Siheyuan: Starting from the Pig Killer

"Hey, boss, why are you back at this time?"

Liang Honghua and Xiang Chuanzong were grinding flour on the stone mill under the big tree in front of their door, when they saw their eldest son rushing over from a distance on a tricycle.

Today is not the weekend. Xiang Yunduan should be working in the factory at this time. Could something have happened?

"Dad, Mom, I have something to do when I come back. The factory leader has given me special leave!"

Xiang Yunduan rode the tricycle under the big tree and saw his father and mother pushing the mill, slowly crushing the wheat grains into powder, and white flour could already be seen appearing.

However, this is just a mixture of flour and bran. If you want to completely separate the flour and bran, you need to continue sifting with a sieve and dustpan.

"This is this year's new wheat, how much is left?" Xiang Yunduan asked.

After the wheat is harvested, you have to pay taxes, and then you have to sell the planned portion to supply the city's rations, and the rest belongs to your family.

As for the remaining part, in addition to the rations for my own family, I have to reserve seeds for the next year. There are few or even none that can really be stored.

After all, one acre of land only weighs about 180 kilograms.

"There isn't much left. Your father and I are thinking about giving you brothers some to try when new flour is ground!" Liang Honghua said.

Of course you can eat white flour steamed buns in the city, but they are basically just old grains, and new grains must have been stored.

"What are you doing going home this time? Also, what happened to your car? Did you buy it?" asked Xiang Chuanzong next to him.

"No, these three-wheeled carts are from the factory. I came back this time to take Huzi and Hua Niu to the city. There is a place in the factory where we can get these two guys!" Xiang Yunduan explained.

After hearing this, the father and mother breathed a sigh of relief. They thought something had happened to their son in the city.

"Mom, you and dad take a break, I'll push, I'm strong!"

Xiang Yunduan was not in a hurry to go back to the factory now. He planned to sleep at home one night and leave tomorrow morning, so he took over the job of pushing the millstone from his parents.

Although their family's conditions are good, they obviously don't raise large livestock such as cattle, horses, donkeys and mules, so they don't have donkeys to pull the mill. The work of grinding can only be done by humans.

There are flour mills in the city, which grind flour by machine, but obviously they cannot take care of rural areas at present. After all, many places do not even have electricity.

It has to be said that Xiang Yunduan's nickname of "donkey-like" is still correct. When he is pushing and grinding, he screams with great energy.

With Xiang Yunduan's help, two bags of wheat were ground quickly.

In the evening, except for Xiang Yunlong, everyone in the family got together.

"Come on, come on, let's try the oil noodles made by mom. Is it delicious? How does it compare to your grandpa's?"

In order to allow her eldest son to eat the new flour, Liang Honghua specially used a sieve to sift out a little flour and made oily noodles that best taste the new noodles.

"Smells! It smells so good!"

Xiang Yunduan ate a piece of trousers noodles in one breath, enjoyed it for a moment, and then said: "It's very chewy and tastes very good. The new noodles are good. Mom, your craftsmanship is better. Add some fried leeks to this." Serve tomatoes and scrambled eggs, it’s amazing!”

"Hahaha!"

After listening to Xiang Yunduan's words, the whole family was filled with joy, and there was more joy in the harvest.

"By the way, here are the things I brought back!"

Xiang Yunduan ate for a while and suddenly remembered that he brought a jar of pearl powder with him when he came back.

He specially asked the master of Tongrentang Pharmacy to get this thing. Of course, he must have provided the pearls, the ones he found in the big herring's lair that day.

He selected many relatively small pearls of little value, and then entrusted Tongrentang's master craftsmen to process them.

"Ah, what's delicious!"

As soon as Yun Jin saw her elder brother walking in with a porcelain vase, her little eyes immediately turned into crescent moons with smiles.

"You little greedy cat, you know how to eat delicious food. Can you figure out the Hua Rongdao my elder brother brought back to you last time?" Xiang Yunduan said as he stroked his sister's little head lovingly.

"Of course I can solve it, but it will take a long time!" Yun Jin said with a small mouth.

After coaxing his sister, Xiang Yunduan handed the pearl powder to his mother and said: "This is pearl powder. I heard it has the effect of delaying aging. If combined with the deer blood wine, the effect may be better. However, every time I take it, You can only use a little bit when taking it, just take it with warm water!”

"Slow down aging? Where did you get this?"

The old man still has some knowledge. As soon as Xiang Yunduan mentioned pearl powder, he immediately knew how precious this thing was.

"Didn't I go to the countryside some time ago? There was a lake next to a village. The shells growing in the lake all produced pearls, so the folks gave me some as a gift!" Xiang Yunduan explained.

"Hey, your father, your master, and I are already like this. Why are we delaying? You can keep it for yourself!" Liang Honghua said nonchalantly.

"I have it. Just keep this jar!"

Xiang Yunduan said helplessly.

This thing really has the effect of delaying aging, because it is something he has strengthened.

Item: Pearl powder (black iron)

Effect: Long-term use can delay body aging. The older you are, the better the effect will be.

Although it is not something that increases lifespan, it is very effective in delaying physical aging. This is not only effective for appearance, but also effective for various body functions. In other words, it can prolong the peak state of the body as much as possible.

"You got the child back, just put it away!" Xiang Chuanzong looked a little interested.

The deer blood wine Xiang Yunduan brought back last time was indeed effective and could be clearly felt after drinking it, so the pearl powder Xiang Yunduan brought back this time was thought to be something similar.

"By the way, boss, can you get the shit ticket?"

While eating, Xiang Chuanzong suddenly said this.

However, the whole family didn't say anything. Instead, they all looked at Xiang Yunduan.

The dung ticket is also one of many kinds of tickets. It is used to buy dung from the dung factory.

This manure refers to piled farmyard manure.

Under the current technical conditions, the output of chemical fertilizers is very low, and many of them have to be imported. Therefore, farmyard manure is still the only fertilizer that can be used in many places.

There are several manure dumps outside Yongding Gate of Sijiu City. In such a big city, the amount of manure produced every day is naturally very considerable.

In this day and age, both public latrines and private latrines at home are all dry toilets, so when the toilet is full, you will definitely have to dig out the feces.

Buildings like the one Cui Mingliang lives in actually have septic tanks nearby, and they have to be dug out when the time comes.

Urine can be drained through sewage pipes, but feces cannot and will accumulate, so it must be removed.

Even in later generations, septic tanks had to be dug out, but later it became a septic tank suction truck to do this job, but now, it is all done by septic tank workers.

Speaking of which, excrement workers are formally established, and their pay is quite good. What makes them better than many other workers is that the job is not easy to do, too dirty and too tiring.