roccoschili Chapter 188 "Washing Machine": Unleashing Your Productivity
Chapter 188 "Washing Machine": Unleashing Your Productivity
"Hey, what are you guys still doing here?"
Gao Mengli was curious; these people should have left after putting out the coal.
Bucktooth Jade jumped down from the roof and landed next to Gao Mengli. "Oh, Boss Lin said before that the coal should be mixed with yellow mud and pounded into coal slurry, so we had them pound the coal."
Gao Mengli nodded. No wonder he said these people looked even "darker".
Du Hao gave an awkward smile and quickly led the two bandits in a hasty retreat.
They had just finished their work and were about to leave when they overheard the three talking in the veranda.
Out of curiosity, I became completely absorbed in listening.
He swore to God they didn't do it on purpose...
Ah Li watched the group run away, her eyes growing deeper.
Looking down at Lin Xi on the veranda, he gestured as if to slit his throat, "Should we silence him?"
Lin Xi was shocked by A Li's words, her eyes widening in surprise. She panicked and waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "A Li, let's not be so impulsive."
My god, you actually want to slit someone's throat?!
Lin Xi wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Life is tough; you're constantly facing murder charges...
He glared at Ah Li and quickly pulled Gao Mengli back to the courtyard.
Looking at the coal slurry that had been pounded in the corner of the yard, Lin Xi remembered the pipes installed today. "By the way, Mengli, I had A Li assemble the bamboo exhaust pipe for the kitchen."
Upon hearing this, Gao Mengli called out to the roof, "Ali, bring up the coal slurry, I'll teach you how to make a fire."
Ah Li's figure floated down from the rooftop, carrying a wooden basin, and followed him into the kitchen.
Bucktooth Jade and the others quickly followed. It was said that this black goo could be used to start a fire, and they had to go and see!
Once inside the kitchen, Gao Mengli checked the pipes for leaks before taking the fire tongs and placing a piece of dry coal on the embers in the stove.
"Yanzi, take the palm-leaf fan and fan yourself from below." Lin Xi nudged Qian Yan'er beside her when she saw that the sparks were small.
Qian Yan'er took a palm-leaf fan and got the job done standing up.
In a short while, the coal turned bright red.
Ah Li couldn't help but move closer, wanting to find out more, but was forced back by the heat.
Bucktooth Jade exclaimed in amazement, "This black lump can burn so fiercely, it's much more powerful than the firewood we usually burn!"
Gao Mengli nodded with a smile: "That's right! This coal has a strong fire and burns for a long time. With it, cooking and boiling water can be done much faster."
At this moment, Gao Mengli used a small shovel to scoop up a piece of coal slurry and began to demonstrate to everyone how to apply the coal slurry to the inner wall of the stove, explaining as she did so: "This will make the heat more concentrated and will also prolong the burning time of the coal."
As they spoke, everyone watched as Gao Mengli covered all the hot coals with coal slurry, patted it evenly, and then drew a cross on the coal slurry.
Then, a hole was poked in the center.
Through the hole, you can see the burning red coal inside.
"Alright, tomorrow after you finish work, go to the blacksmith's shop and make an iron cover. Remember to drill a hole, and put it on top after you bring it back."
That's all for today. You guys open the kitchen window. This stuff is good, but it's poisonous.
"When we need fire tomorrow, we can just pry it open and use it; we won't need to start a fire every day."
Ayu nodded quickly in agreement, silently noting down what she needed to do.
After all, they need to take coal to the county town tomorrow.
Silent all night.
The next day, the sun was shining brightly. Lin Xi brought out a pile of dirty clothes from home and sat down by the well to wash them.
Gao Mengli pushed open the door and stretched.
Lin Xi was washing clothes while massaging her lower back.
Everything here is great, except that you have to do everything yourself, which is exhausting.
Ah Li, who was standing next to her, had a strong grip, so Lin Xi didn't dare to hand her clothes over to him to wash.
He squatted down to the side and washed his hands with soap, washing them vigorously.
Lin Xi rolled her eyes at him, annoyed. "You've washed your hands more than ten times already, aren't you afraid of getting them all scabbed over?"
Ah Li raised her hand and smelled it. "It smells good!"
This is my first time using soap, and it smells nice. I feel like if I wash my hands a few more times, they'll be marinated in the soap!
For the first time, he felt his hands were so "clean"!
Gao Mengli looked at the pile of clothes next to her and then looked at Lin Xi apologetically.
Because she changes her clothes every day, which is quite frequent given the underdeveloped productivity here.
"Ugh, if only we had a washing machine!" Lin Xi couldn't help but complain.
They longed to replace him with machines, thus freeing up his productive capacity.
"A washing machine?!" Gao Mengli smiled. What kind of daydream was her Lin Xi having?
After taking a couple of steps, Gao Mengli stopped, slapped her forehead, and exclaimed excitedly, "That's right! Xixi, I'll make you a 'washing machine'!"
Lin Xi: ? ? ? ?
Could it be that his Mengli is going to generate electricity?
Ah Li, standing next to him, looked completely bewildered. The two were speaking in coded language, and he couldn't understand them.
Gao Mengli pulled Lin Xi up. "Come on, grab the plank, let's go to the river!"
"Oh!" Lin Xi exclaimed excitedly, quickly wiping the water off her hands on her apron before following behind Gao Mengli.
From afar, Gao Mengli's voice came from outside the covered walkway, "Ali, you're here too."
Upon hearing this, Ah Li realized she had her own things to do, so she reluctantly put down the soap and followed behind the two.
Gao Mengli, with Lin Xi by her side, pushed open the door to the courtyard of the old house next door.
Lin Yong and the villagers, who were planing the wooden planks, were startled.
Before they could react, they saw the three men picking through the pile of planks they had just cut down.
Everyone grabbed several planks and ran out.
As everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, Ah Li returned, stood in front of the completely confused Lin Yong, and snatched the hammer from his hand.
Then he walked out of the courtyard gate without any expression.
Lin Yong: ...
He was robbed this early in the morning?!
Gao Mengli led the two to the riverbank.
After going through the principle of the rotating barrel in my mind, I chose a shallow section of river with a fast current and a slope, and then I started to do it.
“Ah Li, place the planks one on top of the other and insert them into the riverbed to form a circle.”
Gao Mengli stood on the bank, pointing down the slope to the river, and made her request to A Li.
Ah Li quickly did as instructed.
He channeled his internal energy, and with a slap of his hand, the wooden plank was firmly driven into the riverbed.
Gao Mengli took a hammer and made another water channel, which she had A Li place on the slope.
A torrent of water poured rapidly from the trough into the cylinder, causing the water inside to spin rapidly!
"It's done!!!" Lin Xi exclaimed in surprise!
He thought his Mengli was going to generate electricity! Little did he know it was a powered "washing machine," using the rapid flow and drop to make the water rotate!
This thing is much more powerful and spins faster than washing machines of later generations!
Quickly call Ah Li back to get her clothes.
After receiving the dirty clothes, Lin Xi threw all the clothes into the cylinder and then cut a small piece of soap and threw it in as well.
As the water flows rapidly, the clothes are constantly turned over and rubbed inside the cylinder.
Lin Xi stared excitedly at the clothes inside the cylinder, she couldn't be more satisfied!
His laundry productivity was liberated!