The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

The people were marching quickly, and even the horses and cows could not move anymore.

This time is probably around seven or eight in the evening.

Shen Zhiqiu blew the bamboo whistle, and everyone who heard the sound breathed a sigh of relief!

Everyone got off the car and started to set up camp. Since it wasn't going to rain, they could just spread out something and sleep.

The team behind them was no longer visible.

The open space was large, and everyone surrounded the carriages to form three walls, leaving the side facing the road open to observe people passing by.

The men quickly unloaded the vehicles from the animals and served them water and grass. They sprinkled some water on their bodies to cool them down, and made sure the animals were well cared for.

Gao Liehu, Da Hu and the others, go check if there is any water nearby. If you can find water locally, don't drink the water in the car.

The young men sat on the ground guarding the carriages and looking after the food of each family.

Old men and women like Shen Changshuan unloaded straw mats or oilcloth from the car. Shen Youyou even studied the oilcloth and saw that it was just smeared with tung oil, which was completely different from the ones we use today.

But it should still have the effect of protecting against rain, otherwise why can oil-paper umbrellas protect against rain?

These straw mats and oilcloths are laid on the ground so that everyone can sleep better at night.

The women were in charge of cooking. The children were gathering firewood around.

There were also injured men waiting for Doctor Guo to treat their injuries.

The most seriously injured among this group were Shen Zhiqiu and Shen Zhichun.

These two brothers, one is protecting his father and the other is protecting his mother. The injuries of the others are not serious and can be cured by applying some medicine.

Shen Youyou was afraid that everyone's wounds would get infected, so she prepared to distill the alcohol. Although it was unlikely to be distilled like in later generations, it could at least have some effect.

She skillfully kneaded the mud to make a clay stove. She had done this before when she followed the anchor to a deserted island to experience wilderness survival. It didn't take long for her to make a small clay stove.

She built a small platform with bamboo boards in front of the earthen stove, and then used mud to make a small pond on the small platform. She was quick and skillful.

As a result, her grandmother shouted, "Oh my! Little ancestor, don't you see that your sisters are digging wild vegetables and collecting firewood? Why are you playing in the mud here?"

Shen Youyou said without even looking up: "This is Yuzhou, grandma. It's been so dry for so long, you can see a few green grasses and dig wild vegetables. Besides, I'm going to distill alcohol. This stuff is for my dad and his friends to heal their injuries."

The old lady looked suspicious: "Playing in the mud can heal your father and his family's injuries?"

"Mom, let her do it. Her skills can really heal our injuries. I taught her this from a book." Shen Zhiqiu hurried over to rescue his daughter.

"Why did you come down? You are so seriously injured. Just rest in the car!" The old lady didn't care about her granddaughter playing in the mud, and hurried over to check on her third son.

Grandpa Shen also frowned and said, "Those of you who are injured should rest first. Don't we still have Dongzi and Dabao and Erbao? Besides, Li Quan and Dahu and Erhu can also help."

Shen Zhiqiu explained cheerfully, "It's too hot in the car, let's get off and get some fresh air, I'm fine, don't worry."

At this time, the sisters with sad faces came back and said that there were no wild vegetables at all and the weeds were all dry.

When the woman heard this, she taught her child, "See? There wasn't even a bite of wild vegetables along the way. They were all dug up by people. Let's see if you're still picky about food. You may even eat tree bark in the future!"

The children immediately said, "Mom, how can we be picky about food? Haven't you seen Lao Xiang who eats everything you give her?"

The women sighed, "Hey! You guys better stop eating Lao Xiang from now on. You who are riding in the carriage should eat less. Let your father and brother eat more. You will have to drive the carriage tomorrow with your injuries."

Anyway, the kids would be scolded a few times. But everyone had a clear division of labor and everything was in order.

Shen Zhiqiu had thought of this a long time ago. He was not afraid of managing a large team, but he was afraid that a group of people would become a mess and not know what to do.

It is better to divide the work into groups as soon as possible, just like the village teams in the 1970s and 1980s. Each group should elect a team leader, and when the time comes, let the team leader lead the work. This saves time and effort and does not delay things.

Shen Zhiqiu looked at her daughter, who had already lit the stove and was using a dagger to make a hole in the lid of a clay pot.

"Yo yo, can you really distill alcohol?"

The main reason is that they have distillation equipment in modern homes, and the production looks quite complicated.

"That time when I went to the island, I said I would take you with me, but you said you had business and couldn't go that time."

Shen Youyou blinked at Shen Zhiqiu and said in a low voice:

"This method is used to distill fresh water and also to produce salt.

I thought distilling alcohol should be no problem. At worst, I could just make a few more stoves and distill it a few more times.

You see, I opened two holes in the lid, one big and one small.

When I use mud to paste the carbon tank and the lid later, I can add water from here.

Insert a bamboo stick into this small opening, pass it through the pool, and then add cold water to the pool to achieve distillation.

By the way, Dad, do we have saltpeter?"

Shen Zhiqiu was listening to her daughter's chattering and was confused when she was asked this question.

He answered reflexively, "That's true. When I was buying medicine in the county town, I thought that if we could make gunpowder, I bought all the saltpeter and sulfur from him. But there weren't many medicines in total."

"Then please get me some saltpeter. I'll boil it for you after it's used up. It won't be a waste at all."

Rare resources like saltpeter should be saved as much as possible. The water melted after saltpeter is used to make ice can be converted back into saltpeter after the water is distilled.

Shen Zhiqiu asked Erhu to get some saltpeter for Shen Youyou. After all, his arms couldn't move things at the moment, and the carriage was full, making it inconvenient to take anything.

Shen Youyou asked Erhu to bring him a jar of wine.

Erhu was directed around by the father and daughter.

Shen Youyou placed the pottery jar on the stove and asked Erhu to fill it with wine, then sealed all the gaps with mud.

Place a thicker bamboo tube on the big opening of the lid, connect the lid and the bamboo tube with clay, and then put a bamboo lid on the bamboo tube.

The next step is to fix the narrow bamboo tube on the muddy water pool. It is necessary to ensure that the wine evaporates in a sealed environment.

Finally, pour cold water into the small pool, add saltpeter, and wait for half an hour until the water freezes. This is how alcohol can be distilled. (Pictures here)

However, in order to increase the purity of the alcohol, Shen Youyou decided to make a few more of these small distillation devices.

She looked at the four treasures of the Shen family (including Shen Luming) and asked, "Do you understand what to do?"

Brother Dabao and brother Erbao nodded, and Shen Yuanbao and Shen Luming also nodded. It is not known whether the two younger ones really understood it.

But Shen Youyou didn't care. There were two big ones leading her: "What are you looking at? Come and follow me. We should make more."

When everyone came back, there was no water nearby, and while the women were still cooking, the rest of the people surrounded them and watched them play in the mud.