Chapter 284: Drinking Wine and Eating Soap

Xiao Zhiyun hates the feeling of being under others, even in the back house, His Royal Highness Zhao always avoids this problem, she is also a little angry, but she is more curious, how can Zhu Lian be virtuous, and she can hook a man's heart more than her Xiao Zhiyun.

After staying in the ancient town for another night, the group left the town and went out of the Gobi Desert, Zhao Yougong did not directly transfer back to Tongzhou, but followed Xiao Zhiyun to Dayang Beach, but when passing through Haoyang City, he handed a piece of paper to Xiao Ana, "Girl, you go to Haoyang, buy all the materials written on the list, as for the petals, you can ask Xie Zhen for help." ”

Ana opened the paper and looked at it twice, but she didn't understand it, what is He Shou Wu, Poria cocos, spices, lard, what are these, how are they medicinal herbs, and meat, which is completely out of tune. Especially a large number of petals, now it is winter, some flowers are mostly used by rich and noble families to make bonsai, want to get a large number of petals, how easy is it? I don't know what His Royal Highness is going to do, but seeing that Xiao Zhiyun didn't express any opinions, Ana stuffed the paper into her sleeve and went to Haoyang.

It is not far from Heyang to Dayangtan, so let the horse go slowly, Xiao Zhiyun closed her eyes slightly, looking lazy, just talking, but asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, what the hell are you doing?" What did Ana's do? ”

"What the hell? I told you that you don't understand, just wait for this king to surprise you" Zhao Yougong sold a pass, as soon as he clamped the horse's belly, the red dragon horse threw his legs and ran forward, Xiao Zhiyun took a sip of the case, what is still mysterious?

King Zhao Xiaojun wanted to buy a lot of things and miscellaneous, and Anake really spent a lot of effort to get a whole carriage of things. When we get back to Dayang Beach. It's getting dark. Ana was tired enough. King Zhao Xiaojun was naturally considerate of her, and personally brought a bowl of hot soup, which made the blue-eyed beauty full of joy. There have been no clouds and rain for many days, coupled with Ana's bold nature, the two of them will inevitably be tossed and tired. Ana didn't fall asleep, but reached out and scratched Zhao Yougong's chest, and asked in a coquettish voice, "Your Highness, what are you doing with so many messy things?" ”

"Hehe, you're in such a hurry to know?" Pulling Ana's long hair, he smiled mysteriously, "This king can make your long hair fragrant and silky like satin." Do you believe it? ”

I just wanted to tease Ana, but I never thought that this girl would nod seriously. "Your Highness says that it can be done, and the servant will believe it." Ana squinted, Xiao Xiang's tongue pursed her pink lips, as if she was teasing, and as if she was afraid, Zhao Yougong naturally understood Ana's thoughts, it seemed that she hadn't fed this girl yet, blinked, reflexively pressed the beauty under her, and then there was a moving moan.

The moonlight in winter is lonely and cold, and it falls a little late, when there are a few red glows in the east, and the shadow of the moon can be vaguely seen in the west. Zhao Yougong got up early, played a set of knife techniques, and led Ah Jiu and Ah Na to the camp room. came to the room, not to eat, but to find something, after some searching, Zhao Yougong took away the largest pot in the room, and there were other things like steamers. After looking for good things, he went to the empty room north of the barracks, and King Zhao Xiaojun led the two girls to raise the fire and carry water, and others didn't know what he was going to do.

Xiao Zhiyun was very puzzled, after watching the soldier training in the camp, she came to the empty room for a walk, but she didn't understand it for a long time, saying that King Zhao Xiaojun wanted to make a fire to cook, who would believe it? asked in vain, Xiao Zhiyun fortunately led Hu Sanniang back to the command office.

In fact, if you want to make shampoo, the most important thing is the acid that plays a role in softening the hair, but unfortunately it is now the Great Song Dynasty, and all kinds of acid in later generations are impossible. In desperation, Zhao Yougong thought of the soap corner. Saponaria, also known as honey locust, has just grown into soaphorn and peeled off, there is a layer of silky and smooth semi-solid substance inside, this kind of thing can actually play the role of acid, but now it is winter, there is no leap soaphorn that has just grown, and it is useless to scrape that layer of substance, so I can only find another way. Zhao Yougong thought of the way is to boil, although the soap corner is a little dry, but in fact, there is still some liquid in it, as long as you work hard to boil, you will definitely be able to boil out, although the amount is very small, but there is better than nothing.

