Shen Anting saw that this old man didn't look like he was malicious, so he was much more relieved. couldn't help but look at Shen Anan and asked, "Do you know him?" ”

"I don't know, but I saw him once the last time I picked star anise. At the time, I thought he was a bad guy and ran away. I didn't expect to see him again today. ”

The old man couldn't help laughing, "I'm just like you, I'm also looking for something, looking for something to eat, or something that can be used as a medicinal herb or an ingredient." ”

When Shen Anan heard this, he immediately felt that this old man was very interesting. She couldn't help but ask him, "Are you eavesdropping on us in front of you?" ”

Unexpectedly, the old man smiled in his mouth. "I overheard it, but I didn't overhear it. However, the method of oil extraction you mentioned, I have been studying it recently. ”

"Really, can we go and see it?" Shen Anan didn't expect that there was nowhere to find this broken iron shoe, and it took no effort to get it. This old man seems to have been sent to the door.

The old man hurriedly replied: "Yes, but it hasn't been done yet." If you're interested, check it out. My home is on this hill. It's called Food Immortal Residence. ”

What the old man said later seemed to be said to Shen An'an. It's like talking to yourself.

Shen Anan was about to respond, okay. Unexpectedly, he was pulled by Shen Anting. whispered in her ear: "Sister An, it's better to be careful, in case someone is a bad person." ”

"No, brother, this old man is very interesting." Of course, Shen Anan relied on his sixth sense.

The so-called face is born from the heart, only to see this old man Yintang shining, eyes and eyes are full of spirit, all say that the eyes are the window of the soul, generally obscene and dark people. There must not be such a look.

Coupled with his walking posture, he is very leisurely, which shows that he has a peaceful mind and has no desires. And his body looks very strong. At first glance, he is a person who understands life very well and pays great attention to self-cultivation. Although Shen An'an didn't know what this old man's Immortal Eater Residence looked like, she could see that this old man was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

"Then thank you for the invitation, my name is Shen An'an, and my brother's name is Shen Anting. It's not early today, so we won't bother. We'll visit again another day when we're free. ”

"I don't know, when is my husband at home?"

"I usually go up to the mountains in the morning to collect medicine and rest at home in the afternoon. You just need to say that you are the little ladies of the Shen family in Taoyuan Village, looking for Lao Zhuang, and they will know. ”

Well, this old man actually knows that they are from Taoyuan Village, but it is not difficult to know, because the closest thing to this place is their Taoyuan Village.

It's almost dark this day, and the two of them only appear here, and the discerning person can see it at a glance.

"It's not early, so we won't bother Uncle Zhuang."

Unexpectedly, this old Zhuang listened to Shen An'an's words and didn't leave. Instead, he put down the basket on his body and took out a scimitar with a strange situation. Taught them to scrape the bark. "If you want to scrape off the bark, you need to be intact and not destroyed, not like that, you need to use some ingenuity."

Probably seeing Shen Anting scraping the bark to pieces, he couldn't bear to see it, so he took the initiative to guide them.

After speaking, he saw Lao Zhuang leaning the curved scimitar against the bark, first horizontally and vertically, and each made a cut in the tree. Then he grabbed the two ends of the bark with both hands, pressed it, and scraped it downward, and saw that the cinnamon bark was scraped off very completely.

Here, Shen Anting and Shen An'an saw it and were pleasantly surprised.

Shen Anting saw that the broken bark beside him was incomparable to the whole bark cut by Lao Zhuang. "Uncle Zhuang, can you let me try?" Shen Anting couldn't help but itch his hands when he saw that Lao Zhuang cut it so well.

"Yes, you can try. When you hold the handle of the knife in this way, when you scrape down, the force will also go down. After Lao Zhuang introduced him, Shen Anting already knew how to do it after watching him demonstrate in person.

After taking the scimitar, he followed the force, and while the handle of the knife was down, both hands also scraped down hard. I only heard a crisp sound, and the bark of the tree fell like a beautiful woman's clothes, revealing the texture inside the bark.

"Uncle Zhuang, we scraped this bark, it will grow again."

"Yes, it will come out in ten days and half a month at most."

With Lao Zhuang's scraper, Shen Anting's speed was much faster. After about four or five scrapes, he scraped all the bark he could scrape off in front of him. If you want to scrape again, you have to climb a ladder or climb a tree to scrape.

But because the branches on it are too small. A whole piece of cinnamon like this is even more difficult to find.

Just when Shen Anting scraped the bark of the laurel tree with Lao Zhuang's scimitar, Lao Zhuang asked Shen An'an: "The tree you said is called cinnamon, and this bark can really squeeze oil." What other camellia seeds, as well as rice, can these also be extracted for oil? ”

It turns out that Lao Zhuang is asking this? "Yes, in fact, a lot of the food we eat is rich in fat. The best raw materials for oil extraction, such as soybeans, peanuts, corn, and rape, are followed by rice, and olive oil is a relatively high-quality oil. ”

The old Zhuang listened to it with relish, and after listening to it, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "I use it as frying oil, only soybeans and the like can be fried, but I didn't expect to hear Miss Shen say this today, and I couldn't help but open my hut." ”

"I don't know what this olive oil you are talking about. Why haven't I heard of it? ”

Shen Anan didn't expect this old Zhuang to ask so shamelessly. Now this Great Song Dynasty, although it does not appear in history textbooks. But the approximate topography is still the same.

"The olive tree, the fruit is called olive, this kind of olive, the oil squeezed, not only can be directly used. Long-term consumption is beneficial to the human body, and this oil, applied directly to our faces, also has the effect of preventing aging. Shen Anan explained to Lao Zhuang what he knew about olive oil.

Lao Zhuang listened to it and really felt very useful. Hurriedly thanked: "It's really taught, I didn't expect Miss Shen to know so much." ”

"This olive tree likes a subtropical climate, and it should be found all over the Sichuan capital, which is about a kilometer or two away from our Taoyuan County. If you take a carriage, it is estimated that it will take three or four days to travel. ”

This time, Lao Zhuang listened and hurriedly echoed: "I'm really lonely, I think I've lived so much at this age, and I don't even know these good things." ”

Shen Anan saw that Lao Zhuang was arrogant, so he hurriedly comforted him and said, "Uncle Zhuang don't say that, the reason why I know is because someone told me." And I also looked through the geographical log of our Great Song Dynasty, which has a detailed introduction to the crops in each place, as well as the distribution map of the economic zone. ”