Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 49

Mrs. Li also felt that it was not good to say that about her mother in front of the children of the old Qin family, so she was busy giving Liu Xu a wink, but Liu Xu didn't care, "Mom, I just ate a bowl of noodles with an egg on my birthday, and there's nothing wrong with that." special."

It's not like they can't eat good food and send it to other people's homes. The point is that the stingy old woman doesn't appreciate it, so why bother to stick to other people's cold ass?I have never seen such an old lady.

Mrs. Li still insisted: "There is nothing good this time, it's just a few yuqian rice, it's a new taste."

Liu Xu smiled and said: "Mother is the judge, but I guarantee you will complain, and think you might as well give some papers."

This statement is [-]% sure to come true, and it has been tried and tested repeatedly, but Mrs. Li doesn't care, what she cares about is her daughter and children, and has nothing to do with that old woman.

After working for half a night, the few sacks of wheat in Lao Qin's house were finished grinding, and Lao Liutou asked his sons to put them back in order to avoid Zhang's objection.

Yao said with a smile: "Father, even if we give her more, she will say that we gave less and deducted something. We don't want her money, but the rules still have to ask for it. Leave some bran for us." Donkeys add more food, we can be wronged, donkeys can't."

Qin Xian also hurriedly said what he wanted, and scooped out a large ladle of bran himself, and Yao took it and poured it into the donkey's trough, and then mixed it for it to eat.

Early the next morning, Qin Xian left home after eating two cakes, when someone knocked on the door.

Mrs. Li asked strangely, "Who is so early?"

The mill is not a pharmacy, and no one rushes for life-saving meals early in the morning.

Mrs. Chen hurried to answer the door, and saw a tall, slender woman with a dark and yellow complexion, with a haggard face, leading a four or five-year-old girl in her hand.

She asked in surprise, "Sister-in-law, who are you looking for?"

The woman opened her mouth and asked, "Our Er Xian hasn't left yet."

The woman was the second aunt leading Xiuli. She went back to her mother's house in order to avoid the cold, and her mother-in-law didn't prepare a gift, so she went back empty-handed and was severely taught by her mother. After a one-night line, I was rushed back to my in-law's house early this morning by my mother.

She and Xiuli went out without even a sip of hot water. They were cold and hungry, and they had no strength to walk home.

After finally getting to Yangliu Village, she can still persist, but Xiuli can't.

The second aunt was thinking that she would take it as the excuse that she didn't know that Qin Xian went home yesterday, and went to Lao Liu's house. As long as they asked to open the door, would they still not let her and her daughter go in and have a drink of hot soup?And then have breakfast.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "You are his second wife, right?"

The second aunt hurriedly said yes.

Mrs. Chen really let them in, "You guys came just in time, Er Xian was just about to leave."

The uncle over there was helping him to set up the car, and loaded the ground flour and bran into the car. When he saw them coming, he said, "We happened to go back by car together."

At this moment, Qin Xian ran out and was taken aback when he saw Second Aunt and Xiuli, "Second Lady? You're going back so early."

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Second Aunt's face, and she immediately covered it up. She snorted, "There is work at home, I can't live here."

Seeing her looking for trouble, Qin Xian didn't want to pay too much attention, so he said, "Then let's go."

After saying that, he took the whip and reins from his uncle, and was about to go out with the donkey.

Seeing this, the second aunt slapped Xiuli when she was unprepared. Xiuli was hungry and cold, but suddenly she was slapped, and she burst into tears.

The second aunt scolded: "You dead child, why cry, you just know how to eat."

Xiuli cried, "I'm hungry!"

Qin Xian was stunned for a moment, is this here to eat?He immediately said: "Let's go and go home for dinner."

Although Mrs. Chen didn't have a good impression of this second aunt, but seeing how pitiful the child was, she said, "It's not too late anyway, let's go in and eat before leaving."

The second aunt still pulled her face and looked unhappy, but said: "It's okay, so that the child won't cry on the road. She wants to live in her grandmother's house, and I think there is still work at home, so I will bring her back wherever I can. This damn girl, if she insists on staying, she will cry if she refuses to stay, and I was so angry that I dragged her out without breakfast." Saying that, she rushed towards the backyard.

Mrs. Chen was stunned for a moment, her master hadn't led the way yet, so she hurried to follow.

