Chapter Thirteen Burning Charcoal to Make Money
Liang Chuan saw Zhao brother eating so deliciously. He was really hungry. Even to this extent, this boy could still give him the pheasant he had hunted. He couldn't help but admire him. Liang Chuan stroked his black nose and asked Zhao brother
The younger brother asked, "Brother Zhao, who else is there in your family?"
He didn't hide it when he recruited his younger brother. He was used to being alone. Everyone in the village knew that he was a bachelor. He was not afraid of other people's jokes. He answered Liang Chuan calmly: "To be honest with you, third brother, I have a family but I feel like I have no family. Mom,
He died early. My father also had an eldest brother. After my eldest brother begged my sister-in-law, I didn’t go home very often. I used the sky as my bed and the ground as my bed all day long. Anyway, I’m not welcome back home!”
Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. The most famous conflict between uncles and sisters-in-law is undoubtedly the accident between Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, and his sister-in-law. It is not surprising that Liang Chuan, the younger brother, would ask him about his pain points. What are these, and those who have not eaten?
I have survived the days without food or drink, so why would I still care about what others think of me? How others think of me is not as important as a bowl of hot rice.
I didn't want to go back to my home and wandered around all day long. No wonder I had no food to eat and had to live with a dog. Fortunately, he happened to be at home when I went to look for him for a magnet that day.
Yi Niang naturally knew these stories. She pushed Liang Chuan's arm, not wanting Liang Chuan to continue to hurt Zhao Di. However, Liang Chuan already had a plan in mind and ignored Yi Niang's suggestion and continued to ask Zhao Di.
: "Then you caught this pheasant on the mountain?"
"Yes, we have been wandering around the mountains, and when we find any prey, we will hunt it down. Usually, the hares, pheasants, etc. we encounter are our meals." Zhaodi had already finished eating at this time, and he was thinking about it.
He was smelling the fragrance of rice, but his eyes were watching Hei Bi slurping down the food, his expression recalling the hard times with Hei Bi at that time.
Damn it, this is a mythical beast. It can also catch game. Liang Chuan looked at this black dog and didn't expect it to be so promising. This young man is not a good person. Looking at his tattered clothes, it is obvious that he has been wearing them for too long and no one has stitched them.
He is mended, but his body is clean and tidy. He should be washed very diligently. He is not a lazy person. He is hungry and his eyes are starry, but he still never leaves. He must be very affectionate and a good-quality young man.
I have fallen into this world. Since I want to live well, I can't just rely on myself. I must have a few capable helpers. This boy is good. If I can train him and keep him with me, he may be able to help in the future!
Yi Niang knew that Liang Chuan was completely different since he recovered. He was thinking and doing things that he couldn't understand. Especially last night, it gave her a completely different feeling! She couldn't see what Liang Chuan was thinking now.
She would be shocked if she knew that Liang Chuan was eyeing this young man.
The more Liang Chuan looks at this young man, the more he likes him. Firstly, this man saved him in the first place and gave him his life. Secondly, this young man is not in a good situation now. It seems that he depends on the weather for food. If the sky does not reward him, he can only starve.
There is no background for the third time, so it is best to be clean, so as to save trouble in the future. Liang Chuan thought about the middle-aged woman at the door of their house who recruited his brother during the day, and asked thoughtfully: "Recruiting brother, you
Has your sister-in-law been trying to kick you out of the house?"
Brother Zhao was very surprised why Liang Chuan suddenly asked this question, and said, "It doesn't matter to me. I have pity on my honest brother."
Liang Chuan's guess was indeed correct, and he continued to ask: "Why don't you come to our place? There is a small shabby house next door. It doesn't rain much this winter. In two days, I will live in the whole house with you! You too
Don’t you want to go back and see your family’s faces?”
Yi Niang did not expect that Liang Chuan would say this. The so-called alienation is not close. After all, they are relatives, and she is an outsider. It is inappropriate to say this. Zhao's brother's family has a spicy sister-in-law who is famous in the neighborhood.
