After the stove was built, it was 10 centimeters higher than the ground. Nanqu used the remaining mud to smear the inside and surface of the stove. As for where the mud came from, it was from the water in the two pits Nanqu had dug yesterday after the rain. Although the water was dirty, it was fine for mixing with mud.
After applying the mud, Nanqu split bamboo and covered the stove surface with it. The entire stove looked much cleaner.
Once the stone pot is placed on top, the earthen stove is complete.
Next, Nanqu finished building the chimney, with the smoke outlet facing forward, so that there would be no need to worry about rainwater flowing back in.
After doing all that, Nanqu lit a fire over there to test it. Once she confirmed it was okay, she started backfilling with soil. Of course, she didn't need to fill in the front; she only needed to fill in the soil on both sides of the stove.
When the time comes, all you need to do is make a rain cover to block the front, and that will be enough.
The only inconvenience is that you have to squat down to add firewood. However, because there's a stove, you only need to partially block the chimney, which slows down the burning of the firewood considerably. This means you might only need to add firewood once at night, making it actually more convenient.
With the stove ready, Nanqu decided to first determine if the fresh water was safe to drink. Hot spring water, in particular, is most prone to having excessive mineral content.
The testing method is simple: pour some fresh water into a pot, boil it until dry, and see if there are too many impurities inside. If there are too many impurities, it means that the mineral content is too high.
It turned out that the water was very clear, and there were not many impurities even after boiling it dry. This is definitely a good thing.
Next, Mao Ping and Nan Qu planned to use the stove to extract the salt. They hadn't eaten any salty food for two days, and if they didn't eat soon, they would really develop anorexia. These were Mao Ping's exact words, and the others clearly agreed.
The first step is to drill a hole at the bottom of a bamboo bucket, then fill it with straw, charcoal, pebbles, and sand for filtration. Of course, before starting, rinse it with fresh water to remove impurities. Only then can you begin filtering the seawater.
The filtered seawater is poured into a stone pot and boiled until the water evaporates. Then, fresh water is poured in and the water is filtered again.
The next batch of salt boiled down will have relatively fewer impurities.
Seeing that there was only a tiny bit of salt, everyone couldn't help but smile wryly. But at least they had salt.
Isn't this a good thing?
Carefully remove the salt from the pot, not even bothering to wash it, and directly pour the chopped rabbit into the stone pot to stir-fry until the oil is released. Then add wild ginger and wild scallions, add water, and then pour in the dug yams and mushrooms to stew together.
The pot wasn't big; even if you added the wild vegetables at the end and made a full pot, it still wasn't enough for five people.
However, this was the first time in two days that they had eaten a decent meal.
Although everyone ate some wild fruits after the meal, they all felt very comfortable.
"Although this fresh water looks fine, just to be safe, we should boil it before drinking it. We'll wash the pot later and then boil some water. Everyone should drink boiled water."
No one objected to Nan Qu's statement, and they all felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
Because we had a large water reserve, we used two buckets for cooking, leaving six buckets unused. We then used two more buckets to boil water, leaving four buckets remaining.
After the meal, Mao Ping was in charge of boiling water and keeping an eye on the fire.
The other three continued to finish the wooden shed, and didn't forget to install the irrigation canal. They had all watched how Nanqu did it yesterday, so she didn't need to do anything today.
Nanqu then took out her basket of medicinal herbs and started working with one of the stone mortars.
Upon seeing this, Mao Ping's eyes lit up immediately. After confirming that there was no problem with the fire, she simply went over to Nan Qu's side to take a look.
The cameraman even shoved the camera right up to us.
There's no way around it, the combined effect of Nanqu's work is just too good. As for why, it's because several guests praised it after using it. But this thing was made little by little right under everyone's noses, so those haters can't say it's special effects or anything.
However, the hype seems far too exaggerated, claiming effects like beauty enhancement, mosquito repellent, and even hair strengthening and volume enhancement. If it were really that simple, baldness, one of the world's two most troublesome problems, wouldn't be an issue.
As for the other issue, needless to say, it's hemorrhoids, which affect nine out of ten people!
Not only did the audience not believe it, but the production team also didn't believe it.
What if they don't believe it? Of course, practice will reveal the truth.
The production crew is also on the island. This is easy; just open a shot, let the crew go in and take a shower, and they'll know. The stone mortar is right there anyway.
As a result, after the first staff member went in, he came out praising the experience, and Director Qian couldn't sit still any longer. He decided he absolutely had to try it himself!
Of course, it's also possible that Director Qian couldn't stand not showering for two days and deliberately took this opportunity to take a shower.
The staff members went in, but their faces were blurred out, so the effect wasn't visible. Director Qian went in, but came out without being blurred out.
Especially since he already had a mosquito bite on his face, which was red and swollen before he went in, the color did fade a lot after he took a shower.
"I haven't noticed any other effects, but the anti-itch effect is definitely undeniable."
However, the critics said it was the water that caused the problem, and that it had nothing to do with the weeds.
Actually, the director also suspected that this was possible, but whether it was water or the combination of the two, he felt very comfortable all over now, and even his mind was much clearer.
Now that Nanqu is going to do this two-in-one thing again, the director is not going to let this opportunity pass by and has the camera zoomed in.
Nan Qu glanced up at the camera, but continued what she was doing without paying any attention. She even took the time to explain what she had put inside.
The reason for this is that Nan Qu knows that even if they watch, they cannot create something with the same effect as Nan Qu.
This time, Nanqu also performed quite a bit.
After making the two-in-one product, Nanqu also made several small sachets out of bamboo. Then, she mixed the two-in-one product with crushed mugwort floss and kneaded it into a pill, which she then placed inside the sachet.
Then they made a rope out of hemp rope so that people could carry it with them.
While Nan Qu was doing these things, Miler and the others had also finished their work, and everyone gathered around the fire watching Nan Qu's movements.
Just as everyone was marveling at Nan Qu's skillful hands, they saw her handing over the sachets she had made: "I forgot you guys would get bitten because I didn't want to attract mosquitoes. These can repel mosquitoes, take one each. The scent will last for a month, no problem after the show is finished."
The four of them were dumbfounded when they saw the sachet that Nan Qu handed over.
Mao Ping, in particular, burst into tears.
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