In late June, the snack bar was closed for ten days, and all the staff went home to harvest rice for double robberies.
Previously, the village chief's family made another batch of rice beds for sale. After the use of the rice beds harvested last autumn, people discovered the benefits of the rice beds, and this year's production is also very popular.
However, because the method is relatively simple, other woodworking shops have also launched one after another before the harvest, and the overall price has dropped. The village chief's income is not as much as last year, but it is also very good.
Speaking of things like strollers and walkers, there are other carpentry shops on the market that sell them. These are not like eating food, these are structures and practices that can be seen at a glance, and it is easier to copy. Including the baby tricycle and toothbrush made by the village chief's family later, it was not long before others copied the practice.
Especially after the toothbrush was launched, it was welcomed by people, but because of the relatively high price, only wealthy families could afford it.
With a toothbrush, Yu Qingze thought that he also had to have toothpaste. Later, he went to Dr. Li of Jirentang and suggested to him the idea of toothpaste. However, Dr. Li has not yet developed the kind that is particularly useful, and they still use fine salt and tooth powder to brush their teeth.
What is particularly worthy of recognition is that after several months of hard work by woodworkers, the style of the toothbrush and the way of fixing the bristles have been improved, and it has made great progress. It has become more and more advanced and scientific. At least it is not so easy to remove hair when brushing.
Because it is based in Tongshan City, an important inland transportation hub city, even if there are several woodworking shops doing it at the same time, these new types of goods are still selling well. Those discerning traders are always keen to find hidden business opportunities in various items, and are willing to spend a lot of money to bring them all over the country.
In the village, Yu Qingze and Le Geer usually go home less often. When they came back this time, they found that the villagers had unknowingly undergone some changes.
Because they made a fortune during the Chinese New Year, most of the families asked the village chief to make rice beds for this harvest. When the millet is harvested, the millet can be threshed. After the millet is harvested, the vegetables can be dried. When the sweet potato is harvested in autumn, it can be raised to dry the sweet potato flour.
Because he had the foundation of making sweet potato flour, Yu Qingze taught them how to make rice noodles. Now many people who have surplus grain usually make rice noodles and sell them on the street. Those who have no surplus grain, see that the income is good, and they all go to buy rice and come back. Do.
The rice noodles in Liu's snail noodles shop are all ordered from the villagers.
After the summer vegetables began to be harvested, Yu Qingze told the villagers how to make sour beans and sour radishes.
Their snack bar no longer needs this to make money, and they share these methods with the villagers, so that they can have one or two more channels to make money and get a little more income. Everyone's living standards have improved, and they are in a better mood when they have a head start. In the past, there were fewer arguments for 'your chickens pecked my vegetables, and my ducks stepped on your seedlings'.
It is precisely because of Yu Qingze's blessings that their family is now very popular and respected in the village. Even Chang Hao said that he was in the school, and the children listened to him, and his expression was not too proud.
The good news is that after eight or nine months of research and production, Dajian made the first threshing machine, just in time for the summer harvest.
As soon as Yu Qingze came back, he went to the village chief's house to see it.
In the yard of the village chief's old house, a brand new threshing machine was placed in the center of the yard. There were many reed poles, dog's tail grass, and two Guanyin grasses. The seeds on them were all gone. became a light pole.
Yu Qingze went up and tried it. He stepped on the pedal with his right foot, slowly exerting force, and the roller was slowly moved by the gear.
The speed gradually increased, and the 'humming' sound of the wind as the rollers turned was so wonderful!
"Great, Dajian!" Yu Qingze came down excitedly, patted Dajian's shoulder vigorously, and said, "This year, Dahe finally doesn't have to shake his arm sore!"
Dajian rubbed the back of his head and laughed, and said with two panda eyes: "I didn't expect it to be so easy to use. I tried it with a reed rod and a dog's tail grass. After the roller turned twice, the seeds on it were clean. ."
"Hahaha, it's so easy to use! Otherwise, why would I insist on letting you guys do it?" Yu Qingze said with a smile. With this foot on the threshing machine, they harvest faster and don't have to be so tired.
Turning his head, he saw a few gears and a roller rack under the eaves, and asked, "Are those obsolete?"
Dajian followed his line of sight, nodded, and said, "Those gears don't fit, and there are some problems with the discs on both sides of the roller. I'll take them back to the blacksmith shop someday."
Yu Qingze snorted, then looked at Dajian, and asked, "Look at your dark eyes, how long have you not slept?"
