prehistoric chef

The next day, early in the morning, the eight people had breakfast, carrying bamboo baskets and carrying dishes and pots made last night, and arrived at the entrance of the small cave neatly.Gao Ming stared at the entrance of the cave and studied for a long time, then said, "Where did you pick up those two good ones yesterday?"

Bujia pointed to a place, and Gao Ming bent down and measured the distance with his footsteps, but it was only four steps away, and the location was near the wall of the cave entrance on the left. "Is there not enough oxygen in the hole? The firewood is stuffed in, the flame is too high and there is no vent, and the temperature is not as high as the smoke inside, but the temperature is not as high as outside?" I don't know if it's reliable or not, but the outside is burnt well, but the inside is broken, so I can only think in this direction.

"Brother Xiaoming, what did you say is it itchy?" Xiao He asked curiously.

Landa leaned on the top and pretended to say: "Brother Xiao Ming must be itching, you scratch it!"

Gao Ming walked out of the cave and gave Landa a note, saying, "You're itching!" Turning to look at the big guy, he said, "This time, let's make the hole for burning firewood bigger, and the pottery will be placed in two rows on both sides. .”

Sado in the big stone forest had cut bundles of firewood and piled them at the entrance of the cave. to the mouth of the cave.

Gao Ming held up the machete and looked up and saw a black lacquered object. His heart moved, he picked up the ashes, his face beamed with joy, and he said, "You two swept it from the hole?"

"Yeah! What's the matter, Brother Xiao Ming? Could it be something to eat?" Landa guessed that his eyes were shining when he thought about eating.

Xiao He, who was sweeping the floor with a broom, listened to it, his ears pricked up and his eyes sparkled, waiting for Gao Ming to announce what kind of food it was, Qi rubbed his stomach and watched happily.

Gao Ming rolled his eyes, Landa really can think of anything to eat, and said directly: "This thing is called charcoal." Opening it with one hand, Gao Ming rubbed it, and said: "It's charcoal, it should be made of pottery fired yesterday. He burned the charcoal instead.” He is a cook, and some food is finely cooked with charcoal, so the finished product can be recognized.

Holding the charcoal in his hand, he was so focused on the location of the pottery that he didn't pay attention to it just now. He bent over and scanned around, and carefully searched the ground. There were still a few pieces of black charcoal on the innermost ground. When he came out in his hand, he saw Linzi Dashi Sado come back carrying firewood, smiled, and said: "This time we have achieved two goals with one stone, well, we have hit both of them, and the experience of pottery has been touched, and this charcoal is also inseparable." , try today."

"Brother Ming, you haven't said what the charcoal is for?" Landa asked curiously.

"Charcoal is made of firewood, and it is used for heating and cooking in winter—" Before Gao Ming could finish speaking, he saw Landa Xiaohe limp, probably thinking it was useless, since it was all firewood for heating, he had to process it Burning charcoal, perhaps in their minds, this charcoal is not as long as firewood, so Gao Ming handed the charcoal to Landa, and explained in detail: "Although this charcoal is made of firewood, it does not take up any space. A bundle of firewood can be burned for one or two days, but a bamboo basket of charcoal can be burned for three or four days." He didn't know how many days it could burn, but it would last longer than firewood. "It's going to be burned anyway. Let's burn a batch of charcoal first and store it in the cave for the snow season. Otherwise, after the wheat is ground and firewood is added, there is really no place to set foot in the cave."

Everyone thought about it, the wheat now occupies a huge space in the cave, and there is no room for bacon and firewood during the snow season...

There is more oxygen outside the entrance of the cave than inside, so it is estimated that the charcoal will still be short of oxygen.The chopped firewood was first burned in the cave for a while, and when the temperature rose, Xiaohe Landa quickly placed the pottery bowls, plates and jars along the entrance of the cave on both sides.

Qi reconciled the mud with stones, and left a ventilated place for burning firewood. The gap was roughly wiped with mud, otherwise the temperature would be too high and it would explode.

It was about ten o'clock when it was finished, Gao Ming looked at it and said, "Leave four here, and the remaining four will go back to the cave to cook and dry the wheat."

Lin Zi nodded and looked at Bu Jia, Bu Jia pondered for a while, and said: "Xiao Ming, Da Shi and Lin Zi Ge Qi go back, and come over after dinner."

"Okay." Drying the wheat is also a big job. Dashi Linzi can help dry the wheat. Qi cooks with him. The kiln not only prevents white shadows but also prey. Xiaohe is better than Qi with a big belly.