Waiting for the water in the cauldron to boil, Zhao Yougong nodded, and Ah Jiu poured all the two baskets of soap into the cauldron, Ana looked very curious, touched the sweat on her forehead, and muttered in a low voice, "Can this bean still be eaten?" ”

"What to eat? Who sued you for eating? Hurry up and burn the fire, you hurry up, watch the pot, don't boil the water, boil for an hour, take out the soaphorns, add water, and then pour He Shou Wu, Poria cocos and other things into it, continue to boil, boil for half an hour, clean everything up, and then put the remaining potion into the jar, and the king will be useful for a while. ”

"Hmm" Ana didn't ask any more questions, because Zhao Yougong was already busy at this time, he put the steamer he got on the table, the top of the steamer was made of bamboo, there were many gaps, Zhao Yougong sealed the top of the steamer with the prepared iron sheet, and then chiseled a small hole from the side and inserted a reed pipe into it. A small pot filled with wine, the lid of the steamer was placed on top, and the surrounding area was sealed with mud, and a fire was raised. King Zhao Xiaojun personally lit the fire, but Ana was taken aback, she stretched out her hand to push Ah Jiu, and said with a pout, "Xiao Jiu'er, I can manage it here, you go and replace His Highness." ”

Listening to Ana's words, Ah Jiu nodded slightly, but the person didn't move, Zhao Yougong had already waved his hand and said, "No, if you're idle, go and wrap those picked petals in a cage cloth." ”

Caged cloth, in fact, is a folk saying, mainly used to squeeze out water. Take the vegetable melon as an example, the vegetable melon is very tasty, but the vegetable melon is too watery, and the vegetable melon will be full of soup when mixed directly, and the dumplings are also easy to rot. Therefore, before mixing vegetable filling, people often chop the vegetable melon first, wrap it with something, and squeeze out the moisture inside, and the most commonly used is the cage cloth.

If you want to make cosmetics, fragrance is indispensable, but how can there be fragrance in the Great Song Dynasty, so you can only use the fragrance in the petals instead. And with a cage cloth, it is to squeeze the petals as much as possible to get a little more perfume.

After some explanation, Ah Jiu squatted aside and squeezed the petals, Zhao Yougong and Ana still added firewood and lit the fire, about half an hour later. Liquid began to drip out of the reed tube. Zhao Yougong was very happy. You must know that this is the first drop of highly distilled liquor in the Great Song Dynasty. A drop of wine. The room was already full of the aroma of wine, smelling the aroma of wine, and Ana, who was still burning the fire, had already looked up, her beautiful eyes were shining, and her little tongue kept licking her lips, "Your Highness, can you let the maid taste this wine first?" ”

Try? Zhao Yougong smiled helplessly, this distilled liquor has not yet cooled and precipitated. It's like an industrial alcohol, although you can't kill people if you drink it, it's not good, "It's really a gluttonous cat, you can burn the fire first, can you be missing?" ”

Hey, this Khitan people, whether they are men, women, or children, seem to be all wine worms, Ana. I don't know how Xiao Zhiyun is, if Xiao Meiren is also a gluttonous cat. Then he Zhao can try to coax Xiao Meiren with this wine.

The three of them stayed in the house all the time, so busy that they forgot the time, until Sanniang came to visit, and they knew that it was the end of the day. Looking at the many bowls and jars on the stage, there was a strong aroma of wine, Rao couldn't help frowning Hu Sanniang, who didn't care much about everything, and was a little curious in her heart, but she wouldn't open her mouth to ask like Ana.

"Sanniang, you send the rice here, we will eat here today" Now the pot is boiling lard, and it is really unrealistic to leave at this time, Hu Sanniang didn't say much.

