Nongmen Space: Metaphysics Xiaofubao Skillfully Farming

Chapter 240 Do You Want To Protect Me?
"After peeling, it can be boiled in water like this. After cooking, the outer corn kernels can be eaten. Of course, you can also rub the corn kernels like this first."

Yuan Yuan rubbed the two corn cobs together vigorously, and the corn kernels peeled off bit by bit, it was really hard work.

She only rubbed a few corn kernels, and her hands were red from exhaustion.

"These flaked corn kernels can be used to make porridge, or they can be crushed to make thick corn juice. The method is very simple. My cousin can go back and try it herself."

Yuan Yuan handed over the corn kernels he had just peeled to Mei Lanju.

"Apart from these corn kernels, what about the rest, can I eat it?" Mei Lanju shook the corn kernels and gestured for the remaining cobs.

"Uh..." Yuan Yuan pondered, the vitamin content in this cob is even higher than that of corn kernels.

It can be eaten, but it is not necessary, after all, this thing is not delicious.

"Actually, you can also collect them. Grind the sticks and put them in poultry feed. Is it okay to use them as feed for chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs?"

Mei Lanju's eyes lit up: "Then this is a good thing! I see, I'll go back and ask them to break these corn kernels and try the taste of these corns."

Not only the corn kernels are edible, but even the cobs inside can be used as feed for poultry, which is really the best use of everything.

Mei Lanju pointed to the peeled corn husks on the ground: "Xiao Yuanyuan, what about these? They can't be eaten, right?"

"This is not edible." Yuan Yuan picked up the corn husk from the ground, and picked up the tenderest piece of corn husk inside.

"However, the tenderest skin can be used as a small tool to wrap food. When it is steamed with rice, it will make the rice particularly fragrant."

Yuan Yuan took the remaining corn husks again. These are not tender enough to be used for steaming rice, but they can be woven.

"These older corn husks can also be used to weave things. My mother and grandma can weave things. Cousin, do you want to try using this?"

"Then we must try." Mei Lanju felt that the surprises were round after round.

"Keep these duck eggs to eat, I'll go back to work first!" Mei Lanju wanted to leave without stopping.

Yuan Yuan sent her to the door, Jiang He was driving the carriage at the door, she stopped when she saw this phenomenon, and waved goodbye to Mei Lanju with a smile.

"Cousin, come on!"

"Come on? What to come on? What to go on? What does it mean to go on?" Mei Lanju hadn't stepped out of the threshold yet.

Yuan Yuan: "..."

She pressed Mei Lanju's hand, and recited a line of poetry emotionally.

"Shangxie, I want to know each other with you, and my longevity will never end. There are no tombs in the mountains, and the rivers are exhausted. Thunder shakes in winter, rains and snows in summer. When the heaven and the earth are united, I dare to die with you!"

Although Mei Lanju didn't read many books, she also learned a lot in private.

Especially after taking care of the farm, she felt that she had to learn more and never stopped reading. Mei Lanju understood the meaning of this poem.

"What are you talking about..." Mei Lanju blushed, without denying it, she shyly glanced at Jiang He beside the carriage, turned her head and pushed Yuan Yuan into the room.

"Okay, you go into the house quickly, I'm leaving."

Mei Lanju left in some embarrassment, and Yuan Yuan went back to the house with a smile.

As for the basket of duck eggs she sent, let's marinate them into preserved eggs first, or make them into salted duck eggs, which can just be taken out to eat during the Chinese New Year.

In order to survive the winter, sausages should be stuffed in advance. This winter is coming urgently, so it is always right to prepare in advance.

……

Before the weather was the coldest, the sewing machine that I entrusted to my cousin to make finally came to fruition.

Yuan Yuan specially remodeled a studio for him, which is in a secluded place in Jiuqu Town, close to Mei Xiaozhuang, just convenient for Mr. Mei Zhu to go home, and he can buy various materials in Jiuqu Town.

Mr. Mei Zhu took a piece of cloth and used it in front of Yuan Yuan. He thought it felt good, and it was completely in line with what Yuan Yuan said.

Although the shape is different, this is indeed a sewing machine.

"I try to use wood and stone to replace the parts of various parts, but there are still a small part that must be made of iron." Mei Zhujun pointed to Yuan Yuan.

