Chapter 96 Oven
There are two stoves in the new house, one is to the head of the current stove, and the other is to the head of the hall.
Because they were all separated, when my father was still at the house, Mr. Chen and his husband were cooking in the hall, while his father was cooking in the kitchen. Later, when his father went out to work, the couple moved to the kitchen to cook.
Because there were two coffins in the hall and house, it was very inconvenient to cook. After they moved to the kitchen, they added machines to the hall and house to feed pigs, chickens and firewood, which are now even idle.
For example, the chimneys of the two stoves were built with acres of bricks, and the pillars on the middle of the street were also built with acres of bricks. So when I was building this house, I bought more than a thousand bricks, and dozens of them were left on the eaves of the back.
"Well, my master, if it's not enough, Binbin and I will move, so you don't have to go." After putting down the bricks in my hand, Xiaoxi also patted the dust on her body. Fortunately, she was wearing old clothes, so she was buried. Xiaoxi learned it from her Northeastern classmate in the university dormitory in her previous life.
After randomly patting the dust on his body, Xiaoxi squatted down and fiddled with the aboriginal bricks. Chen Yubin handed the bricks aside. When Mr. Chen saw that there was nothing to do, he stood aside and watched.
Because of the first time, Xiaoxi gestured several times. Mr. Chen stood behind her and stared at her blankly. He felt very stressed and said embarrassedly: "Grandpa, go and pound the chestnuts in the right nest, and use them later. It will probably take a while for me to build them here."
Knowing that she was uncomfortable, Old Master Chen nodded and went back to the house to get things.
As soon as Mr. Chen left, he felt relaxed physically and mentally. Although there was Chen Yubin there, there was no pressure. He calmed down and thought seriously about how to build the oven.
With the memories in my mind and the things in my hands, I quickly built them up.
"Binbin, go back to the house to get matches and a few pieces of wood, let's try it." After setting up the oven, Xiaoxi asked Chen Yubin to go back to the house to get things, and she found a house to go in at will.
After entering the space, Xiaoxi found what he needed in a corner of the courtyard, a piece of iron plate.
It was still a large iron plate. I don’t know what it was for. It was when she went to Beijing last year. One night they finished their meal and took a walk and picked it up at a turn.
The place was very dark. Fortunately, Xiaoxi's eyes were pointed, so she sneaked over and threw it into the space. Because the whole iron plate was very heavy, it was put here when it was put in.
Because she hadn't talked about space to Chen and the others at that time, she sneaked into the space under the darkness. When Chen's mother turned around and saw her coming from the corner, she casually asked, "Where are you doing?"
Xiaoxi blushed and said she would go to get rid of her hands. She didn't blush because she lies, but said she would blush. She hadn't urinated anywhere for many years, so why did she tell this lie today?
This matter was not put in Chen's heart, but just said seriously: "There is no street light in this area, so I have to keep up with it so as not to lose it."
To relieve one's hands means urination. In the countryside, you can't find a toilet in the wilderness, and finding a remote place to carry someone on your back is like that. There is no requirement that you cannot urinate or defecate anywhere.
We used the acreage bricks we brought in to measure the size and found a ballpoint pen to mark them. The oven built outside was three bricks long and one brick wide.
When you draw lines with a pen and a ruler, Xiaoxi uses his mental power to cut iron plates.
A total of three small iron plates were cut down. Because the iron plate was thick, it had to be cut thin.
She drew the lines with a ballpoint pen and a ruler. Although she mastered her mental power well enough, she was not fine enough, so she could only cut it in half.
After taking the firewood and matches out, Chen Yubin saw that there was no one in the yard, so he turned around and asked the old man Chen in front of him: "Master, where is the sister?"
Mr. Chen turned his head to the left and signaled to go to the house. Chen Yubin took the things in his hand into the house next to the kitchen. There was no one in the house. Mr. Chen could not lie to him, so he just entered the space. Otherwise, why would she come into this house?
Because the stream's mental power broke through the third floor a few years ago, the current time ratio between space and outside world is five to one.
When Chen Yubin sat next to Mr. Chen, the flowers were almost dying and Mr. Chen was about to pound the chestnuts, Xiaoxi walked out of the house with his clothes in his arms and his face flushed.
Because the space is at room temperature, Xiaoxi's body becomes hot inside, so he takes off his sweater and jacket as soon as he goes in. He cuts the iron plates behind him, which makes him sweat a lot.
She was afraid that Mr. Chen and the others would be worried when they saw him, so she wiped the sweat off her face and put on her sweater before coming out.
Looking at his obviously sweaty head, Old Master Chen stood up, hurriedly snatched his clothes, put them on, pushed the stream, and said anxiously: "Go back to the house and bake for a while."
"Master, nothing is wrong, it will be fine in a while." Xiaoxi said indifferently, "No need to go back to bake." She was afraid that she would go back, so she couldn't explain to Grandma Chen.
