Siheyuan: Don't mess with me, I just want to be a free fish

Chapter 117
In the mill, there is a man and a woman, both of whom are not very old.

Girls are twelve or thirteen years old, and boys are up to ten years old.

The clothes on the two of them had been patched one after another, and they were obviously not fitting.

The girl even had a pair of sandals on her feet, with her toes sticking out.

The two were sallow and thin, and they were pushing the beam protruding from the stone roller with all their strength. The stone roller was even much taller than both of them.

In the milling pan, there are more than half of the corn kernels that have been crushed, but it will obviously take a while to grind them into fine flour.

"Whose child?"

Li Weidong was trying his best to pull out the memory of these two people from the memory of the original owner, but it was still vague and separated by a layer.

Obviously, they didn't have much contact with the original owner before.

"Brother Weidong."

At this moment, the gap between the two people in the mill reached Li Weidong's arrival, and the little girl even showed a hint of surprise on her face.

"You are……"

Li Weidong looked at the two tentatively.

"My name is Li Hongmei, and my brother is Li Zhankui. He said that you gave him the flour and pumpkin he brought back last time."

The girl immediately told her story.

Although I don't know how she met Li Weidong, the original owner was from the same village before entering the city, so it was inevitable that she would meet him.

It's just that Li Weidong in the past didn't care about the two poor siblings who were half a village apart.

In addition, it was always the memory of the original owner, so Li Weidong failed to 'remember' it in time.

"Where's your brother? Why do you two have to grind the cornmeal?"

Because of Li Zhankui's relationship, Li Weidong is obviously a little closer to the siblings.

"My brother is on the dam. Before my brother came back, we were the two of us."

Li Hongmei said proudly.

It was her younger brother, who was a little skeptical, didn't speak, but looked at Li Weidong curiously.

"Go play next to me, I'll push."

Li Weidong rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to take over the other party's work. Under his urging, the stone roller started to turn immediately.

Even though he felt a little heavy, one can imagine how hard it was for the two children to do this job.

And this is not a matter of one or two laps, it will take a long time.

Li Hongmei persuaded her several times to no avail, so she could only pick up a small broom to sweep the coarse grains from the edge of the millstone to the middle.

It took a full half an hour before Li Weidong stopped, rubbed his sore shoulders, and watched Li Hongmei carefully put the stick noodles into the bag.

The stick noodles in the bag add up to forty to fifty catties, and the other party also has a satisfied smile on his face.

Li Weidong picked up the bag involuntarily, and went to her house with the two of them.

This is his first visit to Li Zhankui's house.

Very broken.

There is no courtyard wall at all, just a fence made of some tree branches, and it was recently put in.

Even the houses are built of mud blocks, called earthen houses.

In fact, this kind of earth house is the mainstream in rural areas today.

Like the so-called brick and tile houses, there is no one in the entire ten miles and eight villages.

The roof of the house is not made of tiles, but of straw.

Compared with this house, Li Weidong's east house in the city can be regarded as high-end.

At this time, there was no one at home, not only Li Zhankui was on the dam, but even Li's mother, who was in poor health, was doing what she could to earn a meager work point.

Therefore, small things like grinding stick noodles naturally fell on Li Hongmei and her younger brother.

"I won't go in. When Brother Ni comes back, let him go to my second uncle's house at night."

Li Weidong put the bag at the door and said to Li Hongmei.

"it is good."

Li Hongmei hesitated, but in the end she didn't invite Li Weidong to her house.

It's not to avoid suspicion, but the house is too shabby, so I'm sorry.

After leaving Li Zhankui's house, Li Weidong went back and rode his bicycle to Shijia Village.

Shijia Village is not only because the people here have the surname Shi, but also because there is a large quarry here.

The stone rollers in the mill he went to before were made by Shijia Village.

Therefore, the most indispensable thing in this village is stonemasons.

If you go back to history, then stonemason is probably the oldest profession.

Li Weidong inquired in the village and came to a family.

Before I got close, I heard the sound of jingling and knocking.

It was a little old man, facing him sideways, with a pipe in his mouth, engraving on a stele very intently.

Li Weidong stood by and waited for a while, until the other party raised his head before approaching.

"Master, I'm from a nearby village. I'm here to see if there is a ready-made stone mill."

Li Weidong directly explained his intention.

"Over there, go see for yourself."

The other party didn't even get up, and just pointed to the distance.

This yard is full of large and small stones, but most of them have not yet started processing.

Without much effort, Li Weidong found the stone mill.

To be precise, there are three sets of stone mills here, one big and two small.

The largest one has a diameter of one meter, so it is obviously not for personal family use, because this kind of stone mill grinds things flat, which is different from the rolling stone mill, and it takes more effort.

Usually they are pulled by animals.

Even a small stone mill has a diameter of fifty or sixty centimeters.

Li Weidong went up and tried it, and it was very hard to push.

"Master, how much is the larger stone mill?"

In comparison, Li Weidong pays more attention to efficiency.

He tried it in the game farm before, and some things that are not very complicated can be driven by energy.

That is, he can expend energy to grind wheat into flour with a stone mill.

Moreover, for some unknown reason, his energy can be used to ripen plants, and he can even do such things as husking wheat, but unfortunately, he cannot turn wheat into flour out of thin air.

It seems that some kind of medium, or opportunity, is missing.

Otherwise, he wouldn't need to be so troublesome at all.

Although using a stone mill is laborious and troublesome, and the flour produced cannot compare with that processed in a flour mill, it is undoubtedly more secure in terms of safety.

Now that I think about it, I spent so much time trying to process flour, and spent a lot of money to get Zhang Yunshang's bed from Zhang Yunshang, only then did I really have a way.

At that time, that kind of behavior was more or less stupid.

