On the first day in the town, I ate, drank and chatted with the Qian family, and it passed quickly, and from the second day, Lian Qingshan began to gather and put away the saplings.

Lian Qingshan collected some saplings in the village, and he had some experience, so he could tell what kind of tree it was, so he wouldn't be deceived by someone digging up some trees casually, but if he could tell whether the tree was bearing fruit through the saplings, he wouldn't have such a high ability.

It just so happened that Zhang's mother heard that Lian Qingshan was going to collect saplings, and with the intention of pleasing the master's family, she recommended her own man to come over to help.

Even Qingshan counted that someone would help, so he decided to let Zhang Laosan help check the sapling, and collect money according to the number of saplings, and a sapling is just three or five dollars, and pay Zhang Laosan according to the ratio of one out of ten.

The Zhang family was naturally happy to get an errand, and not only helped Lian Qingshan look at the saplings every day, but also let his two boys go around the nearby village to collect the saplings, so that they could also earn two more money to supplement the family.

Zhang's mother and Zhang Laosan plus their sons were happy, but there was one person who was unhappy, and that person was the old man of the Zhang family. Although Zhang Laohan was angry that the children didn't care about the wine at home, he also knew in his heart that it was with the money given by the Lian family and the shop that the Lian family rented to him. If you offend the rich man of the Lian family because of this, I am afraid that my family will have to live that meal of budding rice and gruel.

The Zhang family didn't know how Cui'er did, since she had the idea of distilling some high-purity liquor for Lian Qingshan, Cui'er had nothing to eat and drink for the family every day. There is one more task to study distilled spirits.

In fact, for Cui'er, a person with simple modern life common sense, separating water and alcohol is really not a particularly difficult thing, you only need to put the rice wine into the pot and heat it, and wait until the temperature of the rice wine is higher than the boiling point of alcohol, but it is still lower than the boiling point of water. The alcohol will naturally be separated from the water and evaporated, and if you use something like a pot lid to guide the alcohol to collect, you will naturally be able to obtain a higher purity liquor. Cui'er held her chin in her hand and sat on a small bench in the kitchen. While looking at the fire and pondering the way of distillation, Mama Zhang walked in from outside. Holding a cage drawer in his hand, "Madam, this is a big bun in our family, freshly steamed, bring it to you to taste." ”

Zhang's mother put the cage drawer on the kitchen board and said embarrassedly. "Don't laugh at the poor man's shoddy stuff."

"Got buns?" Cui'er smelled the faint fragrance of her face. Raised his head and watched as Mama Zhang uncovered the lid on the cage drawer. In an instant, the heat filled the room, and the aroma of the buns became stronger.

Cui'er's eyes lit up, she hurriedly stood up, walked to Zhang's mother, and looked at the lid of the cage drawer with burning eyes, only to feel that the lid of the distillation container that she couldn't find had landed.

"Mom Zhang, this cage is yours?" Cui'er's eyes were shining, looking at the basket full of fist-sized buns, and the smile on her face slowly bloomed.

"Yes, our family, the head of the house wants to make wine, the pot is very big, and it is convenient to steam something on top on weekdays, so the cage drawer is made bigger." Mother Zhang watched Cui'er staring at the lid of the cage drawer in her hand, although she didn't know what Cui'er was thinking, she still replied 1510.

"Well, where did you get this cage? Did you make it yourself or bought it? Cui'er looked at the lid of the cage drawer, which was a meter in diameter, and inside was something like a reed stick, arranged like an umbrella bone, and the water droplets formed by the heat of the steamed buns were slowly flowing down the reed sticks.

"Hey, this little thing can be bought, it's all homemade." Mother Zhang saw that Cui'er was very interested in this cage, and said busily, "If Madame likes it, I'll let me make a few more for you!" ”

"Thank you very much!" Cui'er was thinking about asking Zhang Laosan to help with the two, so Zhang's mother proposed it herself, and Cui'er nodded and agreed without much hesitation.

"What's the reason for this, the things are all from the mountains, just take it back and get it." Zhang's mother waved her hand and said, the smile on her face became more and more obvious, I don't know if it was because of the work and the better food at home, Zhang's mother's originally dark and thin face is now gradually whiter, and the folds on her face are also a lot lighter.

"The cage drawer I'm going to make may not be quite the same as this one, and when the raw materials are back, I'll go over and talk about it together." Cui'er hurriedly added.

"Okay, what does Madame want, just say, I can't do anything else, this craft is good!" Zhang's mother replied with a smile, not thinking that Cui'er's request would be too much.

Zhang's mother is full of gratitude to Cui'er's family, and feels that her life is much better, relying on Cui'er's family, and now she is just helping Cui'er make a small thing or something, Zhang's mother doesn't think that this should be charged.

