A man travels through time and becomes a widow, only wanting to pursue a career

Li Zheng asked with wide eyes, "Dafu Niang, what is this?"

The old man knew about threshing machines, but he couldn't believe his eyes. There were actually threshing machines coming to his village, and there were five of them at once.

Chen Changsheng said with a smile, "The county magistrate saw our hard work in harvesting and sympathized with us, so he lent several threshing machines to our village."

"borrow?"

Li Zheng didn't believe it.

The county magistrate lent his village to them for no reason, and why did he borrow so much in one go?

If you buy a threshing machine, it costs seven or eight taels of silver. If you just borrow it, it will cost you one hundred pence a day at a critical moment like the autumn harvest. How can ordinary villagers be willing to spend so much money to borrow it? It is better to work hard on your own. Beat by hand.

Chen Lizheng thought that he did not have the dignity to let the county magistrate lend it to him. The county magistrate must have lent it to Dafu Niang.

Thinking of this, he said, "Thanks to you, Dafu Niang, you have found so many threshers for our village. Now it's better, it will be much easier for us all."

"Uncle Li Zheng, I will put the things in the yard. If anyone needs threshing, they can do it here. We will return the things after the autumn harvest is completed."

Chen Changsheng smiled at the delivery masters and said, "Thank you for your hard work, masters. Come to my house for a cup of tea."

The five masters waved their hands, "This is an errand arranged by Magistrate Bai. It's what we should do. It's not hard work at all. We have to rush back to the city to resume our duties, so as not to cause trouble to Madam."

"Since the masters are in a hurry, I won't force you to keep them." She took out a few broken pieces of silver from her sleeves, "This is half a penny. The masters can go back and buy a bowl of wine."

Everyone was very happy. They didn't expect to get extra money for such a trip. Moreover, the village woman in front of me was generous and rewarded more than the rich people in the city. I couldn't help but look at her.

One of the leading masters said loudly, "If Madam has used up the threshing machine and needs to return it, you can send someone to find me at the county grain mill at any time, and we will transport it again then."

Several people drove the bullock cart and left happily.

Many people from Chenjia Village came to the field, and everyone gathered around the five threshing machines.

Now that the machine has been delivered, Chen Changsheng is ready to go back, "Master Li Zheng, I'll leave this place to you."

"Don't worry." Li Zheng pushed the people around him to relax, and added, "Oh, by the way, I heard from Dafu that your family's grain harvest has been finished. You can be the first in line to use the machine later. ”

"No, no, no, my children are diligent and have already knocked down all the grain with flails."

She wouldn't say it was the harvester.

Several children in the second and third bedrooms were driven off the carriage by Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Cui. Children are ignorant and run into other people's cars to play, but they must not be ignorant as adults.

The carriage of my sister-in-law's family looks impressive. The few kids in the family work in the fields every day, and their bodies are covered with dust and mud. It would be a sin if they soiled the carriage of my sister-in-law's family.

Da Mao from the second room looked at the carriage reluctantly, "If only I were the child of my uncle's mother's family, I could take the carriage to the city every day."

Mrs. Liu grabbed a handful of rice ears and knocked him on the forehead and scolded with a smile, "Little bastard, do you think your mother is treating you badly and didn't buy you a carriage? My aunt has three hard-working and smart sons, no? If you don’t have a son, you should just be your mother’s son.”

Da Mao took the thing from Liu's hand and smiled.

When Chen Changsheng drove his carriage home, his four children gathered around him.

"It turns out that Mom went to the city to pick up the carriage today." Erlu looked at the horse in front of him with joy, "This horse is fat and strong, and it can run at a glance."

Si Xi came over and said, "Big brother and second brother, you two should learn to drive the carriage quickly. When the time comes, Si Xi will ride in the carriage."

"When the autumn harvest is over, I will learn to drive the carriage." Dafu very wisely drove the carriage to the backyard stable and brought a pile of fodder to feed the horse.

While it was still early, Chen Changsheng took advantage of the time to work.

She grabbed a handful of rice drying on the ground and inspected it carefully. The moisture had been dried to a certain extent, and it was almost ready for the next step of shelling.

There are generally two methods for shelling rice. One is to use an ox-pulled stone to grind the rice. The stone grinds the rice back and forth to grind off the chaff. The other method is to use rice hullers to hull the grains, which is similar to using stone mills to grind soybeans. Both require manpower and are extremely labor-intensive.

Some people in Chenjia Village have rice rice at home, so they use rice rice. Those who don't have rice hullers can only borrow scalpers from Chen Daniu. If the loan is not free, either give it money or exchange it for grain.

Chen Changsheng's family now also has a big ox. She thought about it for a while and decided to use the ox-pulled stone wheel method.

After all, it doesn't matter if the cow is tired, but people must not be tired.

"Erlu, you bring the big ox in the backyard and put it on a stone grinder. You and your mother will clear up this land together."

Several children agreed and went about their business.

After clearing out the open space specially used for rice milling, Erlu brought the big ox over.

There are two ropes tied to the big ox, one is tied to a stone mill, and the other is tied to the central pillar and beam axis, so as to ensure that the big ox can always circle around the central pillar.

Chen Changsheng used a dustpan to pick up the millet and spread it evenly under the stone mill, and asked Sanshou to lead the ox in front. The big ox began to move forward slowly, the stone mill also started to work, and the rice crushed by the stone mill was threshed quickly. .

"This is much easier." Dafu Erlu and Sixi, who were watching from the side, praised.

After the first round of chaff is roughly crushed, the thin rice coat, which is rice bran, is revealed.

Rice bran can be used to make porridge and refine oil, which is rich in nutrients. In the modern society of the last generation, everyone ate refined products. Rice bran was basically used to feed pigs, chickens and ducks and as fertilizer for planting.

However, in today's ancient times when food and clothing are scarce, rice bran skin will never be wasted. Grind them into powder and mix them into flour to eat together, which is also a filling meal.

If you want all the chaff to be ground cleanly, you have to grind it patiently a few more times. After grinding off the bran skin, you will have white rice.

Chen Changsheng turned to Erlu and asked, "What did mother do just now? Did you see clearly?"

"I see clearly." Erlu nodded.

"Well, after this round of chaff is crushed, I'll leave the rest to you and Sanshou to try."

Farmer's children are indeed farmers' children, you will know it after reading it once. The two brothers Erlu and Sanshou cooperated seamlessly. One was responsible for spreading the millet and the other was responsible for checking the shelling situation.

Chen Changsheng was now relieved to leave matters here to the two brothers.

Erlu and the others had just finished grinding two loads of rice when they felt raindrops falling on their faces.