A night passed.
The next morning, Zhou Ziwen got up from bed feeling refreshed.
He found that the sun today was not as bright as before and the temperature was a little lower than usual.
"Winter is coming!" Zhou Ziwen keenly noticed the changes.
After doing a few sets of Five Animal Exercises in the yard to warm up his body, Zhou Ziwen washed up and went out to the next yard.
At this time, the gate of the Chen sisters' house was open. One sister was busy cooking in the house, while the other was feeding chickens at the back of the house.
Speaking of which, these chicks have been caught for more than a month.
After more than a month, the chicks have grown a lot and look almost half-grown.
Zhou Ziwen also caught it and weighed it. It was more than one kilogram, almost two kilograms.
In two months, they will be able to eat their own eggs.
"Ziwen, the beans are soaked. When do you think we can prepare them?"
Entering the kitchen, Chen Shiying saw him coming and asked.
"This is easy. I'll make a smaller grinder later and we can grind it ourselves at home." Zhou Ziwen said easily.
This is the importance of mastering a craft.
With the skills of a stonemason, you can make most commonly used items by yourself.
"That's great! If we had our own mill, we wouldn't have to run so far to grind grain in the future." Chen Shiying said happily.
The village's stone mill is shared, and some people don't take good care of it, often leaving it dirty. They have to clean it every time they grind grain, which is inconvenient, but the dirty part is that it makes them uncomfortable to use.
If she had no other choice, she would definitely not use it.
"It's okay, we will use our own in the future." Zhou Ziwen said with a smile.
It was not difficult for him to make a stone mill. He just had to make the patterns for pushing the millstones right, and the rest could be done simply.
Zhou Ziwen plans to build a small stone mill that even a girl can push.
It just so happens that the yard of the Chen sisters is relatively empty, so they can add a piece of equipment.
After breakfast, Zhou Ziwen and the Chen sisters went to the production team for a morning meeting.
During the morning meeting, the village continued to assign tasks in preparation for the upcoming autumn harvest.
These days, everyone’s main goal is to build a new threshing ground and put it into use during the autumn harvest.
However, this has nothing to do with Zhou Ziwen and his mushroom group, and they continue to cultivate mushrooms.
After the morning meeting, Zhou Ziwen went to the mushroom house to check on the growth of the mushrooms, then returned to the yard and started making the stone mill.
It just so happened that the big stone for oil pressing that we brought back two days ago was too big, so we recycled it and made it into a stone mill.
The stone mill is composed of three parts. The first part is the grinding disc, which is the basis of the stone mill.
The second part is the grinding fan, which is the other half that rubs against the grinding wheel.
The third part is the central axis and the grinding rod for pushing the mill. With these three parts, you can start grinding flour.
However, for Zhou Ziwen, there is a fourth part, which is the base. The stone mill will be placed on the base for operation.
In order to make it easier for the Chen sisters to operate, he also planned to make a push rod. With this push rod, it would be much easier to use the millstone.
Back in his yard, Zhou Ziwen took out his stonemasonry tools and was about to start working when he discovered that the chisel had been severely worn out from frequent use and needed sharpening.
Fortunately, he had thought of this situation before buying the tools and specially bought some coal and a bellows.
It is said to be polishing, but in fact it is reforging the worn parts of the chisel.
You need to dig a pit and then connect a bellows to make the coal burn more vigorously.
When forging, place the part to be forged on coal to heat it. When it is red hot and the material becomes soft, use a hammer to hit it and make the chisel into the required shape.
He had already done this job when he was learning from Master Chen.
He was now very familiar with the operation, and in just a short while, he had forged several worn chisels.
Then, he broke up the big stones in the yard and started building.
The process of making a stone mill is not complicated. In one morning, he had completed most of it and was just one step away from finishing it.
He planned to continue working on it after dinner. After he was done, he would try it out. If there were no problems, he would move to the Chen sisters' house and have tofu pudding in the evening.
Not long after, the Chen sisters came back.
As soon as they came back, they went to his house to report. Seeing that the stone mill was almost finished, the two sisters couldn't help but show their joy.
"Brother Ziwen, the stone mill you made is so beautiful! It's more beautiful than those in the village." Chen Qiaoyi said in surprise.
"Well, I improved the style." Zhou Ziwen nodded calmly.
The stone mills in the village are all of older style, but his style comes from later generations and is of course more beautiful.
If you look at it from the perspective of craftsmanship, there isn't much difference.
"I like this style." Chen Qiaoyi said without hesitation.
This was made by her brother Ziwen. No matter how ugly it is, it is very beautiful in her eyes.
But Chen Shiying was different. She was not a love-brained person. Even though she did not understand the stonemasonry craft, she thought the stone mill in front of her was better than those in the village.
"Go cook first. I'll polish it a little more and it will be ready for use in the afternoon." Zhou Ziwen continued to be busy with the work in his hands.
"Ziwen, what do you want to eat today? I'll make it for you." Seeing Zhou Ziwen working so hard, Chen Shiying decided to reward him.
"Let's have some braised cured fish. The cured fish we made earlier is ready. Let's get some to try and see if it tastes good." Zhou Ziwen thought for a while and spoke.
He was a little tired of eating roe deer meat every meal these days and was ready to change his taste.
No matter how good something is, you will get tired of it if you eat too much. After a few days, he almost lost interest in roe deer meat.
Change the taste and texture, and after a day or two, your appetite for meat will improve.
"Okay, but I've never made cured fish before, so I don't know how to make it!" Chen Shiying nodded, feeling a little embarrassed.
"It's okay, I'll teach you..."
Zhou Ziwen briefly talked about how to cook the cured fish and asked her to prepare the ingredients first, and he would come over when it was ready.
"Then I'll get a fish first."
Chen Shiying walked into the house familiarly, took the key that Zhou Ziwen had left in the cabinet, went out to the yard, opened the cellar door, and used a flashlight to get the fish.
Since the cellar was built, most of the food from both families is stored in the cellar, which not only prevents rats but also increases the shelf life, killing two birds with one stone.
In the countryside, if food is not stored properly at home, it will be spoiled in two days.
Soon, Chen Shiying was almost ready. Zhou Ziwen put down his work and went to the kitchen next door to teach his sister-in-law how to make cured fish.
There are many ways to eat cured fish. It can be steamed, boiled, roasted, or even fried.
You can eat it however you want. Chen Shiying has never eaten cured fish before, so she doesn’t know how to cook it.
With Zhou Ziwen watching from the side, Chen Shiying felt more confident. (End of this chapter)
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