Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 251

Sun Lang was happy in his heart, but he still held it on his face, "Well, I have a gift for you." He told Xiuyao to close the door, took out a small wooden box from the drawer, and handed it to her.

Xiuyao took it, and saw that the wooden box was still carved with patterns, which looked like honeysuckle, but she was not sure.She pushed the latch and opened the lid. Inside was a piece of plain satin wrapped with something.

Xiuyao took the thing out, opened the satin, and saw that it was a hairpin carved from rosewood. The head of the hairpin was a flower head that looked like a honeysuckle flower or a jujube orchid, and the hairpin beams were also carved with simple and smooth patterns.

The hairpin is the color of the rosewood itself, which looks simple and elegant, not too dull or frivolous, very suitable for girls to wear.

Xiuyao was delighted to see it, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Sun, where can I buy such a beautiful hairpin, it must be very expensive."

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive, it's just made of leftovers." Langzhong Sun waved his hand and took a sip of tea.

Xiuyao couldn't help asking where it was sold, and she also wanted to buy a few sticks, which she could give to her sisters.

Sun Langzhong stared, "Girl, such good things don't happen often. If you buy it again, it will be gone." Let Xiuyao quickly put it away.

Xiuyao saw that Yanhao's business was finished, and it was not too early, so she said goodbye to Sun Langzhong without disturbing her.Sun Langzhong took the bank note and forced it to her, "I like that you owe the old man money, so that you still think about the old man and come to visit often."

Xiuyao felt that Langzhong Sun wanted to help her, but he wanted to say such a thing, so she didn't say much, she just said that she must come to disturb him often, so that he would not be too quiet.Xiuyao entrusted Sun Langzhong, so she no longer went to Feng's house, but went to Wang Laoda's noodle restaurant with her father and elder brother, and drove the mule cart and donkey cart home.

After leaving the county town, Xiuyao and her father parted ways. She and her eldest brother went to grandpa's house, while Qin Dafu and the others went home.When they came here, they were a little worried after pulling so many goods, but it was much easier to go back. After all, it was exchanged for bank notes, and they couldn't find them anywhere.

Moreover, the road to the county in the past two years has been very quiet. Even if there are only one or two people who rob the road, there is absolutely no such kind of robbers who are married and teamed up.Therefore, the people in this county are not too worried. There are still many people coming and going, and the road is safer.

Xiuyao thought of Qi Feng, he had caught robbers on this road several times and was injured.

I don't know what he is doing?A thought flashed through her mind, what a mystery.

It was almost dusk when Xiuyao and Qin Ye arrived at their grandfather's house. In mid-autumn, it was the busy harvest time. In the fields, some people were picking peanuts, some were planting spinach, and some were plowing the land for wheat planting.

The persimmons in the walls of people’s houses on the side of the road are covered with red branches, or the gourds at the base of the walls are also dry, and the vines are suddenly showing large and small gourds reserved for planting, and even the tall grape trellises of someone’s house are protruding from the wall. Outside, the purple Yingying grapes are particularly attractive.

Xiuyao hummed a ditty all the way, "Our hometown is in the field of hope..."

Hearing this, Qin Ye smiled and said, "Yaoyao, what song is this?"

Xiuyao thought for a while, "On the field of hope."

Qin Ye nodded, "It sounds good."

The two of them talked and laughed and arrived at Liujia Mill. In the evening, the noisy mill finally calmed down. Everyone had time to rest and stretch their arms and kick their legs.

Everyone was very happy with the arrival of Xiuyao and Qin Ye.

Jing Liang also came to say hello, and now he is helping in the Liu Family Mill, feeding the livestock with Liu Wu, tending the vegetable garden, helping to make vermicelli in winter, and helping to harvest crops when the farming season is busy.Originally, Xiuyao discussed with her parents to let Jing Liang stay at her home, but the third sister didn't know why and hated Jing Liang very much, so she asked Jing Liang to come to her grandpa's house, and grandpa gave him more money, which was enough for him to support the family.

After saying hello, Jing Liang went to work and kept his duty.

The second aunt and others discussed what to cook.Old Liutou said with a smile: "There just happened to be two roosters making trouble these few days, bullying the hen all day long, so they caught them and stewed them for Xiuyao to eat."

Xiuyao hurriedly said: "Grandpa, if you want to eat, you can eat it yourself, don't use me as a cover to make those two chickens hate me. You think I will make people jump around." Everyone laughed .

