CHAPTER XXIV
This night, Xiaomi went to bed early. Because of the successful extraction of peach blossom dew, Luo Qinghai no longer doubts Xiaomi's ability at all, and has promised her that she can make soap in the workshop.
In fact, it can be said in another way, it was not requested by Xiaomi, but Luo Qinghai took the initiative to mention it. In this case, the nature is completely different, and according to the original plan, soap making is also to be carried out secretly.
The utensils needed to make soap are ready-made, but they must wait for the workers to rest before they can be used secretly. Now, with Luo Qinghai's consent, there is no need to bother like that.
Luo Qinghai said that she would go to the workshop with Xiaomi tomorrow morning, and she could do it openly. When Luo Bao and the others found out, half of them were happy, and the other half felt a little regretful.
Isn't it, I originally wanted to give my mother a special gift to surprise her. However, now that my mother already knows, it's all my fault for that father, why Mao found out so early?
However, it was not bad, at least Dad was very happy, and he had been looking forward to it for a long time to fulfill the promise to take them to hunt.
Whether it was Xiaomi or Luo Hu, they slept very soundly, but Luo Qinghai, the head of the family, was so excited that he didn't close his eyes at all, lying on the bed and tossing and turning, or he went down to the ground and went back and forth in the house, making the Qin family unable to sleep.
On the second day, as soon as Luo Qinghai led the millet out of the house, he immediately went back to the house to make up for sleep.
Millet sleeps fragrantly, eats well in the morning, and is very energetic. Although Luo Qinghai's eyes were bloodshot all night, that spirit made the stewards and workers in the workshop feel that the big boss had a happy event.
"Today, I told them all to rest for a day, send 200 wen each, and go for a walk on the street." As soon as he entered the courtyard, Luo Qinghai instructed the steward.
After the steward was stunned for a moment, he came back to his senses and greeted the workers who had just started to do things, saying that the big owner would give everyone a day off.
"Steward, is there something wrong with us?" Among the people who do things, there are timid people who come forward and ask in a low voice.
"Don't guess, if you don't want to rest, go to the cellar and grind some honey locusts." The steward laughed and cursed, and kicked the man.
There is a smart person who dragged the dodge to collect the money, and has already begun to discuss what to do today, is it to drink tea? It's better for everyone to gather their money together and go to the restaurant to fight for their teeth. Some people are in favor of this, some people are against, those who are in favor are those who have no concerns, and those who are opposed are those who have children and old families.
It's not close to home, and I can't go back after a day off, but the 200 dollars I got can be saved in my purse. These 200 texts, without asking, are also particularly rewarded by the owner, and they will definitely not belong to the salary.
Think about it, a few years ago, the big proprietors often rewarded everyone with some small money, but then the business was not good, and of course they couldn't get the reward! Now that it's starting to give it again, it should be a good sign! If you take it home, you can buy new clothes for your daughter-in-law and children, and you can buy them some pastries and cut some meat.
More than half of the workers went out into the street in groups, and the rest went back to the house to rest. The soap-making hall suddenly seemed very empty, and there were three stewards in Mi Luo Qinghai. The steward was very smart to avoid it, but Luo Qinghai asked him to stay.
"Xiaomi, what to do?" Luo Qinghai looked at Xiaomi and asked.
Xiaomi knew that since Luo Qinghai was left alone in charge, it meant that this person was someone he trusted very much, and he didn't think much about it. He picked up the apron that the worker had placed on the stool, folded it and wrapped it around himself, rolled up his sleeves, and started to move.
In modern times, it is actually very simple to make handmade soap DIY, and you can buy everything on Taobao. I bought the main soap base, took some and boiled it, added what I wanted to add, and injected the abrasive tool of my favorite shape, and all was good.
However, this is ancient times, where to get soap base? Do you use the earthen soap made in the workshop? Xiaomi doesn't like it. Then you have to do it all yourself. Fortunately, in modern times, it is not too troublesome, and it is not that it has not been done, and it has been done, and it will not be difficult for her at this time.
Millet did not use the workshop to put the ashes of the grass and wood burned in the basket and poured with water, and the gray water obtained was commonly known as grass alkali. Instead, edible alkali is used, and filtered water is used. As for the oil, she used castor oil with a transparent effect, and asked the steward to find palm oil with balanced hardness, which is easy to help with demolding......
Watching millet start burning edible alkali, the steward knew very well that this job was dangerous, and if it accidentally splashed on people's skin after boiling, it would hurt. So, without waiting for the big proprietor to speak, he took the initiative to ask to do this.
Xiaomi smiled and refused, saying that she would be careful. She suddenly remembered to take out a handkerchief, cover her mouth and nose, and remind the two onlookers to do the same.
Looking at Luo Qinghai, the shock of Cheng Dù this time was not weaker than the first day, on the contrary, the shock in his heart was even stronger.
The steward is even more the same, he has been in charge of this workshop all these years, watching the workers do his work every day, the daughter of the second owner, this is clearly a veteran! Yesterday, the big proprietor took her to the back room, and then I didn't hear about punishing any young master, but this time I actually led this one here again, and paid it off, it turned out to be for this!
Millet stirred the contents of the pot seriously, and when he was empty, he looked at the grinding tools on the side and shook his head. Luo Qinghai hurriedly asked what he needed, and Xiaomi asked him if he could find a mold with a good look and a pattern.
