Poor family farming: the sick and weak scholar's wife is very sturdy

Chapter 44 Making Mouth Fat
Lin Xiao nodded slightly: "Why do you ask this?"

Lipstick is an ancient lipstick, which is usually made of flowers. It can be used as both lipstick and rouge. It is the best choice for women who love beauty in ancient times.

It's just that in the mountain villages, the village women basically don't know how to use lip balm. It's not that they don't like beauty, but the price of lip balm is too high to afford!

Lin Xiao was very puzzled, how could a rough guy like Lin Xiaowu ask about something as high-end as lip balm?
Lin Xiaowu scratched his head and said with a smile:

"I knew that you, a scholar, know everything and know everything!"

"You don't want to buy lipstick for sister-in-law, do you?"

Seeing his simple and honest appearance, Lin Xiao immediately guessed his purpose.

"Hey, my mother-in-law went back to her mother's house a few days ago. When she came back, her lips and face were painted with the lipstick of her cousin from the city. She looked so good, so..."

Having said this, Lin Xiaowu's face turned a little red.

"So you just want to ask me to see if I can help with some?"

Lin Xiaowu nodded vigorously, scratching his head in embarrassment.

"It's easy to handle. Go and make me some small boxes out of bamboo, and I'll make lip balm."

After Lin Xiaowu left, Lan Lian found a piece of cloth and covered the barrel tightly.

"Boss, you are really good, you can even make lip balm!"

Lan Lian, who had long since dissipated, looked at Lin Xiao with eyes full of admiration, and almost showed her her heart.

"Bring the basket, let's pick flowers!"

"Head of the house, do you pick flowers to make lip balm?"

"Well, pick more, I'll make you a jar too!"

Lan Lian was so happy that she jumped up and down, picked up a basket of flowers and ran out, not forgetting to tell Lin Xiao to follow quickly.

You must know that lip balm is no less attractive to women in Daxia than luxury is to modern women.

Under the leadership of Lan Lian, a large wild flower garden appeared in front of Lin Xiao.

A wild flower garden is not an endless wasteland, but a fringe.

This area is full of all kinds of flowers, which look very beautiful against the blue sky and white clouds.

Lin Xiao saw dozens of wild flowers at a glance. Some wild flowers looked brightly colored, while others were a little withered and yellow, and there were some weeds mixed in.

"Pick more flowers with bright colors and scents, so that the color of the lip balm will be beautiful."

Not just lip balm, if the material is enough, she also wants to make a batch of soap.

"Ok!"

Lan Lian nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking rice, her eyes were full of anticipation.

She couldn't wait to get lip balm.

After a while, the two picked two large baskets full of wild flowers.

Looking at the wild flowers in her hands, Lan Lian's eyes became brighter and brighter.

"The scent of this flower is so strong, it smells so pleasant."

Lin Xiao reached out and caressed these wild flowers, slightly worried:

"Yeah, it smells very pleasant, but I don't know if it can be successfully made into lip balm."

Generally, roses, roses or Chinese roses are used to make lip balm, and no matter how bad it is, it must be roselle.

These wild flowers seem to be brightly colored, but I don't know if the color can be fixed, and I need to get some alum.

"Lan Lian, when you get back later, you go to the Barefoot Doctor and buy some alum."

"alum?"

"It's alum."

"it is good!"

After returning home, Lin Xiao took the honeycomb out of the honey bucket, squeezed out the remaining honey as much as possible, and then put it into a pot with water to boil.

After a while, black and white bee pupae all floated up.

After skimming these things and cooking for a while, Lin Xiao found a piece of coarse cloth and filtered the liquid into the soup pot until the honeycomb was completely cooked.

When Lan Lian came back with her alum, Lin Xiaowu just delivered the bamboo box she had made.

"Xiao Linzi, can you take a look at this box?"

Bamboo boxes are made by taking advantage of the natural advantages of bamboo tubes, and they are integrated into one. It is not exquisite, but it is not elegant.

"Great! Brother Xiaowu, come and get it when you have dinner."

"So fast?"

"Making lipstick is not as difficult as imagined, as long as the materials are complete, it will be very fast."

Lin Xiaowu's admiration for Lin Xiao could no longer be described in words. He patted Lin Xiao's shoulder heavily, and then went home.

At this time, the yellow beeswax had solidified and was floating happily on the water.

"Lanlian, crush the flowers and alum that I picked today, the more crushed the better."

Lan Lian is indeed a good hand at work, in less than a quarter of an hour, the flowers added with alum have been mashed into mud.

Lin Xiao filtered the flower juice into a small bowl, then added a little beeswax, and used the residual heat of the stove to completely melt it.

"Lan Lian, bring all the bamboo boxes that Brother Xiao Wu sent you."

Lin Xiao poured the liquid in the small bowl into the bamboo box in batches and waited for it to solidify.

Half an hour later, the faces of the two of them were covered with brightly colored lip balm.

"Boss, are these lip balms? They're so pretty!"

Lan Lian couldn't help admiring, her eyes were full of obsession.

"Lan Lian, go and try."

Lan Lian shyly picked up a box of lip balm and went back to the room.

After a while, Lan Lian came out of the room with her lip balm on.

At this time, Lin Xiao's gaze was deeply attracted by Lan Lian in front of him.

Is this still the Lan Lian I know?
The original Lan Lian was dark skinned, skinny, and didn't even have a pair of shoes.

But now, Lanlian's skin is fair and smooth, with a bright red but not gaudy lip balm, the whole person's spirit has gone up by more than one level.

"Master, does it look good?"

Lan Lian shyly stood in front of Lin Xiao and asked.

"Well, it's beautiful!"

The one next to Bai Zhancheng named Luo Ping doesn't seem to be married yet, but he and Lan Lian are a good match!
If there is a chance, she has to act as a matchmaker again to match the marriage between the two.

"Master, thank you!"

Lan Lian sincerely thanked Lin Xiao for making herself the happiest woman in the world.

At dinner, Lin Xiaowu came.

When he saw the blue lotus painted with lip balm, his eyes lit up, and he was very excited.

He couldn't help feeling secretly in his heart, Lin Xiao really made the mouth fat!

And this color is even more amazing than the color of the lip balm of his cousin in the city that his mother-in-law smeared!

"Xiao Linzi, your craftsmanship is really good!"

Lin Xiao was extremely satisfied when he saw that the bamboo boxes he brought were all filled with lip balm.

"Brother Wu, do you want to make a fortune?"

"Ai?"

Lin Xiaowu was taken aback by Lin Xiao's sudden words. He didn't understand why Lin Xiao would suddenly ask him this question.

He is now making salt jars for Lin Xiao. Not to mention how rich he is in life, at least three meals a day, and eating meat every now and then is enough.

"Just ask if you want to?"

"I want to, of course I want to! It's just that it's not so easy to make a fortune."

Lin Xiaowu scratched his head and said with a smile, but his heart felt bitter.

　Friendly reminder: If you receive shoes from a friend, remember, you must transfer some money to your friend as a symbol, one or two yuan will do.

　　Don't ask why, dear, just obey and do as you are told.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)