Chapter 45: Make a Skin Care Cream
After returning home, Xiaolan and Xiaotao couldn't wait to call Wang Guixiang out to see the rabbit.
"Mom, mom, auntie caught six rabbits."
Wang Guixiang, Zhao Suying and Sun Xiuqin all came out and were surprised to see so many rabbits: "Wow, so many rabbits."
Zhao Suying said: "The smaller ones can be raised and they will give birth to more rabbits in the future."
Li Xiaotao said, "I'll ask Dad to build a cage."
Sun Xiuqin didn't care about the rabbit. She saw her son carrying a bamboo basket with his hair soaked with sweat, and she felt heartbroken.
She immediately took over his backpack: "Xiaokang, why are you carrying such a heavy basket? Your shoulders must be hurt. Let me take a look."
Li Kang shook his head, his tone somewhat cheerful: "Mom, not only did I carry it, Xiao He and Xiao An also carried it. I went to dig wild vegetables today, and I found that it was not as tiring as I imagined. It was quite simple."
"Then you have to take care of your body. You have a different physique from them."
Li Kang thought of Li Wanyue's words and said, "Don't worry, mother. I will pay attention. Besides, father also said that working more will keep you healthy."
In front of so many people, Sun Xiuqin didn't know what to say, so she went to the kitchen and got a bowl of water and handed it to Li Kang.
Li Kang was indeed thirsty, so he picked up the cup and drank. After he finished drinking, he saw Li Xiaolan and others looking at rabbits through the bamboo basket. Then he remembered that the other sisters had not drunk yet.
"Mom, please pour a few more bowls of water. Auntie and Xiao He haven't had any water to drink either."
Sun Xiuqin then reluctantly poured a few more bowls of water onto the table in the yard and called out, "Little sister, Xiaolan, Xiaohe, drink some water first."
Li Wanyue thanked him and drank half a bowl of water.
Zhao Suying saw the flowers in the basket and asked curiously, "Yueyue, what are you doing with these flowers? They will wilt in a short time."
Li Wanyue said: "It is useful, mother will know when the time comes."
Li Xiaolan asked: "Aunt, do I need to wash these flowers?"
"Yes."
"Then Xiaotao and I will take it to wash."
"Okay, Auntie thanks you guys, I'll hang them up after washing."
"Hey." The two of them took their backpacks and went to the river.
At this time, Li Dachuan also came back. Hearing that they had caught a nest of rabbits, he took on the job of building the rabbit shed.
In the afternoon, the sun was setting slightly.
Li Wanyue came to the kitchen, took out the soaked astragalus and put it in a ceramic basin, then scooped two spoonfuls of lard boiled with tangerine peel water and added it to the basin, then put it on the stove to steam it.
This needs to be steamed for half an hour.
Some water was poured into another pot, and a wooden barrel was placed on the pot and sealed. This wooden barrel was the one that Li Sandong had modified before. A small hole as thick as a finger was cut at the bottom of the barrel, and a small bamboo tube as thick as a thumb was stuffed in it. The joint was also sealed.
Place the dried jasmine flowers in a wooden barrel, place a pot on top of the barrel, pour in cold river water, and change the water after a while.
There were no distillers in ancient times, so she could only think of the ancient distillation method and make a simple one, placing an iron pot filled with cold river water on the mouth of a wooden barrel for condensation. Although it was not as good as modern distiller, it was all she could think of.
"Sister, what is this?" Li Dachuan asked curiously.
"This is a distiller. It has many uses, such as brewing wine and extracting plant hydrosols. It's basically the same principle. Although the purity may not be that high, it's enough. This time I'm making jasmine hydrosol."
The three brothers were confused, but they thought their sister had a very smart brain and could remember so many things.
After a while, a fragrance gradually spread, and the whole kitchen was filled with a mixture of floral and lard scents.
After a while, water began to drip from the small bamboo tube. Distillation was very time-consuming. After an hour, only a bowl of jasmine dew was produced.
However, there is no essential oil on the upper layer of the bowl. It seems that this distillation method is still not working. I will see if I can have a custom one in the future.
She poured the floral water into a clay jar and sealed it.
Take a little melted lard, add honey and stir, then let it sit for a while to separate into layers.
After the layers are separated and the temperature of the other part of the lard has also dropped, pour the upper layer of oil into the astragalus lard, add a few drops of jasmine dew, stir evenly, and then pour it into a porcelain bottle.
There are three porcelain bottles.
Li Wanyue silently expressed her gratitude in her heart: Thanks to the Internet, thanks to all the major UP hosts, and thanks to the wisdom of our ancestors that has been passed down for thousands of years. Now I can take care of my face a little bit.
After doing all this, the sunset also fell behind the mountain.
The smoke from cooking rises up and the aroma of food permeates the entire mountain village.
Dinner consisted of elm seed flour buns, braised rabbit meat, stir-fried vegetables, and egg soup. Everyone was very satisfied with the meal. In the past, they had only dared to think about such a meal during the Chinese New Year.
The children were so busy eating that they didn't even have time to look up.
After dinner, everyone washed up and went to bed early.
Li Wanyue stretched out on the bed. This day was much more tiring than working. She had now completely adapted to the routine of going to bed early and getting up early. After a tiring day, she basically fell asleep as soon as she lay down.
The people in the Li family’s old house were so angry that they couldn’t sleep.
When Old Mrs. Li came back, she locked herself in the room and cried so hard that her eyes were swollen.
She hasn't been this popular in many years.
Although she was born in the countryside, she entered a wealthy family as a maid at the age of twelve, and served the lady of the time at the age of fifteen.
Two years later, she married the son of a steward in the mansion.
If the steward had not committed a crime and caused her to be expelled from the house along with their family, and her ex-husband had not fallen into the river and drowned not long after due to drunkenness, she would not have used her savings to escape from that family.
She wouldn't have chosen to marry Old Man Li just because she couldn't find a good family.
That damn girl was right about one thing. She did know Old Man Li in the master's house.
Old man Li often gave her some snacks and candies.
But this must not be known to anyone, otherwise if gossip spreads, she will not be able to stay here.
At that time, she had just left her husband's family. When he found out, he comforted her and stayed with her.
She married him because she saw that he cared about her and was good-looking.
But I didn't expect that I would be so angry at a little girl.
Old man Li walked into the house and Old lady Li turned her back to him.
He went forward to coax her: "Xiangzhu, don't be angry, or you'll get sick from being angry."
Old Lady Li snorted angrily: "If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have married you. I would have been able to avoid having my reputation ruined by my own granddaughter at my age and become unable to live a normal life."
Old man Li frowned and said, "Don't worry, if that damn girl dares to do this to you, I will never forgive her. I will definitely teach her a lesson to vent your anger."
Old Lady Li's eyes turned, and she softened her tone and said generously, "I don't have to argue with a child, but she is not young after all, and she has been married before, and she is still so ignorant even after the divorce. I'm afraid she was stimulated by the divorce, so her temper has also become bad.
The boss has never treated us so coldly before. I'm afraid it's all because of that girl's nonsense. If the boss believes her lies, he will probably become estranged from us.
If she is like this, who would dare to marry her in the future? I am also worried about her future marriage. "
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