Chapter 22
The brick kiln had cooled down completely. Yu Sui and the dwarves were at the entrance of the cave. The dwarf responsible for transporting the bricks out had already come out pushing a small cart of bricks.
Chief Bangbo first took out a brick, observed its texture, and excitedly raised it to cheer for his fellow tribesmen.
Yu Sui also took a look. This batch of bricks was stronger than those he had fired, with good texture and uniform size. Except for some slight damage to the bricks in the corners, the others remained intact. It could be said to be quite a success.
The other dwarves also came over and picked up the bricks. After looking at them, they cheered excitedly.
After looking at the bricks, Yu Sui timidly walked into the brick kiln to get his pottery jar.
The dwarves inside were putting bricks on the cart. When they saw him coming, they all laughed and said, "It's just right that we took out the bricks first. The ones you pinched are in there."
Yu Sui carefully moved among the bricks and walked in. In the dim light, his pottery jars and bowls were neatly placed there, and fortunately none of them were cracked.
He first touched the large pottery jar. Due to his poor skills, the thickness of his pottery jar was not uniform. What is worth praising is that his glazing was very successful, and it felt very warm, smooth and delicate in his hands.
Yu Sui happily picked up the pottery and asked Xiao Chu to hold the bowls and plates, and the two of them walked outside carefully.
In the sunlight, the pottery he fired appeared light yellow, and its smooth surface reflected the sunlight, which was very stunning.
In modern times, such pottery products are of course still very crude, but in this world with backward productivity, they are already advanced. Orcs cannot make pottery and need to exchange, and even the human world mainly uses coarse pottery.
The dwarves admired Yu Sui's pottery in amazement, and even the large pottery jars with uneven thickness were touched by them.
They also primarily used coarse pottery, though wealthy dwarfs used gold and silver, a habit they had learned from the human nobility. This kind of pottery with such a smooth and delicate surface was the first time they had seen it.
"I said it's a pity that you're not a dwarf!" Uncle Robert patted his waist (he couldn't reach his shoulders) and laughed.
He also dislikes his height. Every time he looks at Qi, he has to look up, Yu Sui thought to himself.
Everyone was very happy that they had successfully made bricks, and they sang and cheered excitedly near the brick kiln.
Yu Sui was infected by their joyful atmosphere, and thinking that he was free from now on and no longer had to dig stones, he couldn't help but grinning, throwing Xiaochu into the air and catching him again.
Hank and the other cubs looked on with envy, and asked their parents to toss them up and play with them as well.
Red bricks were pulled out in carts. The cement that Yu Sui had mentioned before was also produced by the dwarves when there were sufficient raw materials. After experimenting with the proportions several times, they even figured out how to make the concrete stronger.
The houses that the dwarves need are not big, and the bricks from one brick kiln can build many houses.
Chief Bangbo insisted on building a new house for Yu Sui first, but Yu Sui refused without hesitation.
There are only two months left until winter, and the dwarves are not as cold-resistant as the snow wolves. Besides, with the dwarves' infrastructure capabilities, he will definitely be able to live in a new house before winter.
Moreover, the snow werewolf is full of energy and strength. He is now equivalent to several human workers.
The dwarves are now divided into three teams to work: one team is making bricks, the second team is building houses, and the third team is making cement and glass. Other things will be put aside for now, and we will come to settle down first.
From time to time, the snow werewolves would send people over to help dig and knead the mud, while making bricks was the job of the dwarf cubs and the snow werewolf cubs. Every day, the cubs rolled around in the dirt, and they would compete to see who could make more and more complete bricks.
Thanks to their efforts, the bricks can fully keep up with the supply of brick kilns.
Yu Sui took the pottery to show Hei Yan.
Heiyan couldn't let go of these pottery bowls and pots. After learning that Yu Sui had successfully made them, he slapped his thigh with joy.
He was very proactive and decided to find the Snow Wolf People to learn from Yu Sui, so that they would no longer have to exchange pottery jars with human caravans.
These snow wolves are very strong, and some pottery jars are always accidentally damaged. A lot of fur is needed to buy these pottery every year.
Yu Sui wanted to select some dexterous snow wolves to make pottery blanks. After all, he had experimented with it himself and found that it was really difficult to control the strength of the mud. It would be extremely difficult for a careless person to do this.
Karan is the first choice, as she is a rare and thoughtful person among the snow wolves.
Heiyan placed the pottery made in Yusui on the square where the tribe distributed meat, and called all the tribesmen to come and see.
As expected, the high-quality pottery once again captured the Snow Wolf People. When they heard Hei Yan say that they could learn how to make this kind of pottery from Yu Sui, they all signed up enthusiastically.
