Nongmen Rice Flower Fragrance

Chapter 99 Oil Pressing
After agreeing with Xiangcao, let Xiangcao teach Lian Zhou and Lian Zhi's mother and daughter how to cook, and Li Xin asked Zhu Yong to send Xiangcao to the house in Osmanthus Village.Li Xin stayed on the farm by himself, watching the harvest of rapeseed and peas.

When the rapeseed and peas were almost harvested, shopkeeper Sun brought two middle-aged men who were about his age to Li Xin's house.

"How come shopkeeper Sun is free?" Hearing that shopkeeper Sun was coming, Li Xin went to greet him in person.Shopkeeper Sun and the Li family gradually became acquainted. Shopkeeper Sun is kind and kind. On weekdays, he is also very kind and kind to Li Xin's siblings, and he is very popular with the Li family.To the Li Xin siblings, Shopkeeper Sun is like a relative.

"Naturally, I know that Zhuangzi is busy here, so I came to see if there is anything I can do to help. Could it be that Miss Li doesn't welcome us?" Shopkeeper Sun got out of the carriage with a smile.

"Why are you not welcome? This is too much to invite! Go inside!"

When I arrived at the flower hall in the small house, some servants had already brewed tea and brought up various refreshments.Li Xin invited shopkeeper Sun and his companions to sit down, and Li Xin had ordered his servants to take the assistants brought by shopkeeper Sun to entertain them.

"Let me introduce you. This is Shopkeeper Qian, and this is Shopkeeper Zheng." Shopkeeper Sun pointed to the two people with him and introduced them to Li Xin. Shopkeeper Qian was a fat middle-aged man with a fat body and a bulging belly. He was swollen, and he was still smiling, but he looked like a kind Maitreya Buddha.The shopkeeper Zheng is very thin. He looks very thin, but he also looks energetic. "This is the eldest daughter of the Li family." Shopkeeper Sun pointed to Li Xin to introduce to Shopkeeper Qian and Shopkeeper Zheng.

After talking to each other, they sat down.

Shopkeeper Sun also cut straight to the point, directly explaining the reason for his visit this time.Although Li Xin and Mrs. Sun had said that oil extraction from rapeseed would be successful, everyone would have some hesitation and curiosity about things they never knew about.Therefore, before Shopkeeper Sun left the capital, Mrs. Sun had already explained to him.Ask him to come over to Li Xin's house more often to see if oil extraction from brassica seeds is really successful, and what the quality of the oil is.

"The brassicas are almost harvested, and there are a lot of dried brassica seeds. If the three shopkeepers want to see them, they should send a batch to the oil mill as soon as possible, and squeeze some rapeseed oil out for a look. Knowing the purpose of the three shopkeepers, Li Xin smiled and invited the three shopkeepers to watch the oil extraction process.

Li Xin also knew that Mrs. Sun became interested in her because of a few fresh vegetables in her hands, and therefore, there was a subsequent cooperation.Although the vegetables that came out of Li Xin's hands before were indeed novel and delicious.But it doesn't mean that Li Xin will succeed every time. Mrs. Sun is a little worried. It is understandable to let the three shopkeepers come over to watch the extraction of rapeseed oil.What's more, Li Xin likes being cautious like this.

If it weren't for Mrs. Sun's courage and prudence, it would be difficult to manage so many shops in the Sun family!

"I'm really curious. It would be great if Ms. Li would let us go and watch." Shopkeeper Qian said with a smile.

"Since the three shopkeepers are interested, let's go and have a look!"

Afterwards, Li Xin ordered someone to put some sun-dried rapeseeds on the carriage, and then took the carriage and headed for the oil mill in Baihua Town.The oil shop has not done business since Li Xin bought it, so it is very quiet.After entering the door, the inside was cleaned cleanly, and a new set of oil extraction equipment was remade in the room on the other side of the small yard at the back. It was still brand new and had not been used.

In fact, the utensils used to squeeze oil in this era are very simple, and they are not as simple and fast as those machines that Li Xin saw in later generations.The oil here is completely handmade.

At a glance, the kettle, stove, wooden press, iron hoop, ram, oil tank and other oil extraction tools are all neat and clean. On the left side of the pressing room is the rolling room. , in the sound of the waterwheel, it can be slowly ground into powder.

There are more than a dozen processes in the oil extraction process, and each link is done by hand. It seems not difficult, but if you are not careful, you will lose or even fail to extract oil.

Fortunately, the guys are all skilled at extracting oil, and Li Xin has the prescription given by Yang Zhu's wife in his hand, so he is not worried that he will not be able to extract the oil.

Li Xin handed the rapeseed to the guys in the oil shop, and watched the guys busy, while she took the three shopkeepers to visit.Zhao Da was also waiting on the side, explaining to Li Xin and the others from time to time. It seems that after arriving at the oil workshop, Zhao Da still did a lot of work!At least, the steps of extracting oil are almost understood. Regardless of whether it is professional or not, it is clear and logical after all, but it has to be looked at differently.

It seems that it is not unreasonable for the Zhao family to be able to flourish in the Lian family back then, not only because Zhao Da was Lian Zhou's companion.

"It seems that this oil pressing is really interesting! I have never understood it before." Seeing the guys pressing oil, shopkeeper Sun also sighed.

The rapeseed is pressed after it is fried, and the whole room is filled with a burnt aroma, which is very pleasant.Li Xin also liked this smell very much, it was a very natural aroma.The growth of plants has absorbed a lot of the essence of the world, with a natural sense of freshness.

"That's right! Don't look at it as mere oil, but it's really not that simple!" Shopkeeper Zheng also sighed.

"Miss Li, when will I be able to eat this oil!" Shopkeeper Qian looked at the flowing rapeseed oil curiously.

"It's not enough for the time being. It needs to be left for a few days until the oil gradually becomes clean before eating." Li Xin explained.The oil press in the previous life had a centrifuge, which can speed up the purification of rapeseed oil, but there is no centrifuge here, and the freshly squeezed vegetable oil has to stand for many days, and the impurities gradually precipitate to form "oil turbidity", and then skim off the top with a spoon of the froth, and pour off the clean oil.Rapeseed oil that has not been purified by centrifugation will form a thick layer of "oil turbidity" and sink to the bottom of the bottle during use.

"Miss Li, you mean you can't eat this oil for the time being?" Shopkeeper Sun also looked at Li Xin.

"That's right! Good oil doesn't take time, so the three shopkeepers won't be in such a hurry! When the oil is ready, I will send it to Pinxiang Pavilion as soon as possible." Li Xin replied with a smile road.The freshly squeezed rapeseed oil still has a lot of impurities in it, Li Xin dare not let people eat it at this time.

"Miss Li is right. Good oil still takes time. Then we will wait for Miss Li's oil." Shopkeeper Zheng looked at Li Xin with some deep meaning.

(End of this chapter)