Chapter 182: Alcohol Refining
"Well, I'm not going to use boiling water." Feng Xiaoyue was a little helpless, frowning slightly, but the uncle was also kind, and he couldn't be harsh, so he could only step forward and persuade as softly as possible.
"Uncle, leave these things to me and Xiaoyun and them, there are many people in this pavilion, I'm afraid that I won't be able to open, and the door of the shed is still open, so please help me and watch it again, okay?" The uncle vaguely felt that he seemed to be disgusted by Feng Xiaoyue, but it was not obvious, and he was very strange about what he had done wrong, so he left here in confusion.
After seeing the uncle's figure disappear into the corner of the straw curtain greenhouse, Feng Xiaoyue was sure that he should not be able to hear himself, so he only sighed silently.
Uncle just wants to show his ability in front of her, but his mind is too eager, and it is easy to do bad things with good intentions.
But he can't blame him for this, and it's even more terrible if there is no self-motivated helper. Feng Xiaoyue pressed the knuckles of her fingers and stepped on the petals, the degree of bending was too painful, and she looked at Lin Xiao by the way.
"Lin Xiao, bring the few pots of wine I asked you to bring this morning." The concentration of alcohol drunk in this era is not so high, but it is expensive to be pure, pour it in a pot and cook it for a while to let the excess water vapor evaporate, and it is estimated that it is about the same as alcohol.
In order to speed up the speed and increase the success rate of the product, Feng Xiaoyue asked people to make wine from grains such as sorghum and rice as early as last year's New Year, and it has been until now.
It took a year to take it out, and the fragrance inside could be faintly smelled through the mud-sealed lid, and it seemed that the perfume was made in hand, and it was only one foot in the door.
It's just that Feng Xiaoyue looked full of confidence, but Lin Xiao was stunned in place, shaking off the two white hands that had just washed off the petal juice on her hands and were still stained with spring water, and her eyes looked back innocently.
"Miss, what do you want that wine for?" The slight hesitation in her tone made Feng Xiaoyue's still light mood suddenly cool by half, Feng Xiaoyue frowned slightly, a little incredulous, and a little lucky rhetorical question.
"You didn't have it, did you?"
"Not really." Lin Xiao shook her head, looking at Feng Xiaoyue's obvious signs of anger, and hurriedly brought the wine jar from behind her, next to the railing of the grass pavilion.
"I originally thought that Miss had come with wine to celebrate us, but it seems that Miss has another purpose."
"If you want to drink, what wine doesn't have it, do you need to be greedy for two small pots?" Feng Xiaoyue shook her head helplessly, stepped forward and ripped off the red paper lid of the jar.
"Okay, Xiaoyun pour out the water in the pot first, and then you can change this wine into it." Since the pot is boiling pure mountain spring water, after such a boil, the four sides of the pot have been covered with faint water stains.
It wasn't until Lin Xiao poured the wine into it that Feng Xiaoyue found out that she couldn't help but worry in her heart about whether it would affect the final result.
However, the temperature that can be burned out of this tea stove should not be enough to make the alcohol react with the water stains, and the final use is only the evaporated liquid, which must be harmless.
The lid of this pot to condense the water vapor can be removed, so that it is also convenient to not play hands during the stirring process.
In order to evenly heat the water in this pot, Xiaoyun squatted next to the tea stove and kept stirring it with a long bamboo sieve.
The charcoal fire in the tea stove was burning, and the red fire reflected her fair face, which only made Xiaoyun feel that her face was hot like a fever on one side, and she was still being devastated by the wind on the other side, and she felt extremely pitiful.
"Miss, how long am I going to keep going like this?" The process of stirring was really boring, Lin Xiao was playing with a few rose petals next to him with great interest, while Feng Xiaoyue kept staring into the distance, not knowing what she was thinking.
"I'll take a look at this first." Feng Xiaoyue was called back to her senses by his question, and suddenly realized that she didn't know how to distinguish the purity of alcohol, and it was impossible to just drink it alone, after all, if the concentration was too high, you would get drunk to death.
"I guess it's about the same." The water vapor was very turbulent and spread everywhere with the flow of the wind, and Feng Xiaoyue squinted her eyes and approached the pot.
Seeing the water stains on both sides of the pot, there was obviously a sign that it had not dried out, Feng Xiaoyue pursed her lips, smelling that the smell of alcohol in the air was getting stronger and stronger, so she asked Lin Xiao to throw the petals in.
Lin Xiao instantly came to his senses, and threw the petals in the newly bought bamboo dustpan into it, regardless of whether the pot could hold it or not.
Seeing that something was not quite right, when the petals were about to overflow the entire pot, Feng Xiaoyue hurriedly stopped to prevent the tragedy from happening, and several petals that flew out of the ground had already fallen on the ground.
