Tong Wen Yao washed it carefully, chopped it up with a knife, and after putting it together, she stewed it in a pot.

The aroma of chicken and dried vegetables slowly wafted out, and everyone working nearby couldn't help but swallow their saliva. It had been a long time since they had eaten meat. The last time they had eaten meat seemed to be during the Chinese New Year! They bought two pieces of fat meat from the butcher stall to celebrate the New Year.

After Tong Wenyao finished cooking, seeing that it was almost noon, she asked the village chief to call them over for dinner. She had taken more than 30 ceramic bowls from the workshop, but since some of them didn't come, there were extra bowls.

Tong Wen Yao put the remaining bowls aside and picked up some dried vegetables for herself. Seeing that she didn't pick up any chicken, Tong Bo picked up a few pieces for her. By the time he had eaten one or two pieces himself, the chicken in the pot was long gone.

Zhang Fu looked a little embarrassed. He didn't expect these guys to be so quick. He had only eaten two pieces of chicken and they were all gone. He could only eat some dry vegetables with his meal. This was also a case of too many people and too little porridge.

In the end, they even divided up the juice in the pot, poured it into the corn, stirred it, and ate it.

After finishing the meal, Hu Zhi said, "I can eat meat on the first day of work. Who else can get such a treatment when starting work?"

Someone on the side began to say, "That's right, it's a good thing I signed up, otherwise I wouldn't even get to eat gravy."

After eating and drinking, Tong Wenyao began to say, "Three kilns have been built now, and there are people living next to the kilns. Now some people continue to build two more kilns, and the rest of the people are digging for white and yellow ore. After we dig it out, I will teach you how to process it."

"Okay!" Now that they had eaten the meat, they were full of energy. Hu Zhi led a group of people to dig the white and yellow limestone, and the village chief led the rest of the people to continue digging the kiln.

There were a lot of dead branches nearby, so Tong Wenyao asked someone to pick them up. They would need firewood when she started the kiln. However, she still had to chop down trees, otherwise there would be no firewood. Besides, there were only trees nearby, so she had to clear a clearing.

At 3 p.m., the village chief had already dug the kiln. Tong Wen Yao asked them to come and cut down the tree as they would need it later.

She went to the cave entrance and heard banging and crashing sounds from inside. She found that some of the stones had been mined, so she asked them to move the stones into the kiln.

After adding nearly all the limestone, they sealed the opening and began firing. To be honest, Tong Wenyao was a little nervous. She had never worked with lime before, and she only knew the poem: "A thousand hammers strike out from the deep mountains, a raging fire burns as if it were nothing." She had no idea what temperature to reach. This all required experimentation, and she wasn't sure how to measure the temperature. She couldn't just pull out a thermometer from the spaceship to test it.

She called over the village chief and asked, "Chief, is there anyone skilled in controlling temperature?" He smiled and gave a few names. "Hu Zhi, Guan You, and You Lu used to work in the workshop. They heard the pay was higher in the mountains, so they came here."

"Okay, then let them be in charge of lighting the fire and controlling the temperature."

After the three of them came over, Tong Wenyao said, "I heard that you worked in a workshop before?"

Hu Zhi was a little confused after hearing this, but he quickly responded, "Yes."

"Now I have a task for you, can you do it?" After hearing this, Hu Zhi thought that this might be something they had done in the workshop before, so he called them here specifically.

No matter if it was good or bad, it was best to agree first. The three of them looked at each other and shouted in unison, "Yes!"

You guys watch the temperature of the kiln from the side, and add more fire when the temperature drops.

Hu Zhi asked, "Then when will the fire stop?" Tong Wen Yao thought that if the three kilns started burning now, one would burn until twelve o'clock in the evening, one would burn until the middle of the night, and one would burn until tomorrow.

She wanted to see how long it would take to purify the lime.

"The first kiln will burn until midnight, the second until thirteen, and the third until noon, so the three of you must stay here and watch over the fire tonight."

She paused, looking at the expressions on the three people's faces, without a hint of rejection, and continued, "Of course, there is a reward for every effort! This is your first day of guarding, so I'm giving you three a reward of 100 coins. You can go to my second brother later to collect the money."

After hearing this, the three of them were delighted and responded quickly.

"Boss, we will work hard."

In the past, when I went into the mountains to dig soil, I would also spend the night in the mountains. This time, I can get paid for spending the night in the mountains, which is really great.

When the sun was about to set, everyone finished their work. Their wages were paid every two weeks, so they went back to the village directly. Only Hu Zhi and three others stayed behind.

It took less time to return to the village than to go into the mountains. When I saw the village, I could still see the road a little. After the villagers said goodbye to Tong Bo one by one, they returned home.

When Tong Wenyao saw the village chief coming back, she hurriedly said, "Village chief, are there any powerful dogs in the village? I want to buy a few to protect the mountains."

After hearing this, Village Chief Zhang pondered and said, "That hunter family in the village just gave birth to a few children. I'll go ask for you tomorrow."

"In that case, thank you very much, Village Chief Zhang. If you have any dairy sheep, please find them for me."

Last time she said she wanted to buy a dairy sheep, but there were no dairy sheep for sale in the village, and only cow's milk was sold at the market, so this time she asked the village chief to buy a dog, and if there was goat's milk for sale, she would also buy it.

Hearing Tong Wenyao say that she wanted to buy dairy sheep, she couldn't help but exclaimed, "You really found the right person this time. My second brother sells sheep, and he has dairy sheep."

Tong Wenyao's eyebrows lit up. "So, this really saves me a lot of trouble. You and your second brother told us to leave two dairy sheep and one edible sheep. We can buy them when we go back."

"Okay, I'll tell my second brother tomorrow."

After returning to the workshop, she ate the big pot of rice made by Uncle Du, which had both meat and vegetables, and a balanced nutritional balance. Uncle Du felt a little guilty, after all, he was no longer in charge of the workshop, but he still cooked for them as usual.

"Uncle Du, you fried the meat really well." Hearing Tong Wenyao asking him about the meat, his forehead was sweating a little, but he also explained, "Boss, working and moving bricks requires physical labor, so I added a little meat to them. If you don't like it, I won't add it starting tomorrow."

Tong Wenyao glanced at him and then said, "Uncle Du, what are you thinking about? I really praised the meat for being delicious. Besides, how can I do hard labor without eating meat?"

Hearing her say this, Uncle Du couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Boss." Tong Wenyao said, "Uncle Du, don't call me Boss anymore, call me Wenyao." He quickly refused, "How can this be allowed? It's against the rules."