Chapter 79 Alcohol
There was no news about Xiao Cong yet, but Jian Mo's fruit wine was already brewed.
He just opened the pottery jar on a whim that day, but he didn't expect that there was a strong
smell of wine in the pottery jar. The fruit had all fermented and floated on the upper part of the jar. He scooped it up with a spoon and tasted it. The wine smelled very strong, much stronger than the fruit wine.
But the fruit flavor in the wine was still very strong, and it also had a little bitterness of the fruit. It tasted very bad and was not enjoyable at all.
Jian Mo reluctantly tasted it and quickly rinsed his mouth with coolant.
Wu Jiong watched with him: "This wine can't be drunk."
Jian Mo: "It's okay, it's not for drinking, we can just use it directly. Get ready, I want to steam the wine."
Wu Jiong: "Steam it to make the alcohol you mentioned?"
Jian Mo nodded: "It can be used to make alcohol, and it can also be used as a strong liquor for cooking. We'll see how to do it when the time comes."
The process of distilling wine is not difficult, mainly relying on the difference in boiling points between alcohol and water.
The boiling point of alcohol is only more than 70 degrees Celsius at room temperature and pressure, which is much lower than water. A little steaming can separate them.
It happened that they had a large iron pot at home. After washing it clean, pour the wine into it and steam it slowly, then cover it with a lid and use a ceramic tube as a condensation tube to separate the alcohol and water.
Jian Mo had been waiting for this batch of alcohol for too long, so he didn't delay at all. After breakfast, he told the tribe and stayed at home to start distilling the wine.
They distilled two large vats of wine from morning to late at night before completing the first distillation.
The distilled wine still had a lot of water vapor, so the alcohol content should not be high.
Jian Mo tasted it and could taste the bitter alcohol and a light fruity taste. It didn't taste as bad as it did in the morning, but it still didn't taste good.
Jian Mo hadn't touched any strong liquor since he came here. After drinking just one spoonful, his face turned completely red and he felt a little dizzy.
Wu Jiong held him with his hands: "Your alcohol tolerance is too low."
Jian Mo raised his eyes and smiled: "I feel okay, not that bad. I just get a little irritated, but I'm still sober now."
Wu Jiong touched his forehead with his: "Your forehead is also hot, I'll make you a cup of honey water."
Jian Mo grabbed his collar, smiled and moved closer to him, whispering: "Don't make a cup, just take a nap." Jian
Mo was particularly passionate after drinking. Wu Jiong was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, so he took him to drink honey water before going upstairs with him.
That night, the two slept late and naturally got up late the next day.
Jian Mo originally wanted to distill the wine for the second time in the morning before everyone went out hunting and gathering, but because he got up too late, he had no time at all, so he had to ask the tribe for another day to do it alone.
They distilled the two jars of wine three times in total, and finally only got a small jar of wine.
The distilled wine had almost no taste of fruit, and tasted similar to the white wine Jian Mo had drunk on Earth, but it didn't have the aroma of white wine, but more of an alcohol taste.
Jian Mo carefully placed it in the house, away from the fire.
They can't use this jar of high-proof white wine now, but they will need it when they need to perform surgery or do something else.
Wu Jiong accompanied him to put away the strong liquor: "We can pick more noodle fruits this year."
Jian Mo: "Forget it, it's too cold to go into the water to pick noodle fruits. Anyway, noodle fruits are not expensive. We can exchange some with other tribes when the time comes."
This year, they have a lot of supplies, which can be said to be rich. Not to mention exchanging noodle fruits, even if they stop hunting and gathering in the future, they should be able to live well just by exchanging supplies.
Wu Jiong: "Okay, we'll see when the time comes."
Jian Mo thought happily: "When the time comes, we will spread the word in advance, and there should be many tribes that want to exchange noodle fruits with us. If someone comes to see a doctor, I can also ask for noodle fruits."
Jian Mo is quite satisfied with his current life. They now have enough food, abundant material goods, and harmonious interpersonal relationships. Jian Mo feels that he has almost no regrets.
Especially with Wu Jiong as a companion and a winged beast as a pet, life is almost perfect.
Jian Mo was in a particularly good mood for a long time.
Until this morning, he wanted to cut some grass to fry bird eggs, but when he arrived at the vegetable garden, he found that the crops in the vegetable garden were almost eaten up.
You know, he came here to water the vegetable garden the afternoon before! He
just didn't check it for a day, what happened to his vegetable garden?
Jian Mo searched in the vegetable garden angrily and soon found various footprints, some of birds and some of beasts.
In the process of looking for traces, he found that the vegetable seeds given to him by the beastman from the Haizuo tribe who asked him to treat his toenails should have just grown small seedlings in the past two days.
