Chapter 192: Ning family

Chapter 192 Ning Family

Dang, Dang, Dang!

A banging sound came from the kitchen, startling everyone in the yard, and the three of them, the Qin family's grandfather and grandson, came to a rescue.

While Qin Sanlang and the others were competing, Gu Jinli had already fried the crushed soybeans, put them into a small cloth bag, made them into cakes, and started beating them with a hammer.

Jiang Jiao said: "Girl from the Gu family, give me the hammer and let me hit you."

"Okay, here you go." Gu Jinli handed the hammer to Jiang Jiao, who pounded it hard. After a while, the cake was squeezed and oil and water slowly dripped out.

When Jiang Jiao saw this, he said to Ah Ji: "Ah Ji, the oil is coming out."

Ah Ji withdrew his gaze from the yard, looked at the soybean oil dripping from the wooden box, and nodded with satisfaction. The method was very simple, but no one had thought of it. Gu Jinli really had an ingenious idea.

Gu Jinli pointed to the wooden frame covering the discus and said: "This can also be regarded as a pressing chamber, but it is upright. The one I drew for you, Uncle Aji, is horizontal. The principle is this, and it works horizontally and vertically."

A Ji nodded, indicating that he understood.

"We can do this." A Ji gave Gu Jinli and Jiang Jiao the right words and put away the prescriptions and drawings.

 Jiang Jiao was very happy: "This is what I'm waiting for. If you can't do it, we can't do it either."

I heard from his father that A Ji’s family name is Ning, and he has a good background. The family came from an elder who worked as an ordnance maker in the army. A Ji has been influenced by it since he was a child, making a small wooden oil press. A piece of cake.

Jiang Jiao is not as strong as Qin Sanlang. It will take a lot of effort to squeeze out all the oil from the twenty kilograms of soybeans.

Not wanting to waste time, Ah Ji shouted outside: "Kunzi, Ah Chuan, come in and get oil."

“Here we come.” Kunzi and Achuan ran into the kitchen. They picked up hammers and took turns hitting the discus, and soon a lot of oil was produced.

Seeing that he had nothing to do, Gu Jinli pulled the third grandma out of the kitchen. As he walked, he said to the third grandma: "Third grandma, it's not easy for Jiang County Lieutenant and the others to come here. Let's ask him quickly. Aunt Fuya and Da Ya News from my aunt.”

They have been looking for aunts Fuya and Daya recently, but there has been no news. Now that Jiang Xianwei has finally returned from Fucheng, they must seize the opportunity to ask.

“Yes, yes, yes, let’s go and ask Lieutenant Jiang County quickly.” The third grandma also remembered this matter. When she came to the yard, she winked at the third grandpa and silently said the word "Fuya" to him.

The Third Grandpa has always been thinking about this matter, but he is also worried in his heart. He is afraid that he will get bad news, so he has been hesitant and has not dared to ask.

Shang Xiucai was talking to Dr. Wu and Dr. Du when he saw the third grandma winking at the third grandpa. Knowing that they wanted to ask about Gu Fuya and Gu Daya, he said to Jiang County Lieutenant: "Father-in-law, are you here?" Is there any news about the two sisters of the Gu family in Fucheng?"

Jiang County Lieutenant looked at Third Grandpa and Gu Dashan, and shook his head at them: "I have checked all the newly arrived victims for you, and there is no record of Xie Pingzi, Gu Fuya's family, nor Qi Pan and Gu Daya. One family.”

"However, it is possible that the two of them came to He'an Mansion before you. Before I came back, I had asked the scribes in the city to help me check the old files. However, there were too many victims of the disaster years ago, so it will take some time to check the old files. You Just wait with peace of mind, if there is any news, the scribe in the city will send someone to deliver it."

Jiang County Lieutenant is a seasoned person and added: "I told the two scribes to give the villagers' registration books of Xiejiaping, Changping Town and D'aozi Village, Huaizi Town, Mingshan County when checking the old records. After copying a copy and getting the booklet, we can go to these people and ask, and we can always find out news about their family."