Yu Sui first chose Kalan and ruthlessly rejected Ashan. As a foodie, Ashan was indeed talented in cooking, but he would never do anything else.
Vanilla is also fine. Last time when I was sewing activated carbon bags, Yu Sui found that this girl was indeed very careful and had dexterous hands.
Moreover, their tribe only needs to make pottery for their own use and has no plans to sell it, so it won't take up too much time. Even as a warrior, she is fully capable of doing this job.
He remembered that Xu was very attentive in the original story, and that was indeed the case when they got along. He just didn't know if he could do handicrafts, so he chose him first. Yu Sui didn't know much about the others, and the original owner didn't remember them either. After all, the original owner was busy chasing after Qi every day.
After thinking for a long time in distress, Yu Sui looked at Lu for help.
Lu received his gaze and pointed at Qi with a smile. "Qi will definitely be able to do it. He's the best fur handler in the tribe."
Xu immediately agreed: "Yes, Qi can do it."
"Well, now there are enough of us," Yu Sui clapped his hands. It was just right to choose both of them and cultivate their relationship.
He brought a few people to the brick making area, where there was refined mud and the wooden boards he had used to make pottery were also placed.
He demonstrated by first taking a ball of clay and shaping a large pottery bowl for a few people. He used his feet to push the wooden board hard to make it turn, and his hands slowly shaped it as the clay ball turned.
When Qi and Xu came here to help before, they often saw Yu Sui playing with mud and kicking wooden boards. It turned out that he was making pottery at that time.
Especially Xu, he often made fun of Yu's calico face.
After Yu Sui finished his demonstration, Qi took the lead and picked up a ball of clay, put it on the wooden board and learned to make the clay according to Yu Sui's method.
Opening a clay block always looks easy, but the difficulty is only revealed when you actually try. If you don't control the force precisely, the mud will splatter everywhere. Soon, the mud in Qi's hand was splattered everywhere.
The other three also tried it separately, but only Kalando persisted for a while, while Xu and Xiangcao flew away in the mud in a few seconds.
Yu Sui felt the same way. He had been practicing for a long time and rolled himself into mud.
After letting everyone try it out, Yu Sui prepared a wooden board of similar size for each of them, put something underneath to ensure that it could be rotated, and asked them to practice more in front of their respective wooden boards.
Yu Sui walked back and forth among them, teaching them how to use force to better open the blank. With his experience, the other four people gradually mastered the strength and technique.
The four clay figures looked at the mud on each other's faces and bodies and couldn't help laughing.
Kalan and Vanilla are stronger than the two male snow wolves. The pottery jars they made are already very realistic and the thickness is also uniform.
They did a very good job in making pottery for the first time, at least better than Yu Sui's initial flustered start.
After taking a few clay figurines to the river and cleaning them, Yu Sui decided to make a good meal to reward everyone today.
The big fish caught by the tribe were fresh and plump. Yu Sui removed the fish meat, put it on a large wooden board, and chopped it into meat paste with a fish scale knife.
Put the minced meat into a clay pot, chop the wild onion, soak it in water and slowly pour it into the clay pot while stirring clockwise with a wooden stick.
Add salt and a little flour, and continue to stir clockwise until it is well mixed. In fact, starch is better for increasing viscosity, but since I didn't have starch, I used flour instead.
The monster meat was also chopped into pieces and minced into meat paste. Several other people came to help. Xu and Qi, who were not used to using the fish scale knife, used their claws to help grab the lean meat into small pieces, and then Kalan and Xiangcao chopped it into meat paste.
They took over the task of mincing the meat, and Yu Sui focused on seasoning it.
The chopped monster meat was also mixed into the meat filling. Yu Sui lit a fire and put a large iron pot on it. He poured the animal oil at home into the large iron pot and would use it to fry meatballs later.
Fish balls boiled in boiling water are more tender and delicious. He then put the clay pot he had made on the fire and poured in water, just to test how the clay pot he had made could withstand the heat.
When the oil and water are boiling, Yu Sui fries meatballs and a few fish balls in an iron pan, and then puts the fish balls into the boiling water.
He was a little overwhelmed by himself, so Karan looked at his techniques and quickly started to help.
Yu Sui just wanted Kalando to learn cooking techniques. After the meatballs and fish balls were put into the pot, he asked Kalando to try to mix the remaining meat paste into stuffing.
This is not difficult for Karan. She has a high level of comprehension of these things, but is limited by the orcs' limited knowledge of these things. Since she started cooking with Yu Sui, Karan has learned very quickly and can apply what she has learned to other situations.
The meatballs made with vanilla are also very round, while those made by Xu and Qi are a bit odd in shape. However, as long as the meat filling is mixed well, they will be delicious no matter what shape they are after being cooked.
