Exile Transformation [Farming]

On the tenth day of December, Old Man Shen called Butcher Hu over and took away two big fat pigs.

The pigs have been raised for more than a year, and the feeding is not too bad. They are fed some rice bran every day, and all of them grow fat and strong, and one head directly loses two hundred catties.

How much is two hundred catties in this age?A catty is regarded as a modern catty of six taels, that is, more than three hundred catties, which is considered rare in this era.

Hu Shan laughed and led away the two fat pigs, "This pig is fat, the fat must be more than three fingers thick, and it can be sold for a good price."

Old man Shen was very happy when he heard that, "Three fingers must be there. You have fed them well. I have been feeding them for more than a year. Every day, the maids go to feed pigs. There is no shortage of rice bran in the house. In the past half month, I have been feeding pigs. With oil bran on it, it has a lot of oil and gas and is full of nutrients..." He didn't know what to think, and stopped.

"Second Uncle Shen, what is your uncle?"

"Speaking of raising pigs with oil bran, they grow fast."

Hu Shan asked, "Really? What is oil bran?"

"The embryos of oil cakes left over from oil extraction."

After all, Hu Shan is from the town, and he has connections. Naturally, he doesn't know that there is clear oil. Compared with the oil bran, he cares more about the fact that the Shen family can extract oil.

He suddenly felt that the big uncle's eyes did not know how to grow them. How could he be a wealthy family when he caught one, and he could grow mushrooms and extract oil.It's good now, my mother's family is good, and I don't need to ask my uncle for subsidies.People think Hu Shan is stupid, but he is not. He has a quick brain and is very lively. Otherwise, why are there only two pork jerky in the whole town?

"Second Uncle Shen, do you squeeze oil at home? Do you squeeze it yourself and sell it, or trade it with beans? Or bring beans to squeeze oil?"

"This..." Old man Shen hesitated for a moment, he really didn't think it through.

"Well, after you have discussed it, just let me know by the way, and I will try this new soybean oil."

Shen Yu stood behind the door, and when he heard Hu Shan's question, he thought about it. Ten catties of beans yield one catty or two of oil, and one catty of beans usually costs two to three pennies. , Most of them cost five Wen and two catties. Calculated, the cost of a catty of oil is about 23 Wen, plus labor and firewood is 25 Wen.

"No, you can exchange beans with money. A catty of soybean oil can be exchanged for eleven catties of beans, and a catty of soybean oil is twenty renminbi. You can also exchange beans. If you don't need money, you can just give bean cakes. If you give money, you can exchange it for two cents per catty of oil." .”

Shen Yu can be regarded as quite affordable, almost cost price.

"So cheap?" Hu Shan's first reaction was the same.

When Mrs. Shen heard this, her heart ached. She used to buy it at home for 45 yuan a catty, but now she sells it for 25 Wen a catty. Why is this youngest son so incapable of settling accounts?

"You don't need to make money by extracting oil, just find some work for everyone." Shen Yu said politely, but in fact he had a plan in mind. This is only the first generation of oil press, and there will be improved ones later. When the time comes, the oil will be produced. The rate is even higher, although he doesn't know how high it is, anyway, if it is half as high, he can make money.

"Okay, do you have any ready-made ones at home? I'll buy two catties for the new year's ones and try them out."

Old man Shen waved his hand, "What are you talking about? In two days, I will trouble you to come over and kill pigs for us. The old lady will bring the jars for Butcher Hu."

The oil jars were all locked in Mrs. Shen's room. After all, they weighed several hundred catties, and she was not at ease about putting them elsewhere. When she heard what Old Man Shen said, she let out a "hey" and went to make soybean oil.

There are many kinds of pots and jars at home. Last time I made sauce, I went to Uncle Shen’s house to get some. I also bought some when making wine. There are one catty, two catties, three catties, and five catties. There are also ten catties, and there are also fifty catties.

It is also easy to find a two-jin jar.

Mrs. Shen handed the jar to Hu Shan, "Butcher Hu, you can handle it well, the oil is easy to spill."

"Okay, then I'm not too polite." Hu Shan took the oil tank over readily. There are many such things.

"Father, are you going to kill a pig?" Only then did Shen Yu know that his father actually wanted to kill the fat pig at home.

"Kill it. I used to have no money. I wanted to sell the pig to marry you a wife. Now you... don't need it. In addition to this year's events, I have to express it. There are so many relatives in the family. It is not easy to buy meat." It's a good deal." Old man Shen analyzed it for Shen Yu.

Shen Yu understood, and so did the brothers in the back, "It's good to kill a pig, otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of feeding it for a year? Anyway, I also fed it for a few days."

"By the way, old five, why did you think about feeding pigs and chickens? I think if our family feeds cows, you have to herd them."

Shen Yu imagined it, it seemed that this possibility was really possible.

"Why else? I want to raise and eat meat myself."

No, no, I'm just doing tasks to make extra money.

At noon, when Shen Yu was still eating, Carpenter Tan hurried over. Seeing them eating, he realized that he came at the wrong time, "Shen Er, are you eating? Then I'll come back later."

"Old Tan, what are you doing here at this time? Have you eaten yet? Fifth, go and bring you a pair of bowls and chopsticks for Uncle Tan."

