What are the tools for burning a fire in front of a Hakka stove?

When I was young, farm children danced with fireflies, enjoyed the cool with old cows and grew up by the fireside.

In the era of hunger, although rice and flour are insufficient, there is no greasy taste all year round, but there are not many potherb porridge, so you can still eat enough. When I first learned to walk, I was able to climb on the stove and help my parents who went to work early to wash the pots and wash the dishes with a big handle that my little hands couldn't hold.

Sometimes the iron pan rusts and the brush won't come off. I ran to tell grandpa that grandpa shook his lips twice and said in a trembling voice, "This pot is bitter, too. It hasn't been oiled for many days."

Later, life became easier. On holidays, some fish and meat will be served. So the fire in the cavity will be redder and brighter. With the stirring of adults' shovels, the red-hot iron pot will hiss happily. The burning flames in the hearth reflect the happy faces of the children who burn the fire, and delicious braised pork and braised fish will be taken away in the stove.

Generally, Hakka earthen stoves have two mouths, one is to cook in an enlarged pot, and the other is to put steamed rice, sweet potatoes and taro in a small pot.

Put oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, bottles and jars on the stove; Just in front of the stove mouth, one meter away from the stove mouth, surrounded by firewood. There are several fire-making appliances in front of the stove: blower, fire stick, tongs, fire shovel, fire fork and so on.

Burning a fire is a troublesome and skillful job. Learn everything about lighting, adding firewood, fiddling, blowing and dredging. In the past, the earthen stove was not ventilated, the fire was not extinguished, and the fire was suitable. These treasures were indispensable.

blowpipe

A bamboo tube less than two feet long generally has three bamboo joints, the first two are open, and the third is drilled with a small hole, one end blows air and the other end exhausts air.

Fire stick

People took out a stick from a pile of dry wood. The burning stick is about one meter long, so they choose a stick with a straight thumb, as long as it is readily available. When you make a fire, stir up firewood with a poker, and the fire will be very strong. When a small fire is needed, press the firewood under the stove with a burning stick. The stick will burn shorter and shorter if it is used for a long time. If it's too short to take, burn it as firewood and find another one. When a thin bamboo pole is used as a fire stick, it will make a crackling sound in case of fire, and sometimes it will explode.

Matchstick is not only an indispensable tool for cooking, but also the most convenient weapon for self-defense. Cocks crow in the middle of the night, and there is movement outside. You can drive away with a fire stick from the pot. Children are naughty and are beaten most by fire sticks; When neighbors fight, the basic "weapon" is also a fire stick; Dogs bite pigs in the yard, pigs stick to dogs, and most of them use fire sticks. The fire stick can be said to be a good family who absolutely obeys the leadership and distribution.

fire tongs

It is mainly used to add firewood when burning a fire. To boil water and cook, you should constantly add firewood to the stove chamber with tongs so that the fire will not go out.

General pliers are made by blacksmiths and are divided into two parts, consisting of handles, pliers shoulders and pliers arms. A bolt is installed at the intersection of the pliers shoulder, which is convenient to move and looks like scissors. At one end of the pliers are two handles in the shape of watercress, which are connected by rivets. The other end is different from scissors, it is a long iron foot, and the blacksmith makes the top of it into a thin circle, which makes it easier to clamp all kinds of things. These two iron feet must be long, or your hand will reach into the deep pit in the kitchen, and the fire will burn your hand to the handle.

In the 1980s, some people had a good life and started burning coal. Firetongs are the most commonly used way to burn coal. When changing coal, coal will not be caught, and the heat loss and the scattering of coal ash when it is caught out one by one are reduced, which is very convenient and practical.

Fire shovel

It is mainly used to dig out ashes. If there is ash in the pot hole of the stove, the firepower will not be fierce, and the ash will have to be dug out with a fire shovel. You can dig in the pot hole of the stove with a fire shovel, or you can extend upward from the pit below the pot hole of the stove.

Its shovel head is made of iron or steel, similar to a flat-bottomed shovel, with a straight and sharp blade in front and wooden handles of different lengths installed at the back according to the purpose. Among them, the long wooden handle is mostly used to dig out the dust in the kitchen pit, while the short wooden handle is used to dig out the ash in the kitchen.

Huo Cha

In addition to the function of a fire stick, the U-shape also has an iron hoop connected to a wooden handle with sharp teeth.

When people are burning a fire, they often bake things, put two corns or sweet potatoes in the oven, and turn them over while baking to avoid burning. Roasted corn and sweet potato are delicious.

But when I was a child, I threw it directly into the furnace cavity, and when it was cooked, I pulled it out with tongs or even tongs.

air box

This big guy will come in handy when it is necessary to put out the fire.

The fun of playing bellows? Words are beyond description. Don't say that. It's simply the most beautiful ballad in childhood.