Exiled to Lingnan, my plants are miraculous

"Hey, what is this?"

A pitted light gray stone suddenly appeared in the ash pile.

Lin Daping was originally pouring ash, but he didn't expect that an ugly stone suddenly appeared in a place full of ash.

It's about three meters wide, but it's very thin. It seems to be broken in the middle, and it feels very rough.

This was completely different from the rocks he knew in his memory. Even if it was a rock, it didn't feel like this. It didn't have the smoothness bred by nature at all.

Then this thing is probably made of these ash, Lin Daxuan's eyes lit up.

After studying glass for half a year, except for firing some gray stones, there was no result at all. It happened that everyone was very depressed.

"Aunt, aunt, I discovered something new, aunt."

The voice was full of joy, and although he didn't know what that ugly stone could do, it didn't stop him from being excited.

Everyone who was sweating profusely in the stove heard Lin Daping's high-pitched scream and thought something big had happened, so they all went outside except those who couldn't leave.

"What happened? You are still so frizzy. How old are you? You are not stable at all!"

Lin Daxuan, who is already twenty years old, has short hair, a shirt, and shorts. If you ignore the black spots on his face and the white spots on his face, he is definitely a handsome guy.

Lin Daping was not annoyed after being scolded and made a face to his elder brother.

"Auntie, I found a strange stone in the ash pile. It's full of holes. I've never seen it before!"

Ash pile?

Yes, they burned bricks and experimented with burning glass. The ashes were all poured in one place. The bumpy stones suddenly appeared. It rained again yesterday. Could it be cement?

"Let's go over and take a look."

Lin Yue suppressed the excitement in her heart and walked over quickly.

From a distance, you can see the pitted concrete. It must be caused by the rain and the rain splashing it like this.

"Lin Daping, look for a stone. It costs about ten kilograms."

The hardness of the cement has not yet been determined. Only when they see with their own eyes how hard is the cement will they have greater confidence in the glass. Recently, everyone has been a little depressed and perfunctory.

Lin Daping didn't know why, but he always followed his aunt's orders without question.

"Punch it down as hard as you can, and be sure to aim."

Everyone looked confused, what kind of operation is this?

"boom."

The stone cracked in half, but the pitted stone underneath was not affected at all and remained the same as before. Everyone was shocked.

What is this thing that is so hard? Compared with it, a stone is like an egg, vulnerable.

"Auntie, what is this? It's harder than stone."

"I remember I came to take out the ashes before it rained yesterday. There were none there at that time. Did someone else throw them here?"

"It doesn't feel like a stone at all, and occasionally there is a tingling sensation. It doesn't feel like it was formed naturally."

Lin Lang squatted down and carefully observed the "stone" that suddenly appeared. He remembered that his aunt had said in class that naturally formed things would have the characteristics of the surrounding environment. There would be no traces of wind, water or fire. If it were a human You did it, this is awesome!

"This is a natural formation, but it was formed after yesterday's rain. It's normal if you don't see it."

Several big heads looked at the aunt with doubts and burning eyes. What did they say? They formed it yesterday. Isn't this nonsense? "This is formed when the ash we came here before met water. This thing is called cement."

"How is it possible that a handful of ashes can turn into such a hard stone?"

"Auntie, this joke doesn't sound good."

"Why, why did it become like this?"

Lin Yue looked at the ashes beside her that had not had time to pour out, and smiled slightly.

"We can experiment. The difference between yesterday's burning and the previous one is not very big. I have emphasized many times that time is the only criterion for testing truth. We can experiment on anything we don't understand or can't explain clearly."

At the same time, the children's first choice to question them was a disappointment because the subconscious mind has not yet formed the concept that experimentation is truth. As expected, this concept still needs to be inculcated from an early age, otherwise it will be difficult to change the thinking once it is formed.

"Lindaping went to another bucket of water and brought two wooden boards and a wooden stick."

Lin Yue did not explain what cement could do. After all, it was easier to accept intuitively.

Everyone was waiting for Lin Daping under the scorching sun, and no one said they wanted to go back. If the cement he made was useful, then if he walked away without getting news about it immediately, he would definitely be chased and beaten by his elders. Various punishments will follow, ranging from humiliation to being kicked out of the inner circle.

Lin Yue poured out the ashes, dug a big hole in the center, poured water in, and stirred it with a stick. Because it was just lime, a lot of smoke came out, and the air was filled with a pungent smell.

A board was shoveled with a wooden board, spread evenly on the ground, and leveled with a wooden board.

"Lin Daxuan, you should do the same as me, don't spread it too thickly, try to keep it at the same level."

Lin Daxuan clumsily pressed the wooden board to the ground. Wasn't he trying to test its hardness? What are you doing now?

In less than a quarter of an hour, cement one meter long and wide was laid.

"Guess what I'm doing?"

At this stage, we need to guide them to think and divergent thinking, so as to facilitate our subsequent research and development.

"Hmm, it looks a bit like paving the road. Could this cement be used to build roads?"

"But what's so good about building a road with this cement? That piece of cement looks full of potholes. Can we walk on this road?"

"Probably not, my aunt rolled it out so flat."

“You guessed it right, paving the road is one of the functions of cement. After cement is laid, the road surface becomes very smooth, and you don’t have to worry about coming home covered in mud when you go out in the rain.

But it is worth noting that water will accumulate in low-lying areas, so drainage becomes a top priority. "

"In addition to paving roads, what else can you think of doing?"

"What else can be done? What else can be done?"

The thirty or so young men and women gathered together scratched their heads, looking confused, obviously unable to think of what else to do.

Lin Yue was not in a hurry. Her ultimate goal was to spread her thoughts and use her brain.

Time passed by, and everyone's foreheads were sweating, but Lin Yue didn't give any hint.

Apparently she also discovered that everyone relies too much on themselves to give them answers. If you want to make progress, you must break through yourself and think for yourself.

"I know, I know, aunt, can that stone monument in the square be built higher with cement?"

Ten-year-old Lin Dayu looked at Lin Yue expectantly with shining eyes.