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Large families like the Qin family usually only use mosquito nets to block mosquitoes, and also have sachets and some scented powders.

But these can only be used indoors and are not suitable for outdoors.

Liu Siyu asked Chang's mother, and there was no such thing as mosquito coils in that era.

Only truly wealthy aristocrats have things similar to mosquito coils, but those things are made of precious spices and medicinal materials, and the price is not affordable for ordinary people.

Liu Siyu's mosquito repellent liquid is made from plants with strong fragrance.

There are many plants in our daily life that have the effect of repelling mosquitoes, such as tuberose, lavender, mint, fragrant flowers, neem seeds, etc.

Liu Siyu chose fragrant flowers with stronger smells and neem seeds with relatively higher toxicity, and added lavender to make the smell less unpleasant.

The plant's pure water is obtained by distilling fresh flowers.

Under Zi Yuan's curious gaze, Liu Siyu took out a small porcelain bottle from the ice cellar, opened the lid, and a rich fragrance wafted out of the bottle.

Zi Yuan smelled it and thought it tasted a bit strange. Just as she was about to ask, she saw Liu Siyu take out another bamboo stick with cotton wrapped around both ends. She couldn't help but become even more curious.

"what is this?"

Liu Siyu dipped the homemade cotton swab into mosquito repellent, pulled Ziyuan's hand over, and smeared some on it.

He casually placed the cotton swab in the porcelain bottle.

He raised his head, glanced into the pavilion, and smiled.

"This is my homemade mosquito repellent. When we are outside the house, we apply a little on our hands or exposed parts of our bodies, and the mosquitoes will stay away when they smell it."

In fact, Liu Siyu also added a little realgar powder in it, which can more effectively prevent snakes, insects, rats and ants.

Zi Yuan was skeptical but didn't ask any further questions.

She also hoped that this thing would be effective. She was delighted when Liu Siyu took out the mosquito repellent cream during the day.

I have already started thinking about asking Liu Siyu to go back and produce more.

With her connections, selling these things is not a problem.

She and her aunt used to live on monthly wages, and their financial situation was extremely tight, not even as good as the maids around her stepmother.

Later, by serving the eldest lady as a vanguard, she was rewarded with a shop. After thinking for a long time, the mother and daughter opened a small cosmetics shop, which was usually run by a trustworthy servant.

But in this prosperous city of Cangzhou, their shop was inconspicuous, and there was nothing new in it to attract distinguished people.

Despite all the efforts made by the mother and daughter, their monthly profit was only more than 10 taels, which was not even as much as the gifts from the eldest lady.

With this mosquito repellent cream and liquid, her half-dying cosmetics shop might be able to come back to life.

Zi Yuan was thinking about it when she heard Su Moer's curious voice.

"What are you doing here? Why don't you go to the gazebo?"

Before Liu Siyu could speak, Zi Yuan said, "Come here quickly. I have something good to show you."

If you want to open up the market for mosquito repellent cream and liquid, you can’t do without these young ladies.

After hearing this, Su Moer lifted her skirt and quickly walked to the lotus pond.

Liu Siyu picked up a cotton swab and applied some on her.

Ziyuan repeated the benefits of mosquito repellent.

Mai Shuqi and Hua Xuan'er, who were following behind, heard this, looked at each other, and came over here too.

Especially Hua Xuan'er, although she has an arrogant personality, she has a very flexible mind.

Her family also sells rouge and powder. Although she doesn't think much of Liu Siyu, she still cares about the mosquito repellent cream.

When the scent of mosquito repellent wafted away, Hua Xuan'er frowned slightly.

This smells different from mosquito repellent cream!

He rolled his eyes and asked tentatively, "Are these two things made with different medicinal materials?"

Liu Siyu nodded, the main selling point of mosquito repellent cream is its fragrance.

So she chose gardenia, which has the strongest fragrance, and added duckweed, atractylodes and other herbs that can remove dirt and dry things.

