Nongmen sisters and brothers are not simple

Chapter 12 Drilling the Oil Tank

"Fanyue, take Fanchen and continue drying the tea seeds. Fanyang and I deal with the tree trunk. Fanri, you stay in the house and watch over the younger brother. When the younger brother is crying, you can't coax him. Call me big sister." After Xie Zhong and Qian Shi left, Xie Fanxing continued to assign jobs to his younger siblings.

"Okay! Sister, I'll go to the front to watch over my younger brother, take care of my younger brother, and let you work with peace of mind."

After the younger brothers and sisters were sent to work, they were full of enthusiasm, and the departure of their parents also made them forget and let go slowly, and gradually a smile appeared on their faces.

It seems that being busy is a way to make people forget their sadness.

Xie Fanxing first used charcoal to draw the position to be chiseled out on the tree trunk. Later, it would be convenient to chisel out an empty slot on the trunk, and chisel out a slot at the front of the empty slot.

The empty slot is used to place the ground tea seeds and make them into cakes. After the end, the hammer hits them layer by layer. After the tea cakes in the middle are squeezed, they will push forward and squeeze out by the way. The tea seed oil comes out and gradually flows out to the slot at the front end.

After drawing the position and size, Xie Fanxing took their kitchen knife and began to chisel the oil tank.

It's just that there is no chisel, and it takes a lot of effort to chisel with a kitchen knife. The speed is slow, but if you can't do it twice, you will be tired.

Moreover, the tree trunk that Xie Fanxing used to discharge the oil was three meters long and three fingers long in width, and the chiseling project was not small.

If it goes at her speed, it will take at least ten days and half a month, and she doesn't have so much time to spend here.

Xie Fanxing's heart moved, she simply took a hoe and started to hoe.

She picked up the hoe again and again according to the position she had drawn. It was several times faster and easier to dig out the oil tank than cutting with a kitchen knife.

It's just that the strength of the hand varies, and it's difficult to control. As a result, the bottom of the groove chiseled out of the tree trunk is not to mention deep and shallow. The surface is rough, and it takes time to polish it after chiseling.

"Eldest sister, you've been hoeing for so long, take a break and I'll come." Seeing his elder sister wiping sweat panting, Xie Fanyang said with some distress for her.

"That's fine, but remember, don't dig to the place where the elder sister drew the black line." Xie Fanxing nodded, and handed the hoe in his hand to Xie Fanyang, and she walked to Xie Fanyang's place.

Sitting on one end of the trunk with one buttocks, holding down the trunk with both hands to prevent the trunk from rolling over when howing the trunk, making it difficult to dig.

On the other side, Xie Fanyue and Xie Fanchen were also very busy.

There are two stoves and big pots in their house, Xie Fanyue and sisters are in front of one stove, frying tea seeds, and they are also very busy.

After frying a jar, fry it again.

In this way, the tea seeds were fried, cooled, and the grooves were cut, and five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Within five days, sisters Xie Fanyue and Xie Fanchen also fried all the tea seeds. Some of them were very dry, and some were not fried properly, but after these few days of cooling, they also dried up.

Now the two sisters are grinding tea seed powder with a stone mill.

As for Xie Fanxing, she has been digging oil-pressing grooves in the tree trunk for the past five days.

In the first two days, a model was chiseled out, and in the next three days, Xie Fanxing polished the groove carefully.

Because the depth of the chisel at the bottom is different, Xie Fanxing had to chisel the bottom of the groove flat, otherwise it would affect the impact of the hammer and oil extraction.

The tree walls on both sides must also be smoothed, at least smoother, otherwise it will affect the speed of the hammer.

In addition, Xie Fanxing made several utensils for wrapping cakes himself.

At that time, after the tea seeds are ground and steamed, they will be made into round cakes, so Xie Fanxing chiseled a few utensils for pressing them into round cakes.

"Fan Xing, Fan Yue, are you there?"

"Uncle, you're here." Xie Fanri, who was leading the people in the room, heard his uncle calling for someone, and he hurried out to open the door. Seeing that his uncle had arrived with two hares in his hand, he hurried He welcomed his uncle in.

As for his elder sister and the others, they were busy grinding the tea seed powder in the backyard, so they probably didn't hear his uncle calling for someone.

"It's Fanri! Are you at home alone? What about your eldest sister?" Xie Zhong patted Xie Fanri's head and asked with a smile.

"Big Sister and the others are busy in the backyard." As soon as Xie Fanri said this, he quickly covered his mouth with his little hand.

The eldest sister said before that what they did should be hidden from the uncle and the others first, but now it's all over, and she doesn't tell herself.

"Well, uncle, go to the backyard to find your eldest sister. Fanri, if you are bored at home, you can go to the next door to find Fanwen, and Fanwen is also boring next door." After Xie Zhong said this, he Go straight to the backyard.

Xie Fanri was about to run in front of his uncle to inform his elder sister, but the younger brother in the room suddenly burst into tears.

He paused, not knowing whether to go to the backyard to report to his elder sister, or to complete the work assigned by his elder sister to coax his younger brother.

Xie Fanri struggled so much that his uncle even opened the door to the backyard.

With a bitter face, he thought for a while, the elder sister couldn't report the letter anywhere, so he should honestly complete the task assigned by the elder sister, and go to coax the younger brother.

"Fan Xing, what are you siblings doing?" Xie Zhong came to the backyard and saw his niece and nephew grinding something with a stone mill, he stepped forward curiously and asked.

"Uncle, why are you here?" Seeing this, Xie Fanxing greeted her and said.

"Didn't you teach Uncle to weave a few hunting cages before? I went to see which traps were placed every five days, and this time I caught three hares and a pheasant.

No, I got the prey back. According to the previous distribution, each of our two families has two prey, and my uncle sent it to you. "Xie Zhong didn't expect that his niece taught him to weave a hunting trap, and he could catch four prey in five days. This hunting speed was comparable to what they had harvested in a month in the past. No, as soon as I got the prey down from the mountain, I couldn't wait to send the prey to my niece's house, right?

"The speed of hunting is barely okay. Uncle, how did you deal with the prey you caught in the past?" Xie Fanxing saw her uncle holding two vigorous hares in his hands, one weighing about three to four catties. His eyes lit up.

It's just that, thinking that their family now needs iron pans or no iron pans, oil or no oil, they can't cook delicious food.

She thought, let her deal with these prey with her uncle for the time being.

After they buy pots and oil, they will make delicious food.

"Before, all the prey I could catch were sent to the wine shop in the town for money."

"Uncle, the prey caught these days were distributed to my family, and I also asked Uncle to help us send them to the town in exchange for money. This month, Uncle will just give me the money.

As for the prey caught next month, let's talk about it next month! "Xie Fanxing said without hesitation.

This is the greatest benefit right now.

(End of this chapter)