Once the clay furnace blank is made, you can use tools to carve shapes on it to make the furnace look even better.
Grandpa Xu figured that at this point everyone would probably just want a good and cheap clay stove, so he skipped this step.
The next step is to open the furnace.
"When making a mud stove, several small holes are left at the bottom so that smoke can escape easily when the stove is lit!"
As he worked, Grandpa Xu explained, his rough hands seemingly possessing magic, and in no time, he had created a small clay stove.
The small clay stove is 10 centimeters high and 12 centimeters in diameter. On one side, Grandpa Xu specially made a large mouth-shaped opening with his hand. If you want to burn firewood, you can put firewood in through this opening.
"As expected of my second great-uncle, he's amazing!"
Xu Chao had studied pottery for five or six years, so he knew a bit about it.
Looking at the clay stove in his second uncle's hands, which was smooth and even both inside and out, he praised Old Master Xu without reservation.
This is just a clay kiln blank; the final step is to let it air dry naturally.
"It must be dried first. If you rush to dry it, the clay stove will crack!"
Grandpa Xu emphasized this in conclusion.
Moreover, this step also requires sunlight. Although it is extremely hot now, the sun outside is too strong.
Grandpa Xu chose to let the finished clay stove air dry in the open, a process that takes one to two days.
For Grandpa Xu, making this was no challenge at all, so with nothing else to do, he devoted himself to making the clay furnace in the space.
Song Qiu'e and Xu Haiguo spent a long time learning and were barely able to get the hang of it.
Xu Chao had a foundation in clay sculpting, and after trying it once, he was able to match the skill of his grandfather on the second piece.
Xu Lai, on the other hand, is simply clumsy.
It's difficult enough to just mold the kneaded clay into the shape of a clay stove.
Looking at the strangely shaped clay stove she had molded in her hands, Xu Lai was filled with frustration: "What kind of hands do I have?"
Lacking talent in this area, Xu Lai simply took charge of mixing mud and rice husks, and then prepared three meals a day.
On the first day, everyone except Grandpa Xu was a novice, and by the end of the day, they had only made fifteen.
By the next day, everyone in the family except Xu Lai had become more skilled and made twenty-five.
By the third day, the clay stove from the first day had dried and was ready to be used for burning charcoal.
To test the effectiveness of the clay stove, early in the morning, Grandpa Xu had Xu Lai send him into his spatial dimension and randomly selected a clay stove made on the first day to burn firewood and test it.
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