My brother's elder brother was pointed at and scolded by his sister-in-law every day at home, to the point where he couldn't even raise his head, let alone his little uncle.
This sister-in-law usually dislikes the behavior of Xianyun Yehe, Zhaodi, but she doesn't like to get angry in front of her. She always curses behind her back and leaves the cooked rice until it goes rancid before giving it to Zhaodi. Yi
Mother didn't want to make her younger brother look bad, so she quickly poked Liang Chuan with her hand. Liang Chuan glanced at Yi Niang, and Yi Niang shook his head.
"I may have to do something here in the future, but Yi Niang and I will definitely not have enough manpower!" Liang Chuan smiled at Zhaodi, just like the big bad wolf's grandmother looking at Little Red Riding Hood.
Zhaodi smiled and his eyes were like crescent moons, and they looked like crescent moons. He replied without much thought: "Third brother, tell me, I will definitely help you if I can!"
Liang Chuan thought for a moment and then looked at Yi Niang. Yi Niang was confused by him. Liang Chuan said: "A man should start a family and start a career. Sometimes he can start a career first and then start a family. Wandering around is not an option. Eat every day."
Last time I stopped eating, you saved my life last time, and your art lady kept nagging in my ears, saying that I would repay you well if I had the chance. The fact that we met here today means that we are destined to be together, and you should not follow me in the future.
We are having an affair. I plan to start making charcoal and sell it in the countryside. You can help me from today on. When you go back and clean up later, you can move to live with us and eat with us. If you make money, I will give you money to start working. What do you think?
Sample!"
What? How could Yi Niang believe Liang Chuan's lies, but she didn't resist much when she heard that she could take care of her brother-in-law. That's okay, burning charcoal? He still has this ability?
Zhaodi couldn't believe his ears. He looked at Liang Chuan's house and found it was empty. He was no better than himself. Moreover, in his impression, the third brother was an honest and honest man. There was no charcoal to burn. He was afraid that he wouldn't listen.
That's wrong, but what's the difference? Today I'm almost starving to death. No matter how much I can't eat, it's almost the same. The difference is that if I die in the third brother's house, the third brother may help me collect my body out of love. If I die outside, it's stupid.
Sweeping it up means burying it.
Almost without hesitation, Zhaodi said to Liang Chuan: "Sure! Third brother, I will do whatever you say!"
Things went more smoothly than Liang Chuan imagined. On the same day, he went back to pack up his belongings in his miserable state, and came back with only two pieces of tattered clothes and a big, chipped bowl for eating with a black nose.
Liang Chuan and Yi Niang discussed that although their home was small, the thatched hut next door was quite comfortable, so they closed up the gaps between the door panels and the earth wall to create a small room next to it.
Let's sleep in the house today. The ground is spread with some thatch. The fire in the stove never stops all day long. The thatch for sleeping is piled next to the stove, and the warmth comes through.
At least it's better than the hellish place where the wind leaked from all sides. When I feel better, I can build another house for my brother-in-law next to my house.
After settling down to recruit his brother, it was already noon. Without lunch, Liang Chuan began to work on his charcoal-burning business. It happened to be winter, and every household needed this thing more or less. There were all kinds of firewood on the mountains behind, and now he
The body has recovered, the younger brother is in place, the right time, place and people are all in place, so we can start firing.
To make charcoal, you burn firewood to a certain level, bury it with grass ash and soil, and use the waste heat to simmer the burned trees into charcoal. Many families in rural areas use earthen methods to make charcoal for heating in winter.
At the moment, Liang Chuan has never done it with his own hands. He has only seen people in the village do it with his own eyes. Based on his memories, he doesn’t know how much charcoal can be burned. At the moment, he can only cross the river by feeling the water and try his best. Liang Chuan burnt the charcoal.
The charcoal site was chosen behind my house, with the house in front and mountains behind. There was no wind and it was close to the place where the materials were collected. This was also very convenient.
