Chapter 286 Making Lip Balm (Part 1)

Jiang Zhiluo's heart was beating wildly. Just by looking at Cui Hejin's eyes, she felt that there was a captivating power in them, which made her feel like she was being electrocuted.

I felt an inexplicable sweet feeling in my heart.

"Actually, I don't want you to work hard either. You know I don't care about that."

"I make money just so we can eat and use things well."

As for the Wei family's affairs, Jiang Zhiluo didn't want to talk about it for the time being.

She didn't want to involve Cui Hejin and didn't want him to be in any danger.

"Take these!"

Perhaps Cui Hejin needs to use this money, and she would feel bad about taking so many banknotes.

Cui Hejin's eyes became even deeper and he did not withdraw them.

Jiang Zhiluo inexplicably felt that Cui Hejin seemed a little sad at this moment.

"Why not? This is for household expenses. I should have given you my money."

Her heart trembled, and she could only take it first.

Well, actually, these banknotes are just banknotes if they are left there. If they are used to do business and make money, you can make more money.

"Then I want to take these banknotes and open a shop."

Cui Hejin said softly: "It's all right, as long as you are happy."

Yes, she can do anything with the banknotes.

Jiang Zhiluo sniffed and thought, even if he had no memory of his previous life, he was still treating her well.

It made her feel indescribable.

Jiang Zhiluo walked forward, reached out and hugged Cui Hejin.

"I think you're really nice."

Cui Hejin sighed softly and gently touched Jiang Zhiluo's hair.

The two of them walked deeper into the mountains and picked some things, but Jiang Zhiluo suddenly saw sugarcane.

This is where sugarcane was discovered in another valley deep in the mountains.

Jiang Zhiluo couldn't believe it at all, "Why is there sugarcane here?"

However, Jiang Zhiluo could feel that the climate in this small valley was warm and humid, so sugarcane could grow here, right?

And there is a field of sugarcane here.

Cui Hejin whispered, "When I was in the capital, there were merchants from the south who would sell some sugarcane."

When he was a child, the government also bought sugarcane, and he ate it once.

But the main thing is to chew it to get the sweet juice.

“I didn’t expect there would be sugarcane here in the North State.”

Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, "Sugarcane is indeed found in the south, but I didn't expect it to be found here too."

"Sugar can be made from sugarcane just as well as sugar beets."

Cui Hejin listened to Jiang Zhiluo's words and roughly understood what she meant. "It will be very hard for you to make ointment and lip balm and then make brown sugar."

There's so much to do at once, I can't handle it at all.

Jiang Zhiluo thought for a moment and said, "Let's focus on making ointments and lip balm."

"But I can hire the villagers to make brown sugar."

"Teach them how to make sugar from beets and cane."

"Brown sugar is quite scarce in northern China, and many people use it. I'll teach you how to make good brown sugar so that it can be sold in the north."

"With this skill, villagers have something to do during the slack season and can earn some copper coins to supplement their family income."

During her time in Donghe Village, Jiang Zhiluo also found that the villagers were very nice, although they all liked to gossip.

But that was the slack season during the farming season and everyone had nothing to do, so they liked to talk about some trivial family matters, but they were all harmless.

Everyone is kind by nature, listens to advice, and won't cause trouble.

They are also busy working on the one-third acre of land in their own family.

So she was also willing to teach the villagers a skill.

And even if someone accidentally leaked the sugar-making method, it would not have any impact on her.

Because she didn't originally want to do the sugar-making business, she mainly wanted to do the ointment and lip balm business.

But when I saw the sugarcane, I felt it was a bit of a waste to put it here.

You can also teach everyone to plant sugarcane in the mountains and beets in the fields to make sugar.

Cui Hejin said softly, "If the villagers knew about this, they would be very happy."

Jiang Zhiluo smiled and said, "Well, I know everyone wants to find work outside during the slack season, but it's hard to find, so everyone stays at home during the slack season."

She heard from Mrs. Cui that the villagers had also gone out to find work before.

But it's not that easy.

The waiters in other people's restaurants all got their jobs through connections.

At the dock, those waiting to be moved also have a manager. The manager is familiar with the ship merchant and when a cargo ship arrives, he tells them which people will be responsible for moving the goods.

Moreover, the work is very tiring, the pay is low, and there is no food provided.

In addition, those who have some skills can set up stalls at the dock.

But they don’t know how to cook anything delicious.

So most people in the village are still farming.

Everyone lives on the grain harvested every year.

So Jiang Zhiluo actually wanted to help everyone.

Of course, making brown sugar is also good for her.

She can capture the northern market.

But she has to think about it carefully when she goes back.

On the way back, Jiang Zhiluo saw many hawthorn trees. "There are still hawthorns here, but they are not ripe yet."

“You can come and pick them when they are ripe.”

Cui Hejin asked, "Want to eat hawthorn?"

He planned to go out and buy her whatever she wanted to eat.

Jiang Zhiluo shook her head and said, "No, I just thought these hawthorns could be used to make fruit leather and lip balm."

Cui Hejin never thought that hawthorn could be used to make lip balm.

They also returned with a full load.

Ingredients such as comfrey, jasmine, osmanthus, and roselle are first dried on a winnowing basket.

Put aside things like mulberries and raspberries that are used to make lip balm.

When Mrs. Cui and Cui Qingci saw them coming back, they also came out to help.

"Zhiluo, do you want to hang all these out to dry?"

Jiang Zhiluo explained, "Mother, those are for making ointment, and these are for making lip balm. Wash the mulberries and raspberries first so I can crush them all in a wooden mortar."

The mashed juice is filtered and then used to make lip balm.

Making ointment takes some time, but making lip balm is easier.

Mrs. Cui and Cui Qingci listened to Jiang Zhiluo and helped to wash.

When using the wooden mortar to pound the food, Cui Hejin came up to help.

Jiang Zhiluo felt much more relaxed.

After working for a while and having lunch, I continued working in the afternoon.

Crush the mulberries, add camellia oil, and then filter.

Strain the juice, put it into the honeycomb and heat it again.

Stir while heating, and turn off the heat once the honeycomb has melted.

Pour the prepared lip balm into the wooden bottles prepared in advance.

The small wooden bottle is filled with lip balm, which looks beautiful.

Cui Qingci was amazed, "Sister-in-law, after doing this, the lip balm looks so good, so delicate and beautiful."

Cui Qingci also liked to use rouge and powder in the past, so she naturally knew how good this lip balm looked.

Especially when it is packaged in such a delicate and beautiful small bottle, it feels really beautiful.

"The rouge and powder boxes in the shops in the capital are not even this exquisite."

Cui Qingci was telling the truth when she said this.

Not to mention the exquisite carvings on the small bottle.

In the past, she would have bought this kind of lip balm even if it was just for the bottle.

“And the color is beautiful too.”

Jiang Zhiluo filled more than twenty small bottles of lip balm at once.

This small bottle can be filled up with just a little lip balm.

"You and mom each take a bottle and use them first. I'll give you different colors of lip balm when I make other colors."