The onlookers burst into cheers, and the little witch breathed a sigh of relief and secretly glanced at Xu Chen.
Xu Chen also breathed a sigh of relief. After pushing the stone mill twice in a row, he reminded the little witch to feed the stone mill again.
With her first successful experience, the little witch became more courageous. Watching the swing pass, she poured in half a spoonful of wheat again without any hesitation.
Wheat entered the stone mill twice in a row and filled the groove. The stone mill suddenly became lighter. Xu Chen also felt that it was much less laborious. He continued to push the stone mill to rotate quickly. He only heard the sound of the stone mill turning. Soon
Then I saw brown powder scattered from the cracks as the stone grinder rotated.
"Wow, the flour is coming out."
Ye, who was closest to the stone mill, exclaimed excitedly.
When the onlookers around saw it, they crowded forward in excitement.
"Keep feeding and grinding!"
Watching the flour come out, Xu Chen felt that the stone mill was starting to turn with difficulty again, so he could only remind the little witch loudly.
So the little witch quickly found the right moment to pour wheat into the grinding eye again.
Compared with grinding, which requires strength and skill, grinding does not consume much energy, but requires courage and carefulness.
Among these people, the little witch is the most attentive and gentle person. She is not like Ye who works in a hurry, nor is she as arrogant as other women.
Therefore, even if it involves some danger, Xu Chen is willing to be the first to teach her.
Maybe the tribe has a more suitable candidate than the little witch, but teaching the big witch first will better reflect her value and respect for her identity, and it will be more convenient and faster to spread the word through her mouth.
Xu Chencai didn't have that much time and energy to teach those foreigners. Even for his own tribe, he would only demonstrate many things once or twice and then leave them to a group of people to figure out on their own.
Because for this group of primitive barbarians who have not yet been fully civilized, many things cannot be explained clearly, and there is no need to explain them too clearly. They just need someone to tell them what to do, and Wu is the best choice for this leader.
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Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xu Chen leaned forward and backward, pushed and pulled the grinding rod, and the stone mill kept spinning. The yellow-brown flour and bran were mixed together, flowing out like snow along the rotating grinding seams, and fell into a circle below.
In the groove of the stone skirt.
The onlookers ignored Xu Chen's weird and funny movements, instead they pointed at the flowing flour and shouted.
Now Xu Chen no longer needs to explain what grinding noodles is.
seeing is believing.
He and the little witch cooperated to explain it with reality.
When the whole grain of wheat is removed, it will turn into powder in the blink of an eye. As long as this process of grinding and grinding continues, soon all the wheat will turn into this fine sand-like flour.
It is not easy to get flour on weekdays. It takes a long time to grind it repeatedly with a stone mortar, and it is still a very coarse powder. It cannot be so fine at all, let alone so fast.
In the past, when making fish balls, beans were used to make bean flour. In fact, it was just some thick bean flour. It had nothing to do with flour. It was just that it was much finer than the multigrain cakes that we usually eat. After it was kneaded into meatballs and cooked,
It's just more tender and smooth than multi-grain pancakes. It's still far away from the real fish balls that Xu Chen has eaten.
As the little witch gradually got used to the rhythm of the stone mill's rotation, the movement of feeding the mill became more and more proficient, and her mood became serious and steady. Cooperating with Xu Chen's grinding, she quickly grinded half a spoonful of wheat every two turns.
So as everyone watched in exclamation, a layer of yellow-brown oatmeal powder quickly accumulated in a circle of ground stone troughs.
After pushing for seven or eight minutes at a stretch, Xu Chen felt that his arms began to feel weak and his whole body began to sweat. So he stopped the stone mill, shook off the sweat from his forehead, walked to the stone mill, and picked up a small handful with his hands.
He put the flour in the palm of his hand and looked at it carefully, and gently twisted it a few times with his hands, showing a satisfied smile on his face.
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
This old saying is indeed true.
In order not to give in, he put off building the stone mill again and again, and waited until several stonemasons had matured their skills before starting. Finally, he successfully completed the upgrade task.
Although he has lost count of how many nicknames he has given himself to the ancestors of mankind in private, the title Zaomo is his most important innovation besides the invention of pottery, weaving, and smelting.
Because with the advent of stone mills, the various pastas and soy products he envisioned would begin to become daily meals, greatly improving the quality of meals.
"What a fine wheat flour!"
The little witch walked up to Xu Chen and looked at the delicate flour in his palms. Her cheeks were slightly sweaty, with a sense of joy and confusion that she had never experienced before.
Onlookers such as Muba and Amu slowly gathered around. Many people also followed Xu Chen's example and picked up a little wheat flour to observe, and then let out one after another exclamations and admirations.
Xu Chen once again conquered all the tribesmen with his magical creativity.
This strange stone mill can turn wheat into such fine flour so quickly, which was completely unimaginable before.
Although everyone does not have the novel foods such as various pasta and soy products in Xu Chen's mind, they also know that the more broken the wheat beans are, the better the taste.
