Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 55 Lipstick for my wife

The canned camellia oil filled with petals quickly shrinks and melts in the boiling water, and the pigments and natural flavors of the flowers are all integrated into the camellia oil.

Seeing that it was almost done, Lin Heng took out the flower residue from the jar and added new petals. After repeating it several times, the half jar of camellia oil had turned deep red and exuded a faint floral fragrance.

For the last time, Lin Heng added a large number of flowers again and then left them aside.

"It's time for lunch." Seeing that Lin Heng was almost done, Mother Lin said.

Lunch was rice, and the dish was fried pork and badger meat with sour beans. Lin Heng ate two big bowls of the food.

After eating, he went to get his own flower essential oil. He poured out half of the soaked flower essential oil, mixed it with oil and beeswax in a ratio of 4:1.5, and heated it over water.

During the heating process, the beeswax will fuse with the oil and turn into a relatively viscous light red liquid.

Then put the liquid in the bamboo tube prepared in advance and wait for it to cool down. The lipstick is now complete.

The first time he made it, Lin Heng made relatively few, only eight.

Caiyun looked at the eight-thumb-thick bamboo tube and asked curiously: "Is this ready?"

"Yes." Lin Heng nodded.

"What is it used for?" Caiyun asked again.

"We'll talk about it after it's done. We can't say it yet." Lin Heng shook his head. He was not sure whether it was successful or not, so it was better not to say anything.

It would be such a shame to speak up and fail.

"Caiyun, help me wash my hair." Xiulan shouted at this time.

"Okay." Caiyun agreed and walked over.

"I'll do it." Lin Heng said.

"My hair is long and difficult to wash. Please take a look at it first." Xiulan said.

"Okay then." Lin Heng didn't force it. He really hadn't washed it much.

In this era, there was no such convenient thing as shampoo. To wash your hair, you used rice water and crushed soap locust.

The cheapest soap costs [-] or [-] cents, and good sulfur soap costs [-] cents and [-] cents, which is too expensive for farmers.

Buying a bar of soap can buy you a second-hand piece of clothing.

Lin Heng didn't have soap at home. He only had some tooth powder, which he used for brushing his teeth in the morning and washing clothes.

Lin Heng thought about it for a moment, and the powerful memory after his rebirth reminded him of the ancient soap making method from the videos he watched in his previous life.

In this era, communication is not convenient and there are no telephones. Everyone is even more cautious about their housekeeping skills for fear of being leaked.

To learn carpentry, you have to be an apprentice for two years, and then it depends on the mood of the master before he can teach you.

Unlike later generations, the video makers on the Internet typed out all the specific steps and ingredient ratios. If you follow along, you can definitely make it in one or two attempts.

The lipstick Lin Heng made came from his memory. He was very interested in ancient videos. He had watched a lot of them in his previous life and even tried them himself.

Lin Heng thought for a while and decided to keep the oil to make soap next time he caught prey. After the experiment was successful, he could give this craft to Xiulan and let her make it and sell it on the street.

Later on, you can even open a small handicraft workshop and make a little money.

Much of the knowledge of later generations is also a powerful asset in this era.

After Xiulan's hair was washed, Lin Heng noticed that his lipstick had solidified, which meant that he had remembered the proportion correctly.

Cut the bamboo and eight three- to four-centimeter-long lipsticks are ready. There is no spiral lipstick box in later generations, so you can only wrap it in cloth.     “Try Xiulanyou!”

Lin Heng tried it on his hand first and felt it was OK, then he took it to Xiulan.

"Is this for wiping your mouth?" Xiulan blinked.

"Yes, lip balm, I made it myself, you can try it." Lin Heng said with a grin.

Xiulan understood that Lin Heng had been busy for so long, and it turned out that he was busy for her, and her heart suddenly felt warm. This feeling was like returning to the time when they first met.

"Here, I'll apply it for you." Lin Heng saw his wife in a daze and decided to do it himself.

Xiulan's small lips are fleshy, full in shape, and moderately thick. They are standard and natural M lips, but they are slightly dry and cracked, causing them to look a little white and lose their luster.

After applying the lipstick, it immediately turned into a cinnabar red color, smooth and oily with beeswax and oil.

This brightening made her look much more beautiful, which made Lin Heng feel a little surprised when he looked at her.

This is just a lipstick. If his wife painted eyebrows and wore a cheongsam, Lin Heng couldn't imagine how beautiful it would be.

An absolutely perfect oriental classical beauty.

"Wow, it's so beautiful!" Caiyun couldn't help but praise.

Then he turned to look at his second brother Lin Heng, and said with a strong jealousy: "It turns out that my second brother has been busy for so long making lipstick for Sister-in-law Xiulan. It's a pity that the sister who is taking care of your baby doesn't even have one."

"Yeah, your mother and I are so embarrassed that we didn't even give him one." Mother Lin also joked. She was actually very happy to see her son being so kind to Xiulan.

"Lin Heng, how did you learn to make lipstick?" Sister-in-law Liu Juan was extremely envious. Xiulan was already prettier than her, but as soon as she applied this lipstick, she looked like a bride.

"Your skills are very good. You can even sell the lipsticks you make." The eldest brother, Father Lin, and Carpenter Liang also looked surprised.

They had only seen women from wealthy families use this kind of thing, but they didn't expect Lin Heng to be able to make it himself.

"Of course I learned from books. I went to the library in the city and read a lot of ancient books, and it was written in the books." Lin Heng said with a smile. This is not a lie, it is indeed written in the books.

"As for this lipstick, of course you guys should share it." Lin Heng smiled and gave one lipstick each to Caiyun, his mother, and his sister-in-law, and gave the rest to Xiulan.

Xiulan was a little embarrassed to be seen by everyone, so she took the lipstick and entered the room, not to mention how sweet she felt.

After Caiyun and others got it, they all immediately tried it on their mouths. They took a mirror from the house and looked at it. It was so beautiful.

Caiyun was already very good-looking, with fair skin. As soon as she applied this lipstick, she immediately gave people a stunning feeling. However, her figure was too different from Xiulan's to compare with her.

There are actually many beauties and handsome men in rural areas, but it’s just that they don’t know how to dress up, so they look rustic.

"It's too red. It's fine for you young kids to use, but it's not suitable for me." Mother Lin looked at it and wiped it off.

She actually wanted to apply it, but she was afraid that the women in the village would gossip about her. After all, she was so old.

"It's okay. I'll make one without color for you another day." Lin Heng understood his mother's psychology and quickly added.

It was indeed his mistake to forget this.

"It's incredible, Lin Heng can do all these things."

Sister-in-law Liu Juan looked at herself in the mirror and felt more and more that the family was divided too early.

Why was it that before the family was separated, Lin Heng looked like he couldn't hold the wall up? Now that the family is separated, why is he hunting and doing this and that?

　It will go on sale next Friday. After it goes on sale, the guaranteed price will be RMB [-] per day. If you work hard, it will be RMB [-] per day.

　　
  　
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