The earthen kiln was set up and the embryos were ready. The next day, Xie Yushu went to the mountain to cut firewood and prepare to burn the kiln.
It turns out that no trees on the mountain are allowed to be cut down at will. If you want to cut firewood, you can only cut down dead trees or thorns!
Now after two years of severe drought, most of the trees are dead. No one cares about these dead trees. Many people have already started to go up the mountain to cut firewood. They probably want to prepare firewood for the winter before the seeds are released!
Many people in the fields began to level the land in preparation for farming. Today, only three people, Xie Tian, Lin, Qu Xiaodie and Xie Yushu, went up the mountain. The others were also leveling the land at home. After a drenching rain, some small trees emerged from the ground. Grass, if you want to plant it, you have to tidy it up first.
Many people in the same village saw that Xie Yushu's family was both pulling earth and building bricks and building kilns. They secretly laughed at Xie Yushu's whimsical thinking. If anyone could make their own tiles, what would a serious kiln factory do?
In the past few days, people who passed by her door were waiting to see her burn a pile of big lumps of mud.
Aunt Tian next door even said Xiao Yi to her face
"What can I do if I have the time? It's just a waste of time. This new daughter-in-law is not sensible, so she needs to be controlled more harshly. If she doesn't obey, she will be beaten. We can't let her ruin the family!
Look at how much the family has been ruined in the past two days. There are white flour dumplings, big pies, beaten eggs, and all the good things are given to others to eat. The little food I finally bought is almost gone!
If our daughter-in-law were so arrogant, she would have been hung up and beaten long ago! "
Aunt Tian's words were flying with saliva, and Old God Xiao Yi replied calmly.
"Auntie, you don't need to worry about our family's affairs!"
Aunt Tian choked and said angrily:
"You useless thing, I haven't seen a woman in eight lifetimes! I was pinched to death by a girl with yellow hair that didn't grow out!
Suffering a bear's head, there will be times when you regret it! "
Xie Yushu didn't know that her troubles had already aroused the dissatisfaction of many women, and some even encouraged Xiao Yi to beat her behind her back. At this time, she and Qu Xiaodie and Xie Tianlin were chopping down trees.
Normally, when cutting firewood, everyone likes to chop small dead trees that are as thick as an arm. It is effortless to chop down, and they also like to make fires. However, Xie Yushu considered that hard fire is needed to burn kilns, so they chose large dead trees that are as thick as a person. A large bundle of firewood as tall as one person was stacked on almost a dead tree, and Xie Yushu and the others could barely carry it on their backs.
There is no need to go into the mountains, it is just outside the village, just over two miles away, and we can get home in half an hour.
Xie Yushu and the others were also anxious to see the results, so they made six trips a day for two consecutive days and chopped hundreds of bundles of wood before giving up.
After two days of cutting firewood, and two days of drying the soil embryos and earthen kilns, they were almost dry. A fire broke out early on the third day.
Xie Baotian, Xie Baoshu and Xiao Dayong's family also came early and followed Xie Yushu to load the soil embryos into the kiln. The earth kiln was not big and could only hold 500 soil embryos at a time. The first batch was installed quickly.
Xiao Yi put the bundles of wood in and lit the fire. The fire was not very strong at first. Xie Yushu took a big cattail leaf fan and fanned it. After a while, the flames roared and everyone dodged.
Not to mention, when it catches fire, it can be seen that the ventilation and sealing of this earthen kiln are very good. As long as the fire is enough, Xie Yushu feels that the chance of firing is quite high.
In the video she watched in modern times, the temperature of the kiln had to reach about 1,300 degrees, and the firing time would take about two days. Although the details were not clear, the general process was known, as long as the heat was sufficient.
After half a day of burning, only a few people had eaten. Old Xiao came to ask Xiao Dayong and his wife to help Xiao Yuanhang clean up the land. Old Xiao originally wanted Xie Yushu to go with him, but Xie Yushu said that there was still a lot of work at home. Xie Baotian even put down his work with the Xie family to help here. How could he have the nerve to ask himself to help Xiao Yuanhang?
Seeing that Xie's family were all there, Old Xiao didn't say much and called Xiao Dayong's family away.
In the evening, Xie Baotian and others also went back.
Since firewood is really free, Xie Yushu, Xiao Yi and Qu Xiaodie took turns burning it for a day and a night, then sealed the kiln and waited for the temperature to drop to open the kiln.
This wait lasted another day and night. Early the next morning, the temperature outside the kiln was just not too hot. Xie Baotian and Xiao Dayong also arrived. Xiao Yi opened the kiln entrance in the eyes of a group of people who were anxious and expectant.
Although the temperature outside was not high, as soon as the cave was opened, a burst of hot air hit their faces, and several people were still sweating profusely.
After drying for about half an hour, the heat inside had almost dissipated. Xiao Dayong couldn't wait to get in and take out a pile of tiles.
"Yo, I really let you do it!"
Qu Xiaodie shouted in surprise!
"Haha, look, it's not bad, I can cook for a month!"
"Tch! Just do it!"
"Well, it's not deformed, but it's black and yellow, so it doesn't look very good!"
Xie Baotian sighed while watching!
"Uncle Xie, this is good. We poor people can enjoy themselves secretly by building tile-roofed houses without spending money, and they will not care about what is beautiful or not, even the big kiln factory. He also made mistakes sometimes, not to mention, If we burn it ourselves, we can save several taels of silver per room!
You know, the cheapest gray tiles are the thin ones, which cost three taels of silver per room! Better ones cost five taels. I heard that glazed tiles used by wealthy families cost dozens of taels of silver per room!
In the past, we didn’t even dare to think about using the cheapest gray tiles. Now I have to build three tile-roofed houses for my brother Songbo, no matter what. If I have free time, I am building two penthouses!
Second brother-in-law, let me use your kiln in a few days! "
"Okay! You and your sister-in-law can use it whenever you have time."
"Let's wait until the land is planted! We have to plant both our land and Laosi's land before we can stop burning tiles!"
Seeing that Xiao Dayong didn't have time for the time being, Xie Baotian said
"Then let's burn it first. Later, I'll call my family members to come over and pull the soil. I'll save you the trouble of just doing the digging!
It just so happens that all the thatched cottages at home are replaced with tiles, which also saves people from being afraid of snow in winter, rain in summer, and wind in spring and autumn! "
Xie Yushu heard this and said
"Okay, then you can come tomorrow. Another kiln will be fired tomorrow and a lot of space will be poured out, which can be used to put the soil embryos again! Ask Huya later if they will repair the house?
When you guys finish the repairs, you can rent out this earthen kiln, and you can earn back the money you spent on the iron sheets. "
"This is a good deal. Most of the families in these ten miles and eight villages live in thatched houses. If they can burn their own tiles, they will definitely be willing to replace them with tile houses. How much do you plan to rent? I will pass it on to you later. One pass.”
Xie Baotian already felt sorry for Xie Yushu's money for buying iron bars. He was very happy to hear that he could get some of the money back and planned to help Xie Yushu find customers.
"If you have money, I will give you thirty copper coins a day. If you don't have money, I will give you ten kilograms of grain or thirty bundles of firewood. Anyway, you have to burn a lot of firewood in winter. Xiao Yi can't go into the mountains to cut firewood, and I don't want to." Go, it’s good to exchange for some firewood, but you need firewood, don’t fool me by offering bales of straw!”
Xie Baotian listened and nodded.
"The conditions are not harsh, and most people can accept them. The poor have nothing but strength!"