Mr. Chen had a stern face and glared at her, "No need to roast anything, you see, your head is wet, don't go back and roast it, I'll say it again, it's almost the New Year."
"Okay, okay, I'll go back to bake, I'll go back to bake." Unexpectedly, Mr. Chen was just talking nonsense, Xiaoxi had to raise his hand to surrender. He pulled his jacket on his body and walked into the kitchen.
Seeing Mr. Chen and Chen Yubin coming into the house surrounded by the stream, Grandma Chen looked up in confusion, but she didn't see anything because of the backlight. It was not until she walked in that she saw clearly.
He hurriedly got up, pulled the stream and sat next to the fire, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said hurriedly, "What's wrong?"
"Uh~" Xiaoxi didn't know what to say, lowered his head and looked at the fire.
Seeing that Xiaoxi didn't say anything, Grandma Chen looked up and looked at Mr. Chen anxiously, asking, "How did you get this? You're sweating all over your head."
Mr. Chen cleared his throat embarrassedly, "Why did you get up and use bricks to build things outside? You're dancing with Binbin? Binbin goes outside and help me." He hurriedly pulled Chen Yubin out.
Jump means fighting.
Knowing that something was not a big deal, Grandma Chen gave her breath and didn't even notice that Xiaoxi was sweating heavily, while Chen Yubin, who was dancing with Xiaoxi, didn't sweat at all.
Grandma Chen then complained: "Look at you, you need to dance appropriately. She is full of sweat. If you catch a cold, I will see what you do."
"Oh, mother-in-law, nothing is wrong. I'll get nothing is wrong after I dry it." Xiaoxi no longer remained silent. If she didn't interrupt, Grandma Chen could talk for half a day alone.
It was really okay. Grandma Chen told her to dry the sweat on her body, then she got up and returned to the stove to watch the fire. It took a long time to remember Chen Yubin who was with Xiaoxi. Xiaoxi was braking sweat here, so why didn't he come?
However, when I saw him just now, I felt dry and didn't seem to be sweating. I looked at the stream next to the fire, and what was going on. But, I just had nothing to do. Why do I think so much, so I threw it aside.
"Ma, the pot should be cooked. After cooking, it will be reduced to the firewood and burn it to a smaller fire."
"Yeah." Grandma Chen agreed, listening to the "gurgling" sound in the pot, she used torches to remove the big firewood in the pot hole.
After drying her clothes and heads, Xiaoxi greeted Grandma Chen and went out again.
Mr. Chen had long pounded all the chestnuts into mud. As soon as he went out, he saw him and Chen Yubin standing next to the oven, both in a daze.
Xiaoxi knew what was going on. The excuse just now was full of flaws. He must be afraid that they would be asked by Grandma Chen when they went back.
She raised her eyebrows, and she didn't say much, walked over quickly.
"Sister~" Hearing the footsteps, Chen Yubin turned around and saw that the stream had come out, so he raised his big smile. He really didn't know what to stand here, but he was pulled by his grandfather, so he didn't dare to disobey him, so he had to follow Mr. Chen.
"Have your clothes dried?" Old Master Chen's stiff cheeks couldn't help but relax.
"Well, it's all dried. Master, I'll continue to make this." Xiaoxi pointed at the oven next to him with a smile.
Mr. Chen nodded and took a step back.
He threw several cut iron plates into the open space, frightening Chen Yubin backwards.
Remove the oven you just built and put the iron plate in. There is no gap at all in the iron plate, which can not only isolate the wood ash well, but also has better thermal conductivity than acres.
There are three layers in the oven, the bottom layer is the one that burns firewood directly on the mud floor, the middle layer is the thing to be roasted, and the top layer is also burned with firewood.
The top was covered with iron plates, and the stream also installed a wooden handle on the iron plates, which was convenient for removal.
In addition to iron plates on the top and bottom of the baked part, there are iron plates on the outside to prevent heat from running out. A square wooden strip is also nailed in the middle of the iron plate for easy hand-holding.
There are iron plates outside the door that burns fire to prevent the cigarette from running out, which is smoky and ignite. In this way, they run out of the hole left behind.
Xiaoxi also made an iron plate, which was convenient for entering and exiting the oven and checking the baking situation. This iron plate was smaller than the iron plate, with two bricks long and one brick wide. It also had a wooden handle like the top lid, which was very convenient.
The upper and lower layers were lit on the heat. Chen Yubin went to find two red potatoes, washed them, and threw them into the oven. He blocked all the doors with iron plates. Then the few people stood aside and looked at the oven.
The cigarettes on both upper and lower layers ran out of the "chimney" specially left, but the one below did not block the door with iron plates, so a small amount of cigarettes ran out from the front, and there were no cigarettes elsewhere. It seemed that the oven was well equipped.
Chapter completed!