Nongmen sisters and brothers are not simple

Chapter 14
"Fanxing is just trying to extract the oil, and she is only refining the oil according to the method in the ancient books. As for whether it will succeed, it depends on whether the oil can be squeezed out tomorrow."

"Whether it works or not, I'll give it a try tomorrow. If it works, it will be a great thing." Mrs. Zhang thought, her eldest granddaughter was the smartest, and learned some literacy and miscellaneous books from Cao Xiucai. I know that I can apply what I have learned from the book.

No wonder Cao Xiucai was in the village. Whoever's son doesn't teach, he likes to teach his grandchildren to read. This is because he saw that his old Xie's son is smart, so he taught it.

On the second day, Xie Zhong's family and Mrs. Zhang came to Xie Fanxing's house.

Sisters Xie Fanxing and Xie Fanyue woke up in the middle of a few hours, and the sisters were steaming the tea seed powder they had ground yesterday.

The five-layer steamer has been steamed, and it has been pressed into buns, which are neatly stacked in the oil trench.

As long as a row of tea seed cakes is placed in the oil trench, it can be squeezed out later, and the oil can be squeezed out with hammers.

"Fanxing, you got up so early to do this job, why didn't you call your uncle to work together earlier. Fanxing, do you see any work for your aunt?" Qian came to Xie Fanxing's house and saw their sisters working together. She hurriedly stepped forward to help with the job of squeezing the oil.

"Yes. I'm busy enough today. Just keep Auntie, Grandma, me, Fanyang, and Fanchen in the kitchen. You and Fanwen, Fanri, go ahead to take Xiaoguai.

Fanyue, you and Fanyu go to your aunt's house to make some breakfast food, today is a hard job, so go make more food. "Xie Fanxing arranged the work for everyone, and Xie Fanyue and his brother heard that his elder sister arranged the work, and they took action one by one.

"Fanxing, what are we going to do now." Mrs. Zhang looked curiously at the steamer on the stove.

At this time, the steamer was steaming with white air, exuding a special fragrance.

"Now we are waiting for the tea seed powder in the steamer to be steamed, put some straw on the bottom of the mold, then pour the steamed tea seed powder into the mold, and then press it into pieces of round cakes.

However, when pressing the round cakes, try to press them as compactly as possible, otherwise, they will not be easy to hit if they are scattered.

The tea seed powder can be steamed until it is moist and slightly sticky. The reason why the straw is put in the mold is to fix it and press it into a round cake. "Xie Fanxing explained to Qian and the others.

"Fanxing, what kind of plant is your tea seed powder?" Qian asked curiously.

"Why do you ask so many questions? The matter of extracting oil can be done. Now that Fanxing has let us do such an important job, we should be content." Before Xie Fanxing could answer her aunt's words, Xie Zhong took the lead in asking Qian Shi shouted.

Qian Shi knew that she asked something she shouldn't have asked, but she was scolded in front of such a person by her head, she suddenly became unhappy, her face darkened, and she didn't speak.

"Uncle, how can you talk about aunt like that, and say that in front of so many of us juniors, don't tell me you don't want to lose face." Xie Fanxing saw her aunt's complexion darken, so she said a few words about her uncle.For one thing, her uncle is an elder after all, so I can't say too much as a junior.The second is to give her aunt a step down.

"Chongzi, you are already in your decades, and my mother has to say a few words to you. You and Yunxiang are husband and wife. From now on, you will spend the rest of your life hand in hand. If there is anything or anything, you can talk about it in private. Let's discuss it." Seeing his eldest granddaughter's words, Qian who was on the side not only relieved the second daughter-in-law, but also gave her the steps, Qian was very pleased.

After all, home and everything prosper.

Qian's family is protected by her mother-in-law and niece. She feels warm in her heart. Married outside, she not only needs the love and care of her husband, but also the protection of her husband's family. This is the right way, otherwise, what's the point of getting married? mean.

"Auntie, we are all one family, so there is nothing we can't talk about. Auntie, you told me about this tea seed powder when you went up the mountain last time. Think about it carefully, what is this thing?" Xie Fanxing Holding her aunt's hand, she said.

"Is this the fruit on the tea tree?" Qian recalled what she had introduced to her and what she had encountered on the way when she took Fanxing up the mountain. She recalled them one by one, and she thought it was the most likely What is the fruit formed on the tea tree, Qian asked tentatively.

"My aunt is smart, she guesses right, it's this thing." Xie Fanxing knew a long time ago that her aunt is a shrewd and capable person, and brought them here to extract oil, Xie Fanxing never thought of hiding anything.

Even if I don't talk about it later, with her aunt's shrewdness and ability, I'm afraid she will guess what she thinks sooner or later, so it's better to tell her aunt openly.

"This thing is really miraculous. In the past, no one wanted the fruit of this tea tree, and it was naturally separated. Now it is good, and it can be squeezed out of oil. It used to be a root grass, but now it is a treasure." Qian also said. Feel strange.

"It's almost steamed, let's pour it out quickly, and continue to steam the next basket." Xie Fanxing saw that the steaming time was almost up, she opened the steamer, pinched some tea seed powder with her thumb and forefinger, and saw that it was sticky Finally, she moved the steamer away, and poured the tea seed powder inside into a clean wooden basin beside her.

After that, spread appropriate amount of tea seed powder on several steamers and continue steaming.

Since Zhang, Qian and her uncle made round cakes for the first time, Xie Fanxing had to teach them by hand.

Pressing round cakes is not a technically difficult job, Zhang, Qian and Xie Zhong will be able to figure it out after reading it once.

Brothers and sisters Fanyang and Fanchen had made round cakes several times earlier. They poured the tea seed powder into the mold they made, closed the mold, picked up the small bench next to it and pressed it on the mold. Go, and smash it by the way.

Afterwards, the mold was opened again, and the tea seed powder in the mold was pressed down, leaving some space. The brother and sister poured some tea seed powder down and continued to flatten.

They didn't pour out the tea cakes until they were pressed tightly to match the size of the mold space, and then put them into the oil trench.

With the help of Qian, Zhang and Xie Zhong, about [-] catties of tea seed powder were steamed in five steamers, and they pressed them into round cakes in less than a quarter of an hour.

The tea seed cakes in the oil tank have been placed, and now we can start to arrange the hammers.

"Fan Xing, Uncle sees that the trough is full of round cakes pressed from tea seed powder, can we proceed to the next step?" Xie Zhong saw that the neatly pressed tea seed cakes were placed in the oil trench, he asked.

"Yes, we can proceed to the next step. Uncle, this trough is called an oil trench. Next, we will press and hammer. Insert some wooden sticks and other things behind the oil trench, and then use a hammer to hammer it down. Squeeze forward, press these tea seed cakes and squeeze forward, so as to squeeze out the oil.

However, this pressing and hammering is a patient and meticulous job, which requires repeated pressing and hammering. "Xie Fanxing took a thick wooden stick and put it behind the end of the oil trench, motioned for her uncle to bring a hammer, and knocked on the stick.

As her uncle knocked on the wooden stick, it was squeezed down immediately, and Xie Fanxing could clearly feel the tea seed cakes in the oil trench pushing forward.

(End of this chapter)