In order to highlight the scent of gardenia, other medicinal herbs were chosen with lighter flavors.

Be very cautious about the amount you add.

Although its mosquito repellent effect is average, it smells nice when applied on the body and can completely replace scented powder. It is also more convenient to use than scented powder.

But mosquito repellent is different, in order to repel mosquitoes effectively.

Just used some lavender to adjust the flavor.

90% of it is neem seeds and fragrant flowers, especially the fragrant flowers, which have a very strong and intoxicating smell.

So if you smell it directly, most people can't stand it.

But with the cover of lavender scent, and the fact that it is a distilled pure liquid, the taste is acceptable.

When Hua Xuan'er saw Liu Siyu nod, her heart was slightly excited, but she still looked curious and continued to ask.

"I smell the scent of gardenia in the mosquito repellent cream. How did you make the pollen into a paste?"

In fact, she wanted to ask, what other medicinal ingredients are in this mosquito repellent cream?

Zi Yuan suddenly became nervous and became wary of Hua Xuan Er.

Afraid that Liu Siyu, a country girl, would not be on guard at all, he told her the recipe right away.

Just as she was about to speak, she heard Liu Siyu say, "It's very simple, it's the same technique as making a moisturizing cream."

Liu Siyu's words made Zi Yuan feel relieved.

Her answer seemed to be an answer, but it also seemed to be saying nothing.

Liu Siyu naturally understood what Hua Xuaner meant, but she just answered irrelevant questions and pretended not to understand.

These are her secret weapons for making money, so Liu Siyu naturally wouldn't say them directly.

Hua Xuan'er couldn't help but complain in her heart, this girl looks simple, but she is actually very smooth.

Just when I was thinking about probing further, I heard Su Moer ask, "Can you also make moisturizing cream?"

Liu Siyu nodded naturally. Since she could make mosquito repellent cream, she couldn’t say that she couldn’t make a moisturizing cream.

As for what it will look like, that’s another matter.

Su Moer was overjoyed when she heard this, "Sister Siyu is really amazing, can you teach me?"

As she spoke, her big watery eyes stared at Liu Siyu expectantly.

"But I can only do simple ones," Liu Siyu said, and Hua Xuan'er became excited again.

As long as she can learn Liu Siyu's method of making moisturizing cream, go back and slowly explore, and then find a doctor to smell the formula carefully, with her talent, she will definitely be able to make mosquito repellent cream.

Even the indifferent Mai Shuqi had a hint of expectation in her eyes.

Now it was Ziyuan's turn to get nervous, and she couldn't help but glare at Liu Siyu in her heart.

This sister must have grown up in the countryside. How come she doesn't have any sense at all?

I was thinking about how to stop Liu Siyu from telling me how to make the moisturizing cream.

But Liu Siyu said: "Just grind the powder and add some sesame oil, and it will be ready when the time comes."

"So simple?"

Su Moer blinked her big watery eyes, and naturally did not believe Liu Siyu's nonsense.

Liu Siyu: "Yes, it's that simple."

Although Su Moer didn't believe it, she now understood that no one could casually tell others about such a confidential matter.

He smiled awkwardly and didn't ask any more questions.

Hua Xuan'er felt disappointed. She thought that the simple-minded Su Mo'er could get the secret recipe of mosquito repellent cream.

It seems that she was thinking too simply.

Mai Shuqi looked at Liu Siyu meaningfully and thought that this girl was quite interesting, like a clever little fox.

Zi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Liu Siyu was not as stupid as she had imagined.

But he was still worried that they would continue to ask questions in a roundabout way, so he immediately changed the subject.

When the other girls saw this, they understood Ziyuan's thoughts, so they sat by the lotus pond and chatted about random things.

The people in the pavilion saw that they had been sitting there for a long time and no one made a move to slap the mosquitoes.

Some curious people couldn't help but walk out of the pavilion.