Traveled through time with my ex-boyfriend [Chang Tian]

Chapter 84

【Sisters' Spring】

The oil sunflowers in the field should have been harvested long ago, and they had been delayed because of the Yuan family's affairs. Taking advantage of the good weather these days, Ye Fan invited villagers to work in full swing.

The strong men cut down the oil sunflower stalks with a pickaxe, and the women sat on the grass pier and cut off the flower discs one by one with a sickle, being extremely careful during the process, for fear of spoiling the oil sunflower seeds.

There are ten threshing machines on the ground, step on the pedals, put the flower disc between the rollers, there is only a creaking sound, and there is a pile of shiny black melon seeds under the funnel.

This job is fresh and fun, and everyone rushes to do it.

The oil sunflower stalks piled up more and more, and Ye Fan suddenly remembered that they could be used as fertilizer for the fruit trees.

So, he exchanged two hand-operated grinders for the system, and the crushed oil sunflower stalks were piled around the flour fruit tree.According to the data, the fruit tree will release certain substances to accelerate the decay and attraction of green manure.

The old village chief leaned on his crutches and asked in surprise, "What is this? Can it be used to chop grass?"

"can."

Before the exchange, Ye Fan looked carefully. There is a wrench on the left side of the machine, which can adjust the width and shape of the guillotine. In addition to sunflower stalks, wheat straw, thatch, reeds, etc. can be crushed with it.

He originally thought that if he didn't need it later, he would give it to Li Yao, and let Qingxi Valley use it for pasture grass, which was much more efficient than manual work.

The old village chief stroked his beard and nodded, "It's a good thing, it's a good thing."

Liao Huan, the scholar who brought the first batch of refugees to join him, has now officially become the village head of Beilai Village. He is also standing not far away, silently looking at the shredder and thresher, I don't know what I'm thinking.

Everyone's hard work was not in vain, more than ten acres of sunflower fields, and thousands of catties of sunflower seeds were harvested—as expected of an alien species, the output is indeed strong.

While the sunflower seeds were drying, Ye Fan assembled the oil press.

On this day, the weather was fine, and the sun was hanging in the sky, shining warmly on the loess land.

The pit yard of the Ye family was full of people, and many people were lying on the fence. Almost everyone in the village came.

Yu Erlang was carrying a big wooden bucket, and poured the small black sunflower seeds into the funnel. Yu Dalang and Guan Erlang each held a handle, and they worked hard together, and the gears squeaked and turned.

There was a tinkling sound, and the black melon seed skins fell into the sack with a rustle, and the seed dregs fell into the basin in the middle, and golden oil slowly flowed out from the other end.

At first, there were very few, like raindrops, falling drop by drop. With the rotation of Guan Erlang and the two of them, they soon merged into a small stream, and then gradually became thicker. After a while, the whole pot was filled.

Everyone watched helplessly and gasped in unison.

"Can this little black grain really squeeze out oil?"

"I saw it with my own eyes, how can it be fake?"

"Ye Xiaolang, is this oil really edible?"

"It's edible. It's more fragrant than soybean oil and cheaper than lard." Ye Fan smiled, "I'll squeeze all this later, let's have a big pot meal!"

"It's good to catch up with the situation. The courtyard has just harvested radishes and late cabbage. When the time comes, let my mother-in-law bring them over and cook them in a pot."

"Hey, if Ye Xiaolang produces oil, you can produce a broken radish, you took advantage of it!"

The villagers laughed and laughed.

Ye Fan smiled, making up his mind.

If sunflower seeds want to be popularized, they must first let people know its benefits, not only in Hanjialing, Daning County, Anzhou City, but also in the whole Dajin.

——Yejia Xiaolang, he is very ambitious!

Here, after ten sacks of oily sunflower seeds were squeezed out, Yu Erlang's movements gradually slowed down, and Yu Dalang was sweating on his head, but Guan Erlang felt relaxed.

Ye Fan yelled at the right time, "Brothers, take a break, and squeeze it later."

"Success, rest first." Guan Erlang responded, and handed the cloth towel to Yu Dalang.

Yu Dalang wiped off his sweat and sat down at the stone table.Yu Erlang also jumped off the machine.

Everyone gathered around one after another, looked left and right, and discussed in a hurry.

