Chapter Twenty-Four Perfume Made From the Jujube Tree
After finishing the meal and resting for a while, Zhang Sui called Fang Xiong to help him tinker with the equipment, hoping to make samples of alcohol and perfume as soon as possible.
For three whole days, apart from eating, sleeping and practicing exercises in the morning, Zhang Sui spent the rest of his time making alcohol and perfume according to the methods in his memory. Alcohol was easy to say. With qualified distillation equipment, all he had to do was buy more cheap low-quality alcohol.
, can be produced.
The whole yard was filled with the strong aroma of wine. Lao Lu smelled the aroma of wine, looked for it from the door, scooped up a bowl and drank it in one gulp. Zhang Sui didn't have time to stop him. Lao Lu, who had a good drinker, fell asleep for a long time, leaving Aunt Liu to drink.
He scolded me hard.
But making perfume is not that easy. The main thing is that if you want to create a crystal clear effect close to that of the earth, the steps are still very complicated.
The first thing to make was plant essential oil. Zhang Sui asked Fang Xiong to buy three kinds of flowers, jasmine, rose, and gardenia. The petals of these three types have been dried in the shade. The corresponding essential oil can be made directly using distillation equipment.
Then there is alcohol. Zhang Sui has already made several jars of this for later use. Then there is the essential oil of flowers. Alcohol and water are mixed in a certain proportion. For better effects, Zhang Sui also specially made some distilled water.
To ensure the purity of the perfume, the next step was to do the aging work. Zhang Sui asked Fang Xiong to hold the mixed perfume and shake it vigorously. Fang Xiong shook and tossed for a whole day until he was about to vomit, so Zhang Sui asked him to stop and look.
Looking at the effect of the perfume in each glass bottle, Zhang Sui nodded with satisfaction and left it in the side room to rest overnight.
Early the next morning, he asked Fang Xiong to go to the ice-making shop and buy a bucket of ice cubes. He buried the glass bottles containing the perfume with ice cubes to cool them down. When the perfume inside became translucent, he asked Fang Xiong to
Xiong brought the small glass bottles that were used to pack the perfume, filtered the perfume with a filter cloth, packed it, and capped the bottles.
All the processes were completed. Zhang Sui looked at the dozen exquisite perfume bottles on the table and nodded with satisfaction.
The glass bottle is only the size of two thumbs, with a round belly and a narrow neck. The different colors of perfume inside are illuminated by the sun, exuding a charming brilliance. The yard is also filled with various floral fragrances, but the concentration is too high and the smell is really unpleasant.
Having been smelling these smells for two whole days, Zhang Sui felt that his nose could not distinguish the smell. So he asked Fang Xiong to put away these small bottles and take them to the courtyard outside to escape from this small bottle full of various smells.
Let’s talk about it later.
After Zhang Sui left the courtyard, he ran to take a bath. The important thing was to clean his nose with bath liquid for a long time. Zhang Sui felt that his sense of smell had calmed down.
When Zhang Sui came out of the room, he saw Aunt Liu and others sitting in the outer courtyard, watching around a dozen bottles of perfume.
Aunt Liu looked at these perfume bottles and couldn't help but say: "These floral dews are so beautiful and the fragrance smells great. Much better than the ones I saw in the rouge shop!"
It seems that women are not naturally resistant to these things! Zhang Sui thought to himself.
In fact, Aunt Liu is not very old, only in her thirties. It is the time when a woman is most mature, so it is no wonder that Lao Lu is interested in her.
Zhang Sui smiled and said: "Aunt Liu, I only made three kinds of flower dew this time. Smell each one and see if it is different from what you saw before."
Aunt Liu was a little embarrassed and said: "Is this appropriate? I am a rough person and I don't know how to evaluate it."
Zhang Suidao: "It's okay, just smell it and see!"
Aunt Liu still couldn't resist the temptation of these perfumes. She carefully picked up a bottle of light yellow perfume. It was a bottle of jasmine perfume. Aunt Liu opened the lid and smelled it gently. Her eyes lit up. Then she smelled it again.
