Jiang Xue watched them scramble to touch the ceramic bowl, but she didn't stop them. She said, "Everyone, listen to me first. I'm actually not good at building pavilions."
Forgive her, she has only seen pavilions and has never built one by herself.
Although she had been trained in the deep mountains and forests before, at that time she only built a shelter with local materials to stay in for one night.
"Don't worry, we won't let you get too tired." Mu Feng's voice, as gentle as a spring breeze, reached Jiang Xue's ears, making her feel extremely relieved. "Draw a rough outline now, and we'll fix it according to your drawing. If it doesn't work the first time, we'll try a few more times, and we'll definitely be able to fix it."
"Besides, you taught us how to repair the pigsty. At that time, Xiaohua wanted to drive the pigs out so that she could live in it."
Mu Feng teased Xiao Hua in public, but Xiao Hua refused to listen. She stamped her feet and said, "Sister Axue, look at him!"
Everyone was amused by Xiaohua's sudden shy look.
Jiang Xue also laughed: "Okay, then we have a deal. I can only try to provide you with a detailed map. The rest will be up to you to figure out on your own."
When building a pavilion, the most important thing is how to build the roof of the pavilion.
Pavilions are generally divided into square, hexagonal, octagonal and round pavilions. Now there is no need to think about glazed tiles, because they don’t even have tiles. As for the roof, it is natural that they can only use local materials and cover it with thatch. This is beyond doubt.
In addition, the supporting pillars must be waterproof, insect-proof and mildew-proof.
Although she has not seen any trace of termites so far, the people of the Snake Tribe live in the wild, and termites may come at any time. If she does not prepare early, she will be the one who suffers when the termites come in the future.
As a result, the trees used to make pillars must undergo special treatment.
For example, carbonization or applying insect-proof paint.
There was definitely no need to think about insect-proof paint, and Jiang Xue didn't know which specific plants could prevent termites. The best way was carbonization.
Carbonization sounds simple, but it would be difficult to carbonize a piece of wood that is several meters or even more than ten meters long. After all, she has never done it before and is not completely sure.
Jiang Xue weighed it over and said solemnly, "Why don't we make some bricks?"
Whether it is blue bricks or red bricks, the main raw material is soil.
Soil is everywhere, so you can find an open place to dig it up and make bricks. You can dry it in the sun or in the shade, and then burn it after it's dry. There are no technical difficulties.
Everyone was stunned when they heard the word "brick" suddenly come out of her mouth. Then she said, "It's just that this will slow down our process. Or we can just not burn it. We can add some grass clippings when mixing the mud, make a large earthen brick and dry it in the shade."
After hearing what she said, everyone asked, "Axue, how long does it take to bake a batch of bricks?"
"If it's sunny like now, ten days will be enough."
"Ten days? Isn't that too long?" an elderly grandmother in the tribe said, "I don't think it would take you that long to make a ceramic bowl."
Jiang Xue nodded and explained, "Earth bricks are large, so they dry more slowly. This bowl, on the other hand, is small and light, so it naturally dries faster."
"That's not right," Grandma shook her head. "If I remember correctly, the flea market will open in about twenty days. This is the last one before the cold season. If we can't make a batch of bowls by then, how will we survive the cold season?"
Jiang Xue had never been to a flea market before; she didn't even know it existed. She only vaguely remembered that they had mentioned it before.
"So everyone's saying we should try to make as many ceramic bowls as possible now?"
"That's what I mean," Grandma said. "If our ceramic bowls are popular, we'll have no problem getting salt and animal skins for this cold season. Besides, we have so many backpacks and baskets we can take out to trade."
Grandma's words made perfect sense and she was always thinking about the tribe. Jiang Xue didn't know what to say for a moment.
She nodded and said, "If that's the case, let's build a pavilion to store the pottery bowls. But I have to say this first: after it's built, we have to take good care of it. If I find someone's Maomao messing around, don't blame me for punishing him."
Everyone nodded repeatedly and discussed the details in detail. The next morning, everyone got up early and went about their own work.
Mu Feng took the lead and led a dozen strong men up the mountain to find suitable trees.
Jiang Xue stayed in the tribe to teach them how to dig clay and how to distinguish clay.
The people in the tribe worked very efficiently. When Mu Feng and others came back from cutting down trees, the clay on the stone slab in front of Jiang Xue had piled up into a small hill, and it looked like there was no more room to put it.
Seeing them coming back, Jiang Xue stopped what she was doing. Apart from the people from the gathering team and the hunting team, more than 30 other people came to build the pavilion.
Previously, Jiang Xue thought she would have to explain to them for a long time, but she underestimated their ability to understand.
After she drew the general shape of the pavilion, they all understood it.
Thirty-odd people can really work fast.
In less than half an hour, the five main pillars were erected.
Then comes the roof.
With experience in building the pigpen, they worked much faster than before - they even saved on ladders.
At one point, Jiang Xue thought she had entered a zoo.
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