23. Oil extraction

Shifting her gaze to the little chubby ball by the river, Uya squeezed out a kind smile and stretched out her paws, "Hey! ^_^

The little fat ball tilted his body and looked at her for a while, before pointing to the mushroom that was still in the grass and screaming: "Chirp~ Chirp!"

"⊙▽⊙??" Hearing the cry of the little fat ball, Wu Ya looked confused. She didn't expect this little thing to communicate with her in the first place. Out of curiosity, I just took a few rides, but I didn't expect it to react.

That's embarrassing.

The little fat ball pointed at the mushroom and said a few times, looking at Wuya still with a confused look and a helpless face. (Don't ask me why I know, I just know!)

"Chirp!chirp!" the little fat ball twisted his body, screamed a few times, turned his head and ran.

“。。。 Watching the fat ball run away, Wu Ya was stunned for a while before coming back to her senses. Confused, she couldn't figure out what was going on, so Wuya paused for a while and stopped paying attention.

Well, it's better to get peanuts. Vegetable oil, peanut oil! This is the foundation of her future happiness.

In order to move the peanuts back to the nest, Wu Yake used all eighteen kinds of martial arts.

After a happy belated lunch, Uya began to think about how to squeeze the oil.

Although she refused at first, she couldn't complete such a high-tech thing if she wanted to die. But the peanuts have moved back, so let's study it!

It's a big deal, if it doesn't work, she will give up.

It's beautiful to imagine, but it's very difficult to implement. I have learned so much theoretical knowledge, but I feel like I have become a third-level cripple when I start to use my hands.

The process of oil extraction is a bit too cumbersome, only constant experimentation and continuous experimentation with new methods.

If you don't have tools, make them. There are not enough people, so she uses one person as two.

But for the sake of a happy future, do it, girl!

Using the traditional way of oil extraction, although it is very time-consuming and laborious, but the finished product is still quite good! Of course, the current oil, whether it is good or not depends on her. I hope not to lose the face of my ancestors.

But Wuya didn't plan to start working on it now, there had to be a charter, didn't she? Let her think about how her grandmother used to extract oil.

Under the light of the lantern, Wu Ya recalled the scenes she had seen little by little, and recorded them with a pen and strokes. These things that she once disliked were probably her most precious memories.

With the manuscript written after a night of deliberation, Wuya began her great business of oil extraction.

The first thing to do in oil extraction is to wash and dry the peanuts.

The weather is very good these days, and the sun is super fierce. It only took a few days, and all the peanuts she brought back were dry.

Deliberately picked a good weather and violently crushed the peanut shell. Then use her newly made dustpan to topsy out the crushed peanut shells and some gravel that had accidentally mixed in.

Well, she doesn't have a stone mill here, and the stone grinder to make is also very troublesome. So she simply went for a small stone stick and smashed the peanut kernels in a large pit.

It's very tricky that every time you smash peanuts, you have to fly away a lot. This made her feel very distressed, and at the same time, she especially missed her grandmother's big stone mill.

The big stone mills are all old objects. Nowadays, it is rare to see the existence of stone grinding in rural areas, and it is rarely used, and most of them are mechanized instead of manual. A lot of things are almost going to be remembered.

However, it is said that what the ancestors left behind is good. Grinding it with a stone is done in no time. Like her, now she is as tired as a dog from pounding peanuts.

I finally got the peanut kernels right, and it took a day. After dinner, Wuya was so tired that she fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Uya gathered the peanut kernels together.

The second step is to cook. Her small bamboo cage was too small, so she rebuilt a big one.

Still, she was also thinking about a serious question. Grandma's steamer is iron, and hers is only bamboo. This doesn't get in the way, right?!

Put the steamer on the fire, and when the water boils, spread the pounded peanut blank on top.

"Grandma said that after steaming, I asked for a twist, and I saw that the oil was steamed well. "Wuya scratched her face, this is in trouble. When will you see oil?

The wait was a bit long, and Uya simply made her rice bowl during this period.

That's right, she didn't find that the bamboo bowl at home seemed to be lost when she went out early and returned late recently. That's right, it's just lost! This morning, she saw that the bamboo bowls that were originally in the basket were missing. It's not enough now.

Speaking of this, Wuya couldn't help but want to cover her face. There are a few more mushrooms in the bamboo basket at home.

Originally, she was a little puzzled, but when she thought of the actions of the little guy she met a few days ago, she was decisively sure!

Really, it's not good to steal, you have to steal the bowl! But then again, will it be used if it is stolen?

Throwing away distractions, Wu Ya quickly made a few bamboo bowls. Then Uya checked the steamed peanuts. I picked out some peanuts with chopsticks, twisted them a few times, and felt that it was almost OK, so Wuya took the steamer down.

The steamed peanut blank is a cooked blank, which should be immediately wrapped and stacked.

The bread is also very particular, and if this is not good, it will also affect the finished product. The cake should be wrapped in a single circle, and the cake ring should not only be aligned with the upper and lower mouths, but also spread the grass evenly. After installation, it should be compacted and flattened so that the middle is slightly higher.

The cake is pressed immediately after it is loaded. Gently press and the oil will come out soon. However, I don't know if it's because of her improper operation, and there is not a lot of oil pressed out.

She has no experience with this thing, so she can only rely on her feelings. I felt that it was almost time to start dismantling and unloading the cake.

Use a knife to scrape off the edges of the cake, and then crush the first cake with the edge of the cake scraped off. Finally, a sieve is used for screening, and the first press is complete.

Wiping the sweat on her head, Wu Ya couldn't help but look at the oil she squeezed out of the oil barrel, but she was silent for a while before saying, "Eh, I'd better get it out first!"

The crushed cake is re-bandaged and folded for secondary pressing.

Compared to the first time, Wuya was obviously much better, and the speed of squeezing was a little faster.

The oil obtained from the two presses is combined and filtered, and the filtered peanut oil is ready to eat. The unfiltered residue can be incorporated into the green body for repeated pressing.

Uya didn't plan to do it anymore because it was too much effort. It's been a little dark since the early morning.

At noon, she had only nibbled on a few bites of the sweet potatoes she had made last night, and now she was almost hungry. Now the main thing is to make dinner.

But before she cooks dinner, she has to see what she's done for the day. The peanut oil she makes is light yellow, although it is not very well filtered, but the color is still quite bright. The smell of the fragrance is truly incredible!

Wuya's saliva secreted extremely fast, and she felt like she was going to be played.