When I was just busy, I didn't feel anything, waiting for Sanniang to bring up the fragrant food, I knew how hungry I was, took the dishes and chopsticks, leaned on the stove and pulled the noodles, and after eating two bites, I felt that something was wrong, I had been busy for so long, weren't the two girls hungry? Hearing the sizzling sound of rats stealing food in his ears, he looked back, Zhao Yougong was almost out of breath, Ah Jiu's hat was crooked, his little face was flushed, and he was still pinching this small bowl in his hand, and Ana's hand was even more powerful, holding a bowl, his face was ruddy, and his small mouth was still clicking, "Good wine, good wine, this wine is so strong"

As he spoke, Ana's body shook, but Zhao Yougong was frightened, put down the note, glared and shouted, "You don't want to die?" At this time, the purified distilled spirit, without precipitation and dilution, will drink the dead. ”

Ana obviously drank too much, with a smirk on her face, her tongue kept licking the mouth of the bowl, she took a step forward, and almost fell to the ground, so that Ah Jiu stood close and grabbed it. Zhao Yougong didn't have any temper at all, walked over and hugged Ana, and then snorted coldly at Ah Jiu, "Say, how much did you drink?" ”

Ah Jiu put down the small bowl, clasped his hands, and when he saw Xiao Ah Jiu's action, Zhao Yougong's anger came up again. No wonder you get drunk, highly distilled liquor directly drank a sea bowl, can you not get drunk, really think this wine is usually a low-alcohol wine of more than ten degrees? If Ana is still awake, make sure to slap and pinch Ana's face, this girl doesn't know the pain, waving her hands, pouting and muttering, "Xiao Jiu'er, fill it again"

"Full of you big-headed ghost" Zhao Yougong couldn't hold back any longer, and directly slapped Ana's little fragrant buttocks, a total of just that, and drank it. Handing over Ana to Sanniang, Zhao Yougong waved his hand a little impatiently, "Sanniang, hurry up and send her back to the room to rest." ”

Sanniang nodded and helped Ana to walk out, and when she arrived at the door, she looked back twice, it was really interesting, she was busy for a long time, just to make wine and drink? When did His Highness have this interest?

After Ana left, Zhao Yougong stretched out his finger and kept poking Ah Jiu's little crookedness, but without poking, Ah Jiu shook his head, "Girl, is it delicious?" ”

Ah Jiu shook her head, saying that it was not delicious, she was also deceived by Ana, saying that the wine was very good, but she took a sip and almost fainted, because a strong force rushed straight to the door of her head, as if it had cracked.

"Hmph, keep it in the future, don't want to eat and drink everything, you girl, what do you learn to drink? Hurry up and eat! ”

Ah Jiu was very obedient, with a smile on his face, and nodded violently, and the little crooked man almost fell off his head.

After lunch, he continued to boil the lard, waiting for a layer of white things to appear in the pot, Zhao Yougong hurriedly scraped the layer of things into the basin with a spoon, and after scraping it clean, he took out all the lard, poured some water, and then poured the layer of white liquid into it. Continue to boil, wait for almost, sprinkle in alkaline noodles, the liquid slowly turned into a sticky, now Zhao Yougong finally breathed a sigh of relief, after working for so long, the soap was finally completed, then the rest was shampoo, of course, you can also take the opportunity to get some simple perfume out.

The things in the pot still need to be cooled and precipitated, and there is no need to guard it anymore, let Ah Jiu hold the wine jar, Zhao Yougong personally took the incense liquid and the pot of liquid medicine back to his room, at this time the liquid medicine was already a little viscous, stir it, like a diluted paste, pour out a small amount of liquid medicine, and then drop in a certain proportion of the liquid fragrance, stir carefully until it is even. Looking at the black and fragrant liquid under his eyes, Zhao Yougong felt a sense of pride, the big Song-like shampoo was not easy.

When he returned to the empty room again, the contents of the pot had cooled down and turned into a round solid, which looked white and looked like a large wax block, cut off a piece with a knife and handed it to Ah Jiu, "Girl, you touch!" ”

Ah Jiu really touched it, touched it, she smiled, slippery, soft, when I thought that it was made of lard, it should be delicious, right? There was a bright light in his eyes, and he opened his small mouth, and he wanted to take a bite.

"Hey, what are you doing, how many times have I told you, this thing can't be eaten, it will kill people if you eat it!"

Zhao Yougong broke out in a cold sweat, can you eat soap? I used to know that Ah Jiu was greedy, but I didn't expect this girl to dare to taste any rare thing, and after explaining it again and again, she explained what white soap was for. Ah Jiu was very simple, and in order to test that the soap tube didn't work, he went back to wash his face with a piece of lard soap. (To be continued......)