Liu Pan'er also smiled: "If you don't do it because of hard work, it can only prove that Dabao doesn't like skills as much as he imagined, so let him retreat." You don't have to teach him deliberately, but when Dabao asks you, explain it to him. Of course, I won't let the two of you teach in vain, and your salary will be increased by another 30%. ”

When Carpenter Wang heard this, he smiled and said, "Since this is the case, then follow along." To learn a craft, you must not only have a flexible brain, but also be skillful. Dabao, you try with us first. ”

"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Li Dabao said with a smile, very happy, and got his wish.

Blacksmith Zhou also smiled and said, "Since you are not afraid of the heat, I will try my best to teach you." ”

Craftsmanship is really not something that can be learned in a day or two, and they just studied for a long time before they became teachers. Therefore, they are not worried about being learned by Li Dabao at all, nor are they worried about not having a job.

Just with Mrs. Drey's water-powered oil mill, there is also a water-powered grinding disc. As long as things are good, there will be people willing to build them in other places.

With this experience, they can make more money.

From this day on, Li Dabao got up in the morning to practice martial arts, went to the school in the morning to study the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", and after eating at noon, he rested for half an hour to study with Carpenter Wang and Blacksmith Zhou.

The oil mill could not be built in a day or two, Liu Paner handed over the matter to Carpenter Wang and Blacksmith Zhou, let Li Dabao study on the side, and sent ten-year-old Wumao to follow Li Dabao and help run errands.

After the rice planting in the village was over, and before the two days of rest, the rape was ripe.

Liu Pan'er came to the house of Village Chief Li next door, and Grandma Li was sitting in the shade of the eaves, twisting the threads.

Grandma Li looked older, and when she saw Liu Pan'er coming in, her dim eyes and a smile beckoned, "Yuanqing's family, why do you have time to come over?" Is there something wrong? ”

Liu Pan'er chuckled and sat on the small stool next to Grandma Li, "Grandma, I came to ask you, do your joints still hurt?" ”

Grandma Li smiled, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all, it's very comfortable." The rapeseed is ripe, and I am still urging Cuihua, so I quickly led people to the field and harvested the rapeseed. ”

Liu Pan'er nodded, "I also want to harvest rapeseed, I'm afraid that the weather is bad, so I'm here to ask." There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, you are the biggest treasure of our auspicious village. ”

Grandma Li smiled kindly, although a few teeth were lost, it did not affect Grandma Li's kindness, "My old bones are of this use, if the joint hurts, I will let someone tell you home, don't worry." ”

"Thank you, Grandma." Liu Paner smiled and ate hibiscus cake with Grandma Li.

Grandma Li took a bite and looked satisfied, "It's so sweet." Yuanqing's family, you also eat. ”

Liu Pan'er nodded and smiled lightly, "Well, I ate it." Grandma, you must take care of your health! ”

I still remember the calmness of this old lady when she fled the famine, and she would rather sacrifice herself than drag the child down.

still remembers when Old Man Li and Mrs. Li didn't choose what to say, and bullied Liu Paner with their elders, it was Grandma Li who stood up and spoke for her.

When Grandma Li sees the juniors coming back, she always gives the juniors snacks and candies to eat, especially the children, who like her very much.

He is recognized as an old birthday star in the entire Lijia Village, and he is also an elder.

Grandma Li smiled, "Of course, after a lifetime of hardship, I finally lived a good life of eating white rice and white noodles every day, I don't want to go to see Lord Yama early, I have to enjoy a few more years of happiness." ”

After chatting with Grandma Li for a while, Liu Paner went home and prepared to harvest rapeseed, there are more than 30 acres of rape at home, and it is estimated that it will take a long time to harvest.

The rape plants in the field were cut down whole, tied into bundles, and pulled back by trucks.

Hire long-term laborers, with great strength, to cut rape in the field and transport it back.

The Liu family, the cats and the fish, are on the threshing floor at the door, drying these rapeseeds. When it is dry enough, use a mallet to knock the rapeseed out of the pellets.

Liu Pan'er saw that everyone could only squat on the ground and knock, and the area of the mallet was very small, she felt that there should be better tools.

Flail!

This thing was used even in the previous life, when the rape was harvested in the countryside of my hometown.

The rapeseed is dried enough that it doesn't take much effort to knock the rapeseed out of its shell. The flail is easier to use than a mallet, and it also saves effort, the key is to stand.

The ingredients for making flail are easy to find and can be found at home. A long stick, a few thick pieces of bamboo, plus a few wires and nails, will do.

The wires and nails were prepared by Liu Paner for Blacksmith Zhou some time ago. After all, not everyone can do things with mortise and tenon structures, and they can be used by smashing them into them with nails and hammers.

It was only a short time before Liu Paner came out of the house with the made flail. A little farther away from Liu's, Liu Paner shook the flail and smashed it on the layers of rape.

The sound of those rapeseed popping out of the shell and falling to the ground is endless.

Liu Shi and the others all looked at Liu Pan'er and shook quickly, and after a while, a small piece of rape was successfully threshed.

Liu was tired from squatting, so he quickly stood up, "Sister Liu, hurry up and give me a try." What's it called? ”

Liu Paner said with a smile: "This one is more labor-saving, called flail." ”

Liu took the flail in Liu Paner's hand and began to smash the sun-dried rape branches and leaves on the ground, and the rapeseed quickly jumped out of the shell, which was quite clean.

Liu Shi worked for a while, then put it down, and said to Liu Pan'er: "Sister Liu, this flail is faster than a mallet, and you don't have to squat, it's quite effortless." ”

Liu Pan'er chuckled, "Since it's easy to use, I'll make a few more." ”

Liu waved his hand, "You don't need to do it, the wires and nails at home are too expensive, and there are other uses." I'll do it, just wood and rope. ”

Liu Paner was surprised, and Liu went to the utility room to find materials and tools, and used ropes, bamboo chips, and sticks to make a new flail.

Liu said quite proudly: "How is Sister Liu?" I'm not bad about this, right? ”

Liu Pan'er nodded, her face surprised, "Yes, although it is not as strong as mine, it is cheap, just take more things." Sister Xiaohua, you are amazing. ”

Liu smiled: "My brain is not as good as yours, but my hands-on ability is not bad." There are simple, simple things that I can make. I'll get two more and try to get the rape grains back to the warehouse as soon as possible. ”

Liu Paner agreed, "Listen to Sister Xiaohua." ”

The sun is quite good these days, and it is most suitable to cut down the rape that has matured and put it on the ground to be exposed to the sun for threshing.

The dry fields of Jixiang Village are basically planted with rapeseed. There are a lot of rape in the yard of every house, and even such a useful thing as a flail is naturally learned by other people in the village.

The good things spread quickly, and other villages also learned and imitated them.