Not to mention that the petals that have not been soaked in alcohol are useless, but adding such a large dose of petals at one time will cause the fragrance to be too high, and the combination will be a smell, which will also affect the effect.
Feng Xiaoyue picked up the petals on the ground and threw them back into the dustpan, fortunately, the perfume is not so exquisite, and these petals do not need to be cleaned many times.
Faced with the mess in this pot, Feng Xiaoyue was very patient, and now she herself admires her self-control immensely.
"Okay, Lin Xiao, I don't have the time to care about you now, you can get back all the petals that haven't been soaked in alcohol in this pot, these will be used next time." I threw it in and threw it happily before, but now I have to take it back by myself, Lin Xiao can't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Xiaoyun was also frightened by such a crazy behavior just now, and sat in place with a pu fan in a daze, and waited until the pot returned to normal, then she secretly muttered to herself and scolded Lin Xiao with a smile.
"'People come crazy', I'm embarrassed to joke all day long, I like to run around." After putting the lid on the pot, Feng Xiaoyue asked Lin Xiao and Xiaoyun to hold an arc-shaped water scoop in their hands, accept the water droplets that condensed and dripped from the pot lid, and took out a small packet of patchouli leaves wrapped in silk handkerchiefs from their purses.
In this domain, where it is cold and freezing in winter, things like tropical spices are extremely rare, Feng Xiaoyue asked people to go out and inquire for a long time before finally collecting a small medicine bag, many of which were bought from Mr. Rocky.
Now only bring a small part to try, after all, the raw materials are sometimes more precious than gold and silver, and they cannot afford to be splurged.
I thought that if I threw patchouli directly into the dripping perfume and soaked it, I was afraid that the smell of Huoxiang would be stronger than that of roses, which would be contrary to my original intention.
Feng Xiaoyue compared, and the volume of the things in this pot was extremely rare, and the patchouli was thrown into the water and boiled together.
After spending nearly a day in the grass pavilion, Feng Xiaoyue shared half of the petals, and only barely took out two small bottles of perfume.
"Miss, I vaguely feel like we're working in vain, and there's too little water coming out of this." Lin Xiao wiped away a handful of sweat beads on his forehead that were roasted by the charcoal fire of the tea stove, and shook the perfume in the small wine pot in his hand very aggrievedly.
"Scarcity is expensive, as long as we can make a reputation, we will naturally not worry about profits." There are few small bottles of perfume, and these two small bottles are estimated to be able to hold dozens of small jars.
It's just that even if she thinks so, Feng Xiaoyue feels that the efficiency of doing so is a bit low, so she can only find a way to raise the price of the perfume, put it in the luxury column, and label it, so that someone will be stupidly hooked.
In winter, except for the moon season, which blooms all year round, it is rare to see any beautiful flowers. And the plum tree is tall, so it is not suitable for planting in the city.
Even if someone has this money and financial resources, but the winter wind is raging, I am afraid that my nose is frozen, and I can't smell it, and it is too choking to burn incense in the house.
However, in the end, we have to wait until they are officially sold to know, Feng Xiaoyue sealed the two small bottles with wooden stoppers, and put them for three weeks after bringing them back, to make sure that they will not dissipate their fragrance, and save themselves from smashing the signboard.
And at that time, it is a good time for the deep winter season to officially sell.
"After these two bottles are brought back, you can put them in a cool place for me to look at, or you can stuff them under the bed, and after next month, we will make more and take them out." Feng Xiaoyue stuffed the bottle and handed it to Lin Xiao, and Lin Xiao made things by herself for the first time, and when she was excited, she was easy to get fussy, and almost broke the hard work of the two of them all afternoon.
Feng Xiaoyue pursed her mouth, glared at Lin Xiao with some displeasure, and then handed over the bottle to Xiaoyun for safekeeping, Lin Xiao could only scratch the back of her head embarrassedly.
"Don't throw away the things in here, I'll keep them for use." Feng Xiaoyue said, leaning down, trying to pick up the pot, but as soon as she smelled the strong smell of alcohol in it, she smoked it and retreated.
"Miss, don't you have any new plans?" Lin Xiao's hand was empty, and she could only take away the pot of bright red liquid.
The taste of alcohol is easy to remove, and there are many herbs in Chinese medicine that can remove the smell of alcohol. Feng Xiaoyue used her sleeve to block half of her face and silently rubbed her choked nose, then straightened her waist and put her hands behind her back.
"Make the best use of things, so many petals, if you only use them to make perfume, it would be a pity, let's bring back the remaining juice, and I will make you a few rouges." Rouge is generally played by the ladies themselves when they are bored at home on weekdays, and it is barely enough for their sisters to use, and it is not enough to be taken out and sold.
Lin Xiao and Xiaoyun glanced at it, and both of them felt that Feng Xiaoyue was looking for some entertainment. The princess of the pastoral world, the lady please return to the house Chapter 182 of the latest chapter: alcohol refining website: