Obligations of the elderly

Gong Si walked slowly on the road, carefully observing the surrounding vegetation and soil conditions while walking.

After putting down the backpack, he and his uncle started to search for ore, and searched separately.

"You have been studying for so many years. We talked a lot together on the way just now. You might as well look for it. Although this is not a mining area, small pieces of ore are still easy to find. It is famous for its rich metal minerals. " After the uncle finished speaking, he walked away in a cool manner, leaving the palace, stunned, and resigned to his fate, he chose another direction to go forward.

This is probably the difference between students majoring in blacksmithing and smelting, um... or students who major in craft smelting.They usually talk about various ores, and then talk about how different effects will be produced by adding different elements, and then design, function design, shape design... Uh, it seems to be very practical, but in the current situation, he is instantly a little dumbfounded .

Fortunately, he learned about some raw mines outside of class, and he also found opportunities to visit some mining centers outside of class. In addition, he also came here to receive a novice guide. It should be able to withstand the test of the uncle, right?

Thinking of this, Gong Si regained some confidence, and he began to search the surrounding area.

There are absolutely no rich minerals in this place, and if there are any, they may have been occupied by other gold diggers who arrived first, but the palace is not without harvest.

At the beginning, he really had nothing to gain, but he was patient. The vegetation here was lush, and it was obviously unrealistic to dig every inch of the land to find clues, so he looked at the plants.Gong Si is not interested in gardening, and he doesn't recognize most of the plants, but all the plants he knows are basically related to minerals. Their school curriculum does not teach the subject of "seeking for mines". He learned it by himself. , Among the many plants, he recognized two. Although many plants here are different from the outside, those two are really similar to the two he knows!

One of those two plants is called "iron wire grass" and the other is called "Probenda". Well, the two names sound like two completely different plants, right?But these two plants actually look a bit alike, one has bigger leaves and flowers, and the other is smaller. If you trace the lineage, they are actually variants of one plant on two continents.

Iron thread grass is its name in Jizhou, Gongsi will know that this flower is actually something that happened in his hometown, to be exact, his uncle taught him!

The uncle told him that this kind of flower is called iron thread grass, and it will grow well in places rich in iron elements, and the more abundant the iron element, the redder the color of this flower, and it is also called blacksmith's grass, because it is rooted in iron. In the soil rich in elements, if you take off the leaves or petals of this flower and taste it, you don't even need to taste it at all, you can smell a rust-like smell directly.

Probenda is the name of this plant in Yunzhou. Because of the different growth locations, the shape has changed slightly, but the general appearance and habits are similar.

Speaking of which, Gongsi would want to teach himself how to distinguish minerals through plants or because of his uncle, it is precisely because his uncle taught him that there is a plant like ironwort in the world, that he would want to understand the relationship between plants and various minerals, No, it's used now.

After finding the clue, Gong Si followed this clue to find it. Of course, he carefully confirmed the smell of this plant first, and confirmed that it really smelled similar to the one he had smelled before, and then he continued to follow the trail. Planting grass and walking forward, sure enough, at the place where the flowers of this plant are the most red, Gong Si picked up the grass and dug, and he did dig some iron ore.

Although it was different from the iron ore he had seen, he decided to trust the judgment of the plants.

Using the portable backpack he carried with him to carry the ore back, Gong Si also tried to find the limestone, but unfortunately failed, so he had to go back first.

When Gong Si went back, the uncle was already digging mud by the river, and a pile of iron ore was placed near his backpack. The quality was much better than the ore on Gong Si's back.

Feeling a little ashamed, Gong Si put the ore he found next to his uncle's ore, and then dug up the mud with his uncle.

Now he has been able to keep up with his uncle's thinking: Uncle obviously wants to build a stove by himself!

as predicted--

"Let's build a stove ourselves." After the uncle finished speaking, he didn't directly throw out the design drawings like before, or tell Gong Si what he wanted to do, but discussed with Gong Si.

In this way, the uncle and nephew discussed the general appearance of the stove while digging the mud.They plan to build the most basic stove. After all, they just plan to get a logging tool and don't plan to stay in this place for a long time. Besides, their fire is of high quality, and a simple stove is enough.

"Such a high height should be enough. The mouth should be closed and leveled. In addition to making iron, such a stove can also be used for cooking and soup." The uncle thought very carefully.

Gong Si didn't make a sound, just kept his hands on.

Now he has begun to suspect that his uncle's hobby besides blacksmithing is probably making delicious food. He even thinks about cooking and soup when he is making iron stoves, um...

Gong Si was thinking wildly, the uncle looked at him thoughtfully.Gong Si hastily grinned heartily, and then "smiled" the uncle back again.

On the other hand, the brook that was in charge of cooking and cooking the soup went to nowhere, and the little black bird followed him. Yes, it was really "going". When Gong Si opened the cage, he realized that luck could not fly At first, he thought there was something wrong with luck. After asking his uncle, he found out that luck was a young bird that hadn't learned to fly. As soon as he opened the cage, the little guy ran away with the stream. The little thin leg is quite fast.

Elizabeth was nestled on the cage, squinting her eyes to see the two uncles and nephews playing in the mud, looking like they were caring for their lives.Along the way, due to Xinniao's instinct, she was fierce to Lucky all the way, shouting and bumping into Lucky through the cage, tossing all the way down, this old Xinniao might be the most tiring of the team.

The uncle quickly finished his own stove, and Gongsi was a little slower than him.

