Chapter 72 Whitening and Spot-Removing Cream
She wasn't very confident about this skin-beautifying ointment, though she had made wound medicine countless times without ever failing.
These kinds of beauty products still need to be carefully polished.
After the room on the left was renovated, a simple platform was set up in it for making medicine.
To prevent dust from rising from the ground, Jiang Nuanzhi tidied up the room thoroughly. The old, worn-out kang mat had been washed clean and was now laid out perfectly on the floor.
Actually, making medicine is quite simple. It's nothing more than grinding each medicinal herb into a fine powder, then adding oils and beeswax, and mixing them together.
It's difficult, because you have to master the characteristics of each medicine and bring out its best state without destroying its efficacy. Every step has to be strictly controlled, and even the slightest deviation will not work.
Jiang Nuanzhi's first attempt at making medicine failed.
The order in which the medicinal materials were placed was not properly controlled, as was the heat. Before the beeswax could completely melt, the other medicinal materials inside had already changed color due to overheating.
They immediately started a second attempt, which also failed. A third attempt followed.
Finally, after several attempts, Jiang Nuanzhi produced a perfectly blended whitening and freckle-removing cream that was as white as jade. The cream had a faint medicinal fragrance, spread easily on the skin, and did not feel heavy or sticky; in fact, it was very moisturizing.
Jiang Nuanzhi hugged the ointment and chuckled to herself for a while before immediately starting to write down the process she had just gone through.
"Mommy, aren't you going to sleep?"
Suddenly, she heard a soft, sweet voice behind her. Jiang Nuanzhi looked over in a daze and realized that the moon was already high in the sky. It was already late at night.
At this moment, Baozhu stood at the door, rubbing her sleepy eyes, looking at Jiang Nuanzhi with some worry.
"Mommy will go to sleep soon, you go to sleep first, don't wait for me."
With that, he waved for Xiao Baozhu to go to sleep, then turned back to focus on making medicine again.
Because there was only one successful attempt, Jiang Nuanzhi cautiously tried again, following her previous record. The second attempt also succeeded, and she finally relaxed and used up the remaining medicinal herb. In the end, she only made six bottles of the final product.
Even so, Jiang Nuanzhi was still very satisfied.
This time, she spent one and a half taels of silver just on buying the porcelain vase.
Therefore, she still had quite a few small porcelain bottles left. She bought two colors: a white jar to store the whitening freckle cream and a blue jar to store the wound medicine.
After thinking about it, I engraved the character "暖" (nuǎn, meaning "warm") on the bottom of all the jars to distinguish them from other jars.
There was a little bit of beeswax left, so I added a little lard and made two small bottles of mouth balm.
The children's lips were slightly chapped.
While eating today, I noticed Wan'er was so well-nourished; her hair was jet black, her face was fair with a rosy glow, and her lips were red and glossy. Her little hands were also fair and tender.
Looking at her own little Baozhu, her hair was dry and yellow, and her lips were chapped and chapped. Although Jiang Nuanzhi had washed her little face and hands clean, and the cracked areas had healed, they were still tanned dark.
The ointments and lip balms she made this time were all healthy, and there was nothing wrong with using them on her child. She was thinking that she would definitely raise her baby to be fair and tender as well.
The only slight regret is that the oil used in her lip rouge was lard.
We don't have olive oil or grapeseed oil for her right now, so we'll have to use lard for now. We'll see if there are any trees in the mountains that can produce better oil, and then we can switch to something else.
After finishing all that, she stretched and looked back; the sky was already beginning to lighten.
Jiang Nuan was taken aback, and then noticed that Xiao Baozhu was lying on the ground behind her, fast asleep.
She was stunned. Had this child been waiting for her all night?
I tiptoed over and picked up the little one.
With just a light touch, Baozhu woke up, rubbed her eyes, and asked, "Mother, are you done?"
Jiang Nuanzhi hugged her small, soft body tighter and touched her little face: "Why don't you sleep on the heated kang? The ground is cold."
Little Baozhu instinctively snuggled closer to Jiang Nuanzhi, saying, "I wanted to get some water for Mommy, but Mommy is too busy. Baozhu will fall asleep when I get sleepy!"
As she spoke, she suddenly opened her eyes as if she had just remembered something: "Oh dear, I forgot to take care of Daddy! You naughty brother, don't wake up again and hurt Daddy!"
As he spoke, he struggled to get up.
Jiang Nuanzhi simply picked her up and went to the next room, lowering her voice and whispering, "See, everything's alright, isn't it?"
Baozhu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, then turned around and gave Jiang Nuanzhi a big smile, saying in a small voice, "Mother, let's go to sleep."
"Okay, sure."
The children had carefully wrapped the bottom of her blankets, making the bed warm and cozy.
Jiang Nuanzhi quietly slipped into the quilt and saw Xiao Baozhu pitifully tugging at her clothes, so she simply wrapped her up in her own quilt as well.
I was so tired that I fell into a deep sleep in just a few breaths.
When I opened my eyes again the next day, it was already broad daylight.
The warm sunlight streamed through the window and shone on the curtains. Only then did she realize that besides herself, only Li Rong and Xiao Xuanting were left in the room.
In a daze, I reached out and touched Xiao Xuanting's head. Hmm, the high fever has subsided.
He reached out to touch Li Rong again, but after a while, he couldn't find her wrist.
When she opened her eyes, she saw Li Rong place her wrist in her hand, her face as red as a boiled shrimp.
His words immediately cheered Jiang Nuanzhi up, and she sat up abruptly: "Hey! You can move now!"
Feeling a little uncomfortable with her so close, Li Rong didn't flinch, but simply nodded slightly.
"Move it a little so I can see," Jiang Nuanzhi said, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
Li Rong gripped it and then raised his arm.
Jiang Nuanzhi immediately gave a thumbs up: "Not bad, not bad! What about your legs? How about trying on your legs?"
However, this time, no matter how hard he tried, the leg still wouldn't budge.
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Where are your toes?"
It remained completely unmoved.
Jiang Nuanzhi lifted his clothes and rubbed the skin near the wound with her hand: "Can you feel anything?"
Li Rong shook his head.
"Just as I expected, this leg is now a tricky problem."
Hearing him say that, Li Rong's eyes gradually darkened.
So, will he be a useless person from now on?
Li Rong clenched his fists and looked at Jiang Nuanzhi, his eyes questioning.
Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow: "Don't worry, I will definitely do my best. It's only a matter of time before you can stand up again."
After saying that, he suddenly laughed with a strange expression: "Don't be discouraged. Although you can't move your two legs now, your extra leg is still very energetic. It's recovering well."
She thoughtfully covered him with the blanket again, then got up and went out with a smile.
There's still a lot to do today.
At first, Li Rong was somewhat confused. He didn't understand what she meant by that.
After a moment of reaction, he felt as if his mind had exploded. He was so shocked that his lips were trembling.
What is she saying?
The second update is here!
(End of this chapter)
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