"Don't think about rewarding yourself with these things too soon. Wait until you've finished making the bathtub before considering these issues."
"So, what do you need me to do now?"
Liu Feifei couldn't wait to ask.
If Chen Fan hadn't mentioned the issue of height, she wouldn't have thought of it that way.
But after saying it, I couldn't wait any longer; I was really eager to take a nice warm bath in the tub.
If I could take a bath with Chen Fan, that would be incredibly wonderful!
“We need some limestone now, but I haven’t come across any of it yet.”
“We seem to have seen a lot of snails and snail shells over there before. You can go over and collect them all,” Chen Fan said after thinking for a moment.
Making cement is actually quite simple.
Plain wood ash can be calcined to produce cement, but if some limestone is added to the wood ash, the quality of the calcined cement will be higher.
When these seashells and snail shells are calcined at high temperatures, sodium hydroxide is produced.
It can be used to replace limestone!
Of course, there is actually a lot of limestone in nature.
They must exist even on this island, they just haven't encountered them yet.
Perhaps it's because my attention wasn't focused on this area before, so I didn't pay much attention to it.
"Snail shells? We saw a lot of them at the place we went to before."
"I'll go get it right now..."
Liu Feifei quickly nodded as well.
Then they happily went off to look for snail shells.
Meanwhile, Chen Fan also began his work.
The first step is to make a kiln using mud.
Because whether it's for firing pottery or cement tomorrow, a kiln is indispensable.
Fortunately, these two things can be done simultaneously.
The first step is to use a military shovel to dig a shallow, bowl-shaped pit 30cm deep and half a meter in diameter in the ground.
Then use clay to shape a round grate covered with small holes!
The size of the grate must match the size of the shallow pit.
These operations are all quite simple...
In less than ten minutes, Chen Fan had finished.
The next step was to build the furnace body along the edge of the shallow pit using the coiled mud method.
The height of the stove body should be around 70 to 80 centimeters.
All the steps took Chen Fan only 40 minutes.
"Finally done! Looks like these things are really easy to use!"
"Then let's dry the kiln first..."
Chen Fan was very satisfied with the results of his work.
Then they went around to find some dry grass and leaves. After these dry grass and leaves were completely burned, they would turn into wood ash, which is the main component in the later production of cement.
Spread the found dry grass and leaves evenly on the grate, then light it and continuously add dry leaves and grass through the grate.
In this way, after all the dry grass and leaves have burned completely, the ashes will settle in the shallow pit.
Once they've cooled down, take them all out and they're ready to use...
Halfway through the operation, Liu Feifei also came running back with hundreds of snail shells.
Because there are many snails in that area, and they are different from the snails we usually see; these snails are all very large.
Chen Fan didn't eat these snails because they had never had to worry about food.
Furthermore, some snails are poisonous and should not be consumed, which is why they are not on their menu.
"Chen Fan, look how many snail shells I've collected. Can we use these?"
Liu Feifei also put down her basket and showed off the fruits of her labor that she had worked for nearly an hour.
"Yes, that's good, these can all be used."
"With these snail shells, I think we'll be able to make cement very soon!"
"I'll be able to finish making the bathtub tomorrow..."
Chen Fan quickly smiled and nodded.
Unexpectedly, Liu Feifei collected so many snails in just one hour.
And some of them are even fresh.
"Hehe~ So what should we do now?"
"Should we just roast these snails?" Liu Feifei continued to ask.
Actually, when she was catching these snails, she thought they were a very delicious dish.
They are very large and have a lot of meat.
It is very, very similar to those conches and cat's-eye conches.
Moreover, snails are a very popular dish in many French restaurants.
However, since Chen Fan hadn't said that these snails were edible, she naturally wouldn't dare to eat them.
"Yes, pour it all into the kiln."
"Perfect for burning together with these dried grasses~"
After Chen Fan finished speaking, he poured all the snail shells from half a basket into the basket.
These snail shells retain their shape even after being calcined at high temperatures.
So it will be relatively easy to collect them then...
"So what should I do now?"
Liu Feifei had nothing else to do at this time.
Because she really knew nothing about this.
Therefore, Chen Fan should assign her some tasks.
"Why don't you rest for a while?" Chen Fan suggested.
After all, Liu Feifei had been busy for more than half an hour at noon, so she must have been quite tired.
Moreover, she was on top at noon, and the waist twisting required a lot of physical exertion...
"No need! I'm not tired at all."
"I'm so excited just thinking about being able to take a bath in the tub in the future, I don't want to rest at all." Liu Feifei was clearly full of energy at the moment.
Because once you have expectations and goals in your heart, it is easy to become full of energy.
"Alright! Since you don't want to rest, then go and render the pork fat first."
"First, cut the pork fat into small pieces. Then, add an appropriate amount of water to a pot, and then put the diced pork fat in to render."
"Once the oil residue turns golden brown, it can be scooped out!"
"Once the pork fat is rendered, we can use it to make a bar of soap," Chen Fan said after thinking for a moment.
In fact, pork fat has many uses, not just as an animal fat for making food.
It is also a major ingredient in soap making.
It's quite simple to make, and there's absolutely no difficulty in making it even in this wilderness.
Moreover, they have all the necessary materials.
"What? Lard can actually be used to make soap?"
"How is that possible? Lard is so greasy..."
"Just thinking about applying this stuff to my body would make me feel even worse," Liu Feifei said in shock after hearing Chen Fan's words.
Because she had never associated lard with soap.
These two are like two parallel lines; they have absolutely no intersection!
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