Dinner was eaten in the mill, Chen's silver carp cubes stewed with pork belly, a large bowl, and roasted pork and steamed pork.Steamed pork with rice noodles is Li's specialty dish. Cut the pork belly into pieces, then mix fried noodles into the meat, add some soy sauce, chopped green onion, and salt, and steam it in a wok.Although it is simple to say, the same method can be made by different people with different tastes.

The steamed pork made by Li's is not greasy but also very fragrant, especially after each distillation, it will be more fragrant.And Xiuyao's favorite food is steamed pork noodles, which she jokingly called the most delicious steamed meat noodles, and she will never get tired of eating them in her whole life.

After eating, everyone still has to work as usual.Xiuyao first went back to look at the women weaving workers. There were six looms in total, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen were in charge, Mrs. Li couldn't stay idle and even spun yarn for them.But Xiuyao has something to say, she is not allowed to do more than one hour of work every day, and let her aunt and sister-in-law stare at her.

Having sold the cloth, Xiuyao counted the money to them and rewarded the one who weaves the fastest and best.Everyone is very happy to see that they can make almost a dime a dozen at a glance.After all, making money this time is much easier than usual at home. You don't need your own capital, cotton, or your own spinning thread, and you don't have to worry about selling it. You just need to be responsible for weaving.

Xiuyao handed out the money and said with a smile: "Auntie and sister-in-law, just take a rest at night after the money is paid, and come back tomorrow."

There are a few who got the money and went to share it happily, and some who were reluctant to delay the effort, especially those who knitted more and faster. Xiuyao also had rewards, so they naturally wanted to fight for the first place next time.

At night, Xiuyao discussed with Lao Liutou about building a biogas digester. Lao Liutou didn't know what a biogas digester was, so Xiuyao just explained it casually. It was like retting manure, but it had to be sealed and slowly retting Biogas is coming.

Old Liutou snorted, "Isn't that similar to making wine, sealing the grain in a pit and slowly fermenting it?"

Xiuyao smiled and said, "Grandpa, you are the best, almost. We need to make a watertight pit."

Although there was no cement at this time, Xiuyao knew that it was absolutely possible to make a watertight pond, depending on the craftsmanship of the mason and the quality of the soil. The cellars in ancient wineries could achieve that level.

On the second day, Xiuyao asked her grandfather to dig a few holes. For the sake of experimentation, she only dug a hole that was one foot square.After digging the hole in the morning, after lunch, Xiuyao and the others went to the ditch to dig the mud, mixed half of the human and animal manure dug from the pigpen and hut, and exchanged some cow and horse manure from other people's houses, and poured it all into the ditch. Go into the pit, cover it with wooden boards, and then spread straw and the like to let them ferment in it.

"Grandpa, prepare more wheat straw, and save the excrement in the pigsty and hut first, and I will make arrangements for it later." Xiuyao and Lao Liutou both explained that they would come back after the Mid-Autumn Festival after returning home.

Although she really wanted to take Qin Yang's house to live for a few days, but this month has the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the vacation can only be that day, and she can't delay Qin Yang's study.Thinking that he was just a seven-year-old child, she felt a little unbearable to be forced to study so hard.But if he wants to succeed in his studies, these are all necessary. He carries the expectations of the Qin family, the Liu family, and Mr. Ren's family, and there must be no mistakes.

Qin Yang is also sensible now, so he doesn't pester her, but only asks her to visit him frequently, Xiuyao naturally agrees.

Because the family has already been separated, Lao Qintou proposed to spend this year's Mid-Autumn Festival with him, but Mrs. Zhang would rather stay in the big room so that she doesn't have to work hard, and she can take some vegetables and meat with her when she leaves.

Now that life is going well, Mrs. Liu doesn't care about these things. She also specially cut a few catties of meat and shared two catties with each family. The second and third aunts also accepted it, but they couldn't help but whisper behind their backs.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye, Xiuyao and Qin Ye excitedly went to their grandmother's house, and as soon as they arrived in Yangliu Village, they went straight to the mill.

Old Liu smiled and said, "It's finally here. I'm counting the days every day. How's it going?"

Xiuyao and Lao Liutou went to look at the pit where the biogas fermentation inoculum was made. Because of curiosity and excitement, Lao Liutou didn't care about the smell, so they uncovered the wooden boards for Xiuyao to inspect.

Xiuyao covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, stirred it with a stick, and asked Liu Sheng to scoop it out with a dung spoon to have a look, and then she concluded that it was almost done, so she asked people to cover it up again.

"We have to design a biogas digester." Xiuyao turned out all the paper in her satchel, which she had made during the days at home, arranged according to the location of her grandfather's pigsty and its surroundings, and drew very detailed.

