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

After getting the pot, Zhou Dajiang and his brother went to the butcher shop and bought some pork and pork bones. He saw some pig offal in a basin on the ground and bought some more. This wasn't for the workers; he was just craving it. His wife's salted offal was light, not greasy, and savory, making it a perfect side dish for porridge. He couldn't help but drool just thinking about it.

They spent the whole morning delivering goods and negotiating. After finishing, they went to get the pot and buy some things. When they returned home, it was already mid-afternoon.

At home, Chen Xiuying had already gathered everything she needed for tomorrow. She had also notified Tian Ersao and Pang Dong's wife, and prepared all the pickles and vegetables. The only thing missing was the meat. Besides the pork Zhou Dajiang had bought, she also wanted to buy a few chickens and ducks, so they could be slaughtered if they ran out of meat.

She had never been to Erwang's house, which her mother-in-law mentioned last time. Just as Zhou's mother came over from home, she begged her mother-in-law to take her to Erwang's house to catch some chickens and ducks.

Erwang's mother was very familiar with Zhou's mother. The two chatted about family matters. Erwang's mother then asked Chen Xiuying if she had found a helper. If not, she was very familiar with Dazhu's mother and could help find one.

Chen Xiuying quickly said that she had found it, and then ordered ten chickens and ten ducks from Erwang's mother, and would deliver them to Erwang when he came back.

After the two of them left Erwang's house, Zhou's mother gave her some advice: "It's no use asking around here and there. When everyone comes to our house to place their orders in the evening, have Dajiang tell them that we're harvesting vegetables, eggs, and meat soon. Those who have stock will naturally come knocking. If everyone contributes a little, it'll be enough. It's better than you looking all over the village like this."

As the saying goes, "Older people get more experience", Zhou's mother solved Chen Xiuying's problem with just a few words.

As soon as the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arrived home, Zhou Dajiang and his brothers also arrived home.

Zhou Dajiang took off the iron pot from his shoulder and grinned at Chen Xiuying, making her feel uneasy. "What the hell is wrong with you? You made a squeak, what's going on?"

Zhou Dajiang continued to tease, "Squeak."

This made Chen Xiuying so angry that she pinched the soft flesh on his waist and said, "You don't want to tell me, right? If you don't tell me, I'll ask my eldest brother."

"No, no, no, let me tell you. Your husband met a big client today, so I made a big deal." After saying that, he paused deliberately.

Everyone in the yard pricked up their ears, waiting to hear what he had to say next.

"After these 500 sets are completed, Datong Trading Company from Beijing will provide the funds, and I will provide the technology as a share. We will build a processing plant in Qingshan Town to specialize in producing these things I make, including the current kitchen tool sets and the meat grinder that is still under research."

After Zhou Dajiang finished speaking, no one dared to believe it. Chen Xiuying was also skeptical, "You didn't help me?"

"I wouldn't dare to help you even if I had ten guts. If you don't believe me, ask my eldest brother. Oh, right, there's this." He pulled out the deed from his pocket, "It's written in black and white, and there's even a handprint on it."

Chen Xiuying took it and looked at the terms carefully. Thanks to the 'Rocket Literacy Class', she now knows a lot of words.

Master Chen also came over to join in the fun, "You're really good, kid, you really want to build a factory!"

The old father-in-law was very happy. He thought his son-in-law was so lucky recently that good things always came to him.

Zhou Dajiang was modest for a moment. "The factory can't be built all at once. The site hasn't been decided yet. I have to go to the county government office when I have time. Let me first settle the house issue."

After dropping the bomb, he calmed down and went with his brother to build the stove for tomorrow's use, leaving the crowd in the yard staring at each other in bewilderment.

Finally, I don’t know which child started it, but he shouted, “We’re going to have a factory!” Suddenly, the whole yard was boiling, as if a spoonful of wine was poured into a frying pan.

