Nongmen Rice Flower Fragrance

Chapter 93 Oil Factory
Li Xin lived in Zhuangzi for two days, and watched the people on Zhuangzi harvest rapeseed and peas.There are many people, but the harvest is fast, and some of them are harvested, while others are leading the oxen and plowing out the land.

Wang Fu and his wife arranged things in Zhuangzi very well, and Li Xin didn't have to watch here all day.Two days later, Li Xin took Mrs. Wang to the town of Baihua Town.

Baihua Town is also a relatively lively town. There are many shops on the street, and pedestrians come and go on the street. Although it is not a market, it is still very lively.Although Baihua Town is lively, it is not very big, so there is only one oil workshop in the town.The scale of the oil workshop is not very large, because people still use animal oil more, and the business of the oil workshop is not very good, and it has always been somewhat bleak.

With Mrs. Wang pointing the way, Li Xin soon found the oil workshop.Just close to the oil mill, you can smell the aroma coming from the oil mill. Before pressing the oil, the raw materials are generally fried, so it is very fragrant.

The lower part of the oil mill is a bit remote, but it does not prevent people who want to buy oil from finding the oil mill.Youxiang is not afraid of deep alleys!
When I entered the oil shop, I found that there was a counter outside. The counter was not big and looked very old.Fortunately, it was fairly clean, and there was no oil stain everywhere because of selling oil.Sister-in-law Wang stepped forward and shouted, and a woman answered and came out.

"Are you guys going to buy oil?" The woman wiped her hands on the apron and greeted Li Xin and the others.

"I don't buy oil. I heard that you plan to buy the oil workshop. I'll come over and have a look." Li Xin directly explained his purpose.

"Then let's take a look inside!" The woman led the way, leading Li Xin and the three of them inside.There is a door curtain hanging on one side of the counter. Enter through the door curtain, and within a few steps, you will find the place where the oil is pressed.A few guys are busy in an orderly manner. In this era, oil extraction is relatively tiring and there are many steps.

Li Xin looked carefully, the scale of this oil workshop is not large, and the area used is also small.Although it is a little small, but now, I can't care about it.She really needs an oil workshop, after all the rapeseed is about to be harvested.

In this era, the so-called skills are passed down from generation to generation and are not known to outsiders.Therefore, the technology of oil extraction is also mastered by a small number of people, and there is no place for outsiders to learn it if they want to.Li Xin doesn't know the specific steps of extracting oil. She was like this in her previous life, but she doesn't know these ancient methods.

Therefore, if you want to extract oil yourself, the best way is to buy an oil mill, and it is best to hire the guys in it by the way.

Looking inside the oil workshop, the woman led Li Xin and the others to sit in the back.There is also a small yard behind the oil mill.A small courtyard and a row of houses are where the owner of the oil mill lives.And the person who has been leading the way for Li Xin and the others is the proprietress of the oil shop. The owner of the oil shop is also pressing oil with a few guys in front. Knowing that Li Xin and the others intend to buy the oil shop, he stopped first and came back to entertain.

The proprietress of the oil shop took off her somewhat dirty apron, then went to make tea and picked up two plates of snacks.

"How does Miss Li look at this oil shop?" The proprietress asked while pouring tea for Li Xin.

"Others are okay, but the scale is a bit small."

"Is Miss Li planning to open an oil workshop after buying it? I think that since Miss Li is here, she also knows the situation in the oil workshop."

"Yes, this oil mill doesn't have much business on weekdays! That's why you plan to sell the oil mill. I really plan to buy it and continue to open the oil mill. However, I hope to buy all the oil extraction equipment in the oil mill. It would be the best if the buddy can continue to stay. I wonder what you two think?"

"If the price given by Miss Li is right, those utensils can be bought. But we don't care about the things about the guys. After all, they are all hired from the surrounding villages, and they can only decide whether they will stay or not. Forget it. The family is having a hard time, if Miss Li gives me the right wages, I think I’d be willing to stay.” The proprietress agreed with a smile.

After some discussion, Li Xin and the proprietress of the oil workshop also agreed on the price of the oil workshop, and then they found the dentist in the town to sign the contract.Li Xin handed over some money to the Yamen, and asked the Yamen to help him go to the Yamen to sign the official contract.

Li Xin asked the proprietress of the oil workshop to ask the guys. The guys are all out to work. As long as the wages are fair, it is the same wherever they work.Li Xin's salary was [-]% higher than before, so those guys were naturally willing to stay.

After buying the oil workshop and agreeing with the original owner of the time for the official handover, Li Xin went back to Zhuangzi first.The oil workshop has been open all the time, but now it suddenly changed hands, there are still a lot of things to deal with.Moreover, the original owner of the oil workshop lived in the oil workshop, so it would naturally take a lot of time to move.

Now, the rapeseed has just been harvested, so Li Xin is not in a hurry.I just want to move as soon as possible, but I don't rush it.

Since it was a transaction, Li Xin knew a little about the original owner of the oil workshop.The owner's family name is Yang, and his name is Yang Zhu. Yang Zhu's grandfather escaped from the famine, and was recruited by a family in the village, that is, Yang Zhu's grandmother's family.This family has some background, and Yang Zhu's grandfather used to work as a clerk in an oil factory, and he has a good skill in squeezing oil.

At the beginning, he squeezed oil in the village, and gradually gained some reputation, so he opened this oil mill in the town.The common people mostly use animal oil. Originally, the sales volume of vegetable oil was not very large. At the beginning, the business of this oil shop was still very good, otherwise it would not have been passed down to the present.Later, two large oil workshops opened in the county, and oil from the county could be bought in the grocery store in the town.Such a small oil workshop with a small capital is gradually unable to continue to operate.

Yang Zhu's family also planned to sell the oil workshop and move back to the village to live, and they could also buy some land with the money they got from selling the oil workshop.The Yang family still has a house in the village, so they won't have a place to live after moving away from the oil workshop.

After buying the oil shop, the guys in the oil shop were willing to stay, so Li Xin was also relieved.Although it is also possible to find a large oil mill to help extract oil, but there are a lot of rapeseeds to be harvested, and the amount of oil will be large, so it is not always so convenient to find others.It is much better to have an oil workshop at home, not to mention other things, the quality of the oil can be guaranteed.

(End of this chapter)