Chapter 19: bellows

Chapter 19: bellows

Chapter 19 Bellows

Ye Shi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay. I'm just afraid that you won't be able to remember what happened when you fled the country."

But this also reminded her of what the master had said before, so she said nothing more.

 As long as my daughter gets better.

Jiang Yunmian worked quickly and quickly packed away the chicken feathers. She said, "Mom, take these chicken feathers out to dry in the sun and burn them as grass."

Although Jiang Yunmian is only eight years old, he has also learned the habit of frugality and is reluctant to waste anything. Chicken feathers can be used as firewood when not used, otherwise it will be wasted if they are not thrown away.

Furthermore, chicken feathers can be used to ignite fires when dried. Otherwise, it would be difficult to ignite firewood if it is wet.

 When Jiang Zhiluo heard that chicken feathers were being used as firewood, she felt it was a waste.

"Mom, all these chicken feathers are wasted as firewood. I thought that if I wash and save these chicken feathers, I can make a mattress. A mattress made of chicken feathers or duck and goose feathers will be very warm."

 “Furthermore, if you want to make a bellows, you also need to use some chicken feathers.”

 When making the bellows, you also need to put the wind board with chicken feathers into the bellows at the end so that it can be pulled up and used easily.

Ye was stunned. They had never tried to use chicken feathers to make a mattress.

Perhaps my daughter is right, you can try making a mattress and use it if it feels warm.

They use old cotton quilts for winter quilts. They have been used for many years and are not very warm.

 But fresh cotton is really expensive, and there are many children at home, so I can’t afford so many quilts, so I can only continue to use old quilts and mattresses.

 But this is a cold northern land, and winter is really cold.

If you can use other things to make a mattress or quilt to keep warm, you can really try it.

Jiang Yunmian's attention was on the second sentence. She looked up at Jiang Zhiluo and asked, "Sister, what is the bellows you are talking about? Why does the bellows use chicken feathers?"

Jiang Yunmian had never heard of bellows.

 She was a little curious.

Jiang Zhiluo was slightly startled and thought about it. It is true that in this era, no one knows about the bellows.

“The bellows is a thing used to blow the air, so that when we burn firewood, it will burn more vigorously.”

Jiang Zhiluo couldn't explain scientific principles, because even if those physical principles were explained, Fifth Sister wouldn't be able to understand them.

 Can only be explained in the simplest terms.

Jiang Yunmian was already very smart. When he heard this, he suddenly became excited and said, "Sister, is it the feeling of blowing in the wind, making the firewood very strong?"

"When I make a fire, sometimes the flames are a little small, so I blow with my mouth. Sometimes there is less wind and the flames are not too big. But I roll it up with something. The stronger the wind, the stronger the fire. That's right. Not a blower?"

Jiang Yunmian wondered if it would be easier to make fires in the future if there was such a thing.

 Sometimes on rainy or rainy days, the firewood is a little damp and it is not easy to burn when lighting the fire.

 The same is true in winter.

 Some of the firewood has just been chopped back from the mountains. It has not been completely dried and is not easy to burn.

 She likes to burn the kind of firewood that is very dry in the sun. It burns very well.

When she was three or four years old, she helped her mother light a fire, but she was not very good at burning. It took her a long time to control the flames better.

Looking at her sister's smart appearance, Jiang Zhiluo smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's it."

“You’ll know if it works well after dad makes it.”

Jiang Zhiluo also wanted to ask her father to make one for her.

Although she has the memory of her predecessor, she was pampered by her parents, younger brothers and sisters at home, and could hardly work or make fires.

 And she doesn't know much about it either.

 So she can cook all kinds of delicious food, but she is really not good at burning firewood.

 Not to mention that in this era, people are also more economical with firewood.

Sometimes a bundle of firewood, if not used by oneself, can be sold for three or four cents.

Some people in the village will also cut firewood and sell it in the town. Although it is not easy to sell, you can get three or four cents from a bundle.

Xuanxuan said crisply in Jiang Zhiluo's arms: "Dad is great, and he can make a lot of things."

Jiang Zhiluo’s expression changed. Indeed, my father can do some manual carpentry work, so the family's conditions are better than most people in the village. Otherwise, my younger brothers and sisters would not even be able to have half a full meal.

 It’s just that her father is not a professional carpenter and can only do simple work. He can’t make some very complicated furniture and so on.

 So my father usually makes some wooden frame baskets to sell in the market.

 But these things are not easy to sell either.

 Because many villagers know how to do it, if they can, they can make it up themselves.

 Fortunately, my family has three acres of land, and my father is very strong. One person can do farm work as much as two ordinary villagers.

 So that the food harvested at home is okay.

 But there are many younger brothers and sisters at home, and there are many people eating, and it is not possible to eat every meal.

Mrs. Ye looked at her daughter and thought that her daughter was really good and suddenly became smarter.

 Perhaps getting married will make your daughter feel better all of a sudden.

 Sure enough, it is right to follow your daughter’s will and let her marry the person she likes.

 So when Ye looked at Cui Hejin, his face was full of satisfaction.

While they were talking and discussing the bellows, Jiang Xiangchuan returned with two large buckets of water on a pole.

Jiang Xiangchuan is tall and has an upright appearance. He can carry two large buckets of water back with ease.

 It's just that Jiang Xiangchuan's legs are not very good and he walks with a limp.

Jiang Zhiluo heard the sound and came out, and said happily: "Dad!"

 “Ai, my daughter is back!”

Jiang Xiangchuan looked a little solemn and smiled casually, but when he saw his eldest daughter coming back, he grinned with his teeth.

Cui Hejin also walked out slowly, saluted respectfully: "Dad!"

Jiang Xiangchuan also responded happily.

Xuanxuan hurriedly got down from Jiang Zhiluo's arms, ran up to Jiang Xiangchuan and said, "Dad, let me help you!"

 “You are still young, dad can instigate you.”

 This little weight is nothing to Jiang Xiangchuan, he has plenty of strength.

Ye said: "Why have you been here for so long?"

Jiang Xiangchuan said: "There are many people carrying water today, so we queued for a while."

Jiang Zhiluo knew that in the villages here, the villagers generally built one or two wells collectively, and everyone in the village had to dive into the water to drink water.

The same is true for the Cui family in Donghe Village.

It would be great if you could dig a well at home, and it would be convenient to use water.

 It is really inconvenient to carry water like this.

 It’s a good idea to wash clothes in the river here.

If there is no river, it would be too hard to carry water to wash clothes.

Jiang Xiangchuan poured two large buckets of water into the large vat, and the vat was full in an instant.

Jiang Zhiluo went over to scoop up water from a ladle and looked at it, then calmly poured some spiritual spring water into it.

After Jiang Zhiluo had a conversation with her father, she started talking about the making of bellows.

Jiang Zhiluo said in more detail. There was no paper at home, so she could only use branches on the ground to draw pictures with her father and explain how to make them.

Jiang Xiangchuan understood it as soon as he heard it and said: "Daughter, I know how to do it. If you need it, dad will make it for you early."

Jiang Xiangchuan and Ye both doted on Jiang Zhiluo. Whatever their daughter needed, they wanted to make it quickly.

Jiang Zhiluo thought for a while and said, "Dad, I want to start a small business, which is to set up a stall and make some snacks. Can dad help me build a small dining cart?"

 (End of this chapter)