After the Earthquake of Rebirth

With the stone mill placed in the courtyard, people who come to change things or fetch water can see it, and naturally more and more inquiries are made.

When Bai Chengyi brought it here, he didn't point out how much money he earned from this thing, after all, they had to use it themselves.Therefore, the price for renting a stone mill is set very low, and the charge is five thousandths of the total weight of the cornmeal that is ground.That is, one hundred catties of cornmeal can be given to them half a catty of miscellaneous grains. There is no limit to the types of miscellaneous grains, and it is also fine to give them the ground cornmeal directly.

Of course, the five-thousandth cost is just the rent of the stone mill. If you don't want to do your own work, it's okay to ask Bai Chengyi and the others to help you grind the finished product, but labor costs will have to be added.

After using the stone mill for a period of time, everyone probably has an idea of ​​the proportion of corn coming out.A pound of corn can generally produce at most eight taels of cornmeal, and the average is about seven taels. In this way, if one hundred catties of corn is taken, about 78 catties of cornmeal will be left after grinding.So if Bai Chengyi and the others grind it on their behalf, if they bring a hundred catties of corn, they will give someone seventy catties of cornmeal.The remaining eight catties are labor costs.

To be honest, pushing a stone mill is not an easy job. Even Bai Chengyi, who is the strongest, will not be able to grind too much if he does nothing for a day.For those who are not strong enough in their prime of life or who simply don't want to contribute, they still agree with this labor cost, and even think they are quite kind.

Not long after that, the people who just rented a stone mill to grind it themselves began to imitate those people, instead of grinding it themselves, they took the corn directly to Wang Yang’s house. The finished product is good, without delaying the work in the field.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, often just after watering in the morning, when the sun shines at noon, the crops are dying again.Therefore, except for the hottest time at noon, every household has to spend almost a day in the field.

Don't look at Ning Qiyan's three families except for the two girls who are all strong laborers, but they can't stand so many orders and orders for cornmeal that have been queued for half a month.

After several days of continuous rotation, Bai Chengyi, Zhang Wei, Huzi and Du Cheng, who are the strongest among the three, and the main force of the grinder, really can't bear it.

Looking at Du Cheng and Huzi who were falling asleep, Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen twitched in heartache.

What the hell are they trying to do!

"It can't go on like this. More and more people come to exchange cornmeal. There are only so many of us in total. We can't finish it!" Ning Qiyan thought for a while, then gritted his teeth: "Or stop the cornmeal exchange business, Grind and let those people grind it themselves. Or take out the mill at home!"

Obviously there is a worry-saving and labor-saving mill at home, but it still makes Du Cheng and Huzi so tired, Ning Qiyan doesn't want to think about other people's thoughts when they see the mill.

Ning Xiaowen also sighed, just like what Ning Qiyan said, it's really not going to go on like this.He thought for a while, "Why don't we go down and ask, there is no machine at the trade-in point, but maybe He Jun and the others can have some connections." It would be best if we could get another one from outside.

Ning Qiyan thought for a while, then nodded, "Okay, I'll go down the mountain in a while, and if He Jun can't get it, you can take out the one at home and say it was bought from outside."

Ning Xiaowen's eyes lit up, yes!Anyway, Wang Yang, Bai Chengyi and the others all guessed that they had connections at home, or where did those chickens and the scarce supplies that appeared at home from time to time come from? !

"Then just take it out directly, and don't need to ask, just say that it was exchanged with someone privately."

Ning Qiyan shook his head: "No, I have to ask. It would be best if we can get another one. If we take this one out at home, it will be inconvenient for us to sharpen something privately in the future."

Ning Xiaowen was right when he thought about it, "Shall I go with you?" He really couldn't rest assured that Ning Qiyan would go out by himself.The law and order looks good from the outside now, but it is not before the earthquake, and the safe zone is reached after going to the seventh garrison. Although the distance is not too far, it is uninhabited, and even driving may be dangerous.

Before Ning Qiyan could speak, a slightly hoarse voice came from the side.

"I'll follow." Du Cheng opened his mouth and said.

"You didn't sleep?" Ning Qiyan looked at the tired Du Cheng and asked worriedly.

Du Cheng shook his head, "It's not too sleepy." In fact, it's not particularly tired, it's just that the temperature outside is too high, coupled with physical exertion, it will make you look tired.

"Just take a good rest, going up and down the mountain is not easy." Ning Xiaowen disagreed.

Ning Qiyan shook his head with a smile, "None of you need to go, I will go by myself." Seeing that Ning Xiaowen and Du Cheng frowned, "You are all in the space, I can enter the space directly if I have something to do, now Just pull you out to help!" With the space with him, as long as Du Cheng and the others are in the space, they can be taken out by Ning Qiyan at any time.

Ning Xiaowen was taken aback for a moment, then laughed when he understood.

Ning Qiyan was right, as long as his family was in the space, wouldn't it be equivalent to bringing his thugs with him?

Du Cheng smiled lightly. In this case, "When you drive out of the safe zone, come in and call me. I will accompany you to see He Jun."

Ning Qiyan nodded and did not refuse.

