The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

Li Yuan returned home, took out the "small fan" and started boiling water.

While the water is cold, put all 2 pounds of lamb chops into the pot, sprinkle in some granular salt, cover the pot, and cook directly.

There is no way, there are no extra seasonings now, and I didn't find any other ones when I went to the vegetable market last time. I guess I won't be able to buy some until before the Spring Festival.

Li Yuan was worried, so he walked out of the room to feel it, and found that there was indeed no smell leaking out, so he felt relieved.

If you don’t have chive flowers, find a few garlic cloves, cut them into minced garlic with a knife, add a few drops of sesame oil, add appropriate balsamic vinegar and soy sauce, it will be the perfect dipping sauce.

Gritting his teeth, he took out about half a catty of green vegetables and put them directly into the mutton soup later. Take out two tomatoes, wash them and slice them directly.

There is no sugar, so it can only be eaten as fruit.

I originally thought about eating lamb chops tonight, but considering that I haven't had much meat in my stomach for a long time, I had to mix noodles and prepare steamed buns.

I just want to steam a few more, and I will have a day and a night tomorrow, but I will bring my own dry food.

After making the steamed buns, I put them in the steamer and waited for ten minutes.

Tried it, the lamb chops were just right.

He left a third of the meat and soup, and put the rest in an enamel basin, and then put it in the Jiugong grid while it was hot.

With the dipping sauce, he finally satiated his appetite a little.

Pour the remaining dipping ingredients directly into the mutton soup and drink it in several gulps. You will feel your whole body warm and very comfortable.

I cleaned the iron pot several times to make sure there was no mutton smell left, then poured in water and started steaming the steamed buns.

At the same time, I roasted 5 and a half large sweet potatoes in the stove as food for tomorrow's shift.

Do more, be prepared, and keep the excess in the Jiugong grid.

Before going to bed, I ate one Erhe noodle steamed bun and put the rest into the Jiugong grid.

After a dreamless night, I finished my morning class and took out a small bowl of mutton soup. Considering how difficult it was today, we simply steamed a pot of rice, which was just enough for a full meal.

After the meal, put three steamed buns into the lunch box and leave the others in the empty space. Prepare enough hot water to drink. Put the lunch box and water bottle into the shoulder bag.

Before everyone went to work, they walked to the steelmaking 'workshop' on the street in advance.

The steelmaking 'workshop' is actually a dilapidated small yard located outside Dongzhimen. There are still many dilapidated and unused yards here.

When Li Yuan arrived, there were almost five people inside, one of whom was a master and directed the others to work.

The remaining four people, three men and one woman, were all yawning and moving slowly.

The only woman was in her 30s, and she didn't care much about her current appearance. Her hair was unkempt, her clothes were covered in charcoal dust, and her face was also streaked with charcoal dust.

The other three people were even worse, but the master looked okay. Although his eyes were red, he seemed to be in good spirits.

Seeing Li Yuan's arrival, one of the young men who was tinkering with a red hole more than 2 feet above the ground came over with the thick iron bar more than 1 meter high.

"Brother, you're here, and then I really can't hold on any longer."

The remaining people felt the same way, and they all sat on the ground, relieved.

"No, everyone, I just came here and I don't know anything, so you just handed this big guy over to me. You have such a big heart," Li Yuan complained with a smile.

"It's okay. I just added the ingredients. As long as the slag discharge port is not blocked, there will be no problem if it continues to run for one hour. You can give us a rest."

"Then you have to teach me how to tinker."

All four people pointed at the old master.

The old master simply stood up and came to Li Yuan's side, took the iron bar and motioned for Li Yuan to follow.

Li Yuan began to observe carefully this time. The small blast furnace was more than 4 meters high and looked like a bowling ball. The top was getting thinner and thinner, and the bottom was a big belly.

There is an air outlet above, and sparks are constantly rushing out, accompanied by black smoke.

"This is the slag outlet. Look at my actions. It's very simple. You must be diligent in cleaning out the slag accumulated here. Otherwise, when the slag covers the molten iron inside, it will easily cause explosion."

The master explained and demonstrated.

I saw the slag outlet that was about the size of a palm, and something that looked like red-hot peeling slowly accumulated. The master used the hook at the head of the iron bar to reach inside.

Gently rotate the iron bar, then lift and pull it up, and the fist-sized slag will be pulled out. The whole process is like brushed potatoes just out of the pot.

The slag leaving the furnace mouth quickly changed color, and its surface glowed with purple light. The old master knocked hard on a brick, and the cooled slag immediately broke into pieces.

Pores of different sizes can be seen on the cross-section of the fallen large pieces of slag.

"Try it." The old master put the iron bar into Li Yuan's hand.

Li Yuan's first attempt was unsuccessful. After a few times, he was able to barely draw out some slag.

The old master looked at it for a while and then left with peace of mind.

After dozens of attempts, he was able to skillfully remove the slag. After each cleaning, he could rest for ten minutes.

He looked up and saw that the remaining three people had also arrived, and there was also a woman among them, who turned out to be Qin Huairu.

When Li Yuan saw it, he laughed and greeted her with a smile.

Qin Huairu pretended that she couldn't hear him and stood on the side, chatting with the lesbian.

"Okay, you four are now done, you can get out," the old master shouted to the four people before him.

The four of them seemed to have lost the strength to shout, so they all picked up their belongings and left slowly.

The other two people in their group today are from the compound next door. One is named Wu and is in his 40s. The other is nicknamed Tiedan and is in his mid-twenties.

Although we don't interact much with each other, we are still familiar with each other.

"Okay, the old rules, according to age, you are No. 1, you are No. 2, you are No. 3, you are No. 4."

Lao Wu is No. 1, Tiedan is No. 2, Qin Huairu is No. 3, and of course Li Yuan is No. 4 as the master calls him.

The old master gave everyone different numbers, probably to make it easier to carry out work, otherwise he would not be able to remember everyone's names no matter how good his memory was if he changed a batch every day.

Tiedan came around, touched Li Yuan with his elbow, and pointed to Qin Huairu with his eyes. The meaning in his eyes was unclear, but fortunately there was no lewdness in his eyes.

“Let me tell you about the work here.

The first thing you see is a small blast furnace with three exits, and here is the taphole," he pointed to another exit slightly lower than the slag taphole.

"This is the slag outlet, where No. 4 was working just now. Above is the feed port, the entrance for iron, coke, and charcoal."

Then he pointed to an earth and stone step that led directly to the discharge port, "The material is fed from here. Please move less every time and pay attention to safety."

None of the work is complicated, but you have to follow the instructions, otherwise if the furnace explodes, we people will either be burned to death or end up in trouble.

Burning to death is not bad, but if you burn half to death, you will be unlucky and your family will be unlucky as well."

The old master stood there, coaxing and threatening. It is estimated that every group of people will be manipulated in this way once.

"To be fair, the work here rotates every hour. No. 4 continues to dig out slag, No. 3 prepares iron, coke and charcoal, and No. 1 and No. 2 deliver materials."

It seems that the old master is also a compassionate master, entrusting simple tasks to the only woman.

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