Old Abel also nodded, "There is still a lot of work!" We have to build the fence quickly, otherwise the food planted will not be enough to spoil the wild animals. ”

Jiang Li smiled after hearing this: "Uncle Tiger, no wonder the Yaoshan tribe has developed so vigorously in just two years, and Eminem and Abel are our role models." ”

Yaohu nodded, "Yes! Thanks to them. ”

Yao Xiaoqing arranged Xia and Hongye to help in the cafeteria, and also let them learn to cook food.

The next day, it was another sunny day. When the women had finished their work in the fields, they left the ones to hoe the weeds, and the others went out to gather food.

Yaohu and Jiang left them and went to the mountains to cut down trees and build sheds. Ada and Tugen took those men and continued to fence the fence.

Muba and the others continued to cut down trees, and the big tree went to the river with the people, picked up stones and carried them home, sifted oyster shells, sand and gravel, and prepared for the construction of the wall.

Ah Worm Bo took a dozen old Ah Bo to the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots.

After sowing, everyone is still busy.

Yao Xiaoqing was at the foot of the hill in the grove, looking at the bulging mountain bag in front of him, and thought of the earthen kiln.

The grass shed on the upper floor is crushed by snow every year, and it is also a hassle to cover the grass. In the past, there were no saws, iron nails, purlins, rafters, but now I have the tools to rebuild the grass shed upstairs and cover it with tiles once and for all.

She plans to dig an earthen kiln to fire bricks and tiles. Lifting the shovel and digging a few times, seeing that it was clay, he nodded with satisfaction. It is not far from the pond, and it is convenient to use water for bricks and tiles. The small trees cut down are just enough to be used to build a sunhouse.

Yao Xiaoqing said hello to Muba, asked him to cut down the bushes around the mountain bag, and returned to the tribe.

When I arrived at the foot of the mountain, I saw that the kiln was already full of oyster shells.

Shui Bo and a few old uncles were loading oyster shells into the kiln, and when they saw her come back, they said, "Xiaoqing, I think we should build two more furnaces to burn bricks and oyster ashes." ”

Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "I found a mountain bag on the other side of the grove, let's put the oyster shells into the kiln, light the fire and go there to dig the kiln." ”

It didn't take long for the kiln to fill with oyster shells, leaving one man to guard the kiln. Yao Xiaoqing took a few Shui Bo, carrying hoes and shovels to the grove.

The shrubs around the mountain pack have been cut down.

Yao Xiaoqing led a few people to dig up the clay in the low place and pile it on the edge of the pond, and it took four or five days to cut off the low part of the hill.

By this time, Muba had already cut down all the trees from the pond to the clearing, just waiting for the wolf to lead the people to dig the ditch.

The mountain market has been built, and there are two rows of wooden sheds along the mountain road, the roof of which is covered with a layer of thatch, and the shed is also covered with wooden plank beds.

After the market was completed, Yaohu, Jiang Li, Mu Feng, Leopard and thirty warriors went into the mountains to hunt, and by the way, the news that the Yaoshan tribe had set up a market spread out.

Oyster ash and lime have been fired in batches, and stones and gravel have piled up. Dashi took Muba and they began to build the fence, the enclosure, and the house on the north side.

Yao Xiaoqing led people to dig in from the foot of the mountain, and pulled out a kiln door about five feet wide and six feet high, and the clay dug out was also piled up into a hill.

Dig out a big pit inside, and dig out a flue from the top of the mountain, bring red bricks to build a chimney by the big stone, the entrance of the cave is built with red bricks, the inside of the cave also has to be tamped and tamped, and the shape in the cave is a bit like an inverted big iron pot.

More than a dozen people have been busy for more than half a month, and the oval-shaped earthen kiln has been basically completed!

Seeing everyone's happy looks, the wolf walked over with a smile, "Our canal will be dug tomorrow." ”

Yao Xiaoqing looked over and nodded, "Tomorrow you can dig this canal under the pond." ”

"Hmmm! It will take a few days to get down to the river! ”

The wolf walked to the entrance of the cave and looked at it for a while, "How many bricks can be fired at one time in such a kiln?" ”

Yao Xiaoqing shook her head, "I don't know." She remembers that when her family built a house, the village kiln could fire 15,000 bricks at a time. At that time, the family was building a house, and everyone came to help step on the clay, beat the soil embryos, and make bricks and tiles.

Ah Shuibo smiled on the side: "It's so big, I think it can burn a lot." ”

Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Let's first level the open space, build a grass shed, and make bricks." You will know when you burn the kiln. ”

Ah Shui nodded, "Okay, let's get to work!" ”

Everyone leveled the open space next to the earthen kiln for two or three hundred square meters, and the two men pulled the stone and rolled it in the leveled open space, and rolled it several times to tamp it.

Ah Shui led people to build a straw shed, and it took a few days of hard work to build the straw shed for drying bricks and making bricks.

After the grass shed was completed, I began to make adobe bricks.

Dig out the clay piled on the side, pick up the tree roots, grass roots, stones and other impurities in the soil, break the soil, and then pour an appropriate amount of water into the mound, stuff it overnight, and the next day you can mix with the mud.

Yao Xiaoqing returned to the tribe and asked Dashi to help make a few thin wires, bend them into a semicircle shape with a wooden stick, fix the wires at both ends of the sticks, and tie them a bit like a bow, and the mason called it a bow.

Dashi thought it was her newly conceived weapon, "Xiaoqing, this is no different from a bow!" ”

Yao Xiaoqing gestured a few times, "I used it to draw good clay." In the past, the kiln was small, and not much clay was needed at one time, but now the adobe bricks made at one time are about the same as ten times before. Pick it with your hand again, and your fingers can't stand it. ”

"Oh!" Oishi understood.

Yao Xiaoqing thought about it and smiled: "Uncle Dashi, the original brick mold is not enough, you can help me make a few more brick molds." ”

Dashi nodded briskly, "Okay, I'll give it to you tomorrow morning." ”

Early the next morning, Dashi sent the brick mold to Yao Xiaoqing's house.

After eating breakfast, Yao Xiaoqing took Uncle Worm, Uncle Shui, and a few Uncle who made bricks, and led two cattle to the earthen kiln.

Yao Xiaoqing drove the oxen to keep turning in circles in the soaked mound, and Ah Shuibo also stepped on the clay behind him barefoot.

Go all the way to the mound without small bumps, and then use a shovel to pick up the clay, back and forth a few times, and step on it for a while, until the clay is firm and no longer sticks to your feet.

It wasn't until the clay was gathered into a wall of dirt that the mud didn't crumble down before it was stepped on.

Ah Worm Bo picked up the brick mold and went to pick up the soil and put it in, Yao Xiaoqing hurriedly stopped him.

"Worm, use this! This is called a bow, and I asked Uncle Dashi to help me refine the thin iron wire. ”

A few people took the bow handed over by Yao Xiaoqing and said with a smile: "Isn't it just a bow!" ”

"Uncle Worm, what did you do to see me?"

Yao Xiaoqing said as he picked up the bow, cut a piece of clay about the same thickness as the brick mold on the clay wall, smashed it into the brick mold dipped in dry sand, and then put the brick mold on a small stone slab about the size of the brick blank, and used the bow to scratch off the excess clay on the brick mold.

Knock out the bricks at the back and place them vertically.

(End of chapter)