The rainy season

Whether it's drying or crushing and sorting, there are plenty of people available to help.

Just four or five days later, two large baskets of dark, glossy seeds were placed in front of Jian Mo.

Qing Kuo asked, "What should we do now?"

Jian Mo: "Let's press the oil first."

The tribe consumed animal fat and had no experience in pressing vegetable oil.

Jian Mo Wu Jiong go to the cave and bring out the hardwood they had stored. He then dug a groove in the middle of each piece of hardwood and connected the grooves together to form a cross-shaped wooden frame.

Others asked:

"And then? What do you do?"

"I also found the dried leaves, and the rope is here."

"I've already pounded the Clear Red Fruit. Some oil came out during the pounding process, will that be okay?"

Jian Mo answered each question, "First, send them to the kitchen to be stir-fried. Prepare the large leaves and rope; the oil released during pounding won't affect the process, so the loss shouldn't be significant."

Seeing that Jian Mo understood the situation, everyone crowded around him and led him into the kitchen.

First, Jian Mo roasted two large baskets of Clear Red Fruit seeds until they were fragrant and cooked through. Then, he had everyone wrap the seeds in large leaves, like wrapping tea cakes, into round, flat pieces.

After wrapping them, Jian Mo the large log in the yard lifted up and stuff the biscuit pieces into the grooves.

Everyone: "And then?"

Jian Mo tried to prop up the large log somewhere, but after looking around and seeing that the yard was bare and there was nowhere to prop it up, she slapped her forehead and said, "Let's go to the big stone mortar, put the log on it, and then press out the grease from the grooves."

Now everyone understood, and they quickly moved their things and rushed to the large stone mortar.

The wooden frame is placed on a large stone mortar, so that if the oil from the seeds flows down during the pressing process, it can flow directly into the mortar.

Jian Mo wiped the sweat from her forehead. "We can start pressing now. Two heavier people can step on either end of the top log to press it down."

Ban Ming raised his hand. "Jian Mo, can we just use our beast form to suppress it?"

Jian Mo didn't realize at first that they were orcs, but after realizing it, he was overjoyed and said, "Of course! Find two of the heavier orcs to stand at either end."

Ban Ming: "Let's have our feline beastmen."

As he spoke, Ban Ming turned around and transformed back into his beast form. His best friend A Hu, also turned around and transformed back into his beast form in perfect unison.

Two large cats, one gray and one orange, jumped to the two ends of the hardwood log above and pressed down on it.

As their massive bodies pressed down, the hardwood bent and creaked, and the seed sac in the middle of the wood successfully extracted oil.

The clear oil dripped into the stone mortar, releasing its unique aroma.

Jian Mo: "You really can do it! Well done!"

Ban Ming raised his tail and said smugly, "We feline beastmen are the most agile, aren't we, A Hu?"

The orange A Hu, said seriously, "Hmm."

Everyone had been observing the oil production from the seeds. After pressing them twice and seeing that no more oil flowed out, Qing Kuo said, "Wrap them in new leaves."

Upon hearing this, the two large cats jumped down from the log.

The beastmen waiting nearby carried down the hardwood log and placed two seed packets into the groove.

After it was placed in place, the two big cats, one gray and one orange, jumped on it again, using their weight to press down on the wood once more.

This process looks quite fun.

After two rounds, a canine orc couldn't resist and squeezed in, calling out, "Ban Ming, A Hu, it's our turn."

The two large cats simultaneously unleashed their cat-like punches, shooing the canine beastman away. "Go away, you canines are so clumsy, you can't even stand on such a narrow log, you'll fall over."

The orcs rushed to press out the oil, and the final oil yield was surprisingly good.

Jian Mo received a small half-bucket of fragrant plant oil, and everyone came over to smell it and thought it was quite nice.

Indeed, animal oil has its own characteristics, and vegetable oil has its own characteristics; different oils can be used for different products.

Everyone helped tidy up, Jian Mo led the people back to the courtyard to continue making lip balm.

Using the same ratio of four parts oil to one part wax, the resulting lip balm is more delicate and moisturizing, smells better, and has a more beautiful color.

--Vegetable oils are more compatible with the fragrance and color of Red Sparrow Branch's finches.

After the new version of the lip balm was completed, even Qing Kuo couldn't help but say, "Sometimes you really shouldn't be lazy."

Jian Mo looked at the remaining oil. "Let's save the remaining half-bucket for later. A lip balm like this doesn't use much oil anyway, so this trip was worth it."

As he spoke, Jian Mo handed the oil to Qing Kuo, intending to give it to the tribe.

Qing Kuo waved his hand. "This time, we went with you to collect seeds to press the oil. You can keep the oil, but we can share some of these lip balms."

Several Ye Luo shared the same opinion.

Ye Luo said, "You've learned something new again. This little bit of oil isn't enough as your reward, so keep it."

Jian Mo: "Then I won't stand on ceremony. I'll use these vegetable oils to experiment with something else."

Qing Kuo laughed heartily, "Go ahead and try your best. If you come up with anything good, it would be even better if we could get a share."

Jian Mo: "Don't worry, definitely."

Next, Jian Mo also made a plant oil version of the ointment and tried out a lubricant as well.

The ointment is fine, but the lubricant isn't really necessary.

Clear Red Fruit oil works perfectly fine; adding an extra layer of insect wax won't improve the experience and may even increase the risk of allergies.

We must learn through practice to truly understand.

One day, Jian Mo lay lazily in bed afterward, thinking to herself.

Chapter 106 Rainy Season

In summer, people don't really like using lip balm.

Aside from the Mengshui Tribe members exchanging some medicated oil for Jian Mo's sake, the other lip balms weren't exchanged much.

Jian Mo didn't mind; lip balm is an essential item in autumn and winter, so spreading the word first would make it popular in autumn and winter.