Lisko's American life

Lisko received a call from his agent, Lubo.

"Li, the new book is ready for sale. Random House's propaganda has put forward some propaganda methods, and I want you to cooperate." Lubo's tone on the phone was a little embarrassing.

"What kind of propaganda?" Lisko was a little puzzled. Lubo knew that he was a little disgusted with propaganda.

"Do you know the two most popular social tools on the Internet? One is called Twitter and the other is called Facebook."

"You know? My investment company has also invested in angels. Now the investment returns are good."

"Wow, Li, then you have made a lot of money. I didn't expect you to be an outstanding investor. This is the case. These two software are very popular among young people, and the current market share is also good, because you The audience for this book is young readers, and the editors at Random House want you to register for these two apps, and then increase your distance with fans on it."

Li Ske thought for a moment, "Okay, no problem, Lubo, I am also a young man, and I am also very receptive to this kind of emerging social networking. I just don't like running around in publicity, which makes me a kind of showbiz. illusion."

Rubo breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, then I will contact Random House and ask him to contact the two companies to promote your homepage certification for moving in?"

"Okay, I will send you the ID when I finish registering." The two exchanged a few simple greetings after talking.

Lisko returned to the study to turn on the computer and registered two social software. The ID was Lisko. He was a professional writer and sent a message to Lubo to contact him to complete the certification. Lisko was familiar with the software while waiting.

The pages of Facebook are full of hot pictures of hot girls in bikinis. Twitter is the American version of Weibo. Of course, he is original.

Li Sike refreshed the page and quickly completed the certification. Now Twitter and Facebook are still under construction. There are not many celebrities in the literary circle. Li Sike is considered a big winner in the literary circle. After entering, the two companies are certainly welcome. They have processed the certification at an expedited speed. They also placed a banner on the golden position of the website, saying "Welcome to the famous writer Lisko."

Of course, they didn’t know that Lisko was still a shareholder of the two companies. This was something Lisko deliberately avoided.

Liske thought about it for a long time. He was thinking about what he should say first, to reflect himself and not to be similar to others.

"These faces emerged from the crowd, petals blooming on the wet black trunk."

This short poem is a famous poem by Ezra Pound, the leader of the Imagist poetry. Lisko felt that it was appropriate to use it as his first message at this time.

"Lee? Are you at home?" The rooster shouted Lisko outside the door.

Lisko walked out the door, "Yes, what's the matter? Rooster."

"The lavender is harvested. We are going to extract the essential oils. Would you like to come and have a look? You must have never seen it before."

Lisko suddenly became interested, but he thought about taking out the essential oils by himself and using them to give to Megan. She must be pleasantly surprised.

"Okay, let's go." Lisko took the lead and walked towards the ranch enthusiastically.

A metal room with a long floor was built next to the staff dormitory. This is where the rooster intends to harvest the rye and use it to brew beer.

The extraction of lavender takes place here.

All the employees in the ranch are busy here, David, Humber, Weiss, Locke, and the cook, Jasmine, who put lavender in a still like a Chinese water tank.

Liske also helped after the greeting. The two were cutting off the upper half of the lavender with scissors, and the remaining ones were gathered and stuffed into the kettle.

The rooster told Lisko not to fill it up too much, and to leave a distance of the palm of his hand, which is to pass steam.

After it was plugged, the cowboys lifted the huge lid and closed it tightly. There was an iron tube connected to the top of the still. The iron tube led to another filter gauze. Below was a plastic bucket for essential oils. Precipitation in the barrel, and then secrete hydrosol and essential oils.

The rooster controls the temperature and time in the control room at the back. Generally, the distillation of essential oils takes two to three hours.

Lavender is specially used for steam distillation to extract essential oils. This distillation time is shorter than that of water distillation. The esters in the plant are less destroyed and the price is higher.Water distillation methods are only suitable for rose neroli because they are more fragile.

After the lavender is extracted, the liquid will be separated into layers. The upper oily substance is called plant essential oil, and the lower watery substance is called pure dew.

Hydrosol is also a basic material for cosmetics. It can reduce inflammation and sterilize, balance and adjust skin oil secretion effects. It can be used as toner and toilet water. It is also a high-priced purchase by cosmetics companies.

Lisko sat at the door with the cowboys, drinking beer and chatting.Slowly, steam began to flow out of the outlet of the still, filling the entire pasture with the unique fragrance of lavender.

This time, the lavender in Liskoe Ranch will be distilled more than ten times. The rooster has calculated that, excluding labor and cost, a lavender planting can benefit two million US dollars, essential oils can earn 1.2 million, hydrosols can earn 650,000, and other residuals. It can earn about 150,000 yuan, which is absolutely huge profits.

Two or three hours have passed, and all the essential oils have been distilled. One barrel of essential oil and one barrel of pure dew have been collected at one time. The rooster estimated that the lower grade can be set to A grade. The cowboys are happy to bloom, and the farm income is high. There will be a specific share, ranging from 0.5% per person.The only disappointment was Lisko, because the rooster told him that the freshly extracted essential oil should settle for two months before it can be packaged and used.

The extracted stalks changed from purple to dark brown, and all the essence inside was squeezed out. The cowboys collected them and planned to spread them out and dried them. Later, they would be powdered and sold to daily chemical companies as additives for laundry detergent and shampoo.

Li Ske went from being ecstatic to dejected, and he was not here to mess with the busy cowboys, because the cook, Jasmine, was so busy, the rooster suggested that he go to dinner.

Lisko returned to the villa, opened the refrigerator door, and took out a large piece of premium beef, which was bought from Bo's ranch.

The main business of Bo's ranch is to buy and sell beef cattle. Among the batch of beef cattle that were released this time, a special Class A snowflake cattle was rare. After Lisko knew about it, except for leaving one-fifth of his family for his own use, the rest were all covered. He bought it.

The taste of this kind of beef is very recognizable. The most distinctive feature is that the meat is rich and fragrant, making your mouth full, and its beef has a rich flavor and beautiful marble pattern, but because the cattle are mainly fed by grain, so There is no grassy smell.

Lisko's dining knife is opened, then pat loosened with the back of the knife, and marinated with onion, black pepper, garlic, red wine, and light soy sauce for 15 minutes.

Take out a piece of butter and heat it for frying. Lisko puts the marinated steak into the pan and fries it on all sides, so that the nutrition of the steak will not be lost. Then, it is fried for two minutes on each side and out of the pan.

Lisko worked hard for half an hour and fryed ten steaks, one more than three per person, this is to prevent some big stomachers from not eating enough.

Choose broccoli, purple cabbage, cherry tomatoes, carrots, wash and slice, boil the vegetables, pour a little salt and oil, blanch them, drain them out.Pour the balsamic vinegar and a vegetable salad is ready.

There is also a soup. Lisko chose the traditional Chinese seaweed egg drop soup. He prefers to drink this, which is convenient and quick to make.Take out a piece of seaweed, soak it in water for a while, boil water in a pot, add seaweed, boil the water and stir in the eggs, add some salt and sesame oil, and make a greasy seaweed egg drop soup.

Li Sike looked at the set table, full of accomplishments, called the rooster, went to the basement to get a good bottle of red wine, and sat down to prepare for dinner.