Chapter 47 You Have Also Learned to Be Lazy

Without tools to hold water, they stood in the water and poured it into the pit dug by the water net. When they saw that it was almost done, they stopped. Shen Xiaoxiao mixed the mud with her hands and stepped on it with her feet until she kneaded it into a mud ball. Then she used water to activate some mud.

In order to prevent the mud ball from getting sand on it, she picked two large leaves and spread them on the ground, then divided the mud ball into small balls and began to roll mud strips.

Daya looked at her movements curiously. What was the goddess doing?

"This is the preparation before firing pottery. First, roll the mud ball into mud strips, and then roll it into the tools needed." Daya subconsciously asked the question in her heart. Shen Xiaoxiao looked at her and said.

"But isn't this all mud?" Daya still didn't understand. What can be made with mud?

"It won't be later." Shen Xiaoxiao smiled, and her hands didn't stop moving.

Daya didn't say anything else. She also took a piece of mud and rolled it into strips. However, the strips she rolled were uneven, thick in the middle and thin at both ends. She couldn't do anything. Shen Xiaoxiao saw this and said, "Wait a minute, the strips you rolled out like this can't be used." Rolling like this, no matter how many you roll, it's useless, and it also wastes the mud.

She took another ball of mud, "Look, use your hand to press evenly on the mud, and then start rubbing." Shen Xiaoxiao pointed to the thumb of her palm and said, "The size of the mud strips you roll out is uniform, so it's easy to use.

Daya nodded quickly after hearing this, took another ball of mud, carefully put her hand on it, and gently rubbed it. Shen Xiaoxiao said with a smile, "Don't be so careful, it's okay to use more force."

Daya smiled embarrassedly, "Okay."

"It's like this at the beginning, it will be fine when you get familiar with it. "Shen Xiaoxiao smiled and patiently explained the skills to her. Daya learned very quickly. Although she rolled the mud strips slowly, she was steady. Seeing that she got the hang of it, Shen Xiaoxiao said nothing more and focused on rolling the mud strips.

After rolling the mud strips, Shen Xiaoxiao took a ball of mud, put it on the ground and pressed it into a uniform and smooth circle. This is used to make the bottom plate. The thickness of the bottom plate is determined by the size of the pottery blank. The larger the bottom plate, the thicker it is, and the smaller the bottom plate, the thinner it is.

After making the bottom plate, Shen Xiaoxiao picked up a mud strip and rolled it around the outside of the bottom plate, and then continued to roll it up. After rolling it three times, she used her hands to press and smooth the place where the mud strip and the bottom plate met a little bit to make the mud strip and the bottom plate better connected. The dry place is Apply some mud.

After smoothing the joints of the mud strips, Shen Xiaoxiao continued to roll the mud strips. After rolling three or four times, she smoothed the joints of the two circles of mud strips.

Soon a double-ear casserole was made. She made a slightly smaller bottom, larger in the middle than the bottom, with the mouth of the pot retracted, and rolled out two circles at the mouth of the pot, and finally made two ears on both sides, which was convenient for taking.

Then she made a wide-mouthed double-ear casserole. She was worried that it would crack when it was burned, so two were safer.

Then she made the lid of the pot. Daya was surprised to see it on a plate. She didn't expect that the mud just now became like this. It looked like it could really hold things.

Seeing Daya's interest, Shen Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "If you are interested, you can also learn to make one."

"Okay. "Daya was eager to try. Shen Xiaoxiao taught her from the very beginning, and taught her how to roll the clay strips onto it. Daya rolled it four times and didn't roll it again. It was her first time, so Shen Xiaoxiao asked her to make a bowl first.

With a cry of surprise, Shen Xiaoxiao looked over and saw that the bowl in Daya's hand that was about to be formed collapsed into a ball of clay. Her eyes were full of disbelief and anger. Obviously, she didn't expect it to collapse. Shen Xiaoxiao comforted her, "This is normal. It will be like this if you don't master the strength at the beginning. Once you master the skills, this will rarely happen. "

Daya nodded and continued to roll the mud strips, but she tried four or five times before she finally succeeded. However, Shen Xiaoxiao didn't know what to say about the "bowl" she rolled out.

The "bowl" that Daya rolled out was two circles larger than the usual ones, and the bowl wall was much shorter. It seemed a bit big and shallow to be a bowl, but it was not a bowl, and it had the prototype of a bowl.

Seeing Daya's expectant eyes, Shen Xiaoxiao swallowed the words that were about to blurt out, "Not bad, it can be used." As for what to use it for, let's talk about it later, at least it can't dampen her confidence in doing it.

"Really?" Daya asked happily, Shen Xiaoxiao nodded, "Then I'll make another one. "Daya said excitedly. Sure enough, it worked for her to make it bigger. Now, it was successful. She would make it bigger. It would be much easier to make.

Shen Xiaoxiao looked at her hesitantly. Seeing her so excited, she was embarrassed to say something to discourage her. Of course, if she knew what Daya was thinking, she would not think so.

Now she was still thinking that it could be used as a plate at most. She didn't know that Daya was thinking about making it bigger.

Next, Shen Xiaoxiao arranged the spoon and soup spoon. As dusk gradually fell, she saw that there were still many mud strips left. Shen Xiaoxiao simply I made a double-handled bowl, which can be used to hold water for washing dishes, so that I don’t have to run to the river when washing things.

Thinking of this, Shen Xiaoxiao thought that she should get a water tank and install a water tank at the entrance of the cave to hold water, so that it would be much more convenient to use water.

But now it is a little dark, and there is no mud ball, so I have to make it tomorrow, and then I can make a deeper bowl to wash vegetables and so on.

After washing her hands, Shen Xiaoxiao and Daya went to the tribe. Daya looked at the pottery and said, "Goddess, don't we need to take these things back?"

"No, put it here to dry, wait for two days before burning it." Shen Xiaoxiao said as she walked. Daya was puzzled but didn't say anything.

"Daya, you are lazy now." Erya said indignantly. She had seen Shen Xiaoxiao playing with mud over there a long time ago. She didn't know why Daya would follow her to do such boring things. It was just a waste of time.

Daya frowned slightly and said, "I didn't go to pick today because the witch doctor allowed me."

"The witch doctor asked you to take care of the cubs, but you followed others to play with mud." Erya said indignantly. It can be seen that she was really angry about this matter. Although she said it to Daya, her eyes were always fixed on Shen Xiaoxiao.

"We are not playing with mud, we are burning pottery." Daya said quickly. Erya sneered and said, "You dare to say no, then what were you doing just now? Weren't you playing with mud?" What burning pottery, she saw it clearly, they were just playing with mud, don't think you can fool her after washing your hands and coming back.

Besides, if it was pottery, then fire must be used. She didn't see any traces of fire at all. Although she didn't know what pottery was, they were clearly lying.

"I said it wasn't." Daya only had a vague understanding of what Shen Xiaoxiao said about pottery. For a moment, she didn't know how to explain it. She was so anxious that she almost cried.