Lao Jiu smiled, "This kid has a straightforward nature, he’s quite suitable for this line of work."
This pot of Deer Horn Glue was simred until the morning of the eighth day, and Gu Yunjiao again asked Ah Tie to ladle out the glue juice from the pot, filter it, and then pour it into the vat.
She took out the bamboo basket holding the deer antlers, inside the antlers were simred to a grayish-white color.
Ignoring it at first, Gu Yunjiao placed the bamboo basket to one side and directed the strong Ah Hu and Lin Shuo to pour all the water from the seven vats into the pot, mixing it all together.
Gu Yunjiao then instructed Ah Tie, "Add more firewood, continue simring."
At this ti, the water in the pot had turned a reddish-brown color.
As it simred, Gu Yunjiao had Zhang Shun use a big wooden spatula to stir inside.
The water in the pot beca thicker and thicker as it simred.
A layer of yellow foam floated to the surface.
Gu Yunjiao took a skimr and scooped out the foam from the top.
She said to Ah Tie, "Rember, this part of the simring process is called concentration."
Continuing until the next morning, Gu Yunjiao got up, added a little yellow wine and so rock sugar, and continued simring.
As she simred, she used a wooden spatula to scoop it up and check the consistency.
By around noon, Gu Yunjiao scooped up with the spatula, and the glue juice was already very thick, just hanging on the spoon, resembling a flag being waved.
Lao Jiu took a look, "It’s waving the big flag, it’s done simring."
Gu Yunjiao nodded, asked Liu Zhu to scoop all the reddish-brown glue juice out and pour it into the tin basin.
The tin basin was pre-coated with sesa oil so the glue wouldn’t stick to it.
After simring for so many days, finally the Deer Horn Glue was ready.
Lao Jiu remarked with emotion, "This is good stuff, very nourishing."
"The way the owner simred this is quite ticulous, I’ve never seen glue being simred this way before."
Gu Yunjiao asked Lao Jiu to take the Deer Horn Glue to the west wing room over there to let it cool naturally, once cooled it can be cut into pieces, packaged, and directly sold.
She instructed Liu Zhu, "Quickly clean the pot while it’s hot, otherwise the glue will dry on it and be hard to wash off."
After giving the orders, Gu Yunjiao didn’t pay any more attention and went back to her room.
After Lao Jiu put away the Deer Horn Glue, he saw Liu Zhu use his finger to get so glue from the pot and put it in his mouth to lick.
Lao Jiu was startled, "What are you doing?"
Liu Zhu said, "Isn’t this thing supposed to be very nourishing? Wasting it by washing it away is a pity, I eat a bit, it can also fortify my body."
Lao Jiu looked at Liu Zhu with a strange expression, "You better stop eating it, otherwise, you’ll suffer a big loss."
Liu Zhu was surprised, "Suffer what kind of loss?"
Lao Jiu just asked, "How much did you eat?"
Liu Zhu gestured with his little finger, "About this much?"
Lao Jiu shook his head, "You absolutely shouldn’t eat it, this stuff isn’t for young people, eating it you’ll not be able to handle."
"Unless you’re extrely weak or over fifty, it’s best to keep away from it."
Liu Zhu was almost in tears, "Lao Jiu, don’t scare ."
Lao Jiu shook his head, "I’m not scaring you, you’ll find out in a bit."
"Quickly, clean the pot thoroughly."
Liu Zhu washed the large iron pot clean, feeling apprehensive inside.
Just then, Mrs. Chen called out, "Ti to eat!"
Liu Zhu packed up everything and went inside.
He sat by the table, picked up the rice bowl, and suddenly felt a warmth in his nose, then he saw several drops of nosebleed fall onto the white rice in his hand.
Mrs. Chen saw it imdiately, "Oh my, Liu Zhu, what happened to you?"
Lao Jiu took a sip of his wine and shook his head, "He dug his own grave, he ate so Deer Horn Glue while cleaning the pot."
"A nosebleed is nothing, there’s more discomfort to co later." His expression was very peculiar, as if feeling sorry for Liu Zhu, yet he couldn’t help but find it amusing.
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