After lavender, rosemary is also in bloom as promised.
Its flowering period is longer than that of lavender, and with proper maintenance, it can bloom until the following spring.
However, compared to the noble and elegant dreamy purple, rosemary with small white flowers is not so popular.
Until Xu Yin told the maid and mother-in-law: "Although the flowers it blooms are light and inconspicuous, it has the effects of repelling insects and mosquitoes, calming the mind, and is very useful."
When the servants heard this, they immediately brought a few flower pots over, transplanted a few plants, and moved them back to the tea garden. They placed rosemary flowers in the flowering season in every corner of the second courtyard, where insects could easily hide. fragrant.
I don’t know whether the flower really has a good effect or it’s just a psychological effect. In short, the ladies are all talking in private. Recently, the quality of sleep is much better than before.
The cook who was given a pot of rosemary also said that he slept better these days than before and had fewer random dreams.
At this age, the maids all have good sleep quality, and there is nothing to talk about in terms of calming and soothing the nerves. However, they found that there were fewer small flying insects in the other courtyard, and immediately listed rosemary as their favorite flower.
"Girl, don't tell me. When this flower was planted on the mountain, it was so plain that it was easy for people to ignore it. I didn't expect it to be quite beautiful in a single pot like this."
Xu Yin: That’s because you put a filter on it.
If it was the height of summer, roses and jasmine should be blooming by now. Unfortunately, these two flowers are not cold-tolerant and will not bloom easily when the autumn wind blows.
But it’s okay. Loosen the soil, cultivate some nutrient soil, and make the branches stronger. Next spring and summer, they will definitely usher in their flowering period.
Nowadays, the cultivation of Spice Mountain has entered a stable period.
The boys sent out to look for sandalwood saplings, magnolia saplings, and laurel saplings have long since returned. The saplings they brought back were planted along the foot of the mountain before autumn.
Like roses and jasmine, these saplings will grow taller and stronger throughout the winter.
There are hired villagers for the daily maintenance of flowers and saplings, so Xu Yin does not need to stay there all the time.
In her free time, she followed the government medicine to learn some superficial knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, starting with taking pulses and absorbing this knowledge bit by bit.
Of course, she would go to Spice Flower Mountain every morning to exercise that morning.
Although this small body is much healthier than the sickly beauties in the world of movie queens, the ancient rich lady never left the house and did not exercise too much. In the first few days after arriving, if she hadn't used health pills as candy Douche, I really can’t bear the high-intensity sport of mountain climbing.
Now, she exercises every day, even though her skin color is not as white as before. Compared with before, in her eyes, she is still fair and rosy, like a healthy apple. How can it be as exaggerated as Zi Yuan's tanning?
"Girl, the delivery from Liulicang has arrived. This time it is said that it was successfully fired according to the girl's request."
On this day, she was reviewing the four diagnostic methods of inspection, hearing, inquiry, and incision in another hospital, and Xu Kui ran up to report.
When Xu Yin heard this, the distillation tools burned out? That must be seen.
"Walk!"
She put down her notes, went back to the back room, changed into her traveling clothes, and took the lead to walk down the mountain.
As he walked, he asked Xu Kui: "After the fragrance shop is built, have you cleaned it inside and out?"
"Everything is packed according to the girl's instructions."
"That's good. If the distillation tool is approved later and there is no problem, we will assemble it and try it."
"Don't worry, girl. The younger one has asked the village chief to find a good person, and we can start work at any time."
"Okay! From now on, you will be in charge of the fragrance shop. Technically, it belongs to me, and you will be responsible for negotiations and personnel management."
Xu Kui was deeply moved when he heard this, clasping his fists and handing over his hands: "Thank you for your respect, I will live up to your trust and do my best to serve you!"
After being moved, he looked up and saw that the girl had already descended to the mountainside, and hurriedly chased after her:
"Girl, the mountain road is rugged, please go slower!"
I thought that he was a big man, but he couldn't keep up with the girl's footsteps.
Xu Yin: The only thing that separates you from my sister is a pair of [Xiaoyao insoles].
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After Xu Yin inspected the distillation tools and confirmed that they were qualified and usable, Xu Kui led the Liulicang guys to make the final payment.
When Xu Kui came back, Xu Yin was already instructing the young men hired by the village chief to assemble it.
"Girl, please rest. Just do this kind of rough work if you are young."
If Xu Yin doesn't keep an eye on it personally, how can she rest assured?
"It's okay, you can ask someone to pick a few more bundles of lavender for later use."
It was still early for lunch, and she planned to try the water distillation method No. 2 and the water vapor distillation method No. 3 respectively.
Let’s look at the extraction method of lavender essential oil, which method is more efficient.
After the lavender extraction method is finalized, we will experiment with rosemary.
Xu Kui immediately sent a boy up the mountain to spread the word, asking the hired workers who were maintaining the flowers and trees on the mountain to pick several baskets of lavender.
He followed Xu Yin here.
Finally, all the glass distillation equipment was assembled.
Lavender was also picked from the Spice Mountain.
The water distillation method, as the name suggests, is to spread lavender on the upper half of the distillation barrel, fill the lower half with water, and steam it like rice and vegetables.
As the water boils, the oil and aroma of lavender will continue to evaporate with the water vapor. After condensation and separation of oil and water, these vapors are obtained as lavender essential oil.
The water vapor distillation method involves pouring water into a surrounding glass tube.
As it heats up, the air in the distillation barrel gradually gets hotter, evaporating the oils and aroma in the lavender.
Both methods can extract lavender essential oil.
Based on the length of time, the content and quality of the extracted essential oils, Xu Yin came to a conclusion:
The water distillation method extracts lavender essential oil in a short time and in large quantities, but the purity of the essential oil is not as good as that of the water vapor distillation method.
She came into contact with this industry in order to complete the additional task of "a legendary fragrance that amazes the world" released by the system. She was not just doing business to make money, so she finally decided on the water distillation method to extract lavender essential oil.
Similarly, subsequent tests on rosemary essential oil ultimately proved that the essential oil extracted by steam distillation was of higher purity and better quality.
Xu Yin made the decision without hesitation: "Xu Kui, write it down! From now on, the essential oils of these two kinds of flowers will be extracted using Equipment No. 3."
"Yes, girl."
After Xu Kui wrote it down, he didn't understand and asked: "Girl, is this essential oil the fragrance you mentioned?"
"Not really. But this one will work too."
She collected the lavender essential oil and rosemary essential oil that had been refined and extracted many times.
After hundreds of kilograms of lavender, only half a kilogram of essential oil was finally extracted.
The oil yield of rosemary is higher, with one pound of essential oil extracted from one hundred pounds.
Xu Yin and Liulifang customized a batch of 10ml brown bottles containing essential oils, one bottle for each flower type, and distributed them to the people below as a benefit.
The village chief and the junior students who helped assemble the equipment were also fortunate enough to be assigned to a group.
Xu Kui sent the rest to Xu's Spice Shop to promote new products.