"Hey, what kind of fairy object is this?"

"It's the first time I've seen oil pressing so easily!"

The little ladies gathered in Sanniang's room, knelt on the kang, and looked out of the window.

Hearing this, some people were immediately dissatisfied, "Where is it so easy, didn't you see that Second Brother Guan was sweating from exhaustion?"

"Then there are still Brother Yu and Brother Yu, why do you only bring out Brother Guan?" Another little lady joked with a smile.

"You little hoof, what are you talking about!" The little lady from before blushed immediately, and raised her hand to hit the little sister.

The ladies laughed softly and looked at Guan Erlang overtly and secretly.

He was originally tall and handsome, but after taking the medicine given by Ye Fan, his body has been optimized from the inside to the outside, with a unique charm all over his body.

It has to be said that Shu Guan Erlang is the most attention-grabbing man among the big and small men in the courtyard.

As for Ye Fan, he was not in the comparison ranks at all.

For the villagers, he is a little fairy boy in the sky, who came to the world to repair himself, and when the good deed is done, he will return to the sky.Therefore, no matter how handsome he is and how charming he is when he smiles, the ladies will not regard him as the object of Huaichun.

Second Sister Ye came out of the stove, holding a red lacquer tray in her hand, and on the tray was a pot-bellied pot filled with freshly brewed hot tea.

Before she approached, Guan Erlang stood up and took it naturally.

Second Sister Ye said softly, "Let me come. Brother Erlang has been busy for a while, so it's time to take a rest."

"No problem." Guan Erlang turned over the tea bowls and filled them up one by one.

He was a guest, or in-laws, Yu Dalang and Yu Erlang were embarrassed to bother him, so they took it quickly and thanked him politely.

"Thank you for what I did, you should thank Er Niangzi." Guan Erlang smiled brightly.

Second Sister Ye covered her mouth and smiled, gentle and decent.

She was born to be good-looking, and she lived comfortably during these days. Her whole body was as fresh and beautiful as a lilac flower in full bloom. She had not applied any makeup, and her skin was still white and delicate. She was not at all like a 27-year-old.

The little ladies watched with envy.

"Second Sister Ye is really pretty!"

"The skin is so white and tender, I know who Ye Xiaolang is with."

"It doesn't matter if you do needlework, look at her clothes, I can't do it even if I'm killed!"

There were slight ripples in Guan Erlang's heart.

Before that, Second Sister Ye was already a married woman, he didn't dare to expect extravagantly, and he wouldn't go one step further.It wasn't until hearing the news of her reconciliation that the admiration that had been refrigerated for a long time gradually recovered.

Only then did Guan Erlang realize that the beautiful figure he secretly saw when he was a boy has never been erased from his memory.

Second Sister Ye didn't think much about it, but she was a little shy in the face of such a tall and considerate man.

Ye Fan sat on the steps with his feet crossed, keenly aware of the strangeness between the two of them, um... the mood is a bit complicated.

As a brother-in-law who protects his shortcomings, he firmly believes that all wild men who covet his sister should be beaten away.

As a curvy guy, he felt that Guan Erlang was really good, no matter in terms of character, ability, or appearance, he was only a little worse than his ex-boyfriend.

Oh, is it an assist, or is it an assist?

Slightly tangled.

***

After the first batch of sunflower seeds were squeezed out, Ye Fan borrowed the big stove from Li's family as he said before, and invited the whole village to have a meal of killing pigs.

The villagers were not empty-handed either, and each brought radishes, cabbage, beans, eggs, etc. Ye Fan didn't refuse, and asked someone to clean them up on the spot and added them to the dishes.

Second Sister Ye knows how to steam flower cakes, big ones, small ones, animals, flowers and plants. The lifelike appearance makes people reluctant to eat.

Third Sister Ye also has the same craft, which she learned from the family members of the soldiers in the field after she got married-the meat sandwich.

Guan Dalang brought over the stove for the brazing film, and found two helpers for her—in short, he expressed support in all directions and without dead ends.

Fortunately, Third Sister Ye did not lose the chain.

The fatty pork belly is marinated overnight with nutmeg, star anise, pepper, cinnamon, fennel, etc.

