Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 135 Jin Xi's New Idea
Chapter 140 Two Jinxi's New Idea
Behind the tea garden is a hillside, green grass gently swaying in the spring breeze, colorful wild flowers protruding from the grass, wild morning glory, calendula, azalea, like stars, blooming everywhere.

Liang Yuzhong took Jinxi and Jinrou sisters to climb over the small hill and went to the small valley behind. A small stream gurgled down and passed through the valley. , and small fish playing in the water.

There are flowers blooming on both sides of the stream, pink peach blossoms, snow-white pear blossoms, golden winter jasmine... Some Jinxi recognizes, and some Jinxi doesn't know, colorful and fragrant, they gather in this quiet place like a competition In the valley, there is a lot of beauty, which is too beautiful to see.

The three of Jin Xi were overwhelmed by the beautiful scenery in front of them. In the past, Jin Rou would definitely chase the butterflies playing in the flowers, but now, she won't.

Because my sister told her that when the flowers bloom in the warm spring, they will collect a lot of flowers. After some processing, these flowers can be transformed into resounding silver coins.With money, you can buy your own refined things.

"Father, sister, let's get to work. Let's compete to see who will pick the basket first, and whoever will be the winner!" Giggling, Jinrou took the lead to take off the bamboo basket on her back, and squatted among the flowers.

Jin Xi and Liang Yuzhong looked at each other with a smile, and they both untied the baskets on their backs, and got busy...

Jin Xi was surprised and pleasantly surprised to find that there are so many things in the valleys in this area, as long as it is in full bloom in this season, Jin Xi can find it in the mountains.

Among them is a special flower that catches Jin Xi's eyes.

The flowers are brightly colored, usually yellow or pink when they first bloom, then gradually turn orange or orange red, and finally turn red.When Jin Xi found a clump of this kind of flower in the grass, its petals were light red, emitting a very unique fragrance, strong but not pungent.

Jin Xi remembered this kind of flower. When she was teaching in her last life, a colleague in the same dormitory once placed such a potted flower on the window sill. According to the colleague, this kind of flower is very effective in repelling mosquitoes in her hometown. Everyone They call it Mosquito Repellent Qibianhua.

It is both pleasing to the eye and repelling mosquitoes. It grows in the wilderness and is rarely sold in the flower market. Unexpectedly, after such a long time, Jinxi found the mosquito-repelling seven-variable flower in this mountain valley, and was almost overjoyed.

For several days in a row, the weather was sunny and sunny. Jinxi and the others would go to the tea garden every day after breakfast, and then go into the valley to pick flowers and plants. Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun stayed at home, Responsible for washing and picking, then air dry naturally.

Guessing that these batches of flowers were almost picked, Jin Xi didn't go out after breakfast that day, but sat in the yard of her home, and began to sort out the fruits of the past few days, with Sun and Jin Rou helping out.

In the next few days, Jin Xi and Liang Yuzhong were extremely busy.Jin Xi selected more than a dozen fresh flowers of different colors and scents, squeezed out their flower juices, and used them in the production and processing of daily necessities, making a batch of soaps and shampoos with different colors and scents. Liquid ointment, in order to accommodate the liquid ointment, Liang Yuzhong specially cut a batch of bamboos from the mountains, sawed them into long and short cylinders, sealed the upper and lower plates, hollowed out the middle, and carved different patterns on the outside of the bamboo. Representing the fragrance of flowers mixed with this liquid ointment, some are winter jasmine, some are crabapple, some are lily, and there are so many.

For those edible flower petals, Jinxi dried them, ground them into fine flower foam, and packed them in kraft paper bags that are not prone to damp and mold. In snack cakes, cakes, crisps, cakes and porridge with various flavors are made, which will definitely attract customers.

"Xi'er, it's okay for you to pick those fragrant flowers. These mugwort or something, the smell is a bit pungent, what are you going to do with them?" asked Sun, because she saw that Jin Xi had a bamboo basket in it. , Some flowers and plants are installed, which are different from ordinary ornamental ones.

Jin Xi smiled, looked at her basket of flowers and plants with medicinal value, and said, "Mother, don't look down on those, I'm of great use, no, it's already March It's the middle of the month, and after another month or two, the weather will gradually heat up, and all kinds of mosquitoes and flies will come out, and I will use them to repel mosquitoes!"

Mrs. Sun laughed when she heard this, and said: "You silly girl, isn't it too early? Wait until the weather gets hot, and then go pick it. The wormwood and wild punts will grow vigorously, so they are good for weaving matchlocks! "

Jin Xi knows that people in this time and space do not have those modern mosquito-repellent toilet water to repel mosquitoes in summer.Wealthy families usually hang sachets on their bodies, and the sachets are filled with some traditional Chinese medicinal materials that have mosquito repellent effects, such as Huoxiang, mint, perilla, calamus, lemongrass, star anise, tangerine peel, orange peel, cinnamon, cloves wait.