It is best to have a good charcoal kiln if conditions allow for local charcoal making, but it is impossible to drill a kiln now. When the cave is built and the charcoal is burned, spring will start tomorrow. Fengshan is a typical southern place.
The climate is cold in winter, but it is not as cold as the snow in the north. The amount of charcoal used is incomparable to that in the north. In addition, Fengshan has a small population base and limited market consumption capacity, so the amount of charcoal cannot be increased. The only thing we can do now is
I can say that we will test the market's response first, and if possible, expand production and make progress while maintaining stability.
Liang Chuan asked his brother Zhao to go to the stream with a bamboo basket to dig mud. By the way, he saw a large piece of grass and brought some back. There were some unowned and abandoned fields by the stream. No one had cultivated them for many years, so he dug out a little bit of them.
No one would say anything to Ni. Zhaodi was a local and walked around every day. He knew exactly which fields belonged to whose family and which fields did not belong to anyone else. It was best to ask him to fetch soil.
Liang Chuan asked Yi Niang to help him, and Yi Niang handed him to chop evenly shaped wood so that it could be easily stacked up. Liang Chuan erected the even and similar shaped logs one by one and surrounded them tightly one by one.
A tight circle, with wood piled on top to make it into a cone shape, then go to the mountain to pick up a large basket of branches and leaves, and cover the pile of wood thickly with the branches and leaves. Wait for these leaves and branches to easily
Ran wanted to act as fuel. After he finished these tasks, his younger brother also came back from collecting field mud from the stream.
Brother Zhao came back with a basket full of mud. His clothes and face were covered with blue-gray mud, just like a little clay figurine. Black Nose probably had the most fun, and there was no trace of dirt on his body.
It's clean. Brother Zhao saw that Liang Chuan Yi Niang was trying not to smile when she saw him like this. She was also a little embarrassed. She opened her mouth wide, showing her yellowish teeth, and said with a silly smile: "Third brother, do you think these are enough?"
Liang Chuan saw that he was sweating profusely. He was indeed a down-to-earth young man. Asking him to work was not ambiguous at all. He really brought you such a big pile of mud. This is enough. Liang Chuan stepped down from the mountain.
I picked up some red soil. Fengshan Township is located in the southeast. There are many Danxia landforms in the southeast. The soil is mostly red soil. Red soil is not easy to use, but the red soil and field mud are quite easy to use. Liangchuan added water to the field mud to create a lake.
, then mix in the red soil, and slowly stir the two soils evenly until they are almost even and not too mushy and not too dry, and then paste the field mud and red soil on top of the pile of wood that was just built.
Yi Niang was dumbfounded. It was weird that this wet mud could burn on wood! But it was the first time she saw someone making charcoal like this, and Liang Chuan made it in a decent way.
It seems real, "Can this wood still burn?"
Zhaodi is also an honest person and has never seen this kind of behavior before, "It's the third brother, are you playing in the mud?"
Liang Chuan knew how to use modern chemistry knowledge to explain to them, but they thought he was farting and didn't understand what he was talking about. Instead of wasting his words, it would be more straightforward to just burn it with charcoal later.
The conical shape of the firewood was completely wrapped in field mud, turning into a small volcano-like shape. A hole was left on it to ignite the wood wrapped in the mud. Three more small holes were dug out from the bottom of the conical earth bag.
It not only allows for air intake, but also makes it easy to observe whether the inside of the charcoal stove is burned to the bottom. With all these prepared, it depends on God's will whether the great cause of burning charcoal can be achieved.
Liang Chuan looked at Yi Niang and Zhao Di. Both of them were puzzled by his behavior. It was normal.
Liang Chuan said to Yi Niang: "Yi Niang went to the stove to get a piece of burning firewood, and then took out the internal organs of the pheasant that Zhao brother had in the morning. Although there are no big lotus leaves now, I still want to invite him.
Chapter completed!