Back in the cave, Gao Ming and Qi immediately started cooking. Since they were busy harvesting wheat, they have been eating relatively simple food, either barbecue or grilled fish stew. Today is no exception. The weather is getting hotter and there is no fresh food in the cave. All the meat from the house was skillfully made into bacon, stewed with wild vegetables, and roasted two fat red eyes.

Linzi Dashi has already turned the wheat outside in the sun. The first batch of wheat is almost dry. Linzi is pushing the stone roller. The stone roller is in the shape of a cylinder with a hole cut in the middle. People pull it and grind it over the wheat. Generally, the husks will be crushed after two rounds of grinding.The forest is dragging a stone roller to grind the wheat. The big stone holds a wooden shovel in his hand and raises the wheat high. When the wind blows, the shell will be blown aside.

"Eat first." Qi held the water basin and said, "Wash up, and let them come back to eat after eating."

Lin Zi Dashi put down his work, the four of them ate, Gao Ming filled the bamboo kettle with cool water and boiled it, and said: "I'll go and bring the food to them, and I'll change the river later and come back for a rest."

"You can't do it alone." Lin Zi said worriedly.

"The big stone is with me, we are leaving, brother Lin Zi, you and sister Qi go in and close the iron fence and don't come out, wait for Landa Xiaohe and the others to come back." Gao Ming is worried about Lin Zi and Qi, Bai Ying is even more dangerous than the prey .

Lin Zi has Qi, so safety comes first, he nodded, and said, "Okay, you two should be more careful on the road."

Gao Ming carried a bow and arrow on his back, a short sword in his hand, and a bamboo basket with a big stone on his back, with a food kettle in it, and a big knife in his hand.Fortunately, the journey was safe and sound. When we arrived at the place, Landa stopped the stream and was leaning against a tree to cool off, while Bugasardo was pouring firewood for the hole with sweat on his brow.

"Brother Xiao Ming brought something delicious!" Landa yelled, and rushed over like a cannonball, and threw herself on Gao Ming to act like a spoiled child.

Xiao He's eyes turned into crescents when he smiled, his dimples twinkled, and he yelled Gao Ming, his eyes moved to Dashi, and he said with a smile, "You're here!"

Gao Ming is rubbing Landa's head here, saying that when this guy grows up, he will be very childish when he sees food, and he doesn't know what to say.Turning his head angrily, he saw Dashi staring at Xiaohe with a smile on his face. These two people are almost elm-headed, and they don't know when they will be enlightened.

"You guys eat first, and Dashi and I will burn firewood." Gao Ming handed Buga a piece of wet leather, passing by the river, "Wipe your hands first."

Dashi put the food under the shade of the tree one by one, Bugasardo and his head were sweating, and Landa Xiaohe also had his head and body, and probably just took a rest.Gao Ming and Dashi helped to add firewood, and the four of them were holding the kettle to fill water. The temperature of the sun was high, so they were probably just hungry, just thirsty.

It was cold, and the food was also cold. Just as they wanted, Landa licked her red eyes, and said, "Why is there no chili?!"

"In this hot day, the smell is so strong that I only want to drink water in the afternoon. I'm sure I'll get angry in the evening, so eat lightly." Gao Ming said.

After dinner, the six of them discussed, Xiaohe Sadoranda went back, and the three of them will be left here. After Dashi recovers from his injury, he will be another man, and he should be able to deal with it.Seeing that the three of them were worried, Gao Ming said: "You guys go back and rest for a while, just sleep for a while and come over to replace us."

The three of them went back with bamboo baskets, the kettle Gao Ming had three cans left, Gao Ming stared at the kettle, and said to Landa, "Remember to bring the kettle when you come over this afternoon!" If you can't eat this day, you can only rely on drinking. It's not until June, what if it's July and August? !

It continued to burn until the sun was in the west, Gao Ming saw that it was later than yesterday, and he dared not be late for fear of burning.All the people in the cave came, Gao Ming thought that there was still charcoal, so he said: "We don't add more firewood, let's block the entrance of this cave, cover it for a while and take a look."

Finding stones to block the firewood-burning hole, Gao Ming wiped it all over with mud, and the eight of them sat in the shade of a tree chatting, and waited until the sky was full of red clouds in the west, and the sun was almost out of sight, the big guy stood up, Gao Ming Bujia poked open the hole with a wooden stick, and the heat wave hit the door directly. Gao Ming's face was scalding hot, so he hurried away and covered it with a wet leather. Seeing that Bujia was fine, he wiped Bujia with the wet leather face, angrily said: "You are not hot!"

