Beginning Backpack [Farming]

When the pulp tank and hearth are built, there are still six days before the bamboo soaking is completed.

Li has already begun to expand the work shed, and Shen Huaijin doesn't want to be idle, so she plans to make a water reel according to her previous idea.

He didn't aim at nothing, because the terrain in the valley is not flat, but high in the north and low in the south, so the stream flows from north to south, and there is a cut-off layer in the middle, just upstream of the work shed, so the stream has a drop there.

Shen Huaijin can use bamboo to draw water from the drop of the stream, and the impact of the water falling drives the water reel to work.

Fortunately, they usually use bamboo in many places, and there are a lot of bamboo in the work shed, so Shen Huaijin doesn't have to make a special trip to cut bamboo.

Li was expanding the work shed, saw Shen Huaijin come in and picked up the bamboo, and asked curiously, "Jin, what are you doing with the bamboo?"

Shen Huaijin replied: "I want to make a water reel that doesn't use manpower, so I can save some effort. I'll use bamboo to guide the water from the drop first."

He measured the distance. From the drop to his work shed, the straight-line distance is about 25 meters, and the usable length of each bamboo is about 1.8 meters, so about fifteen bamboo strips split in half are needed.In addition, sixteen Y-shaped branches are required to be erected at the head and tail of the bamboo path and at the junction of the two bamboo strips.

Shen Huaijin first found the materials, split the bamboo in half, and chiseled off the middle bamboo joints little by little to allow the water to pass through smoothly.The branches are sawed to a suitable height, and inserted into the designated positions one by one.The clean bamboo strips are hung on the branches one by one, and the roots are tied with bark rope.

The stream water falling from a high place falls down the bamboo path under the action of gravity. The end point of the bamboo path is at the edge of the work shed. Shen Huaijin dug a ditch at the end point of the falling water to lead directly to the stream, so that the falling water will not overflow and eventually return to the stream. .

After Li Zhan built the work shed, he saw that Shen Huaijin had already set up such a device, so he understood what he meant by "diverting water". It actually led the water from the stream to the ground, but the water did not touch the ground.He observed the device carefully, thinking of the water flow he usually saw, and felt a little strange in his heart.

Shen Huaijin saw him looking deep in thought, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Frowning sharply, "Well... I feel a little strange when I look at the bamboo you used to divert water, why no matter it's the streams and rivers you usually see, or the water you bring up, you can only see them coming from a high place to a low place. Local flow?"

Shen Huaijin almost blurted out because of gravity. Before he spoke, he realized that the time and space he was in were different. This is not common sense here. He organized the language: "This reason is not complicated, and it is not simple. You can imagine Far below the ground we step on, there is something that strongly attracts everything around, so everything, including the water flow, has a downward impulse, so the water flow will flow from a high place to a low place Even we are able to step on the ground because of the attraction of that thing."

Li was stunned, "Are you saying that we stepped on the ground because of the attraction of that kind of thing, not because we stepped on it? No... what am I talking about, what does it mean to step on the ground? other reasons……"

Li felt confused, he patted his forehead, and said angrily, "I'm really stupid."

Shen Huaijin patted him on the shoulder, and said with a delicate expression: "No, you are already very smart." After all, he knew that there were people who were similarly curious, but Newton...

"It's amazing that you can have such curiosity."

Li sighed, "But I can't think of anything, what's the use of curiosity?"

The man stood tall, looked into the distance, and muttered to himself.

"Useful, civilization can bloom."

After saying that, Shen Huaijin was also amused by his solemnity, and he stood up, "Okay, now that you're done with your work, let's make water reels with me."

The method of water pestle is not much different from that of ordinary wooden pestle, except that a pit for receiving water needs to be burnt at the end where the foot is used to be.

When the stream flowing down from the bamboo path fills the storage pit, the end of the pit will fall, and the stream will bounce up again after flowing out, and continue to receive water. Repeatedly, it will drive the wooden hammer at the other end to beat the contents of the wooden mortar up and down.As for disabling it, just put a few heavy stones in the water-receiving pit to prevent this end from bouncing.

Because of their experience in making wooden reels, the two of them worked together on this water reed very quickly and finished the work before dark.

Shen Huaijin tried it with broken pottery shards, and the smashing was quite powerful, but the frequency was relatively slow. It would be too inefficient to rely on this to beat bamboo fibers.However, if there is a demand for pounding rice in the future, the water pestle is still very suitable.After all, the water hammer got rid of the manpower, so it was a bit slow, but at least it could beat continuously without any effort.

It was not needed for a few days, so Shen Huaijin put a few stones on top of the water pestle and stopped moving, so as not to disturb the sound of beating.

As for the water drawn by the bamboo path, it will not be wasted. Usually, it is much more convenient for them to water the ground or use water for domestic use.

In the next few days, Shen Huaijin was not idle. He took out several baskets of ramie fiber that had been bleached and then dried in the sun, and began to weave hemp.

The ramie fiber is still in the form of flakes, and the subsequent brushing and weaving process can only be carried out after passing through the hemp.

When weaving hemp, the bleached and sun-dried ramie fibers should be broken into thin strips, then rolled into strands and passed through clear water, then combed into ramie filaments with fingers, twisted into fine twines by hand, and then shortened into long ones. Then roll the long twine into small bundles like cocoon yarn.

