Chapter 33 Everyone was dumbfounded! !
After lunch, Song Shiwei began to process the sea water he brought back.
I used the firewood I picked up to heat the pot.
Zhou Wei and Zhou Xinxin stood aside and watched curiously.
They found it very strange.
“Why do we need to boil sea water?”
Song Shi smiled and said, "Because mom can do magic, I want to turn the sea water into snow-white salt!"
Zhou Wei's eyes widened immediately: "How is it possible? How can seawater turn into salt?"
Even Zhou Lin and Zhou Chengdu couldn't help but come over to take a look.
Obviously he looked in disbelief.
Song Shiwei didn't explain, just told them to wait and see.
The fire in the stove was burning brightly, and the sea water in the pot was bubbling.
This is much more powerful than a coal stove. If you stew a chicken in a clay pot and then put a pancake on it, it would be really delicious.
About half an hour later, Zhou Wei saw that the sea water in the pot became more and more turbid, and a lot of white substances precipitated around the edge of the pot.
He couldn't help shouting, "I see salt!"
Several children came over to take a look.
Song Shi smiled and said, "This is not salt yet, this is calcium sulfate. These things are insoluble in water, and in order to make salt, several processes are required!"
The salt water is almost cooked at this time, with only about one tenth left.
She scooped out the sea water and poured it into a bucket and a large basin, but she used toilet paper and gauze to filter it.
While filtering, children are taught physical knowledge, such as the evaporation of water and the precipitation of salt crystals.
The filtered water is highly concentrated salt water, which may crystallize if left there.
Continue to pour into the pot and simmer over high heat.
After about half an hour, it became like rice paste, and Song Shiwei poured it out and filtered it again.
Several children were shocked.
“I didn’t expect there was actually salt in the sea water!”
Zhou Lin curled his lips: "No wonder I accidentally drank a sip last time, it was bitter, astringent and salty, it turns out there is so much salt in it!"
Song Shiwei did not pour out the water he filtered this time.
Because this water is brine, it can be used to make tofu.
We just happened to have some soybeans that Zhou Tingyue bought at home. I can borrow the grinding wheel from the aunt next door to grind some soy milk and some tofu.
There was already sea salt in the gauze, but it was still wet, so she put it back into the pot and fried it dry.
It turns into snow-white salt.
Zhou Xinxin clapped excitedly.
"Yeah!! We made salt from seawater!!"
Zhou Cheng and Zhou Lin were also extremely surprised, as if the door to a new world had been opened.
Is this how salt comes from?
Zhou Wei pointed at the small bowl of salt and said in surprise: "Do we not need to buy salt in the future?"
Song Shiwei smiled and shook his head.
"No, the salt I made cannot be eaten yet, because it contains a lot of impurities and trace elements. Eating too much is not good for your health! We still have to buy salt to eat!"
Now Zhou Lin was confused.
"We can't eat it, so why do we make this salt?"
Song Shiwei found a jar and put the salt in it, then looked at the sky outside and smiled with her eyes curved.
"You'll know in a minute!"
"Now, Zhou Cheng and Zhou Lin, hold the buckets. I'll take you to get some food!"
Maybe it was because they had seen so many different things with her, none of the children had any objection.
Zhou Cheng and Zhou Lin obediently picked up the buckets and followed.
Zhou Wei and Zhou Xinxin were extremely happy.
"Yeah! That's great, there's something delicious again!"
Song Shiwei found a coal fire tongs, two pairs of woolen gloves, and a small shovel.
So I set off with the children.
By the time they passed the sentry post and reached the beach, the tide was just beginning to ebb.
At this time, many villagers from nearby areas have come here to catch seafood.
Song Shiwei glanced at the shallows which were full of small holes, which were spraying water out from time to time.
But no one dug!
As soon as she started digging with the shovel, a villager passing by couldn't help but advise her: "Little girl, this thing is not easy to dig. It ran away while you were digging. It's a waste of effort! You might as well try your luck in the front and see if you can catch some shrimps and crabs!"
Song Shi smiled and nodded: "Thank you for your reminder, old man, I still want to dig this!"
Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, the man was about to shake his head helplessly and leave when he saw her take out a jar from her arms and pinch out a handful of white stuff from it.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be salt!
The man immediately looked at her as if she were a fool.
This girl looks quite smart, why is she so stupid when doing things?
How precious is this salt? Sprinkle it on here.
Zhou Cheng also frowned.
She spent so much effort to make the salt, and she just scattered it on the ground? ? Is there anything wrong with her?
There were also several villagers passing by who all had the same expression, but what they didn't expect was.
A stream of water spurted out of the small eye with a "puff!", and then a soft thing that looked like a pig's nose popped out from it. Then, before anyone could blink, a large clam as thick as a finger jumped out from it with a "swoosh!"!
It scared everyone!
Song Shiwei happily grabbed it and threw it into the bucket Zhou Cheng was carrying.
Everyone was dumbfounded! !
Isn’t this amazing?
How did she do it?
Is the clam stupid? Or are they stupid? ?
Song Shiwei didn't care about the expressions of those people. She wanted to catch as many as possible while the tide was receding.
So he took a shovel and dug the hole while sprinkling salt.
She also did not forget to ask Zhou Cheng and Zhou Lin behind her to follow her and pick up the trash!
It was the first time for the villagers to see such a thing, and they all followed behind and watched, not believing it.
But the more they looked, the more incredible it seemed. Everyone's eyes were as big as bells.
Wherever she dug and sprinkled salt, clams popped out one by one like bamboo shoots after a spring rain!
Zhou Cheng and Zhou Lin didn't have time to look at anything else and kept picking up things from behind.
Even Zhou Wei and Zhou Xinxin clapped their hands happily, picking up those that had been missed!
In less than half an hour, he had filled a bucket.
Originally, the villagers were following behind and watching, because they were so envious of the clams that seemed to be stupid and crawled out by themselves.
I was even more envious that Song Shiwei had so much salt to catch clams.
You know, in this era, salt is a precious thing.
But all these marine creatures on the beach can be picked up for free, they are gifts from the sea to them.
Who would be stupid enough to spend money to buy salt to catch clams?
Therefore, even if they are envious, even if they know the method, no one dares to try it.
If anyone does this, his legs will be broken when he gets home.
But Zhou Cheng, Zhou Lin and others knew that the salt was not bought by Song Shiwei, but boiled by her using sea water.
The sea water was readily available, the firewood could be collected, it just took some manpower.
Thinking of this, Zhou Cheng couldn't help but fall into deep thought as he looked at her back, and gradually a different feeling emerged in his heart.
She seems to be pretty good!
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