Chapter 127 Return of Favor
The oil mill finally acquired all the equipment, including the oil press, stone mill, and mill groove, but there was no large iron pot for frying.
Today I stopped cooking vermicelli and brought the big iron pot over.
Su Ying brought the tea seeds that had been dried for a long time at home. She heated the pan and turned to low heat. Su Ying poured in the tea seeds and stir-fried them slowly.
Soon the air was filled with the smell of burnt food.
Wang Sanlang, Zheng Silang and other carpenters stayed at the oil mill, not only to help but also to see if there was anything that needed improvement or adjustment.
The fried tea seeds are cooled and spread out in the mill ditch. The oxen pull the millstones in circles slowly to crush the tea seeds.
Then steam the crushed camellia seeds again.
Arrange the bamboo oil hoops, cover them with straw, put the steamed tea seeds into the oil hoops, wrap them with straw, and put the oil hoops into the oil press one by one and stack them neatly.
Fix it, cover it with a cover plate, press down the pressure bar, tie the tail of the pressure bar firmly to the machine base with a brown rope, use stones in the middle to increase gravity, and use the lever principle to squeeze the oil hoop.
Slowly, oil seeped into the oil hoop and flowed into the cylinder below along the oil groove.
"It's done, it's done!" Seeing the transparent tea oil seeping out little by little and then flowing out in a stream, everyone present cheered.
"Let me take a look, let me take a look!" The villagers waiting outside the oil mill were unable to squeeze in and were very anxious. "Someone inside come out so that we can go in and take a look too!"
Wang Sanlang and the others came out, all with happy smiles on their faces, "Go! If you want to press oil, hurry up!"
"Village chief, let's go!" Su Bucheng invited.
"Langjun Qing!" The village elders politely gave way to each other and entered the oil mill.
The familiar aroma of oil brought me back to the past in a trance.
"Yeah, that's the taste!" Old Zheng said excitedly.
Squeezing in front of the jar, tea oil dripped into the jar, and there was already quite a lot of it.
Finally, we can eat oil. As long as we have the raw materials, we can be self-sufficient, and those who are rich can even exchange it for money! How wonderful!
"Aying, are these all the tea seeds you have?" Old man Yang looked at the stack of ten oil hoops.
"Yes! I picked up two large baskets, dried them, removed the inner and outer shells, and only these seeds were left for pressing oil." Su Ying smiled, "I estimate that we can squeeze out about ten kilograms of oil."
"Then mine can't be more than yours!" Old man Yang remembered that he had picked up less than two backpacks.
When I saw the clear tea oil, I regretted not picking up enough.
"It's okay. When we make money, we'll buy a big iron pot and squeeze out sesame oil, radish seed oil, rapeseed oil, and soybean oil. We'll make a lot of money before the New Year!" Su Ying said with a smile.
As long as the oil mill is fully equipped, you can press oil whenever you have time. No matter what kind of oil it is, it is good stuff and can be sold for a lot of money.
"Let's make a few dishes with tea oil tonight, everyone can try them!" Su Ying said.
"Ah? This..." The village elders were a little panicked. Only Su Ying would be willing to give up such a valuable thing.
"It's okay. It won't take much to make a few dishes. Try it and see how good the oil is." Su Ying said indifferently, "Five hundred kilograms of vermicelli will be delivered tomorrow. Bring some tea oil with you."
The money from selling vermicelli last time has been divided because everyone needs money to buy daily necessities. As for the money to buy piglets, the governor has given us three months, which is enough to buy the vermicelli a few times.
When going to the town to buy things, people are no longer stingy and buy what they need. They even bring their children along and generously buy some Hu Bing for them as snacks.
In fact, most of the money flowed back to the grocery store of Shopkeeper Zhu and the grain store of Shopkeeper Feng, and a small portion was used to buy food on the street.
Everyone spent money generously and lavishly for the first time.
"Listen to Aying, listen to Aying!" the village elders said in unison.
"Uncle, let's take a look too!" a group of children outside the oil mill shouted.
The aroma of fried tea seeds is very fragrant. The children are very greedy. They have never tasted tea oil before. They heard from their grandfathers that tea oil has a light taste and the dishes fried with it are especially delicious.
This was the first time they had ever seen oil pressing, and they were waiting outside anxiously.
"Look, look! Once you learn it, it's a skill you can use to make a living." The village elders came out with a smile and let the children go in to see.
"Wow! Oil is really coming out!" Hu Zi squatted in front of the tank and felt it was magical.
Camellia oil fruit looks similar to chestnuts, so how can it produce oil? There are also sesame seeds, radish seeds, brassica seeds, soybeans, and walnuts.
"Girl, why can some things be squeezed to produce oil, but some cannot?" Hu Zi asked.
"Well, because some plants have high oil content and some have low oil content, some can be used to produce oil and some cannot." Su Ying gave a brief introduction.
"Soybeans don't seem to have any oil!" Hu Zi remembered that after soybeans were soaked and ground into pulp, they were milky white and no oil could be seen at all.
"Well, this is the wisdom of our ancestors. They discovered it through the small details in life. Soybeans have many uses!" Su Ying moved Hu Zi's round head.
"Girl, when will you teach?" Not only Hu Zi, but all the other children were looking eagerly.
The blackboard and chalk are ready. The class started after the last delivery. Su Boyan and his brothers arranged the schedule and taught at different times.
The children listened very carefully, but they also wanted to listen to Su Ying's lectures, as Su Ying's lessons were more practical and interesting.
But Su Ying was busy all day long and her class schedule was changed several times.
Yang Chunhua, Zheng Niangzi and other former ladies of noble families came to teach the girls etiquette separately from the boys.
"Well, wait a few more days. Once the plans for the pond and lime kiln are finalized, I can relax." Su Ying scratched her head. Breaking the contract again and again was not what a gentleman should do.
"Girl, can you tell us the construction principles of ponds and lime kilns?" Hu Zi said seriously.
"We study not only to gain knowledge, but also to learn practical things, so that we can benefit the people in the future, rather than just being able to write poetry and songs."
"Yes, girl, teach us!" a group of children said noisily.
"Girl, I'm not as smart as Hu Zi. I just want to learn how to press oil, build lime kilns, and build ponds. In the future, I want to be a local rich man in the village!" Amu said courageously.
Su Ying often went in and out of his house, but he was not as smart as Hu Zi, good at studying, sweet-mouthed and good at talking, and he would definitely pass the imperial examinations in the future.
He knew that he was clumsy and admired Su Ying very much. He wanted to learn practical things from Su Ying, but he was not familiar with Su Ying. He always followed Su Ying and never dared to get close to talk to her.
He wanted to learn skills from Su Ying, but Su Ying just didn't come to teach. Seeing Tea Oil come out today made him even more anxious.
"Well, do you like to learn these too?" Su Ying asked the other children.
"Yes!" the children said in unison.
"Well, okay! When the people from the county government and the state government arrive tomorrow, we will start classes the day after tomorrow." Su Ying thought for a while and said.
The first basic principle for the poor is to survive. Regardless of whether Hu Zi and his friends can leave Lingnan in the future, at least they need these practical knowledge and skills for now.
These knowledge and skills can enable the poor to survive well and develop slowly. Su Ying is willing to help everyone.
The reason why we have to wait until the county government and the state government come together is because those people are also here to learn these things, so we might as well teach them all together.
With a spark of fire, we can feed back modern advanced knowledge and skills to the ancients.
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