"Oh."

Carpenter Tan quickly waved his hands, "No, no, I'm here to find something to do with Boy Yu. You are eating, so forget it, Boy Yu, come over after you have dinner."

After speaking, he ran away in a hurry.

The rest of the Shen family couldn't figure out what happened?

"Old Five, what did Carpenter Tan come to see you for?"

Shen Yu was still in a daze, and he had only just figured out the blueprint of the cotton machine. It was too complicated, and it took a lot of brainpower to simplify it without affecting the operation.In less than a month, he felt that he was about to become a bald boy.

"I don't know, I'll find out after a while."

"Then you eat quickly."

Shen Yu looked at the rice he just took a bite of, and then at the pancakes on the table, and put down the bowls and chopsticks decisively, "I'm full, so I'll go."

Old man Shen shouted from behind, "Fifth, you just took one bite, are you full?"

"I'm full."

Old man Shen poured his son's unfinished meal into his own bowl, still muttering, "The pancakes are so delicious, I couldn't find them before, so why did the fifth child despise them?"

The other brothers in the Shen family were also speechless, thinking: now only you and your mother think this is a good thing in the whole family.Anyone who has eaten oil bran pancakes for so long will feel tired and flustered.

At this time, they were all envious of Lao Wu, and Mu Jing, a place where they could have a meal.

Carpenter Tan didn't leave very quickly, Shen Yu caught up with him in three or two steps, "Uncle Tan, what do you want me to do?"

Carpenter Tan saw him chasing after him, "Aren't you eating? Are you full?"

"I'm full, let's go, you must have something important to come here today."

"It's not a big deal, it's just that your Auntie Hua changed the oil press before, and I think it's a little better. Would you like to take a look?"

"Oh?" Shen Yu immediately became interested, "I'm going to go, what's the change?"

"You'll know when you go." Carpenter Tan said mysteriously.

His appetite was so swayed, Shen Yu was completely interested, and his steps quickened a lot, almost running, and arrived at Carpenter Tan's house.

Aunt Hua was standing next to a strange machine, looking at the strange thing with a very satisfied expression.Hearing the sound, he turned his head to look over.

Seeing him, he smiled and waved to him.

"Aunt Hua, what is this?"

Aunt Hua handed him the blueprint, gestured to him a few times, and pointed at the machine, but Shen Yu didn't quite understand.

Coincidentally, Carpenter Tan came back and explained, "What she meant was that she saw your drawing, and what you said last time, after doing the previous one, she thought it could be improved, so she changed it. It's a reworked product."

"What?" Shen Yu couldn't believe it, "Uncle Tan, you said this is also an oil press?"

"Yes, would you like to take it home and try it?" Carpenter Tan had a smile on his face, but only then did Shen Yu notice the fatigue on his and Aunt Hua's faces and the thick dark circles around his eyes, and looked at the empty space next to him. The yard is also crowded, and many of them are abandoned wood or wooden frames.

"Uncle Tan, you've been busy with this this month, is there anything new?"

"Yes." Uncle Tan said in a helpless tone, "Your Auntie Hua felt inspired by your drawings, so she planned to make them as soon as possible, and nothing can stop her."

Shen Yu saw that although they were tired, they looked satisfied, but Aunt Hua's smile never faded from her face.

"Uncle Tan, you and your aunt are lucky."

"It's not hard, it's not hard. At the beginning, I agreed that if the thing can extract oil, I would be happy to do it for free. Didn't you send me oil last time?"

Aunt Hua pulled Shen Yu over and gestured to him. Shen Yu looked at Carpenter Tan and motioned for him to translate.

"She asked you to try it with beans. I don't have any beans at home."

Carpenter Tan moved here 20 years ago. He has a very good craft, and the money he earns a year is enough for the family to spend. Son, raising chickens, growing vegetables and so on.

"Okay, wait for me, and go back to get the beans right away."

Shen Yu went home and took more than ten catties of beans. The old man Shen called him, "What are you doing with the beans? This is for planting. You want to take it. What will you plant next year?"

"Where do you want so much? I have something to do."

"What's the matter?" Old man Shen muttered, seeing his youngest son ignore him, he simply followed him.

He wants to go and see what strange things this little son is busy with.

As soon as he entered the door, he was shocked by the new oil press. What kind of strange thing is this?

The new oil press not only uses wood and slate, but also uses a lot of iron sheets, some parts are even made of iron, which looks a little brighter than before.

"Old Tan, what new thing are you making?"

Where does Carpenter Tan have time to take care of him?Immediately there was joy, "Shen Er, come and help me."

Old man Shen didn't care about being instigated by Carpenter Tan, and asked, "What can I help you with?"

"Come add fire to your son."

Yes, the oil press machine made this time and the bean heating are integrated, that is, the operation needs to be coordinated.

Shen Yu is chopping now, the manual version has a lot of blades installed in it, after cutting, steaming, and then pressing the oil.Except for the power transmission, Shen Yu felt that it was not much different from the modern ones, but he didn't know whether the oil output rate was high or not.

Thirteen catties of beans were quickly squeezed, and they were weighed: one catty and twelve taels.