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

There was originally a stove and a pot in the rented house, but because we wanted to make cold noodles and sea jelly, one stove was not enough, so we had to build another one. In addition, we had to prepare the food and other tasks, so everyone soon automatically divided into three groups.

The men's team, including the three Zhou Dahai brothers, were responsible for building the stove, chicken coop, installing tools, and setting up machines.

In the women's group, Zhou's mother led her three daughters-in-law and was responsible for cooking and making cold noodles and sea jelly.

In the children's group, Tietou led his younger brothers and sisters to the foot of the mountain to collect firewood and dig wild vegetables to feed chickens and ducks.

Zhou Dahai had already built the stove and the chicken coop. There was a mountain behind the house, and the loess and stones were readily available. The three of them carried a few baskets of soil and stones, which were enough to build the stove.

The chicken coop was even easier to build. I just put a wooden fence in the corner of the wall. There were only three poultry in total, so I just kept them all together.

The next step is to install the tools and build the machine.

The paring knife is fine, it's just the blade and handle assembled together.

When Zhou Dajiang designed the handle, he left the aperture in place. All he had to do was insert the small, thin handles on both ends of the blade into the holes on both sides of the handle, then bend the exposed parts into an arc shape and fix them on the handle.

After installing it, Zhou Dajiang tried it on a cucumber and found it very easy to use, not much different from a modern peeler.

Next is the wooden punching machine. Only after it is assembled can the nail holes on the wiper be processed.

According to his original idea, Zhou Dajiang first placed the two boxes on the wooden table, installed the angle iron five centimeters along the edge of the boxes, and then installed the concave and convex molds on the grooved wooden board.

Then he used hinges to fix the two boxes together. According to his brother's request, Zhou Dahai found two large stones and put them into the upper and lower boxes respectively.

Zhou Dahe also followed his second brother's instructions and cut the thin iron sheet into a rectangle slightly larger than the mold with scissors.

While assembling the machine, Zhou Dajiang explained to the two brothers the working principle of the punching machine. In fact, it uses the weight of the stone to evenly press holes in the cut iron sheets.

Because he was worried that the stone was not heavy enough, he also designed a long handle for the box above, so that when machining the nail holes, he could use the principle of leverage and add his own strength.

The iron sheet was very thin. After it was fixed, Zhou Dajiang pressed the handle with a little force and then lifted it up. He saw that the iron sheet to be processed was covered with small holes. The holes were arranged evenly and had an inclination. It was done.

Zhou Dahai and Zhou Dahe were also very excited. It was the first time they had seen such a machine that could press out so many fine holes in just one stroke.

Zhou Dajiang took off the iron sheet and fixed it to the handle of the grater with a hammer and nails, and a grater (grater) was ready.

Zhou Dajiang took the scraper and started to scrape the cucumber again. The experiment was very successful. The shredded fibers were of uniform thickness and the speed was very fast.

Zhou Dahai and Zhou Dahe's eyes lit up. This thing is great. If they make it and sell it to restaurants, it will definitely sell well.

The two men did nothing else but gathered around the punching machine, tinkering with making holes in the iron sheet.

After pricked the holes, they followed Zhou Dajiang's example and installed the iron sheets on the handles. There were only five handles in total, but they both finished installing them all and still felt unsatisfied.

On the other side, the three sisters-in-law and Zhou's mother were divided into two groups, Chen Xiuying and eldest sister-in-law Zhang in one group, and Zhou's mother and Li in another group.

The main consideration is that Li's child is young and it is inconvenient for him to come over, so he and Zhou's mother can steam the food in the old house and bring it over after it is steamed.

The combination of Chen Xiuying and her sister-in-law was only temporary, as Chen Xiuying still had to make the broth, garlic sauce, and chili oil. When the time came, Zhang would either have to do it all by herself or drag Zhou Dahai along to join her.

The town here has a big market every seven days, and tomorrow is the big market day. A few people plan to make some extra noodles and sell them at the market. After washing the noodles, put the basin of rice water in a basket and hang it in the well. I have to say that Zhou Dajiang found a good house here, because there is a well in the yard.

After mixing the batter, several people started to cook the sea jelly.

The newly built stove was not yet completely dry, so they could only make one pot of jelly. While Zhang and Li were cooking the sea jelly, they talked about the tools the men outside were tinkering with, and they didn't know if they had finished it yet.

Chen Xiuying was not worried at all about the tools Zhou Dajiang was tinkering with. Such simple tools were a piece of cake for him. He thought it would take only a short while to assemble them.

While she was thinking about it, Zhou Dajiang came in with a mop and handed it to Chen Xiuying. He grinned and said happily, "Wife, it's done. Take it to the market tomorrow. It will save you a lot of trouble."

Zhou's mother and two sisters-in-law also came over and looked at this rare thing. Is this it?

As expected of a scholar, his brain is very sharp, and he can come up with ideas as soon as he thinks about them. Unlike some people, whose brains are like dirt and clods, which turn into a mess when you pour some water into them.

The two "some people" who are still outside don't know that they have been slandered by their mother and wife, and are still busy having fun.

Chen Xiuying was also very happy. She was happy for Zhou Dajiang. Her child's father had finally taken his first step in ancient times. Even if she couldn't come up with a recipe for food, relying solely on Zhou Dajiang's craftsmanship and making some modern kitchen gadgets, she could probably live well.

Both cold noodles and sea jelly take time to make. Once the basin of sea jelly is lowered into the well, there is not much work to do.

Zhou's mother led her sons who had finished their work to peel garlic, prepare the small table to be brought tomorrow, and other utensils. They had to set out to occupy a place before dawn tomorrow, so all these things had to be prepared in advance.

Near noon, Zhou Sisi followed her brothers and brought her younger siblings down from the mountain.

It was called a mountain, but it was actually just a small hill. Tietou and Suotou picked up two large bundles of firewood. Zhou Sisi also wanted to join in, but her brothers didn't let her, saying that her hands were too tender and could easily get pricked. They only let her lead her sister and brother to dig wild vegetables.

As a result, the four of them dug up a lot of shepherd's purse. The backpacks behind them, the baskets on their arms, and even the small backpacks of Dabao and Erbao were filled with shepherd's purse.

Chen Xiuying took a look and thought shepherd's purse was great, a pure organic food. In modern times, she always took Sisi to dig for shepherd's purse whenever she returned to the countryside. Okay, let's have pancakes and shepherd's purse soup for lunch today, and some mashed eggplant with garlic. Done.

Chen Xiuying was quick with her hands, and her two sisters-in-law were also quick with their hands. After about half an hour of work, they were ready for dinner.

There were many people in the family, and there was no big table for dinner. There was only a small table that could barely seat five or six people. So, instead of looking for a table, everyone just found a place to eat, standing or squatting, and that was enough.