold made in this way is firm, the workload is too great in the absence of iron tools, and it will take at least ten days to complete, which Cheng Ran can't wait for now.
The next day, after Cheng Ran got up in the morning and came back from the sea, he simply cleaned up and started breakfast, Li Yuxin also got up, and now her health is much better.
Cheng Ran helped Li Yuxin to sit next to the fire, and then quickly set up the pot and poured water, ready to start boiling the crabs, it didn't take long for the crabs to start turning red, in order to make sure that there were no parasites in it and still alive, he cooked for a while.
Cheng Ran took the clay pot off the fire, and the boiling water inside slowly calmed down.
"It smells so good!" Li Yuxin swallowed her saliva, took a deep breath and said
It was the first time in a long time that Cheng Ran saw Li Yuxin eating in such a hurry, and he couldn't help laughing.
This smile happened to make Li Yuxin see it, and this time it made Li Yuxin's cheeks flush with shame.
Li Yuxin pretended to be stern and said with a straight face: "Cheng Ran"
"Nothing, no more smiling, absolutely no more smiling"
"Then you won't peel the crab for me?"
"This ............"
"What is this, is there any problem, did you hear it" Li Yuxin said with her blushing cheeks
Cheng Ran was stunned for a while, if she didn't hear it wrong, then she was obviously coquettish when she spoke just now, and it sounded really commanding, but it was actually Cheng Ran's coquettishness.
This moment of happiness made Cheng Ran feel a little unable to find the direction, he would think that Li Yuxin would be coquettish to himself, and then look at Li Yuxin's puffy and cute expression, which made Cheng Ran's deer plop and plop.
"This is peeled, this is peeled." Cheng Ran would not refuse at all in the matter of peeling crabs for Li Yuxin, and was even very happy.
Looking at Cheng Ran's hurried appearance, Li Yuxin couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't worry, peel slowly." ”
Cheng Ran was a little stupid and said, "This crab is a little hot." ”
The atmosphere of the breakfast was very good, and the two of them ended in a conversation and laughter.
The first thing after eating is to treat a ground relatively flat, with the same method as pottery to process a pile of clay, under the suggestion of Li Yuxin, also sprinkled with a layer of firewood ashes, I hope that in the future when the bricks can be easier, will not be connected with the ground when the bottom surface is uneven when the last rise.
I took the mold, found a flat piece of wood and smoothed one end to shovel the soil, shoveled the clay into the mold, filled the mold, and patted it on the mold with a flat stone, so that the clay can fill the whole mold, and it can also play a compacting role.
After completing this step, Cheng Ran gently lifted the mold, in order to avoid destroying the brick embryo as much as possible, he could only slowly break away, and finally the mold was successfully detached, but when he got out of the mold, the top was still scattered.
"This can't work, why did it disperse in the first place, it won't be wasted for so long." Cheng Ran said with annoyance
If it can be successful, it is a maximum result, and the most suitable materials are available for the construction of all the buildings that follow, and both of them are a little disappointed to see that this first experiment failed.
"Is it the wrong way?" Li Yuxin said
"It should be right, there should be too much water, and the clay is too thin to hold it in place." Cheng Ran said with a little weakness, after all, this is also his first attempt to make bricks, and it still takes many experiments to get confirmed.
Through several attempts, Cheng Ran finally knew what level of clay dilution was the most appropriate.
After a few hours of unremitting efforts, Cheng Ran finally got more than two hundred brick embryos, and the rest can only be dried, after all, there is no brick kiln, and he can only rely on the wind and sun during this time, but the temperature on this island is very high and the sun and wind are under the force, Cheng Ran believes that it will not take much time to get the finished product.
Cheng Ran plans to use this batch of brick embryos to use a kiln to burn bricks, otherwise the brick embryos will be pulverized in a short time.
"I'm going to go to the water source to have a look, and I'll get some water by the way and come back, and you can rest here."
"But I want to go too." Li Yuxin said coquettishly
The beauty is coquettish, where can Cheng Ran withstand it, but he knows that Li Yuxin's body is still weak and not suitable for running outside, so he can only refuse viciously: "You are not allowed to go if you are not well yet, stay here first, and I will come back in a while." ”
Li Yuxin's eyes were full of resentment, and she said unhappily: "Okay, pay attention to safety." ”
Cheng Ran came to the water source, checked a circle of wooden stakes, and found that several logs were broken, and he didn't need to think about it to know that there must be big animals around here.
"Wo go, the strength is big enough." Cheng Ran burst into a foul mouth, those wooden sticks are almost the same thickness as the little arm, which can be broken, and the power can be imagined.
In order to prevent the wooden stakes from being destroyed, Cheng Ran went to the woods on the side to find a few wooden sticks that were thicker than before, and replaced the broken wooden stakes from before.
After the stake was repaired, Cheng Ran was still a little worried, always worried that those animals would come over, so he found some stones to pile in the stake, so that he could rest assured.
Cheng Ran found this place in the fresh water on the island, in order to ensure that he and Li Yuxin had enough drinking water, Cheng Ran had to do this, even if those animals did not have this water source, they might have other water sources.
In fact, in Cheng Ran's eyes, these animals are all food that can walk, and now they are not eaten because of how to preserve the food that cannot be eaten and how to catch it without being injured.
Just as Cheng Ran turned around and was about to leave, a black shadow suddenly shot towards him from a big tree behind him, and the speed was like a bolt of lightning.
All this came too suddenly, Cheng Ran didn't even see what was coming, but his body instinctively dodged to the side, but he didn't stand firm under his feet, stepped on the moss, and fell to the ground without standing firmly.
With a muffled bang, Cheng Ran fell heavily to the ground, and before he could cry out in pain, the black shadow also fell to the ground.
Only then did Cheng Ran see clearly what this thing that attacked him from behind, this was a snake.