Chapter 28 Mother Cat’s private life is a bit messy
During the drying process, there were two dogs guarding it. They were not afraid of chickens, ducks and birds coming to "make trouble", but Li Xiang did not leave. He was doing carpentry work in the pavilion.
The three-strand steel fork that I built before is still missing a fork handle. I haven't had time to make it before, so I can just process it today.
Then the rice also needs to be turned frequently so that it can be dried early.
According to his experience as a child, in autumn, he usually turns over every hour and needs at least 3 sun exposures.
Li Xiang was holding a long birch tree in his hand.
It was cut back when I went into the mountains. It was originally intended to be used as firewood in winter, but this one was thicker, longer, and straight. I thought it might be useful in the future, so I kept it.
He used a saw to cut it into pieces of about 2.45 meters, and then used a high-density knife to cut along the surface, cutting in circles. The diameter of the birch wood was about 7-12 centimeters. Li Xiang cut it into A stick with a thickness of five or six centimeters, and then use a woodworking plane to plan it, "carving it carefully".
Eventually, this piece of birch wood turned into a straight, uniform thickness, about 4 cm in diameter, and a very beautiful fork handle.
He shook it with one hand, just right.
Then, the "head" of the three-strand steel fork was installed and a nail was driven in to reinforce it.
Li Hong stood up and danced for a while, feeling pretty good.
Although I forgot to make a melon hammer for the tail end weight last time, the whole fork is a bit "top-heavy". The fork head is a full five kilograms of special steel. However, Li Xiang is very strong and "lifts a heavy weight as if it is light". "Incongruity" doesn't bother you at all.
The most important thing is that if a three-prong steel fork used in agriculture is made like an ancient cold weapon or a hunting fork, Li Xiang is worried that it will become a "regulated tool."
Well, in a word, the more rustic the better. When one looks at the soil in that kind of house, it is used for farm work.
Therefore, this three-strand steel fork has no blood grooves or barbs. Except for the sharp tips, each fork is round and the fork body is not edged.
Birch is not actually a good wood for making gun shafts, oh, no, fork handles, although in ancient times, birch was used to make spear handles because it is relatively hard and stable.
But there are better materials, such as ash, walnut, red oak, and oak.
Moreover, the ancient gun shaft was not purely made of wood, but a unique bamboo stick (bì).
That is, there is a hard wooden stick in the middle, and one or two layers of long bamboo sheets are wrapped around the outside. The outside of the bamboo sheets is tightly wrapped with high-quality rattan, and then the rattan is tightly bound with strong silk threads. Finally, paint is applied, and the raw paint is applied evenly layer by layer to make these materials tightly integrated into one, smooth and beautiful.
The gun shaft made in this way is much better than one made of pure iron or wood. The wood core maintains the hardness of the gun shaft, and the bamboo slices can increase flexibility on the surface, even if it is stabbed hard into the enemy's armor. Not easy to break.
Pure iron lacks elasticity, is too heavy, and consumes a lot of energy.
A more high-end craftsmanship than the bamboo and wooden wooden boards is Ma Chang's gun barrel.
A horse pole is extremely complex to make and takes a long time. It often takes five years to make it. In ancient times, only aristocratic families could not own it.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Shan Xiongxin had a huge spear called "Hangubai". It is said that the head of the spear alone weighed 70 kilograms. He almost killed Li Shimin with one spear. Fortunately, Xu Maogong stopped him in time and Taizong was able to escape. Tribulation.
This is not recorded in "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", but in "Old Tang Book: Biography No. 3".
Although the "fork handle" made of birch wood is not considered good, as a "farming tool", Li Xiang thinks it is okay. Of course, if there was a chance to get better wood, he wouldn't mind changing it.
If he finds good wood, he also wants to try the craftsmanship of horse poles and make a video: making horse poles using the ancient method. It just takes a long time, it will take three to five years before the video comes out.
Another thing is, if it is really made, wouldn’t it be too ugly to pair such an excellent horse pole with such a crude three-strand steel fork?
"Oh, I've thought too much. Let's talk about it later."
Moreover, Li Xiang felt that when the apocalypse comes and no one cares about it, the three-strand steel fork can be re-forged into a suitable gun head.
At about 3:30 in the afternoon, Li Xiang began to harvest rice. He still wrapped the piles of rice with raincloths, covered them tightly, and placed them in the yard. The weather forecast these days is sunny and not likely to rain.
When he got up the next morning and passed by the cat's nest, the old civet cat gave Li Xiang a big surprise.
Li Xiang took a glance and discovered that there were a few more little things in the cat's nest. He squatted down and counted them carefully. There were exactly five little ones, all of them huddled next to the mother cat's belly and fighting for milk.
"This mother cat's private life is a bit messy." Li Xiang looked at the cute kitten and couldn't help but sigh.
Because, among these five little ones, no two have the same color.
A white cat, a civet flower, a three-flowered cat, a cow, and a little orange.
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The cats are still too young to distinguish between male and female. Moreover, Li Xiang did not touch the kitten, because newborn kittens cannot be touched.
The breath of a newborn kitten is very single and pure. If a human touches it, it will be mixed with other breaths. Human hands often touch this and that, and the breath will be very mixed. This will lead to a problem, that is , the mother cat may think that this is not her cub, and will not feed it, or even bite it to death!
Although Li Xiang was the owner and the old cat should be familiar with his scent, Li Xiang still didn't take the risk.
In addition, newborn kittens are very delicate. They only have maternal resistance. If people touch them, they may pass bacteria or viruses to the kittens, which will cause the kittens to get sick.
"Congratulations, mother and son are safe." Li Xiang waved to the old cat, who raised his head and meowed a few times, seeming very proud of himself.
However, Li Xiang could see that the old cat was very tired and weak, so he thought about making something delicious to replenish the old cat's health.
Before the rice fish caught in the rice field water was finished last time, Li Xiang went to the "Dieshui Waterfall" and picked out the largest one, planning to make a delicious pot of spinach and fish porridge.
Both meat and vegetables are included, and the nutrition is balanced.
At this time, grandma also got up and found that there were five more little creatures in the house, and she couldn't help but be very happy. Grandma is also experienced, and of course she won’t touch the kitten casually.
As soon as Li Xiang mentioned his idea, grandma also became interested and said, "I'll make the porridge first, and you can make the fish paste."
"Don't worry, leave it to me!" Li Xiang took a kitchen knife and a chopping board and killed the fish downstream of the "Dieshui Waterfall", removing the scales, gills, and internal organs, but leaving the fish blisters.
This fish bubble, also called fish bladder, is a good thing. It contains a large amount of collagen, amino acids, vitamins, trace elements and other nutrients, which can help promote bone development, enhance immunity, beautify the skin, protect eyesight and promote brain development.
The most expensive fish maw is probably the goldfish maw, which is the swim bladder of the yellow-lipped fish. It is also called yellow-lipped fish maw and is known as one of the "Eight Treasures of the Sea".
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