Chapter 104: The first bottle of perfume in Datang
The first sentence of the opening chapter of the "Three Character Classic" is "At the beginning of man, nature is good"
No matter how wicked a person is, there is still this first trace of good thought in his heart, let alone a person who is good in nature? A person who has been twisted by fate is forced by this twisted fate to have ambition and wild benevolence, and the heart of a person who has gradually become hard has begun to melt and soften again.
The eldest grandson Xiu blushed and lowered his head, not daring to look at Wang Xingxin, but asked in a low voice: "Brother Mingshen, what is falling in love?" ”
"Xiu'er, simply put, falling in love is the exchange of love between you and me, this falling in love is a very beneficial thing to physical and mental health, which can make you and me happy, but also make you and me sad."
"Xiu'er doesn't want you and me to be sad."
"Since Xiu'er doesn't want to make us both sad, then raise your head and close your eyes and hold your breath."
Changsun Xiu hurriedly complied, very obediently raised his head and closed his eyes, holding his breath.
Wang Xingxin was bold and kissed Changsun Xiu's cherry-like mouth. In the first shock and panic of the eldest grandson, he said cheekily and seriously: "Xiu'er, this is falling in love, this is a very necessary process of falling in love!" ”
"Brother Mingshen, are you sure you're not showing off your hair?"
"How can it be light, you don't know that the first step in falling in love in your brother's hometown is to kiss each other, and now it's time for you to kiss me."
After speaking, he raised his head and closed his eyes, waiting for the eldest grandson Xiu to kiss him.
The eldest grandson Xiu was very strange at first, why Ming Shen's brother's hometown had such a peculiar custom, and he was even more shocked that he still had to do such a shameful thing when he fell in love.
Wang Xingxin saw that the eldest grandson Xiu didn't come to kiss him for a long time, so he said anxiously: "Xiu'er, if you don't kiss again, then this love will be sad, if you don't kiss me, I will definitely be sad, and you won't be happy if I'm sad, this is that both of them are sad, so you have to kiss, after you kiss, we will be very happy to talk about this love!" ”
A piece of tongue twister-like bullshit logic stunned this little girl who was just starting to fall in love, and Changsun Xiu mustered up great courage to close his eyes and kiss Wang Xingxin's forehead without kissing his mouth, and then ran away in shame like a frightened deer.
Wang Xingxin, who got a bargain, looked at the eldest grandson Xiubei who ran away and said with a smile: "The little girl of the Tang Dynasty is so easy to fool, look at how my brother fooled you and was lame!" ”
After catching up with the eldest grandson, she seemed to be a little annoyed, unwilling to pay attention to Wang Xingxin, a burst of rhetoric and sweet words in later generations. Where has this eldest grandson Xiu heard such bold and direct words of love? was soon coaxed by Wang Xingxin into a state of joy, with spring in his eyes......
The two of them walked around and returned to the small workshop, where the alcohol had already distilled. Wang Xingxin hurriedly asked Wang Da to pour a small bowl, and after smelling it, he didn't dare to taste it, and after thinking about it, he said to Changsun Xiu: "Xiu'er, wait a minute, you can see that I can light this wine with fire." ”
"Brother Mingshen, although this wine smells pungent and choking, it must be a very strong wine, but no matter how strong the wine is, it is water, how can it be lit?"
Wang Xingxin waved his hand to keep the people around him farther away, and then whispered in Changsun Xiu's ear: "If my brother lights this, Xiu'er has to kiss my brother seriously, remember not to kiss wrong, kiss your mouth!" ”
The eldest grandson Xiu, who has decided to give his heart to Wang Xingxin, the ** kid, bowed his head and said shyly: "Brother Mingshen will be light, and you won't agree to you if you ignite it!" Hum! ”
Wang Xingxin laughed after hearing this, and no longer asked, coaxing the little girl to pay attention to the orderly advance and retreat, and she couldn't always think about taking advantage.
Let Wang Da get a small wooden stick with a flame from the stove, and as soon as he put it on the wine bowl, the alcohol in this bowl "poofed" and a blue flame came out.
Changsun Xiu was very surprised when he looked at the ignited alcohol, and pulled Wang Xingxin's sleeve and asked: "Brother Mingshen, tell Xiu'er why this wine is lit, the fire is still blue and beautiful!" ”
Wang Xingxin is not an erudite and versatile all-rounder, who is well-versed in physics and chemistry, and is extremely proficient in the art of learning things, so he can only make up nonsense and finally fool Changsun Xiu.
Seeing that the eldest grandson Xiu was still about to ask a question, he quickly changed the topic and said: "Xiu'er, this alcohol is made, let's steam the petals now, and get that perfume!" ”
As soon as he heard the perfume, Sun Xiu really didn't ask about the alcohol on fire.
To make the Datang version of a simple perfume, the key is the essence and fixative. The fixatives that can be found in Datang are musk and ambergris. There is also sandalwood oil can also be extracted by distillation, and what you get is musk, and now there is musk bought in Wang Xingxin's mansion. It's just that one of the biggest drawbacks of musk is that pregnant women can't use it, and it seems that they will have to make some ambergris or distill some sandalwood oil in the future.
Essence is much easier to do, the flowers are distilled in a special still, the essence in the petals is evaporated, mixed with the distilled water vapor, and the aromatic vapor is re-condensed into a liquid.
The flavor can be obtained by distilling and purifying the liquid mixed with flavor. Different petals distill different flavors of essence, now there is only one steamer, in order to avoid the mixing of fragrances, Wang Xingxin decided to distill the gardenia with the strongest fragrance and the largest number first.
