Chapter 016: Stone Mill? Right? Stone grinding

Success in building a foundation needs to be consolidated. Hong Yan calmed down again to run the third Xuanyuan Jue, the true qi in the dantian ran in the meridians, and the spiritual energy in the space also entered the body. Now the true qi runs smoothly, the meridians are no longer painful, but indescribably refreshing, and full of energy. This is the benefit of health preservation. Run for nine weeks to stabilize the results of foundation building. He stood up, feeling slimy and decided to go out in the shower first.

Judging from the position of the sun, it should be morning. Hong Yan didn't alarm the others, anyway, he just carried water from the fairy garden to the outside to rinse. He noticed that in the gutter behind the house, where the waste water from his shower had flowed, the weeds were growing exceptionally luxuriantly.

Entering the space again, Hong Yan could clearly feel the existence of aura in the space. If Tsukiki used to be able to say that the space was more comfortable than in reality, now he already knew that it was Reiki. He was surprised to find that even with his eyes closed, the plants within a radius of more than ten meters around him were still in front of him, and the elixir such as the thousand-year-old ginseng, which was full of spiritual energy, was even more easily perceived in the distance. The place with the greatest aura is the cave, and Hong Yan estimates that it should be the reason for the jade bed. Natural radar? Could this be the legendary divine consciousness?

If the foundation is successfully built and the meridians are opened, the next cultivation is to gather the qi in the dantian, and then inject the true qi into the meridians and acupuncture points to accumulate it. Hong Yan swallowed a Qi Gathering Pill. The Qi Gathering Pill can quickly replenish the true qi consumed in the body, and it is generally used in the early stage of cultivation. Hong Yan has just succeeded in building the foundation, and the aura of the Zhuji Dan is almost consumed, and supplementing a Qi Gathering Pill is beneficial to the accumulation of true qi. For another nine weeks, he only felt that his true qi was full, his body was as light as a swallow, and his ears and eyes were clear. The dantian is like the sea, the meridians are like streams, and the true qi runs again and again.

He stood up and raised his hands and played Tai Chi again. Just look at him, starting with his hands, moving forward and backward, there is a different charm, the previous light and fluttering moves, today is a little different. What's the difference, with Hong Yan's current level, it seems that he can't comprehend it. Hong Yan feels that every move and style now contains strength, and the strength is free to walk, round and wishful, endless, like mercury pouring into the ground. If there is a Tai Chi expert on his side, he will be surprised that Hong Yan has comprehended the true meaning of Tai Chi. On the contrary, military boxing is more simple because of the restrained boxing.

Hong Yan sent the futon back to its original place, and then went to the depths of the woods in the eastern part of the space, stood up for luck, kicked his right leg, and kicked towards a big tree that was hugging thick, the body of the tree did not move, the branches swayed, and there was an obvious footprint on the body of the tree, which seemed to be not shallow. Then he jumped and stepped on a horizontal branch, four or five meters above the ground and spanning more than 10 meters. The test results show that although Hongyan can't do Dengping and cross the water now, the kind of cornices can still be easily completed. He was not very familiar with the current changes in his body, so he had to spend a while controlling his body so as not to shock the world in reality.

Out of the fairy garden, Hong Yan went to the front yard, but he didn't find Lao Zu and Xiao Feng. When they went out to the mound, they were looking for something under the pergola! Judging by the leaves, it should be a cucumber. Cucumber leaves are yellow and sparse, and the season is over.

"Zuzu, picking vegetables?" Hong Yan asked.

"Big brother!" "Cauldron!" "Cauldron!" Immature voices came and went. The little girl still had a small cucumber in the middle in her hand, ran towards him, and then crawled on the ridge, quickly propped up her hands and climbed up, stumbling towards Hong Yan.

