Lady of the Lord From the East

Wei Wei, who had harvested a lot of daisies and some herbs, started making essential oils after returning to the castle after the afternoon picnic.

In addition to the distillation method, there is a very simple method for the production of essential oils - the leaching method.

Only the petals of the picked daisies are washed with clean water and then placed in a ventilated place to dry in the shade. The dried petals and olive oil that just cover the petals are put into a pot and boiled over low heat for more than six hours. After cooking, filter the petals with gauze, and what remains is the essential oil.

Of course, the purity of the essential oil produced by this method is not as high as that of the distilled essential oil, but if you need to increase the concentration, you can add the filtered oil to the petals and continue to cook for two or three consecutive times. Considered low.

In addition, another simpler way to make it longer is to pour the petals into a glass jar with warm olive oil, put it in the sun for a week, and then put it in a cool and ventilated place for a week, and finally Filter out the petals, and what's left is the essential oil.

It should be noted that neither of these two production methods can mix water into the flower and oil, otherwise the essential oil will easily deteriorate.

Wei Wei divided the picked daisies into two parts, one part was boiled to make essential oil, and the other part was put in a glass jar to be exposed to the sun. The glass jar was made by butler Barton in the morning, and there were dark and colorless ones. , It is not the same as the current glass jars. In order to prevent breaking, the walls of these glass jars are made very thick, and whether it is dark or transparent glass, there are some impurities in it, but they are not used as images.

Naturally, there is no rubber at this time. These glass jars do not have suitable sealing lids. If you want to seal them, you can only use the cork used in wine bottles. Therefore, these glass jars are habitually made into large belly and small mouth. The shape, the jar is more like a bottle, especially the dark glass jar she wants, which looks similar to the reduced version of the wine bottle.

The essential oil made by the sun exposure method is very slow to complete, and it takes two weeks or even longer to see the effect, but the essential oil made by the boiled method can be used in six hours after the petals are dried in the shade and put into the pot. See the finished product.

Wei Wei did the drying of the petals in the shade and the initial potting by herself, but it was a bit embarrassing to add firewood to burn for up to six hours later.

So Penny volunteered to help her boil the essential oil.

Compared to Qin, a maid who is rarely literate and motivated, Penny's ability seems a little mediocre. If it wasn't for her being targeted by Felix at the time, or else Butler Patton's impression of Penny's reckless and uncontrollable mouth , she has no chance to become Wei Wei's maid at all.

Penny is somewhat self-aware of this point, especially though it's not very obvious, but Wei Wei really pays more attention to the piano.

After Qin was nominated by Wei Wei to work as an accountant, Penny couldn't help but envy, but she also knew that she didn't have the ability, and at the same time she felt a sense of crisis more or less.

She was worried that she would be replaced by Wei Wei.

So Penny finally grew up a little bit. She kept her mouth shut as much as possible, and learned from Qin. Even if she wasn't so competent, she had to be a maid who actively shared her master's worries.

Wei Wei didn't know she was about to get up, but she gladly agreed to hand over the cooking to Penny.

I have to say that although Penny is not very smart and a little reckless, she still works very carefully. Wei Wei said that it would take six hours to cook, so she kept standing by the stove and watched the pot not leave. Stop the fire as soon as the time is up, let it cool down a little, carefully filter it several times to remove all the petals, and carefully send it to Wei Wei for inspection with a can of about 500 ml of refined oil.

Wei Wei, who was working in Felix's study, was also remembering the time, and when she felt that it was almost time, she wanted to get up and go to the kitchen to have a look, when Penny came.

The essential oil boiled with olive oil is naturally yellow, and the floral fragrance of daisies is very light.

As soon as Wei Wei smelled it, she knew that no other ingredients were mixed in it, and her own medical and poison instinct told her that this essential oil was non-toxic and harmless.

Felix and Dolores also came over at this time: "This is the essential oil you want to make?" It looked no different from the original olive oil.

"Yeah." Wei Wei nodded, then put the opened glass jars under their noses in turn and fanned it with her hands: "How do you like the taste?"

Felix is ​​not very sensitive to fragrance, and is not very fond of the floral fragrance of daisies, so he only gave a good answer, but Dolores said that he likes this elegant smell very much.

She even asked her enthusiastically: "How do I use this? Is it rubbed directly on the body like olive oil?"

"The purity of this kind is very low, so it is ok to use it directly, but it can only be used after it is sure that it is harmless to the skin." Wei Wei said, sticking it lightly with her fingertips and smearing it on the inside of her palm , This kind of essential oil that has only been boiled once and boiled with a lot of olive oil is not high in concentration. It can be used directly without dilution. It is applied to the hands to test that it seems to be allergic.

Seeing the little girl's eyes sparkling, she smeared a little on her wrist: "Tell me immediately if you feel uncomfortable."

The little girl hooked her mouth with a smile and lifted her wrist to sniff it, revealing a surprised smile: "It's so fragrant, it's more fragrant than taking a bath with flower petals."

Wei Wei smiled and said, "I'll make you more fragrant in the future."

The fragrance of daisies is very light, and there are many flowers that are more fragrant than it, and Wei Wei knows that among the flowers that Dolores likes, there are suitable essential oils.

The little girl hugged Wei Wei very happily. The longer they got along with Wei Wei, the closer their relationship became. There were often hugs and other actions, and Wei Wei adapted well.

