HLnovel Chapter 147 2 Bo's Oil Refinery
Chapter 147 2 Bo's Oil Refinery
Feng Chunyun rushed towards Shen Songming, howling.
But before she got there, a figure suddenly came over and picked up Shen Songming.
Su Wanwan:........
Shen Yuan's power is amazing.
After all, it is the elders' business, and they, the younger generation, have no right to interfere in whether the wife divorces or not, but they cannot just watch their second uncle get beaten.
The matter has been said and finished, and there is no need for everyone to watch what happens next.
Everyone was also shocked. This man was too strong, but he was a good guy. He knew how to protect his second uncle.
If a family has such a descendant, it would be a great honor for the family.
"Shen Hua, don't just stand there. Second uncle is so angry that he has lost his mind. You should also take a leave and take Second aunt home."
Su Wanwan gave a reminder and followed immediately.
Shen Yuan had already put his second uncle on the ox cart, and Su Wanwan also hurried over to bring eggs and food.
Shen Hua reacted and immediately looked at the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper looked around at the excitement and felt quite sympathetic towards the young man for having to deal with such a confused mother.
"You...take care of the household chores first."
Shen Hua immediately thanked him and went forward to help his mother.
Feng Chunyun was still in shock, and then there was a burst of ghostly howling, as if the heaven and earth were unfair to her.
Shen Hua covered her mouth with one hand, pulled her with the other, and quickly walked out of the crowd.
"Mom, if you don't want Dad to divorce you, you'd better shut up! Will you be satisfied only if you drive both me and your son crazy?"
Feng Chunyun stared for a while, and finally wilted. He stopped struggling and talking.
Shen Hua dragged her and they both ran home.
Second uncle Shen Songming and Shen Yuan were driving the ox cart fast. Second uncle sighed and directed the way. When he saw this nephew whom he had hardly met, he was deeply moved.
"I am sorry to the old Shen family."
When talking about this, he couldn't help crying.
He was a man. When the family property was divided, he did not lose a penny. He even gave a few more taels of silver, considering that he married a girl from the town and was going to open an oil refinery.
However, he lived a good life in the town and didn't care about his hometown at all.
When he thought about the flood that year, if he had been tougher, the child in his eldest brother's family might not have died.
He felt that he owed his hometown.
Shen Yuan also heard about his second uncle's family from his eldest uncle.
When he brought the children back to the village, his uncle settled the account with him, as the family property had been divided previously.
My second uncle took the money he received from the family division and moved to the town. He rented a house at first. After the oil mill business was doing well, he bought a small courtyard in the town.
However, there were either floods or droughts later, the imperial court imposed heavy taxes, and the people lived in misery. The oil mill's business has declined in the past two years.
Shen Hua also walked out of the oil mill and went to work as a waiter in a restaurant. Only Second Uncle was left alone to guard the oil mill.
"Second uncle, don't feel any psychological burden. First uncle never blamed you."
Shen Yuan also knew what his second uncle felt guilty about.
But my uncle really never blamed him.
After all, the family has been divided. The three brothers divided peacefully at the beginning. It was a favor for him to lend them grain. If he didn't lend them grain... it would indeed be a bit disregarding family affection.
However, in a year of disaster, food is precious to everyone.
My uncle and aunt often said that it’s all fate.
What's more, when the drought hit this time, the father and son were still thinking about their hometown, which was enough.
The tears that Shen Songming had been holding back finally fell.
His eldest brother, as they say, the eldest brother is like a father, this eldest brother treats him better than his own father.
Although they are not much different in age, their mother died early and their father is confused. It can be said that the eldest brother supports the family and the outside world.
Hearing him crying, Su Wanwan and Shen Yuan felt a little uncomfortable.
Fortunately, the men in the Shen family are really good. My second uncle is just too soft-hearted, otherwise he wouldn't have been controlled by my second aunt for so many years.
As they were talking, they had already arrived at my second uncle's house.
The small courtyard of my second uncle's house was next to the oil refinery. There was a door on one wall, which allowed direct access to the refinery.
Su Wanwan is very interested in ancient oil refineries.
This is pressed sesame oil. In this era, there are only sesame oil and soybean oil, and there is also tea oil in the south.
Sesame has the highest oil yield, while soybeans have a low oil yield. Moreover, soybeans have other economic values far exceeding soybean oil, and soybean oil is expensive, so soybean oil is rarely pressed.
Just like the oil refinery at my second uncle's house, they only squeeze sesame oil.
In fact, food in this era was very simple. Most people basically did not use oil. They mainly relied on steaming and cooking. Those with better conditions used pork lard, and sesame oil was also a luxury.
Sesame oil is not good for stir-frying, just add a few drops after steaming or cooking food to enhance the flavor.
Seeing that Su Wanwan was curious, Shen Yuan asked his second uncle to take them to the oil refinery for a look before Shen Hua and the others arrived home.
Su Wanwan looked at the quaint oil refinery and fell silent.
It is the earliest method of pressing oil with wood, using the huge pressure generated by wood to squeeze out the oil.
However, the ancient pressing method is all made of wood, with only some improvements in technology.
Su Wanwan thought of the books in the space. There should be some books about oil extraction. After all, she bought all the agricultural books.
Even if not, I remember that there was an ancient oil refinery in my rural hometown. It didn't seem to have much technical content, except that some steps required electric machines, but that could also be replaced by manual labor.
At the very least it can greatly increase the oil yield.
According to what my second uncle said, the oil yield of sesame is only about 20%, and that of soybeans is less than 5%. The oil yield of sesame recorded in "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" is as high as 33%. Of course, in modern times, the oil yield of sesame can be even higher, and it is possible to exceed 50%.
It can be seen that the technology is really backward.
However, Su Wanwan did not say much. She needed to go back and discuss this matter with Shen Yuan. She also wanted to grow peanuts, which had a higher oil yield. They did not want to become businessmen, so perhaps they could cooperate with their second uncle's family.
Just after the tour, I heard a girl's voice coming from the door.
"Brother, what happened to mom?"
Shen Hua and Feng Chunyun were walking to the door, and they happened to meet Shen Lan who was coming back from shopping with her sisters.
When Feng Chunyun saw her daughter, she started crying again, and threw herself on her daughter.
"Lan'er, my dear Lan'er, your father, that damned fellow, wants to divorce your mother......"
When Shen Songming heard the crying, his brows furrowed, but he was determined to divorce his wife this time, so he walked out immediately.
"What? Why did Daddy want to divorce Mom?"
Shen Lan never thought that her father, who had always been honest and cowardly, would dare to say such cruel words to her mother.
"I'll go talk to him. What right does he have to divorce me?"
Shen Lan looked angry, but was pulled back by Shen Hua.
"You'd better leave it alone."
Shen Hua warned.
Just as Shen Lan was about to say something, Shen Songming came out of the oil refinery. Without even looking at the mother and son, he went straight to the main room.
Seeing this, Shen Hua and Shen Lan ran over immediately and saw Shen Songqing sitting at the desk writing.
He really wants to write a letter of divorce!