More and more peanut oil flowed down, collecting in the wooden barrel.
Feihua Zhenren also ran over to watch the excitement.
He squatted beside the barrel, heedless of his image, and took a deep whiff.
'This oil smells amazing!'
It was nearly as fragrant as the sesame oil they used daily.
And by comparison, peanuts yielded far more oil than sesame seeds.
Freshly pressed peanut oil wasn't ready for consumption; it had to be left to sit for a while.
After successfully pressing the first barrel of peanut oil, Hua Manman's work was done. Steward Jia would handle the rest.
Looking at the fragrant peanut oil before him, Steward Jia only regretted that they had planted too few peanuts this year.
Currently, the only vegetable-based cooking oil on the market was sesame oil. But it wasn't suitable for stir-frying, and its high price put it far beyond the means of ordinary people.
This peanut oil was different.
