"Dong~Dong~Dong~"

The wooden hammer pounded into the stone mortar again and again. After pounding for a while, a look of joy gradually appeared on the stone's face.

Because the bark, which had been boiled in water and then finely cut with a copper knife, was much easier to pound than before.

The same number of times, but with ninety-eight fewer strokes, it is basically the same as before.

After resting for a while, he continued to pound the bark vigorously, trying to make the fibers finer.

Han Cheng, who watched here for a while, nodded slightly. Judging from the current effect alone, the change made by Shi Tou is very good.

After watching for a while, I suddenly felt that the sky was getting dark. I looked up at the sky and found that the sky in the north had become much darker.

This situation did not last long, and the sun, which was not very bright to begin with, soon disappeared.

In the calm weather, the wind began to gradually appear, shaking the trees.

The sunlight disappeared and the cold wind began to blow. Before long, the temperature began to drop and a noticeable chill could be felt.

Finally, the cold front passed through!

The person who was sitting at the foot of the wall doing needlework in the sun did not stay any longer. She took the small winnowing basket and carried the needle and thread back to the house.

After standing here for a while, the strong people finally put on the fur coats that they had taken off.

The minors felt a sense of excitement mixed with a little fear because of this kind of weather.

Holding some small branches in the yard, he shouted loudly and waved them around.

It seems like he is fighting against something invisible to show his bravery.

Compared to the inexplicable excitement of many minors, the stones that had just been put into a long, oval basin and soaked in water did not make them excited at all.

Because after the pulp is put on that kind of sieve, it still needs sunlight to dry.

He had thought of boiling bark in water a long time ago, but he waited until now to implement it because he was waiting for the weather to get warmer and for a good day.

In this way, the spread out pulp will not freeze, and being exposed to the sun can allow the pulp to dry faster and turn into paper.

In order to determine whether the weather had been warming up long enough, he did not make paper yesterday and observed carefully for a day. When he woke up this morning and saw that it was also a good day, he started to implement it.

Who would have thought that just as I had mashed the pulp and put it into the basin to soak, the weather changed.

Seeing the sky turning gloomy in a short time, Shi Tou's face became as gloomy as the sky. It was really infuriating.

"Let's leave it here for now and continue when the weather gets better."

Han Cheng carried Little Pea back to the room. When he came out, he saw Shitou looking up at the sky helplessly. He couldn't help but sniffling and said this to Shitou.

Generally, people who can accomplish great things have some tenacity and stubbornness that ordinary people lack. The stone who aspires to reach heaven also has this kind of energy.

The weather was bad, and he did not follow Han Cheng's advice to put the matter aside and wait for good weather. Instead, he took a sieve and put it into the basin of soaked paper pulp, poured the pulp into it, and continued making paper.

This guy...

Han Cheng looked at it and didn't say anything more. Since the papermaking matter was handed over to Shi Tou, he would not interfere any more.

Even if they are damaged, there is no loss, because the papers can be restored to paper slowly after being soaked in water and stirred again.

Even if it cannot be restored, it doesn’t matter. It’s just some tree bark and the tribe can afford the loss.

The power of the passing cold front was indeed incredible. It didn't take long for the temperature to start to drop.

Shitou scooped out all the pulp in the basin and made three pieces of paper.

I put the last 'sieve' on a shelf aside, and when I went to look at the first one, I found that the earliest one had already formed a thin layer of ice.

If this trend continues, it won’t be long before these things that have just been made and will turn into paper as long as they are exposed to the sun will be completely frozen.

Shitou stood here with a frown on his face. It was obvious that things would be fine if he just waited a little longer, but the weather was just not favorable.

Shitou, who had been waiting for a long time to see the result, looked at the gloomy sky with a look of despair on his face.

God didn't care about his feelings. Maybe he thought the stone's expression was not miserable enough, so he blew a gust of wind and soon it started snowing.

First, the snow particles hit the upturned face of the stone, causing it to hurt, and soon it turned into heavy snow.

People could not fight against God at this time, so the stone, which was drenched in snow, turned around and went back to the house, angrily, and even threw away the sieves that were already covered with some snow.

There were not many people in the courtyard, only the dense wind that blew the snow down like it was free.

The closed door opened again, and a figure came out in the wind and snow.

The person who came was Shi Tou who had not been in there for long.

Shitou came to the papermaking place and after looking for a while, he put three sieves covered with paper pulp on the snow together and carried them back to the house.

In the room, Han Cheng couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene. It is often like this. You may be angry or collapsed, but after venting a little, you still have to continue doing what you should do. After all, there is still a long way to go.

He carried the three sieves back to the stone room, sat at the edge of the kang, and put his feet closer to warm them.

I was dealing with water for half a day today, and my shoes were inevitably wet.

When the wet shoes were heated by the fire, white smoke soon came out.

After the stone has been roasting for a while, move the feet and continue roasting in a different direction.

He didn't want to be like a guy in the tribe who sat there roasting his shoes and burned the soles.

After roasting it for a while, Shitou's gaze fell on the paper that was bothering him again.

There was a kang burning in the room, which was much warmer than outside. Not long after, the snow on the three wooden sieves placed aside had melted, revealing the wet papers.

He looked at the stones that were roasting his feet, his smoking shoes, and then at the wet papers, and gradually sat up straight.

If you can use fire to dry wet shoes, why can't you use fire to dry wet paper pulp?

It was like a ray of light that cut through the suffocating darkness in his mind. Stone, who had been stunned for a moment, suddenly stood up.

Holding a sieve, he came to the entrance of the kang and started baking.

The area of ​​the sieve is a bit too large compared to the entrance of the kang, so it is impossible to bake it all at once.

After the stone was roasted here for a while, it turned around and ran towards the cave holding the sieve.

There was enough space there to start a bigger fire.

In the cave, flames rose and white smoke rose from the sieve held in Stone's arms.

Under the heat of the flame, the water vapor gradually evaporates and the paper slowly takes shape.

Shitou looked at the piece of paper that was gradually taking shape, and his eyes slowly began to light up.

He was not in a hurry to do anything with the paper. He waited until there was no more white steam coming out before putting down the sieve. With trembling hands, he used a bamboo knife to peel off the paper inside, which looked very different from the previous ones.

The paper is thin and soft, and the color is much whiter than the previous paper.

“Son of God…”

Shi Tou, who was standing here, looked at the paper excitedly for a while, holding the paper, which was very different from the previous ones, with great care in his hands, rushed out of the cave in three or two steps and dived into the wind and snow.

This is how it is. As long as you keep working hard, the hardships you have endured before may just be pushing you towards success.

For example, Shi Tou is ecstatic now. If it weren’t for God’s misfortunes, it would have taken him an unknown amount of time to reach this point.

So, when you encounter difficulties, never get discouraged and never give up on yourself.

Because when God closes a door for you, he will also pinch your head...