"I'll go to the side to find some things that can burn charcoal, and you can finish the stove here." Seeing that his nephew's mud was playing well, the uncle felt relieved to leave the rest to the palace, and then went to the side by himself. went.

Gong Si nodded, and then continued to build the stove.

The stove they built is really simple. It is a circle surrounded by a thick section of mud. It is not completely sealed, and there is an opening the size of a wrist. This is the future air inlet. Gongsi thought about it, since they built It's a stove that needs an air inlet, so if they can't guarantee it, they have to get a blower!

Ah, by the way, Uncle has entrusted himself with the task of making blowers!

The test is here!No wonder the uncle finished building the stove in twos and then left——

Thinking of this, Gong Si hurriedly thought desperately about the various blowers he had seen. Strictly speaking, there are no blowers used by blacksmiths now, and now they are all blast furnaces, which can automatically suck air into them, and there are various special machines. There is no manpower, but the uncle seems to be a traditionalist. There is a blower at the furnace in Lengshui Town in their house. It broke down once before, and he and the uncle repaired the blower again...

Thanks to that experience, Gong Si recalled it carefully, and used mud to make simple bellows and pipes, and used branches and wooden sticks to make fan blades, and forcibly built a blower.

When the uncle came back dragging a bunch of things, Gong Si was sweating profusely by inserting the air outlet of the blower into the air inlet of the stove, and tried to pull it, it worked!

Seeing the muddy nephew's face raised towards him with a bit of pride, a man with the uncle's personality was obviously stunned.

Gongsi was waiting to hear the compliment, but——

Throwing the dragged things on the ground, the uncle took out a small thing that looked like a hair dryer from his backpack, and when he opened it, there was a "crash"!A strong wind gushed out.

"I brought a blower. This thing is made with the ability chip of the ability user. It is small and does not take up space and can blow hair."

Gong Si: ... Well, his uncle has long hair.

Seeing his nephew drooping his head and looking obviously a little frustrated, the uncle leaned over and tried to pull the blower he made.

"Well, because I have long hair and have the habit of blowing my hair, I have never made a blower with mud. Look carefully, your blower is very good."

The uncle said that he didn't need his hair dryer anymore, and made another one according to the blower in the palace and plugged it into his own stove, so the two stoves were exactly the same again.

Then the two branches started to make carbon.

It stands to reason that coal should be better, but there is no coal around, so what the uncle got back was a round fruit-like thing, a bit like a coconut, but bigger than a coconut, and there is no green shell outside the coconut.

"This is the fruit of a tree called Yabo, which is similar to a coconut, but there is very little water in it, and the shell is harder. If you smash the charcoal, the quality of the charcoal produced is also good." The uncle introduced, He took the lead in smashing open a "Yabo" fruit with a stone, let Gong Si drink the juice inside, and then completely smashed the empty fruit into pieces.

They smashed a lot of these fruits, and when they smashed the fruits, the uncle spread out another pile of things he had dragged over by the fire.

There are some hay and sticks in the stove, which have already been lit, and they use an ordinary fire. They need to use an ordinary fire to burn the stove first.

"What is this?" Asked without understanding, Gong Si asked while looking at the pile of things laid down by the uncle.

It was a pile of sticky, white-gray things that looked a bit like clay mixed with water. Because of the large amount, when the uncle spread them out, the palace smelled a strange smell, which I couldn't describe. What kind of taste is that, a little green.

"This is limestone, and it will be burned with iron ore later." The uncle said, throwing a lump of lime mud out neatly.

"Limestone?" Gong Si was stunned for a moment, couldn't help standing up and walking towards the uncle, squatting beside the uncle, he reached out to pick up a lump of white mud, carefully observed it, and then sniffed it, as if... really What is limestone!

"Uncle, where did you find it? I just searched for a long time but couldn't find it! Is there a limestone mine nearby?"

"There are no limestone mines around here, so it's a coincidence to find these limestones." The uncle continued to spread the limestones while talking.

"A coincidence?" Gong Si was puzzled.

"When I came back with the Yabo fruit, I happened to meet a group of Bagus beasts on the side of the road. They drank water, ate grass, and pooped a lot by the river." The uncle said lightly.

Gong Si's calm expression ended at the word "Shit".

"Shit?" Looking at the gray and white mud in his hands, Gong Si was rarely stiff.

"Well, the main component of limestone is calcium carbonate. Bagus likes to eat grass rich in calcium carbonate. The calcium carbonate content of these grasses is not high. However, Bagus is large and has a relatively long excretory tract. These After the substances accumulate and ferment in their bodies for a period of time, when the amount accumulates to the amount that can be excreted, the feces that come out are almost liquid limestone."

"After drying, it is no worse than other limestones." The uncle added.

The poop holding the Bagus was stiff for a long time... After a long time, Gong Si shook his head, and paved them with his uncle for a while.

Gong Si thought: Compared with Uncle, he is really too young and tender!This is the reaction when he encounters a bit of poop. Hey, it's all a wealth problem brought out by the stream. Didn't he touch Dongchun and Aji's diapers before?

After carefully reviewing himself, the movements of Gongsi's hands were very neat. It didn't take long for him and his uncle to spread the excrement of the Bagus beast, and then went back to smash the fruit of the Abo tree. When the stream came back, they had already put the charcoal A good part of it burned out.In his free time, Gongsi simply set up a stove for the stream so that he could light the fire and cook.

As for the uncle and nephew of the palace——

Fresh charcoal and limestone were placed in the stove, each of them lit their own fire, and threw in the iron ore they found, and the two began to smelt iron separately.