This medicine house is where Zhao Yanhuan and Zhao Huaer accompanied Li Qing to collect medicinal materials after the weather warmed up, and they initially processed the medicinal materials.
But now there are seven or eight copper stills at work in the medicine house, and a strong aroma of wine permeates everywhere.
In the medicine house, Zhao Yanhuan's uncle Zhao Yibao and several villagers looked at the distilling pot and repeatedly distilled the ordinary wine with a very low alcohol content.
The distillation took too long, and the medicine house was full of alcohol odor. In order to avoid being drunk, Zhao Yibao and others wore thick masks to block the alcohol odor.
Seeing Zhao Yanhuan and Li Qing, Zhao Yibao directly picked up a small wine jar, handed it to her, and said, "This is wine that has been distilled several times. Can you see if it is the alcohol you mentioned?"
Zhao Yanhuan took off the lid and smelled it. The smell was overwhelming, and he took a lick. His tongue was so spicy that it hurt for a long time and he couldn't stop breathing.
Then he gave the wine jar to Li Qing, and Li Qing also smelled it: "It's impossible to determine the degree, but this wine is definitely close to the quality of alcohol."
Zhao Yanhuan nodded and said to Zhao Yibao: "I have passed the test. Thank you for your hard work, uncle. How many did you get in total?"
Zhao Yibao pointed to a row of more than a dozen wine jars standing in the corner: "Where are they all? Have you seen enough?"
Zhao Yanhuan looked at the row of wine jars half a person's height and smiled: "That's enough. Next, I have to ask my uncle to bring someone to mark the alcohol in a special way, making it more subtle so that no one can see it. , sent to the wine cellar.”
Zhao Yibao patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me, don't worry."
After leaving Yaolu, Zhao Yanhuan and Li Qing went home. On the other side, Wang Erdi, who had successfully broken into Qipai Village, was still wandering around the village.
Qipai Village does not prohibit the refugees who enter from moving around. When the spring comes to farm, Zhao Yanhuan will also arrange land for these refugees who have no assets, so that the refugees can cultivate the land to support their families.
In addition to being the head of Qipai Village, Zhao Yanhuan is also a big landowner with a lot of land, all of which was purchased through Gai Xiong.
It was with this land in hand that Zhao Yanhuan had the confidence to take in so many refugees.
Gai Xiong was just a county magistrate from a middle-class family, but he already had such great ability. He protected Zhao Yanhuan, a commoner, and developed into a big landowner, and no one dared to pay attention to him.
Other bigger aristocratic families cover the sky with one hand, and they don't even pay attention to the imperial power. The common people in the world are even more like ants and grasshoppers.
When Zhao Yanhuan and Li Qing returned home, they happened to catch up with Zhao Yicang running out with a large bag of wheat ears.
Seeing Zhao Yanhuan and Li Qing, Zhao Yicang happily shook the bag containing wheat ears at Zhao Yanhuan and said excitedly: "Yan Huan, I'm going to act..."
The lingering sound is still there, but the person has run away.
Mr. Zhuang rushed behind and shouted: "Yicang, let's make your favorite roast duck at home. Come back early."
After shouting and seeing Zhao Yanhuan and Li Qing, Mr. Zhuang immediately said to the two of them: "It's a blessing for you. I just made two roast ducks and four thighs, one for each of you."
Li Qing laughed and said, "It seems that we, mother and daughter, are more blessed than Yicang."
Zhao Yanhuan and Li Qing went into the kitchen to help Mr. Zhuang with the rice and dishes. They were thinking about Zhao Yibao who was making alcohol in the Yaolu and said, "Auntie, leave half of the dish in the pot for uncle to heat up, so that it won't get cold when you get back." ,Unappetizing."
Mr. Zhuang took the bowl and said, "I've left some food for him. It's on the stove over there. Let's eat ours."
While Zhao Yanhuan was eating here, Wang Erdi had already chatted with several waves of villagers in the village.
Wang Erdi felt that the villagers in Qipai Village were very enthusiastic, probably because refugees often came to the village, and they even felt familiar when chatting with him.
But Wang Erdi didn't think much about it. He squatted at the door of the house and chatted for a few words before leaving.
Little did he know that as soon as he stepped forward, the enthusiastic man behind him was pinched hard on the arm by the woman next to him.
"Didn't Hua'er and Luan Hu tell us not to be too enthusiastic when we meet people asking for information? It seems fake."
"Look at your performance just now. You wish you could tell him all the news at once. You act so fake. What if he gets suspicious?"
The man grinned and rubbed the place where the woman pinched him, and complained: "You bitch, you are always so cruel, but I think the bandit is so stupid that I didn't find anything wrong."
Wang Erdi, who was said to be stupid, was currently strolling towards the high wall of Qipai Village. He had already found out the information and it was time to go back to the village.
However, Wang Erdi thought that he couldn't leave alone because it would be too abrupt. It would be best to leave with a group of villagers from Qipai Village who were about to go out, which would appear natural.
Finally, when we arrived at the exit under the wall, we saw a group of people tearing and pulling around a young man.
The man was holding a big bundle in his hand, and a group of people blocked the exit. Wang Erdi was forced to watch the show.
The group of people in front of them were noisy. Many people were talking at the same time. It took Wang Erdi a long time to understand clearly what was being said.
The crowd surrounding the young man was accusing the young man.
"Zhao Yicang, the village chief said you can't take out the wheat seeds. You put the wheat seeds down."
"Zhao Yicang, are you worthy of the village chief?"
"Take him to the village chief and see what the village chief does to him!"
Zhao Yicang held the baggage in his arms tightly and struggled, "You are meddling in other people's business!"
"I am your village chief's fourth uncle. This wheat seed originally belongs to my family. Besides, I am going to use it as a betrothal gift. Even if Yan Huan knew about it, he would not blame me, my fourth uncle, for asking you to mess with dogs and mice here."
A group of people were noisy and fighting and tearing. During the struggle, someone didn't know who accidentally pulled out the baggage in Zhao Yicang's arms.
Because of the excessive force, the man fell directly to the ground. The baggage was torn apart by the man, and the dry ears of wheat left inside were scattered on the ground.
Some of the wheat ears happened to fall in front of Wang Erdi, and Wang Erdi's eyes were uncontrollably attracted to the wheat ears.
Although Wang Erdi was a bandit, before he became a bandit, he had been a farmer with his back to the sky for more than 20 years.
He had never seen such a plump and long ear of wheat. This ear of wheat was enough to be twice as much as ordinary wheat.
Moreover, such good wheat ears are not just one or two, but the wheat ears scattered throughout the entire bag are of such good quality.
Wang Erdi felt his heart pounding. He had heard people say that Zhao Yanhuan was good at farming, but he didn't feel much because he didn't see the real thing.
But now that he saw the real thing, he truly felt what Zhao Yanhuan represented.
At this moment, Wang Erdi felt unprecedentedly clear, and he also became more determined than ever to get Zhao Yanhuan to Tiger Leaping Village. With Zhao Yanhuan, he and his eldest brother would no longer have to worry about starvation in the future.
