Chapter 111: Distilling Spirits
When the two were chatting, there was a knock on the door, Liu Xin'er opened the door and saw that it was a strange middle-aged man, who was holding a big box, and Lin Mo also stepped forward to ask what was going on.
When the man saw Lin Mo, he hurriedly said respectfully: "You must be Lin Gongzi, a few days ago, the young master of the He family saved forty taels of gold in my shop to make jewelry, and the young master of the He family was not very satisfied with the two pairs of gold bracelets, the villain was sincerely afraid, and the remaining gold villain was carefully polished, and a pair of hairpins, a pair of gold hairpins, a pair of flowers and other sizes totaled 18 pieces, and asked Gongzi to accept them." Saying that, he opened the box, and the jewelry inside was exquisite, meticulously made, and shining under the reflection of the sun, which made Lin Mo feel a little moved. When Lin Mo and Liu Kui saw it, they quickly took the box and closed the lid so as not to be seen by others.
Lin Mo asked: "How much silver is this" The man hurriedly shook his head and said: "This salary has been paid, if the son is satisfied, please say a few more kind words for the villain in front of the son of the He family, the villain has thanked the son here." ”
Lin Mo nodded, and the man thanked him and left, and all this was seen by the passers-by on the side. After Lin Mo entered the door, he opened the box, looked at it carefully, and then said: "This box of jewelry, plus the cost of the bracelet sent last time, is five hundred taels, this He Ren is really a loser." Liu Xin'er and Liu Kui agreed.
Then Lin Mo divided the jewelry into three parts, one for Liu Xin'er, one for Sun Yunxi, and one for Sister-in-law Zhao when he had time, Lin Mo planned to give it to Sister-in-law Zhao when he had time, after all, these three women around him were relatively close, as for Ma Ruoya, Lin Mo felt that these were too cheesy, she must not like them, and she would give them to her when there was a suitable one in the future.
Liu Kui saw that Lin Mo had prepared a copy for Sun Yunxi, and his eyes were a little complicated, but he didn't say anything in the end. Liu Xin'er and Sun Yunxi naturally excused themselves when they got the jewelry, after all, it was worth hundreds of taels of silver, Lin Mo didn't care, it was useless to keep it for himself, could it be that he learned from He Ren, took it and went to the Qinglou to find those Oiran head cards, gave them to them, and won a fame
Although Lin Mo didn't care about these things, he was unwilling to give such valuable things to people he didn't know, especially some Qinglou woman, wouldn't that be a big wrong. At night, everyone went to sleep, Sun Yunxi sighed at the jewelry on the table, and finally carefully wrapped them together in cloth, and then fell asleep alone.
Early the next morning, Lin Mo got up and washed up, and then started boxing, Lin Mo is now used to getting up and boxing like his grandfather, Lin Mo always feels that this is a great benefit to his body, and his ability to recover so quickly is related to this boxing method, thinking of this, Lin Mo remembered that he hadn't gone back to see his grandfather for a long time, and he couldn't let his grandfather know about the injuries on his body now, otherwise he would be worried, Lin Mo planned to go back to see his grandfather when the injury was healed.
Sun Yunxi came back with steamed buns, fritters and porridge at this time, and it was not strange to push the door to see Lin Mo boxing, this was the case every day during this time, Sun Yunxi and Liu Xin'er took turns to bring food to Lin Mo, Lin Mo got up and boxed, Sun Yunxi was already familiar with Lin Mo's rhythm of life.
At this time, Liu Kui and Liu Xin'er were already in the shop, Sun Yunxi looked at Lin Mo and said: "Dongjia, you are okay now, I don't have anything to do here, why don't I move back tonight, after all, I haven't been back for so long, I want to go back and have a look." ”
Lin Mo stopped with his hand holding the bun
After a pause, he said: "If you want to go back, I won't stop you, but you have to pay attention to safety, so let's let Liu Kui send you back, but I still hope that you stay here, at least it is more convenient, and there is some care if something happens." ”
Sun Yunxi didn't know how to respond when she heard this, it was actually very convenient to say that she stayed here, but Lin Mo was a man after all, although there was Xin'er and they lived together, but it was not good for them to be here for their reputation, but it was not good for them to refuse Lin Mo's kindness, at this time Sun Yunxi was very entangled, but he never let go.
After eating, Sun Yunxi also went to work in the shop, and at this time, Zhao En rushed over and transported all the things that Lin Mo wanted to use, including an iron stove, iron conduit, a large water bag sewn from cowhide, and a wooden barrel. Zhao En was set up according to Lin Mo's request, and finally set up a simple distillation equipment.
Then Lin Mo added liquor to the stove, covered the lid, and inserted an iron pipe on the lid, the iron pipe was bent, and the other end was tied with a water bag, and the water bag was put into the wooden barrel, and a part of cold water was poured into the wooden barrel for cooling, which was equivalent to a condensing device.
In this way, Lin Mo began to burn the wine in the furnace, this distilled spirit is actually based on the boiling point of alcohol and water, the boiling point of alcohol is about 70 degrees, and the water is 100 degrees, and the alcohol is evaporated by heating and separated from the water. Zhao En was very puzzled by what Lin Mo was going to do, but Lin Mo asked Zhao En to wait patiently and give him a pot of wine later.