While cooking, Yu Sui chatted, "Brother Qi, it would be great if the tribe had a canteen. It would be lively for everyone to eat together, and it would save trouble when we are busy."
"What is a cafeteria?" Qi asked puzzledly.
Yu Sui looked up and thought for a moment about how to put it. After a while, he said, "The canteen is a place prepared by the tribe for everyone to eat. This way, when things get busy, you don't have to cook at home and can just eat in the canteen. Whoever comes to eat in the canteen can prepare some ingredients in exchange."
As he fished out the cooked meatballs, he continued, "Leave a few of our tribesmen in the cafeteria to prepare food. They don't have to provide ingredients for the cafeteria to eat, and this can be used as a reward. That's about it."
Qi pondered for a moment.
Vanilla looked at her mother Karan, who was mixing the meat filling with a smile on her face, and thought that this was indeed a good idea.
Her mother was not very strong and could not go out hunting or fighting as a warrior. If this canteen could be established, her mother would definitely like this job.
Xu also agreed and said, "This cafeteria is great. It will save everyone a lot of trouble. It would be even better if Xiaoyu was responsible for making the food."
"This is indeed a good suggestion. I will discuss it with my father." Qi Ye said pertinently.
Having successfully achieved his goal, Yu Sui devoted himself to cultivating Kalan's cooking skills. When the cafeteria was built, he recruited Duoli as well, and after teaching them, Yu Sui retired.
I'm afraid two females will not be able to handle it, so we can pick a few more people, such as Ashan. The winter warriors are relatively free, and Ashan is greedy and learns quickly, so it's just right for him to go to the cafeteria.
When the time comes, I will ask Chief Bombur. If the dwarves are willing to come to the cafeteria to eat, I will add some more dwarves to work in the cafeteria.
The dwarves are weaker than the snow werewolves, but their learning ability is much stronger than that of the snow werewolves.
All the minced meat was made into meatballs and fried. Yu Sui scooped a bowl for each of them, and the rest of the fried meatballs were scooped into a large ceramic plate and placed on a wooden board.
The fried fish balls are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, while the meatballs are charred, chewy, and juicy. The boiled fish balls are chewy, tender, and delicious.
Yu Sui added the soup used to cook the fish balls to the fish balls in their bowls. The bright white soup paired with the tender fish balls, and some wild onions sprinkled on top, was really appetizing.
He took out the rice vinegar he had brewed earlier, added some to the soup, and handed it to everyone, asking them to add it according to their taste.
It was the first time for the Snow Wolf Man to eat vinegar. The rice vinegar tasted fresh and sweet, and it was amazing when paired with the fish ball soup. After tasting it, several people's eyes lit up.
After learning that this was actually made of rice, I was even more amazed at Sui.
Afraid that the meatballs would not fill everyone up, Yu Sui also grilled some meat for them.
He ground the pepper and chili into powder and put them in a spice jar that he had Uncle Robert make for him, with a small hole in the iron lid for sprinkling the spice on the barbecue.
He also made one for fine salt, so that it can be sprinkled on the barbecue more evenly using a jar and it won't be too much or too little.
Karan tried using a jar to sprinkle the seasoning on the meat, and it really worked. But the salt seemed whiter than before...
Without thinking too much, she took the seasoned barbecued meat to the large wooden board where everyone was eating. Everyone ate the barbecued meat with delicious fish ball soup and fried meatballs, and they felt that this meal tasted better than before.
Yu Sui brought some meatballs home for them all, and even saved a bowl for Xiaochu, who had been having a blast. He and Xiaohua and the other cubs had recently been competing with the dwarf children to see who could make the most bricks in a day. They were strong but not as dexterous as the dwarf children, so both sides were working hard.
He hadn't made tofu recently. Every day, he collected beans from the tribe and put the remaining green beans, except for those used for storage, in the tent in the corner. He had already saved quite a lot.
As for the various fruits and eggs that Lu had sent him these days, Yu Sui moved most of them to the basement and stored them, where they could be kept for a longer time without spoiling.
Yu Sui soaked all the beans in several large clay pots. Since the dwarves came here, he had been busy with many things and had not made tofu, so except Uncle Robert, the other dwarves had not eaten it yet.
I'll give some to the dwarves tomorrow so they can try a new way to eat beans. Dwarves have plenty of food, and beans are one of their staples. Learning how to make tofu will give them another way to eat it.
Thinking of the four-story basement that the dwarves had dug for him, Yu Sui couldn't help but smile. These dwarves were as simple and hardworking as the snow wolves. He sincerely hoped that they could all live well.
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