Chapter 137: Beast-eared Girls with Work, No Work…
As the three Beast-eared Girls continuously added Rock Salt Blocks to the Pottery Pots, the water in the pots reached a saturated salt concentration.
Hearing Lin Ye’s words, the three Beast-eared Girls stopped adding Rock Salt Blocks to the Pottery Pots.
At this moment, Lin Ye realized that before he could even explain the next step, Shi was already looking at the Filtration Device.
Lin Ye smiled and nodded, then said,
“Next, first place an Empty Wooden Bucket under the Filtration Device, then use two Branches to support and pour it into the Filtration Device for filtering.” The Pottery Pot that had been burning on the fire, even though Lin Ye had left Handles, was now too hot to touch.
So, he could only use two Branches to lift the Pottery Pot down.
Shi had already remembered how Lin Ye did it last time, so as soon as Lin Ye finished speaking, she took an Empty Wooden Bucket and placed it under the Filtration Device.
Then, the three Beast-eared Girls poured the Concentrated Brine into the Filtration Device together.
As the Concentrated Brine from the Pottery Pots was poured into the Filtration Device, a large amount of Foam was stirred up inside.
The other Beast-eared Girls saw this scene, and their eyes once again sparkled with curiosity, stretching their necks to watch the situation inside the Filtration Device.
Lin Ye reminded them from the side again,
“Don’t pour too fast, otherwise it won’t be filtered completely. Pour it in slowly.”
With three Pottery Pots pouring in at the same time, Lin Ye watched as the Filtration Device could barely keep up, and the saltwater was about to overflow from the edges.
After hearing Lin Ye, the three Beast-eared Girls quickly lowered the Pottery Pots, allowing the Concentrated Brine to flow out slowly.
This caused the water level in the Filtration Device to slowly drop, and the Foam gradually decreased, finally disappearing.
When all the Concentrated Brine from the three Pottery Pots was filtered, a full bucket of saltwater was produced.
Lin Ye looked at the three of them and continued,
“Next, wash the Pottery Pots, then pour the filtered saltwater back into the Pottery Pots and keep them on the fire to boil.” As Lin Ye spoke, the three Beast-eared Girls followed Lin Ye’s instructions step by step.
The other Beast-eared Girls also seriously watched the actions of Shi and the other two.
It was their first time making salt, and so many people were watching. Ganyu and Lulu were extremely nervous, while Shi seemed to be handling it with ease, proceeding step by step in an orderly manner.
“Pour the saltwater back into the Pottery Pot, place it on the fire, and constantly stir with Branches to speed up the evaporation of the saltwater. Frequently add Firewood to the fire below, and don’t let the fire get smaller.” Lin Ye reminded them again at this time. The salt-making process had reached its final step; now they just needed to wait for the water to evaporate to obtain Refined Salt.
Then came a long wait. Bored while waiting, Lin Ye activated his Eye of Investigation to look around.
However, Lin Ye had already investigated every corner of the Tribe with the Detection Spell before.
After looking around twice, Lin Ye, feeling bored, closed the Eye of Investigation.
The water in the Pottery Pot would take a while to evaporate, so Lin Ye thought for a moment and said,
“It will take a long time for the water in the Pottery Pot to boil dry. You three go rest on the side for now, and let the others come and try it too.” Then the Beast-eared Girls took turns to experience it.
The sky gradually darkened. Before it got completely dark, the water in the Pottery Pot finally evaporated completely, leaving only the crystallized Refined Salt in the pot.
Lin Ye spoke again at this time,
“Take a clean Bone Knife and scrape all the salt from the pot into the bucket, then let’s hurriedly cook Boiled Potatoes and Barbecue!” Lin Ye had spent the entire day cutting Logs and was already hungry.
Seeing that the salt had finally been refined, he said eagerly to the Beast-eared Girls.
The Beast-eared Girls quickly took Bone Knives to scrape, but Shi stopped them all.
“Ye said to use clean Bone Knives. Yours are all used for cutting, so they definitely won’t work. Didn’t we have three new, unused Bone Knives from the beginning? Where did they go? Use those three Bone Knives.” After Shi finished speaking, the Beast-eared Girls all looked down and searched everywhere for the three Bone Knives Shi mentioned.