Qin Xian curled his lips, and said sarcastically: "Shameless, I was kicked out because I didn't eat, and I insisted on living in my mother's house. You think that my mother's house is so easy to live in. You really deserve it. You have to suffer on your own."

Uncle heard this and frowned, "Er Xian, you can't say that about elders."

Although he didn't like that second aunt either, as a junior, Er Xian had to behave like a junior, and if he didn't like it, he couldn't talk behind his back in such contempt.

Qin Xian's face was a little unnatural, and he said with a smile: "Uncle, you don't know who she is. She has been caring about this and that with us at home for a year, and my mother is angry with her every day."

The uncle said lightly: "Your mother is angry, your mother never came back and said."

Qin Xian laughed a few times, then stopped talking, he wanted to let his second aunt drive away by himself, but he was afraid of being told by his uncle.

Xiuyao was still sleeping, but she was woken up by her second aunt's loud voice. She was so shocked that she thought she was in Lao Qin's house again in a dream.

She got fully dressed and went down to the floor, leaning on the door and looking into the main room, she saw Second Aunt and Xiuli sitting on a bench, eating at the dining table.

Xiuli still looked a little bit, but the second aunt was devouring the rolls and miso. She ate too fast and had no time to drink water, so she kept stretching her neck.

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Chen accompanied her. Mrs. Chen pursed her lips, and a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes.

The second aunt didn't care, she finally managed to eat a thin noodle pancake, and she didn't eat it for nothing, she ate one in a few mouthfuls, went to get another one, rolled it up with miso, and looked at Chen again, " Does sister-in-law have onions?"

Mrs. Chen wanted to say no, but she was embarrassed, so she hurriedly said, "I'll get it for you."

Turning around, she peeled a scallion from last year. The second aunt took it, snapped it into several knots, and handed a piece to Xiuli. She tore a piece of scallion and wrapped it in a pancake. After poking out the miso for a while, he brought it to his mouth and ate it "crackling".

Seeing Xiuyao swallow her saliva, it wasn't because she was greedy, but because she was exaggerating and subconsciously watching others eat.

Xiuli saw her all of a sudden, and hurriedly got up, "Sister Yaoyao."

The second aunt slapped her across the face and reprimanded in a low voice: "Hurry up and eat." How much can you eat after a while?
Xiuli said: "I'm full." After saying that, she put down half of the cake and walked over to talk to Xiuyao.

Seeing this, the second aunt quickly grabbed it and stuffed it in her mouth. After eating, she wanted to get it, but found that the rice basket was empty, so she couldn't help but look up.

Mrs. Chen looked at Mrs. Li, and asked with her eyes if she wanted to continue to get the pancakes. The second aunt had already eaten four and a half pancakes. It would be troublesome for them to see the doctor's money.

Mrs. Li raised her eyebrows, and Mrs. Chen said immediately: "Her second lady, we are also the cakes that our nephew just rolled out, and these are the only ones left. If you are not full, we have Erben noodles, I will give you some bowl."

Erbran noodles, isn't that similar to what my husband's family eats?

The second aunt frowned, and muttered: "Okay, I'm almost full, it's time to go, there is still work at home." Then she looked at Xiuli, and said sharply: "I just know how to play, let's go, let's go." Go to work, if you don’t have that good life, you always think about that good thing.”

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Chen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law saw that this sister-in-law was so uncomfortable, so naturally they didn't say much, so as not to offend her and go back to vent their anger on Daye Niang. Waiting."

The second aunt didn't thank her, she muttered something, but everyone didn't hear clearly, so she went to pull Xiuli.

Xiuyao said to Xiuli, "I'll play with you when my sister comes home."

Xiuli responded obediently, and followed her mother away, looking back at Xiuyao step by step.

Mrs. Chen went to see them off, Mrs. Li glanced at her and said to Xiuyao: "This girl is so pitiful."

Xiuyao hugged her arm, "Yes, I have such good grandparents, uncles, concubines and aunts, so I am very happy."

Mrs. Li chuckled and touched her head, "You girl, it's no wonder you speak nice things, and you're so poor, you didn't even have to eat an egg in the river, good boy, come to grandma if you want to eat it in the future My natal family, my grandma will make it for you."

Xiuyao rubbed her face against her arm, feeling warm in her heart.

Li's heart softened, "Let's go, grandma will roll out a bowl of noodles for you and Yangyang in the morning."