The film baked with white flour is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, crispy and chewy, and the meat in the cured sauce is poured with brine, cut into pieces, and pinched inside, it is so fragrant that people's tongues can be swallowed.

As soon as it was out of the pot, Ye Fan ate three in a row, and stopped Li Yao from letting him eat, probably because he was afraid that he would become addicted to eating and tire the third sister—in the end, he was acting like a baby!

Third Sister Ye patted his head, "Can you eat the pork without the Houye? Hurry up and get out of the way."

Ye Fan curled his lips, and reluctantly picked the smallest one for Li Yao.

Master Chang'an Hou accepted it very graciously.

The leftover fat meat is stewed into a big pot dish, and the beans, dried vegetables, radishes, and pig blood are stewed together, and the whole village can smell it.

Lean meat is chopped into stuffing, and steamed with egg yolks into yellow-skinned meat, Sixi meatballs, lama meat, crispy meat pancakes... There are eight kinds of styles.

These semi-finished products are either cut into slices, or rolled into balls, and steamed in a drawer. It is a very distinctive dish in northern cuisine - buckle bowl.

The master who makes the buckle bowl is Zhending. The ancestral craftsmanship, especially the Sixi meatballs, are salty, crispy and tender lean meat stuffed with four slippery quail eggs. They really deserve the name "Sixi".

It was the first time for Ye Fan to eat such an authentic bowl. Not only did he eat his own, but Li Yao's also fell into his stomach.

The only thing that Master Chang'an Hou is worried about is that he will last, otherwise he will stay.

The county magistrate Tan was also invited to sit with the village chiefs of each village.

Not surprisingly, he noticed Liao Huan, and after learning about what he did in Beilai Village, he guessed that he was a rare talent, so he intended to promote him.

It happened that the county magistrate's position was still vacant. When the banquet was over, magistrate Tan found an opportunity to talk to Li Yao.

Li Yao put his hands behind his back and said lightly: "There is no rush."

Liao Hao is indeed excellent, but his identity has not been ascertained, and Li Yao does not plan to use him for the time being.

County magistrate Tan didn't ask any more questions, and secretly became vigilant in his heart.

***

The restaurant's business is getting better and better. Sister Ye is busy all day long, and she made an appointment to come over for dinner, but then she missed the appointment.

It happened that Ye Fan was idle, so he put on the ox cart, rode on the donkey, and pulled the big wooden barrel to deliver oil to her.

When he arrived, Sister Ye was greeting guests in the lobby—now that business has improved, the back kitchen has hired two women, and she doesn't have to do tasks like cooking noodles and chopping vegetables herself.

Serving food for a while, collecting money for a while, and keeping accounts for a while, Sister Ye was so busy that she didn't even notice Ye Fan.

The poor neglected brother had to go around to the backyard silently and unload the oil drum silently.

Before leaving, Ye Fan took another look at the restaurant and saw Li Yatou coming out of the back kitchen with two bowls of hot noodles.

Sister Ye saw it and hurried to pick it up, but the other party dodged away.

"You don't need to change hands, I'll be fine." The man smiled, his temper was straightforward and convincing.

Sister Ye wiped her hands, with a bit of embarrassment on her face, "Look, you are here to eat, but you picked up the plate instead."

"It's easy." Li Yatou smiled, and put the bowl in front of the guests, "You two, eat well."

Presumably they knew each other well, and when the other party saw that it was him, they acted very politely.

It has to be said that because of Li Yatou's care, no one has ever dared to make trouble in the eldest sister's shop, and even the little thieves have spontaneously bypassed it.

He came to eat every day, and Sister Ye didn't want to take money, but she couldn't persuade him every time, so she had to add more, and occasionally sent small dishes, which Li Yatou also liked.

At this time, Sister Ye entered the back kitchen.

Li Yatou sat in the seat by the window, and followed him involuntarily.Anyone can see what that look represents.

Ye Fan is no exception.

He raised his eyebrows, feeling amused in his heart—how come there are peach blossoms blooming in the house even though spring hasn't arrived yet?

Ye Fan walked out of the alley shaking his head, and when he looked up, he unexpectedly saw his ex-boyfriend, riding a bay red horse and wearing a flying fish suit, looking at him majestically but tenderly.

laugh!

Ye Fan grinned, and the little eagle rushed to meet him.

This is the biggest one!