Hong Yan stretched out his hands, made a hug gesture, and shouted in his mouth: "Slow down, slow down, Moda is down!" ”

The little girl threw herself into her brother's arms and put her arms around him, as if her brother didn't want her or hadn't seen her for a long time. Hong Yan also hugged the little girl, and his little hand patted her back gently. Old Ancestor looked at the brother and sister kindly, smiling.

The little girl let go of her hands, and Xiao Feng and Xiao Zheng also ran to the eldest brother and hugged each other. Maybe they don't realize that this is sibling love, just attachment that they haven't seen for a while. Hong Yan is different, although the relationship between brothers in his previous life is not indifferent, but it is not very close. He has been in school, and his two younger brothers have gone out to work after graduating from junior high school, and it is difficult to see each other. Even in primary school, Hong Yan often changed schools, but his two younger brothers studied in the newly built central school of the commune. In junior high school, school hours are inconsistent, and it is difficult to walk together, and then high school and high school are the only time to meet on Saturdays. After going to college, I didn't see each other for a few years. He also hugged his two younger brothers tightly and patted them gently on the back.

It was difficult to hold 3 people with both hands, and Xiaofeng was bigger, so he had to stand in front. Hong Yan took Xiao Zheng and the little girl by the hand and asked the ancestor: "Zuzu, how many days have you been?" ”

"I didn't see you yesterday in a few days. A day and a half! Old Ancestor replied quickly. The three of them didn't bother you, did they? Hong Yan said with a smile. It's obedient, but it's just nagging where you've been, and your ears are calloused. Hehe! ”

For nearly forty hours, he didn't feel anything at all, and it seemed to pass quickly. The three children have been taken care of by the ancestor for the past two days, and they are indeed a little tired.

took the little girl and accompanied the ancestor who walked slightly back to the house. Hong Yan brought half a basin of clean water and copied it to wash the hands of the three children. Old Ancestor put down the vegetables he picked back, washed his hands, and sat on the small stool brought by Xiao Feng to rest. Xiao Feng's eyesight in this area is very good. In the blink of an eye, Hong Yan brought out a small pot of pink tomatoes. The skin is smooth, shiny and exudes a faint fragrance.

"** (A general term for round objects, eggs, apples, etc. can be called)!" The three little eyes lit up, and when they had never seen this kind of tomato, their gray and black hands grabbed it. There are also people in the production team who plant it, but they are all green skins and eat them.

"It's a tomato, also called a tomato." Hong Yan said clearly and slowly, and then asked Sanxiao to follow a few times.

"Can you eat it raw?" Old Ancestor asked. In this era, the older generation still thinks that tomatoes are poisonous and must be fried before they can be eaten.

"It's delicious, it's delicious. Zuzu, you can eat it too! Hong Yan handed one to the ancestor. As he spoke, Sanxiao had already gnawed open. The red flesh, the small white seeds, the flowing juice, the sound of sucking, the tomatoes must taste good.

The old ancestral tooth is almost gone. Hong Yan picked up a tomato again, gently peeled off the skin, and handed it to the ancestor. Old Ancestor put down the tomato in his hand and then took the peeled one, put it under his nose, took a deep breath and said, "Fragrant!" Then, put it in his mouth and grind it.

Hong Jianguo came back very early, saw Hong Yan from a distance, quickened his pace, came to him, looked at his son, nodded and praised violently: "I haven't seen you for two days, white, taller, and more energetic." Done? ”

After Hong Yan came out of the fairy garden, he didn't look in the mirror and didn't know black and white. The father said that "it is not necessarily white", maybe he can't help but look at his son happily! As for the height, it has not been measured, and the fat old clothes are not very obvious. Building a foundation is equivalent to being reborn, and some changes in the skin, muscles and bones should also be normal.

"That's it. Not worried, right? Hong Yan said with a smile.

"Nope. What is there to worry about! Hong Jianguo didn't seem to be worried, and he was quite relaxed. However, Hong Yancha saw that his father's face was not very good, and his eyes were blue. Most of the past two days have not rested well.

