Chapter 249：All Necessary Preparations Are Made! Sealing the Kiln and Firing Bricks!
After eating Gnocchi Soup.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, tired from a day’s work, returned to their wooden houses early to sleep.
The next day.
Waking up early, I first took the Beast-eared Girls to plant wheat.
Then, we continued to make unfired bricks.
Just like this, Lin Ye and the Beast-eared Girls spent three more days making unfired bricks.
The charcoal that Shi and Ganyu had burned was also stored in a very large quantity.
It was all piled up beside the brick kiln.
Finally, after a full day of making unfired bricks on the fourth day.
Lin Ye spoke to the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls during dinner.
“Tomorrow, everyone doesn’t need to make unfired bricks. Tomorrow, we will start firing the bricks needed to build the furnace.” After so many days of hard work, this day had finally arrived.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all laughed happily.
After such a long wait.
The anticipation of the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls had reached its peak.
When it was time to sleep that night.
They tossed and turned in bed for a long time before falling asleep.
“Place the bricks on the ground like this, stacking them one by one.” “Make sure they are stable, don’t let them fall during firing.”
Lin Ye stood inside the brick kiln, directing the Beast-eared Girls to place the dried unfired bricks into the kiln.
There was no technical skill involved.
It was just stacking them, one on top of another.
In a short while, all the unfired bricks were placed inside the brick kiln.
Walking out of the brick kiln.
Lin Ye began to block the entrance with the green bricks left over from building the kiln.
After blocking the entrance with green bricks.
He then used mud to seal all the cracks.
Looking at the completely prepared brick kiln, Lin Ye nodded with satisfaction.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all stood behind Lin Ye.
Looking at Lin Ye with full expectation on their faces.
Seeing the appearance of the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls.
Lin Ye, with a smile on his face, spoke to them. “Start the fire! Open the kiln!” “Yeah~~~!”
Following Lin Ye’s command and the cheers of the Beast-eared Girls.
A fierce fire began to burn at the bottom of the brick kiln.
Xing and Yun began to pull the handle of the bellows steadily and slowly.
The charcoal was blown into a frenzy of burning, releasing heat.
The other Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls began to continuously add charcoal to the second layer at the bottom of the brick kiln.
Soon, the temperature around the brick kiln began to rise.
Lin Ye stood at the entrance of the brick kiln with mud.
He used mud to seal the cracks that appeared in the mud sealing the brick kiln, little by little.
The temperature inside the brick kiln began to rise rapidly.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls standing beside the brick kiln were already sweating profusely from the heat.
The Beast-eared Girls who were adding firewood were too close.
The fur on their ears had already become a little curled from the heat.
But every Beast-eared Girl and Winged Girl had a happy smile on their face.
Watching the fire burn fiercely beneath the brick kiln.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls were all looking forward to what the firebricks they had spent so much time and meticulously made with their own hands would look like when they were fired.
The burnt charcoal fell through the gaps between the bricks into the first layer below the brick kiln.
Then, the Beast-eared Girls would replenish the charcoal.
As charcoal was continuously added.
Flames could already be seen emerging from the top of the brick kiln.
They continued to burn like this for several hours.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls adding charcoal were changed in batches.
Lin Ye also let Xing and Yun rest for a while.
The temperature inside the brick kiln was conservatively estimated to be between 1200 and 1500 degrees Celsius.
The furnace could only reach temperatures of 1000 to 1200 degrees Celsius.
In this regard, the firing temperature was greater than the operating temperature.
Now, as long as this temperature was maintained to form these bricks.
The furnace could definitely be built.
After burning for another two hours.
Lin Ye activated his Eye of Investigation.
He saw that all the bricks inside the brick kiln were completely surrounded by flames.
He focused his gaze on the bricks in the central area of all the bricks.
The flame core was cooler than the outer flame.
But because it was in a brick kiln firing.
The surrounding walls reflected the temperature of the flames.
And the oxygen above was re-heated by the combustion of the flames.
This ensured that the temperature inside the entire brick kiln was uniform.
Lin Ye saw that the bricks in the center of the brick kiln were fired to the same extent as the other bricks.
He withdrew his gaze and made a rough estimate.
Continuing to fire like this for another two hours should be foolproof.
So, Lin Ye shouted to the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls. “It’s almost done, hold on for a while longer, keep it like this!” After hearing Lin Ye’s words.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls turned to Lin Ye and nodded confidently.
Then they immediately turned back and continued to busily work.
The consumption of charcoal was much faster than Lin Ye had predicted.
However, Lin Ye was accustomed to making the worst-case scenario plans.
So he had Shi and Ganyu burn a lot of extra charcoal.
This ensured the smooth progress of firing the firebricks.
The intense high temperature caused the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls standing beside the brick kiln to have their sweat dried before it could even drip.
After Lin Ye noticed this.
He asked Mingyun to lead some Winged Girls to fetch a few buckets of water from the well.
After the firing was completed, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls would surely be thirsty.
They would need to replenish their fluids quickly.
Lin Ye stood aside, repeatedly going over the plan he had already prepared.
Thinking if he had forgotten anything.
Under the intense heat, the feathers on the Winged Girls’ wings also began to curl up.
After firing these firebricks.
In a few days, the Winged Girls would not be able to fly anymore.
After another two hours of firing.
Lin Ye shouted to the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls.
“Alright, no more charcoal needs to be added, everyone step back!”
Hearing Lin Ye’s shout.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls looked back.
After putting down the charcoal in their hands, they moved away from the brick kiln.
Looking at the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls with red faces from the high temperature.
Lin Ye felt heartbroken.
But their faces were always wearing excited smiles.
Lin Ye quickly handed the water that Mingyun and the others had brought back to them.
And quickly had them take a few sips.
Next, they just had to wait for the brick kiln to cool down naturally.
After Sakura finished drinking water, she looked at Lin Ye with wide eyes and asked with a giggle. “Ye, can we take out those firebricks tomorrow?”
Hearing Sakura’s question, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all looked over.
Xing, halfway through drinking, heard Sakura’s question.
… She didn’t even stop to drink water, and immediately turned to look over.
Lin Ye affectionately stroked Sakura’s hair.
Her originally soft and shiny black hair.
Was now dry and rough from the heat.
And when he put his hand on it, it was a little hot.
Just like being out in the sun for several hours in the summer.
He gently smoothed Sakura’s hair.
Lin Ye spoke with a smile.
“Yes, tomorrow we can open the kiln and retrieve the bricks. Then we can start building the furnace.”
Hearing Lin Ye’s words, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all laughed happily.
Sakura also squinted and grinned, showing a bright smile.
Lin Ye looked at Sakura’s small face, which was smudged with black and white from carrying charcoal.
He reached out to wipe it for her.
But Lin Ye did not expect that after wiping a few times.
It actually got darker and darker.
Sakura’s face originally only had a few dark spots.
After Lin Ye wiped it, her entire face was almost completely black.
Lin Ye looked at his masterpiece.
His expression froze.
Sakura herself had not noticed anything unusual yet.
She just saw that Lin Ye’s expression seemed a little unnatural.
She blinked her big eyes and asked in confusion. “Ye, what’s wrong?” Hearing Sakura’s question.
Lin Ye quickly put on a smile on his stiff face.
“It’s nothing, what could be wrong? Go and rest with everyone else.” After Lin Ye finished speaking, Sakura didn’t think much of it.
She went to rest with the other Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls.
The other Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls saw Sakura’s big smudged face.
They couldn’t help but laugh.
But then, after wiping their own faces.
They found that their faces were the same.
After looking at each other, they realized they were all the same.
Then, a burst of silvery laughter erupted.