There is a large biogas digester, two small spares, and a water pressure room. The position of the feed inlet and outlet must be properly selected. The feed inlet is mainly connected with the pigsty and the latrine, so that the excrement can be collected every day. All enter the biogas digester for gas production.In addition, the discharge port should be in a remote place to keep it hygienic and convenient for discharge.

Not only that, the biogas digester has to be connected with the greenhouse and the pigsty. Even if the biogas produced is inconvenient for cooking, it can also be used for lighting and heating for the greenhouse. It can also grow vegetables in winter and provide food for the people. The pigsty provides temperature and speeds up the growth of pigs.

Xiuyao explained the benefits of the biogas digester to Old Liutou, "Grandpa, this biogas can not only be used for cooking and lighting, but the most important thing is the underground biogas liquid and biogas residue. It will be very useful at that time. It can be used as a pesticide to spray crops to prevent insects." , It can also be used as fertilizer, and the effect of improving the soil is very good. If you fertilize fruit trees, the fruits will be big and sweet. And it can be used to grow mushrooms, not only that, but also feed pigs and fish!"

Old Liutou's eyes sparkled when he heard that, "Girl, how good are you?"

Xiuyao smiled and said, "Grandpa, it's really good, but I don't know if it will work or not."

Old Liutou was full of enthusiasm, "It's okay, we have plenty of time, let's think about it."

Xiuyao nodded, "Grandpa, even if we can't use biogas to make a fire for cooking, we can still use biogas liquid and biogas residue as fertilizer, pesticide, and feed. We feed pigs with the biogas residue mixed with feed, and the pigs grow extraordinarily large. "

"Yaoyao, there will be no problem if the pig eats it?" Although the pig will eat indiscriminately in the pigsty, eating human feces and so on, but the fermented feces...is there any problem?
Xiuyao explained: "Grandpa, after fermentation, it's not just feces anymore. Those biogas liquids and biogas residues have no odor, and the ingredients inside have changed. They contain rich microbiota and rich nutrition."

Old Liutou doesn't know about microbes, but since there is no harm, he can rest assured and not be afraid, "Come on, let's dig it up."

Xiuyao showed him the drawings again and asked him to modify them again. Lao Liutou made some changes according to local conditions, and then marked them out one by one with white ash.But then there was another problem. The soil here was not muddy enough, and it was a bit sandy. Of course, it didn't matter if we dug deeper.

Old Liu Fei suggested: "Grandpa, Yaoyao, why don't we just use the vat? That kind of big glaze vat, airtight yet strong, big and easy to use."

Xiuyao's heart moved, if it is to dig a circular biogas digester, it must not be so easy without cement, and the glaze tank can solve the problem very well.It's just that the tank is not big enough, and the biogas produced by six cubic meters is enough for a family of three to five. It is mainly used for pig pens and greenhouses. There are so many people in the mill, I'm afraid it's not enough.

"Grandpa, can we go buy a few extra-large tanks?"

Old Liutou said: "There are some in the wine shop and vinegar shop, and they are all big. Let's buy a few more, which is enough for us." Go to the kiln of the kiln to buy, it has to be made to order, it may take many days, but go to the wine If you buy it in a place like Fangfang, as long as you have enough money, you can buy it back at that time.

Xiuyao also said yes, Liu Fei went to tell Liu Sheng to contact him, and Liu Fei rowed to Shuijing Winery near Dongping Lake.At first, people thought he was going to open a wine shop and refused to sell it. Later, Liu Sheng said that his family was making a biogas digester, not making wine or vinegar. Going to the kiln to buy one is too far away and I am afraid that there is not enough time, and the other is that there may not be so many, and it is still a matter of time to order.

The owner of the winery was also enthusiastic. Seeing that he was not a competitor, he sold him the largest tanks in the family. Anyway, they still thought it was too big, so they couldn't use it now.The owner of the winery also specially sent someone to help transport it back with a big boat. They have to deliver wine everywhere on weekdays, and the boat that transports the goods is naturally much larger than an ordinary boat.

Liu Sheng was busy buying tanks, and Xiuyao, Lao Liutou and others at home started digging the tank. In addition, they had to find help to make the air pipe. The materials were copper and tin. The price was not cheap, but compared to In terms of future profits, this investment is nothing.

It took three days to dig the pond, and then the large vats from the winery were also transported, and the vats were put down in the pond, and then sealed in the later stage, etc., and the feed and discharge pipes were built with green bricks.

More people are more efficient, but in about ten days, the construction is basically completed.

(End of this chapter)