mesbooks Chapter 112 Shen Youyou is too sad
Chapter 112 Shen Youyou is too sad
Palm fruit is a perennial woody oil plant. Its fruit, including fresh pulp, contains 45% to 50%
The kernels can also be used to extract oil, with a higher oil content of between 48% and 55%. In the past, it was known as the "World Oil King".
Palm kernel oil contains more than 80% saturated fatty acids, and palm oil also contains 50% saturated fatty acids. Both are semi-solid oils.
It has good stability, high smoke point, good storage properties, high nutritional value and is rich in vitamin E, vitamin A, sitosterol and phospholipids.
Palm kernel is a high-quality raw material for making cocoa butter and margarine, and liquid palm oil is a good frying oil.
Shen Youyou didn't plan to make any oil pressing tools this time, so she made the pulp oil first.
As for the kernels, wash them and dry them in the sun first, then give them to your younger brothers as snacks. Just use a stone to smash them open and eat the flesh inside.
The women beat the steamed palm fruits until the flesh and shell separated, then took basins and buckets to fetch water from the cave behind.
After the water is pumped back, the beaten palm fruits are poured into a large pot, and water and firewood are added to cook.
As the small flames ignited, they gradually became stronger until steam rose and began to boil in the pot. In order to extract as much palm oil as possible, Shen Youyou asked the aunts and uncles to cook for a while longer.
When the pot boils, you will see a layer of orange oil on top. This is palm oil, but there are still some impurities in it.
Shen Youyou said, "Mom, scoop out this layer of grease, be gentle, we don't want the yellow water below today, but a little bit is okay."
When the women in charge of cooking heard this, they carefully began to scoop red oil from the pot, one spoonful at a time, for fear of scooping out yellow water.
Shen Youyou explained helplessly: "It's okay if there is a little yellow water. After scooping out more than half a bucket or more than half a basin, you can use a wooden spoon to gently hit the oil layer on top, and the yellow water and grease will separate.
The floating oil will become solid after it cools down, and you can just scoop it out directly without being so careful. "
After listening to Shen Youyou's explanation, the women relaxed their actions and were no longer so timid.
Old Lady Hua was proud again, but she couldn't show off all the time. She said:
"Look, you guys are giving orders again. What the hell are you doing? You've never touched a needle or thread in your life. How are you going to get married in the future?"
As a result, Tian Cuifen heard this and habitually scolded her sister-in-law:
"Don't tell anyone about this. If you don't tell anyone, no one will know. When you get married, you can either accept it or learn from it."
This sentence made Old Lady Hua feel very uncomfortable. Is that what I meant? You misinterpreted it. Otherwise, she would often quarrel with this sister-in-law and would not consider other people's expressions or use her brain before speaking.
Shen Mazi's widowed mother, Old Lady Fang, has been dealing in eggs for many years. She has come into contact with many people and they are good at talking. When she saw Old Lady Hua's expression, she quickly interrupted:
"Is it a good thing to sew clothes and cook? Every woman can do it. It's nothing strange. But how many girls among us are so well-educated?
Other girls can filter water, make so many tools, make rain boots, rubber soles? And make salt from the soil? All these things,
I guess even the masters in our county wouldn't do that. Anyone who can marry me must have accumulated good deeds for eighteen generations.
Shen Zhixia's mother-in-law, Old Lady Wang, also responded: "Yes, yes, besides, our little Sanzi is a little Sanyuan, and so many scholars are little Sanyuan. In the future, whoever marries us will be blessed because of our little Sanzi."
Old Mrs. Fang has a toothache. These old ladies don’t know how to chat. It’s useless to praise the third brother in front of Sister Hua. You have to praise Youyou, because that’s the one she loves most. Forget it, just do it yourself.
"Think about it, we have all these skills, we can do business and make money, maybe we can even open a shop in the city. If they despise such a daughter-in-law because she can't make clothes, then there is something wrong with her.
If you have money, just buy cloth and let others make clothes. We have so many old ladies, so many aunts, uncles, and sisters. Who can't make clothes for us?
In our village, if we can just pick two girls who can be their wives, is that rare? Girls who can make money are rare, and any family that marries them will have to provide for them. "
This old lady is really a good businessman. She used to be an egg trader.
This sentence also reminded Mrs. Hua: Yes! Why didn't she think that her grandson could support himself by selling pickles and soybean paste in the future!
These are all waste salt. Her little granddaughter can refine the salt without having to spend money to buy expensive salt.
As for selling salt directly, it is not possible because you will be caught. As for palm ropes and rain boots, they are also not possible. Where can you find things to practice rubber after passing the Eucommia ulmoides forest?
Or they could sell shoe soles, which would be enough for the mistress to have food and clothing for the rest of her life. You know, their shoe soles are very strong and quick to make. The rain boots are also waterproof. There are too many advantages to count.
Gao the Hunter's wife, Old Lady Gao, was also sewing the mattress and said with a smile, "Do you know what my old man said?"
Mrs. Hua felt really relieved at this moment, and couldn't hide the smile on her face: "What did you say?"
"My old man said that Yoyo is a little lucky star who came to save us. If we have no water to drink, Yoyo can teach us how to use swords to drip water, and also know where to dig a well.
When there was no food to eat, they could still make noodles out of grass seeds. When there were no shoes to wear, they wore straw sandals. Walking on the mountain roads, their feet were worn out and the mud on them was bloody.
We can make shoe soles and rain boots for us, and we can also think of a way to wear two kinds of shoes. With a cotton cover, you can wear it in winter, and without the cotton cover, you can wear it in the spring and summer when it rains.
Even without salt, it can be made from the soil. What else could this be but a little lucky star? It must be a fairy from heaven, who has come down to earth to experience the calamity.”
After this was said, many people realized that Yoyo had done so many things along the way, and it was really like that, as if she was a little fairy who came to save their entire village.
Sigh: Lao San and Jingshu are so lucky to have such a daughter.
These words were heard by people not far away, and Shen Youyou was no exception. She really wanted to say to her grandmother:
"Grandma, don't worry. I can't say I can't make clothes. Your granddaughter has no plans to get married. Let alone making clothes, I won't even cook for others."
But she really didn't dare, for she was afraid that her ideas were too avant-garde and the old lady would not be able to accept them. If she was stimulated, she would become mentally ill. So she thought, forget it, just take it one step at a time. Maybe one day when she sees that she can live well on her own, grandma will accept it.
She really didn't want to get married, and she didn't believe in love. She felt that love was like writing poetry with water, the more she wrote, the more it disappeared.
As for whether to save or not, Shen Youyou disagreed. They were in a relationship of mutual rescue, because Shen Youyou's family had to flee the famine on their own.
Perhaps the gourd mouth at the beginning caused the family to be broken up, so escaping from famine is not something that one person or a family can do alone.
There is a person, or a family, where at least one person has unique martial arts and can defeat a group of people by himself.
Otherwise it's wishful thinking. There are refugees outside and ferocious beasts in the mountains. You will either be beaten and killed or bitten to death and eaten. In any case, you will definitely not have a good life.