The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

At this point, most people are cutting wheat with sickles in the field. The weather is good these days, so they have to hurry up to harvest.

The common people depend on the sky for their meals. If it rains heavily that day and a strong wind blows, the wheat they cut will be washed away by the water.

So taking advantage of the good weather, they had to harvest and go home quickly, and even every household was so busy that they didn't go home until dark.

Jiang Ziyan came at a good time, just before noon, but there were also many people who didn't come back at noon, and the family brought the food over, and then worked hard after eating.

After eating, Jiang Ziyan took a special look at the rollers used by the tenants to remove the hulls, and there were some stone mills.It's just that this roller is very heavy and it takes a lot of effort to use it.But this stone mill is fine, you can use donkeys to pull the shells.It's just that not everyone can afford a donkey these days.He tried it, but it still took a lot of effort to pull it by hand.

Liu Futian's wife, Mrs. He, had just cleaned up the house, turned over the wheat in the yard, and took a sickle to go to work in the field.

She asked Jiang Ziyan to look at the roller, and asked, "Master, what's the problem?"

Jiang Ziyan saw that the shady place where he was standing had been exposed to the scorching sun for a while, so he moved a few steps and stood in the shade.

"Sister-in-law, do you usually use a mill to dehull the wheat?"

He replied enthusiastically: "Yes, after drying in the sun, use a roller to grind it back and forth several times, and most of the shells will be rolled off, and when the wind is blowing, the wheat will be separated from the husks and grains." Yes. After soaking in water, the remaining part of the shell will float on the water surface. If it is not clean, rub it again with your hands, take it out and dry it, and then it can be made into noodles. This year, the harvest Well, after paying the rent and taxes, you can still save a lot!"

He thought that Jiang Ziyan was the young master of which family, and was afraid that he would not understand, so he explained in detail.

"Will it be very difficult to use a roller?" Jiang Ziyan looked at the stone roller on the side of the ground. It was made of round stone core stone, and he couldn't even pull it.

"Farmers, it's not just this kind of hard work, we don't know anything else. The head of the family is strong and strong, and he did all these things."

Jiang Ziyan nodded to express his understanding.

After returning home in the afternoon, Jiang Ziyan was sweating all over, and asked Changlin to prepare water for him to take a bath when he got home.

Fortunately, when he was renovating the house, he had someone remodel the bathroom and created a shower room, which is just in use now.

After taking a bath, he was refreshed, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter. He didn't want to wear an outer shirt, so he put on an inner jacket and stayed indoors. There was no one at home, and he didn't go out, so it was okay to just wear it like this.

It's just that he thinks so and some people don't think so.

After Lin Zhao came back from school, he put his things in the room, went to see Lin Xing, and then went to look for Jiang Ziyan.

At this time, Jiang Ziyan was writing and drawing in front of the desk. He remembered that in his previous life, there was a farm tool used for threshing wheat and shelling it, called the flail.He checked the encyclopedia, and sure enough there were records, and they were very detailed, with specific descriptions of the flail and pictures of how to do it.Jiang Ziyan even suspected that calling it an encyclopedia would be an understatement. It should be called a book with all subjects.

As soon as Lin Zhao entered the door, he saw that his dear brother was only wearing a thin undershirt, holding a cattail fan in his hand and shaking it, the neckline was torn open, his chest was exposed, and his fair and smooth skin was still wet. There was a thin layer of sweat, and he blushed for no reason.

He turned his head, not just because of the heat or something, his face flushed slightly, and he said: "Brother, why are you dressed like this?"

Jiang Ziyan was puzzled, "What's wrong?" He looked at his clothes, was there anything wrong?

"Why don't you even wear a middle coat? The neckline is still so big."

Jiang Ziyan looked down, he was really too hot, so he grabbed his collar and pulled it, but the collar is not too big?

If it weren't for the folk customs here not allowing it, he would have taken off his shirt long ago and only wore a pair of big underpants.

