Reborn in 76: Leading the Whole Village to Eat Meat and Prosper

Li Xiangdong lived a wealthy life until sixty, with a house full of children and grandchildren, but one day he was sent to the heavens by the two green hats his wife gave him.

When he opened ...

Chapter 68 Oil has been extracted

"They say this oil is not only harmless to the body, but also beneficial!"

"Really?!"

Li Jin was dumbfounded. Not only was it not poisonous, but it was also beneficial to people who ate it?

"Yes! Wheatgrass seed oil not only has practical value, but also medicinal value! Consuming wheatgrass seed oil can not only improve brain function and intelligence, but also protect the cardiovascular system, reduce swelling and relieve pain!"

Li Xiangdong overheard the conversation between the two men outside and continued speaking, picking up where Wang Zhenbo left off.

"You little rascal, you've been away from home for most of the day, running around everywhere."

Li Jin's complaints were delivered with a tone full of doting affection.

"I went to consult an expert about this wheatgrass seed oil!"

Li Xiangdong walked over with a grin, picked up the glass bottle, and shook it. It was a dark green color, like engine oil in a car.

If it weren't for the oil shortage, he wouldn't have thought of using this oil!

"Uncle Bo, how's the oil yield?"

He also needs to calculate the cost to see if buying wheatgrass seeds at one cent per kilogram is worthwhile.

"This is 26 jin (13 catties) of oil! Roughly speaking, the oil yield is about 50%!"

When it came to oil yield, Wang Zhenbo became even more excited.

It's worth noting that peanuts have an oil yield of around 40%, rapeseed oil has an oil yield of around 30%, while wheatgrass seeds have an oil yield as high as 50%!

"The oil press master said our frying wasn't quite up to standard, otherwise we could have gotten more oil!"

"I only realized today that there are so many tricks to the cooking process! If it's undercooked, it will produce a lot of oil, but the oil won't be fragrant; if it's overcooked, it will produce less oil!"

Wang Zhenbo felt that in his forty-odd years of life, he had never been as excited as he was today.

"The cost of harvesting wheatgrass seeds, plus labor, is about six yuan. Now, the supply and marketing cooperative charges 80 cents per jin for cooking oil, but if you go to the black market, it's 1.2 yuan per jin without oil coupons."

"We've extracted 26 jin of oil, which is 26 yuan at one yuan per jin!"

"This business is worth doing!"

Li Xiangdong was also excited.

This will not only allow the Lijiapo brigade to have the freedom to use oil, but they might even be able to sell it for money!

"Oh right, did you bring back the oil cakes left over from pressing the oil?"

The oil cake that Li Xiangdong mentioned is the cake-shaped residue left after the wheatgrass seeds have been pressed for oil.

Modern people generally use it for fertilizing fields.

"I brought it back!"

Wang Zhenbo took out a bag of flour, which contained dark brown fried dough pieces broken into small pieces.

Li Xiangdong picked up a piece, held it under his nose and smelled it carefully, then threw it back into the flour bag.

"This can be fed to pigs! They'll definitely get fatter if they eat it!"

"My son knows so much!"

Li Jin, disregarding Li Xiangdong's presence, immediately began praising his son to Wang Zhenbo!