Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 468: Songhua Love

Hualei was very pleased with this unexpected effect, so she started to increase the production of pine oil mint lip balm.

The biggest advantage of Huabud is that she can learn from experience and collect pine nuts, extract pine oil, and finally, she even collected pine needles.

Wash the picked pine needles with clean water, put them in a pot, add water and start steaming. As the temperature gradually rises, the steam slowly rises carrying the essence of the pine needles.

About a quarter of an hour later, through the condensation of the sky pot filled with cold water, the first drop of yellowish pine needle essential oil gradually gathered.

There are many ways to use pine needle essential oil. You can directly use it to massage the skin. After diluting the pine needle essential oil, apply it to the skin surface and massage for about 15 minutes to relieve muscle soreness and improve blood circulation.

You can also add pine needle essential oil to the bath tub when bathing, and enjoy a forest-like bathing experience to relieve stress and relax your body and mind.

It can also be used as aromatherapy. Drop a few drops of pine needle essential oil into the aromatherapy burner and light the aromatherapy burner to purify the air and boost your spirits.

It can also be mixed with other essential oils, and the effect is very good. However, when using pine needle essential oil, you need to be careful to dilute it to prevent the skin from being uncomfortable and causing itching.

When the flower bud sees the pine tree, it also sees the birch tree that grows together with the pine tree.

The reason why birch and pine trees like to grow together is mainly because of their complementarity in ecological niches and growth habits.

Birch belongs to the broad-leaved forest and usually grows in a relatively humid environment, while pine is a representative of coniferous forest and is adapted to a relatively dry environment.

This difference enables them to coexist harmoniously in the same ecosystem and jointly utilize different environmental resources. ?

Moreover, the root systems and growth patterns of birch and pine are also different. The birch root system is relatively shallow, which can quickly absorb water and nutrients from the soil, while the pine root system is deeper and can better fix the soil and prevent soil erosion.

This difference in root structure enables them to perform different functions in the ecosystem and complement each other.

In many areas of the Great Sheng Dynasty, there were many symbiotic phenomena between pine and birch. The pine trees were tall and straight, solemn and majestic, like masculine men. The birch trees had spreading branches and leaves, and graceful bodies, like gentle and pretty ladies. They lived together in the mountains and fields, forming a unique "pine and birch love" landscape.

Birch bark is also the best raw material for making candles. Birch bark has many layers, and you can peel off the outer bark of the birch tree layer by layer. Be extra careful when tearing it and try to keep it intact. Then, you will get a soft and complete birch bark that can be curled at will.

Then melt the beeswax in a ceramic pot, use a brush to evenly apply the beeswax on the surface of the birch bark, and brush it again after the beeswax solidifies.

After brushing three or four times, carefully roll up the birch bark from one end while the beeswax is still not solidified, and try to roll it as tightly as possible. Finally, close the end with a few drops of beeswax and let it solidify, and a birch scented candle is ready.

Light one end of the birch bark candle, the candle is very bright and smokeless, but it has a light aroma of birch brain, which is very pleasant.

If the buds are thicker and longer, they can be used as torches in the wild. After the buds are made, some are placed on boats for use.

Sometimes, when a ship is halfway through its journey, it may need to travel to the next dock overnight, and such bright torches are very necessary.

Hua Lei discovered that although Lord Yu disliked her and asked her to patrol the mountains, it was good to leave her sore and weak legs behind and go out to patrol the mountains. Not only could she breathe fresh air, but she could also pick up unexpected gains.

In the Great Sheng Dynasty, Hua Lei relied on the well-developed Internet in her previous life and the information she received from often leading groups out, so she was able to often pick up a lot of good things here.

I heard that Emperor Shengwu had also sent his shadow guards to this barren mountain to look for treasures before. However, perhaps everyone's knowledge and vision are different. The shadow guards found a lot of wood suitable for making bows and arrows, as well as some seasonal wild fruits, but nothing else.

Although Hua Lei sought benefits for herself, she still performed her job diligently and conscientiously every day, so for a moment, Yu Mushi could not find any fault with Hua Lei.

Hua Lei also took advantage of her free time to take care of the affairs of her own farm and Huaguo Mountain.

During this period, the fish raised in the pond on Huaguo Mountain were almost ready to be sold, and there were quite a few of them. In addition to the fish ponds in Yuanying Village, there were also quite a few fish raised in the wild rice fields, and they were almost ready to be sold. Therefore, for a while, the fish raised in Hualei were in greater supply than demand.

In order to sell her own adult fish as quickly as possible, in addition to continuing to make the original fish balls, Hua Lei decided to use the fish meat to make fish tofu to expand the sales volume.

Scrape the scales and gills of the fish, remove the internal organs, and clean it. Then remove the skin and bones, chop the fish into minced fish, add some chopped carrots, and mix well.

Cut the scallion and ginger into sections, add spices, put them in a bowl, rinse with boiling water, and use a wooden spoon to squeeze the scallion and ginger slightly to squeeze out the juice. Remove the residue, pour the scallion and ginger water into the fish paste, add some starch, and beat in a few eggs.

Add oil, salt and MSG to season, stir well and marinate for a while.

Then take a flat-bottomed ceramic bowl, pour the fish paste into the bottom of the bowl and press it flat with a wooden spoon.

After the water boils, put the ceramic bowl in the pot and steam it for about quarter of an hour. Take it out and let it cool. Cut it into small cubes of appropriate size. Then, put a little oil in the pot and fry each side of the fish tofu. The fresh and delicious fish tofu is ready.

Whether it is served in soup or fried, the taste is very good. After the fish tofu was made, the next day, Hua Lei asked the Tian Xiaoquan brothers to send a small portion of it to each restaurant that placed an order, and the Imperial Academy also sent a portion.

Soon, orders for fish tofu came in. At first, the quantity was not large, only 10 or 20 kilograms. Gradually, the quantity increased, and sometimes more than 100 kilograms were needed in a day.

What’s more gratifying is that after seeing that the fish tofu was selling very well, the restaurants that had not placed any orders before also started asking Hua Lei to place orders.

After a while, they added some meatballs, some vegetables, and some pork. Finally, all the ingredients the restaurant needed were ordered from Hualei. All of a sudden, Hualei's restaurant had more than a dozen new customers, which was a pleasant surprise.

Therefore, the task of distribution became even more arduous. In order not to delay the delivery time, Hualei added more people and mule carts to the transportation team. The workshop making fish balls and meatballs also added more people to make fish tofu in a hurry.