I saw Zhou Zhong grab a handful of salt and sprinkle it into the iron pot. A magical scene appeared. As the salt grains entered, clumps of thread-like things appeared in the originally clear pot, and these things flew very quickly.

The condensation quickly turned into a paste-like object, which looked white with yellow, somewhat like cheese.

"Wow~, something is growing in the water!" Seeing something really growing in the clear water, the innocent Duo'er really thought it was a trick, and jumped up and down happily. Zhuo'er's face

The above brought more questions. She asked herself that she had read a lot of books, but the knowledge in the books was not enough to explain everything in front of her.

Compared to the two excited girls, Zhou Zhong seemed very indifferent. He had seen his teacher do this kind of saponification reaction in the experimental class. He recalled the memory several times just now, each step following his own instructions.

He did it from memory, and the results were within his expectations, so there was nothing surprising at all.

As the salting out progresses, a layer of white to yellow soap base has been bleached in the iron pot. Note that this is soap base and cannot be called soap or toilet soap for the time being because there is still one last step to be done, but the last step requires

Some other things cannot be accomplished in one step today.

I saw Zhou Zhong scooping up the soap base in the pot and placing it on a clean white cloth. He did not throw away the remaining solution in the pot. Instead, he filtered it with gauze several times and poured it into a clean porcelain bottle. Keep it.

The solution below is a mixture of glycerin and water. It can be applied on the face as a skin lotion. It can be paired with soap as a gift.

"Brother, is this the gift you prepared?" Zhuo'er finally recovered from the shock, but when she saw the strange-shaped soap base on the white cloth, a look of confusion appeared on her face. Although she didn't

I know what these things are used for, but they look too ugly. How can I give them away?

Zhou Zhong saw through Zhuo'er's thoughts at a glance, and immediately said with a smile: "Don't worry Zhuo'er, this is just a semi-finished product. When it is completed, you will find that this thing is not only not ugly, but also very practical, but if you want

It will take some time to prepare until it is completely finished, and I also need your help!"

"Me? How can I help?" Zhuo'er was a little surprised when she heard this. Although Zhou Zhong had said before that the two of them should complete it together, after Zhuo'er saw the previous series of magical changes, she was already convinced

I completely lost confidence.

"Of course I can help. What I'm going to make is something called soap. Its function is similar to the soap we use, but its appearance and effect are better. Now that I have made the soap base, I need to add it to it later.

A kind of spice, but I'm not very good at spices, so I want to ask Zhuo'er for your help!" Zhou Zhong said very seriously.

As a girl, Huo'er used to like to play with things like sachets, so she naturally knew a lot about spices, so after hearing this, she immediately showed a smile and said: "Brother, you want spices. This matter is very important."

It’s simple, I can mix a few spices myself, and I’ll write down the ingredients I need later, and brother, just buy them for me.”

"Great, I said you can help me a lot with the bracelet!" Zhou Chong also laughed and said after hearing this. He had already known that the bracelet would be mixed with spices, so when he planned to make soap, he had already thought of it.

Zhuo'er also participated.

After dinner in the evening, Zhou Zhong found Butler Xu and asked him to order a few things for him, such as the molds for the soap, the boxes to hold the soap in the future, etc. In addition, the spice materials needed for the bracelet were also given to Xu.

Let the housekeeper handle it. After all, he is the most familiar with the area in Songjiang Mansion, so it is appropriate for him to handle these things.

A few days later, the spices and molds were ready. Zhou Zhong boiled another pot of water in a large pot, then cut the soap base into strips and placed them in an iron basin, then boiled them in the pot across the water.

The soap base melted quickly. At this time, Zhou Zhong added the spices prepared by the bracelet, stirred them quickly and poured them into the mold to cool.

"Pa!" After the soap in the mold cooled down, Zhou Zhong turned the mold over and slapped it on the table. Immediately, a row of six plum blossom-shaped soaps appeared on the table. These soaps were exquisite in shape and light yellow in color.

, and exudes a faint fragrance of plum blossoms. If you look at it suddenly, you might actually think it is a few blooming plum blossoms.

"What beautiful flowers! Brother, are these the soaps you want to give to Sister Lingyun?" Zhuo'er's eyes widened and she said with a look of disbelief. She really couldn't imagine that the strange soap base passed through her brother's hands just a few days ago.

The processing turns out to be so delicate.

"That's right, these are the return gifts that brother has prepared for you!" Seeing Zhuo'er's fondness for it, Zhou Zhong also said with some pride, "But I can't give all of these soaps to Xie Lingyun. I think I'll just give her one piece, and leave the rest

We all divided the five dollars, this thing is much better than pancake!"