"Hot." Bujia stared at Gao Ming and said seriously.

Gao Ming was speechless all of a sudden, he stuffed the skin to Bu Jia, and said, "Cover your face, stand aside, and wait for the temperature in the cave to dissipate." After walking for another ten minutes, Gao Ming just took a step, but Bu Jia blocked him from going in. up.

Landa stood curiously at the entrance of the cave. The cave was small, and she had to bend over to squeeze in two people.Gao Ming bent down and was about to go in, when he saw Bu Jia handing out the big pots one by one, Gao Ming held the leather pads in his hands, the heavy pots were quite big, Gao Ming put them on the flat ground, he didn't want to go in, Bu Jia Pass him to pick it up.

Last night, I made two large clay pots, two large basins, ten large bowls and ten saucers.The two earthenware pots were intact, and they had to test to see if they leaked when they returned home. One pot, one bowl, and three saucers were cracked, and the rest were all fired. Gao Ming is still very satisfied with this figure, at least [-]% of the success!

This time the pottery was generally darker in color, but it looked much stronger. Landa Xiaohe gently put the pottery into the bamboo basket.Buga came out and said, "There is a lot of charcoal on the ground."

Gao Ming handed Sado over, "If there are no sparks, just sweep them out."

The temperature inside is still high, especially the ground, it is almost scalding, even the straw sandals are not resistant, so I must bring his shoes over tomorrow.

Bujia went in with a broom, and the speed was very fast. The hole was piled up with long black charcoal, some of which were in the shape of wooden sticks. The charcoal was still warm. Gao Ming and the others used leather pads to quickly throw the charcoal into the bamboo basket. In the cave, after seeing that there was no fire or charcoal in the cave, the eight of them went back.

The wheat at the entrance of the cave has been harvested early, and the second batch of wheat will be dried tomorrow, and the first batch will be screened.Hurry up and make the big pottery jar, and it can be ground into powder after the shell is removed.

When Gao Ming was cooking, Xiao Heqi, who was skilled in the cave, started to make a big tank. The diameter of the big tank was nearly one meter high and big.

"Why don't you make a mold?!" Gao Ming felt that it was a bit difficult to make a large vat with bare hands. Seeing Qi and Xiaohe looking at him, he continued, "Weave it with bamboo strips first, and then wrap it in thick mud. I don't know. Ok."

That night, the bamboo tubes were not used for dinner, and all the pottery bowls were replaced, because the old men eat a lot. The pottery bowls here are almost made into basins, and the basins have become washbasins, which are used to hold large stews. Meat or something is just convenient.

Xiao Hezui moved to the side of the bowl to pick up the rice, his eyes became crescents, and said, "Brother Xiaoming's food is really delicious today!"

"Is it delicious in a bowl?!" Gao Ming joked.

The next day, Gao Ming Bujia carried the big vat to dry, and Sadoranda carried the other one, and they burned for another day. The two vats took up the entire land. In the afternoon, I saw that both of the good guys had successfully fired. It seemed that they had mastered the technique of firing pottery.

The new pottery jars were neatly placed in the storage hole, and the firewood that was in it was taken out. I will burn a large jar and other small items tomorrow. The charcoal will be burned after a while. Grind it out, don't burn a big jar of sauerkraut tomorrow.

At night, Gao Ming was lying on the bed and entered the alchemy. He hadn't been here for a long time, and he didn't come here much since the days were full and the use was less.Last snow season, Gao Ming wanted to build a stove with a chimney, cook in the hole and burn firewood. Although the iron door was open during the day for ventilation, it was still very smokey. Now that there is charcoal, this stove chimney must be made. , Anyway, there are a lot of iron ore.

Bujia leaned forward and kissed, and whispered: "Today."

"What happened today?" Gao Ming raised his eyebrows, why did your eyeballs turn green again? !

"Night." Bujia took out the bamboo tube with one hand, and wiped the long stick liquid on Gao Ming's chest.

Damn it, Gao Ming scolded, you've been exhausted for the past few days and you still have the energy to do this!Thinking of where the bamboo tube was stored, Gao Ming really didn't know what to say. He actually dug a hole under the head of the bed to hide it. There was no bedside table to dig a hole for.

"Once!" His chest was itchy, Gao Ming closed his eyes, his heart was also itchy, and he hummed softly: "Only once, tomorrow—"

"it is good!"