The first thing they do every morning is to tear their skin off their clothes.
Because every night when I sleep, it feels like I'm sleeping on a bed covered in sticky syrup.
Therefore, soap can be considered a necessity...
Without further ado, Ye Feng went to the pond and first cleaned the earthenware jar and several wooden jars...
Then, they took out the ashes from the smelting furnace and the stove inside the house...
This is the classic method of making salt from wood ash...
Since the flame has removed most of the impurities, there is no need to worry about bacteria.
Although consuming potassium salts long-term is bad for your health, this is in the wild, so it's better than developing hyponatremia.
Ye Feng poured the ash into the earthenware jar, added an appropriate amount of water, and began to stir...
Soon, a can of murky greywater was formed…
This whole operation left everyone who was dissecting the wild boar completely bewildered...
How come... instead of playing in the mud, you've gotten covered in dust?
Only Liu Sisi narrowed her eyes, seemingly noticing something amiss…
She slowly walked to Ye Feng's side and asked curiously:
"Brother Feng, are you...making salt?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng gave her an approving look…
"Wow! Looks like you really are an expert in wilderness survival, you even figured that out?"
Liu Sisi chuckled…
"No, not really. I just saw this salt-making method online, and it's similar to your current steps. I'm just guessing..."
Ye Feng nodded in satisfaction; this woman did indeed seem to possess quite a bit of knowledge…
"Salt making?"
Before Ye Feng could reply, Qi Xiaoyan and the others curiously gathered around...
"Brother Feng, are you sure this ash can turn into salt?"
Ye Feng raised an eyebrow...
"What? You don't believe me?"
At this moment, Fu Changxiong and Qi Xiaojie were also full of doubts, even though Ye Feng was omnipotent in their hearts.
But the transformation of ash into salt was still beyond their comprehension; after all, neither of them had much formal education…
"Brother, can you really turn ash into salt?"
"Brother Feng...you...hurry...change quickly, I...want...want to learn."
Qi Xiaoyan nodded quickly, as she had great faith in Ye Feng's abilities...
However, turning this ash into salt did seem somewhat unbelievable to her.
"No, I just want to know the principle behind it, I want to learn it too."
Faced with everyone's questions, Ye Feng turned to look at Liu Sisi...
Do you know?
Liu Sisi smiled awkwardly and shook her head...
"I've never scored 50 on a chemistry test. I only know the steps to make salt, but I don't know the underlying principles."
"Um."
Ye Feng nodded, then continued stirring the wood ash water...
"Knowing the steps is good enough, because this method is very simple and anyone can do it."
The principle is actually not difficult. Wood ash contains potassium, which exists in the form of carbonate.
It can be converted into potassium ions by acidification or heating.
After further processes such as evaporation and crystallization, potassium chloride and other salt compounds can be obtained.
Under certain conditions, wood ash may also contain small amounts of metallic elements such as calcium and magnesium.
These elements can also combine with chlorine to form different kinds of salts.
However, it is important to ensure that the wood ash used is non-toxic and uncontaminated.
Generally speaking, ashes from flames are generally usable.
It's very simple... right?
After he finished speaking, the pond was completely silent…
Ye Feng sensed something was off about the atmosphere; why was no one talking all of a sudden?
He turned around and saw all four of them staring at him blankly with complicated and confused looks...
"What's wrong? Didn't you understand? Do you want me to explain it again?"
Ye Feng asked…
Of the four, only Liu Sisi understood a little; the other three were completely bewildered…
Those few academically challenged students, what do they know about chemistry...?
"Okay, okay, okay..."
Fu Changxiong quickly said:
"Although I don't understand a single word you're saying, I think it must be something really awesome."
"Uh-huh."
Qi Xiaojie nodded repeatedly…
Qi Xiaoyan and Liu Sisi, however, looked even more puzzled…
"Brother Feng, since you know so much, why are you here because you're short of money?"
Liu Sisi agreed and quickly chimed in:
"Yes, and with such strong practical skills, you shouldn't just work for any listed company after graduation."
Or you could start your own business, or even just find any live streaming platform and do outdoor live streaming, wouldn't you easily make a fortune?
Why bother coming here to suffer like this?!
Hearing this, Ye Feng frowned, his face showing a bitter expression...
"First of all, my grades weren't good, and I only went to a second-tier university, which was as ordinary as it gets."
Because I am unbalanced in my studies and don't like learning, my knowledge of chemistry is only superficial, as anyone who knows a little about chemistry knows.
Secondly, I really wanted to do outdoor live streaming, but my…”
He paused here, because his grandmother had suddenly fallen ill and needed money every day to keep her alive…
Without money, his grandmother would have no choice but to wait to die. Under such intense pressure, how could a student who had just graduated from university possibly focus on starting a business?
But Ye Feng dared not say these words, because he knew that Fu Changxiong was also doing it for his seriously ill daughter…
Qi Xiaoyan and her brother, on the other hand, were trying to save the orphanage that had raised them...
In short, everyone comes here because they have something they must protect.
Therefore, once he said these words, it was inevitable that everyone would empathize with him.
This will cause the morale that the team has worked so hard to build up to be plunged back into a state of longing...
After thinking for a moment, Ye Feng changed the subject...
"Because I desperately needed money, really desperately. And at first, I never expected the production team to put us in the Amazon."
"Oh~"
The two women seemed to understand what he meant... and didn't ask any more questions...
Ye Feng hurriedly urged:
"Stop looking at me, everyone get back to work. We still need to smoke meat after this."
Otherwise, we'll attract a lot of customers tonight...
After hearing this, everyone quickly returned to their positions and continued the dissection.
Ye Feng had finished mixing the wood ash water, and the ash water was completely blended...
Next comes the filtering...
He immediately returned to the treehouse and took out a tattered piece of clothing from his bag…
This was taken from those two dead bodies...
He tore off a large piece of cloth and covered it directly onto another wooden jar, then secured the edges firmly with a vine…
And just like that, a simple filtration device is complete...
He slowly poured the wood ash water onto the cloth, and soon, some of the messy sediment was sifted out…
Immediately, he removed the cloth strips, poured out all the debris, and filtered the filter again…
Ye Feng repeated this process three times...
Finally, the yellowish-brown plant ash water turned pale yellow…
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