However, he was not able to eat even a single leaf of these tender seedlings, because as soon as they grew out, they were destroyed by some unknown animal, leaving only the roots.
There are so many vegetable plots by the river, and almost every one of them has been damaged, but some have been particularly severely damaged, while others have been less severely damaged.
Jian Mo checked them all, and the more he checked, the more he felt he couldn't swallow this.
He had worked so hard to open up the land, sow seeds, water, and fertilize... All the crops he had nurtured for so long had been damaged!
In the past, it was okay to have only small-scale damage, but this time, so many were damaged in one go, it was like a buffet in his field!
After walking back and forth in the vegetable plot several times, Jian Mo suddenly threw the basket into the middle of the plot and went home angrily.
The patrolling beastman happened to be walking nearby. He wanted to call him, but when he saw his appearance, he dared not call out. He could only watch him pass by him like a gust of wind.
After returning home, Wu Jiong went out to see the tribe's pottery kiln and had not returned yet.
Jiujiu also went out to play with the cubs of the tribe and was not at home.
He originally wanted to rub Jiujiu to relieve his depression, but now that he couldn't rub her, he was even more depressed.
He couldn't breathe in his chest, so he ran upstairs and took out the anesthetic from his treasure box, intending to beat up the group of animals that stole his food. There
was still half a box of moss for anesthesia left, and Jian Mo grabbed two handfuls directly, then went downstairs and went to the kitchen. He steamed the stems and meat, chopped up the moss used as an anesthetic, stuffed it inside, and pinched it into small balls.
After finishing, he ran back to the vegetable garden and placed the meatballs evenly in various places on the garden.
He was not afraid that someone in the tribe would eat the meatballs he placed in the vegetable garden by mistake. His vegetable garden had fences and low walls, and ordinary people would not come here at all. Even the kids knew not to come here, lest they step on the vegetables.
After placing the drugged meatballs, Jian Mo looked at the spot and thought there was nothing wrong, so he was going back.
He just couldn't believe that the animals that harmed his vegetable garden would not be tempted by his meatballs even though they ate the vegetables.
Jian Mo's expression was so strange, he looked angry and proud.
As soon as Wu Jiong came back, he found that he was not in a good condition and asked him, "What's wrong?"
Jian Mo refused to say, "It's a secret, you will know tomorrow."
Wu Jiong felt even more strange: "What is so mysterious? Do you need help?"
Jian Mo waved his hand and said, "Not for now, I'll see if you need me tomorrow."
Jian Mo deliberately did not go to the vegetable field in the afternoon, so as not to disturb the animals that were staring at his vegetable field.
But when he came back, he specifically told Shui Jin, the beastman who was patrolling at night, not to worry if he saw any animals harming his vegetable field, because he had other uses.
Shui Jin was a little puzzled, but still agreed.
With something hidden in his heart, Jian Mo did not sleep well at night and tossed and turned.
Wu Jiong was aroused by him and went over to kiss him, but before he could kiss him, he covered his mouth with one hand and refused: "Not today, I have to get up early tomorrow."
Wu Jiong stared at him, frowning: "Really can't tell?"
Jian Mo hugged Wu Jiong and the quilt, pressed Wu Jiong back, and took the initiative to kiss Wu Jiong on the cheek: "There is still half a night, you will know tomorrow."
Wu Jiong, with his irritability from not having eaten enough, took the initiative to take the initiative, wrapped him in the quilt, and hugged him tightly: "Let me hold you while you sleep."
Jian Mo: "Okay, okay."
Jian Mo remembered that he couldn't sleep at first, but when he found a comfortable position and was held steadily by Wu Jiong, he fell asleep soon.
His sleep quality has always been very good. The next morning, without an alarm clock, he couldn't get up early at all.
After being pushed awake by Wu Jiong, Jian Mo was still in a daze for a while.
He looked at the gloomy sky outside the window: "Why do you wake me up so early?"
Wu Jiong handed him clothes: "Someone is calling us outside, go out and take a look."
Jian Mo suddenly remembered: "Ah, let me take a look!"
Jian Mo wrapped the clothes around himself, jumped out of bed, ran to the window and looked out.
Shui Jin, who was patrolling at night, was standing outside their yard: "Jian Mo, there are so many prey dumped in your field!"
Jian Mo: "Ah!!! Is that true?"
Shui Jin nodded: "Yes! I just checked and they are still alive, so I hurried to call you. Do you want me to help you tie up the prey?"
Jian Mo: "Yes, yes, yes! Please help us tie them up, we will be down soon, don't let the prey run away."
Shui Jin: "They can't run away, I just checked, they are all unconscious, no matter how I searched, there is no movement."