Zhang's mother left with a smile, Cui'er held the big cage lid in her hand, and she thought about it in her heart, and she was so happy that she forgot the time and didn't have time to make lunch.

Suddenly remembered that when I wanted to cook, it was already time to eat, but fortunately, there were steamed buns sent by Zhang's mother, Cui'er heated the steamed buns in a pot, and simply fried two dishes, and even Qingshan came back from outside with a sweat.

Cui'er was busy helping Lian Qingshan wipe her sweat and change clothes, and simply ate steamed buns and stir-fried vegetables at noon, and Lian Qingshan threw herself into a new round of busyness in the afternoon.

In town. Because of the help of Zhang's mother and Zhang's mother's daughter-in-law, even Qingshan was not at home, and Cui'er and Zhang's mother were not busy with their four children. Cui'er asked Zhang's mother and Zhang Laosan to weave what they wanted in their yard.

The lid for distillation is simple and complex, so simple that it only needs a lid to block the rising heat and let it condense, if it is complicated. The whole process of the alcohol cycle, and even the degree of distilled alcohol, is closely related to this lid.

Three adults and a few children worked in the yard for two days before they made the lid for distillation that Cui'er wanted. During this period, Zhang Laosan also helped Lian Qingshan to see the saplings twice, earning fifty yuan, and he was so happy that he smiled.

The lid for the distilled spirit was ready, and Cui'er couldn't wait to try it. While Lian Qingshan was at home, he took out the ten catties of rice wine he bought from the Zhangjia wine shop, and poured a small half into the cauldron in his kitchen.

Add firewood and grass to the bottom and start the fire, and cover the cauldron with something that looks like a wooden barrel and a straw shed. "Cui'er, what are you going to do here? Do you want to make mash dumplings again? ”

"Oh, I haven't told you yet?" Cui'er suddenly noticed. In the past two days, even Qingshan went out early and returned late, and he didn't even tell him about this distilled spirit, and after weighing the common sense of how to say the boiling point of alcohol and water, he slowly said, "Didn't I boil mash rice balls last time, and found that this mash was boiled by hot water." The smell of alcohol has gone a lot, I thought. Is it something that smells of wine in the wine that can be boiled and flyed? ”

"Yes. If the wine tastes more mellow after being scalded, then what are you doing with this? Lian Qingshan listened to Cui'er's words and nodded.

"Then I thought, we don't have any good wine in this town, only this old man's rice wine, this rice wine is small, if I can put the boiled wine together, then the wine will be strong, maybe it can be delicious!" Cui'er winked at Lian Qingshan and said innocently.

"Well, maybe it's okay!" Lian Qingshan touched his chin and pondered for a moment, nodded and said affirmatively.

"Yes, so I thought I'd try it, this lid was made by Zhang's mother's husband, and it can be used as a lid for the steaming curtain, I looked okay, so I bothered him to make one." Cui'er pointed to the barrel underneath, and on top was something with an umbrella-like lid, and said without any confidence in her heart.

"If you think it's okay, try it, it's a big deal, let's drink the rest of the wine ourselves." Lian Qingshan looked at Cui'er's somewhat weak heart, and said with a smile, very considerate and generous.

"Good!" Cui'er saw that even Qingshan was so supportive, as if she had confidence in her heart, nodded and added another firewood, and heard the sound of brushing in the pot, as if it was about to boil, and removed the fire a little.

After a while, the kitchen was filled with the smell of wine, first faint, and then slowly became very rich, Cui'er knew that this was because the lid of her cage drawer was not tight, and the alcohol vapor leaked out.

Knowing the cause but not knowing how to remedy it, Cui'er's heart was a little anxious, if she waited for the alcohol vapor to run out, she could only play with the air, she was busy walking around in the kitchen, and suddenly thought of the drawer cloth for steaming, and busily picked up two large drawer cloths, which were covered with cold water, and spread them on the lid.

After half an hour, Lian Qingshan and Cui'er stayed in the kitchen, changing the drawer cloth from time to time, adjusting the fire under the stove, and when there was a large bowl of wine flowing from the lid, Cui'er withdrew the fire under the stove and brought up a bowl of still hot distilled spirit.

Unlike rice wine, which is slightly yellow, the distilled liquor is pure and transparent, and a large bowl of wine exudes aroma, which is so strong that Lian Qingshan can't help but take a deep breath.

Is this wine successfully distilled? Lian Qingshan and Cui'er glanced at each other, excited and apprehensive in their hearts.

ps: Thank you for the peace charm of the pro-leip ~ I see the support of the pro every day, and I vow to feel so happy ~

Friday, it's a good time to rest, have you figured out where to play~