Ordinary households cannot afford such sachets, and they usually prepare a lot of wormwood and wild poles for the summer when they are kept in the country.

As Sun said, the dried wormwood and wild poles are braided into thick ropes and lit on summer evenings, also known as fire ropes.Take a fire rope and smoke in every corner of the front house and backyard, which can also repel mosquitoes.

"Mom, this time I'm not making matchsticks, I'm making mosquito coils!" Jin Xi said with a smile.

"Ah? Mosquito... Incense? Is it a fragrance for mosquitoes?" Sun asked in surprise, "Then what should I do?"

Jin Xi narrowed her eyes, shook her head, and smiled mysteriously.

Mrs. Sun also shook her head with a smile. She knew that her daughter would always be so mysterious before making new things.

Just do what you think, Jin Xi doesn't like to procrastinate.

Although there are no modern advanced extraction tools in this era, Jinxi does not feel headaches, human wisdom is always infinite, without modern tools, as long as there is a large stove and a hollow thatch pole, Jinxi can still make these mosquito repellents. The extract comes.

In the following time, everyone in the village saw that the gate of Sun Yubao's house was closed and no one came in or out, but there was smoke wafting from the chimney of the kitchen all day long, and there was also the sound of chopping incessantly in the yard.

Two mornings later, Father Sun came to visit Sun Yubao's house, still holding a wine jar in his hand.

As soon as I entered the gate of the yard, I saw a large sieve on the small stone table in the middle of the yard. Inside the sieve, there were things as thick as chopsticks spread out. The shapes were the same but the colors were different. There were red, white, yellow, black, Green, and dark green, there is a strange fragrance in the air. Father Sun has a sharp nose, and he can smell the unique fragrance of wormwood and wild pole in these chopstick-like things, but he rejects it. The pungent smell makes people feel very comfortable.

"Brother, what do these things look like to you?" Mrs. Sun said with a smile on the side.

Father Sun took two and looked at them carefully before his eyes, and said, "Scent candles?"

The joss sticks in Old Sun's mouth are actually sticks of incense that are burned during Chinese New Year and sacrifices.

"Brother, you are half right. This thing is called mosquito coils. Let's take it out and light a few in the house during the summer. It is more convenient than the matching match to repel mosquitoes!" Mrs. Sun explained, in order to let Father Sun Even more convinced, she asked Jin Xi to bring over a torch, picked one of the dried mosquito coils and lit it, green smoke wafted out from the top, and the scent of wormwood and wild poles was also mixed with a faint floral fragrance.

"This is... Qilixiang?" Father Sun was surprised. People who live in the mountains know more about the flowers and plants in the mountains than people outside.

"Hahaha, it's Qilixiang." Mrs. Sun laughed, patted Jinxi's head, and said proudly: "Girl Xi said that using this flower fragrance will not destroy the mosquito-repelling effect of wormwood and wild pole. It can also cover up some choking smells, big brother, what’s the matter, isn’t this method much better than burning matchsticks in previous years?”

Grandfather Sun was surprised, his admiring eyes fell on Jinxi, he nodded in praise and said, "Oh, this method is fresh, and it's not too difficult to think about it. The incense and candle shops outside sell incense, but no one thought of doing it like this Mosquito repellent incense, um, girl Xi is flexible, make more mosquito repellent incense, wormwood and wild poles in the mountains, Dagagong will cut it for you, and cut as much as you want, just let go and do it ,is it good?"

Being praised again, Jin Xi smiled shyly, seeing that the wine jar in Father Sun's hand was still covered with wet soil, Jin Xi's eyes lit up, and she pointed at the wine jar in Father Sun's hand, Said: "Xi'er thank you Dagagong, the wormwood and wild poles are enough for now, why did Dagagong come here with a wine jar?"

Father Sun laughed, tapped the wine jar, and said to Mrs. Sun, "I'm here today to bring this wine. Take a look at the wine jar, do you still remember?"

Mrs. Sun took the wine jar and looked at it carefully before her eyes. Upon hearing the sound, Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun also came out of the room and stood aside to watch.

"Brother, this mark under this wine jar..." Mrs. Sun held the wine like a treasure, and suddenly her eyes turned red.Father Sun stared at the wine jar with twinkling eyes, and sighed with emotion.

"Garba, is there anything special about this jar of wine?" Jin Xi asked curiously.

Mrs. Sun restrained her excited and complicated expression, looked at Mrs. Sun with red eyes, and said: "This wine was buried under a pine tree in the back mountain with your father when you were born, and said it was waiting for you. When you get married in the future, dig it out. In order not to confuse and find the tree, your father tied a piece of red cloth on the branch. In the first few years, your father would go up the mountain every year to have a look. Later, your father went to the town I went to work as a carpenter, so I went to work less, and then I gave birth to your younger sister and younger brother, and I had a few more mouths to eat. Your father didn't have time to go home. Wait until two years before you get married. The woods are all lush and lush, and the pine tree where the wine is buried can no longer be found!"

(End of this chapter)