Mountain People

This time Dong Chenghu was angry, he stepped forward and hugged Dong Yuanxu from Gu Shuixiu's arms, rubbing his beard on his face, the little guy was stabbed and screamed, dancing and trying to break free from Dong Chenghu's " abuse". He was so weak that he couldn't even move. Dong Yuanxu was angry but burst into tears.

Gu Shuixiu hurriedly stepped forward to rescue him, coaxing the child while looking at Dong Chenghu angrily, "Can you coax him to cry?"

Dong Yuanxu had a tendency to cry to the end, Dong Chenghu patted his head embarrassedly, and said in a pleasing manner: "Shuixiu, why don't you give him to me, I will carry him in a basket Playing in the fields, the rapeseed has already been harvested, and it will be almost all harvested in three days.”

Dong Chenghu said that he was going to hug Dong Yuanxu. Dong Yuanxu stopped crying when he saw Dong Chenghu approaching, and hugged Gu Shuixiu's neck tightly. Don't let Dong Chenghu hug him.

Gu Shuixiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she quickly drove Dong Chenghu away, and then coaxed Dong Yuanxu well, after such a commotion, she couldn't eat half of her breakfast.

Just as Dong Yunmei came over with a basket of wild vegetables, Gu Shuixiu led her to the main room to speak, and asked Luo Ying to tidy up the yard.

Dong Yunmei saw the rapeseed piled as high as the house making a rustling sound in the wind, and asked with a smile: "Shuixiu, this is the rapeseed you planted? Harvest so many plans How to use it? Even if it is made into food, it can't be eaten, right?" More importantly, the Dong family's warehouse can't hold so many rapeseeds.

Gu Shuixiu took Dong Yunmei to the heap of rapeseeds, twisted the rapeseeds with her hands, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Wait for some of these rapeseeds to be dried, and then the seeds can be beaten, what I need is these black ones. Rapeseeds don’t need these roots, stems and leaves, don’t look at the amount of rapeseeds, once you get the rapeseeds, it’s just a little bit, it’s not enough to look at at all.”

Dong Yunmei nodded, because she didn't know the purpose of these rapeseeds, she didn't say anything more, she was more concerned about the problem between Dong Chenghu and Gu Shuixiu, and she didn't know if the two were reconciled .

I must be on your side." Dong Yunmei assured her with a solemn look.

Gu Shuixiu was stunned for a moment, then came to understand, and laughed: "Eldest sister, what are you talking about? I have no problem with Chenghu, you can rest assured, he just went to the field to cut rapeseed, wait. You'll be back in a while, you'll stay here for dinner today, don't go back."

Dong Yunmei saw that Gu Shuixiu looked natural and did not force it at all. It seemed that the two were really reconciled, but Dong Yunmei was still a little worried, so she agreed to stay for dinner and observe carefully.

After staying at Dong's house for most of the day, Dong Yunmei made sure that there was no problem between their husband and wife before leaving with peace of mind.

Gu Shuixiu pondered: "Chenghu, there is no more rapeseed in the courtyard at home, then you should bring the rapeseed to the yard where Dong Shan and the others live, spread it out to dry, and wait in the fields. All the rapeseeds have been collected, and the ones here can start seeding, and then you can get another tool for seeding, and let’s make it faster together.”

Gu Shuixiu made up her mind to get the rapeseed while the weather is fine.

On the third day, all the rapeseeds in the field were finally harvested, and Gu Shuixiu had prepared the tools for seeding. Stop and put in new rapeseed.

It is estimated that a hundred catties can only produce more than 300 catties of oil at most. In ancient times, there were no oil presses today, and the oil yield would be lower. Gu Shuixiu estimated that it would only produce more than 200 catties of rapeseed oil, just enough to manage their family. Children eat for one year.

For these Gu Shuixiu, she only has theory, but has never practiced it. This time, the eldest girl is on the sedan chair. For the first time, she seems to attach great importance to this oil extraction. This kind of emotion has infected Dong Chenghu. Those servants, everyone attaches great importance to these rapeseeds.

I followed Gu Shuixiu's example and helped with the work, and it was not until the beginning of July that the rapeseeds were completely dried. Gu Shuixiu continued to fry the next step without stopping. She used all the two large pots in the kitchen. During the day, the two large pots were responsible for cooking rice and vegetables, and at night, they were used to fry rapeseeds. stop.

It took five or six days for everyone to fry all the rapeseeds, and their arms were almost useless.

Even a strong man like Dong Chenghu felt a little overwhelmed, but the most energy-consuming thing was not now. When he was pumping oil later, Dong Chenghu knew that this amount of strength was like playing a family.

Gu Shuixiu has already thought about it. When oil is pressed, she will wrap rapeseed in coarse cloth to make oil cakes. Using the principle of leverage, Dong Chenghu will make a large stone pestle of 300 to 400 pounds to smash the dough cakes. With a disc made of stone, the crude oil squeezed from the disc flows into the wooden barrel below, and then three or four layers of muslin cloth are covered on the wooden barrel to make a filter screen, so that the oil received is edible rapeseed oil.

After Gu Shuixiu's description, Dong Chenghu immediately started work. It is not difficult to make a tool for oiling. Dong Xiao, the three of them went to other hills to find them, and it was easier to bring them back with a donkey cart.

After five or six days of tossing, the oil extraction tool Gu Shuixiu wanted was finally ready. These days, Dong Chenghu's search for large rocks in the mountains and fields has alarmed the Qin family and the Zuo family. In the end, it was the two of them who helped Find a suitable stone, which is about four hundred pounds.

Everyone also knew Gu Shuixiu's purpose - to squeeze oil. At first, everyone was shocked when they heard that Gu Shuixiu was going to squeeze oil.

Put the things on the stone plate, and then let Dong Chenghu pull the rope, a large stone of 400 pounds was pulled up by Dong Chenghu with ease.