Chapter 53 Why did you close the door? (Seeking for further reading)
Li Qing followed Xu Ye back home with a bit of excitement.
As soon as she entered the courtyard, her heart was pounding.
With a bit of panic, he quickly closed the courtyard door and prepared to lower the door bolt.
"Why did you close the door?" Xu Ye glanced at Li Qing in confusion.
"Huh?"
Ignoring the shocked Li Qing, Xu Ye walked to the concrete and started stirring it.
"Xiao Qing, please move some green bricks to the innermost kitchen on the left."
There are three kitchens in this row. After all, the Li family used to be divided into three households, and they all lived here.
For safety reasons, the kitchens are all built in the same row.
These kitchens are surrounded by earth walls and are relatively independent.
If iron is wrought inside, the noise will be relatively less compared to other rooms.
Only then did Li Qing realize that she had misunderstood, and she quickly went to move the bricks with a blushing face.
After carrying a bucket of concrete to the small kitchen in the corner, Xu Ye began to smash the remaining earth stove.
Xu Ye still needs to use the chimney of the earthen stove. He chose to build the blacksmith furnace here because of the chimney and smoke outlet.
When he smashed it, Xu Ye discovered that blue bricks were also used in this earthen stove, and there were quite a lot of them.
So he ran to the kitchen in the middle and smashed the earthen stove as well.
I found that the inside was indeed made of blue bricks, including the chimney.
This was an unexpected surprise, and I got hundreds of green bricks.
He and Li Qing smashed all the earthen stoves, and then moved the blue bricks to the innermost room.
Then, Xu Ye began to build the coke furnace for blacksmithing.
This stove Xu Ye still uses the structure of a rocket stove. After all, this kind of stove has strong firepower and does not need to rely on a bellows.
When burning charcoal, it is not a big problem if the temperature reaches one thousand degrees.
If a bellows is added, the temperature can be higher, and iron can probably be melted directly.
After the structure is built with concrete, it is necessary to apply yellow mud mixed with plant ash.
This kind of mud is heat-resistant, cement is not so good.
Near noon, Xu Ye finished making the forge.
But after having more than a hundred green bricks, Xu Ye planned to make a workbench.
This will be his studio from now on, where he can forge and make some tools.
At around eleven o'clock, Xu Ye asked Li Qing and Li Qian to cook.
Because Jiang Ruyue knew that Xu Ye was working at home today, she left her pocket watch with him.
Therefore, when Jiang Ruo'an and Jiang Ruyue came back, they could already smell the aroma of food at home.
However, after the two of them came back, they did not go to the kitchen. Instead, they came to see Xu Ye first.
They were all curious about how Xu Ye's forge was doing and whether he was tired.
"Brother Ye, are you tired?" Jiang Ruo'an spoke first.
"It's not tiring, and it's not a heavy job." Xu Ye stopped and looked at the two sisters who walked in.
There are two small windows in this kitchen, and the light inside is pretty good.
However, Xu Ye was not satisfied and planned to open two large windows, hoping that his studio would be bright enough.
"This stove is really exquisite. It is completely different from the blacksmith stove of the State-owned Iron Service Co., Ltd." Jiang Ruyue couldn't help but say.
There were no private blacksmith shops at this time; everything was collective and state-owned.
The same goes for the blacksmith shop, so Xu Yecai and Yang Zongming said that there was no way out for blacksmithing.
Everyone needs a ticket to buy various ironware.
That's why Xu Ye built his own forge and forged it himself.
As long as you don't sell it, it's not a violation.
Xu Ye agreed with Jiang Ruyue's evaluation.
After all, his aesthetics has been baptized by later generations, so he naturally likes to be more refined and not so rough and primitive. The influence of later generations of industrial design still had some influence on Xu Ye.
"Same as that rocket stove."
"Is this called design?"
Jiang Ruo'an raised her chin proudly. After all, Xu Ye was her man, so he was proud of it.
"Well, let's just forget it." Xu Ye walked to Jiang Ruo'an with a smile and hugged her slender waist.
"Let's go, wash your face and eat."
When I come back from farm work, my body is covered in sweat and I need to scrub it off.
"After work in the evening, you bought your work points for tomorrow. I have something for you to do tomorrow." Xu Ye said while washing his face.
"No need to buy it, we can just ask for leave tomorrow. I'll do it." Jiang Ruo'an said directly.
You don’t need to buy work points to ask for sick leave, but you don’t just ask for it casually.
It will be easier for women, after all, they have their menstrual period.
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If we are not allowed to invite you, the people from the Women's Federation will cause trouble.
The current women's captain of their brigade is Yang Zongming's daughter Yang Hehua. She is such a strong lady that even Fan Dajun is a little afraid of her.
Speaking of which, Yang Hehua was also a hard-luck man. His mother died early and his father was disabled.
The driver who married one of the eight members of Shangxi Village was once the envy of the women in the village.
After giving birth to a pair of daughters, she was about to live a good life, but the man died in a car accident.
Her husband's family felt that she had defeated the man, so they drove her back to her parents' home.
Last year, I took over the job of the women's team leader and worked on behalf of many women in the village who were victims of domestic violence. I was highly respected by the women in the village, but not supported by the men.
After all, many men in the village believe that beating their wives is natural and Yang Hehua is meddling in other people's business.
"What about sister, is she here too?" Xu Ye glanced at Jiang Ruyue.
He knew that women's menstrual periods could affect each other, and then gradually get closer.
But it's not absolute.
"I came here this month, two days before hunting." Jiang Ruyue said with a blushing face.
In this day and age, things like this are still very private.
Even with her husband, it is difficult to talk about it.
"Then you buy work points, we won't take advantage of the team." Xu Ye said directly.
"Okay." Jiang Ruyue nodded obediently.
They were all curious about what Xu Ye would arrange for them tomorrow.
"Boom!"
Suddenly there was a thunder in the sky and some raindrops fell.
"Please invite me this afternoon too. If it rains, don't go to work. It's not good for your health." Xu Ye said simply.
Nowadays, even if it rains, you have to wear a raincoat to work. As long as there is no knife, the production team will organize the villagers to go to work.
Because Xu Ye predicted that it would rain in the morning, he asked Li Qing to move the concrete and yellow mud needed into the hall without worrying about rain.
After having lunch peacefully, Jiang Ruoan and Jiang Ruyue waited until the time came before going to the production team to ask for leave and buy work points.
Xu Ye and Li Qing remixed some concrete and prepared to paint the wall in the afternoon.
After a while, Zhang Sanbao also came to help.
He didn't want to work when it rained, so he asked his father to buy him work points.
After having money in his pocket, Zhang Sanbao's thinking changed a little.
At the same time, I wanted to hug Xu Ye's thigh even more tightly.
After all, Xu Ye can not only hunt, but also forge ironware and lay bricks.
He wanted to learn from him, and it was always good to have another skill.
If you can no longer hunt anymore, you won’t have to go back to digging for food in the soil.
He thought very clearly that farmers would be poor forever, and they could only make money by doing other things.
(End of chapter)