After smelling the pink one, which was a rose, Aunt Liu's eyes brightened even more. The last thing she smelled was the colorless gardenia perfume, and she could tell she didn't like roses.
Zhang Sui asked: "How is it?"
Aunt Liu said sheepishly: "They all smell very good. The smell is lighter than that of Rouge Shop, but it smells more comfortable and not pungent at all. And the toilet water looks really clean, without any impurities. Look at it."
It’s just lovable!”
Zhang Sui chuckled and said, "If Aunt Liu likes it, take a bottle of each. It will be considered as reward for the hard work these days."
Aunt Liu quickly waved her hand and said: "No, no, this is too expensive, I can't afford it!"
Zhang Sui took three bottles and gave them to her directly. Aunt Liu refused, but Lao Lu said from the side: "Just keep what the second master rewards you. Just be more careful in the future."
When Aunt Liu heard this, she accepted it sheepishly and thanked her. Judging from her expression, she was overjoyed.
Seeing her happy expression, Zhang Sui suddenly thought of something and asked, "Aunt Liu, what's the usual price of the flower dew you see in the rouge shop?"
Aunt Liu said: "It usually costs several taels of silver. The cheapest one costs about three taels, and the expensive one costs five or six taels. It's really too expensive. And it doesn't smell or look as good as the one made by the second master.
"
Zhang Sui had an idea when he heard this. It seems that this perfume has been a luxury product since ancient times! It turns out that women's money is the best to make.
When Fang Xiong heard from the side that it was so valuable, his eyes widened and he said, "Oh my God, aren't the things left in the second master's yard worth hundreds of taels?!"
Zhang Sui joked: "If you don't have enough to eat in the future, just take a bottle and sell it, and you can have several full meals."
Lao Lu and Aunt Liu both laughed.
Fang Xiong scratched his head and said sheepishly: "Second Master, can you also give me a few bottles of flower dew?"
Zhang Suidao: "You're not really worried about not having enough to eat and defending yourself, are you?"
Fang Xiong waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, no, I was thinking that this floral dew is so good, I will send a few bottles to the third lady, she will definitely be very happy."
Zhang Sui's heart moved and he said: "What you said makes sense. I'll tidy up the yard in the next two days. When it's done, you can accompany me back to the house. Then you can give it to Xin'er to make her happy."
Fang Xiong nodded happily after hearing this.
Early the next morning, Zhang Sui practiced breathing exercise in the courtyard. Now that this exercise was blessed with light energy, the effect became more and more obvious, allowing Zhang Sui to punch every time after finishing the exercise.
The illusion of knocking over a cow is, of course, just an illusion for now.
Watching Fang Xiong practice the exercise method was nothing short of exaggerated. He felt so hot when he practiced. Zhang Sui thought the big stone lock placed in the corner of the yard was a decoration because it was so big that there were four in it.
It's five hundred pounds. I don't know which ruthless person made it. Anyway, it was there when Zhang Sui first arrived in this small courtyard.
I saw Fang Xiong holding the stone lock with one hand and throwing it up, about a foot high. When it fell, he changed hands to catch it, and then he threw it up again. He had practiced this for nearly a hundred times, and it hadn't happened yet.
It looked like he was exhausted, but the steam on his head was floating upward like smoke.
Zhang Sui and Lao Lu looked on speechlessly. Zhang Sui asked Lao Lu in a low voice: "Are you sure this is the apprentice you taught?"
Lao Lu also looked puzzled and said: "Yes, I taught you the breathing method and the physical exercise. I also taught him the stone throwing lock now, but I didn't let him use such a big stone lock...
..”
Zhang Sui and Lao Lu looked at each other, what a monster! It's just a waste of money!
Zhang Sui whispered to Lao Lu: "I want to customize some weapons and armor for Nobita for a while. Is there any way on your side?"
Lao Lu said: "Is the second master going out to do something?"
Zhang Suidao said: "I just have some thoughts in my mind. When I can exchange these things for what I want, I want to go out and travel a bit to help Daxiong. If anything happens, I will feel confident.