After waiting patiently for a while, the fragrance in the workshop became stronger and stronger, and finally turned into a very strange pungent smell.
"Brother Mingshen, don't steam it anymore, the fragrance has changed."
"Xiu'er, don't worry, you will witness the miracle later!"
After the flavor is steamed out, there is only one small bottle, less than half a tael.
Two carts of gardenias can steam less than half a tael of flavor, which is already a high yield, especially under this simple production condition, and the flavor is not very pure. However, Wang Xingxin believes that it is enough to fool these Tang girls and young wives!
How to configure perfume Wang Xingxin will not only be able to continue to measure the experiment, and Datang Precision Meter does not have it, he can only use it to prepare it according to the scalp.
After spending more than half of the essence and a jar of alcohol and a little musk, the first bottle of gardenia-scented perfume in Datang was heavier than being drummed out by this kid, and Wang Xingxin, who was full of strong gardenia fragrance, excitedly took a small porcelain bottle and said to Changsun Xiu: "Xiu'er, this first bottle of perfume in Datang is given to you, and Xiu'er will definitely be fragrant all day long, even if you practice martial arts, no matter how much sweat you sweat, there will be no smell of sweat!" ”
Changsun Xiu looked at Wang Xingxin, who was sweating profusely, and then looked at the small porcelain bottle in his hand and felt very happy, maybe this is the love that Brother Mingshen said, maybe this is also the process of falling in love, this feels so good!
"Mingshen, brother, thank you, you are so good to Xiu'er, but Brother Mingshen, you are now more fragrant than this perfume, and you have become a fragrance person!"
Wang Xingxin said with some embarrassment: "Xiu'er, try this perfume quickly, and let my brother teach you how to apply it." ”
After Changsun Xiu smeared a little bit of this gardenia perfume behind his ears, neck, and wrist according to Wang Xingxin's method, Wang Xingxin was obviously a little immune because he smelled the essence and perfume in the process of making perfume, so he let Pepper and Sichuan pepper stand next to Changsun Xiu and smell the fragrance.
After pepper and pepper came, Wang Xingxin first asked Changsun Xiu and Shuangjiao to go to the front hall to wait for him, and then ran to take a bath, the smell of sweat and fragrance on this body was really uncomfortable.
After washing, Wang Xingxin still had some gardenia fragrance on his body, and the eldest grandson Xiu saw him coming: "Brother Mingshen, this perfume is too good, but Xiu'er doesn't like this too strong fragrance." ”
"Xiu'er, it doesn't matter, we can do whatever flavor you like, those craftsmen and subordinate brothers teach them, in the future, we can match whatever flavor we want, and slowly prepare always one you like! If you don't like this bottle, give it to your mother! ”
"Don't give it to my aunt! This is given to Xiu'er by Brother Mingshen, this is the first bottle of perfume in Datang! Xiu'er won't give anyone! ”
As soon as she heard that Wang Xingxin was going to give the perfume to the eldest grandson, Xiu'er was suddenly reluctant, even if it was the queen, she held the small porcelain bottle in her hand tightly.
"Okay, this is Xiu'er's, we won't give it to anyone, but you are not allowed to tell the queen mother, if she knows that this first bottle of perfume is not sent to her and says that she can't beat her brother's ass, you don't know Xiu'er, brother's ass is almost not good! Follow brother, this ass is unlucky! ”
Hearing Wang Xingxin's mouthful of words, Changsun Xiu blushed and said, "Brother Mingshen, why is it so vulgar!" ”
"Vulgar? Xiu'er is not an outsider, pretending to be very elegant, is it possible that my brother wants to say to Xiu'er that it is a golden buttocks, a noble buttocks? But Xiu'er is a fragrant buttocks haha......"
The eldest grandson Xiu was a little annoyed by his teasing, Wang Xingxin looked at it and continued: "I want to be a family with Xiu'er, I want to live a lifetime of husband and wife, why bother with these vulgar etiquette, Xiu'er is innocent, and I will continue to carry forward your character in the future." Brother Mingshen, I like your tune! Spicy and kind, innocent and lively! Marrying Xiu'er as a wife is simply a blessing for me Wang Xingxin's third life! ”
After speaking, he recited a poem: "In heaven I wish to be a winged bird, and in the earth I wish to be a branch!" "Xiu'er, this is you and me, let's tie the knot together, a godsend!"
When Changsun Xiu heard this, he immediately turned his anger into joy and said, "Xiu'er is waiting for that day!" Brother Mingshen, when will you ask Your Majesty for marriage? ”
"Xiu'er, it's not that my brother is not in a hurry, wait for two days, let's make some perfume, and then give the best soap and wine to Your Majesty and Niangniang, maybe Your Majesty will not only give us a marriage but also give us a rich reward, so our family will not be short of money to spend!" Besides, His Majesty and Niangniang are Xiu'er and aunts after all. ”
When the eldest grandson Xiu heard that Wang Xingxin was so thoughtful, he was even happier in his heart.
"Brother Mingshen wants to ask you why you named these two maidservants Pepper and Pepper? These are the names of spices! ”
"Haha, this lord is expensive, this spice is also expensive, and the name of this maid is also expensive! I called pepper and pepper, which is a peerless double pepper! ”
"What if there's another one you're named after that?"
"Easy to do, Chili!"
"Then this is Sanjiao, how do you call it again?"
"It's even better! Three peppers are cool! ”
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