Chapter 38 Thirty-seventh drilling wood to make fire

The monks in the monastery are very exploratory, and often practice some of the content they read in books.For example, a lot of salt was sprinkled in the water that Jieao drank, and it turned out that after a certain amount of salt was added, it would no longer dissolve, but would become saturated.At the same time, he also proved another natural phenomenon that is rarely discovered, that is, if a person drinks a glass of high-concentration salt water, he will cough for a long time. That day in the monastery, I saw Jie Chi and Jie Chen gathered together, not knowing what they were doing, Jie An poked his head over to look, and it turned out that Jie Ao was standing in the middle, holding a wooden stick in his hand and hitting hard on another board. Drilling, there are still some scraps of paper on the board.

Jie Chen asked them strangely, what are you doing. Jie Chi said, we read books that say that if you use enough strength to drill on a wooden board, you can drill a fire. Jie Chen was taken aback when he heard this, because it seems that people no longer need to use such a primitive method to start a fire, and this experiment is meaningless even if it succeeds.As for making fire by drilling wood, Jie Chen had actually read about it in books when he was very young, but he had never practiced it, and he didn’t know if it was true. He always thought it was a story made up in books. Jie Yan rubbed back and forth in front of the table legs at every turn, but he didn't see any fire.In my imagination, drilling wood to make fire is almost impossible.

Jie Chen held back his laughter and said to them, don't set the yard on fire. Jie An stood next to Jie Ao, watched for a while, Jie Ao didn't raise his head, and concentrated on turning the wood in his hand.After a while, sparks burst out from that piece of wood, and Jie Ao gently blew on the sparks, slowly igniting the paper scraps, the flames grew bigger and bigger, and finally caught fire. The onlookers were both excited and surprised.Jie Chi and Jie Chen went up to experiment in turn, and under the guidance of Jie Ao, they soon lit the wood as well. The three walked away proudly.

In the afternoon, Jie An passed by the yard and saw the plank they hadn’t taken away. He became curious and found a wooden stick. He imitated Jie Ao’s movement and drilled on the plank. He drilled for a long time, but there were no sparks. see. Jie Chen was a little unconvinced, recalling Jie Ao's actions in the morning, he felt that what he did was not wrong, so he experimented for a long time, but there was no effect at all, so he became discouraged. Jie Chen ran to ask Jie Ao the reason why the wood couldn't light, Jie Ao looked at the stick in Jie Chen's hand, and said with a smile, if I drill with a wet stick, I will definitely not be able to drill the fire.

We often think that if we spend the same time and energy, or even more effort, we will definitely get something, but in fact we are often defeated by small details.