Chapter 298 Star's Holographic Deserted Island Life 44
Zhang Xiaojia was woken up by the heat again. He Fei held her tightly in his arms. What she hated most was being...
I looked outside, but couldn't see anything because they had sealed the windows.
It should be a cool day today, as a typhoon is about to arrive.
Zhang Xiaojia quickly stood up and saw the panda sitting in the living room eating bamboo and throwing the leftover bamboo everywhere.
When she walked out of the stone house, she was not the first one to arrive. She saw Jian Bai and Tang Jifeng had already gotten up and were making breakfast.
After she finished washing up slowly, everyone got up and breakfast was ready.
Today's breakfast is wild vegetable and sweet potato porridge, plus a fish.
Zhang Xiaojia was planning to go picking fruits today and was thinking about how to arrange their work.
Tang Jifeng took the two bowls and said directly, "A few days ago, I made a few small bowls with soil from the canal, and then put them into the shell burning pit. They can be shaped and will not melt when exposed to water, so they can be used to make pottery."
Zhang Xiaojia took the bowl in his hand. It was very good. If it could be fired into a pottery pot, it could be used to make many dishes.
Tang Jifeng continued, "Let's make some pottery bowls and plates today. It would be best if we could make a lot of pottery jars so we can hold water. That way, even if our bamboo water pipes break and we can't get out for a while, we won't die of thirst."
Li Yang directly retorted, "Firing pottery? In the wilderness? That's unrealistic no matter how you look at it."
Tang Jifeng put the bowl in his hand and said, "Unrealistic? Then what is that thing in my hand?"
Li Yang was about to refute, but when he opened his mouth, he didn't know how to refute, so he could only shut up obediently.
Tang Jifeng patiently explained, "We don't have to go far. We can just dig up some dirt from the canal. Besides, we're not going to make proper pottery. It's just earthenware. It doesn't need to be particularly beautiful. We just need it to hold water and not melt after it's fired."
Zhang Xiaojia thought about it and it made sense. It didn’t matter whether the quality of the soil beside the canal was good or not. The important thing was that it could be used. After all, it wasn’t going to be made into high-end ceramics, just a container for vegetables or water.
Jian Bai blinked his eyes with curiosity and asked expectantly, "Can you make pottery? You know, this is different from other handicrafts! Just kneading the clay is a huge project! If you can't even knead the clay well, then everything you do afterwards will be in vain!"
Hearing this, Tang Jifeng's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a devilish smile. He raised an eyebrow and replied proudly, "Haha, He Xiaofei once learned how to make ceramics from me. Even the experienced master said that He Xiaofei's skill in kneading clay is quite impressive! As for me, my pottery making skills are also first-class!"
He Fei, who was standing by, couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard this. He secretly groaned in his heart. This hateful Tang Xiaofeng was deliberately taking revenge on him here! You know, his wife hates dirty work like mud the most. If he really did this job today, he would definitely not be able to take a nap with the lovely Jiajia at noon. Thinking of this, He Fei glared at Tang Jifeng fiercely, but the other party turned a blind eye and continued to smile brightly.
Zhang Xiaojia gnawed on the fish while picking out the bones of another fish and handed it to the panda cub to eat.
Tang Jifeng continued, "Don't we need so many people? But He Fei stayed to work and knead the mud."
Zhang Xiaojia said directly, "He Fei, Tang Jifeng, Xia Yu, and Liu Xinwei stay to make pottery, and the others will come with me to dig wild vegetables."
The troops were divided into two groups.
He Fei came to the edge of the canal and simply widened and deepened it.
Just dig the soil well and make sure it is usable. Anyway, you are not making high-end ceramics, so there is no need to have high requirements for the soil.
He Fei poured the clay, after removing the mud on the surface, into a backpack covered with a layer of thatch leaves, and soon filled his backpack with clay.
It only took her ten minutes to do all this.
After returning to the shelter, He Fei poured the basket of clay directly onto the edge of the pond, and used a steel pot to scoop several pots of water from the pond into the clay until it was soaked and kneaded into a ball. Then he put the clay on a large stone.
Xia Yu and Liu Xinwei sat upright, staring at the mud ball without blinking, their faces full of curiosity and anticipation.
Big brother (big brother) makes pottery!
Tang Jifeng explained as He Fei demonstrated with his hands, constantly teaching the steps and details that needed attention. "First, we need to remove the stones, branches, gravel and other debris from the mud ball, and then knead it evenly, making sure there are no dry lumps inside."
He Fei kneaded and crushed the mud ball with his fingers bit by bit, his movements were familiar and natural.
The ball of dirty-looking clay made a "puchi" sound between his fingers, just like he was playing with decompression mud.
As the impurities were removed, the clay in his hands became finer.
"Then place the processed clay ball near the fire to dry it slightly. It will be a little hard so that it is easier to shape. Oh, and you can smear a layer of wood ash on your own slate to prevent the clay from sticking to the slate."
Xia Yu and Liu Xinwei followed suit ignorantly, fearing that they would make a wrong move.
He Fei kneaded the clay, and Tang Jifeng taught them how to make pottery. "If there are cracks, just smooth them out with water. If you want it to be more delicate and beautiful, you can use snail shells to polish the surface of the clay bowl. If you polish it thoroughly, you can eventually make the clay bowl shiny."
Tang Jifeng glanced at the two people who were busy with their work, and with a slight smile on his face, he added, "It can also make the pottery stronger and more waterproof."
Their eyes lit up. They were not clumsy, and making clay bowls was indeed very simple, so they did it without encountering any major problems.
He Fei snorted coldly, "You are very idle, Tang Xiaofeng, you make a pottery pot for me, a woolen bowl, the bowl can be made of bamboo or coconut shell, we are short of pottery pots, big pig head."
Tang Jifeng pointed at the soil with both hands and said, "The soil here can only make four pottery jars at most. Go and knead the soil quickly."
He Fei and Tang Jifeng, two fools, made hundreds of pottery jars. Each pottery jar is about 28 cm in diameter and 30 cm in height. One pottery jar can hold about 15 liters of water.
On Zhang Xiaojia's side, she encountered a leopard again when she returned to the shelter. Zhang Xiaojia didn't want to fight with the leopard at all. The leopard was fast, so she had to fight it with all her strength.
The leopard was different from the bears we had encountered before. It was agile and very aggressive.
Zhang Xiaojia wanted to repeat the same trick as last time and scare it away by making a loud noise.
She quickly reached out and grabbed the military shovel beside her, raised it high, and then slammed it to the ground, hoping to make a deafening sound to scare away the leopard in front of her.
The opposite happened.
Because she used too much force, the military shovel in her hand broke with a "crack", leaving only half of it in her hand.
The remaining half actually flew to the leopard.
Instead, Zhang Xiaojia himself was shocked by this sudden change.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaojia looked at the broken shovel in his hand with a confused face. It was too useless. It would be a good idea to smash the half of it on the leopard's head! What would it mean if it fell in front of it!
Seeing the leopard rushing towards him, Zhang Xiaojia directly took half a military shovel and fought it.
Damn it, she wasn't as fast as the leopard and was scratched several times by it. Li Yang was such an idiot, he aimed at the leopard, what was the point of hitting her?
Zhang Xiaojia angrily said, "Li Yang, give me the shovel and hide."
After she got the shovel, it became much easier to fight. She chose the right moment and smashed it down with all her strength.
I saw a leopard lying on the ground.
Bai Hao said regretfully, "What a nice leopard skin! The leopard's head must have been flattened by the boss!"
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