In this era, there is no thermometer, and the temperature control depends on the feel, Lin Mo kept touching the furnace wall with his hand to estimate the temperature, so he was busy with a stick of incense for a while, and there was some distilled wine in the water bag of the bucket, Lin Mo untied the bag and smelled a pungent smell of wine. Lin Mo took the bag and asked Zhao En to taste it, Zhao En tasted it and it was really strong, Zhao En asked: "Xiao Mo, what is the reason, this wine is much stronger than the one bought, how can this be?"
Lin Mo smiled and said, "I can't explain this specifically, I also found it by accident." Don't worry about so much, let's burn out a jar of wine first, and use so much wine from the Ma family, which can be regarded as returning to the Ma family, and if something happens in the future, we will use this with spirits, and always have some in case of emergency. Zhao En's face was strange when he heard this, but in the end he didn't say a word.
In this way, the two of them worked for most of the day, and finally burned a jar of wine, Lin Mo smelled the aroma of wine in the jar and said: "It's a pity that the time is in a hurry, otherwise it will be even stronger to distill the wine again." Then he was titled the altar, and of course he also left two small pots for Zhao En and Liu Kui. Zhao En was about to leave with it, Lin Mo hurriedly stopped him, and then took out the gold jewelry and said: "This is the jewelry made when a friend came to visit me a few days ago, you can take it back and give it to your sister-in-law, it is a part of my heart." ”
Zhao En looked at the golden jewelry and shook his head again and again: "How can this make it, Xiao Mo, you are really good to us, we really deserve it, and this monthly salary is too much, I really don't know how to thank you." Zhao En said what he said from his heart, in less than half a year, the salary has risen from one tael of silver to several hundred taels, and Zhao Heng's matter is also what Lin Mo has been worrying about, which makes the husband and wife grateful to Lin Mo, and Zhao En is absolutely unwilling to accept Lin Mo's benefits anymore.
Lin Mo insisted on giving it to Zhao En: "Brother Zhao, you and your sister-in-law have been working day and night in the past few months, especially after I was injured, you have worked harder, and I have nothing to give you."
, This jewelry is a little bit of my heart, you don't have to excuse yourself, if you don't have my heart, you really can't go. Zhao En had no choice but to accept it, and kept thanking Lin Mo in his mouth, and then went back to the restaurant. After returning to the restaurant, Zhao En handed over the jewelry given by Lin Mo to Zhao's sister-in-law, and then told the ins and outs of the future.
Sister-in-law Zhao said angrily: "Xiao Mo gives it to you, do you want it?" How good would it be for him to keep it and marry a daughter-in-law in the future? Zhao En said helplessly: "I don't know how this is, but Xiao Mo just insists on giving it to you, and I can't persuade you." Sister-in-law Zhao sighed and said, "Okay, I'll keep this for now, and when he gets married in the future, I'll give him a dowry." ”
Zhao En nodded, and then said: "Xiao Mo is really heart-to-heart for us, I feel that I owe him more and more now, how can I repay it?" Sister-in-law Zhao sighed and said: "Yes, the more he is like this, the more worried I am, in case we are implicated by the two of us in the future, we really don't have the face to see him again." ”
Zhao En was a little silent, he knew what his wife meant, but now he and his wife finally have a stable life, the children are also working hard, everything is developing for the better, he really doesn't want to give up, and if he really gives up, then I'm really sorry that Lin Mo cares so much about himself.
Of course, Sister-in-law Zhao also understood, and then said: "Forget it, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, this afternoon I will go to the food for the day in General Town to have a look, you go buy more things, I will bring it to Grandpa Lin Mo, it is a part of our mind." Zhao En nodded, and then carried a large bag of silver to buy gifts for Lin Mo and his grandfather.
After Liu Kui and Sun Yunxi came back in the evening, Lin Mo took out the wine he had distilled, Liu Kui drank a glass because he didn't care about the degree of the wine, this wine really choked him, Lin Mo smiled and told him that this wine was brewed by him, but it was not comparable to ordinary wine, and asked him not to drink it so violently.
Everyone had a light meal and saw off Sun Yunxi, of course, it was not a big deal to not live here for the time being, Lin Mo still told Sun Yunxi to pay attention to safety, be careful in everything, and follow those who come to work in the town tomorrow morning, don't be in a hurry when you come late, safety first.
After the meal, Liu Kui drove Sun Yunxi away, the last time he exterminated the bandits, and the more than 30 horses of the bandits were collected by the county government, and then sent to the Yunzhou barracks, because Lin Mo's lame horse was gone, Zhao Pu deliberately left two good horses for Lin Mo, which was a kind of fake public benefit, Lin Mo was in a coma at the time and didn't know that there was such a thing, or Liu Kui told him, one batch of these two good horses were used by him to pull goods, and the other was used to pull the cart, so it was convenient to travel.
Lin Mo looked at Liu Xin'er a little sullenly and asked with a smile, "What?" Sister Yun is gone, is there no one to talk to? Haha, what can you tell me, but I'm not as careful as Sister Yun as a man, I don't understand your thoughts, and it's really not suitable to chat with you. After speaking, Lin Mo laughed self-deprecatingly, after all, he, a straight man of steel, really didn't know anything about girls, otherwise he wouldn't have been single in his previous life, and finally fell into going to the hotel to rescue the woman from the sea of suffering.
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