The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together

Zhou Dajiang and his wife agreed to set the price of Liangpi.

Zhou's mother didn't have any objections. After all, the idea was created by someone else. It was already great that they could take a portion home. It would be excessive if they interfered too much.

Chen Xiuying, however, seeing the eager looks from her elder sister-in-law and younger sister-in-law, said, "There's not much work to do at home lately, so all I have left is to plant some vegetables, which will only take a day or two.

Sister-in-law and sister-in-law, why don’t you two make cold noodles with me?

Just like I calculated, the labor cost for making one piece of cold noodles is one cent per person. If we make 200 pieces a day, that would be 200 cents."

Not to mention Zhang and Li, even Zhou Dahai and Zhou Dahe's eyes lit up.

Zhou's mother also said: "I can't make 200 in a day, but 50 will be fine."

After all, labor is the least valuable. For example, the village head Zhang's family only earns 30 wen a day for hiring a temporary worker, and an adult laborer working in the city only earns 50 or 60 wen a day. If it is 200 wen a day, it is enough for two people to do one job.

Zhang and Li nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, as long as my younger sister-in-law/second sister-in-law takes us with her, we can earn less."

Zhou Dahai and Zhou Dahe also looked at Zhou Dajiang eagerly: "Second brother, how about we follow suit?"

Zhou Dajiang nodded, took out the blueprint that Zhou Sisi had drawn, put it on the table, and said:

"Not only do we want to sell food, but we also need to make these tools before we officially start selling it."

When everyone heard that there was other work to do, they all went to look at the papers.

"Uncle, what is this?" The child was very curious and Tietou couldn't help asking.

Zhou Dajiang pointed to the drawing and said, "This is a steaming plate, used for steaming cold noodles. You need at least four of these.

These two are graters, used for shredding. I thought of them when your second aunt was shredding cucumber.

When mixing cold noodles, you need to add shredded cucumber and coriander as side dishes.

When it's hot, if you cut the cucumber shreds in advance, they will change color easily if left for a long time. If you cut them now, they will be uneven in thickness in a hurry. With this grater, things will be different. It is convenient and time-saving, so this is a must-have tool.

This one is a peeler, used for peeling fruits like apples and pears.

If these things are made, we can not only use them ourselves, but also sell them to restaurants and businesses, or find a business that can mass-produce them, and we can sell them samples and drawings and let them make them themselves.

By then, I can sell the samples and drawings at a higher price, and I think the profit will be as much as that of cold noodles."

When Zhou Dahai and Zhou Dahe heard that there was a lot of money, their eyes immediately lit up and they looked at Zhou Dajiang as if he were a treasure, afraid that he would run away and not play with them.

Zhou Dajiang pointed at the drawings and introduced them one by one: "This one is the appearance drawing, and this one is the exploded view.

The exploded view has two parts, one made of wood and the other made of iron.

Brother, is there a carpenter with good skills in our village? "

Zhou Dahai: "Yes, the Tian Youbao you met today, his elder brother Tian Youcai is a famous carpenter in our village. I will take you to see him tomorrow, and you can talk to him then."

Zhou Dajiang: "Okay."

Then he picked up a few more drawings. "These are for the iron parts. I've marked the dimensions. Third brother, is this okay for you to do?"

Zhou Dahe studied it carefully and shook his head: "The steaming tray is fine, and the peeling knife is also okay. Although the small curved blade is a bit difficult, it should be able to be solved.

The grater is incredibly difficult. It's such a thin sheet of metal, covered in tiny holes, and the holes are angled. It's incredibly difficult, and even my master can't make it."

Zhou Dahe was confused. That grater was too difficult!

It’s not that my skills are bad, it’s that I’ve never made something so delicate before, I simply can’t do it.

Zhou Dajiang originally thought that he only needed to deal with the wood part with his brother.

As a result, judging from Zhou Dahe's appearance, he would have to solve the iron part as well.

So he said to Zhou Dahe, "I'll try to fix the hole in the wiper. You can do what you can first."

Zhou Dahe nodded in agreement, saying that he could still forge thin iron sheets.

The steaming tray and the iron pot ordered earlier, plus the curved blade and thin iron sheet, will take at least three days to make.

When Zhou Dahe said it would take three days, Zhou's mother thought that after the food was done, she would have to start working on the food business, and she didn't know when it would end. She had to take advantage of these three days of free time to quickly plant the autumn vegetables in the fields.

So he slapped the table and announced, "Let's plant some vegetables during these three days!

Let's plant it together. Each family should take out the seeds they want to plant, choose a good spot, and we'll finish planting it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Everyone should be.

Mother Zhou continued, "Xiuying, don't go to the fields. Go to town tomorrow and buy some more seasonings.

This cold noodle soup tastes great and the chili oil is fragrant too, it will definitely sell well, don’t prepare too little and there won’t be enough to sell!

As for the others, Dajiang and Dahai first worked on the drawings in their hands, and after they finished they went to the fields together.

Tietou and Suotou don't have to go to the fields these days. Take your brothers and sisters to collect firewood. The more the better. Save as much as you can, as we'll need a lot of it later."

Tietou Suotou responded repeatedly.

After Zhou's mother made all the arrangements, she let everyone go.

Although we don’t know when we will be able to take a break starting from tomorrow, everyone is very motivated when we think about making a lot of money.

Since Chen Xiuying had to go to town the next day, she wanted to bring some cold noodles to her parents, so she stayed in the kitchen and kneaded another piece of dough.

Zhang and Li arranged for their children and saw that the oil lamp in the kitchen was still on. They thought Chen Xiuying was still busy, so they came over to help.

When the two of them came in, Chen Xiuying was about to wash noodles. Seeing that her two sisters-in-law came to help, she thought that she would have to teach them in the future anyway, so she might as well teach them now. She simply divided the dough into three parts and taught them how to wash noodles together while talking and doing.

Washing the face itself does not require any technical skills, and Zhang and Li quickly mastered the techniques.

In a short while, the noodles in the hands were washed and the batter water was hung in the well to settle.

Here, Zhou Dajiang returned to the house and chatted with his daughter while flipping through the books on the bookshelf: "I thought making a wiping brush was simple, but I didn't expect it couldn't be done in ancient times."

Zhou Sisi: "How is that hole made in modern times?"

"In modern times, that hole is punched by a punch. Do I have to make a punch as well?"

Zhou Sisi: "Is the stamping machine difficult?"

"It's difficult. The working principle of a stamping machine is to first install a set of processing dies on the machine body, and then use this set of dies and the weight of the machine body to press out the desired shape. Therefore, the machine itself must have a certain weight, and the die must also be removable."

Zhou Sisi: "Is the mold for this wiper easy to make?"

Zhou Dajiang: "This one is pretty good. It consists of two parts: the die and the punch. The wiper itself is simple in shape, and the mold is easy to make. The difficult part is the stamping machine. Nowadays, stamping machines can weigh several tons, and they are made entirely of iron!"

Zhou Sisi: "In ancient times, using iron was not very convenient. Couldn't stone or wood be used as an alternative?"

Zhou Dajiang thought about it carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He patted his daughter's head happily and said, "Thanks for reminding me. I think this problem can be solved. I'll ask the carpenter tomorrow. I may need to draw up another plan. But we can only decide after asking tomorrow. Go to bed early."