Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 27

The uncles all laughed, "You can't worry about this little girl, if anyone of them wants to grab it, just grab it, let them try."

Chen Guihua explained: "Yaoyao, it's so easy to grind a mill. You didn't see that there is only one mill house in a village. It's not easy to buy such a mill. It's not something ordinary people can afford. Our family wants It’s not that your grandfather had a way back then, and he couldn’t get it.”

Liu Xu asked Xiuyao to go in with her to help hold the cloth and bring in the flour, and she said again: "The real rich family has a lot of land, who is going to do this exhausting business? Your grandfather is very popular, these four People in other villages all recognize him, and they all say that he is honest and never short of weight, and the noodles and glutinous rice that come out will not make a big difference. We're home now."

It seems that grandpa's business is not very big, but it is also very good, that is - tired.

It is said that these two donkeys have almost no rest day, and they worked until midnight every day before dawn, which is really tiring when you think about it.

"Auntie, I think we also have that kind of grinding disc in our place. Why don't we use it in our mill?"

Liu Xu said: "The kind of tofu grinder you mentioned? We also have it. On weekdays, people use it for nothing to grind tofu, and also grind some bean firewood. This grinder is still heavy for grain grinding. It grinds well. You can't be lazy, right."

Xiuyao disagreed with this point, the two facing grinding discs are actually finer than the noodles pressed by this kind of roller, that is the real milled noodles, this kind is just crushed by the roller.

She smiled, raised her small face and asked with a curious look at first: "Auntie, then I heard people say that there is water. Don't we have a lot of rivers? Why don't we use water? This will save effort." .”

The uncle laughed and said, "We have a lot of rivers in Yangliu Village, but I haven't heard that it can be turned into a millstone?"

The second uncle also asked with a smile, "Where did you hear that, little girl?"

Xiuyao laughed, it turned out that not everyone knew about it, maybe it was because of the differences in different regions, resulting in different production methods.

Naturally, there are many hydraulic labor methods in water towns, and there is little water here, especially in Taoyuan Town, which is even worse.

However, many villages in Yangliu Village are different. They rely on several rivers such as the Daqing River and Xiaoqing River, as well as the Kanghe and Shahe Rivers. Animal power can save manpower, and there is no wind and sand around the water, and it is very clean.

It's just that she is still young, and she can't tell others, lest she can't explain it clearly.

Cousin Liu Qi was very curious when he heard it, and asked Xiuyao where she heard it from, maybe he could ask someone to see if he could also modify his own mill, if so, the women in the family would still be able to relax There are a lot of them, so there is no need to wake up from five to three to sleep like this.

Xiuyao scratched her head and pretended to be stupid, "There were foreigners who came to our village that time, and the Zhou family uncle accompanied them. I heard them talking when I was mowing the grass, saying that it's a pity that our village doesn't have such a good water source, otherwise You can open water mills and water and oil mills, and talk about building waterwheels."

Anyway, she's just a seven-year-old girl, so it doesn't matter what others say.

Liu Qi stopped asking, but said to his uncle and uncle: "Father, Er Dada, tell my grandpa, and ask when I go to the county someday. If it works, I think it will be very good."

The second uncle has a straightforward personality and likes to stick to the old rules. He said: "I don't think you can do it. I don't know what to do. Although this is a bit tiring, we can do it smoothly and feel at ease. If we want to move to the riverside, we still have to worry about it." I have to discuss it with Li Zheng, and I will inevitably have to invite wine, which is a lot of money. He looked at his uncle, "Brother, what do you think? "

Uncle smiled, "That's right, but it doesn't matter if you have the opportunity to ask. Our mill, outsiders see it as a profitable business, but we know how tiring it is. We don’t know how to do it. Firstly, the set of furniture for making a water mill is probably not cheap. I don’t know if his third grandfather can make it, but I haven’t seen him do it before.” The second uncle hurriedly said yes.

While everyone was talking, it was over and over again. Everyone came forward to help, cleaning, cleaning, Luomian.

For a large amount of noodles, use a foot-operated cabinet, if there are few, just use Ronaldinho's hands to shake back and forth, and the flour will come down.

After grinding, continue to spread the wheat grains that have not been completely crushed on the milling plate for pressing. This is the last time to clear the field. It can be used to feed chickens and pigs.

In the end, the coarse flour and bran from cleaning the milling pan and milling table are regarded as the loss of the milled noodles. I am afraid that there will be other impurities so I don’t pour them into the flour bag, and treat the donkey as the leftovers of the mill.Over time, the mill will have a fixed livestock feed, which is a small commission that has been agreed upon.For example, one stone of grain produces one to two liters, and many mills basically directly deduct wheat.

The mill of Lao Liu’s family requires the least, and the most is one liter, and there are also five times.So every time people come to ramen, they will dig out a big scoop of bran and say it is for donkeys to eat.

When the busy work is done, it will be the third watch, so the uncle will rush Liu Xu to take Xiuyao to bed, so don't stay up late.Xiuyao didn't want to embarrass the uncle and the others, so she hurried back, and the first aunt and second aunt had already gone back to their rooms to pack up and go to rest.

