The next day, the makeshift workshop was erected.

After peeling the picked camellia seeds, pour them into a pot and bake them slowly.

This work is a hard work, and it is close to the stove, which is the prime of life in the village, and it can't stand it for half a day.

Villagers from Qinglong Village also came to help.

In order to avoid future conflicts, Jiang Yao and Mr. Feng discussed and decided to let the villagers of Qinglong Village work together and divide the oil equally.

After all, there are also their people in the reserves......

After it falls off when the shell cracks, it needs to be crushed with a stone mill.

Six stone mills from two villages were moved, and four of them were used to grind tea seeds.

The strong men in the village took turns to push the stone mill, and the fourth aunt led a few women to help add tea seeds to the stone mill, and from time to time helped sweep the ground powder into the basin, and there were people next to him who helped filter it with gauze.

Tea seed powder has good viscosity and is not easy to grind.

But if you want to have a high oil yield, you have to grind the tea seeds as fine as possible, the finer the better.

Therefore, it is necessary to filter it with gauze and grind it several times.

Seeing Jiang Yao coming, the fourth aunt asked, "Do you think this is okay?" ”

Jiang Yao grabbed a handful of tea seed powder and twisted it with her fingers......

In the worried eyes of everyone, Jiang Yao nodded, "How many times is this?" ”

The fourth aunt breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully, it was okay, "This is the fifth time." ”

Jiang Yao: "Grind the next bucket six times, take another bucket and grind it four times, mark it well, and make a comparison when the time comes." ”

"Okay."

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The ground tea seed powder is then poured back into the pot and fried at low temperature, and then steamed in the pot for half an hour, and then stepped on into a cake while it was hot.

And then it's time for the final squeezing.

Because of the tight time, the tools used for pressing are simple "lever pressing".

The so-called lever press is actually composed of a stone mill and two pieces of coarse wood, one end of the coarse wood is fixed, erected on the stone mill, and then the other end is pressed little by little.

The tea cake is pressed under the stone mill, and with the help of a little increase in gravity, the oil is pressed.

Unconsciously, everyone present stopped what they were doing, and the villagers who were working nearby also gathered around......

There were a lot of people around, but the scene was very quiet, as if a louder noise could scare the oil back.

On the other side, Jiang Yu, who was building a bread cellar in his backyard, had also been paying attention to the situation here with his ability, and he couldn't help but hold his breath at this time......

"It's out, it's out......"

"Yellow, yellow! There is really oil!! ”

The moment the golden oil flowed out from under the cyan slate, everyone couldn't help but get excited......

Jiang Yao also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although I know that I can squeeze oil, after all, I have never seen the process of squeezing oil, let alone the ancient method of pressing.

Even the knowledge mall's record of ancient crushing only has some pictures and text descriptions.

Fortunately, the oil was squeezed out smoothly.

"Okay, let's let it press slowly, let's get busy."

Seeing the oil flowing out with their own eyes, the villagers became more motivated to do their work.

The old village chief has tasted it himself, and although the taste of this camellia oil is a little different, it is indeed oil.

And it is said that it is better than lard!

By the time the first bucket of tea seeds could not squeeze out the oil, only two bowls of oil were squeezed out.

Jiang Yao felt that the oil yield was still slightly lower.

If the press tool is improved, it should be able to improve it a little bit......

Adjust the parameters and do more experiments, you should be able to improve it......

But all the villagers felt that they had made a fortune.

After all, camellia seeds are wild in the mountains, and the oil is squeezed by itself.

I heard that the leftover tea cakes can also be used as fertilizer and earthworms...... What's not to be satisfied with?!

In their eyes, it's like picking up money!

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The reserve did not finish picking all the camellia seeds until the sun went down.

Chen Ze'an was responsible for taking people to weigh and count, and then reported to Jiang Yao.

It's just that when the final calculated data came out, Jiang Yao was shocked, "Didn't you make a mistake?" ”

Chen Ze'an: "I have calculated three times before and after, plus yesterday's, it is indeed a little more than 100,000 catties...... The playground can no longer be placed, and the extra ones are all placed in the drying field. ”

Jiang Yao opened her mouth, a little speechless......

According to the current oil yield, it is almost only 10 percent, and that is 10,000 catties.

What is the concept of 10,000 catties of camellia oil?

This should be put in modern times, if you are a pound and a hundred, you can sell it for a million......

Even if you don't sell it, you can use it for daily use......

Jiang Yao thought about the account books kept by the old village chief before, as well as the situation of his own procurement, and estimated it.

There are about 1,000 people in Yunlai Village, and at least three to five hundred catties of oil have to be used every month.

And this is still less used, if you let go of it, I am afraid that you can use five or six hundred catties.

So every time she goes out to buy, buying oil is a big expense.

Naturally, the villagers are willing to use less if they can.

However, if the intake of oil is insufficient for a long time, the limbs will be weak and the body will be weak.

So Jiang Yao has never saved on this item, including rice and grain, and salt before, she has never saved.

After all, only when you are full can you have the strength to live hard.

But now, even if half of the 100,000 catties of oil are given to Qinglong Village, the oil is enough for them to eat for at least three months, and they can even eat for half a year if they save a little.

Moreover, that piece of camellia has already grown.

This means that it can be harvested every year......

Jiang Yao thought to herself: It seems that the plan to sell oil can be put on the agenda first...... Camellia oil is precious, and most of it is kept for them to eat.

But every year, I take out 10,000 catties, with the help of the Su family, package the camellia oil well, and sell it to the high-end, it's no problem......

Jiang Yu also became excited when she heard her idea, "Then we can also find some cultivation materials, take good care of that piece of camellia, and increase the yield of camellia!" ”

"Well, I'll leave this to you."

"No problem, when I research it, I'll leave this matter to Uncle Changshou to be responsible.

He still has a lot of experience in planting, and he doesn't like to read, so he simply let him take care of planting, and he has a specialization in the art industry. ”

Jiang Yu maintained his usual curiosity, and then shook the pot casually.

Jiang Yao said that she had no opinion, but just glanced at the backyard that was tossed and covered with mud, and asked, "Is the bread cellar ready?" ”

"It's already set, but I have to bake it first, and I can try it tomorrow to see if it works."

Speaking of this, Jiang Yu was very excited, "With this bread cellar, I can roast chestnuts and chicken...... When you plant sweet potatoes next year, you can bake sweet potatoes......"

"Don't think about it, your saliva will fall to the ground if you think about it again."

“……”

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Due to the large number of camellia seeds and the slow work, there is no way to complete the pressing within a day or two, so the picked camellia seeds can only be dried first.

The repaired drying yard came in handy.

When the drying yard was first built, it was for drying grain, so it was built large enough.

At this time, it is more than enough to dry these camellia seeds......