As for the sheep, although there are already five in the tribe, there seems to be no leader yet, so we can only temporarily get grass for them to eat.
Several sheep came to the tribe at different times, so I have never been able to tell the difference. I can only see if one of them will come out if the group is bigger.
While Song Xuan was leisurely watching Uncle Lu's family eating grass, Shitou ran over with a few black things in his arms.
It wasn't until he got closer that Song Xuan saw that they were several bowls. Although Shitou's legs were not completely flexible, his daily activities were not affected much now. In other words, he could feel some discomfort when the weather changed. Of course, strenuous exercise is still a bit strenuous.
So before he ran to Song Xuan, Song Xuan saw Shi Shi's injured leg suddenly soften and almost fell. He hurriedly went up to help him and then said:
"What's the hurry? Walk slowly!"
"Is this what you are holding in your hand?"
Since Shitou came to him excitedly with a bowl in his arms, it meant that Shitou must have something he wanted to tell him, so Song Xuan asked directly without waiting for him to speak.
"Hey, angel, it's okay!"
"How about you take a look at some bowls!"
With that said, he put the bowl in Song Xuan's hand. To be honest, at first glance, Song Xuan didn't notice any difference except for the difference in color. Shitou obviously noticed Song Xuan's thoughts and took out a normal bowl from behind, and then put the two bowls together. Smashed them together hard.
Song Xuan understood now that this black bowl seemed to be much stronger. Although both bowls were broken at the same time, the bowl that everyone used normally was broken into more than a dozen pieces. This black bowl was also It just broke into two or three pieces.
"Huh!"
The stone immediately aroused Song Xuan's interest. He picked up two bowl fragments from the ground and broke them with his hands. Sure enough, ordinary bowl fragments, although relatively hard, can still be broken with force. But the force required to break the black bowl will be much greater.
"Is this harder?"
"Well, the angel!"
Then Shitubian told the origin of the black bowl.
This black bowl was also an unexpected move. After these bowls were made, they were put aside to dry. Who would have thought that when Shi Shi was taking out the ashes from the stove, he accidentally fell and directly put the ashes in it. The pottery basin was knocked over, and a large amount of ash was scattered directly on the pottery base.
Most of today's pottery bowls are turned using roulette wheels, which are much finer than before. The stone was reluctant to throw away for a while and could only be lightly scrubbed with water, but there was still a lot of ashes left on it. Even the water and ash were mixed together, completely dyeing the surface of the pottery black and gray.
Adhering to the principle of not wasting as much as possible, Shitou finally put them in the kiln to prepare for burning, but in this case, the charcoal would definitely be reluctant to be used, so the previous wood was used.
But I didn’t use wood for burning for a long time, and I couldn’t grasp the quantity of wood and stones at the moment. In the middle of the night, I just stuffed a few large logs that were very difficult to burn into the kiln. I couldn’t finish the burning until I was ready to open the kiln and pick up the bowls in the morning. I was so anxious. Then the stone came in and some water poured out to extinguish the fire in the stove.
When Shi Shi opened the kiln to get the bowls, the bowls he took out looked like the ones in Song Xuan's hands. They were all black. Although they were somewhat gray-black when they were put in, according to Shi Shi's description, they were definitely It was not as obvious as it is now.
At first Shitou thought that this time was a complete failure. These few bowls and dozens of bowls had been wasted. Just when he wanted to destroy them, he slammed them into the ground. In the end, there was only one small After the gap, Shitou discovered that the quality of this black bowl was exceptionally good, at least better than the previous one.
You must know that the bowls of the Li tribe have been upgraded once and a half. The first time was mainly the upgrade of the furnace. After using charcoal, the temperature in the furnace was much higher, and the quality of the pottery produced was also better. As for that Half the time can only be counted on the turntable. After using the turntable, the pottery molded out will be more delicate, and the pottery produced will feel a little better.
After hearing this statement, Song Xuan became interested for a while and decided to study it with Shitou. It was not that Song Xuan had never seen black pottery before, but most of the pottery bowls were only half-sized. Song Xuan had always thought that It's for good looks. I just found out today that the dark color also greatly improves the strength of the pottery.
According to Shi Shi, there are basically only two possibilities. One is that the water from the plant ash adheres to the surface of the pottery and may produce some kind of reaction after being calcined. The other is that after the fire in the furnace is extinguished, the water that rises up Smoke clung to the pottery.
At present, Song Xuan still prefers the latter, but without some experiments, Song Xuan dare not easily confirm that this is the case. Fortunately, there are two kilns in the tribe, which just happen to put different pottery blanks for firing. Give it a try.
As for the pottery bases, they are already available in the tribe. After scattering plant ash on the pottery bases yesterday, another batch of stones was made, in order to prevent this batch from failing and to make up for it in time.
Fortunately, they are all from the same batch, so there is no need to worry about the quality of the clay. I just took a small half. Song Xuan and Shitou got some plant ash and mixed it in the water. After mixing it evenly, they used feathers a little bit. Brush on the almost dry pottery.
This time it was definitely darker than the last time it was cleaned, and it was more even. Song Xuan even had a whim, and asked Shi Shi to take some plant ash and mix it directly into the clay, and let the inside out when making the clay. Bring plant ash.
It's just for testing anyway, so it's better to consider all possibilities.
After all the pottery blanks were completely dry, Song Xuan and Shitou carefully placed them in the kiln.
The larger kiln has water splashing in the back, so there are more types of pottery in it, and some of the three types of pottery are put in there.
As for the smaller kiln, only pottery bases coated with plant ash water and mixed with plant ash are put in. As for the pottery bases that are not added with anything, there is no need to put them in and burn them. All the pottery made in the tribe before This is how it was done.
The next thing you need to do is to wait. When the pottery is almost burned, put out the fire directly. The reason will be obvious by then, but one thing you need to be sure of is that whether it is water from plant ash or the stove The smoke produced by being thrown into the pottery must have some effect on the making of pottery.