And now this kind of wheat flour, which is finer than clay, will definitely make the scones and food more delicious.
Therefore, while observing and admiring, almost everyone looked at Xu Chen with bright eyes and excited faces.
"Chen Ga, there is a lot of flour!" the aunt holding the child reminded loudly.
"Yes, Duoga!" Almost everyone nodded vigorously.
Since the flour is so fine, children who are just learning to eat are the biggest beneficiaries. These mothers are the most concerned about taking care of their children.
Because when the tribe makes food on weekdays, it always has to prepare delicate and soft food specifically for a group of infants and young children.
In the past, when conditions were unavailable, the only way to process stone slabs from stone pits was to break them into as many pieces as possible.
Later, with the advent of pottery, women cooked the wheat beans and pounded them into a puree in pottery bowls, but inevitably there would still be a large amount of unmashed grains or even complete grains mixed in.
After the stone mortar was introduced last year, food processing has become easier and more convenient. It can be specially used for children to pound the food several times to get the food that is as finely divided as possible. Even the smallest babies use the stone mortar. The bottom part is almost all fine and powdery.
Cook rice porridge with wheat beans.
But no matter how these foods are processed, they are far from the current level of flour.
Moreover, the stone grinding process is fast and good. Although Xu Chen only pushed it for seven or eight minutes, he had already grinded half of the basin of wheat. The flour produced was almost enough for a full meal for the whole family of weaned children.
In the past, to feed so many children, several women responsible for cooking would have spent nearly an hour just pounding the food.
The population of the Ba people has expanded too fast in the past two years, and almost all of them are young men and women who have just come of age. Therefore, the desire for mating is very high, and those who are pregnant and giving birth can't stop as if they are rushing to go.
Just for children under the age of two, the entire tribe now numbers close to thirty people, all of whom were born with the rapid expansion and development of the Ba tribe.
For example, Xu Chen just crossed the rope when he was born. Now he is over four years old. He can eat and run fast and has become the eldest sister of a group of children.
A group of boys and girls such as Pu and A, who used to poop and feed the cubs, are now over ten years old and have begun to take on the heavy labor of the tribe. They have begun to learn various production and life skills from the adults. The oldest one has traveled through time with Xu Chen.
They were about the same age at that time, and they had even started training with the hunter team.
A prosperous population is both a good thing and a pressure. The huge baby boom has also put great pressure on the women of the tribe to take care of them. Just providing food for these children every day makes a group of women busy.
With the stone grinder, this heavy pressure and labor becomes easy and simple.
Seeing the excited and expectant expressions on the faces of a group of women, Xu Chen rubbed his sore arms and said with a bitter smile: "I'm so tired, I need to find someone to help me grind!"
"I'm coming!" A hunter with a strong back and a strong back pushed over with his furry arms.
"Oh, oh, oh!" Almost all the men in the crowd raised their hands and shouted, and even many women raised their hands.
Xu Chen pointed at the guy who was just rolling his arms, and then loudly waved to the onlookers to step back. Then he took him to the grinding position and carefully explained to him the essentials of grinding. After finishing the explanation, he personally grabbed the handle of the grinding rod to demonstrate.
After two rounds of pushing, the grinding rod was handed over to him.
Soon, with Xu Chen's help and command, the hunter began to push the grinding wheel, but no matter how hard he tried, he could only push half a circle each time before he got stuck at the corner of the grinding arm.
In the first few times, people laughed loudly, and men kept shouting about substitutions. In the end, the guys who were replaced still failed, and even performed worse. Even though they all had strong arms, they just didn't turn if they didn't, and they occasionally turned.
After passing it, it was too late to pull it back, and it would still be stuck, so gradually everyone stopped laughing, and everyone made flirtatious remarks and stopped talking.
Xu Chen was grinding the grindstone just now. Everyone saw it. It seemed to be very easy. He rocked his body back and forth and pushed the grinding rod, and the stone grinder rotated smoothly. But when he actually started to use it, he realized that this thing did not listen at all.
He was not flexible at all when greeting, and he couldn't use his brute strength at all.
After seven or eight people failed to push the stone mill smoothly, the whole yard became quiet, and the men and women made no sound.
Xu Chen had to go into battle again and perform at the same time.
"Everyone looks at it. Pushing a grinding wheel is actually similar to pushing a wheelbarrow. You must use the force in the direction of the rotation of the grinding wheel instead of using all your strength on your arms and grinding rod. In fact, when we push, the front and back of the body are like water.
Swinging like waves, and keeping the same rhythm as a drum..."
Xu Chen was grinding while explaining. He had to control the speed and explain clearly. After a few minutes, he was exhausted and sweating profusely. However, this time the little witch was slowly catching up with the grinding speed. It was no longer three circles every time.
Instead of using the spoon every five turns, you can maintain the rule of two or three turns per spoon, so that there is enough grain in the grinder and a certain lubrication effect can be maintained.