"Only one piece?" Zhuo'er frowned slightly after hearing this, "Brother, is it too little for us to only give one piece? How about I give up my piece and give it to Sister Lingyun in two pieces?"

Zhuo'er participated in the whole process of making soap. She knew that the cost of the soap in front of her was not high, only a few dozen yuan per piece. Although her brother praised the soap's functions and it looked good, even she

I like it very much, but Huo'er always feels that it's not good to use something worth dozens of yuan as a return gift.

How could Zhou Zhong not guess what Huo'er was thinking? At that moment, he reached out and patted Huo'er's little head and said: "Silly girl, don't look at the cost of making soap.

It’s expensive. I’m the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty who can make soap. In addition, the function of soap is no worse than that of Yizi, but its appearance is prettier than that of Yizi. Therefore, if I set the price of the soap to be the same as that of Yizi, or even slightly lower

, will definitely attract others to buy it, so don’t underestimate this piece of soap, if it is sold, it will not be cheaper than the rouge Xie Lingyun gave you!"

"But...but the cost of soap is so low. Brother, if you sell it at such a high price, wouldn't it be...become..." Zhuo'er wanted to say the word 'profiteer' at the end, but he couldn't.

Can't say it.

Looking at this innocent sister, Zhou Zhong sighed in his heart, but with a smile on his face: "You are so stupid, Zhuo'er. The cost of making soap is indeed very low, but you forgot to count one thing, soap.

It took me a long time to come up with it. It can be said that every piece of soap is condensed with my hard work. Therefore, on the surface, the cost of the soap is only a few dozen cents. But if you add the hard work that my brother spent, then one piece will be sold.

A dozen taels of silver is already very cheap!”

Hearing these explanations from Zhou Zhong, the simple Zhuo'er nodded with some understanding. Although on the surface it sounded like there was nothing wrong with his brother's reasons, for some reason, Zhuo'er always felt that there was something wrong with his brother's words, but

She couldn't tell what was wrong.

Seeing that Huo'er finally stopped worrying about the price of soap, Zhou Zhong took out twelve small flat porcelain bottles and placed them on the table. Then he picked up the large bottle that previously contained glycerin hydrate, filled each porcelain bottle and filled it with cork.

Tighten the cork, and put two small porcelain bottles of glycerin on each bar of soap to use on your face.

"It's done!" Zhou Zhongxin looked at the results of his hard work over the past few days with satisfaction. Then he turned around to see Huo'er and immediately said, "Huo'er, do you want to try the effect?"

When Zhou Zhong said this, he didn't allow Zhuo'er to object at all. He jumped up and excitedly brought a basin of hot water, and then motioned Zhuo'er to try the effect of the soap. Zhuo'er was a little embarrassed at first, but he couldn't stand Zhou Zhong's attitude.

Encouraged, I finally leaned over and washed my face with soap. After drying it, I poured glycerin from the bottle and applied it on my face.

"How are you doing? Do you feel a lot more refreshed?" Zhou Zhong asked impatiently.

I saw Huo'er's two slender hands gently stroking her cheeks. After a while, she said excitedly: "It's indeed a lot more refreshing. It's similar to the feeling after washing your face with soap before, and after applying it in the bottle,

After applying the product, my face feels smooth and tender, and the wind doesn’t dry it out even after being blown by it. It’s really good!”

"Haha, that's natural. The thing in the bottle is called glycerin, which is supposed to protect the skin. Our bracelets are inherently beautiful. If we do these skin care routines every day, we will definitely become a fragrant beauty in the future!" Zhou

Zhong Ye said with a smile. In fact, he had secretly tried the effect of glycerin yesterday, otherwise he would not have dared to experiment with the bracelet.

Next, Zhou Zhong took out another gift box, and then put soap and a bottle of skin care glycerin into the gift box. This was a return gift for Xie Lingyun. As for the remaining five, Zhou Zhong kept one for himself and the other four.

Between Zhuo'er, Duo'er, Aunt Wang and Su Niang, it can be said that not a single woman in the family is left behind.

The gifts were ready. Zhou Zhong originally wanted to find an opportunity to visit Xie Lingyun with the bracelet and give her soap as a return gift. However, what Zhou Zhong did not expect was that before he could visit the other party, Xie Lingyun instead

She came to Zhou Zhong's house to see him for the second time, but she didn't come to ask for gifts, but to check how Zhou Zhong's second book was going?

Although Zhou Zhong was busy making soap during this period, he did not miss the writing of Jin Ping Mei. Now Xie Lingyun came to the door to see Jin Ping Mei. Zhou Zhong couldn't help but reveal a dirty smile on his face. He couldn't wait to take a look now.
Chapter completed!