“Yes, yes, yes.” The first aunt, who was sitting at the entrance of the stove, nodded her head hurriedly. Her eyes were fixed on the flame in the stove, almost obsessed with it.
It was not until the rapeseed was fried to the point that it emitted a fragrant aroma that Jiang Yue hurriedly took the seeds out of the pot and placed them in the millstone that was buried in the ground.
Xua Yan and Xue Darong were pushing the mill. Even though it was tough, the two of them only felt happy.
The smile on his face couldn’t stop.
Qian Caiyu and the others were the same.
From time to time, Da Xue would stagger along with Xue Dabao and Xue Xiaobao to take a look. He was also very happy.
He waited until the seeds were ground into fine granules that could be sifted before putting them into the steamer to steam. After it was done, he quickly poured them into the rice straw bags that were fixed with bamboo strips and pressed them into the shape of a cake.
Jiang Yue had already told them that when extracting the oil, they had to pour it out quickly and wrap it up quickly. Xue Darong and Xua Yan had all remembered this, so she didn’t need to tell them what to pay attention to during this step.
The sky had also turned dark. Everyone was so busy that they didn’t even have time to eat.
The meal was prepared by his big sister-in-law. Xue Da, Xue Dabao, and Xue Xiaobao had eaten, and his big sister-in-law had also eaten. His big aunt had also gone to eat when she was free, but Jiang Yue couldn’t leave at all. She had to keep an eye on the whole process, in case the oil she squeezed out would change in quality if she made any mistakes.
Xue Darong and Xua Yan were also too busy to leave, so they didn’t eat either.
Xue Yan came again, he walked to Jiang Yue and asked in a low voice, “Mother asked me to come and ask you, when will you be back for dinner?”
Before Jiang Yue could answer, Qian Caiyu immediately said, “No matter what, you should have dinner at our house. She’s already prepared dinner. It was too busy here, and Jiang Yue was afraid that something would go wrong, so she personally watched over it. Otherwise, she would have gone home already.”
“Yes, yes.” Even though Xue Darong was busy wrapping the oil into a pancake and couldn’t afford to be distracted, he still subconsciously agreed.
Xua Yan and his wife also agreed, fearing that Jiang Yue might have gone home for dinner after a busy day.
“Go back and tell her that I still need about four hours before I can go back. I won’t be going back for dinner and will be eating at uncle’s place.” Jiang Yue tXue Da Yan.
“That’s right. This is more like it.” Xue Darong, Qian Caiyu, and the others laughed.
“Okay.” Xue Yan nodded and went back.
“Jiang Yue, are you hungry?”
“I’m not hungry yet. I’ll eat later. There’s no rush,” Jiang Yue said with a smile.
“Alright, alright, alright.” Qian Caiyu was also afraid that there was something wrong with the oil, just like last year. However, her heart ached for Jiang Yue, who was still young. She couldn’t help but ask, “Are you tired?”
Jiang Yue shook her head. “I’m not tired.”
“Alright, alright, alright.” Qian Caiyu said. Even though she said that her heart still ached. After all, she was still so young and so sensible.
After the oil was wrapped into cakes, they were then put into the press.
After using the baffle to hold it up, he could use the big hammer to hit the wooden wedge and push the baffle to squeeze the seeds.
With two hammers, his eldest uncle hit it once, and Xua Yan hit right after. One after another, they kept going at this pace.
After a while, the oil flowed out and into the hole.
“Oil is coming out! It’s oily!” The moment the first aunt shouted, even Xua Da rushed in to take a look.
“That’s much oil!” The first sister-in-law also shouted. It was much more oily than when they squeezed it themselves last year.
“Father!” Xua Yan immediately looked at his father in excitement.
Xue Darong was also extremely excited. He said, “Jiang Yue is right, Jiang Yue is right.”