The Life Through Books of the Salted Fish Family

  Chapter 42 Results of the first charcoal burning

  Yan Laoer felt that he had fully understood the method of burning charcoal in the fire pile on the third bamboo slip, but when it was actually operated, it was inevitable that he was in a hurry.

  According to the bamboo slip three, dig out eight ventilation holes at the bottom. When the flame at the top is burning, you must pay attention to the holes below, and if you see which one has a fire, block it with soil.

  Actually, the first problem was the position on the top of the mound, which was dry and cracked by the fire, and the cracks were getting bigger and bigger. Yan Laoer had a headache, so he hurriedly took out the bamboo slips to study the pictures on it carefully.

  The simple strokes drawn with brush and ink on the bamboo slips can be imagined to a certain degree of clarity, and you can see the general idea that the painter is already a superb painter.

   Can't understand, Yan Laoer can only use the most stupid way to continue to paste mud.

   It won’t work if it doesn’t stick to the top. If it cracks down, won’t the mound of soil collapse.

  The brothers of the Qi family thought they were out of tune at first, but after Yan Laoer took out a roll of bamboo slips, the three brothers worked silently, pointing east or west.

  Handing bamboo slips in his hand, Yan Laoer stared at him with furrowed eyebrows, unconsciously.

  They suddenly had an unusual feeling of being involved in something big.

  Wait until Yan Laoer said that the fire was seen in the hole below, and the sky was completely dark.

   Blocked the eight holes below one after another, and covered the big hole at the top with river mud.

  Yan Er Er forcefully dragged the Qi family brothers who were going to be guarded here to leave.

  Qi Daxin is still insisting. Among the three brothers, Qi Si, who is more thoughtful, thought of something, and helped drag his brother and his younger brother, together with Yan Laoer, to pull them away.

"Fourth brother, what are you dragging me to do? Although there is no one here in the remote area, what if there is that hairy person who makes trouble in the past? No, I'll go and watch." Qi Wu decided to go there by himself, Yan's second child was probably too tired to panic, I won’t call him anymore. If the charcoal is really burned, he will carry it back by himself. Yes, he has to bring two bags.

   Qi Da will not say anything, but support the fifth brother with practical actions.

"Brother, fifth, what do you two tell me? I didn't see the bamboo book Yan Laoer took out. The charcoal was burned according to the method on the bamboo book. Each family has a skill that is oral. Word of mouth, can be written in the book...

   Think about it, is it always precious and valuable?

   There is nothing important in front of this, maybe the key point is in the back, it’s hard for Yan Laoer to say clearly, don’t let us follow...Why are you so unresponsive. "Qi Si complained.

  It made his pulling arms sore.

   "Huh?" Qi Wu was dumbfounded, "Is that the case?"

  He slapped his thigh, looking as if he had figured it out: "Yes, my master's wooden utensil picture has always been a treasure, and he didn't ask us to take a look at it, saying that which one will be given to him in the future and then passed on to the other."

  Qi Wu knew that he was stupid and a slow learner, and it was not his turn to provide for his master's pension.

  Qi Da honestly kept nodding: "That can't go."

  Qi Si pretended to be smart: "Not only can't go there, but I have to stop others from going to watch the fun."

  Yan's second son didn't know that the Qi family brothers were helping the right way.

  He is reporting to his brother, going to see the fire.

   "Where did you learn the method of making charcoal?" Yan Huaiwen asked.

   "Accepted by accident, by accident." Yan Lao Er didn't plan to show Lao Yan the third bamboo slip, so as not to explain why it was so many one after another, one after another...

   "Since you want to do it, try it." Yan Huaiwen agreed.

  Because the reason given by Yan Lao Er was very strong, he thought of going north and sold charcoal to make money to support his family.

   Calculating the time, they arrived in Guanzhou when the weather turned cold.

  If it can be burned, there is a lot to do in selling charcoal.

  After Yan's second child left, Li Xuemei counted the time, found her uncle, and said that she missed her husband, and she hadn't come back by this time, maybe she was going to spend the night there? She packed some things and planned to send them over.

   It’s still embarrassing to say that Yan Lao Er has been working hard these days, and she wants to take advantage of leaving the team to make some food for Yan Lao Er to make up for it.

  There are a lot of things, and I want to take the ox over there. By the way, wait for the charcoal to be burnt, and then bring the ox back.

  Yan Huaiwen has nothing to do. He also thoughtfully told his younger siblings to pay more attention to his own body. In terms of eating, there is no need to be frugal and eat with them.

  Li Xuemei confessed to Da Ya, and quietly left the team with Yan Yu.

  …

  Yan Laoer waited halfway, saw the outline of the cow in the distance, and grinned.

   He greeted him attentively and led the way with a smile.

   "It's not far ahead."

   When he got to the place where the charcoal was burned, Yan Laoer touched the mound, and it was still warm.

  He rubbed his hands, "It's the first time, I don't know if it will work."

  Li Xuemei brought a small mat, spread it on the ground, and took off the carbon cylinder tied to Sanbao's body.

   "You'll know if it's fired or not. Try it. It's okay if it doesn't work once. It will work if you try it twice or three times." Li Xuemei spread out a large bag of straw sandals.

   "Here are thirty-seven pairs, exactly half.

  You don’t know how fast their hands are. This is what everyone has been wearing for the past few days. Everyone in our village now has this straw sandal on their feet...except our eldest brother. "

"Brother is not used to it. I wear it well, cool and light, but daughter-in-law, you need to improve your skills. Look, your toes are going to be exposed again." Second Yan raised his big feet, Show it to Li Xuemei.

  Li Xuemei took a look, pulled out a few from the nearby grass, and started to thread them back and forth, mending them in a few strokes.

   It doesn't matter if it doesn't look good, just fill in the holes.

   Wait until Yan's second guess is about the same, and then scrape away the mound.

  The results of the first charcoal burning appeared in front of the three of them.

  Yan Yu picked up a small stick, "Why are there still half burnt?"

  The small dark pile was much less than the wood that was put in.

   Charcoal burning is like this, there must be losses, but depending on the technology, some have more and some have less.

  Yan Laoer looked carefully, and said uncertainly: "These few unburnt ones, it seems that the few ones on the side are not burned because they are muddy?

   Those in the middle were burnt too much and turned into ashes..."

   "The fire is not evenly burned." Li Xuemei concluded: "There must be something wrong."

  The low charcoal output is expected, and the uneven burning of wood is a technical problem.

   "The first time is already very good, father, I am optimistic about you, no one can succeed casually." Yan Yu waved her small fist to cheer her father up.

  Yan's second son: "Hey, don't say it, burning charcoal is quite interesting, next time dad will bring you together."

  Yan Yu's little head is like pounding garlic.

  Li Xuemei picked the ones that didn't burn well, stuffed them into a charcoal cylinder, put a handful of hay, didn't need to ignite, just blew a few times, and smoke began to float up.

  Yan Laoer went over and blew vigorously, and quickly folded a few small wooden sticks to fill them in, and the fire gradually brightened.

  Yan Yu put the small clay pot filled with water on it.

  The three members of the family looked at each other, and they cooperated well.

  Look at each other and smile.

   I’m much better today~ No one disturbs me and I wake up naturally~o(*￣︶￣*)o

   One update is here, let’s continue~~

  (end of this chapter)