Primal Power

Now that the clay was found, pottery must be fired. After sealing the cave, Lin Luo summoned people and asked Hua and the others to bring back a lot of clay.

The clay particles are a bit big, so they have to be finely ground. You can only let the flowers smash and pinch them. Try to make the clay as fine as possible, then shake it with a dustpan and filter it to separate the fine clay from the sand. .

Add the fine clay in a ratio of one to two, just like kneading noodles, stir it a little, then knead it until the surface is completely smooth, and then use a bone to cut it from the middle to judge whether there are any air bubbles inside.

After making sure that there are no air bubbles, you can continue to the next step. If there are still air bubbles, you must continue to knead until there are no air bubbles, which can improve the yield of pottery.

The conditions here are relatively simple, and it is not as modern as it is. There is also a large turntable underneath, which is used for making pottery, so it can only be used with stone slabs.

After Hua and the others reconciled the clay, Lin Luo asked them to knead the clay into strips on the stone slabs. This is the most primitive method of making pottery. Without enough tools, they can only use the simplest method. Knead the clay into mud strips and wind them up round and round to form a cylinder.

The first time I made it, Lin Luo didn't dare to make it too big, so I made a cylinder with a diameter of more than 20 and a height of more than 20. This is just an initial clay, and it can't be used directly to make pottery. It needs a second time. Only processing will do.

Lin Luo took a bone knife that had been ground to a smooth surface, and pressed it against the outside of the cylinder, put his hands inside, squeezed the inside and outside together, and slowly glued the mud strips together, making the outside of the cylinder from the thick Thinning, from rough to smooth, from short to tall.

After finishing it, Lin Luo took another piece of mud, put it on the top, and began to wrap the edge. Such a simple Tao Pi came out, which was very fast, but it was not easy to remove the mud on the stone slab. Later, Lin Luo took a very thin bamboo thread and passed it under Tao Pi, raised both hands, and gently took Tao Pi out, and put it on the bamboo mat that had been prepared before. Tao Pi is left for a period of time, and can only be fired in the fire after it is completely dried.

"See, you can make Tao Pi according to my method." Lin Luo said to the people around him, this thing is also very simple, as long as you are careful, you can make it well.

"Understood." After reading it, everyone knew what to do, so they stopped surrounding Lin Luo. They each took a stone slab, divided the clay, and each took a piece to tinker with.

There are many people and strength, and they didn’t make too many detailed pottery. As long as they don’t leak and can store things, everyone made more than 100 Tao Pi in one afternoon. Although Lin Luo made a cylinder body, to demonstrate to everyone, but Tao Pi can make it, or there are all kinds of things.

They brought out casserole pots and clay pots, and Lin Luo asked them to put them on bamboo mats one by one and move them to a cool place. After Tao Pi dried naturally, he took them to the cave and Charcoal is fired together.

"Envoy, can this clay pot just be made like this and dried in the sun?" Hua asked curiously, she just made one according to the shape of the clay pot brought by the great witch, hoping to get a better one out.

"No, after the pottery is dried, it will be fired with charcoal in the cave. After it is fired, there will be no cracks before it can be regarded as a pottery pot." Lin Luo replied, and now he can only rely on Quantity wins, and I only know the general steps. How to make better pottery products can only be explored slowly.

"Oh, but it will take a day or two. When the snow season comes, will the work be slower?" Hua was a little disappointed, not knowing how long she would have to wait to see the finished product.

"Then when we burn charcoal tomorrow, let's try to put a few in and see if it can be fired." Lin Luo thinks what Hua said makes sense. When it snows, these Tao Pis don't know when completely dry.

Moreover, the pottery sherds I discovered just now were made of clay before it was dry, and I stuck it in the crevices of the stones. The pottery fragments were not fired, and the things here cannot be measured according to modern thinking.

After thinking for a while, Lin Luo continued to let Hua and the others get busy. Before the snow fell, he could make more clay pots, so he made a few more. When the snow fell, the clay would be frozen and could not be made. Tao Pi, if you make more now, you will be able to burn more finished products by then.