Seeing her come back, her little face was still flushed, Lao Liu kowtowed on her pipe and asked with a smile: "Little girl went to see the situation, why, you want to stay for us to help."

Xiuyao immediately said with a smile: "If grandpa lets me stay, I can't wait."

Liu Xu followed suit, "Sister, why don't you tell your mother-in-law to let us weave Yaoyao together. She doesn't care about it, but I do."

Mrs. Liu laughed and said angrily: "You know how to boo, even if she doesn't care about her, she doesn't allow others to care about her. It seems that she can't afford a child. Isn't that a slap in the face?"

"Well, that's true. Your mother-in-law just wants our dad to send more food. Last time dad wanted to cut the meat, hehe, I refused, so I gave a few catties of ribs. I think dad thinks the same way, very happy I readily agreed." Liu Xu smiled as she untied her hair and took a comb to comb her hair.

Old Liutou naturally didn't admit it, "You girl, meat is obviously expensive, so I bought a few catties more for bones, and everyone drank some soup, but I asked you to tell so many things." He didn't admit it because he couldn't see it. I am used to Mrs. Zhang treating her daughter like that, deliberately embarrassing her.

Mrs. Li laughed so that Zhuan'er at the back of his head trembled, "You old man, you are like an old child. Tomorrow, I will cut a few catties of roast meat to eat. Anyway, our family hasn't eaten meat for a long time, so we can improve."

When she heard about eating meat, Xiuyao swallowed subconsciously, remembering that piece of braised pork with a bright red color and a mellow taste.The memory was so unobstructedly connected with her taste nerves, thinking that the roasted pork was pork head cooked with ingredients, it was fat but not greasy and full of fragrance.Especially if you want to eat it cold, whether it is cold salad or dipped in garlic, sandwiched in steamed bun slices, it is suitable for fat and thin, it is really a must.But according to Yuan Xiuyao's memory, this roasted pork was not the braised pork she had eaten before, but rather the kind of cooked pork head meat, but the feeling was far better than the cooked food she had eaten before.

In the past, Yaoyao could only eat it when she came to her grandfather's house, and she couldn't smell it at her own house, thinking about it made her swallow a big mouthful of saliva.

In addition to pork head meat, there are also pig offal, and pig intestines are also a favorite of many people. The large intestines are covered with small intestines, stuffed with green onions and ginger, etc., and they are also eaten as cold dishes, or dipped in garlic.

Originally, Mrs. Liu wanted to come in the morning, stay overnight and leave, but she only came at night, so she simply wanted to stay one more night and leave the day after tomorrow.

When Xiuyao heard this, she turned a somersault on the kang happily, she really didn't want to go back and face Zhang and Xiumei.

Originally my aunt was with Liu Yun and Liu Xia on the kang, so Xiuyao naturally followed them when she came. Li Shi wanted to talk to her daughter personally, so she also hugged the quilt and squeezed.

The adults can still squeeze sideways, but Qin Yang can't. Instead, he wants to take up a lot of space. Old Liu smiled and said: "It's okay, you go squeeze, my father and I are on the kang, it's wide and comfortable."

Mrs. Liu knew that her father could coax the child, so she was not afraid of her son waking up in the middle of the night and making trouble, so she went on her own.

Although Xiuyao's soul is an adult, her body is still small after all, she fell asleep as soon as she lay down without saying a word.

Liu Xu doesn't have much on her mind. She is tired of weaving during the day and falls asleep soon after lying down.Mrs. Li whispered to her daughter in a low voice, trying to comfort her as much as possible, and let her slowly vent the grievances she suffered at her husband's house.

Seeing that her mother has been like this for so many years, Liu's heart is both moved and sad. She is also the mother of seven children, and she even makes her worry.

"Your embroidery, if you don't embroider it, you won't embroider it. Your mother-in-law is reluctant to light the lamp, and her eyes are ruined. I discussed with your father and your eldest brother and second brother. If it is really impossible, you can help me build a loom. The weaving is ready." Mrs. Li advised her daughter.

Mrs. Liu said with a smile, "Mother, there's no need. Weaving is good, but we don't have any cotton at home. Now we can do things like weaving straw sandals and twisting hemp rope."

"Your mother-in-law, I've watched over the years, although she is picky and mean, she is not very bad. You can wait for another two years and wait for the child to be older." Although Li Shi said so, she felt a little sad for her daughter. Being wronged, holding the grown-up daughter in his hands, but went to other people's house to be wronged.

In the past, embroidery was not allowed to be done at night, and even if you do, you have to light the oil lamp. It is not so comfortable to be married. When the third litter was born, she still did needlework during the confinement. She is a mother. I was so distressed that I cried, and I didn't dare to let my mother-in-law know, so as not to cause trouble to my daughter.

Mrs. Liu hummed without saying anything, and Mrs. Li said in a low voice again: "I still have some private money here. You can take it with you later and keep it yourself. If there is an urgent need, you can also subsidize it. Don't be too wronged, my child. Look at Yaoyao, she is seven years old, she looks like a bean sprout."

Liu Shi was a little choked up, she was usually strong, she wouldn't show any grievances at home, but her mother knew everything, and a single word made her want to cry.

(End of this chapter)