Starting from a thatched cottage, the farmer embarked on the road to wealth through imperial examina

"Brother Sanlang, that backpack is mine."

The girl who was called Qing Eryatou by Maodan just now stood out from the group of children with a red face and shy look, and said in a low voice.

“Well, very clean, very nice!”

Ye Changyan dug up the wintersweet flowers in the backpack, checked them, and was very satisfied. Then he picked up a beam scale and weighed the second girl Qing.

"It's sixteen and a half pounds to carry a basket. Wulang, have you remembered this?"

Seeing Wu Lang nodded, Liang Jingcheng stepped forward to help, took the backpack, and according to Ye Changyan's arrangement, gently poured the wintersweet flowers into a bamboo plaque.

"Whose backpack is this? It weighs 13.7 jin (20.3 catties)."

"Mine, mine."

When Erlaizi saw that the backpack that Sanlang was weighing was his, he quickly agreed and squeezed out from the crowd of children.

Ye Chang took the empty backpack handed over by Liang Jingcheng, while Liang Jingcheng held the backpack that had just been weighed and poured the wintersweet flowers into the bamboo plate.

"Qing Er's backpack weighs five jin."

Everyone was envious when they heard this. Although many children did not know how to count, they just thought that Qing Er was very capable and should be able to earn a lot of money from carrying this basket.

Then Ye Changyan was seen weighing the baskets one by one, and Liang Jingcheng took them one basket at a time and poured them into the bamboo basket.

Wulang was in charge of keeping accounts, Erniu was in charge of gently spreading out the wintersweet flowers that had been poured into the bamboo baskets, and Lu Tingfeng took the bamboo baskets covered with wintersweet flowers to the eaves one by one to dry out the moisture.

"Niu Wa's backpack weighs 13.2 jin."

"Erlai's backpack weighs five and a half pounds."

"Sister Suyun's backpack weighs 15.3 jin with the basket."

"Niu Wa's backpack weighs five pounds."

"Sister Suyun's backpack weighs four pounds and eight ounces."

……

As Ye Changyan called out the weighing sounds, the children's wintersweet flowers were all weighed.

The fighting power of this group of children was quite good. The one with the heaviest weight was Qing Eryatou, who weighed 11 and a half kilograms. The seven-year-old Si Gouzi took the least, weighing more than four kilograms.

Ye Changyan discovered that girls generally picked more than boys. Almost all girls picked around ten kilograms, while boys generally picked around seven or eight kilograms. Moreover, what the girls picked was relatively clean, while some of the fruits picked by boys were mixed with a few flower buds, and some were mixed with a few branches and leaves.

But he was also very satisfied with the performance of this group of children. He took out several large strings of copper coins and paid the children their wages according to the amount calculated by Wu Lang. If the wages were less than one penny, Ye Changyan would pay the children the full amount.

A group of children, all of them were excited after getting the money, carrying backpacks and baskets, left Yejia Village and ran quickly towards the village.

Soon, the news that a milk processing workshop was being built in the village to make delicious candies and was recruiting workers spread throughout the village through the children's mouths.

At the Ye family farm, everyone was busy.

Lian and Erniu cleaned the jars and pots that Ye Changyan brought back one by one, and wiped them dry inside and out according to Ye Changyan's instructions.

With the help of Liang Jingcheng, Ye Changyan assembled the copper distiller.

Then pour water into the iron kettle, then put on a bamboo partition, spread a layer of fresh wintersweet flowers on the partition, cover the distiller, connect the distillation tube and condensation barrel, then pour cold water into the condensation barrel, and finally connect the straight glass cylinder to the water outlet of the condensation tube, and the preparation work is basically completed.

Liang Jingcheng, Lu Tingfeng and everyone else from the Ye family stared at the strange device on the stove with curiosity.

No one knew what Ye Changyan could do with this device, so everyone started to get excited and listened to Ye Changyan's instructions to Wu Lang.

"Wu Lang, you come and light the fire."

Here, Goro was making a fire and observing curiously.

On the other side, Ye Changyan placed three large glass jars under the eaves in the shade, and then put the dried wintersweet flowers into two of the large glass jars.

Ye Changyan took the bag of patchouli from Liang Jingcheng, grabbed some and sprinkled it evenly on the wintersweet flowers. Then he opened a jar of strong liquor and scooped the liquor into a large glass jar until it just covered the wintersweet flowers. Then he put the cork lid on it.

Everyone on the side watched carefully, especially Liang Jingcheng and Erniu.

"Brother, come and see, the water is coming out!"

Just when Ye Changyan had just put on a cork lid, he heard Wulang shouting from the kitchen.

Ye Changyan took another cork lid from Liang Jingcheng and covered the other jar, and then everyone walked towards the kitchen.

Coming to the stove, Ye Changyan took a closer look and saw that a drop of light amber liquid was dripping from the water outlet of the condenser from time to time, and a shallow layer of such liquid had already accumulated in the straight glass container. In the glass container, this light amber liquid looked very beautiful.

"It seems that the sealing of this evaporator is very good. The coppersmith's craftsmanship is not bad. I can go and make another set."

It seemed that Ye Changyan was very satisfied with this strange device. Liang Jingcheng also came over to observe it carefully. Seeing a layer of light amber liquid in the glass jar, he asked Ye Changyan curiously.

"Chang Yan, what is this amber-like liquid?"

"The liquid in this glass jar is a mixture of essential oils and pure dew extracted from wintersweet flowers. After the liquid has completely cooled down and is left to stand for a while, a thin layer of oil will be suspended on it. That is the essence of the wintersweet flower fragrance. We can call it wintersweet flower essential oil, and the clear liquid below the essential oil can be called wintersweet flower pure dew."

Everyone had no idea about the essential oils and hydrosols that Ye Changyan mentioned, so they just listened to Liang Jingcheng's continued questioning.

"Then what are the uses of the essential oil and hydrosol of wintersweet flowers?"

"This wintersweet flower hydrosol is very good for the skin. Applying a light layer of this wintersweet flower hydrosol on the face can keep the skin moisturized. Long-term use can make the skin white and delicate, and fade scars. It is especially effective for acne on the faces of teenagers."

Few people at the scene were shocked. Lian and Erniu couldn't help but stroke their faces gently, and they were eager to try.

"And after using the wintersweet flower pure water, the body will emit a faint wintersweet flower fragrance, making the whole person feel relaxed and happy."

Seeing everyone's shocked expression, Ye Changyan continued to add.

Liang Jingcheng was a little skeptical and continued to ask.

"Then what is the use of this wintersweet essential oil?"

"The essential oil of this wintersweet flower is very precious. In addition to the effects of wintersweet flower pure water, it can also regulate emotions and soothe the body and mind. However, I plan to use the hard-earned wintersweet essential oil to mix with the wintersweet tincture that is being made over there to make wintersweet perfume."

As he spoke, Ye Changyan pointed to the large glass jar under the eaves, and then heard Liang Jingcheng say.

"Since wintersweet essential oil is so good, let's make more so that everyone can use it."

"The essential oil of wintersweet flowers is too precious. You can't make as much as you want. It's very good if you can separate a few drops of essential oil from this kilogram of pure water. Later you can see how much pure water can be distilled from this pot of wintersweet flowers, and you will know how precious this essential oil is!"

Everyone turned to stare at the water outlet of the condenser, and they were all surprised to find that the current water output was obviously much larger than before.