Even in the evening, Lin Luo asked the flowers to be processed, and some were produced in a hurry. Lin Luo counted, and there were 460 in total. As long as half of the finished products were burned, Lin Luo would be satisfied.

At night, Lin Luo also went to bed early, hoping to wake up quickly the next day to burn pottery.

The next day, I just woke up, and as soon as I lifted the quilt, I felt a burst of coolness, Lin Luo shivered, and asked: "Shi, what's the matter, why do I feel so cold, did you forget to put the bamboo curtain on?" put it down"

"I haven't forgotten, it's winter, it's snowing outside, and it's getting colder in the cave." Shi put the animal skin on Lin Luo's body again, and kept covering Lin Luo's entire body before replying.

Shi was not afraid of the cold before, and could roll on the ground with his body closed in winter. Now that his level has been improved, it is not cold at all, but the little female is too weak and needs to be protected.

"What, why is it snowing soon? The weather was fine yesterday, so why is it snowing?" As he said that, he wanted to break away from the animal skin and run to the outside of the cave to have a look.

Grasping the animal skin tightly, Shi Hei said: "Take out the animal skin skirt first, put it on, and then go out."

After hearing this, Lin Luo was not in a hurry to break free. Obedient to Shi's words, he took out the fur coat that Shi had brought back for him from the warehouse, chose a coat made of lion skin, and put it on. After thinking about it, he picked out another coat. A larger black coat was handed to Shi.

"It's so cold, you should wear one too."

"No need, this animal skin skirt is specially made for you, it doesn't fit me well, it's too small, I'm not cold." Seeing the animal skin skirt handed over by the little female, Shi was very happy, but still refused .

Hearing that Shi refused, Lin Luo didn't force it, and put his coat into the warehouse. Lin Luo could still tell that Shi didn't lie, he was indeed not cold at all, and he just sat with his body closed like that, and didn't notice A little goosebumps appeared on Shi's body.

What's more, the coat I gave myself was really small on Shi's body, and it would look nondescript. I'd better wait until that day when I learned how to sew and sew a suitable one for Shi.

Seeing Lin Luo put on the animal skin skirt obediently, Shi didn't stop Lin Luo from going out. Lin Luo got up and ran to the entrance of the cave. When he opened the curtain, all he could see was white snow.

Outside the cave, snowflakes were still falling from the sky one after another, and the surroundings seemed to be stretched with white tents, and the branches in the distance seemed to be crushed.

Lin Luo, who was feeling the snow scene, suddenly remembered that his Tao Pi was still hanging outside. Lin Luo never expected that the heavy snow would fall without warning, and he had no time to prepare.

The Tao Pi that was made yesterday was placed in the open air by Lin Luo, without covering it with anything, and I don't know if it will be successful after a night of snow.

Now, Lin Luo didn't care that it was still snowing outside, so he wanted to run to the place where Tao Pi was placed to have a look. Lin Luo just stepped out of one foot, and quickly stretched it back, it was really too cold.

When I stepped on the snow with my feet closed, it felt like I was stepping on nails. My feet were so cold that they hurt. After Lin Luo came here, he never thought about making shoes. There was a thick layer of calluses under his feet, and he usually went out. They are all carried on stone backs, and walking around in the tribe doesn't cause any problems. After a long time, I get used to it. I didn't expect that when winter comes, my feet will be closed and I won't be able to go there.

Seeing Lin Luo's predicament, Shi walked up to Lin Luo, squatted down, and said to Lin Luo, "Luo Luo, where are you going? I'll take you there. I won't go out today. up"

"Go to the cave where the charcoal is made." Lin Luo climbed up on the back of the stone unceremoniously and said.It seems that I have to study and study the shoes. I can't let Shi carry them around like this all winter.

From a long distance, Lin Luo saw a group of people in the charcoal-burning cave, it's okay, it's so cold, Hua and them are still dedicated to their work, they have been waiting there for a long time.