Rebirth before the doomsday: I quietly emptied the city of supplies

"Okay, now we're going to start melting all the lumps of soil. There can't be even a little bit of clay left in it, got it?" Chen Yu said seriously.

This matter is related to whether the pottery can be fired successfully. So it can't be sloppy at all. "Ah? That's so troublesome." Ling Qing said impatiently.

She originally thought that picking out impurities was troublesome enough, but she didn't expect it to be even more troublesome now. "Trouble? This is just the beginning?" "The real trouble is still to come!" Chen Yu smiled quietly and said.

Making clay molds is actually a relatively simple step in the entire process of firing pottery.

Of course, that was based on the premise of having props. Now they could only rely on their own hands, which naturally made them feel very troublesome. "Ah? I thought firing pottery was easy!" Ling Qing pouted and said in a low voice.

"You think too much. Nothing is simple in the wilderness." Chen Yu said bluntly.

They were lucky now, as the geographical location where they landed was relatively advantageous, so they did not have to worry about food and water. Otherwise, they would have been in more trouble than this!

"Okay! Let's work hard... We will definitely be able to eat with a bowl!" Ling Qing clenched his fist and made a cheering gesture to encourage himself.

This process is indeed more cumbersome and time-consuming than Chen Yu had imagined.

When the two men had thoroughly mixed the soil, the sun was already hanging above their heads... "Although there were some errors in the calculation, the speed at which the soil dries does not seem to be as fast as expected."

"Okay, next we can make the clay embryo."

Chen Yu picked up the clay and began to knead it. He wanted to test the effect first. The clay was just the right hardness and softness, and soon Chen Yu kneaded out the first bowl!

Of course, after the bowl model is made, a layer of charcoal ash is applied on its surface, because when firing pottery, there are not so many glazing materials, and humans cannot turn quartz and shells into powder, so some straw or carbon ash is used to complete the ordinary glazing. Then Chen Yu dipped some water and made the inside of the bowl as even and smooth as possible, so that the fired bowl will look smoother. "Ah! It turns out to be so simple. When I was a child, I liked to use mud to make this kind of thing the most." Ling Qing looked at the first bowl that Chen Yu made, and then she became interested. This was their favorite thing to play with when they were young, and it was also their childhood fun.

"Okay, in that case, I'll leave the step of making the embryo to you. I'm going to make a steamed bun kiln to burn these pottery." Seeing Ling Qing's confident look, Chen Yu assuredly handed the step of making the embryo to Ling Qing. He went to make the kiln himself, of course, this wouldn't take too much time. "Yeah, watch me!"

"By the way, what are we going to do?"

Ling Qing suddenly asked. Although she knew how to do it, she didn't know what kind of equipment they needed to make according to Chen Yu's plan.

"How about this! Four bowls, four plates for serving, two water cups, four larger jars, and other daily necessities. You can think about them later, and leave the rest to me..."

This is all Chen Yu can remember at the moment.

Of course, there is also a brazier, but Ling Qing probably doesn’t know how to make it, so she can only complete it herself after the kiln is built! "Okay, I got it." Ling Qing nodded. To her, this kind of thing was a trivial matter.

Making a kiln is not a difficult task. Chen Yu has seen some related things before. Some are easy, and some are simple.

The simplest one is to build it directly with stones or lumps of earth. Although it can be used, the effect is not very good.

The second method is more difficult, but I may need to make pottery in the future, so I will choose the second method. First, I need to mix a lot of mud. There are no requirements for this kind of mud, as long as it is mud. After the mud is mixed, a rectangular pit must be dug in the ground to make fire!

Some branches are placed on top of the pit, and thick strips of mud are placed on top of the branches, just like a steamer. After a fire is lit in the pit below, the branches on top will burn and the mud strips will be dried.

This layer is used to store soil embryos...

Then surround it with mud, just like a steamed bun, leaving only a "door" in the front and a "window" on the top of the outer steamed bun kiln. That's it.

Although it sounds very simple, it actually took Chen Yu nearly two hours to do it.

The reason why it took so long was that the steamed bun kiln built by Chen Yu was relatively large, with a diameter of about one meter.

Although this number may not sound impressive, this kiln can hold four bowls, four plates, two cups, etc. at one time.

In the videos of pottery making that I watched online before, the earthen kilns they made could usually hold one item at most. At most, two items!!!

After the bun kiln was built, Chen Yu quickly went to other places to pick up a lot of dead branches as firewood. He also made a fan with bamboo and a broken wooden board.

The principle is very simple, which is to tie the wooden board to the lower end of the bamboo. The principle is very similar to drilling wood to make fire. As long as you rub the thin bamboo hard, you can generate a strong wind.

Although the requirements for firing pottery are not particularly strict, a high temperature of 900-1100 degrees is still required to fire it in the middle stage.

So there is a fan, so that this temperature can be reached quickly, or the temperature can be lowered.

After Chen Yu had been burning the kiln for nearly half an hour, the branches in the kiln had burned out!

The kiln is almost dry!! "What on earth is this little girl doing?"

After a full hour and a half, she still hadn't made a few clay pieces. This made Chen Yu wonder if Ling Qing was just bragging. "Hey, beautiful Ling Qing, are you embroidering? Why is it taking so long?" Chen Yu couldn't help asking.

Because the area of ​​his shelter was limited, the earthen kiln was built outside. "Yeah, I'm almost done." "Wait a moment, it will be done soon!!" Ling Qing's voice came out from the shelter. After a few minutes, Ling Qing finally came out.. "I'm wondering about your speed..." "Emma, ​​are you really embroidering?"

Chen Yu was just about to say that you are too slow!

But after looking at the clay figurine in Ling Qing's hand, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes, because all around the clay figurine were painted various flowers.

Especially on the four bowls, there were a pair of very cute kawaii figures, a boy and a girl, leaning against each other! It looked just like love... "Does it look good?" Ling Qing smiled, with her face painted like a little cat, waiting for Chen Yu's answer with anticipation.

"Uh...it's just so-so!"