Fleeing from famine! A rough hunter has a fox husband

Chapter 442 Threshing Millet

The wheel is supported by an iron frame, with a wooden barn underneath and a lid that is half empty at both ends.

The rice can be put in at this end, and there must be a place at the back to take the millet out.

Yu Qingqing looked at what Shen Nuo took out and felt that it was not simple.

Seeing Shen Nuo drawing the blueprint seriously, he did not disturb him, but played with the two children.

The sun was very strong and Qin Yan bent over to work, and soon he was sweating profusely.

It’s the same for other people. Farm work is never easy, but when you see the food you grow, you’ll feel a huge sense of accomplishment.

Song Siyan's cheeks were also flushed with heat, and he didn't feel very cool even with a hat on.

Qin Yan thought of asking someone to make some mung bean soup in the afternoon, otherwise, the heat would be unbearable.

The morning was almost over and Grandma Zhang went back to cook.

The fields are not far from home, so there is no need to take meals to the fields to eat.

Moreover, they have a large family, so they don’t have to worry about not having enough time to finish the harvest.

The rice here is harvested twice a year, so they have to hurry up and harvest the rice now and plant the grown seedlings before mid-July.

Only in this way can we have the autumn harvest in October. After the autumn harvest, we have to harvest corn. Those who planted sweet potatoes will also dig sweet potatoes, as well as potatoes and so on.

Qin Yan's family didn't plant much, just 30 acres of paddy fields and the same 30 acres of dry land.

They planted corn, sweet potatoes, beans and peanuts.

Beans and peanuts can be used to extract oil, young corn can be eaten, and old corn can be used to make porridge, which Shen Nuo likes very much.

Now, their dry land is planted with spring corn and various fruits and vegetables, and now is the time when they are growing tender.

Grandma Zhang went to the fields to pick some sweet corn and some green vegetables and took them home to cook. She first cooked a basket of corn.

"Master, our corn grows well. Would you like to try it? Is it delicious?"

He brought out the corns, each one of them still smelling delicious. Shen Nuo smiled and said:

"Okay, let's put that first."

He was still drawing the blueprint with a pen in his hand, just waiting to let the carpenter do it after it was finished.

As for the one in the yard, I will let A Yan take it to the field to try it out in the afternoon, so that I don’t have to pick up the wet straw.

Grandma Zhang didn't know what Shen Nuo was doing and thought he was doing something fun.

But these are not his business, he just needs to do his own thing well.

Then I went back to cook. When it was almost noon, Qin Yan and the others came back.

"Ayan, you're back."

When Shen Nuo saw Qin Yan coming back, he went to meet him, but Qin Yan dodged.

"Nono, I smell like sweat. Don't get too close to me."

He was afraid of disturbing his little fox, but Shen Nuo didn't mind at all.

"Don't be disgusted. I have something to tell you."

"Okay, I'll go wash my hands first."

Qin Yan washed his hands in front of the mountain spring water, then walked over to the pavilion.

"This is?"

When he saw the things on the ground, he was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed.

"Nono, how did you know I was thinking of making something like this?"

Shen Nuo smiled: "Really? That's great. I've already drawn the blueprint. You can go find the village chief someday and ask him to find a carpenter to see if it can be made."

As long as this thing is made, the villagers can save a lot of time on threshing.

There were no threshers at that time, so people could only thresh the rice on the ground, and some would do it on wooden boards more efficiently.

But it is very slow and tiring after all, and it is not a job that ordinary people can do.

But it’s different with this thresher. Even teenagers can use it easily, and girls and boys can operate it by themselves.

It is easy to use and durable, very efficient and not tiring. It feels like a treasure no matter how you look at it.

Qin Yan was attracted by the high efficiency and the fact that it was not tiring.

"Nono, thank you. As long as this thing is made, the people won't have to work so hard."

Before dinner time, Qin Yan took the blueprint to Qin Liang and asked him to find a carpenter to try to make it.

Of course, Qin Yan took the thresher that Shen Nuo took out from the yard to the field in the afternoon.

Originally, Qin Liang thought it was magical, and even thought that Qin Yan might have exaggerated the effect of this thing.

After Qin Yan actually used it, everyone who came to watch exclaimed in surprise.

"What is this?"

"It's moving. The things inside are turning."

Qin Yan asked the two of them to put the things in the field, and laid some grass underneath to stabilize the thresher so that it would not shake too much.

As Qin Yan stepped on the pedal, the gear on the right turned and the big wheel in the middle also turned.

Wu Liu and Wu Yang brought the rice that they had harvested in the morning and piled it on one side of Qin Yan, where Qin Yan could reach it with just his hand.

He took a handful of rice with both hands and pushed the side with rice ears directly into the thresher.

A rustling sound was heard, and everyone saw that there were some more threshed millets in the barn. Each grain was distinct, without even a stalk.

Looking at Qin Yan's hands, it was clear that the rice he took out had no grains left. It was bare, with almost no grains left.

"Are these all threshing machines? Can they thresh the grain so quickly?"

"This is too fast. If we have this thing, wouldn't threshing grain be much faster?"

"Yeah, this thing is very expensive, right? It doesn't look simple."

"I didn't see anyone making it, could it be that they made it?"

"That's what I think. Brother Nuo is so smart, he must have come up with it."

Everyone was discussing in a low voice, and Qin Yan said that this was Shen Nuo's idea, and if they wanted it, they could go ask the village chief.

Qin Liang also spoke out:

"This is something that Nuoge came up with. I have the blueprint here. I have asked Carpenter Chen to try to make it. Don't worry."

Everyone in Yunzhu Village knew that they would not lie. Since Qin Liang and Qin Yan said so, they would definitely use this thing one day.

Qin Yan added:

"Well, if we have finished harvesting the rice and this thing is unused, we can lend it to you, but each family can only borrow it for two days."

"Really? Well, then our family needs it too."

Li Dazhuang stepped forward first. He had long wanted to try out how to use this thing.

It's really amazing. Just put the rice in and mix it a few times, and all the grains will come out.

Some people watched here and couldn't help but try it out.

Qin Yan knew all the villagers well, so he had nothing to worry about and would teach anyone who came over.

Some men took the initiative to help Qin Yan thresh the grain. This thing is not small and can accommodate two people.

Usually two people play together, which will be faster.