Xiuyao immediately followed happily.

In a blink of an eye, Xiuyao lived in her grandfather's house for a few days, and although she didn't eat well every day, she was extremely relaxed, leading Qin Yang every day to either help his aunt spin the yarn or go to the mill in front of her.

People in Grandpa's family are not only good to them out of etiquette to relatives, they are sweet and hardworking but not lazy, everyone really likes them.

This day, Xiuyao got up in the morning to look at her sweet potatoes as usual, and found that soft green shoots had grown overnight. She was so happy that she jumped up all of a sudden, "Sprouts, sprouts."

She was too loud, and Li Shi and Liu Xu were startled by her. They were very happy to see the seedlings growing in the pot filled with sand that she originally brought.

Qin Yang ran over wearing small clothes and pulling his shoes, "Let me see, let me see." Seeing such a small sprout, he said strangely: "Hey, it didn't sprout for many days before, what's wrong now? It came out? If I knew it was only buried last night, I wouldn’t have to wait so long.”

The innocent child's words made everyone laugh, and Liu Xu said with a smile: "Then when you eat dumplings, you are full at the end, why don't you just eat the last one, and insist on eating ten."

Qin Yang showed his small teeth and grinned: "The last one is the first one, and I can't eat enough. My mother said that I have to eat ten to be full."

Everyone laughed.

The sweet potato sprouted soon after, Xiuyao drenched it with water, and then continued to put it in a warm place, so that Qin Yang was not allowed to move around, if a bud was damaged, their hard work would be in vain.

Qin Yang nodded obediently, "I listen to my sister the most, so I won't move around, but what should Xiao Zheng do if he moves around?"

Li said with a smile: "Xiao Zhengzheng won't move around, you take care of him."

Hearing that he has someone who can take care of him, Qin Yang was very happy, and Liu Xu picked him up, "Hurry up and get dressed."

Before breakfast was eaten, the voice of Liu Hongmu came through the door, and soon the third grandpa and old Liutou laughed happily.

Xiuyao was overjoyed, and said to everyone: "Oh, my grandpa's new house has been opened, I have to go and see it."

She quickly dropped the fire stick and got up and ran outside. Seeing her in a hurry, Mrs. Li smiled and said lovingly: "This little girl is as stable as a little adult at one time, and jumps up and down like a monkey at another time."

Xiuyao ran to the front yard, and saw the third grandpa directing her sons and grandsons and her uncles and cousins ​​to carry things.

The third grandpa's movements are really nimble. The master chatted with him that day, so it's all right so soon?
The third grandpa and Lao Liutou commanded everyone to move all the household items in and put them in order. When Lao Liutou saw Xiuyao, he beckoned, "Come on, come and see if it's okay."

Xiuyao ran over and saw that it was almost exactly the same as what she said before, only some small details were slightly changed, maybe this is more appropriate.

After working for a long time, I installed the semi-automatic stone mill. On the top is a small bucket for feeding grain. In the middle are two sets of grinding discs. Take a small brush.

And the chassis has also been changed accordingly. The original inclined outlet has become a three-inch square hole. When the brush is brushed, the flour and bran will leak from here and fall on the Luo below.

Naluo is foot-operated, with an opening in the front, and the entire surface is inclined. There is also a horizontal bar that can move back and forth inside, and a row of brushes are tied below it for brushing.

When operating, step on the bottom with your feet, and the Luo will sway, and you can sift the flour on the hanging dustpan below, and grab the dustpan with your hands, so that it can be poured into the large basket or large wooden basin below. .

As for the bran on the top of the board, just step on another board with your foot, and the brush on the top will brush the bran out.

Now there is no water power, so we can only use donkeys to pull the mill for the time being, but only one person is enough to operate it, which can free up another labor force and save a lot of time.

Uncle and the others also watched curiously, and Old Liu greeted, "Hurry up, put on the donkey and try."

Over there Liu Qi and Liu Sheng harnessed the donkey, then blindfolded it, put on a muzzle, and hung a muzzle stick to prevent it from stealing its mouth.

Over there, Mrs. Yao hurriedly put wheat into the small bucket, and Liu Qi yelled at the donkey to turn around. As soon as the donkey moved, the mill would start spinning, and then the wheat in the small bucket fell into the mill eye and entered the mill. After a few laps, dark bran spilled out from between the two grinding discs and landed on the chassis.

