Chapter 385 Honeycomb Briquette is Made

Looking at the coal that looked like a hornet's nest, Xu Damao asked in surprise,
"Is this good?"

He Yuzhu, who had finished one honeycomb briquettes, answered while making the next one.
"Almost. I'll burn it after it dries to see how it works.
I estimate that it will only take 3 or 4 days to wait!"

"Okay, then I'll come and see the result after the coal is dry. If it doesn't burn, you'll see how I'll laugh at you!
I left and went home to cook."

When the neighbors heard He Yuzhu say that they would have to wait three or four days to see the truth, they followed Xu Damao out of the front yard and went home to do their own things.

Only He Daqing and Yan Bugui were left under the eaves, looking at the honeycomb coal.

"Zhu Zi, what's the use of this thing you made? Although you added a lot of yellow mud to it and it looks a lot more than before,
But the yellow mud cannot be burned, the only thing that can be burned is the coal.
It would be much better to make it into coal briquettes, but aren't you just wasting your time?"

Hearing Yan Bugui's question, before it really ignited, He Yuzhu did not answer him directly, but just said perfunctorily,

"Uncle Yan, I can't explain this to you in a short time.
As I said before, you will just have to wait and see. When the coal I made is dried, you will know whether it is useful or not."

Seeing that He Yuzhu was unwilling to tell him, Yan Bugui had no choice but to do nothing with him.

"Okay, then I'll wait and see."

In the following two days, Yan Bugui went to the eaves of the east wing almost every day to check whether the honeycomb coal was dry.
On the evening of the third day,
He Yuzhu, who had just returned from the Ming Tombs Dam construction site, had just walked into the courtyard when he couldn't wait to open the door and walk out.

"Zhu Zi, today I've seen that your new coal is now completely dry. Can you burn it for us now?"

Looking at Yan Bugui who came to check on the situation almost every day, I knew that he was holding his breath.

But He Yuzhu did not agree to his request.

"Uncle Yan, don't you see what time it is now? It's not winter yet. After dinner, every household will have to turn off the stove.

Let me light a fire now, what on earth are you thinking,

We can talk about it tomorrow morning."

Seeing that he had waited for so many days, and now the coal had finally dried up, but he had to wait another night, Yan Bugui was very upset.

But he couldn't find any loopholes in He Yuzhu's words, so he could only go home with his hands behind his back.

Early the next morning, he first notified neighbors like Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, and then he couldn't wait to knock on the door of the east wing.

"Zhuzi Zhuzi, you and Xiao'e, hurry up.

Get up and make a fire."

He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao'e, who were sleeping soundly at home, woke up when they heard Yan Bugui knocking on the door.

Then I heard Lou Xiao'e getting irritated and getting angry when she woke up.

"This Uncle Yan is really something. It's just a piece of honeycomb coal. Is it necessary for him to disturb people's sleep so early in the morning?"

As He Yuzhu got up from the bed and put on his clothes, he said with a smile,
“This is not a coal problem.

Don't you remember that Uncle Yan asked our father to give up his dignity for a few cents of coal?
Do you think he would not keep it in mind?
If the honeycomb coal I made could burn, he would definitely learn to make it. If it couldn't burn, he would immediately go to our father to have a good argument.

He won’t lose money anyway, so he should be more proactive.”

Lou Xiao'e still remembered what happened three days ago. When she heard He Yuzhu mention it, she couldn't help but sigh, "Uncle Yan is really petty. Just for such a small matter, he came to our eaves every day to check whether these honeycomb coals were dry or not.
This is the first time I have seen such a person in my life. "

Just as Lou Xiao'e finished speaking, Yan Bugui knocked on the door again. Yu Shui said helplessly,
"Well, if you don't go out, it seems the knocking will never stop.
I'll help He Ying get dressed, you go open the door quickly, it's no use letting him keep knocking like that."

"to make."

He Yuzhu opened the door and saw Yan Bugui standing in the front, followed by Liu Haizhong, Yi Zhonghai and others.
Just after I said hello, I saw Yan Bugui urging me.
"Zhu Zi, hurry up and light a fire. Let's see if your so-called honeycomb coal can burn."

After Yan Bugui finished speaking, Xu Damao, Jia Dongxu and the others started to make a noise, and then He Yuzhu picked up the fire tongs beside the stove and walked out of the room.

"Okay, I'll light a fire right away. You guys take a good look, so you don't make a wasted trip early in the morning."

He Yuzhu's use of a ratio of 80% coal and 20% yellow mud has been tested by time.

Honeycomb coal can burn naturally.

I saw the flames coming out of the honeycomb-shaped holes, and I saw that the bottom of the honeycomb coal had already caught fire.

Yan Bugui, Xu Damao and others finally believed that the honeycomb coal made by He Yuzhu was not ruined by adding mud.
Even other neighbors were a little moved.

Apart from other things, just 100 kilograms of coal can be used as 120 kilograms, which can save at least several hundred kilograms of coal in a year.
Although it is not worth much money,

But saving as much as possible is the living principle of the vast majority of ordinary people in Daxia.

Then, they looked at Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and other workers working in the steel mill.
"Lao Yi, Lao Liu, since Zhuzi's coal-making tool was made in the steel mill,

Then you can help us make such a tool, and we can learn to make this honeycomb coal from Zhuzi, which may save a lot of coal every year. "

"Yes, yes, Lao Yi, please help us make this tool in the factory, and we will learn from Zhuzi."

This tool is simple to make.
Not to mention Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, two senior fitters, even Jia Dongxu and Liu Guangqi can do it easily.

Hearing the neighbors' request, Yi Zhonghai agreed without hesitation.

"Okay, no problem,

As long as you can communicate well with the factory leaders and the security department like Zhuzi did, and allow Lao Liu and I to bring out the things we made, I will do it for you.

It’s just a matter of forming and welding, which doesn’t take much effort.”

When the neighbors heard Yi Zhonghai ask them to communicate with the leaders of the steel mill, they were dumbfounded.

They are not He Yuzhu. Secretary Ma and Director Wang of the steel mill have no idea who they are.
How could they be given this face?

When He Yuzhu saw that the neighbors were stunned for a moment and then looked at him, he waved his hand and refused.

"Don't!

Don't look at me like that. I can't help you with this.

But don't worry, wait another ten days or half a month, the supply and marketing cooperative may have such tools for sale, then you can just buy them directly."

(End of this chapter)