"
Lao Lu smiled and said: "With Nobita's current skills, as long as he doesn't go to those big sects to go wild, or directly attack the army, it should be difficult for anyone to do anything for you, Master Er. You just need to give him a stronger hand."
The weapons are fine, but the armor is not necessary. After all, those things are objects controlled by the imperial court, and it would be a bit of an eyesore to get them."
It seems that this world is the same as the ancient world on earth. Swords are prohibited, only armors, long weapons and crossbows are prohibited. Other short weapons are not prohibited.
Lao Lu looked at Fang Xiong and said: "Why don't we forge him a strong mixed iron rod? With his strength, he doesn't need any moves, he just needs to swing it, and he will be injured and killed if he touches it. A small group of thieves will be killed."
When it comes to chopping melons and vegetables, even if you encounter a master, there is nothing you can do against him, and the iron rod is not taboo, so it is most suitable."
Zhang Sui thought about Fang Xiong's strength in wielding the iron rod in his mind, shuddered, nodded repeatedly, and said: "Okay, just prepare the iron rod for him and let him practice hard during this period. I guess it won't take long."
I will go out."
Lao Lu looked at Fang Xiong, who was still waving the stone lock, and said: "I will go find a friend tomorrow and ask him to help make a strong mixed iron rod. Looking at Nobita's strength, if it is not strong, it will become twisted in a few times.
Already."
Zhang Sui feels the same way!
Zhang Sui looked at Fang Xiong who was just practicing his strength and not practicing any moves. He asked Lao Lu strangely: "Didn't you teach Nobita some martial arts moves?"
Lao Lu smiled and said: "I was born in the military, and all I learned was some straight-forward killing techniques, which are the same ones I taught Nobita. There are no fixed moves, just simple quick, accurate, and ruthless ones. It turns out that he and you
When he goes out to cause trouble, I always tell him repeatedly that he can only use three points per ten points at most, and he can only hit the fleshy places. Otherwise, big trouble would have happened long ago."
When Zhang Sui heard this, he couldn't help but suddenly realized that no wonder every time he got into trouble and fought, his opponent's butt was injured the most. Only the last time Zhang Sui tried to break the guy's head again and again, Fang Xiong smashed the guy's head with a wine bottle. It wasn't a direct result.
Using his hands, the matter became a big deal. Zhang Sui was kicked out of Zhang's house, and Fang Xiong was punished to the farm.
Lao Lu paused for a moment and then said: "When you go out to travel, you must be careful of those disciples of the big sects. Those guys always have some weird abilities. I think it is probably related to their Kung Fu.
And I have to guard against some of their moves. After all, they have been around for so many years, but they still have a lot of power. I remember when I fought against Meng Zhen from the Mengshan sect, her set of moves were sharp and coherent, without any flaws.
I was left scrambling, but in the end I managed to frighten her with my bravery, and then I took away her dagger."
Zhang Sui looked at him sideways and said, "I think it's because of your shamelessness that you scare this inexperienced girl, right?"
Lao Lu said with a smile: "They are all there, they are all there!"
After Fang Xiong finished his activity, he was not out of breath, but his face was slightly red. He was shirtless and wearing shorts. He came to the well in the backyard, picked up the bucket and poured a bucket of cold water down on it. The cold water was like a cold water.
When I reached the red-hot iron, bursts of mist immediately appeared.
Zhang Sui shivered when he saw it. After taking a dip in the academy, he no longer dared to shower his head with cold water. Even after his body felt significantly stronger now, he was still afraid of getting typhoid! If he died by then, then
I'm so sorry for having the golden finger status. Safety first!
Just as a few people were getting ready to have breakfast, they suddenly heard a knock on the door.
Fang Xiong grabbed Lao Lu who was about to open the door, ran out quickly, and opened the door. He saw a group of people standing at the door. Zhang Sui looked from a distance and saw that it was Zhou Su, who was in charge of agronomy in the clan school, and Zhou Su, who was in charge of agronomy practice.
Bi Mo, with a group of people, was waiting at the gate on a flatbed carriage pulling a jujube tree.
Zhang Sui was overjoyed when he saw this and hurriedly greeted him.