Chapter 98: Boiling Salt with Heavenly Fire

Qin Min choked.

The soles of her feet are sensitive areas, no matter how much Fu Minglai slows down, she can't relax.

Fu Minglai didn't touch the soles of her feet, his fingertips pinched her toes, rubbed and pinched, and his fingers pinched her toes and pulled them out.

Seeing that he hadn't touched the soles of his feet, Qin Min slowly relaxed, looked at his focused and calm face, and suddenly said, "I was in the saline-alkali land just now, and I saw a small stone shed. ”

Fu Minglai hummed and said, "Are you scared?" ”

Qin Min was stunned, a little unclear.

What's so scary about that little stone shed?

Fu Minglai said lightly: "Little lady, don't be afraid, although the fire in that shed can be burned without firewood, it will definitely not be a ghost fire, we have been using it, there is no danger." ”

Qin Min, "......"

She blinked, hesitated, and picked up his words, "Isn't it really a ghost fire?" ”

Fu Minglai said calmly, "This blue sky and white day, the fire is still burning well, how can it be a ghost fire." ”

Qin Min nodded, and then he sincerely sighed, "This fire is really good, it can be burned directly without firewood, there is not even a tree near here, it is not easy to find some firewood." ”

They picked up all the firewood in this cave along the road, and after they entered the saline land, they never picked it up again.

Fu Minglai hummed, taking advantage of Qin Min's distraction, his fingers pressed the Taixi point at the bottom of her feet.

"We used to bring a lot of firewood with us, but with the fire that day, we saved all that firewood."

Qin Min sighed softly, his eyes lit up, "By the way, you can also directly set up a pot in the shed and use the fire to cook salt, so you don't need to spend those firewoods." ”

She asked Liang Dawei that after the rock salt was brought back to the thatched house, it would be broken and dissolved in water to become salt brine, which was then heated and boiled to purify into edible salt.

To boil the salt brine to the bottom, you need to use a lot of firewood, so it is better to use this fire to cook.

Fu Minglai pinched the fingers of his feet and paused, and raised his eyes to look at Qin Min, "Little lady, aren't you afraid of that fire?" ”

In these two lifetimes, Liang Dawei saw the fire of the day, and they all thought that it was the punishment of the gods, and they were terrified, and even found pheasants and ducks to pay tribute.

He said that he was indifferent to the gods and Buddhas, and when he saw that the pheasants and ducks they had worked so hard to find were about to be spoiled, he simply roasted them on the fire that day.

The others were all terrified when they saw this, fearing that he would be struck by lightning for his great disrespect in the next moment.

As a result, everything was fine, and the roast chicken and duck roasted by the heavenly fire were still delicious.

After they all ate the roast chicken, they slowly stopped being afraid of this rootless fire.

Qin Min said puzzledly: "But didn't you say that the fire is not a ghost fire, and it is not dangerous?" ”

Fu Ming looked at this little face full of doubts, and his eyes were slightly deep.

His throat rolled slightly, and finally he just hummed flatly, and lowered his head to continue pinching her feet.

The little lady had never eaten roast chicken and duck, but because of his words, she believed that the fire was really not dangerous.

"Little lady's proposal...... It is really good to save firewood and bring more edible salt back. ”

Fu Minglai paused, "It's just that there is no pot here, and there is no water." ”

Qin Min, "It's good to bring the pot next time, as for the water ......"

Qin Min frowned, the water near the saline-alkali land was almost all saline-alkali water, and the water contained various impurities.

Using that water to boil salt is to add impurities to the rock salt, and the salt boiled out at that time is only afraid that it will be astringent and bitter, and it must be treated with plant ash before it can be eaten.

It's ruined the good quality rock salt.

Fu Minglai, "The water we brought here is just enough to drink and process the prey in the past few days, not enough to boil salt." ”

Moreover, boiling salt still costs water, and they may not be able to carry enough water at full capacity.

Qin Min pursed his lower lip, so this water still has to be taken locally.

Saline-alkali water is not good, then the saline-alkali water is distilled into pure water.

There are many objects in her space, and she can assemble a distillation device, but they are all objects that cannot be revealed in front of people.

It is still necessary to make a distillation device from ancient objects.

Fu Minglai pressed the acupuncture points on the soles of his feet and raised his eyes to look at Qin Min.

She seemed to be lost in thought, not caring what he was pressing.

Fu Minglai was also relieved, and thoroughly pressed the acupuncture points on the soles of his feet, and then pressed the instep and ankle after pressing......

"Alright."

After a long time, Fu Minglai put down his slender feet, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Qin Min leaning against the cave wall, his head closed sideways, and he fell asleep.

Slightly drooping black straight sideburns, hooking a delicate and delicate little face, the eyebrows seemed to be thinking about something trivial and frowned gently.

Fu Minglai sat on the side of the bed and looked at Qin Min, his eyes were slightly deep.

No matter how tired they are to make this rock salt, they are tired, why should the little lady bother to help them simplify their work and make them easier.

It's just that he is too kind-hearted and too soft-hearted, so he will let those people outside bully.

Fu Minglai sighed lightly, supported Qin Min's shoulders, gently helped the person down on the bed, and covered her with animal skin.

He left the cave and went hunting, and roasted the meat, waiting for Qin Min and the others to come and eat.

Qin Min was still sleeping.

Fu Minglai originally wanted to wake her up to eat and then sleep, but thinking of her haggard appearance during the day, he still let her continue to sleep.

The others knew that Qin Min was sleeping in the cave, so they simply ate the barbecue in the stone shed in the saline-alkali land, blowing the cold wind.

Then I went back to the cave, and I didn't talk around the campfire as usual, and rested quietly.

When Qin Min woke up the next day, it was dark, there was no one in the cave, and their respective rattan baskets were gone.

Apparently they all went to the salt mountains to collect salt again.

Qin Min reluctantly sat up, still feeling very tired, his whole body was still sore, and he was obviously still in the stage of recovering from hypoxia.

Only his feet were much more comfortable, not as red as yesterday, and returned to their original jade white.

Qin Min was about to get out of bed, when he saw Fu Minglai walking into the cave and hadn't spoken yet.

"Gurgling ......"

The sound became very clear in the quiet of the cave.

Qin Min clutched his stomach, his face flashed with embarrassment, he didn't expect this drum to be so loud.

Fu Minglai took out the snake jerky with an unchanged expression, and said lightly: "Little lady, eat this." ”

The snake jerky was easy to carry and eat, and when they left the thatched hut, they naturally carried it with them.

Qin Min ate some snake jerky in water, so he didn't feel hungry.

Fu Minglai moved the herbs that were resting in the corner of the cave to the outside of the cave, spread them flat in the sun, and dried them.

Qin Min bit the snake jerky, looking at the small hill-like medicinal herbs, his face showed confusion, "Did we pick so many herbs yesterday?" ”

She was busy collecting natural gas, so she picked a little, leaving Fu Minglai, as if she had picked a basket and a half of herbs.

Fu Minglai said lightly: "I went to pick some herbs again. ”

Qin Min understood, and couldn't help but say, "What time is it now?" ”

"It's noon."