Afterwards, it proved that as long as you have good things in your hand, it is more reliable to find He Jun than to go to a redemption point.

When He Jun heard Ning Qiyan's intentions for their visit, he agreed directly without hesitation. Although D city was not dominated by agriculture in the past, you can still find a lot of mills throughout the city.What's more, Ning Qiyan and the others only changed to small ones. Many food processing places can find this kind of cheap but very practical machine.

However, He Jun didn't need the food and credits offered by Ning Qiyan and the others, but asked for chickens by name.Although they had traded twice before, the quantity was far from enough for He Jun to be satisfied.

There is no problem with the chicks. In the previous batch of chicks, there were still many fertilized eggs that had not hatched during the same period. In addition to the savings during this period, as long as the birth rate does not decrease, almost one batch is enough to replace the machine.

After confirming the number of chicks to exchange for the machine, when Ning Qiyan and Du Cheng left the station, the car was already carrying the machine that He Jun had spent less than two hours finding.

He Jun didn't need to wait for the chicks to arrive before giving them the machine, anyway, Ning Qiyan and the others couldn't run away, and they were all under the control of the government.

When Ning Qiyan returned to the cave, installed the mill and switched it on, Wang Yang, who rushed over first, screamed happily.

Although Du Cheng and the others are the main force for grinding, it is because the four of them are stronger than others and can grind more noodles. In fact, it is Wang Yang and the others who are the most tired. They take out milk every day. Working hard, I was exhausted, and in the end, Du Cheng and the others didn't work too hard.

With this machine, they can finally be freed.

At the beginning of watering the ground twice a day, Wang Yang and the others still felt quite tired, but after the torture of the stone mill for the past few days, and then returned to the days when only watering the ground was enough every day, Wang Yang said: As long as there is no need to grind the ground, the ground will be fine. That's nothing!

Because Ning Qiyan's family has a solar generator, and because there is sufficient sunshine every day, except for the electricity consumed by the lights on the platform, it can not only support the electricity consumption of Ning's cave, but even Wang Yang's family is not far away. Changed the wires and pulled them into their cave.As for Bai Chengyi's house, there was no other way. The distance was too far. Although it could be connected as long as the circuit was long enough, it was not safe enough if the wires were exposed too much.

However, considering that there are many people changing things at Wang Yang's house, and the machine makes a sound when it works, it will continue to be placed at Ning Qiyan's house, and the machine was bought by Ning's house. Usually, Ning Qiyan and the others should do the grinding. Wang Yang, Bai Chengyi and his family discussed together, planning to give Ning Qiyan and the others all the proceeds from exchanging cornmeal in the future.

Regarding this point, Ning Qiyan did not agree, their family did not plan to rely on this to make money, the most important thing after changing the machine was to not want Du Cheng and Huzi to be too tired.

Wang Yang's family was looking after the work in the field while exchanging purchases. Even if they were not afraid of the sound of the machine being heard, it was inconvenient to take care of the machine at the same time.

Bai Chengyi's house is suitable, and they have the most free time after finishing their work in the field. The only problem is that Ning Qiyan's family has a lot of secrets, and they can't let them go to Ning Qiyan's cave to use the machine.

In the end, we discussed and discussed, but failed to come up with a suitable solution.

Bai Chengyi saw that Ning Qiyan and the others really didn't want to take over the use of the mobile phone, so after thinking about it, he proposed to move here and dig another cave nearby.Anyway, the cave they live in now was dug randomly at the beginning. The five big men are not people who live carefully, unlike the Ning family and Wang Yang's family, who cleaned up the cave and added a lot of things.Moreover, the place where Bai Chengyi and the others live has more residents than here, and they are not as harmonious with each other as they are here on the top of the mountain.In addition, most of them are usually active here, so they just go back to sleep at night, so they might as well just move here.

Seeing the five members of Bai Chengyi's family, the others thought more and more that it would be good to move here, and they didn't force them, so they didn't stop them.

The relationship between the three families is so close now, so it is natural that they live closer and more conveniently.

However, there is no rush to dig a cave. Now that the temperature at night is around 27 degrees Celsius, without direct sunlight, Bai Chengyi's family simply set up a tent funded by Ning Qiyan on the platform on the cliff.The canvas around the tent is all rolled up, no matter day or night, leaving only the gauze to prevent mosquitoes.During the day, except for watering the ground, they still chatted in the yard of Wang Yang's house as before, and when they returned to the tent at night, one person took turns to grind the flour with the machine every night.

As for their original belongings, they were still placed in the original cave and the door was locked.When they first selected the land, they still had a few acres of land near the cave. When they went back to water every day, they just went to the cave occasionally to check that the door lock was hanging there.

As for the matter of moving, wait until after the autumn harvest and go down the mountain to find the management personnel in charge of this aspect to confirm, and start digging the cave if there are no other problems.

The location was chosen between Ning Qiyan's house and Wang Yang's house. The reason why they waited until after the autumn harvest was that the fields were inseparable from people, and the weather was hot, so it was not suitable for intensive labor.The second is that the location they chose overlapped with the two acres of land of Ning Qiyan's family. The crops in the field were still there, so it would be a pity to pull them out in advance.