This kind of work not only tests patience but also pays attention to skills. The interface must be delicate so as not to affect the subsequent weaving process.

Fortunately, Shen Huaijin once spun wool for a whole winter season, so he still had some patience. After breaking a small part of the ramie filaments, he gradually became more comfortable. The urge to go in.

But the bamboo strips soaked in the lime pond for ten days pulled him back.

After the soaking process, Shen Huaijin and Li took out the bamboo and cleaned it to remove impurities and the rough shells that had faded away. The soft green skin on the surface of the bamboo was carefully peeled off with a knife until the white fibers were exposed.

At this time, the bamboo fiber is much looser and softer, but it is not enough to make pulp.

These bamboo fibers also need to be steamed in buckets with lime for eight days and eight nights, and then beaten until they are muddy and then made into bamboo pulp.

Fortunately, the two of them prepared the stove early, and they only need to cook on the stove.

"It seems that I have to watch the fire at night. During these eight days, unless I want to hunt the next day, I will watch the night at other times."

Shen Huaijin disagreed, "Let's keep watch in the middle of the night alone, it's too much to bear all night. Don't always think of me as weak, I can still stay up late."

He said sternly, "I have to go hunting in the afternoon, you will watch in the first half of the night, and I will watch in the second half of the night."

Shen Huaijin knew that the other party intended to make him feel more relaxed. After all, the second half of the night was the most difficult and difficult time, so he no longer insisted, "That's fine, take your mobile phone with you when you are on vigil, and use it as I usually do when you are bored. Just play the game."

After the two of them had allocated their time, Shen Huaijin would watch over the fire and add fuel to the fire, and then went to chop the branches.The amount of firewood that would burn for eight days was not a small amount, and Li went back and forth a dozen times and didn't think it was enough.

Seeing his sweaty face, Shen Huaijin also felt distressed, fetched a basin of water from the bamboo path, and called Li to come over to wipe off his sweat and take a good rest.

"So much firewood can't be chopped in one afternoon. I think it's getting dark soon. Let's rest and eat first, and then continue chopping tomorrow."

Li took a handful of water to wash his face, and brushed back his wet silver hair casually, "I'm really tired from running back and forth so many times, what shall we have for dinner tonight?"

Shen Huaijin thought for a while, and found that there was really nothing new to cook, and her face was a little helpless, "Why don't you cook a soup to nourish your body."

Li could see his displeasure, "Then let's go for the radish pork rib soup, I like that taste the most."

Only then did Shen Huaijin have a smile on his face.

"By the way, let me marinate some ribs by the way, and make some fried ribs at night, and I can eat them when the vigil is free."

So part of the pork ribs stewed, and part of it was marinated by Shen Huaijin after stirring with salt, minced garlic and minced licorice.

After dinner, Li still insisted on guarding the first night with Shen Huaijin. Shen Huaijin reluctantly pushed him into the room and promised several times that she would wake Li up on time to change shifts, so Li was willing to let him watch the night alone.

Although Shen Huaijin is not a person who goes to bed at nine or ten in modern times, but after more than a year of going to bed early and getting up early, now she suddenly needs to stay up late. It is indeed difficult, but she can survive the first half of the night.

When Shen Huaijin estimated that the pickling time was about the same, he took out a can of starch. This can of sweet potato starch was specially left when the tribe made sweet potato vermicelli, just for today's situation.

The marinated ribs are poured into the dry starch and stirred evenly, so that each rib is evenly coated with a layer of starch.

Shen Huaijin poured animal oil into the tank and burned it. When the oil was 20% hot, put the pork ribs in. After frying for 2 seconds, change the heat to low and fry again for about [-] minutes, then remove and control the oil. Repeat this twice.

Put a little animal oil on the slate, and when the slab is hot, add the garlic, stir-fry until the aroma is released, then add the pork ribs, salt and sugar, and stir-fry for another 2 minutes.

The garlic fried pork ribs just out of the pan are still steaming, with an overbearing aroma, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.Shen Huaijin stood by the fire and watched a movie while gnawing on the ribs. By the end of the movie, the two plates of ribs were eaten clean.

Shen Huaijin observed the sky and estimated that it was almost midnight, so she quickly fried the spare ribs that were specially left just now, and went to the house with the crispy and delicious garlic fried spare ribs.

When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, thinking that since he wasn't too sleepy, he might as well let Li rest for a while.

Thinking of this, he turned around and wanted to leave.

Unexpectedly, the door behind him was opened immediately. It turned out that Li hadn't had a good rest. He had already sensed Shen Huaijin's arrival, but he didn't come in after waiting for a long time.

"It smells so good, Jin, what delicious food did you cook?"

Shen Huaijin raised the plate in his hand, "Garlic fried pork ribs, these two plates are freshly fried, and they are still steaming, you can eat them during the night watch."

Li happily agreed, "Then I'm going to watch the night, you remember to rest quickly."

Shen Huaijin hurriedly gave him the phone in case he was bored during the night watch, and wiped his face casually with clean water, and fell into a deep sleep as soon as he lay down on the bed.

The author has something to say: Fried pork ribs is the eternal god.