Those who were drawing stopped drawing, those who were doing homework stopped doing homework, and they ran around the yard. Although the little ones didn't know what a factory was, it didn't stop them from joining in the fun.

Even the secret guards in the dark couldn't help but smile. Mr. Zhou is really a capable man!

Chen Xiuying was quite familiar with her husband's abilities. Apart from his occasional unreliability, his professional skills were sufficient. Remembering her mother-in-law's previous advice, she also went to the processing site.

So, the people who came to Zhou Dajiang's house in the evening to place orders took home two pieces of news. One was that the cold noodles would no longer be sold at the end of the month; the other was that from that day on, the Zhou family would collect all kinds of vegetables, mushrooms, fish balls and meat, and any leftovers at home could be sent over.

Zhou Dajiang had promised Shopkeeper Chen to finish the blueprints early, so after setting up the stove, he took Zhou Sisi inside and explained how to make the central axis. Master Chen and An Ge'er, curious, followed in to listen.

Zhou Dajiang first drew four cylinders on the paper, and then drew a slightly thinner strip, explaining: "If the meat grinder wants the central axis to be connected firmly, we can add an axis inside, which is this strip.

Let's make the whole strip a square, and the center of the cylinder a square as well, so that the strip can be inserted into the cylinder. Then, connect the bottom end of the cylinder to the bottom and make the center of the cylinder slightly longer."

He explained as he drew: "Then, let's draw a longer small cylinder, the size of which should be just enough to fit into the hollow of the cylinder. Then fix the other end of this small cylinder to the bottom of the meat grinder barrel, so that the connected knife shaft can rotate.

Now that we have the blade shaft, let's make the blade. Since we're going to make a rotating blade, the blade should be drawn into a half-moon arc, and a square hole should be drawn at the blade head, the same size as the long shaft, so that the blade can be threaded onto the long shaft.

Just like stringing beads, we first take an axis, put a large bead on one end of the axis, then string a small bead, then string a large bead, then a small bead, and so on.

The same is true for the knife shaft. The long strip is the axis. A cylinder is fixed at one end of it, and a blade is strung in. Then another cylinder is strung in, and then another blade is strung in. Because the holes in the long strip and the blade are square, we can adjust the direction of the blade. Finally, the four cylinders are strung in the blades in four directions.

The next part is more critical. We just drew a small cylinder to fix the bottom, right? This time we have to draw a hexahedron on it, and its length should be long, about two inches exposed from the lid. Let's call it a hexagonal connecting axis for now. The hole connecting the hexagonal connecting axis and the long axis should be composed of three parts.

The top and bottom of the hole are about the same thickness as the long shaft, and the middle section is slightly thinner, and the corresponding part of the long shaft is also the same thickness, so that a buckle is formed, like this."

In order to vividly describe the part he was talking about, Zhou Dajiang first drew a rectangle on paper, and then added a groove on the upper and lower parts of the middle part of the rectangle, so that it looked thick at both ends and slightly thinner in the middle.

He pointed to the groove and said, "I call this part a buckle. It's the part that holds the long shaft firmly in place."

"Then the blacksmith can't complete this clip part, right?" Zhou Sisi's thinking was very clear. As her father explained, she understood and soon found the problem.

"That's a good question. If it's a one-piece molding, it really can't be done. So, we have to split the hexagonal connecting shaft in half. The snap-on part remains unchanged, and the rest is changed to a mortise and tenon structure. This makes it easier to manufacture, and because it's a mortise and tenon structure, the appearance is not affected when it's put together."

As he spoke, he roughly drew the mortise and tenon structure on paper for Zhou Sisi.

“The lid is the same as the one we use now, except that a round hole needs to be drawn in the middle so that the hexagonal connecting shaft can be exposed from the lid.

Next are the hand crank handle and the barrel body. I see you have already completed these two parts, and the drawings are very good. You just need to change the part where the hand crank handle connects to the hexagonal connecting shaft from a square to a hexagon.