To burn bricks, the first thing is to build a brick kiln.

The brick-burning kiln is actually somewhat similar to the cave left by charcoal-burning, but it is larger than the charcoal-burning one.

The old-fashioned brick-fired kilns are single, with a large kiln door underneath to facilitate the transport of materials in and out. There is a stove inside, and the body of the stove is round. In the middle, there is a big belly with a slightly narrower mouth.

The brick-burning kiln that Wen Xian wants to build can burn tens of thousands of bricks at a time.

Burning bricks is very complicated, and it is necessary to act separately, digging loess for loess, building kilns for kilns, and also dividing manpower to make adobe.

The bricks are fired from adobe, so the adobe has to be made first.

To make adobe, you must choose good loess, and there can be no stones or sand grains in the loess. If there is, they have to be sorted.

When the stone is cooked, it will turn into quicklime, which will rise and break when exposed to water. If such bricks are used to repair houses, it is very likely to become a tofu slag project.

Sand, on the other hand, cannot be mixed with water, and the same is true for laterite. So, these two cannot be used to make adobe.

Put the dug loess together, dig a pit in the middle and pour water. After all the soil is soaked and soaked, the loess is mixed into mud.

The mud is moderate, not too wet and not too dry. Too wet and too soft to form, too dry and not sticky together.

In addition, brick molds are also used to make adobe. The brick molds are made of wooden planks in the form of a rectangular lattice with fixed dimensions.

After the film is done, the reconciled mud is lifted up and thrown into the brick mold pit.

After that, squeeze the mud above the pit surface with the palms of your hands to cut off the mud that rises above the pit surface, then pick up the brick mold, take off the adobe and pour it on the ground to dry.

In order to prevent the mud from sticking to the mold, the mold pit also needs to be sprinkled with a layer of sand or plant ash in advance.

The same is true for the ground where adobe is placed.

After the adobe is ready, it is transported to the brick-burning kiln to prepare the bricks for firing.

The adobe had to be stacked on top of each other, leaving chimneys and gaps in between.

On the top side, a layer of broken adobe is paved without gaps. The top is then buried with thick soil, only at the place against the kiln wall, leaving a few openings separately as chimneys.

The adobe was stacked and the fire was lit, and after that, it continued to burn day and night for about half a month, until the adobe on top was also cooked.

Brick burning is a technical job, if the adobe is not good, the middle is very likely to collapse and the firing fails.

However, if the fire of burning adobe is not good, some places are not cooked thoroughly, and they cannot be burned into bricks.

If you make a mistake in any of these links, you will lose all your efforts and start all over again.

Therefore, all these processes are done by Wen Xian day and night with the big guys.

Of course, with so much work, fifty people can't do it. Therefore, she also arranged for those who caught the sea and hunted chestnuts to come over to help.

Later, in order to be in a hurry, a few hundred new people came in.

She must burn more bricks at one time, otherwise there will be no bricks in half a month, and she will have to wait for half a month.

At that time, the weather will cool down, and I don't know what the accident will be.

If this brick burning fails, she will build an adobe house first.

During this period, Wen Xian asked people to build an adobe house first. It's time to put the boiling of salt indoors.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner, but Wen Zhan still hasn't come back.

While the bricks were burning, Wen Xian asked Zhu San to take her back to Sun Island first.

This time, in addition to picking up Carpenter Xue's father and daughter, she also had to ask Jiang Jingwan if they wanted to move to Death Island now.

After all, it's already early October, and when she returns to Death Island again, it will be the busiest time to build a house, and she will definitely not be able to return to Sun Island for a while.

More likely, she will have to start spring after the New Year, and only after the ice on the sea has melted can she go to Sun Island again.

So, she had to ask Jiang Jingwan what they thought.

Although the house on Dead Island has not yet been repaired, they can live in a yurt first, and let them experience the exotic scenery in advance.

This time, in addition to wishing three or a few people to go back with her, Wen Xian also brought two other boats over to help transport things.

This time I returned to Sun Island at night, and it was a big night, and Wen Xian didn't meet anyone else all the way home.

After sending her home, Zhu San went back to Zhu's house. As for the people she had brought with them, everyone else remained on the ship, except for those who followed them secretly.

The house is brightly lit, and everyone hasn't slept yet. At this time, Wen Xian told them about her next plans.

Hearing Wen Xian ask if she would move to Death Island, Jiang Jingwan immediately replied: "Move!" Madame, this time I'm going with you to Dead Island. ”

There are still five months left before the beginning of spring next year, and the thought of not being able to stay with Wen Xian for these five months makes her extremely panicked.

After so many things, she has long regarded Wen Xian as her pillar. Five months of separation on the island, she did not accept.

Xia Zhi said with a cold face: "When will I go, my things are put away." ”

She had already packed her package, and waited for Wen Xian's order to move her family.

Wen Xian: ......

She said helplessly: "Aren't you afraid of starving and freezing in the past?" The house over there hasn't been built yet. ”

Hu Ke'er took over: "That's better than us separating, where Madame is, we will be there." ”

Without Madame, what is the use of her as a great housekeeper?

"Yes, let's go." Zheng Rou and Zhou Hui nodded.

Sheng Li'er and Bai Rose also hurriedly echoed: "Where Madame goes, we will go." ”

However, Fang Jiaren had a headache and said, "What about the land in our backyard?" ”

She wants to leave, but she can't bear the vegetables grown in the backyard.

Wen Xian pondered for a moment and said, "Since you have to go, you can only leave the affairs of the family here to Qin Niangzi."

Including the dishes in the backyard, let Qin Niangzi help take care of them. When you come back next time, take the mature ones to Death Island. ”

"You want to come back here?" Jiang Jingwan said in surprise.

She thought that if she went to Death Island, she would definitely not return to Sun Island.

But listening to the lady's meaning, I will return to Sun Island in the future.

"Of course I want to go back." Wen Xian said as a matter of course, "We can pay a year's rent, and this is not due yet."

Besides, even if he moved to Death Island, he would still have to do business with Zhu Qing in the future. Coming over from time to time for a few days and convenient in all aspects. ”

To put it bluntly, Sun Island is their second place of refuge.

If there's anything on Death Island, retreat to Sun Island. Therefore, she never thought of not having a relationship with Sun Island.

Jiang Jingwan nodded and said, "Madame is far-sighted, but I am narrow-minded. ”

"Okay, since it's decided, let's start packing things tomorrow." Wen Xian waved her hand and said, "The sooner the better, I have to go back to Death Island to repair the house." ”