Chapter 329: Rice Mill
After chatting for a while, the brother and sister went their separate ways.
Zhou Yu went back to the house, leaned back on the recliner in front of the window, and tapped the armrest of the recliner rhythmically with his right index finger, constantly thinking about the structure of the rice milling machine in his mind.
She can't make that kind of large-scale machine, but she still has a little impression of the kind of rice milling machine used by the older generation in the countryside before.
The top is made in the shape of a hat, and when the rice is poured into it, the hands shake it, and the two pieces of iron inside rub against each other, separating the husk from the rice.
She had seen it at her grandmother's house before, and she was curious to take it apart and take a look at it, and chased half the village for her grandfather to chase her.
But that was when she was very young, and her impression was a little unreal, and she had to think about it, otherwise it would be too slow to grind with a stone, and almost half of the rice would be broken.
The maid Ye'er went out and ran to the place where the ducks were raised, and when she got to the place, she was very happy to see that there were really so many ducks, and the most important thing was that there were a lot of ducklings.
She had seen ducklings when she was very young. I haven't seen it in years.
Although there are a lot of ducks in the county king's mansion, there are more than 10,000 ducks in total, but there is no need for people to deliberately come and take care of them, because this section of the river is fenced off, and the river water is flowing.
Just one person cut some aquatic weeds in the morning and sprinkled them in the river, the aquatic weeds float on the surface of the river, and there are shelters downstream to block them, but there is no need to worry about the aquatic weeds floating away.
In fact, the more than 10,000 ducks have to feed not many aquatic plants every day, because this area is rich in underwater products, and these ducks have eaten almost enough of those small fish and shrimp.
Then clean up the droppings of the duck pen again, collect the duck eggs, and in the evening the ducks will return to the pen on their own.
Ye Er played for a while and then returned to Zhou's house, she didn't forget that Miss still needed her to serve.
It's just that when he returned home, he knew that the girl was thinking about things in the house, so he went to the kitchen to help Wu and Mrs. Deng.
Some time ago, Wu and Mrs. Deng were really not used to being idle, and they cooked meals for a few of them every day, and the cattle and ducks at home did not need to be fed by the two of them, so the two of them simply went to the workshop to help, and followed the two women to marinate the lo-mei together.
Although the family has not killed pigs now, the lo-mei has not stopped, and it is the nearby butchers who send the pigs to the house.
The amount of each day is also a lot, there are more than a dozen pairs of pigs into the water, some are sent to the Guozijian after they are done, and some are sent to the restaurant, no one has bought this thing before, and there are no people who buy it now, mainly because they will not do it when they buy it back.
But at this time, the two of them are not busy cooking for more than 30 people every day, mainly because the masters are more fine, and the other subordinates can steam a pot of rice and make three or two dishes.
In the past, they all ate with the main family, and they ate whatever the main family ate, but now they can't. Now that there are more people in the family, and the county king's mansion belongs to the royal family, it is even more important to pay attention to a rule, so as not to be sued by other people who have a heart to the palace.
The days back to Jinjia Village seem to be the same as before, no different.
Zhou Yu thought about it in the house for a long time, but he could be regarded as having finished the drawings, thinking that he was looking to see where there was anything wrong, and there was a knock on the door outside the house.
"Girl, Chang Gongzi is here."
Hearing this, Zhou Yu remembered that he wanted to teach Chang Fang to study.
"You tell him to wait in the study, and I'll come over."
"Yes, girl."
Ye Er took Chang Fang to Zhou Yu's study and waited quietly aside.
Chang Fang is the first time to Jinjia Village, and it is also the first time to go to the place where the county king's family used to live.
In his mind, there is only one impression of the village, that is, it is dirty and messy, and most of the villagers have sad faces on their faces.
But the villagers of Jinjia Village are different, whether they are old people or children, they all have smiles on their faces when they see them along the way.
Most of the houses in the village are newly built, all of them are exactly the same, and they are well planned and very tidy.
Chang Fang was thinking about it, and immediately got up when he heard the movement coming from the door of the house.
Seeing Zhou Yu come in, he saluted respectfully.
"County Lord."
"Sit down, I heard that you studied before, tell me what you learned?"
Chang Fang felt a little embarrassed when he heard Zhou Yu's words, but although he was relatively rich in heart, he didn't show it on his face, no different from those rough men who practiced martial arts.
"I used to read a book for a year, and I would write my name and some simple words, but not much, just dozens."
Hearing this, Zhou Yu had to admire a little, what kind of elm head is this person, he has learned dozens of words in a year, and his father was not angry with him. Zhou Yu thought it was an accident.
"Okay, then let's start with the simplest three-character scripture today."
As he spoke, Zhou Yu took out a three-character scripture and put it in front of Chang Fang.
In fact, Chang Fang studied the books for almost a year before, the three enlightenment books of the Three Character Classic, the Hundred Family Names and the Thousand Character Text, and he had never seen the last two, so he had only come into contact with the Three Character Classic.
So when he saw the three-character scripture in front of him at this moment, he couldn't help but yawn, this was his physical reaction, and he couldn't help it.
Seeing Chang Fang's appearance, his eyes began to squint and doze off, and Zhou Yu took back the three-character scripture in front of him.
It seems that this person's school aversion is not ordinarily serious, and she has to do it in a different way.
"Let's go, I'll take you to another place, let's learn in another place."
Zhou Yu didn't bring the three-character scripture when he went out, and he didn't bring anything else, so he took Chang Fang and let Yin Jian and Wu Lang follow him out of the house.
Chang Fang didn't ask Zhou Yu where he wanted to take him, as long as he didn't let him read the three-character scripture, he dozed off when he saw it.
Zhou Yu took people out of the village, towards the foot of the mountain behind the village, after arriving at the foot of the mountain, along a path, turning the other side of the mountain, a waterfall appeared from top to bottom in front of several people, although the waterfall is not big, but it looks like an excellent artistic conception, it is really a good place with excellent scenery.
Chang Fang's eyes lit up, how could he not know that there was such a beautiful scenery around Kyoto City.
In fact, it is no wonder that Jinjia Village was too poor in the past, and there was nothing else in several nearby villages, as long as people from other villages mentioned Jinjia Village, there was only one word, poor.
Therefore, few people come to Jinjia Village, and those sons and daughters of the family in Kyoto City are even more disdainful.
But who would have thought that in the valley behind Jinjia Village, there is such a small waterfall, and there are some maple trees growing next to the waterfall, and there are pine trees mixed in it.
Don't talk about others, let's just say that Zhou Yu, who came from modern times, found this place for the first time, and felt that this was a place with excellent scenery.