The third grandfather, the third grandmother, and Gu Dashan were already discouraged, but upon hearing this, they became hopeful again.

All three of them had red eyes. The third grandmother wiped away her tears and said, "Your Excellency, thank you for your trouble. I thank you." After saying this, she knelt down in front of Jiang Xianwei.

Jiang Xianwei hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, please don't do this. If you do this again, I won't help you find someone."

After hearing this, the third grandma straightened up quickly, fearing that Lieutenant Jiang would not help them find someone.

Third Grandpa was worried that Gu Fuya and Gu Daya's family would encounter a military disaster, so he asked about the military disaster: "Brother Jiang, is there still chaos in the east and northwest?"

Lei Wuye knew about this: "The chaos will not last long. The Holy Emperor sent Mr. Xing to take command to put down the rebellion. The Xing family's army was powerful. They fought all the way from the capital to Yongtai Mansion, and then divided their troops in Yongtai Mansion. The army was led by General Xu. After going to the northeast, the army was led by Duke Xing to the northwest."

"The northwest is the territory of the Duke of Wei. After the three clans of the Duke of Wei were executed, the northwest frontier army was very violent. However, Old Duke Xing was one of the six founding fathers of the country. He and the Duke of Wei were brothers who worshiped each other. Duke Xing's intervention will surely appease the northwest frontier troops and allow them to serve the Chu State again."

Before Qin Erlang could leave, he clenched his fists tightly when he heard this. He couldn't help but speak, but Qin Sanlang said before him: "It seems like we will be able to live a stable and peaceful life soon."

Being interrupted by Qin Sanlang, Qin Erlang finally calmed down and silenced his voice.

Lei Wuye answered: "Yes, it's good to be stable now, otherwise our caravan will have to worry about something happening on the way."

After saying this, he seemed to not want to continue the matter between Old Duke Xing and Duke Wei, and said to the third grandfather: "Our caravan travels all over the country and encounters many people. I will ask people for you. If you are there, I will send you news about my daughter and niece."

When Third Grandpa and Gu Dashan heard this, they felt grateful again.

 In the kitchen, Kunzi and Ah Chuan have beaten the cake dough until no more oil can drip out.

A Ji asked them to stop pumping oil, and asked Kunzi to get a scale from the mule cart and start weighing the oil.

Kunzi quickly brought the iron scale and weighed the soybean oil: "It's four kilograms and three ounces in total."

“Twenty kilograms of soybeans yielded four kilograms and three ounces of soybean oil. Not bad. This business can be done.” Jiang Jiao was very happy. This was one or two more than what Wen Yuan told them.

Ah Ji nodded, left the soybean oil in the kitchen of the Gu family, led people to the yard, and told Master Lei Wu: "Uncle Wu, we can make soybean oil."

"If you can do it, it will be done." Lei Wuye and the others have been staying at Gu's house for two hours. It is already mid-afternoon. They have finished saying what needs to be said and stand up to leave.

 Old Doctor Wu, Doctor Du and his grandson also followed Jiang Xianwei and others to say goodbye and leave.

 Old doctor Wu was very happy that their visit to Xuanhufang was not in vain today. Lei Wuye asked Gu's workshop for more than two thousand kilograms of seasoning spices, and the Gu family would buy the medicinal materials used in seasoning spices at their Xuanhufang. When they were in the yard, Mr. Gu had already told him about this. Xuanhufang would send a large amount of medicinal materials tomorrow.

Grandpa San and the others knew that these were busy people, so they were able to come here today because of the sake of Jiang Xianwei, Xiang Xiang and Soybean Oil, so they did not stay any longer and took several family members to see off Jiang Xianwei and the others.

The three descendants of the Qin family also crowded among several families to see Jiang Xianwei and his party off. Before leaving, Ah Ji glanced at the three of them, smiled at them, and then followed Jiang Xianwei and others to get on their horses and leave.

 (End of this chapter)