Chapter 92 Brick Kiln
The next step is to use red bricks to build the surrounding area, leaving a space in the middle.
The bricks are pasted together with mud, but the bricks that originally sealed the bottom and top were not covered with mud, leaving a gap in the middle, which also made it easier for the flames to rise during firing.
Once the brick kiln is built, bricks can be fired directly without waiting for the mud to dry.
Put the red bricks into the kiln one by one, standing them up with gaps in the middle, and placing them in horizontal and vertical rows.
Arrange them alternately horizontally and vertically, and then lay a few bricks flat at the entrance of the brick kiln to seal the opening and keep the heat inside.
After putting the firewood in and lighting it, and watching the flames rising little by little, Zhao Yeqing immediately left the vicinity of the brick kiln.
It's too hot.
Mu Xi gave one instruction, asking them to be sure to add more firewood, and then left.
Previously, only one bag of silage was tested at first, but this was not the case with hay.
Winter feed is a mixture of hay and silage. Using only one type will cause physical burden to the animals.
He also had to go out and cut the hay for making hay.
I didn’t dare to leave home for too long, so I would go home after mowing half a truckload of grass in the scorching sun.
A sheep needs to eat four or five pounds of grass a day, and there are a total of twelve sheep in the family.
Based on the amount for three months, at least 4,500 kilograms of fodder would have to be stockpiled.
Four thousand five hundred kilograms of grass...
The two of them estimated that they would have to go out to cut the grass every day during the recent period.
As the grass dries, it loses weight, so more grass is needed.
Zhao Yeqing just hoped that the weather would not get hotter and that winter would not come so soon.
Either situation will result in large-scale death of forage grass.
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The bricks were fired for two days, and finally all the red bricks were fired.
After two days of burning bricks, all the firewood in the house was used up, and a large pile of ash was obtained.
Zhao Yeqing and Mu Xi planned to go out together today and go into the woods to chop some firewood.
In order to prevent jackals from stealing the house recently, we also have to pay attention to the safety of the sheep when grazing. Mu Xi always follows nearby with a gun when grazing.
To avoid grazing time, Dahuang stayed at home to watch the door, and the two of them left home and went into the woods early in the morning.
Mu Xi chopped the dead branches and fallen trees on the ground into small pieces, and Zhao Yeqing gathered the small pieces and tied them into bundles behind him.
By the time the sun was high overhead, the two men had chopped a cart full of firewood.
Mu Xi was pulling the cart behind, while Zhao Yeqing went home ahead of time to check the situation.
Fortunately, everything was peaceful when they returned home. Xuebing's injury had not fully healed and he was not allowed to go out. Huhu would go out every day to get food and bring it back to feed his sister.
Sometimes it's a rabbit, sometimes it's a bird.
The puppies are at the playful age and are not afraid of the sun, playing sepak takraw in the yard.
After lunch, Mu Xi went out to cut grass and herd sheep, while Zhao Yeqing built a chicken coop at home.
A chicken coop made of red bricks is definitely more heat-insulating than a wooden one and will also be much cooler.
After two days of burning bricks, the corners of the house were already filled with red bricks.
Zhao Yeqing marked out an area near the toilet to build a chicken coop so the stench could stay together.
Build a rabbit hutch as well.
The left, right and back three walls and roof are surrounded by red bricks, and a door is made with wooden boards in the front.
Half a brick was knocked off three walls to allow for ventilation.
It takes more bricks to build a rabbit hutch.
There can't be land underneath, it has to be sealed with bricks so that the rabbits can't escape.
By the time Zhao Yeqing had built the two nests, the sun was already setting.
The dim setting sun shone through the hilltops, and the rare soft sunlight fell on the yard, and the surrounding grass was covered with a layer of orange twilight.
Zhao Yeqing stood in the yard and looked at the time. It was almost time for Mu Xi to come back.
Suddenly, a gunshot was heard from the west!
Zhao Yeqing looked up suddenly!
Snow Cake in the room suddenly jumped out and stood beside her.
She didn't know whether she should stay at home or hurry over, so she could only shout Mu Xi's name loudly towards the west.
There was no response for a long time. Just as I was hesitating to go out, a figure appeared in the distance. It was Mu Xi who came back with the sheep and Da Huang.
Unlike the usual slow pace, today the flock of sheep was much more agitated.
After entering the door, Zhao Yeqing hurried forward to ask, "What's going on?"
Mu Xi put down his gun. "It was a pack of jackals, but they were just testing us. They were scared away after I shot them."
After taking a sip of water, he looked at Zhao Yeqing's frown and poked it with his finger.
"Don't worry. Animals are actually better at seeking benefits and avoiding harm than humans. Unless it's a matter of life and death, the smarter the animal, the more it will avoid risks. Seeing that I have a gun, they won't confront me head-on."
Zhao Yeqing poured him another glass of water and asked, "Do they know guns?"
Mu Xi took two sips and finished it. "They... have a deeper understanding of guns than we do."
Maybe because the gunshots were too loud, Huhu, who usually would not return home until the moon climbed over the mountain, also returned home.
After hanging out with his sister, he stayed in the house obediently.
Zhao Yeqing watched the sun set and planned to transplant the seedlings into the field today.
The weather is too hot, so seedlings cannot be transplanted during the day, and it is best not to do it in the morning.
Transplanting in the evening allows the seedlings to have a night to adapt.
Sprinkle the decomposed sheep manure on the ground and mix it with the soil, so that the soil will not become compacted and will still have sufficient fertility.
The seedlings were transplanted one by one into the ground according to the originally planned areas.
The weather is hot and the seedlings are growing very fast. They are now more than one finger tall.
Other vegetable seedlings only need to be watered after transplanting, but beans need to be put on a rack in advance.
After the seedlings are transplanted, the bamboo seedling pot becomes empty.
Zhao Yeqing refilled it with soil mixed with sheep manure and took it to the hay house.
She plans to grow some shallots and garlic indoors.
A Chinese kitchen is always inseparable from these two things.
By the time she finished all this, Mu Xi's meal was also ready.
The original traps caught fewer and fewer prey, so Mu Xi found a few other places to set traps while mowing the grass.
The number of traps increased from four to eight.
The food at home is getting better day by day.
There are already five rabbits in the rabbit pen, two males and three females.
There is still one in the pot now.
There was nothing else in the village, but there was no shortage of dried chilies. Every household had a big bag of them. Mu Xi made a big pot of spicy rabbit for fear that they would get moldy if kept for too long.
The rabbit meat was chopped into small pieces and fried in a frying pan until golden brown.
The spicy smell of peppercorns and chilies fried in hot oil rushes straight into your nose.
There was a pot of spicy rabbit with plenty of ingredients. Zhao Yeqing was salivating at the aroma before he even entered the kitchen.
Huhu and Xuebing ran out of the kitchen, shaking their heads.
Zhao Yeqing suspected that Mu Xi was behind this and fed the two rabbits spicy rabbit meat.
Before she could go in, three puppies ran out right after her.
The little tongue stuck out and he was panting "hahaha".
Zhao Yeqing was speechless. He walked in and saw Mu Xi with a calm face as if nothing had happened.
Haha, that’s what dogs are like.
After the meal, Mu Xi finally had a snack and remembered to save some boiled rabbit meat to feed the dog.
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