Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 885 - 867.[Please do not imitate this article]

Chapter 885: 867.[Please do not imitate this article]

Boiling beeswax is a meticulous task, and Qiaoqiao spent half a day live streaming with a big pot, putting a large crowd to sleep.

But good news, he is the nice baby who always responds to requests, regarding the question if hand cream can be applied on the face...

"It should be fine, Snake Oil can be applied on the face, so this should work too. If kids’ faces are chapped from the cold they can use it! It heals quickly."

Live Stream Room: ...

[What can I say? He answered, but not what I wanted.]

[Actually, I wanted to ask if it has any skin care effects when applied to the face...]

[How is it not skin care? It can even heal frostbite.]

[emmm okay, if my face gets chapped, I’ll definitely use it.]

[Okay, if my hands get frostbitten, I’ll definitely use it.]

[Got it, I’m off to buy Snake Oil!]

[Just wondering, does it work on hands that are used to being frostbitten?]

[What do you mean used to being frostbitten?]

[It means, got frostbite once and didn’t heal properly, and then every cold season it swells from frostbite.]

That’s a good question, Zhang Yanping saw it and hurriedly asked Song Tan: "Can this work?"

If it doesn’t work, they mustn’t make false claims.

"This kind?" Song Tan thought about it and remembered an old home remedy from her mother’s generation: "Boil cabbage leaves in water and wash your hands daily, supposedly it helps get rid of the problem—but forget it, there are too many people listening, can’t just talk nonsense."

Of course, whether this home remedy works or not, her family’s cabbage stalks are certainly effective, but no need to mention that.

Zhang Yanping got it: "Whether this works on hands used to frostbite, we’re not sure, everyone please consider before buying."

[Consider? You didn’t even give us time to consider!]

[Exactly, my adrenaline was so high when making the payment, I could have been revived, who had time to consider?]

[Isn’t this fine? Warning given at 188 beforehand, you can think it over until the stock is on shelves.]

[The person before me doesn’t understand, in my case, I don’t need to consider whether to buy, only how much to buy.]

[Rich brother before us! Funny, I too tighten my belt to buy stuff, but my internet is too slow sob sob sob]

[Everyone, hand cream is something us girls love, can guys not snatch it away please?]

[What stereotypes? I could buy it to replace the Dabao cream my wife gave me!]

[Dabao is being slandered!]

[Stop dragging Dabao down, it can’t take it...]

[Brother upfront, great idea!]

[Hahaha thanks, brother! This year, I am going to stand up for myself, buy my own skincare, and ditch baby cream!]

Zhang Yanping: ....

After the live stream, he sincerely suggested: "Tantan, while it’s winter, how about we harvest honey a couple more times? I’m worried we might run out of beeswax."

"It should be enough."

"It’s not enough," Guo Dong came over, "I checked, your pure extraction process can yield about 80 pounds of beeswax."

"Each hand cream uses about 7 grams, so 80 pounds is just enough for a little over 5000 hand creams...what is that good for?"

She said this and couldn’t help but wonder: "Your beeswax is a bit odd... other people’s beehives, they only produce a few pounds a year..."

But Song Tan’s house isn’t just being lucky - how could they consistently produce more than others?

But thinking about it, it made sense, Lao Song’s family has had an overly abundant source of honey this year, the Golden Sakura bloomed as densely as roses, flowers layered upon layers covering the sky...

Their family excels at growing everything. That’s no surprise.

Song Tan thought of the bees that buzzed frantically in and out during the summer and laughed without uttering a word at the moment.

As for the tea seed oil, that’s nothing to worry about. Although they are not high-yielding camellia trees specifically, this year the trees have absorbed too much Spiritual Energy and their reproductive instincts soared, producing seeds densely—

You could tell just by looking at the layers of camellia flowers before.

Master Jiang estimated that five acres could yield about 500 jin of dry tea seeds, and after extracting the oil, it could still make more than a hundred jin—

That would be enough for over ten thousand units of hand cream.

But in this season, it would be too outrageous to let the bees daily collect honey, reproduce, and build nests. So, Capitalist Song earnestly asked:

"Can’t we use a little less beeswax? Do we really need to use 7 grams of it?"

Guo Dong thought for a moment, "It’s not impossible. The function of beeswax is to offer antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties, but in hand cream, its main role is to solidify and moisturize."

"I had already calculated for you: 50g of hand cream uses 7 grams of beeswax, 14 grams of tea seed oil, 10 grams of flower oil, plus more than ten grams of pure dew and antibacterial emulsifiers..."

But since the recipe needs adjustment now, Guo Dong honestly said:

"Well, let’s go with 5 grams of beeswax, 14 grams of tea seed oil, 20 grams of flower-infused oil, and 10 grams of medicinal infusion oil. Nothing else needed."

"The flower-infused oil is made from Golden Sakura petals I picked in summer, using the oil infusion method. It’s antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, soothing, and antioxidative..."

She felt dejected, "I was planning to sell it as beauty oil!"

"And the medicinal oil is also made from Purslane infused during summer, it’s great for treating chronic frostbite..."

Altogether three hundred jin of product, and now for the sake of livelihood, it must be given away. Doctor Xiaoguo truly felt reluctant—

"The price..."

Song Tan thought, are you still thinking of raising the price? If you raise it, how can I sell it for 188?

Damn, originally end-of-year gratitude was just a gesture, didn’t expect to actually use so many fine ingredients! What a loss!

But now there’s a major point:

"Where did you get the Golden Sakura and Purslane?"

Doctor Xiaoguo guiltily touched her face—she’s been in the village for a few months, and no one wondered why her skin was getting darker?

Because she was in the fields all day!

She went up the mountains in summer to pick petals and to avoid affecting the yield, she picked the petals one by one, and almost turned herself into a sieve with the tiny spines.

During the sunny autumn days, she followed the ridges of Old Song’s family fields and collected dawn to dusk. She didn’t touch the Purslane by the pond intended for sale by Old Song’s family, but those grown in the wild were fair game, weren’t they?

After picking, she would wash, dry, process them, and prepare top-quality oil for careful infusion...

After several months of hard work, originally planning to slowly sell them on social media circles— every little bit adds up!

Unexpectedly, after chatting, it was all given away!

"Sacrificed year after year narrowing down to fine lines, making wedding clothes for others!" Doctor Xiaoguo answered resentfully.

Song Tan smiled at this moment, not caring about the Golden Sakura or Purslane, she merely expressed deep affection:

"You’ve worked hard!"

"Let’s divide twenty jin of sausages for the New Year!"

Doctor Xiaoguo: "Sure thing! I’ll make them for you next year!"

But after the idle chatter, there’s still a critical point about the hand cream—

"With this formula, there’s a problem, the effect is especially good, absolutely preventing freezing and cracking. But since it’s all oils, it needs to be rubbed in to be absorbed and it will feel quite oily, which isn’t pleasant to the skin."

Especially in winter in heated rooms, it tends to melt.

Though it doesn’t affect the performance, it impacts user experience.