Felix suddenly said, "Is it really that fragrant? Can I smell it?"

Wei Wei nodded: "Of course."

She thought that Felix was going to smell the fragrance of the essential oil in the jar, but they didn't mean that at all. He directly grabbed Wei Wei's hand that had applied the essential oil, bent down and leaned over to smell it in her palm.

As close as to kiss.

Wei Wei immediately withdrew her hand and turned her back.

Felix, who didn't hurry up, showed a slightly regretful smile: "It's really fragrant."

Wei Wei glared at him, since he said it, this guy has become more and more shameless.

Felix accepted it as soon as he saw it, and went back to work properly. This kind of female topic was really not suitable for him.

After that, Wei Wei painted Penny some more, and then went to the next door to find Qin and the others who were working together to test.

After waiting for about half an hour, after confirming that no one had an allergic reaction, Wei Wei let out a sigh of relief and smiled. This essential oil can be tested in the next step.

Wei Wei put the jar of essential oil into the smallest bottle, and put a few drops every day or two when washing her face and bathing, and occasionally mixed it with a homemade mask to try it out. Any discomfort, and the feeling of the skin improved slightly, I sent a bottle to Dolores, not because she was stingy and refused to send more, but the shelf life of these essential oils is only a few months at most, and it is useful to send more. Not finished but wasted.

On the other hand, Qin and Penny were asked by her to wash their face and hands with essential oil every day in the name of cooperating with the research to see the effect.

Unlike her and Dolores, who usually don't need to work, and the heaviest thing they carry may be a water glass, etc., and they even care for their hands, the white and tender noble ladies, Qin and Penny often need to help the family before they come to the castle. They do farm work, which makes their skin rough and dry after years of hard work, their complexion is also tanned by the sun, and they have a lot of freckles. Although they do not need to be exposed to the sun and rain after entering the castle, let their skin The complexion gradually turned paler, but compared to Dolores' milk-like muscles, as Caucasians, they didn't even look as fair as Wei Wei's.

After starting to use essential oils, the effect of essential oils became very obvious on them who had never done any maintenance.

Their skin is getting more delicate day by day, and the large pores have shrunk a lot. In a short period of time, the complexion has also become significantly whiter, and the thick calluses on their hands due to work also show signs of softening. The feeling of dryness and tightness after washing my face is almost gone.

It's not just their own feelings, others who see them recently can't help but ask what they've used recently and how they look prettier than before.

It's a woman's nature to love beauty, and since the two maids who found themselves better-looking were not stingy in promoting the benefits of essential oils for Wei Wei, of course, Penny, who already knew that she couldn't talk too much to avoid losing her job, asked specifically. Wei Wei dared to say it later, and she didn't mention how the essential oil was made from beginning to end, and she pretended that she was not involved, even though Wei Wei didn't actually ask her to keep it a secret.

While waiting to determine whether the effect of daisy essential oil is good, Wei Wei did not stop researching and making other essential oils.

There are many varieties of flowers planted in the garden of Sardinson Castle. It is said that the previous countess liked flowers very much, and not only loved a certain kind of flowers. When he took office as an earl, Felix's father specially sent people to collect flower seeds from all over the world, creating the castle garden today.

Since April, it is the flowering season of many essential oil plants. At this time, there are many flowers in the garden that can be used to make essential oils, and even many spices in the kitchen can be used to make essential oils.

This is cheaper for Wei Wei. Many flowers are not only beautiful, but most of her herbal tea raw materials come from this, and the materials used for research on essential oils are also derived from this.

However, unlike the daisies picked from the wild, Wei Wei is still very merciful to the flowers in the garden. The finished product of each essential oil is only a small pot of about 500 ml. Most of the ingredients in it are olive oil, which needs to be used. Very few petals and plants arrived.

Take roses as an example, five to ten edible rose petals are enough to soak 500 ml of low-concentration essential oils.

Of course, the effect of this rose essential oil is not comparable to the most expensive rose essential oil in later generations, but in this era of no essential oil, it is still very good.

By the time the architect Pierre finally drew the design and handed it over to Wei Wei, Wei Wei had already used the production method of standing in the sun, and then came up with calendula, chamomile, violet, rose and rosemary. Each type of essential oil has different effects, which brought a lot of good news to the maids in the castle, because the first batch of five essential oils Wei Wei made were all tried out by different maids in the castle.

Although she said that everyone can choose not to accept the trial according to their own wishes, but seeing the changes in Qin and the others, why would other maids be reluctant to participate in the trial? Even because the first batch of trial works was very small, except Wei Wei left a bottle of about 30 ml for herself and Dolores, and the rest was only enough for some maids to try it out. For this quota, everyone There was a lot of competition with each other, and I heard that there was even a bad relationship in private.

One thing I have to say here is that Wei Wei also gave a bottle of chamomile essential oil to Nancy, the wife of Butler Barton, and specially reminded her not to rub too much when using it, especially when taking care of Caroline, she must first Make sure she is not allergic, chamomile essential oil can improve the child's sleep and has a calming effect, but Caroline's body is too delicate, Wei Wei dare not give her this "three no" products, only her nanny Mrs. Nancy used it to see if the child could sleep better because of the slight scent.

According to Mrs. Nancy's feedback later, Caroline seems to like the taste very much, and the problem of crying in the middle of the night has been alleviated a lot.