Li Miaomiao didn't care about Ling Xiaoling's obviously contemptuous tone.
Everyone has their own aspirations. How could someone like Ling Xiaoling understand the yearning for a leisurely life that people like her, who used to be working dogs, have?
Three thousand survival points are not so easy to earn. Building a wall sounds simple and easy, but when it comes to actually doing it, Li Miaomiao feels like he has no idea where to start.
"This wall is completely damaged. There's no other way except to rebuild it. So I should go order bricks first?"
Li Miaomiao said this, and she knew without Ling Xiaoling's explanation that this would not work.
In this day and age, material shortages are not only reflected in food, but also in other aspects.
Even if someone in the village wants to build a new house and needs bricks, they have to first apply for a quota from the village, and then the village will report it, and the brick factory will give them a quota.
This is when you are lucky. Many times, even if you submit a report to the village, you may not be able to get a spot.
There are some families in the village with better conditions who want to build a brick house, but they have been waiting for almost two years and there is no movement. Naturally, the village submitted the application, but there has been no response from the brick factory.
The family waited for too long and went to the brick factory, but they couldn't even get in.
"It seems that we have no choice but to make earthen bricks." Li Miaomiao thought about it and felt that this was the only feasible method at present, but earthen bricks were not that strong after all.
"Does the mall have any additives to make adobe bricks stronger?"
Li Miaomiao suddenly had an idea. The system is inherently unscientific, or too scientific. If that is the case, there may be unusual products for sale in the system mall.
Ling Xiaoling once again sighed that Li Miaomiao was smart and quick-witted. If she didn't always want to be a loser and play badly, she would definitely be a good host that would make it proud.
"Yes, the host can purchase the secondary product strong adhesive from the system mall to make the bricks hard and solid."
“It really is.”
Li Miaomiao just asked the question without holding much expectation, but Ling Xiaoling's words gave her a surprise.
"Honest to children and the elderly, if used properly, earth bricks can be three times stronger than cement bricks. The host can purchase them in the mall."
Seeing such a good thing, Li Miaomiao's lazy attitude disappeared and she immediately opened the system mall. Sure enough, she saw a strong adhesive there.
Li Miaomiao had actually taken a quick look at it before, but she hadn't looked into its specific function. She didn't expect it to be so magical.
"Let me check the price. Two hundred survival points per bottle. After diluting a bottle of strong adhesive..."
After reading the instructions, Li Miaomiao bought ten bottles of strong adhesive at one time without any hesitation.
Next is the materials for making earthen bricks. Although the production of earthen bricks looks simple, there are also some requirements. The selection of soil is very important. The best is fine lake soil that has been cultivated for many years and is tough. The second best is red and yellow loam. Only by choosing the right soil can the earthen bricks be stronger and more durable. Otherwise, even if the surface looks straight, they are easy to become loose and break when touched.
This is very easy in the countryside, and Li Miaomiao can find suitable soil with almost no effort.
What comes next is the most difficult.
Before making the bricks, the area for making and drying the bricks must be leveled next to the soil, and the debris and weeds must be cleared away. The area for drying the bricks should be made into ridges about 35 cm wide, which should be slightly higher than the ground to facilitate drainage when it rains.
The next step is to prepare the brick mold. The brick mold is made of a wooden frame about 30 cm long, 15 cm wide and 10 cm high. Ropes are hung on both sides of the brick mold to facilitate pulling the mold to remove the blank.
After all these are prepared, it is time to make the embryo.
Originally, making bricks required two people. One person would place the brick mold on the ground, and the other would use a shovel to carry the mud into the brick mold and stomp it down with their feet to fill the brick mold with mud without leaving any gaps.
Li Miaomiao didn't intend to trouble others, so she had to find a way out on her own at this step.
This is not difficult. She fixes the brick mold first and then fills the soil herself. It's just a little less efficient.
The next step is to remove the mold. When removing the mold, gently step on the mud with your feet, hold the rope with both hands, and slowly lift the brick mold. A brick is ready.
This sounds easy enough, but the mud shouldn't be too thin when removing the bricks from the mold. If it's too thin, the mud won't hold its shape and will collapse when the brick mold is lifted. If the mud is too dry, the bricks won't be evenly pressed down, making it more laborious to make, and the clay won't stick well and won't be strong.
Li Miaomiao had no experience at the beginning, so it took her several attempts before she succeeded.
Li Miaomiao remembers that when everyone in the village made mud bricks, they would put some good straw in them. The purpose of doing this was to make the soil more sticky and flexible.
But since she has strong adhesive, there is no need for straw.
After trying to make a few successful clay molds and making sure there would be no waste, Li Miaomiao mixed the strong adhesive into them according to the proportion.
It takes a lot of strength to do this job. Li Miaomiao took some powerful pills and became very strong. She did a lot of work in the morning.
Li Miaomiao hangs the finished adobe bricks there to dry. When they are half dry, she turns them over and uses a knife to process them slightly, smoothing out the overflowing mud edges.
The next step is to wait for the adobe to dry. Once it is completely dry, it can be used to build walls.
It’s really not easy!
Li Miaomiao wiped the sweat off her forehead, feeling that her life was harder now than when she was a wage earner. After all, she had been doing well before, and was considered a high-level wage earner later on. Now she had fallen to the level of a laborer doing rough work, she shed tears of bitterness.
Pei Yifan went out to cut grass and earn work points in the morning. When he came back, he saw that his injured mother had not taken good care of her injuries, but had made so many earthenware bricks in the whole morning.
"Mom, why are you so disobedient? You are injured now, so you should take good care of yourself. What if the wound on your shoulder breaks if you use so much force?" Pei Yifan frowned and looked at Li Miaomiao reproachfully. His expression was a bit like the helplessness of a doctor looking at a disobedient patient.
Today's mothers are so hardworking that Pei Yifan didn't even know that having a mother who is too hardworking can also be a worrying thing.
Li Miaomiao burst into tears when she heard what her son said. She didn't want to do that. She really agreed with her son's words. As a wounded person, she should have recovered well, but the dog system is not a human!
When Ling Xiaoling heard Li Miaomiao's complaints, he felt that the host was scolding him, or was he scolding him?
But now, facing the little guy's condemning eyes, Li Miaomiao not only could not say that it was the dog system's fault, but also had to explain bitterly to avoid making the little guy angry.
"Don't be angry, Xiaofan. Mom was just bored lying in bed with nothing to do. I thought our place is a bit remote, and there have been a lot of idle people from the village snooping around these days, so I thought of building a wall. That way it would be much safer. The injury on Mom's shoulder isn't serious, don't worry."
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