After he and his mother-in-law separated, he built a house and stocked a warehouse full of grain and

The situation outside was changing, but the people in Shanshui Village continued to move forward in an orderly manner.

People in the village earn money and save it, but Shui Qing has one more item, which is buying, buying, buying.

Buy in Nandu, Yuhang, and Beidu. As long as you make money, buy it.

Qin Yilin originally saved his money. When he saw Shui Qing and Bai Manshan shopping around, he thought that he could earn money in the future. If he didn't buy it now, he would lose the price. The most important thing was that they could stay in the village and have no worries about food and drink. They would have more or less money at home. The difference is not big, so I bought a lot of them.

Ding Jiajia and Hu Wenhua worked together and took out the money from the betrothal gift and dowry to buy several shops.

When the Chinese New Year came, Ling Ran and Da Jiang didn't come back, and Bai Ziqian didn't come to accompany his grandma in Nandu. This year, there was no reunion.

After the New Year, we continue to collect, prepare, and sell medicinal materials, raise livestock, sell woolen materials, make toothbrushes, and sell toothbrushes... Time seems to be speeding up, and it’s September.

Zhulin Village has undergone earth-shaking changes in just over a year.

When I first arrived, I could only live in thatched huts, but soon I built a large tiled house;

They were all skinny at first, but after more than a year, they were no different from ordinary people;

Originally it could only fill our stomachs, but now we can eat eggs every day and meat every three days;

Every household even has extra money on hand by making toothbrush handles during the off-season;

I have money saved at home, so I can buy oil, salt, sugar and the like whenever I want. I also have money to buy medicine and see a doctor when I’m sick. I don’t have the previous panic when it comes to my children’s marriage. Both adults and children only care about the importance of money and know that hard work can now help them. In exchange for a good life.

The people of Zhulin Village worked diligently to take care of the sugar cane forest and built a sugar pressing mill early. Finally, in early November, the owner came to the house.

Shui Qing and Fan Jin came to Zhulin Village with their children and Feng Da, Feng Erhong and Daniu with their warehouses full.

Hong Daniu, Feng Da and the others are returning to their hometown, more than a dozen of the daughters-in-law from Zhulin Village are returning to their parents' homes, and Shui Qing and the others are stepping into Zhulin Village for the first time, more like inspecting the famous village.

Gong Shangzhou Youzhou led everyone in the village to wait at the intersection. He was very excited when he saw the master's family who had come over and the relatives who had returned.

"We are waiting for you, Master!"

"The house has been tidied up and clean. Masters, rest assured!"

"Lunch is ready at noon. Masters, do you want to eat first or go inspect the sugar cane first?"

Fan Jin looked at Shui Qing. Shui Qing wanted to go see the sugar cane, but he got up in the middle of the night to wash up, and then rushed all the way there. His iron body couldn't bear it, not to mention there were several young ones.

Forget it, the sugar cane has been collected and it won’t run away, so I don’t care at this moment, “I’ll go and see it after lunch, and take a look at the sugar cane mill by the way.”

Zhou Youzhou sighed and quickly led the way.

The lunch was extraordinarily rich. The only bad thing was that it was all meat to show solemnity and respect. There are only two plates of leafy greens.

The first thing to be served turned out to be two plates of green leafy vegetables.

Even Hong Daniu, Feng Da and the others did not expect that one day they would not be able to finish eating all the meat!

After lunch, the new wives each chatted with their parents, brothers and sisters. Shui Qing, Fan Jin and his children, led by Gong Shang Zhou Youzhou, went to the sugar cane storage area and sugar pressing mill.

The sugarcane is growing well, and you can tell at a glance that it has been grown with care.

The sugar pressing workshop is also in the village. This is to prevent people with ulterior motives from coming over to learn the technology secretly in the future, and it is also convenient to take care of the prepared sugar stock.

The sugar pressing mill was built according to Shui Qing's drawings. The five main rooms were used for sugar pressing, the east and west wing rooms were warehouses, and a well was drilled in the yard.

After Shuiqing looked around, he was very satisfied.

Very good, no one was smart enough to add any comments, everything was built according to the requirements on her drawings.

She turned to face Feng Damancang and the others and said, "Go and bring the stone mill we brought."

"Yes!" Feng Damancang and others took the order and immediately turned around to do things.

The men and women in Zhulin Village were nervous and looking forward to it.

They knew nothing about sugar extraction. After harvesting the sugar cane, the days ahead were fine. They were busy plowing the fields and planted potatoes as soon as possible, hoping to harvest another season of potatoes in the meantime. After the potatoes were planted, they kept waiting. Looking forward to turning sugar cane into sugar.

I went to Shanshui Village twice to deliver toothbrush handles and asked my wife for instructions, but she said that the day had not come yet and she would come over when it did.

Today is finally here, how can we not be excited!

I saw Feng Damancang and others pulling up a carriage and moving two stone grinding blocks from the carriage.

This stone grinding block is different from the ones they use to grind beans to make tofu and grind wheat! They were put together in a cylindrical shape, with a small hole in the middle. The men looked carefully around the stone grinding block and couldn't figure out the reason.

"This is used to squeeze juice. The sugar cane is put in through the hole on the top and then pulled by the cattle. The operation of these two stone mills will crush the sugar cane and squeeze out the sugar cane juice. Do you understand?" Shui Qing asked after finishing speaking.

Of course, if a man is strong, he can also complete this step, but that would be too tiring. After all, human strength cannot be compared with that of an ox.

Gong Shang and the other men nodded quickly.

No wonder the madam asked them to buy a few more cows to raise. It turned out to be because of this!

Shui Qing taught the men and women on the spot: "The young leaves on the stalks of sugarcane can be eaten by cattle. Cows like to eat them, and they are sweet and nutritious. But there is no need to feed too much. You can control the amount yourself;

Let me talk about the first step before extracting sugar cane juice. Remember that there is no need to clean it, unless there is dirt or other dirt on the sugar cane, which needs to be cleaned. If not, don't worry about it, because it is recorded in the book that there is a layer of white on the sugar cane. The brown sugar produced will be better if the frost is retained. "

When they heard that it was recorded in a book, everyone present immediately stood in awe!

They are illiterate, but they always feel that the things recorded in black and white are particularly powerful! Facts have proved that this is indeed the case. Didn’t the owner just find the sugar extraction method from the book?

"Sugar cane juice cannot be put into the pot directly. Filter it three times with fine cotton cloth to ensure that the sugar cane residue inside is filtered;"

"The sugar cane juice is boiled in a large pot. I think you bought this very well. Only keep a small fire in the stove hole. Do not use high fire, otherwise it will be easily burnt. Once it is burnt, a whole pot will be used!

Someone needs to stir constantly during the cooking process. It takes about two hours to boil it into a thick syrup. You can scoop it out and stir it in a basin. The book says this step is called sanding.

This is to give the sugar a soft texture like sand; without this process, the brown sugar will be very hard after solidification. "

Every time Shui Qing said something, he would stop and look at everyone's expressions to make sure they listened before saying the next thing.

After she finished speaking, she paused for a while and then continued: "What I just said is written in the book. Let's try it this afternoon!

Let’s make brown sugar first, and after the brown sugar is ready, we’ll make white sugar. "