Chapter 224: Incense Making
Ye Wanwan had read a lot of books on making ancient spices before, and she knew more about making incense, and when she saw that this red dye was so special, she couldn't help but want to use it to make incense.
"This thing isn't poisonous, right?" Ye Wanwan picked it up and asked Bai Chen.
Bai Chen glanced at it, "No." ”
"Then I'll use it to make incense." Ye Wanwan said excitedly.
The primitive tribe has a very rich wild vegetation, and she has never made incense since she came here.
Bai Chen paused, just about to remind her that the red dye actually had other functions. But after thinking about it, he didn't say anything, but a wicked smile of unknown meaning appeared on his face.
The process of making incense is more complicated.
Ye Wanwan couldn't match all the utensils here for a while, so she simply simplified the complex, how to save trouble.
She found a very fast stone blade, and she was going to cut the red dye into pieces with a knife.
However, Xiao Hei saw it and hurriedly came over to stop it, "Master, put the knife down quickly, be careful of hurting yourself!" ”
Ye Wanwan shook her head and smiled, "How can I chop it when I put down the knife." ”
Then she couldn't help complaining, "It's raining outside, and you can't take out the red dye to dry the water, so you can only bake it with fire for a while." ”
"I'll cut it for you, I always feel uneasy when I see you holding a knife." The little black fart ran over to help.
Ye Wanwan gave him the knife, "It's best to cut it into small pieces, but don't cut it too much, if it is broken, it will not be able to be used." ”
Xiao Hei looked serious, "Well, I know!" Don't worry, host! ”
After the red dye turned from a large whole piece into a small pile of pieces, Ye Wanwan had already lit a fire and put a clay piece on the fire.
She places the pieces of red dye on top of the clay so that they can be baked over a fire. When all the water has evaporated, you can grind the powder to make incense.
After seeing her movements, Bai Chen silently took a stone jar and buckled it on top of the red dye.
"Why buckle it up, it will dry more slowly." Ye Wanwan was very puzzled.
Bai Chen has his own reasons, "It's okay to be slow, but it must be buckled." ”
The smell emitted by red dyeing when exposed to heat is "not to be underestimated...... This will prevent its smell from coming out and will not allow it to work.
Ye Wanwan saw that he was very serious, so she listened to him and didn't take the jar away.
In this way, the time of red dye baking must not be short, and Bai Chen added firewood to the fire five times before it was finally baked.
Ye Wanwan grinded the dried red dye into powder, pressed it all into a thin thread, and rolled it up with an ordinary turf that had no taste.
When she was done, she counted them, and this time, she made a total of twelve incense sticks.
Looking at her results, Ye Wanwan couldn't help but smirk. In fact, I always wanted to be a perfumer before I crossed over, and now I am addicted.
"It's late, it's not early, go to bed." Bai Chen lit the freshly made pine oil lamp.
Ye Wanwan has been busy with spices for a day, and now she is a little tired.
She yawned and threw herself into Bai Chen's arms.
"Sleep, sleep, tomorrow is another day."
Bai Chen stroked her back very naturally, and the other hand massaged her shoulder, which was a little sore.
Seeing the two of them snuggling together lovingly, Xiao Hei's eyes showed a touch of loss.
This time he didn't use the white dust, and walked away on his own.
But before leaving, he couldn't hold back his curiosity and took a stick of incense sticks made by Ye Wanwan.