As soon as the bran falls, it is swept by the small brush on the lower disc mill, and falls into the hole in the chassis and falls on the lower pedal.

At first there was only a little bit, and it gradually increased. Old Liutou directed Liu Qi to step on the pedal to get the flour out.

When there is more flour and bran, the dustpan hanging from the lower layer is pushed down one by one, and the flour falls accurately into the big basket in front, while the bran on the upper layer is also scraped to the other side, and it also falls down with a single lift. Into another big basket.

The amount of flour that comes out the first time is relatively small. Everyone knows this, so don't worry.

Soon, the bag of wheat was ground once, and everyone looked at it in surprise, "It's really a good thing."

Liu Sheng quickly poured the bran and unground granules from the big basket into the small bucket above, and drove the donkey to continue squeaking. The second time, there was more flour, and the time was shorter.

Then the third time, the fourth time, after the fourth time, the bran is basically all bran, and the noodles of the fourth time are not so fine, and the inside is more yellow because of the ground bran.But it is much thinner than before, and the most important thing is - the speed is much faster, and there is no need to stop to clean the grinding disc during the period!

"Grandpa, you are so powerful? How did you come up with it?" Liu Qi and Liu Sheng exclaimed again and again, and couldn't help but pounce on it to take a closer look, the side is really thinner than before.

Old Liutou wanted to say that the little girl thought of it for him, but Xiuyao had already told him to tell him what he thought on his own. After all, Xiuyao just reminded him and made a request, but did not propose a detailed solution. The method was all thought up by him and the third grandfather.And she didn't want to be too showy, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble, it's better to keep a low profile, Old Liutou naturally agreed.

Old Liutou smiled and said happily: "I didn't think much about it, I suddenly thought of it. I always feel that it is very troublesome. I want to save my laziness."

This was successful, and Lao Liutou wanted to modify the other mill, but he only had one pair of stone mills at home, so he had to buy another one.

The uncle said: "Father, let's go around the neighborhood. If anyone has a mill and doesn't want to use it, let's go and invite it." As far as he knows, there are several mills in this village that no one can use, and there are also mills in neighboring villages. A small mill for tofu is good, but they don’t like to use a big mill, so why don’t they just invite them, and invite the two rollers out to the villagers who want to use the mill themselves.

In addition to grinding flour, there is also the need to grind coarse salt and the like. Those people can grind it themselves, and they don’t have to go to the mill, and it is not convenient to grind coarse salt with a flour mill.

Moreover, the millet needs to be shelled after harvesting, so it is very convenient to use a millet. Put the millet on the open space outside Lao Liu's house, let everyone use it, and earn a good reputation.

A little past the main road to the east of Lao Liu's house, there is an open space. The space is not big, but it is still possible to build a grass shed to carry all the rollers and so on.

Old Liu thought for a while and discussed with the third grandfather: "Third brother, what do you think?"

The third grandfather twisted a few goatees, "I like those who don't want to spend money on grinding, let's give them free use and let them push themselves."

Old Liutou asked Qin Yang to call his grandma to come and see. Mrs. Li and the others were waiting for dinner, but seeing that they didn't go over, they sent people to visit several times. In the end, even Qin Yang, who came to call for dinner, stayed behind up.

Soon Li Shi and others came over, and they were also very pleasantly surprised. She always listened to the old man's advice on making money at home, and seeing that the third brother also agreed, naturally she had no objection.

Taking advantage of the heat, Lao Liutou asked everyone to eat quickly, and then went to search for a stone mill, find someone to carry a large grinding plate, and asked the third grandpa to hurry up and make a new set of household items.

The third grandpa smiled and said, "Fourth, in two days, I don't think your yard will be enough. Do you have to search for a place to build a new mill?"

Old Liutou laughed and said, "Third brother, I think it's just that I don't have money."

The third grandfather hurriedly said: "Don't look at me, I don't have any money, but I can help you with the housework. You can talk about money, and you can give it when you like."

Old Liu put his arms around his shoulders, "Third brother, let's go, drink two cups, and be happy."

The third grandfather raised his eyebrows and raised his beard, "Damn you, if you don't hurry to work in the morning, why don't you drink, I'm going to my house." After saying that, he walked away with his hands behind his back.

(End of this chapter)