He was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "These small parts... I actually melted a small old iron bowl at home to make it."

Yuan Yuan's eyes widened. Cousin is really versatile, even blacksmithing.

But to be honest, if others knew about what my cousin did and reported it, he might be arrested in the name of forging iron privately.

But as long as the existence of these parts is made reasonable, there is no problem.

Yuan Yuan observed these parts, not many, there are only four small parts in total.

"Cousin, are there any other extras for these things?"

Mr. Meizhu sat on a pulley chair and slid directly to the front of another table, and took a few pieces of wood out of the basket.

"The iron is gone, but I have wooden parts of the same size here. Because such thin wood is a bit brittle, I can only replace it with iron."

Yuan Yuan gently held it in his hand, fearing that the few small wooden parts would be broken by his own hands.

Only wooden ones are fine. They have to be shown to Nie Mingli, as long as they have a shape, it’s not a big problem.

Yuan Yuan stared at the stool his cousin was sitting on. If this thing is upgraded, it will be the boss chair.

Sensing Yuan Yuan's gaze, Mei Zhujun laughed a few times happily, and gestured towards Yuan Yuan.

"It's specially made for you over there."

He made a convenient chair himself, how could he forget about Yuan Yuan, knowing that she likes these things, he must make some for her.

"I tried it for you, it's very stable and there is no safety problem!"

"Thank you cousin!"

Yuan Yuan put away this successfully developed sewing machine, and will definitely use it later.

Taking a few chairs with pulleys back home, Yuan Yuan bought another cushion. With such a small gift and a few pieces of talisman papers that she thought were very effective, Yuan Yuan found Nie Mingli.

Ironware still needs to discuss with him.

"My lord didn't ask me for help about what happened last time. Has it been resolved?"

The kidnapping of the girl involved so many counties and towns, and it was also related to the Taizhou government. I don't know how he handled it.

But judging by his current mental outlook, he should be fine.

"I'm also a county magistrate anyway, and I'm quite skilled in interrogation. Don't worry, he's recruited them all."

This incident had a particularly great impact on Nie Mingli.

In this incident, the prefect of Taizhou made a big mistake.

Through this incident, Nie Mingli has completely captured the Taizhou prefect. If the prefect Su wants to avenge him publicly and overwhelm him, he must carefully weigh it.

Yuan Yuan: "If he lied to you, how would you tell the difference?"

Nie Mingli recalled how he was in so much pain at the end, half dead and half paralyzed, lying would only make him more painful.

"This... I have my own method, and [-]% of the information I get is true."

It can only be said that luckily Yuan Yuan didn't come, she didn't understand those interrogation methods, if she entered the death cell he set up, there would be no one who could come out intact.

Nie Mingli: "Don't mention this bad luck, why did you come to see me?"

Yuan Yuan was directly punctured, and she snorted softly.

"I'm fine, can't I come to you?"

She took out the gift she had prepared: "Look, my lord, this is a wheelchair stool made by my cousin. It slides very easily. It's a must for lazy people!"

"You can put it in front of the desk or in the bedroom. It is very convenient to slide around and improve office efficiency. Sit down and try it!"

Nie Mingli: "..."

Under Yuan Yuan's expectant gaze, Nie Mingli could only sit down on that stool, which was cushioned and very comfortable to sit on, especially when leaning against the back of the chair, he felt relaxed.

Yuan Yuan held the armchair behind him and pushed him forward for a short distance. At first Nie Mingli was still nervous, but when he found the chair was stable, he relaxed.

Before Nie Mingli could share his joy with her, Yuan Yuan complained.

"Wow, you are so heavy!"

Nie Mingli remained silent, no matter what he was a man, he couldn't be less serious.

"Well, this chair is not bad, isn't it? In addition to this chair, I also brought you a lot of talisman papers, these are for safety, these are for bad luck, these are for attracting peach blossoms, open……"

"Stop, stop." Nie Mingli stopped, he was not sure just now, but now that Yuan Yuan came out, he is [-]% sure that Yuan Yuan has something to do with him.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

Nie Mingli took the talisman papers. If it wasn't for something serious, she probably wouldn't have given away such a large amount of her precious talisman papers.

Only then did Yuan Yuan explain his intention.

