Chapter 219 Homemade Filter
Chu Qiao's hands moved rapidly, moving up and down. His movements continued as he explained, "This hole can't be too big. If it's too big, once there's too much liquid inside, the pressure will be too great and the hole will burst. But it can't be too small either. If it's too small, the liquid won't be able to leak out at all."
After saying that, Chu Qiao held the lotus leaf towards the sunlight. The sunlight shone through the densely packed small holes on the lotus leaf, revealing a hint of light.
[Oh my god, Master Chu, this technique is quite good.]
This filter is awesome.
【Pure plant filter, throw once.】
【Clean and hygienic.】
【It is recommended that Master Chu start mass production. 】
Chu Qiao smiled and said, "Mass production will wear out my hands. Although this can be used as a filter, its firmness is very poor. It can't be kneaded like a real filter or filter cloth. It's such a waste."
After Chu Qiao finished speaking, he carefully covered the pottery with a lotus leaf net and poured the crushed lotus roots with water in the other two pottery pieces into the lotus leaves.
The white liquid flowed into the tube little by little through the small hole, leaving lotus root fibers and a lot of debris in the lotus leaf.
Chu Qiao poured the crumbs into the lake, and the frogs in the lake swam up to grab the food.
When Xiao Diao heard the croaking of frogs, he was eager to try it out even though he was exhausted from diarrhea.
[Master Chu, you shouldn't have brought Xiao Diao out.]
"Yeah, the training was all in vain. This guy just does nothing but eat."
【Next time, bring Dabai with you. 】
【My Dabai is still the most heartwarming. 】
Chu Qiao smiled and pulled Xiao Diao back. "Why are you in such a hurry? Deal with the lotus roots first, and then I'll help you catch the frogs."
Although there were a lot of lotus roots, the amount of lotus root powder made was not much. Chu Qiao and Xiao Diao picked more than 20 kilograms of lotus roots, and left two as a backup for later use. The remaining more than ten kilograms of lotus roots could probably only make one kilogram of lotus root powder.
Chu Qiao was afraid of wasting the lotus root, so he filtered it three times before throwing away the remaining lotus root residue.
She pointed to the murky liquid in the vat and said, "Let it sit for about an hour. The sediment at the bottom can be used to dry the lotus root starch."
Chu Qiao took advantage of the time to check the mouse trap.
Xiao Diao was walking in front of Chu Qiao. When he reached the fifth trap, he immediately lost his temper.
The rats here are very smart. After a rat stepped on a trap yesterday, only one rat was caught in the five traps today.
And most of the traps were broken.
Chu Qiao couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Xiao Diao can eat an entire chicken in one sitting. This mouse isn't even enough to fill its teeth. Besides, it's not feeling well right now and urgently needs to replenish its energy."
【Xiao Diao's appetite is really too big.】
[Yes, I eat more than Master Chu.]
[Really? Send Xiao Diao back.]
[Yeah, I feel like Master Chu bringing Xiao Diao with him is like bringing an extra stomach.]
There is no medicine for regret in this world, Chu Qiao thought as he went deep into the mountains, hoping to find something to fill his stomach.
What kind of tree is that?
[Master Chu, is this one tree or several trees? ]
【Why do you still have so much beard?】
The surroundings suddenly became dark. Chu Qiao looked up and saw a tree canopy 15 meters above his head, which blocked out all the sunlight.
Only some shade-loving plants grow under the tree canopy. Many fibrous roots hang down from the tree canopy like door curtains, blocking the view.
Chu Qiao took a few steps forward, picked up a brown, hairy root, and suddenly smiled. "This is a small-leaved banyan tree. Small-leaved banyans can typically grow 20 to 30 meters tall, with a large canopy spread out like a large umbrella. The roots that stick out of the ground are called buttress roots. These ones hanging down like beards are aerial roots. They dangle from the ground, absorbing moisture from the air. Once they take root in the soil, they slowly grow thicker and larger, acting like pillars, supporting the canopy and absorbing nutrients from the soil."
"The entire banyan tree is a treasure. Its aerial roots can be used to treat colds and bruises, its leaves can treat coughs and dysentery, its bark can be used to treat hemorrhoids, and its fruit can be used to improve eyesight. However, this season is when the banyan tree blooms, and the fruit is not yet ripe."
[Dysentery? Is Xiao Diao saved?]
[Xiao Diao, although I didn't find any meat, I have medicine to treat your diarrhea.]
[Brother Feng always gave Master Chu a plane - I finally found medicine to cure diarrhea, lucky me.]
Chu Qiao used a stone knife to cut off a bunch of hanging aerial roots, and then looked at a thumb-thick branch covered with emerald green banyan leaves.
Back at the camp, Xiao Diao was lying there lazily. The diarrhea made his stomach even flatter. In just three days, the fur on his body looked like human dry and yellow hair, growing randomly.
Chu Qiao cut the banyan tree leaves into pieces, ground them into mud, and fed them into Xiao Diao's mouth bit by bit.
I also made some for myself. Although she didn't get infected, I still had to take precautions.
After drinking the leaf water, Chu Qiao began to study the aerial roots beside him. The fish in the lake are much harder to catch than the fish in the sea. There are many kinds of small fish and shrimps in the lake. The fish seem to be numb to food and naturally will not rush to eat.
So fishing is not feasible, just net fish.
Chu Qiao held the banyan tree's whiskers with his left and right hands. The banyan tree's whiskers were very resilient and strong.
Chu Qiao tied a banyan tree root to two trees about 1.5 meters apart.
Tie the remaining banyan roots to the horizontal banyan roots at intervals of about 3 cm and hang them on the ground.
Chu Qiao tied the adjacent banyan tree whiskers together from left to right to form a triangle shape. He tied one layer, then the next layer, and continued this way until the last layer, and a parallelogram grid was made.
Since the mesh size is relatively large, this type of net cannot catch small fish. Chu Qiao can only give it a try and put this small net, which is only one and a half meters long, into the lake.
Chu Qiao got into his homemade canoe and rowed to the center of the lake, which should be where the most fish were.
She slowly lowered the fishing net and tied the two ends to the reeds beside her.
The underwater net swayed slowly with the swaying of the reeds.
Chu Qiao memorized the location and returned to the shore. At this time, the lotus root powder had already settled. Chu Qiao poured out the clear water on the top of the bucket and poured the remaining liquid on the large lotus leaves to dry.
Chu Qiao placed the lotus leaves next to the fire to speed up the drying process.
After eating banyan leaves, the little one next to him felt much better and was able to slowly stand up and walk around.
Chu Qiao roasted the rat meat and gave it to him, then cooked a pot of lotus root soup for himself, drank it, and went to sleep.
Xiao Diao was lying on the ground. Although his body had not fully recovered yet, he was looking around vigilantly.
At night, Xiao Diao suddenly yelled towards the sky, "Ah——"
This sound was different from the sound of Xiao Diao during the day when he was hurt, acting coquettishly, and feeling uncomfortable. The sound was high-pitched and full of fighting spirit.
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