The night of the full moon has special meaning for vampires.
Charles was stunned for a moment by Marlene, and he couldn't help but realize that he was being treated seriously.
After breakfast, Marlene directed Charles and Erica to keep busy.
The job that Charles was assigned was to cut firewood and burn charcoal. Fearing the situation, he simply went to a nearby town to inquire about it, and then bought it directly.
When he returned to Erica's house, he saw that the two women had moved a set of tools for distilling liquor to the lake.
Then Marlene gave him a map and a note and asked him to get 10 barrels of wine back.
The place is easy to find. Just walk straight along the waterfall and see if there is a water wheel by the river.
There was a wine shop there, and the owner was an old vampire. He glanced at the note and shook his head and said, "Am I stupid? He drinks blood for Marlene without paying for it, so he helps her with her work?"
Charles smiled and said: "They are friends, so they should help."
The old man sneered, moved out 10 wooden barrels of about 30 liters, and said before Charles left: "He watched Marlene grow up, and if I had any wrong thoughts about her, he advised me
Give up your thoughts as soon as possible."
Charles put the wine in his bag and said with a smile: "They are just friends."
The old man ignored him and waved his legs to tell him to leave quickly.
When Charles returned, he saw that the distiller had been set up, and the pipes were connected to the condenser from the water tank next to the house. Water was now being filled, and the discharged water was discharged into the lake through the water pipes.
Then Charles and Erica prepared the charcoal, put the wine aside, and then began to wash the bottles and corks.
Marlene came to the flower field and carefully inspected almost every flower.
At dusk, the three of them had dinner next to the still. The meal was particularly sumptuous, except for the pork knuckle and blood sausage, which indicated that the morning would be very hard.
As soon as the sun went down, they started to go out and do some work.
All the wine in the barrel was poured into the still, and the charcoal in the furnace was burned.
Marlene was waiting by the flower field with a big basket on her back, looking up at the night sky.
When the full moon rose to a certain height and faint music came from the direction of the village, she began to pick flowers quickly.
Whether flowers as raw materials are time-sensitive, it doesn’t matter if it’s too early or too late.
When picking flowers, you should not bring too many flower stalks. Some flowers are not even allowed to bring receptacles and calyxes. Some require petals, while others require ovaries and buds. The quantity is also regulated. Do you want to do it well and quickly?
A technical job.
And there is no order of when to add which flowers. It is said that if the wrong addition is made, it will be blown up for you to see.
Erica is watching the fire. The temperature of the wine in the still must not be too high at the moment.
Charles will help a lot tomorrow. After Marlene picks the ichitong, he will immediately take it to Erica and pour it into the evaporator, saving the girls the energy of running back and forth.
The vampire's physical strength is somewhat lacking, not to mention that Erica is two years older than Charles, and Marlene is three years older.
The three of them worked for about an hour. Finally, a basket of flowers was poured into the evaporator. Marlene took a look at the color of the wine, then closed the lid and locked it, and began to increase the firepower.
Marlene stood nearby and smelled the smell carefully. When the scent suddenly changed slightly, she turned over an hourglass.
At the same time, Erica pulled out some of the burning charcoal, closed the valve on the vent pipe, and let the flowers and wine in the still simmer over a low fire.
During that time, they checked the condenser again to make sure there was no problem with the cooling water.
When the time is up, open the valve of the vent pipe and add fire. After a while, transparent liquid starts to flow from the other end of the pipe.
Marlene took some in a small cup, tasted it, nodded with satisfaction, and handed it to Erica.
Erica also drank a little, with a bright smile on her face, and then handed it to Charles.
Charles smelled the strong floral aroma of the wine remaining in the empty glass, and the smell of wine was vague.
He thought for a moment, then raised his head and poured it into his mouth.
The taste of the wine surprised him. As the saying goes, sheep blood smells bad, pig blood smells bad, chicken blood smells bad, and human blood tastes salty and fishy. This wine actually tasted like human blood.
"I shouldn't drink it," Marlene joked about Charles, "Please wait until I'm older."
Charles smiled and asked, "What kind of wine is that?"
Marlene replied: "Well, is this his proud work?"
"These are all for Erica. They will have time to make two batches in July and August and sell them before the full moon night. Erica's most important income in the year will be from selling those wines.
Already."
Charles was a little surprised, glanced at the empty wine bottles prepared next to him, and asked worriedly: "How much can it be sold for in a year?"
"Not much," Marlene replied, "barely enough for Erica to live on. If the full moon night is in August, she will make a lot less money."
Charles is famous. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, vampires make wine like moon cakes, and they make them only two mornings a year.
Erica doesn't want to talk about money, especially in front of Charles.
Charles thought for a while and didn't say anything about expanding the scale.
The recipe of the wine was Marlene's, and she gave it to Erica and helped with the production. But that was not the friendship between them. If it were promoted to the business level, Erica would only provide raw materials and labor force.
After Dong Laifu put the distilled wine into glass bottles, put the stoppers on the bottles, wiped the bottles and put labels on them, and put them in the cellar. Finally, they dismantled the stills, washed them and put them back into the warehouse. The three of them went there in the middle of the night.
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Everyone was sweating profusely, and Marlene dragged Erica into the bathroom to wash together like yesterday.
Of course, Charles couldn't come with him. He waited by the lake for a long time and waited until the lights in Erica's room came on before going back to the house or taking a shower before going to bed.
Just as he was cheating, the bedroom door opened again.
The night passed, and the book did not go into detail.
At noon the next day, the three of them closed the doors and windows after having lunch, made sure that all the locks were locked and the fire was out, and then left together.
Erica originally asked for leave to come back, but Charles came and asked her to take an extra day off in advance. Now that things are over, she asked to go back to work in the bar. After all, she can save a lot of money there with food and accommodation included.
She and Marlene were walking on the forest path, legs crossed, whispering secretly between them from time to time.
Charles walked aside, his face a little pale, and he was holding a wooden barrel in his legs. The wine in it was the first distilled wine yesterday morning. The quality was not as good as the one in the glass bottle, but it was pretty good. It was given to the bar owner.
When the time came to part ways, Charles was going to go through the fireplace in the bar first to the German Ministry of Magic, then to the British Ministry of Magic, and finally back to No. 3 Privet Drive.
"See you in the east moon."
"See you in the east moon."
Charles disappeared into the green flames of the fireplace.
He made an agreement with the girls that they would be helpful on the full moon night in the east.