Chapter 146: Grinding Wheat

By the time Lin Yan sat down at the table, it was already an hour later. It was lunch time, and people coming to eat walked into the courtyard one after another.

When they saw Lin Yan, everyone came up to talk to her and asked about road construction.

Lin Yan smiled and told everyone about interesting things on the road, and the atmosphere was very lively for a while.

Shi Qiang walked in at this time, and without waiting to order, he said hurriedly: "I just walked out of the gate of the Civil Affairs Bureau and saw a new notice."

Someone quickly answered: "What are you talking about?"

People's attention was immediately attracted by Shi Qiang, and Lin Yan also looked over curiously, wanting to know what announcement had been issued by the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Shi Qiang didn't give in. "Two things. Name the newly built road Mining Road."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone said: "What a good name. As soon as you hear it, you will know that it is for the mine."

"What's the other thing?" someone asked anxiously.

"We need to build a house in the mine and build an iron factory. We need to recruit people. From today on, you can go to Minglan to sign up."

"It's a good thing, I can make money again."

"Yes, you can also go to the mines and see if you can earn more money by working in the mines?"

Shi Qiang shook his head, "I don't know the details. Let's go find Minglan and ask after dinner."

After everyone hurriedly finished their meal and left, Lin Yan was also full, thinking that the arbitral tribunal was very efficient and arranged follow-up matters so quickly.

Minglan is in charge of the mine, and it seems that the materials department will be busy. Lan Yue should also be busy.

Nowadays, the management mechanism is getting better and better, and the division of labor among various departments is becoming more and more clear. With Alan, a hard worker, taking the lead, everyone else must be energetic in their posts.

Jin Zai was carrying a sack of wheat ears to thresh. Hua Hong was busy in the kitchen alone. Lin Yan walked over and asked, "Mom, how is this year's wheat harvest?"

"Very good. Thirteen acres of land were planted this year, and we harvested more than last year." Huahong pointed to the wheat stacks in the yard, "Those are the wheat ears that haven't had time to be cut off."

Looking at the six piles of wheat straw, Lin Yan felt that using a stone roller to thresh the wheat straw was too slow. Thinking of the situation where stone rollers were used to roll the road during road construction this time, she thought she might give it a try.

So she said: "Mom, let's spread out the wheat pile in the yard and let it dry in the sun first. I'll go find the stone pulley."

"What do you want to do?" Huahong asked hurriedly. Wheat is the most important food and cannot be wasted.

"Spread out the wheat straw and roll it with a stone wheel. The effect is the same as a stone roller, but it is faster."

Huahong was dubious, "Is it really possible?"

"It's definitely possible. Grandma will clean up the yard first, and I'll go find the stone windlass."

The stone wheel was stored in the supplies department. Mao Mu and Lin Yun were asked to help, and they were pulled back with a frame truck.

At that time, when pavement was being rolled, people would use a pulley. The pulley was not particularly heavy, weighing about fifty kilograms, and was cylindrical in shape, with wooden handles on both sides for fastening ropes.

Mao Mu volunteered to pull up the stone wheel and spin it in circles on the wheat stalks.

There are other debris in the yard, which can only be spread over a dozen square meters. As the woolen wood moves around, the wheat straw that was supporting it just now becomes thinner and thinner.

Lin Yan turned it over and looked at it. There were already wheat grains at the bottom. He said happily: "It's really OK. After grinding it for a few times, we turn over the wheat stalks and then grind them again. If we grind it a few more times, we can grind out all the wheat grains."

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Huahong also squatted down and looked through it, "It's really possible. This method is good. A lot of wheat straw can be threshed quickly."

"This is much faster. At that time, the thought of using a roller to thresh grains was still limited." Lin Yan sighed. He couldn't afford to be hurt by his blind spots in knowledge.

Maomu laughed and said: "When I get back, I will make more stone pulleys, so that every household can use them. The pulleys are easier to make than rollers, and they don't take much trouble."

Lin Yun watched as he turned over the wheat straw with a wooden fork and shook it a few times. The wheat grains fell down and separated from the straw. He looked at the thick layer of wheat grains and leaves of the wheat straw mixed together underneath.

He said: "This threshing is fast, but it is not easy to clean the wheat grains."

Lin Yun chuckled: "It's very easy. I'll show you how to do it later."

Two hours later, the wheat straw was crushed and the bottom layer was swept together. Lin Yan found a shovel for Lin Yun.

"What are you doing?" Lin Yun asked confused. He looked at the shovel in his hand and then at the pile of unclean wheat grains. He didn't know why.

Lin Yan pointed to the cleared space in front of him, "The weather is good today, but there is wind. If you shovel the wheat and raise it, the wind will naturally blow away the light debris. Try it quickly."

Mao Mu's eyes lit up, "Why didn't I think of this good idea? I was just thinking about whether I should use a dustpan to clean out the debris. It's such a big pile, I don't know when it will be cleaned up."

Lin Yun was also shocked. He didn't expect it to be like this. He was stunned for a moment, then immediately shoveled it up and raised it into the air.

Seeing the fluttering wheat straws and leaves blown aside by the wind, while the wheat grains stayed in the middle and fell, Lin Yun knew that this method worked well.

Huahong was so shocked that her mouth opened. She never expected that she could do this.

"With such a good method, there is no need to cut the wheat ears. Just pull the wheat stalks back from the field, dry them in the sun and grind them."

Mao Mu smiled and said, "That's right. Lin Yan is smart enough to come up with such a good method. We will teach it to others right away. After learning such a good method, the wheat in the city will be threshed quickly."

Lin Yun seemed to be bewitched. He picked up the shovel and couldn't stop. He lifted up shovel after shovel. After a while, a wheat bag was piled up in front of him, with debris blown out on both sides.

When Jin Zai came back with the sacks, he saw several people in the yard laughing and saying something. He also saw the pile of wheat for the first time.

"This, how was this done?"

Huahong hurriedly explained the process, and finally said: "No need to wait in line for the stone roller, this roller is easy to use. I just learned how to winnow wheat, and you can learn it too. We can do it by ourselves tomorrow."

"Is this how such a big pile of wheat was ground?" Jin Zai still couldn't believe it. He worked hard for several hours to grind out half a bag, and they crushed a lot in the same time.

Huahong nodded, "The wheat is all here, you still don't believe it."

When Jin Zai came back, Mao Mu and Lin Yun said goodbye. They were going to promote the new method and make more stone wheels.

Lin Yan stopped the person and said, "Don't leave in a hurry yet, Lin Yun, when you were just lifting the wheat, wasn't the shovel too heavy and it became more and more difficult?"

"Yeah, I didn't feel it at first, but as I kept repeating it, my arm became heavier and heavier." After Lin Yun said this, he suddenly realized, "You want to reduce the weight of the shovel?"

"It's almost the same. The shovel is still too heavy, and people can't bear it for a long time. It's better to replace it with a wooden one, which is lighter. The style is similar, but it is made thinner."

Lin Yun nodded to express his understanding.

With Mao Mu and Lin Yun here, Lin Yan didn't go out of his way to tell anyone new ways. She helped put the wheat into sacks, and it was getting dark.
Chapter completed!