Chapter 201 Impatiens
Juanjuan ran back to her room, tiptoed to open her drawer, and found some empty bottles and jars inside.
These were all collected by her on a daily basis, and she asked Baiqiao and Sister Bailing to put them in the drawer.
Si Jinchen saw her rummaging through the drawers and quickly ran over: "Juanjuan, let me help you."
Juanjuan loosened her little hands and stretched her neck to look into the drawer: "Brother, I want those beautiful jars."
"Are these it?" Si Jinchen took out those colorful ceramic jars of different sizes from the drawer.
Bailing and Baiqiao knew that she liked these beautiful things, so if they came across any that contained empty cosmetics, they would wash them and bring them back to her.
Juanjuan looked at the jars and picked and chose for a long time, then selected two small jars the size of a palm, which should have been used to store lip balm.
It is made of ceramic, with a pink background and beautiful flower and bird patterns painted on it.
"Juanjuan, do you want anything else?" Si Jinchen looked at the many jars placed on the stool.
"Brother, these two are enough!" Juanjuan put the two small jars into her small bag.
Si Jinchen helped her put the unwanted cans into the drawer, closed the drawer, and took her hand and walked downstairs.
"Juanjuan, what do you want the little jar for?"
"Making lipstick!" Juanjuan lowered her head and looked at the stairs under her feet. She walked down step by step without forgetting to answer him.
"Use those broken lipsticks!" Si Jinchen thought of the box of broken lipsticks they brought back.
"Yeah." Juanjuan nodded.
She stopped and pulled Si Jinchen's hand: "Brother, lower your body a little. Juanjuan will tell you a secret."
Si Jinchen bent down and put his head close to her, not knowing what she wanted to say.
Juanjuan looked around to see if there was anyone on the stairs, leaned close to his ear, and covered his ear with one hand: "Shushu said that you can make very beautiful lipstick with Huahua!"
"Really?" Si Jinchen looked at her in disbelief.
"I don't know. Can we try it?" Juanjuan blinked her big eyes uncertainly.
"It's okay, I'll try it with you." Si Jinchen said as he held her little hand tightly and pulled her downstairs.
"Brother is the best!" Juanjuan had a bright smile on her face.
Old Madam Si and Si Ning were still wondering what to do with the box of lipsticks when they saw Bai Qiao running out and coming back with a bag of fresh Impatiens balsams.
"Bai Qiao, where did you get so many fresh Impatiens flowers?"
Although it is just the beginning of spring, it is definitely not the flowering season yet.
"It's grown in the medicine garden. Just now, the young lady asked me if I could find it. I thought it was a medicinal herb and it was available in the medicine garden, so I asked Master to send some over."
Bai Qiao briefly explained the reason.
Madam Si was now even more confused: "What does this girl want Impatiens for?"
"Mom, you're asking the wrong person." Si Ning still didn't understand. There was really so much stuff in this little guy's head.
"Miss, I found the flowers you wanted!" Bai Qiao said to her when she saw her coming down from upstairs.
"Thank you, Sister Baiqiao." Juanjuan looked at the fresh Impatiens in the bag, her eyes curved into crescents.
"You're welcome. If it's none of my business, I'll go help Auntie Wu." Bai Qiao said and went to the kitchen to help.
"Juanjuan, what do you want these flowers for?" Si Ning squatted down and looked at her.
"Making lipstick!" Juanjuan answered seriously.
Si Ning looked at Madam Si: "Mom, have you ever heard of Impatiens being used to make lipstick?"
"No, I just know that it was used to wrap nails in the past. But after nail polish was invented, not many people used it to wrap nails anymore."
Madam Si had never heard of it either.
"Grandma, aunt, let's give it a try. What if it works?" Si Jinchen held their hands and begged.
"Okay! There's not much to do right now anyway." The two agreed readily.
They found small stools and sat around the coffee table in the living room.
Madam Si and the others didn't know what to do, so they could only watch from the side.
Juanjuan took out a lipstick, threw away the broken shell, leaving only the paste inside, and threw it into her own small jar.
Then he took out some fresh Impatiens balsamina and squeezed it hard with his chubby little hands. He had to use all his strength to squeeze out a few drops of Impatiens balsamina juice.
Instead, she dyed her fair little hands red.
"Juanjuan wants the juice of the Impatiens flower?" Si Ning asked as he watched her movements.
"Yes!" Juanjuan looked at his little red paws and frowned slightly.
"Auntie will help you with this." Si Ning said as she stood up and found a small bowl. She took a smooth wooden stick and threw the Impatiens into the bowl and crushed it.
She found a piece of cloth from the ones she used to sew clothes for her children, poured the crushed marigolds into it, and gently wrung it to produce a lot of juice.
"Wow! Auntie is so awesome." Juanjuan's eyes were full of stars.
Si Ning handed her the Impatiens juice: "Here."
Juanjuan used a small spoon to add the Impatiens juice into the small jar, stirred it and then stopped.
Three pairs of eyes stared at her, waiting for her next move.
Si Jinchen couldn't help but ask, "Juanjuan, what next?"
"That's all!" Juanjuan blinked her innocent big eyes.
Old Madam Si looked at the paste-like lipstick in the small jar. The lipstick was now much thinner than before, and it looked a bit like the lip balm she used to have.
"Is it ready?"
Juanjuan was not quite sure either, but that was all Shushu said, so she didn’t know either!
Madam Si thought about it, then gently dipped a little ointment from the small jar and rubbed it on the back of her hand.
"Huh!" Si Ning found that the color was very special.
"Mom, look at the color on your hand." She pointed to the color on the back of her hand in surprise.
"This..." Old Madam Si looked at the lipstick on the back of her hand in disbelief. The color was changing gradually.
Both of them were a little bit surprised. How could such a big change happen just by adding Impatiens juice to the lipstick?
"Bai Qiao." Si Ning hurriedly called Bai Qiao.
"Aunt, are you feeling unwell somewhere?" Bai Qiao quickly wiped the water stains on her hands and was about to take her pulse.
"No, no, I want to ask you if the juice of Impatiens is poisonous?" Si Ning quickly grabbed her hand.
Bai Qiao was stunned by the question, but she answered honestly, "It's usually non-toxic, but some people may be allergic to it."
"It depends on your individual constitution."
"Is there any problem if we add Impatiens juice into lipstick?" Old Madam Si looked at her and asked.
"A small amount should be fine." Bai Qiao thought for a while and replied.
Si Ning handed her the small jar: "Take a look at this."
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