It didn't take long for my mother and grandfather's family to call it a day and go home. The mother was very happy and complained to her father, how could she rest assured that her son would go to errands alone, and he would go for two days. However, after looking at the tomatoes, beans, and peppers in the kitchen, she was even more surprised and speechless. If it weren't for the fact that the water was as good as if it had just been plucked, Li Yun even doubted whether his son had committed dishonorable behavior. How can there be so many in their own vegetable fields, and tomatoes are planted by few households in the entire brigade.

With solid evidence, Hong Jianguo also let go. He cleaned up all the rice in the cupboard and moved to the front of the stairs. The eldest aunt and second uncle are grinding and beating Hu Douban. Hu bean, also called broad bean. Sun-dried beans, put into the stone mill to remove the skin, select the watercress, soak and drain it, spread it into silkworm dustpans and other bamboo tools, and then cover it with sorghum leaves, and after a week, the watercress is covered with yellow hairy matter. It's not that the watercress has rotted and deteriorated. If you wash it, you will find that the watercress is still complete and trendy. The long hairy material is called fragrant ash, and generally the more the bean paste is made after that, the more fragrant it is. After the fragrant ash is raised, the broad bean paste should be dried immediately, otherwise it will really deteriorate. Put away the dried broad bean paste, and when it is convenient to make the sauce.

The stone mill is still relatively new, and the upper and lower pieces are almost a foot thick. The stone mill of the landlord's house is less than five inches, which is much older. Heavy, the grinder will spend more effort.

The ancestor is choosing the watercress, and the white half of the waterpaste is placed in the basket, and the skin is not ground and put into the nest. There is also a wooden punch in the nest, which is specially pounded. The place where there is a nest is called a stone mortar, and it is also a very hard stone. The Mid-Autumn Festival glutinous rice cake is made in the nest. When I think of glutinous rice cakes, I haven't eaten them for at least 20 years. Ah, the glutinous glutinous rice cake, the faint fragrance, the soft and sweet glutinous rice cake in my memory. No, this year we have to fight glutinous rice cakes no matter what.

Hong Jianguo put down the basket next to the stone mill. Is this going to mill rice? If it weren't for seeing this long stone trough-like stone mill, Hong Yan really wouldn't remember this thing. In my previous life, I saw most of the northern stone mills from textbooks and film and television works, well, there is one in the jujube orchard by the Yan River.

"Do you want to mill rice?" Old Ancestor asked. "Well, mill rice, children haven't eaten rice in a long time." Hong Jianguo explained.

"Are you alone?"

"Li Yun will be here soon."

Hong Jianguo took a broom and cleaned it first, then cleaned it carefully with a sorghum brush, and then tied a rope and rolled it. The lower half of the stone is buried in the ground, and the two ends are high, and the middle is in a large arc. The outer length is about 3 meters, and the inner stone trough is about 2 meters long, with a maximum width of 30 cm and a depth of about 40 cm. The stone mill is a complete piece with a shape of at least 3 meters long, 0.5 meters wide and 1 meter high. I don't know how I got it in the first place, and then I don't know where it went?

The frame as a whole looks like a cross, and is more than 2 meters high. At both ends of the beam, there are handles more than a foot long at right angles, just enough for one person to stand and push and roll. There is a thick rope on the top of the column connected to the beam, and a stone wheel is installed at the bottom. The diameter of the stone wheel is more than a foot, and the thickness of the center is 10 cm.

Li Yun came and poured in half a basket of rice. Then stand in the east, and Hong Jianguo is standing in the west. As soon as the two of them pushed and sent, the stone mill was running. Hong Yan observed that this kind of stone grinding is really not very labor-intensive, and it takes two people to push it. The kind of stone mill in the north can be pushed by only one prime of life. The stone wheel moves in an arc back and forth with the stone trough, and the top of the original grinding frame is about the center of the circle. The stone wheel is deeply inserted in the stone trough, and the skilled person will not deviate from the center of gravity when pushing it.

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