"My cousin made a tool that can speed up sewing. It's called a sewing machine. I want to mass-produce sewing machines, but there are a few small parts in it that need the help of adults."

"What kind of parts?"

Yuan Yuan carefully placed the wooden parts on the table and displayed them. Looking at the thin wood pieces, Nie Mingli understood what she meant.

"You want to use iron?"

"That's right, this kind of parts can only be made of iron, and the wood ones are not strong enough. If you use iron... would you approve it, my lord?"

Nie Mingli didn't agree directly, since it was about salt and iron, he couldn't easily agree.

"The sewing machine you mentioned, can you show me first?"

"Alright, where are you going to look?" Yuan Yuan thought that Nie Mingli would not punish his cousin for forging iron without permission. If he really wanted to, Yuan Yuan could hide things perfectly.

Nie Mingli frowned slightly, and asked tentatively, "In...here?"

He still doesn't know the size of this thing, since Yuan Yuan asked, the sooner he can see it, the better.

"Then please turn around first, my lord."

Nie Mingli turned around without thinking too much, and when he turned back, there was a table in front of him that was as high as his thigh, and a strange thing was placed on the table.

This is the sewing machine Yuan Yuan was talking about. I didn't expect it to be such a big guy.

"How did you get this thing?"

Yuan Yuan grinned and prevaricated: "It's not important, adults mainly look at the function. Do you have any clothes or useless cloth that need to be mended? Let me show you."

Nie Mingli didn't ask, she had her own secret.

Looking around the room, Nie Mingli then grabbed a rag from the side of the basin and handed it to Yuan Yuan.

Yuan Yuan was a little disgusted, but reluctantly accepted.

There are threads and needles on the sewing machine. She only needs to put the cloth on it, step on the machine, and control the sewing needle.

After folding the cloth and sewing it together, Yuan Yuan handed over the result to Nie Mingli.

"How is it? Isn't it very convenient? It's amazing? It's much faster than manual sewing." Yuan Yuan was looking forward to Nie Mingli's reaction.

He checked it, then tugged it a little harder, and found it to be very good.

Although he doesn't know much about the clothing industry, he can tell at a glance that it is a very convenient and quick good thing.

"That's right, it's an extremely ingenious idea." Nie Mingli put his attention into the sewing machine.

He stepped on the pedal below, and began to grope on the sewing machine with his hands, trying to control the sewing machine like Yuan Yuan, trying to find out the principle.

Seeing that his finger was placed under the needle, Yuan Yuan shrank his pupils, and immediately pulled his hand back, saving him from death.

"Be careful, this thing is not a joke. You put your hand on it just now, and you are not afraid of a needle piercing your hand."

Nie Mingli quickly withdrew his hand, and his speech became a little uneasy. His ears were red, and he seemed a little at a loss. He could only make a fist and put his hand on his lap securely.

"Yes... I was careless."

"Using this machine to sew is much faster than manual sewing. What do you think, as long as these iron parts can be produced smoothly, the other wooden parts are not difficult to produce."

Nie Mingli nodded in approval.

"You plan to mass-produce these sewing machines, do you want to cooperate with others?"

Yuan Yuan said: "It costs a lot of money to produce such a batch of sewing machines. It is really not practical to only use them for my family's cloth bag business. I also want to use sewing machines to make other things."

"What I want to make is a bit complicated, so I plan to cooperate with Wang Gongzi. After all, his family has a cloth shop and needs more time for sewing machines, so he is more accepting of my proposal."

"But I haven't told him yet, if you don't allow these parts to be produced, this sewing machine is useless."

Yuan Yuan shrugged, he probably wouldn't refuse such a convenient thing.

Nie Mingli was not surprised, asking Yuan Yuan like this was just to confirm.

"You said those parts can be produced, but your idea of ​​producing sewing machines can only be cooperated with me." Nie Mingli added.

"And you have to claim to the outside world that the government specifically asked you to cooperate."

Yuan Yuan rolled his eyes. At first glance, it seemed that he was a bully and wanted to steal his sewing machine, but it was not.

Using official iron to build other things, whoever comes out is the shield, and whoever bears the greater responsibility.

"My lord is to protect me?"

Nie Mingli dodged his eyes for a moment, and did not deny it directly: "After all, it involves iron objects, and it is best to appear in the name of the government."

(End of this chapter)