Chapter 184
Du Xuan just did what she said, this thing is actually a machine for squeezing oil.

Du Xuan only knows about the ancient method of tea oil extraction, but at this time, it is enough to have a half-knowledge, just explore slowly.

The principle is nothing more than squeeze.

First of all, you have to make pancakes.Regardless of whether it is Du Xuan or Chen Jinli, or Du Hui and Qi Yan, they are all laymen, and no one has ever been exposed to oil extraction.

But no one can become fat overnight. Du Xuan took out all the tea seeds she had harvested, and the tea seeds were already dried out.

She took out a lot of straw and was about to start making pancakes.

Although from the very beginning, no one knew what to do, and could only watch Du Xuan doing it as if she was drawing a model in front.

But seeing Du Xuan made a general idea, they also understood, and started to do it one after another.

However, he was still a little uncertain, Chen Jinli was busy working, with fine sweat on the tip of his nose, and asked Du Xuan carefully, "Ah Xuan, are you sure this can squeeze oil?"

"determine."

"Then are you sure, are we extracting oil?" Chen Jinli asked.

Du Xuan hesitated for a moment.

Chen Jinli's eyes widened, "Are you not sure?"

Du Xuan thought for a while and said, "I'm sure we're extracting oil, but I'm not sure if what I'm sure is right."

At this moment, there were several knocks on the courtyard door, "Xuan Ya, am I coming in?"

As soon as the words fell, a head poked in, eyebrows and eyes raised, looking quite amorous.

It was Du Yongfu's daughter-in-law Liu Shi.

"Why is aunt here?" Du Xuan asked.

"Aren't you worried after hearing what happened yesterday, so I came here to see you. Are you... extracting oil?" Mrs. Liu said after taking a look at their busy work in the yard.

Du Xuan's eyes were rounded, and when she looked at Chen Jinli again, she was a little smug, "Look! I said it was oil extraction, right? Isn't this obvious? It can be seen that it still looks good."

Liu said with a smile, "Is it really oil extraction?"

"Yeah." Du Xuan nodded, "I asked my stepfather to help me make this kind of oil press, I don't know if it will be useful."

Mrs. Liu looked around the oil press machine, nodded and said, "It looks like it should work, after all, this thing is not a complicated thing, just knock the oil cake in and press the oil out. But you're the one who makes pancakes..."

Mrs. Liu frowned, "What is this? Can this be used to extract oil? Don't you just make something and try it? It would be too nonsense. What if it's poisonous?"

Du Xuan said, "This can definitely be used to extract oil."

Chen Jinli was a little curious, "You seem to know how to extract oil..."

Mrs. Liu laughed, "Of course I understand, my father was an oil seller before he died."

Du Xuan was a little surprised, she didn't know much about the Liu family, at least she didn't know what her natal family did before.

But now that she said that, Du Xuan stopped being polite, and said, "Since Auntie understands this, why don't you give me some pointers, so as not to make detours. When I'm done, I'll share with you."

"Okay." Liu smiled helplessly. She actually still thinks that Du Xuan is messing around. Anything can be used to extract oil.

As far as she knows, it is also the most common oil in Huaining County, and that is rapeseed.When she was a child, she heard from her father that the peanuts and sunflower seeds harvested in other places were also used for oil extraction.

But Huaining County is not so easy to grow those, so they are all rapeseed.

Not everyone can grow rapeseed, because oil is much more expensive than rice. This kind of valuable crop has to be invited from above and approved by the county before it can be planted. The amount of taxed food has to be higher than that of other people's land!

Because oil is more valuable than rice.So it's okay if it's a good year, but if it's a bad year...

Her father couldn't survive because of the disaster year.

Liu Shi thought of the past, and his eyes wandered a little far away.

"Auntie?" Seeing that she seemed to be distracted, Du Xuan called again, "Auntie?"

"Huh? Huh." Liu came back to her senses and knelt down beside them, "Let me see..."

She rolled up her sleeves, reached out and flipped through Du Xuan's pancakes, "I'll make another one for you, take a look, the straw has to be made like this, and the pancakes you make will be firmer and produce more oil... ..."

As soon as Liu said that, he started to get started. Although he helped his parents with these tasks when he was a child, after all, after his father died, the family shop collapsed, and he hadn't touched these jobs for many years.

So I was a little novice at the beginning, but I quickly got up to speed.

With the help of Mrs. Liu, Du Xuan and Chen Jinli both learned quickly. Du Hui and Qi Yan originally planned to come to help, but Mrs. Liu told them not to work hard. time.

Making oil cakes is actually quite boring, but fortunately, we can chat and work while chatting.

Liu asked, "What happened yesterday has spread throughout the village. Xuanya, are you really going to the county town to study medicine?"

"Yes, such a good opportunity, of course I will go." Du Xuan nodded.

"Auntie is very happy for you, and I don't want to come here to gain your favor, but just want to remind you." Liu suddenly lowered her voice and said, "Such a good opportunity will make people jealous."

The movements in Du Xuan's hands suddenly stopped, and she raised her eyes to look at Mrs. Liu.

Liu's pair of charming phoenix eyes fixedly looked into Du Xuan's eyes, "Do you understand what I mean?"

Du Xuan nodded, "Understood, thank you for reminding me, Auntie."

"Well, you know, in all these years, there has never been such an opportunity in the village. There are opportunities to study, but such an opportunity..." Liu looked at Du Xuan and said, "You are a girl again, you understand I mean right?"

Du Xuan bent her lips and smiled, "Understood."

She always felt that although Mrs. Liu was not as bad as Master Du, she was just a bystander.

But now it seems that Mrs. Liu is actually... a person who is difficult to define. She is not a so-called bad person or a good person, but she is undoubtedly a smart person.

After all, Mrs. Liu is Du Yongfu's wife, and Du Yongfu loves her, so he can get a lot of news, so he must know something.

Such a good opportunity fell on a woman, how could it not make people jealous.

It won't be long before someone will come to her and ask for this opportunity.

"Okay!" Du Xuan looked at the stack of oil cakes that had been made, feeling quite accomplished, and her voice was full of joy, "Oil pressing, oil pressing! Children, come out soon, let's watch the oil pressing! "

Hearing the urchin-like childishness in her voice, Qi Yan couldn't help but look at her with his deep eyes.

(End of this chapter)

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