At this moment, Ganyu said, holding a Bone Knife, “The Bone Knives are here.”
After speaking, Ganyu kept one Bone Knife for herself and handed the other two to Shi and Lulu.
Then the three Beast-eared Girls began to scrape the Refined Salt from each Pottery Pot.
The other Beast-eared Girls looked at the Bone Knives in their hands and reluctantly put them away.
Shi, Ganyu, and Lulu were diligently scraping the Refined Salt, while the other Beast-eared Girls simply watched with their necks craned.
In a short while, most of the Refined Salt in the pots was scraped off, leaving a little bit in the corners that couldn’t be scraped. It would remain in the pot and could be used directly when cooking Boiled Potatoes later without needing to add salt.
After completing the three pots, they produced more than half a bucket of Refined Salt. Shi, holding the wooden bucket filled with Salt, happily walked towards the Cave.
With the Salt made, everyone began to prepare for dinner and Barbecue.
They also poured water into the Pottery Pots again to cook Boiled Potatoes.
There was still more than a barrel of Rock Salt left to refine. There was no hurry; when they had time, they could let the Beast-eared Girls refine it themselves.
Lin Ye sat on the side, looking contentedly as the Beast-eared Girls joyfully grilled meat.
After dinner, everyone, tired from a day’s work, returned to the Cave to sleep.
The night passed uneventfully.
This time, Susu did not dare to snuggle with Lin Ye to sleep.
The next morning.
The Beast-eared Girls were busy with their own tasks.
Meanwhile, Lin Ye went to the Wooden House.
Yesterday, the floor of the Wooden House had been planed smooth.
Today, they could start building the surrounding walls.
The walls could also use the same connecting method as the floor, just carving out grooves at both ends and fitting them together one by one.
However, Lin Ye considered that Tornadoes appeared here frequently.
Therefore, Lin Ye decided to spend a little more time using Mortise and Tenon Joints to connect each Log.
This would increase the time required several times over, but to withstand the ravages of Tornadoes, Lin Ye had to do it.
Since the Wooden House was already this large,
Lin Ye planned to make the Wooden House three meters high, which would be sufficient.
A lower height would also be sturdier and more robust.
Lin Ye stood there, gesturing with his hands towards the ground of the Wooden House.
Finally, after pointing, he took out the Axe, Chisel, and Planer from his Storage Space.
He dragged a Log to the edge of the Wooden House and compared its length.
Then, he used the Axe to make a mark on it.
Next, he began to trim the Log.
First, he used the Planer to create two symmetrical flat surfaces on the Log, so that it wouldn’t roll around on the ground.
Then, he placed the Log at the very edge of the Wooden House. After determining the position,
Lin Ye used the Axe and Chisel to start making special shaped fittings for the Mortise and Tenon Joints at both ends of the Log.
The Mortise and Tenon Joints used in building houses are not as precise as those used in mechanisms or weapons.
The primary requirement for Mortise and Tenon Joints in building houses is always sturdiness and durability.
And there should be no gaps, otherwise, when two Logs are joined, there will still be shaking.
Therefore, Lin Ye also used an interference fit.
This meant it was a one-time deal; once this Wooden House was built, it could only be dismantled by destroying all the Mortise and Tenon connections.
However, even though the precision requirement was not that high, with Lin Ye working alone, the progress was very slow.
The entire morning passed, and Lin Ye worked tirelessly, but only managed to complete one layer.
Lin Ye measured them; each Log was about fifty to thirty centimeters long.
And to build a three-meter-high Wooden House, it would require at least seven to nine layers.
Lin Ye also noticed that the thickest Logs, about fifty centimeters, were not uniform in size and could not be used.
Because for the construction of the Wooden House, one layer required six Logs.
Two Logs placed vertically would form the shorter side walls of the Wooden House.
The front and back, however, required two Logs spliced together to be long enough.
Lin Ye also needed to leave space for doors and windows.
With over thirty Beast-eared Girls living here, one entrance would definitely not suffice. Lin Ye left one entrance on each of the four sides of the Wooden House.
This was the maximum number; because at least one end of these Logs had to be fixed.
If two entrances were left on the front, the Logs in between the two entrances would be rendered useless, with no support at either end.
Moreover, as they went higher, they would have to consider where to leave space for windows and ventilation.
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