"Okay!"

Ning Xi's eyes lit up, if he could make a still, then the matter of essential oils would be settled.

The sound of "knock knock" came from a shop.

When Ning Xi arrived at the blacksmith with He Shiyan, he saw at a glance a shirtless man in the courtyard, holding a sledgehammer to strike iron.

When he saw them, the blacksmith stopped and laughed, "He Saburo is here, why do you have time to come to me today?" ”

Ning Xi looked back at He Shiyan in confusion.

He Shiyan lowered his head slightly and said softly, "I'll tell you when I go home." ”

As he spoke, he walked towards the blacksmith, "Brother Xu, I want to show you a drawing to see if it can be typed." ”

Blacksmith Xu handed the sledgehammer to his apprentice, took the blueprints and sat down at the stone table next to the well in the courtyard.

After reading it, he frowned slightly, the Xu family has been striking iron for generations, not to mention the ordinary farm tool ornaments, but he has also seen a lot of drawings of weapons, but the utensils on this drawing, he studied it for a while and was still a little confused.

He pointed to the two lines on the diagram, "This is?" ”

He Shiyan motioned to Ning Xi.

Ning Xi stepped forward, "This is called a condenser tube. ”

Blacksmith Xu noticed that the little girl in front of him was the owner of the drawings, so he listened to her continue.

Ning Xi thought for a while, gestured and said, "I want to make such a big jar, I want you to make a sieve plate at the bottom of the jar that can separate water from other things, and then the whole jar is closed." ”

"And these two pipes can drain the gas inside, and put cold water in the compartment of the pipe."

In the end, it was too complicated, and Ning Xi was not very sure that the blacksmiths of this era would be able to make the still.

Unexpectedly, Blacksmith Xu said thoughtfully: "You can give it a try, but it may take a while." ”

Ning Xi's eyes lit up and he nodded hurriedly.

Blacksmith Xu said, the price of this special thing is a lot more expensive, since you are the person brought by Brother He, it will not count your processing fee, just give a material money after it is done.

On the way back, Ning Xi was still puzzled, "Brother He, you are very familiar with that Xu blacksmith?" ”

He Shiyan walked as he walked, "I used to be a classmate, but now he has given up the entrance examination, his father died unexpectedly two years ago, and there are a lot of bad debts in the iron shop, I happened to do him a favor." ”

"So, he's thanking you now." Ning Xi put his hands behind his back, followed beside him, and casually boasted, "Brother He is really amazing." ”

He Shiyan had never seen a woman with such a straightforward temperament, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so the two went home in silence.

……

In less than a week, Ning Xi received the still sent by Blacksmith Xu, and it looked like a black and heavy iron lump.

It coincided with the spring when the mountain flowers were blooming, Ning Xi picked a lot of spring flowers, peach blossoms, and apricot blossoms, and put the petals into the wooden pot, and the whole yard was filled with a fragrance.

Ning Xi looked at the rudimentary still, grabbed a large handful of petals and put it in, and then placed the still on the stove to heat it.

When the water in the stove is heated, the water vapor will mix with the fragrance of the flowers and rush upwards.

Blacksmith Xu had never seen such an object, so he stayed in the courtyard to watch Ning Xi operate, and He Shiyan was standing on the side.

He watched as a cloud of mist flowed down the two iron pipes, still soaked in water, and he didn't know what it could do.

Ning Xi brought a small wooden stool and sat on the side, constantly filling the compartment next to the pipe.

The floral gas comes to the outlet through the winding condenser tube.

Ning Xi couldn't help but look forward to it, her eyes looked at what was flowing out of the tube, and she waited for a long time, until the water in the still was about to boil dry, and she got a small half cup of essential oil.

The whole courtyard is filled with a particularly good smell.

Blacksmith Xu's eyes widened in shock, "What is this, it's even more fragrant than the fat powder of the rouge shop." ”

Ning Xi put away the essential oil he had gotten, and then said: "This is called essential oil, but it is not perfect enough to mention, so many flowers can get so little." ”

It is too difficult to promote it in large quantities and put it into production.

However, with essential oils, she can make more soaps, which is more profitable than soaps, which is also good.

Blacksmith Xu thought for a while, and suddenly spoke, "Miss Ning, your operation is very much like quenching. ”

"Quenching?" Ning Xi didn't know why.

Blacksmith Xu waved his hand, "Hey, you don't know how to strike iron, I can't understand this for a while, but I can help you improve this so-called still." ”

"Thank you so much!" Ning Xi stood up.

Blacksmith Xu picked up the iron lump, "You're polite, I didn't know that you were Brother He's unmarried wife, if I knew, I would never accept this money." ”

When it comes to the word wife, after Blacksmith Xu left, the atmosphere between Ning Xi and He Shiyan was a little delicate.

Ning Xi was busy looking for something to do, and used the half bottle of essential oil he had obtained earlier to make a soap with a rich floral fragrance.

He Shiyan sat at the stone table in the courtyard and read, he had something on his mind, but he couldn't concentrate.

He put down the book and looked at the little girl who was buried in her work, "Ning Xi." ”

Ning Xi looked back at him, "Brother He, what's wrong?" ”

He muttered: "The marriage contract should have been terminated after the junior sister had a crush. But the teacher and the teacher died, and it was difficult for her to live alone, so I didn't mention it in order to support the family logically. ”

Ning Xi asked him rhetorically, "Then you want to talk to me about the dissolution of the marriage contract now, right?" ”

He Shiyan was silent for a moment before he said, "That's right, you will be seventeen years old in a few months, I'm afraid I will delay you." ”

Ning Xi suddenly chuckled, "Afraid of delaying me? That's why the marriage was dissolved? ”

"Yes." He Shiyan nodded dryly.

Ning Xi wiped his hands, walked up to him, and looked into his eyes, "I don't have a crush on anyone now, are you willing to continue to take me in?" ”

"Can you leave the dissolution of the marriage contract aside for the time being?"

"I'm the only one I know here."

When He Shiyan heard her last words, his heart was quite touched, he had no relatives in this world.

In the next moment, he responded like a ghost, "Okay." ”

"Thank you, Brother He, we will live together for a long time in the future, if you call me by my name, it is strange, or you can call me Xiaoxi." Ning Xi relieved the crisis, returned to his energetic appearance, and went back to tinkering with soap.

He Shiyan nodded and put his gaze back on the book.

……

Within a few days, Ning Xi got the newly improved distiller of Blacksmith Xu, and this time he got twice as much essential oil as the last time.

With a good still, she started a soap business in full swing.

At the same time, the actor Wang Linzhang, who was far away in Beijing, was not so smooth.

Ning Xi was tinkering with soap at home, and the little white cat showed her a light screen to watch Wang Linzhang's situation.

Wang Linzhang was not taken back to the Prime Minister's Mansion by Wang Zuo as in the original book, but was placed in a separate village.

……

(End of chapter)