Jian Mo shouted: "Just in case."
Wu Jiong listened for a long time and finally understood what happened.
Jian Mo didn't have time to explain to him. He put on his animal leather shoes, pulled his wrist and ran down: "Let's go to the field to take a look."
Wu Jiong: "Should we take a basket?"
Jian Mo: "Ah, you reminded me, no basket, we can just take the bag and the rope!"
Jian Mo pulled Wu Jiong and trotted all the way to the river.
Their home was not far from the river, and they had arrived before they even started to breathe.
Shui Jin was waiting for them in the field. When he saw them coming, Shui Jin put his hands on his waist and said, "These are the prey. They are all lying on the ground. You can just pick them up."
Jian Mo: "Let me see, what are they?"
Shui Jin: "Purple birds, long-headed beasts, long-eared beasts, short-tailed beasts... They are all relatively small prey, but there are no particularly small ones."
Jian Mo ran over to take a look. Sure enough, they were all small prey. They were not particularly small. The smallest purple bird was as big as a duck, and the large long-headed beast was larger than an average medium-sized dog.
These prey looked very plump. I wonder how much of his family's vegetables they have ruined?
Shui Jin: "I just picked up these prey together. It's getting dark, there may be other prey. You can look for them."
Jian Mo: "Okay, thank you."
Shui Jin waved his hand: "Why are you being polite? Even if I didn't call you, you would come over when it's daybreak."
Jian Mo smiled and stuffed a long-headed beast into Shui Jin's hand: "They may run away when it's daybreak. Take this long-headed beast back to eat."
Shui Jin: "Really."
Jian Mo: "Take it. You see, we have more than ten prey here. We can't eat all of them by ourselves."
Wu Jiong also said: "Take it back and try it."
They often go out hunting, and long-headed beasts are not rare animals.
However, most of the prey that was brought back were dead. If they were delayed on the road, and then the meat was delayed again when they came back, the freshness would definitely not be as good as the fresh prey now.
Moreover, the live prey could be bled, but the blood of the prey that was brought back would be coagulated inside, and it would be better if it was soaked or blanched in water, and the taste would be even worse.
Shui Jin couldn't refuse, and finally happily took the long-headed beast away.
It was dawn, and he could hand over the shift to the next patrol beastman, and just in time to take the long-headed beast back home for a snack.
Wu Jiong said, "Is this the thing you kept secret for the whole night?"
Jian Mo: "Yeah, I'm not sure if there will be any animals coming over, and whether the anesthetic will work. I'll tell you in advance, if the drug fails to kill the prey, how embarrassing it will be."
Wu Jiong looked at him, "What's there to be embarrassed about with me?"
Jian Mo said with a smile, "I also hope to be smart, capable, brave, and wise in front of you."
Wu Jiong: "You are."
Jian Mo: "Then I have to do something to prove it. Speaking of which, it's okay for flying animals like purple birds to run in, but I don't know why small animals can get in too. It seems that our fence is not very effective."
After checking, Wu Jiong said, "Some jumped in directly from the fence, and some dug holes under the fence to get in. Each animal has different methods."
Jian Mo looked at the fence in front of him: "What's the use of the fence we spent so much effort to build?"
Wu Jiong: "Tell others that the crops in this area are ours?"
Jian Mo sighed: "Forget it, let's strengthen patrols next time."
Wu Jiong: "I'll bring seeds to replant in the afternoon, and the crops should be able to sprout again soon."
Jian Mo: "Unfortunately, we don't have many seeds on hand. We have to hurry up and exchange a batch with others, otherwise I'm afraid there won't be enough seeds." Jian Mo
has never planted before. He planted behind the house and it was quite smooth before. He never thought that he would need to replant.
This time, it can be regarded as accumulating experience for them.
The two men put the remaining prey into the bag.
These prey were captured by them individually, and they did not need to share them with the tribe. They all belonged to them.
Jian Mo counted them and found that the harvest this time was not bad. After offsetting the two, there was a slight surplus.
In this case, forget it, it is quite a good deal to exchange crops for prey.
All the prey were still alive, but they had taken anesthetics and were sleeping soundly.
Jian Mo simply tied up the prey and put them in the backyard, intending to raise them and eat them slowly.
Eating fresh prey is much more delicious than eating wind-dried prey.
For this reason, Jian Mo specifically instructed Jiujiu to help keep an eye when he was free, and to come back and report in time if any prey was about to escape.
Jiujiu listened for a long time, but I don't know if he understood.
Jian Mo pushed him: "Remember, there are also your food in here, don't let your food run away."
Jiujiu seemed to finally understand and said happily: "Jiu!"
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