Chapter 46: The Harvest Festival (2)

In the afternoon, some people stayed in the bamboo hut to play, some continued to go to the mountains to see, and some people asked Liu Peng to take them to the villagers' homes to see, and finally a dozen young people followed Liu Peng, and Sister Ping took the car back to the county seat after lunch, she said to see if anyone else came to the village.

With a dozen or so people, Liu Peng came to the house of Second Uncle Cao, which was not far from his house, and before he entered the courtyard, he heard the sound of 'quacking' from inside, which sounded sharp and pleasant.

A young man asked, "What is this sound?" ”

"It's the sound of a stone mill pushing! It seems that the owner here is grinding a little easterly. Liu Peng said with a smile

"Stone mill?" The young man looked at Liu Peng suspiciously

"Okay, let's go in and see?" took them to the courtyard of Second Uncle Cao

Looking for the sound, the group of people looked towards a corner under the eaves, Uncle Cao's body was pushing the stone mill back and forth, and the aunt next to him was adding beans to the mill.

Seeing everyone's curious looks, Liu Peng took them to the stone mill, Liu Peng smiled and said: "Second uncle, aunt, you're busy!" ”

"I don't have much work in the afternoon, push some beans and prepare to make some tofu." The second aunt said while adding beans

The group of young people brought by Liu Peng became curious about this stone mill, and watched intently at Second Uncle Cao pushing the mill there, and one of them asked, "Brother, can you tell us about this stone mill!" The others pricked up their ears to hear what Liu Peng would say.

Liu Peng smiled: "Of course this is no problem, this stone mill is made of two fan stones up and down, but you don't think it's a simple stack, there is a mystery in this, the upper fan of this stone mill is called the yang fan, the lower fan is called the yin fan, the two fans are called a fu, the dark yin and yang are combined Taiji, the reason why this fan is made into a circle, is also convenient to rotate, the structure of the two fans is roughly the same, but different, the yin fan is thinner and fixed on the grinding box, and the yang fan is heavier, easy to crush food, at the combination of the two fans, Around the center of the fan carved out a uniform terrace-like slope, the width of the slope is as wide as a little finger, and when the fan rotates, the slope is constantly rubbed and pressed, and the food is crushed. ”

"I can't imagine that this small stone mill has such a mystery, and it is also secretly in line with the way of Tai Chi Yin and Yang, I can't imagine that our ancestors will be able to make such a thing at that time, it is really big and small, and they will have their own mysteries!" People sighed

At this time, someone pointed to the stone mill and asked, "Then is the rotation of the stone mill pushed by this burden?" And the hole in the middle is for food? ”

"Yes! On the top of the grinding fan, there is a funnel-shaped concave space, and at the bottom is a square hole, which is convenient for food to be accepted when it leaks. Liu Peng pointed to the small hole and said

After a pause, Liu Peng pointed to the middle of the grinding and said: "In the middle of the stone mill, there is a pair of square holes to wear, the middle of the square hole is horizontally worn with a wooden bar to make a grinding burden, there is a small hole in the middle of the grinding arm and at both ends, there is a circular protrusion in the center of the occlusal part of the yin fan and the yang fan, and there is a round hole that penetrates up and down in the center, and a log is on top of the round hole in the round hole as the axis of the stone mill rotation, this wooden rod is called 'grinding core', and the grinding core passes through the round hole in the middle of the grinding arm. The stone mill is also driven by a 'grinding hook', which is made up of a short beam and a long wooden rod that bends at right angles, and you see, the two ends of the short wooden rod are hung by ropes, and the other end of the rope is tied to a beam on the eaves, fixed at a height of almost the height of an adult's chest, and can be swayed in parallel. The longer section of the long stick is vertically wedged and fixed in the middle of the short stick, and the end of the shorter end is cut into a cylinder. When you want to push the grind, grind the cylinder of the grinding hook to the round hole at one end, the person stands in front of the short crossbar and pushes the short crossbar hard, which drives the stone mill to rotate, and when it turns to the other side, it pulls back hard, just pushes and pulls, and the stone mill rotates again and again. ”

"I can't imagine that such a small thing is so exquisite!" The crowd exclaimed

"I wonder if we can give it a try?" Someone asked

Liu Peng turned to the second uncle and said, "Second uncle." Do you think it's okay for them to experience it? ”

The second uncle shook his head and smiled: "You young people! All right! Give it a try! "Second uncle, take the rope off your shoulder and give up your position.

The young man who wanted to try just now followed the example of the second uncle, put the rope on his shoulder, and pushed the stone mill, when he pushed the stone mill to the corner, he couldn't push it, no matter how much strength he used, the stone mill just couldn't turn. The young man looked at the second uncle suspiciously and asked, "Uncle, what's going on?" Why did I push it to this point and not move? ”

Second Uncle Cao said with a smile: "This push and grind looks simple, just pull back and forth, but in fact, it's not like this, you can just push and push with me." The second uncle held the left end of the short wooden stick in his hand, and gave the right end to the young man who was grinding just now, and Uncle Cao took this benevolent brother to push it up together.

Liu Peng stood next to him and looked at it with a smile, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that this benevolent brother has endured, and he also pushed it with his father when he was a child, but he couldn't grasp it at the beginning, it was very uncomfortable, and often when his father pulled back, he was still sending miles forward vigorously!" However, when the father began to push the second turn, he was pulling hard, or he stopped when he pushed the grinding load perpendicular to the crossbar he was holding, so that he could only push it again when he stopped and approached the stone mill, and held the grinding load with his hand and pulled it parallel to the crossbar he was holding. Later, I gradually understood that it was not enough to only know that it was not possible to push forward and pull back, but also to swing slightly from side to side like a Tai Chi pusher, so that the stone mill would rotate at a uniform speed so that it would not lead to stopping, and that it could save strength with the help of inertia. ”

No, after not pushing for a while, the grinding brother stopped and said with a disappointed face: "This thing is very difficult!" The rhythm is always not well controlled, and sometimes it has to stop. ”

Other unbelievers tried it, and the results were the same. Liu Peng said: "Okay, the first time you push is like this, you can't pull back and forth when pushing, you have to swing slightly left and right, it's similar to Tai Chi pushing, let's try it in the future!" Now I'll show you the rest! ”

Liu Peng took them to see some other labor, listened to the sound of some "women" calling chickens and ducks, and also saw some people walking in the field with hoes, everyone felt the life in the field, the mood was naturally relaxed, and the tension brought by this week's work also dissipated, basking in the warm sunshine, breathing the air with the smell of earth, looking at the people digging up and down the soil, feeling this harmonious atmosphere, so that the whole person felt relaxed and happy.

People who are tired of shopping have returned to the bamboo house from the new, soaked a pot of tea, and quietly reminisced about what they had just seen and felt in the yard.

The people who were familiar with the environment did not let Liu Peng take it with them the next day, they went out to visit by themselves, some went to the village to run the door, some stayed in the bamboo hut to relax, did not want to go anywhere, and some went to the orchard to pick the fruit, ready to take it home.

The weekend was spent in a pleasant and peaceful way, and when they saw off these guests on the bus, they said that they would come back in the future and help promote it when they returned.

Liu Peng said with a smile; "Thank you, we are still building this time, I believe it will bring you greater changes in the future, you have also seen melon fields in the past two days, and that forest, I think you will experience more fun when you come here in the future."

After sending away this first batch of people, Liu Peng is still quite satisfied, this first batch of people have spent more than 5,000 on food, accommodation, and fruit in the past two days, and after they go back to publicize, more people will come.