Fang Ye brought over another bamboo basket from the other outlet of the rice huller, which was filled with a bunch of dark yellow powder.
"This is what we usually call bran, including the crushed husks of rice grains and a rougher outer layer of the rice!"
Because it's all husks, the texture isn't great, and it's very dry and hard to digest. If eaten, it might cause constipation and difficulty in moving the bowels; usually, it's cooked and fed to pigs! Or used as feed for chickens and ducks.
In the past, during the war of resistance and years of famine when times were tough and people had no rice to eat, they could only eat bran with leaves and wild vegetables."
Everyone listened earnestly, feeling somewhat shaken inside.
One should think of the toil behind every bite of porridge or rice, remembering the continuous effort behind every thread and fabric.
Little do we know the labor behind each meal, every grain comes with hardship.
