Shen Nong painted the shape of the stove on the back of the, a square straight tube that looked a lot like a chimney, but it was more accurate to say that it was not so much a stove as a fireplace.

The fireplace is attached to the outside of the walls of the wooden house, and the hollow straight shape allows the burning smell and ash smoke from the flames to be expelled upwards without disturbing the people living in the house.

"Wu, is this thing also made of wood?" Cang couldn't help but ask.

"No, with mud. Shen Nong looked at the wooden house, which was basically fully formed, nodded and said, "Okay, let's start pasting the wall now." ”

"Paste the wall?" Cang and Peck were puzzled.

"How can I explain it to you...... Forget it, you better go and prepare the materials for me. Shen Nong took off the animal skin bag on his back and threw it on the ground.

Then he pulled out a bone knife from his waist, crouched down and began to dig in the grass outside the wooden house.

It didn't take long for Shen Nong to dig a basin-sized pit with a bone knife in the place where Shen Nong started, and the pit was full of yellow dirt, but Shen Nong was not very satisfied with the soil.

The soil on the surface of the earth usually cannot be used as a wall paste material, because it is exposed to the wind and sun every day, and the soil becomes loose and soft, and there is no usability at all.

Looking at the Chi that had just come over at this time, Shen Nong raised his head and said, "Peck the bones, Chi, you go to the cistern and carry me two buckets of water." ”

"Oh. The two nodded in response, and immediately ran in the direction of the cistern.

"Cang, bring me that hoe. Shen Nong pointed to the stone hoe leaning against the wall of the wooden house and said.

Cang Er didn't say a word, and directly took the stone hoe and handed it to Shen Nong.

I saw Shen Nong holding the handle of the stone hoe with both hands, and shoveled it very hard against the pit he had just dug out.

The hoe is the best hand tool for digging soil, the efficiency is far above the shovel, when encountering hard soil, the hoe can shovel any ground as long as there is enough strength, but the shovel is not good, even if it is used as an auxiliary with the sole of the foot, it will still seem very difficult.

As Shen Nong shoveled the pit with the strength of a quasi-warrior for a dozen times, the yellow soil gradually receded, and then what appeared in his eyes was a darker yellow soil, which was both moist and viscous because it did not see light under the ground all year round, and it was perfect for mixing it with water to form a mud paste wall.

Shen Nong didn't say a word after seeing this color of soil, he directly threw away the stone hoe and dug the soil out of the pit with his hands.

"Wu, let me do this kind of thing. Seeing that Shen Nong's hands were covered with mud after a while, Cang couldn't help but say.

"What do you come, I'll come, together, and the amount of mud used to paste the wall will be a lot, and I can't dig it all by myself. Shen Nong said as he digged.

I saw Shen Nong slap all the sticky soil he had dug up, and soon a mud ball the size of a basin appeared at his feet.

Kuraya immediately crouched down to help, and at that moment, Chi and Bone returned, both carrying two buckets full of water.

In the past, the tribesmen of the Huangqiu tribe used stone vessels and bone vessels to hold water, but since Shen Nong Rangcang and others dug out wooden barrels, the tribesmen in the tribe have liked this light water holding tool, and they have abandoned stone vessels and used wooden barrels.

Later, when digging a ditch, Shen Nong saw that the people who were holding the barrel to deliver water were very troublesome, so he asked the warehouse to punch two holes in the barrel of each barrel, and then threaded it with a wooden stick, so that there was now a barrel that could be carried by one hand.

This design also made the clansmen more efficient, even warriors used to be able to carry only one bucket of water at a time, but now each person can carry two buckets.

"Wu, you want water. Chi and Bone placed the wooden bucket in their hands next to Shen Nong, and there was a wooden scoop floating in one of the wooden barrels that Chi put down.

"This guy is very careful. Shen Nong couldn't help but look at it a few more times, the other party actually prepared something he hadn't considered.

Shen Nong didn't say much, he directly picked up the wooden scoop and scooped up the water, and poured it accurately on the mud ball at his feet, while Shen Nong pressed the mud ball with his other hand and kneaded it vigorously.

Water makes the soil thicker and softer, and when it is thoroughly blended, it will become like plasticine.

The reason why Shen Nong wanted to get so much mud this time was not only to paste the wooden walls, but also to make some pottery for the people of the Huangqiu tribe.

Because when the Ten Ministries Conference began to be held, he would take some of the young people out of the house, and when the Shen Nongren were not in the tribe, there would be no chance to add living utensils to the Huangqiu tribe, so he had to do more things while the people were still in the tribe.

I saw Shen Nong pinch down a ball of mud and carefully knead it into the shape of a bowl, although the bowl body is very ugly and looks very strange, but it is enough for life.

Putting the soft bowl aside, Shen Nong kneaded the remaining mud into a jar, of course, because Shen Nong did not do this professionally, the shape of the cylinder body was still very ugly, and it was crooked, and the internal thickness was uneven.

But Shen Nong doesn't care about this, anyway, as long as it's dried in the fire pit and can be used.

In this way, the three people of Cang, Chi, and Peck were responsible for digging the soil and mixing it with water, and Shen Nong was alone in pinching the bowl and the water bottle, which was a bit of a taste of playing with mud when he was a child.

After almost twenty bowls, ten jars, and ten water bottles, Shen Nong finally gave up the job with sore hands and necks, and the three of them were already full of mud piles like a small dirt slope.

Shen Nong stood up and stretched and said, "Ah~~~ Okay, these muds should be almost enough, you can paste them on the walls of the wooden house." ”

Under Shen Nong's command, the three people of Cang really applied a handful of mud and water to the walls of the wooden house, and at the same time pressed the mud on the wall vigorously to prevent it from falling off if it did not stick to it.

Soon, all four walls of the wooden house, inside and out, were completely smeared with mud by the trio, leaving not even a single gap.

After the mud walls are air-dried, they can not only strengthen the stability of the wooden house, but also eliminate air and water leakage, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.