Chapter 19: Making Shampoo
Li Wanyue stood at the corner, and seeing that he was still calm, she turned and left. It would be better for him to be alone at this time.
She went to the kitchen, added water to the pot, and put angelica, soapberry, Polygonum multiflorum, sapindus, cypress leaves, mulberry leaves, etc. into the pot to boil.
After an hour, the juice becomes thick, and it can be poured out, filtered and allowed to cool.
Pour the cooled juice into the bamboo tubes prepared in advance, filling twelve bamboo tubes.
Li Wanyue looked at her masterpiece with satisfaction, and was glad that she liked watching handicraft videos in the past and had also made some of them. This handmade Chinese herbal shampoo is much better than wood ash, except that the taste needs to be improved.
Zhao Suying announced at the entrance of the village that her family wanted to collect duck eggs, and first come first served. Those who had duck eggs at home immediately scattered and all went to Li's house, carrying duck eggs.
These duck eggs are not easy to sell. If you set up a stall in town, you may not be able to sell a few in a day. They are also easy to break. If you can sell them now, you are afraid that if you sell them too late, people will not buy them.
In a short while, eighty-seven were collected.
At dinner, Li Sandong ate a few mouthfuls of rice and went back to his room.
Li Dachuan asked in a low voice: "Little sister, what happened to Building 3? It looks a little strange."
"The Yang family came here today to cancel the engagement."
"What?" Li Dachuan almost screamed in shock again.
Zhao Suying tapped his arm with chopsticks: "Why are you screaming like a ghost? Aren't you afraid of attracting ghosts?"
"Why? Yang Lian'er and Sandong grew up together. What do educated people call this... horse something...?"
"Childhood sweethearts." Li Wanyue added.
"Yes, that's the word. Why did you quit? They are a good match."
Sun Xiuqin snorted coldly: "They think our family has no money, and we have foreign debts, so they are afraid that I will suffer if I marry into their family."
Li Youshan scolded in a low voice: "Enough, why are you saying these things? Don't let others hear it, it will ruin the girl's reputation. Since the engagement has been cancelled, don't mention it again, otherwise Sandong will feel bad after hearing it."
Everyone immediately stopped talking about this.
After dinner, Li Wanyue took out the bamboo tube and handed it to Zhao Suying, Li Dachuan, Li Erhu and others.
"What is this, little sister?"
Zhao Suying was also curious.
"This is the shampoo I made with Chinese medicine. When you wash your hair in the future, use a little of this to make your hair cleaner."
"Really? How come you even know this, little sister?"
"I saw it in a book and wrote it down, but never had the chance to make it. I made some today. Let's try it tomorrow when we wash our hair and see the effect."
When Sun Xiuqin heard this, she immediately took the bamboo tube from Li Erhu, opened the lid and smelled it. It was indeed the smell of Chinese medicine.
"How much does this cost? We are farmers, how can we afford such expensive things? Little sister, do you have any money?"
Li Erhu tugged at her sleeve, and with his eyes reminded her not to talk nonsense, and then said: "No matter how much money you spend, it is your love for your family. If you lose the money, you can earn it again."
"I didn't say anything. Aren't you afraid of wasting money? You know the situation in our family." Sun Xiuqin curled her lips. She was spending the family's money to gain a good reputation for herself. What a pretense.
"My sister knows what she is doing, she won't waste money." Li Erhu continued to praise: "Our little sister is getting smarter and smarter, I will use this to wash my hair tomorrow."
Zhao Suying looked at Li Wanyue and whispered, "Why waste this money? You might as well get yourself some medicine to replenish your body."
"Mom, I'm already well again. I just need to eat more from now on."
"You kid." Zhao Suying was helpless, but she didn't stop her daughter from doing what she liked.
Li Dachuan handed a bag of lime powder to Li Wanyue: "Sister, what do you want this lime for?"
“Pickled duck eggs.”
Li Dachuan was curious: "How to pickle it?"
"You'll know when the time comes."
Li Wanyue put the lime in the kitchen.
The next day, Li Wanyue couldn't wait to wash her hair three times with shampoo, and finally felt her scalp relaxed.
After your hair is dry, it will be visibly refreshed and smooth.
When Wang Guixiang saw it, she was surprised and said, "Wow, my little sister's hair is so smooth."
"Yes, sister-in-law, you can try it too. There is hot water in the pot in the kitchen."
"Well, I'll go and wash the children first. Their hair is like grass."
Wang Guixiang ran out excitedly.
Seeing this, Sun Xiuqin also went to call her own children.
The Li family lined up to wash their hair, and Li Sandong carried water several more times than usual.
The people under the old locust tree were all wondering what the Li family was doing.
Li Wanyue watched several children constantly touching their smooth hair and wondered if there was a market for this kind of shampoo.
Li Sandong also thought of it, and asked: "Sister, can we sell this shampoo?"
Li Wanyue analyzed: "If you want to do this business, you have to let people see the effect first. If your hair is like dry grass, who will believe you if you tell others that this shampoo is good? It's not like food that can be tasted immediately, and you can't perform washing your hair in public. Wait a few more times and when the hair quality gets better, let a few children walk around the village a few more times and advertise it. When others see the changes, they will believe it, and then you can sell it."
"What is advertising?"
"Advertise it widely, meaning to let more people know, but I can't sell it in the village, so I can't let people know that I made it."
"Why?"
"Although most of the people in this village are nice, there are also some with bad intentions. Some people think your price is too high no matter how much you sell it to, and even if you sell it at a loss, they will think you are making money from them. Unless you give it away for free, it is better to just say you bought it instead of causing trouble later."
The others nodded in agreement.
Li Wanyue warned, "If anyone asks you about your hair, just say I bought the shampoo from the town or county. Say you don't know anything else. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, we got it."
Li Xiaolan smiled and said, "Aunt, you are amazing. This shampoo is really useful."
Li Wanyue smiled and said, "Hurry up and dry your hair, or you'll catch a cold."
Li Xiaolan nodded.
Li Wanyue waited until everyone washed their hair before going to pickle the duck eggs.
Put pine and cypress branches and star anise spices in water and boil them, and burn some wood ash with pine and cypress branches in the backyard.
Boil the water, remove the residue, pour out the water, add salt, quicklime powder, alkali, and finally add wood ash to make a paste. Coat the duck eggs with the paste, then coat them with a layer of bran, put them in the jar, and cover them with straw. The two jars in the house are just full.
Place the jar in a cool place and let it sit for more than twenty-five days.
Next we will wait and see the results.
When she came out of the kitchen, she saw Xiaolan and several children squatting on the ground in a circle.
"Run, run, Xiaoqing, hurry up and overtake it."
"Run, Daqing! If you win, I will feed you to the chickens two days later."
Li Wanyue came forward and asked: "What are you playing?"
Xiaolan replied: "Fighting insects."
Li Wanyue stretched her head and saw several insects crawling forward quickly. When they went in the wrong direction, she used a small branch to pull them back.
Bug racing?
These children have little entertainment except working.
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