survival in the wilderness

Chapter 103 Oil Pressing
Asking Huahong to take care of the wheat fields while harvesting hemp, Lin Yan went to the laboratory.

Shi Zhi and Ye Cong were discussing something together, and the room was in chaos, with wood, sawdust, nails, etc. everywhere.

"What are you doing?" Lin Yan saw that there was no clean place on the ground, and stepped on a pile of sawdust.

"Make a rotating device." Without raising his head, Ye Cong held nails in his hand, ready to nail two pieces of wood together.

Shi Zhi quickly looked up when he heard the voice, "You are here, come and take a look at our new design."

"Don't worry, I have something to do with you, let's put the work in hand and do it later."

Ye Cong and Shi Zhi obeyed obediently. Lin Yan is looking for them for nothing now, so it must be urgent.

Lin Yan said directly: "There are too many pockmarks in the city, and they are piled up and put away. I want you to make some tools for oil extraction together."

Crush the pockmark first, put it in a tool and press it, and wait for the pockmark oil to flow out.

This is cold pressing, Lin Yan thinks that the efficiency is very low, it is better to use the hot method, crush the pockmarked seeds and make them into cakes, steam them on the fire, the pockmarked oil will flow out faster.

After listening to her talk about the process, Shi Zhi said: "It doesn't look difficult to do, the tools are simple and easy to make, let's try it first."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you. Squeeze out the oil, and the pockmarks will have a place to go, and the oil has many uses. The most important thing is that it can be used for cooking, making oil lamps, etc."

It was she who ignored this problem before, causing too many pockmarks to be piled up, which wasted a lot.In fact, after being able to do woodworking, oil extraction is not difficult, but I just didn't think about it.

After talking about the oil extraction, Lin Yan took a look at their newly designed loom. On the basis of the original one, she made improvements according to the drawings she gave.

The threading and lead wire has been speeded up a lot. If it is done, the efficiency will be at least double that of before.For the same person, it takes more than ten days to weave a piece of cloth with the previous generation loom, but with the new type of loom, at least two pieces can be made in the same time. This is already a huge improvement.

It is exactly what Hong Ling wants, which can greatly reduce the cost and bring down the price of linen.

Lin Yan looked at them appreciatively, "Work hard, you are too smart and have strong hands-on skills, it won't take long to make it."

Shi Zhi is addicted to it every day, and said happily: "It's so interesting to do these things. It's like what you said to apply what you've learned. It's only when you're doing it that you realize that many things are connected."

"That's it. Every new thing you make can make your life more convenient and fast." Ye Cong also likes the current situation, "Lin Yan, how is your wheat growing?"

"It's good. We won't know the result until this season matures. However, judging by the current trend, it should be fine."

Looking at the thin Lin Yan, Shi Zhi teased, "If it's not good, I'm sorry you get up early every day and spend too much time in the sun."

"Hey, that's really the case. Lin Yan has changed, and he can't see his original appearance. This way he looks more energetic, like a wild boy." Ye Cong laughed.

"Look for a fight, who is the wild boy." Lin Yan was not convinced, "I am a girl, much more precious than the wild boy."

"Yes, yes, you are the most precious." Shi Zhi smiled.

Several people were chatting and laughing, and Huang Ying walked in.

"Hearing your voice, I thought I heard it wrong. Come and see, you are indeed here."

Shi Zhi teased, "Lin Yan is growing in the field now, it's too difficult for her to come here."

"Exactly, she used to spend every day in the laboratory." Huang Ying answered, "Seeing how happy you are, it's a good thing."

"The loom has made new progress, which is something to be happy about." Lin Yan looked at Huang Ying with a smile, "Did you come here for something?"

Huang Ying has been obsessed with the study of herbal medicine since last year. She is either experimenting or looking for various herbal medicines. She rarely sees her.

"Yeah, it's rare to meet you. I just have something to ask. I found that the amount of herbal medicine has a great impact on the healing of the wound. Some herbal medicines will be counterproductive if used too much. I want to ask you why?"

At first, Huang Ying thought that increasing the amount of herbal medicine would speed up wound healing, but later found that this was not the case.She once treated the wound of a wounded person, increased the dosage of medicine, and only made the wound worse.

From then on, Huang Ying fell into confusion and observed for many days, but still couldn't figure it out.

She sorted out the information about each herb she got from Lin Yan, but she still couldn't figure it out.

Lin Yan was taken aback for a moment, she felt that this was a very profound question and it was difficult to answer it.After reading the books on herbal medicine, she found it very mysterious, and it was completely different from the treatment she understood.

"I do not know either."

Huang Ying was stunned, "You really don't know?"

"I really don't know. When I'm done, I'll find you some books and study it yourself."

Lin Yan wanted to copy out the basic introduction to herbal medicine and give it to Huang Ying.Studying medicine is also an important direction. Since Huang Ying is interested, let her figure it out by herself.

It's just that the book is too thick, and I don't know when I can finish copying it.She also couldn't pick and choose the main points to copy from the inside, and felt that any missing page was wrong.

After about ten days, Shi Zhi and Lin Cong finished the tools for squeezing the oil. After testing, the oil could be squeezed out.

After Lin Yan looked at it, he felt that the squeezed oil was a bit cloudy, so he added a filter, using burlap to superimpose several layers to act as a filter.

"It looks much better this way. Can this sesame oil really be used for cooking? Shall we try it first?" Ye Cong was eager to try.

Shi Zhi also said: "There is a pot in Lin Yun's room, I'll go find some fresh meat, let's fry the meat and see what happens."

"Okay, let's go, I'll be in charge." Lin Yan said with a smile.

In fact, there is no problem with eating sesame oil. In the past, the sesame seeds were peeled and crushed to make sesame paste, and there is also a layer of oil inside. People have eaten it for a long time.

But seeing that they are still not at ease, if they want to verify it for themselves, then they should do it again.

When the smell of meat wafted out, Shi Zhi and Ye Cong took a deep breath.

"It's so fragrant." Ye Cong looked at the stir-fried meat in the pot, and kept swallowing.

Shi Zhi nodded in agreement, "It feels more fragrant than the fried meat I made before, is it almost ready, I want to taste it."

"It will be out of the pot right away." Lin Yan turned the meat in the pot, and it smelled even more delicious.The scent of chopped scallion is stronger, it may be that there is enough oil.

After eating the fried meat, Ye Cong chewed it slowly and said, "It's more delicious than before, not so greasy. From now on, I will fry the meat with sesame oil."

Shi Zhi swallowed the meat in his mouth and nodded, "Yeah, I think so too. Sempseed oil looks clear and doesn't clump together, unlike the sticky oil used now."

Lin Yan also felt the same way, with the pockmark oil, so many pockmarks would be useful. "Successful, now we want to build an oil pressing workshop, do you two have anyone to recommend?"

The technology belongs to the two of them, and Lin Yan doesn't want to interfere too much.

(End of this chapter)