In other words, Li Weidong at that meeting was still a little floating, and he hadn't really integrated into this era.

His real change began when he went to work on the farm.

Then he was wary of Chang Qingbo, so he had to think more about safety.

And his cooperation with Zhang Yunshang will be a hidden danger after all.

Now it is a late remedy.

"35."

Hearing that Li Weidong really wanted to buy it, the other party got serious and put down the hammer and carving knife in his hand.

"Master, you are slaughtering me like a fat sheep. Some time ago, someone from our village was here and used thirty catties of stick flour to exchange for a set of stone mills."

"The one you mentioned is made of ordinary stone, half a foot in size, and worthless.

Since you have come to my house, you must have inquired about it. The stone mills I make are all processed with the best old materials.

Ordinary stone mills, after a year or so, have to be re-patterned.

And what I do, I don't need to move it for three to five years. "

The other party said this with obvious arrogance.

"How much effort does it take to create a texture? You can make it cheaper, or I can only go to another place."

"32, it can't be less. If you still think it's too expensive, you can ask for a smaller set. Eighteen will do."

"Thirty, you are in charge of finding someone to help me deliver to the intersection. I made an appointment with someone to wait there."

How much does a stone mill with a diameter of one meter and a thickness of twenty centimeters weigh?

Calculated according to the density of granite, it would cost 450 catties to say the least.

Then two yuan, plus the chassis, will cost more than a thousand catties.

Anyway, Li Weidong himself couldn't resist.

"middle!"

The other party agreed without much hesitation.

Obviously, this price did not reach his bottom line.

Li Weimin didn't bother about the few dollars, and readily took out three cards of Great Unity.

Then the other party went to find three young men, and "easily" installed the set of stone mills on the ground row, without a set of animals, and the three of them just dragged Li Weidong to the main intersection.

Li Weidong took out the cigarettes, and each of them scattered two cigarettes. After the other party left, he saw that there was no one around, and then put them into the farm warehouse, then stared at the bicycle, and left quickly.

When I returned to my second uncle's house, it was still dark.

As soon as Li Weidong lay down on the small bed specially prepared for him, his consciousness entered the farm.

Here, as long as he has energy, Li Weidong dare not say that he is omnipotent, but it is not a problem at all to move something heavy.

Soon, there was a set of stone mills in the farm warehouse.

Then he tried to control it, it was a bit awkward at first, but he really didn't need to do it himself.

An hour later, his consciousness returned, and he sat down from the bed, frowning slightly.

This experiment can be said to be successful, but it also failed.

Because pushing the stone mill to grind wheat into flour consumes a bit more energy.

Do the math.

He processed it through Zhang Yunshang's channel, and he had to pay the other party [-]% of the white flour, and all the bran went to the other party.

And he himself used energy to drive the stone mill, and if the energy consumed was used to ripen the wheat, it would be equivalent to paying [-]% of the price.

Undoubtedly, a loss.

But from a security point of view, it must have been earned.

"woke up?"

It was completely dark outside now.

After saying hello to his second aunt who was cooking, Li Weidong sat down.

"This is the proof of moving out of the village registered residence, you keep it."

Li Shuquan took out a piece of letter paper on which he signed his name and the official seal of the village.

In this way, the proof of Li Weidong's change of residence is almost complete.

You only need to go back to the household registration booklet at home and go to the street office to apply for settlement.

That's right, it's the street office.

Although, strictly speaking, the police station should be responsible for the jurisdiction of the account.

But the sub-district office of this meeting has a lot of power, and it manages everything related to people's livelihood.

Marriage registration, childbirth and schooling, and various tickets are all in charge of the sub-district office.

Including it means birth, old age, sickness and death.

The police station is mainly responsible for law and order.

Li Weidong put away the proof, the two chatted for a while, and Li Zhankui walked in with a hare in his hand.

This rabbit looks like a set, and its neck is almost bald.

"Turn back and take the rabbit back. Do you still need a bite to eat when you come to my house?"

Before the other party could speak, Li Shuquan said impatiently.

Li Zhankui did not refute, put the rabbit aside, and sat down.

"After I got home, I heard from Xiaomei that you helped push the grinder and sent it home. I'm sorry to trouble you."

"What kind of trouble is this? I just happen to be free, and I can eat more at night for activities, but I wonder why Xiaomei didn't go to school?"

Li Weidong shook his head indifferently, and then talked about Li Hongmei.

In fact, this phenomenon is very common in rural areas nowadays. Many parents think that it is useless for girls to go to school, and they can still help with work if they stay at home. When they are older, they will marry out.

However, in Li Weidong's view, Li Zhankui should not be this kind of talent.

"I sent her to school several times, and then she sneaked back by herself and beat her several times, but it was useless."

Li Zhankui had some helplessness and guilt on his face.

The children of the poor are headed home early, not because they are precocious, but because they are forced by life.

Li Hongmei certainly does not understand the benefits of going to school, but the situation in her family, especially before Li Zhankui came back, her father passed away, her mother was in poor health, and she had a younger brother.

She had no choice but to take on all of this.

"You have to learn knowledge even if you don't go to school. I'll bring her some elementary school textbooks later. If you don't know how, find someone to teach her."

Li Weidong thought for a while and came up with a solution.

If he said that he would pay for the other party's study, Li Zhankui would never say anything, just put his ass up and leave.

"Thank you, if you leave later tomorrow, I will go into the mountain."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Thinking of hunting, Li Weidong straightened up a little.

Some time ago on the farm, although he practiced with a pistol, he often asked for advice on how to shoot a rifle.

This time it happened to be a show.

　Excessive chapters, write some trivial life in the 60s, and the elders also relax.

　　A new exciting story will unfold soon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)