It was a hot day, but people were wearing long shirts and trousers. His body couldn't bear the heat, and he would sweat when the sun was shining, especially the sweat on his chest, which dripped straight down.After returning from Zhuangzi today, all his clothes were soaked in sweat.

Jiang Ziyan simply ignored him, he was already dressed a lot, okay?He would be really hot to death if he put on a jacket.

"Aren't you hot in such thick clothes?" Jiang Ziyan couldn't hold back and asked instead.

Lin Zhao stepped forward, straightened his collar, and said, "It's hot."

"Brother looks so good-looking, you still have to be careful, in case someone else sees him like this..."Lin Zhao hesitated to speak, he really couldn't imagine letting others see him like this, with red lips and white teeth, and thin sweat on his forehead, which made people think about it.

"What's wrong with being seen by others? I'm just afraid of the heat. It's okay. I only wear this at home, and I don't go out to flaunt others' eyes."

"Ah."

"By the way, the cut watermelon on the table was brought over by Changhua just now, and it was stored in the cellar. It's cold to eat, and it's very refreshing. Eat a piece quickly."

"it is good."

It just so happened that Feng Ke also came in at this time. Jiang Ziyan saw that he was wearing three layers of clothes, the middle coat and the outer coat, the cuffs were narrow, and the waist was tied with cloth strips. Is it hot?"

To this, Feng Ke replied: "People who practice martial arts, what is this? If you can't even stand the heat, how can you become a great weapon."

Jiang Ziyan nodded in surprise, and silently gave him a thumbs up, "What you said makes sense."

"Hey, the watermelon I just brought over, eat some to cool off the heat."

Feng Ke was not polite, he was a man, it was impossible not to be hot, so he simply squatted at the door to eat melons.

Jiang Ziyan looked at the weather in June. It's not yet the dog days, it's so hot, what should we do in the future.

Thinking back to the days when I had air conditioners and fan popsicles in my previous life, I was really happy.

The weather has been hot recently, and milk tea and hot drinks are no longer sold, only fruit tea is still selling well.

"Oh, if only there were popsicles to cool down."

Popsicles... ice?

"Azhao, do we have an ice maker here? Let's buy some ice cubes and put them in the house to cool down."

"Ice? We don't seem to have any here. Ice cubes are quite expensive this season, and even if there is, they are all used by the nobles in the imperial city."

Jiang Ziyan's mind became alive, there is no ice, he can make ice by himself.Looking at his book, which is a complete book on what to look up, it will definitely be no problem to find specific methods.

When there is ice, you can make iced milk tea, iced fruit tea, mung bean smoothie and so on.

It's just that Lin Zhao and Feng Ke are both there at this time, and it's not convenient for him to consult the whole book, so he can only bear the heat and draw the blueprints of the flail.

This flail is divided into two parts, one is the hand rod, and the other is the knock rod.Hand poles can be made from bamboo poles about six feet long.

Roast one end of the bamboo pole about a foot away from the fire, split off half of it when it is soft, and then bend the remaining half to make a handle even with the handle, which is called "flail handle".

The knocking rod can be made of a wooden or bamboo stick about three feet long.If you use wooden sticks, you need to choose thin wooden sticks with harder wood.

Then choose five or six parallel and tie them together to form a board, which is somewhat similar to the practice of bamboo rafts.

The wooden stick or bamboo stick at the upper end is softened with fire, twisted and turned back, and a short-stemmed wooden shaft is added in the middle, which is the knocking stick, commonly known as "flail clap".

Finally, put the flail racket on the bend of the flail handle along the shaft, and the complete flail is ready.

Jiang Ziyan painted meticulously. Lin Zhao saw that he was still painting after eating two pieces of watermelon to relieve the heat, so he stepped forward to take a look at the strange painting on the paper, and asked, "Brother, what are you painting?"

Jiang Ziyan didn't look up, and said: "If a farm tool for harvesting wheat can be made, it can save those tenants a lot of effort."

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The knowledge about flail comes from Baidu Encyclopedia