The village chief next to him said with a smile: "He, thinking about making it before the harvest, hasn't slept much in the past few days, and has been in this old house all the time. His husband brought the meals."
After Dajian made this threshing machine, he was in a very excited mood, and he didn't feel sleepy. He always wanted to show it to Yu Qingze. After Yu Qingze had seen it, he began to feel that his eyelids were heavy. He said, "I feel so sleepy now, I'm fine, I'll make up for it later."
"Go to sleep. I'll just discuss it with your father."
"Okay, then I went back to the room to sleep. I didn't feel it just now, but now I'm getting more sleepy..." Dajian said, and went back to the front room.
Afterwards, Yu Qingze discussed with the village chief and the others, allocated the time to use the threshing machine, and went home happily.
The next afternoon, Brother Le and the others experienced the charm of stepping on a threshing machine for the first time.
Yu Qingze gave them a demonstration first, waited for him to come down, and then the two teenagers couldn't wait to get up with a handful of rice crops, and Brother Le's speed was a beat slower.
"Be careful! Xiaohaojiabao, don't step on it so fast, you will be involved! Don't put it in first, let it slow down." Yu Qingze looked at the two teenagers and trembled.
They stepped on the pedals of the threshing machine too fast, the wheels were spinning so fast that if they didn't stand firm, they had to be carried forward as soon as they put the rice in their hands.
"Oh!" The two lifted their feet and stopped stepping on them. They waited until the speed of the rollers slowed down a little, and then stepped on them slowly, fighting while stepping on them.
"It's so fast!" Jiabao flipped the rice in his hand two or three times, and then picked it up to see that all the rice on the rice had been threshed. He still remembered when his arm was swollen during the autumn harvest last year, and now the threshing machine can be turned just a few times.
Chang Hao was also very excited and said, "This threshing machine is really useful!"
Yu Qingze reluctantly said to the two teenagers, "Xiaohaojiabao, don't step on the two of you later. Follow us when we fight."
The two of them came down, and Brother Le and Grandpa Chang went up.
Buzzing, swishing, turning left and right a few times, and the big hand of rice grains in my hands suddenly only had bare grasses left.
"Hehehe, it's easy to use!" Grandpa Chang said with a smile. Brother Le also happily nodded in agreement.
This threshing machine also attracted the onlookers of the villagers. Seeing that they were threshing so fast, many villagers even went up to try it and were shocked by this machine.
Wait and ask Yu Qingze how much this machine costs.
Yu Qingze replied: "This is the first one. The village chief and the others haven't calculated the cost yet, and haven't set a price yet, but it won't be cheap. There are many iron-made ones, at least seven or eight taels."
So expensive!
After listening to this, the villagers fell silent, shook their heads silently and went back to using the rice beds. After the village chief and Yu Qingze finished their homes, they could borrow them to use them.
Because they have a threshing machine with their feet, and the cattle from the village chief's family can borrow the farmland, Le Geer and the others completed the double robbing earlier than other villagers' families.
The rest of the time, they did all the work in the field.
Yu Qingze went to the potato field to take a look. After nearly two months of growth, the potatoes are knee-high and already blooming. The small white flowers stand on the branches, swaying in the wind, and they are quite beautiful.
Yu Qingze peeled off the soil and looked at the roots, and found that the flowering potatoes had begun to grow small potatoes, and he was very happy.
Because he didn't know how to plant potatoes, Yu Qingze couldn't make any effective suggestions and could only rely on Grandpa Chang's planting experience.
"Grandpa, I think this potato is so densely branched, do you think it should be branched like a sweet potato?" Yu Qingze said, looking at the densely packed potato plants.
Grandpa Chang also frowned and said, "This is the first time I've planted it, and I'm not sure. It's not from the vines, and it looks like it shouldn't be used. But if it grows too densely, the potatoes may be smaller."
"Why don't we try, this one will be stalked, this one will not, and then we will see which one grows better?"
"Okay, try it."
So, they divided the potato field into two test areas, one side was branched and the other was not.
After the holiday, the snack bar reopened, and Yu Qingze began to walk around the street every day to see if there were any vacancies.
On July 13th, Boss Liu came over, dragged Yu Qingze to the backyard, and said quietly, "I heard from the guests that the teahouse near the intersection is no longer available, so hurry up and take a look!"
Yu Qingze was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said, "Really? I'll go take a look!"