Luo Qinghai couldn't think of it for a while, and it was too late to find a carpenter to do it now. Just frowned, or the steward reacted quickly, remembering that there was a mold for making moon cakes in the kitchen over there, so I asked Xiaomi if it could be used.
Mooncakes? Xiaomi thought for a moment and nodded. The steward quickly ran out to find the porter, and told the porter to go to the house to ask for it, and a few of them came over. He was afraid that he would miss something good, and he quickly ran back into the hall.
The daughter of the second owner, how old is she, and she has only come to play a few times, and she can make soap in a decent way? The person in charge knows that the child may be messing around, but the big proprietor allows it, and he still accompanies him, and he actually lets the workers have a day off to make room for this little girl, which is definitely not nonsense.
When adding alcohol, Luo Qinghai also became nervous, watching the millet extinguish the fire below, and then slowly adding alcohol, alcohol is a very dangerous thing after easily touching the fire. Seeing that Xiaomi was calm and steady, Luo Qinghai and the steward were both ashamed of their nervous foreheads.
Luo Qinghai is actually a little scared in his heart, if something really goes wrong and hurts the child, how can he explain to his second sister-in-law and daughter-in-law? She's a little girl, and it's not okay to have a little scar on her face!
At noon, it was the Qin family, who woke up, who personally brought lunch. This time she didn't complain about the man, anyway, she knew that what they were doing now was very important. came, looked at the things cooked in the pot and couldn't see anything, watched the millet eat well, gave millet a can of boiled goat's milk, and left.
"If you add frosting sugar, it's not unpleasant." Luo Qinghai was not worried about this day, and he didn't know why, anyway, with the peach blossom dew made the day before as a foreshadowing, he didn't doubt that this thing would fail. Seeing that Xiaomi stared at the jar of goat's milk on the chair next to her, she thought that she was afraid of sheep's anger, so she smiled and told her.
"No, I'm thinking, this should be able to make soap as well. When this one is done, let's try goat's milk. Millet looked at the liquid in the fruit as she spoke, and responded to Luo Qinghai, laughing in her heart Why did she think about using cow's milk and forgetting goat's milk? This handmade soap is super good.
"Is this okay?" Luo Qinghai was skeptical, goat milk was drunk! He couldn't relate to what he was using. However, since Xiaomi said that it might be possible, let's try it.
The steward had a lot of questions in his heart, but he knew that no matter how many questions he had, he should not ask them.
After lunch, an hour later, Millet and Luo Qinghai asked for the peach blossom dew extracted the day before, dripped it into the fruit, and sprinkled a handful of freshly picked peach petals brought this morning into the pot, stirred for half an hour, and asked the steward to help pick up the pot and pour it into the greased abrasive.
There are only five mooncake molds, and if they are not enough, they can only use the square-shaped molds in the workshop.
This procedure, Luo Qinghai and the steward both know that it is the last process of making soap. Looking at the liquid in the mold, it seems that it is indeed better than the original color they made! The taste is also faintly floral!
Is this really done? I don't know if I can use it, how is the effect? However, there is one thing that these two big men know very well in their hearts, if this thing is taken out and sold, it will be more expensive than the original soap and it will be popular, and the big men will look good, let alone those women.
Of course, it's more expensive, other companies don't have it, and I don't know the formula, it's the only thing. In the future, not to mention the business of the shop, it will get better because of this good-looking and novel soap, that is, just doing this soap business, that is, a way to make a fortune!
The more I thought about it, the more excited I became, if it wasn't because Xiaomi was a girl, Luo Qinghai really wanted to pick her up, so rare! The little God of Wealth of the Luo family, this is!
Handmade soap is not immediately usable, it needs to be left for about two weeks. Previously, Xiaomi wanted to make a gift for the Qin family, but it was because the time was too late, so I thought it would be good for her to see it first. Now that she doesn't need to, she will tell Sù Luo Qinghai some precautions.
For example, after half a month, this soap can't be sold in the store immediately, you should find some people to make sure that it will not cause allergic reactions when you use it.
When the two big men present heard this, this kid was really thoughtful! It's more reliable than adults! The admiration for her in my heart rose a little.
"Uncle, it's still the same sentence, I don't want others to know that I made this soap and that peach blossom dew." Feeling the steward's suspicious eyes staring at him, Xiaomi dragged Luo Qinghai to the side, raised his head and told him very seriously.
"I really don't know how I could, and I didn't want to know, I tried so hard last night that I wanted to know the answer, but I had a headache like it was going to crack, and I didn't come up with anything, it was so hard. Uncle, you and Big Mom should think of a way, I don't want to cause trouble, I just want to grow up carefree, okay? Xiaomi felt that it was necessary for him to solemnly declare to Luo Qinghai again.
Anyway, what I am doing now can be regarded as helping him and helping the Luo family solve a big problem, and it is not asking them to share equity or something, it shouldn't be too much to make this request, right?
Besides, since Luo Qinghai knew that Luo Bao was told to keep it secret, he should have thought of something. Otherwise, he extracted peach blossom dew for Mao yesterday, and didn't let others be present, so this time he left this steward alone......
Thank you for the peace charm in the small yard, Bo Bo!