poor family prodigal

Liu Bao just came back, pulling several carts of flowers. From a distance, he could smell the fragrance.

"Um...Uncle Yuan, are you buying so many flowers just to make essential oil?"

Wang Zhonglou and Lu Zhaolin were both confused, and Wang Yuan didn't say much.

He wants to extract the essence and make it into essential oil. When the time comes, it will be diluted and become perfume.

Nowadays, they are only used in sachets. After a long time, they have to worry about whether they will become moldy, and the flavor is not long-lasting enough, and more raw materials are wasted.

With this self-made perfume, it will definitely attract the love of those rich ladies.

Wang Yuan had actually wanted to make perfume for a long time, but things always happened one after another and he didn't spare the time. This time he came to Qingchuan County and saw that all the counties and villages here were in poverty, so he came up with this idea.

With that said, Wang Yuan asked Liu Baocai to unload the carts of flowers, process the rhizomes, remove the petals, and set up a few large pots.

Then Wang Yuan asked everyone to start boiling the petals. After the petals were boiled, the juice inside was dissolved in water before being filtered out.

Liu Baocai and the others felt heartbroken when they saw so many petals being boiled in the pot.

"This...is this really possible..."

Liu Baocai had a look of pain on his face. He couldn't even afford to eat on weekdays. He saw so many good things and just gave up on them. Naturally, he was heartbroken.

Wang Zhonglou and Lu Zhaolin knew that Wang Yuan could always come up with novel things, but they were still very curious.

"Uncle Yuan, after boiling these flower petals, just throw them away. Isn't it a waste? Otherwise, if you dry them in the sun, maybe they can be made into sachets!"

"Yes...Uncle Yuan, although this pot of water is very fragrant, but...I always feel that it is too wasteful..."

The two guys couldn't help but be curious and asked.

Wang Yuan smiled and explained: "After the petals are boiled, their internal tissues are destroyed. Do you know why these flowers are fragrant?"

this problem……

It seems simple, but it really stumps them all of a sudden!

Everyone knows that flowers smell good, but why do they smell so good...

They really haven’t done any research!

"Um...Uncle Yuan...just tell us directly..."

Lu Zhaolin and Wang Zhonglou said hurriedly.

Wang Yuan then picked up a petal and began to say: "You still remember the microscope?"

Both of them nodded. Thinking about it now, they still thought it was amazing, but they didn't understand why Wang Yuan mentioned the microscope this time.

"Actually, that microscope is not accurate enough. I will make a more precise microscope in the future to let you see what is inside the petals!"

Wang Yuan didn't want to say it. After all, the cytology matter was a bit difficult for them to accept.

But who knew that Wang Zhonglou and Lu Zhaolin were completely aroused and asked questions. Wang Yuan couldn't bear the two of them talking about it, so he sighed and said.

"Everything is composed of cells, and the same is true for us humans. Our muscles, blood, and bones, if broken down, are all composed of cells connected one after another."

Wang Yuan said, drawing a big circle on the ground.

"And these cells are divided into two types. The first type is our muscle cells, and the second type is plant cells. There is not much difference between the two, but the internal structure is different."

"Today I will tell you about the cell structure inside flower petals. Petals are also made up of cells, and the reason why they are fragrant is because there is an organ called a vacuole in their cells. You can imagine it is a water tank. It’s filled with moisture.”

"And the reason why these petals are fragrant is because they are filled with perfume..."

Wang Yuan couldn't explain it carefully to them. After all, if he really found out the composition of the cells, where did the fragrance come from? He had to go into more detail and directly jump to the category of DNA. He told them that he was worried that they wouldn't understand. .

"And when I cook them, I destroy their tissues and burst the vacuoles. In this way, their perfume flows out. After boiling and distillation, the essential oils I call can appear!"

After Wang Yuan explained, although Lu Zhaolin and Wang Zhonglou understood clearly, they were still shocked!

"Oh my god...it turns out we are all made of cells!"

"And this vacuole is really magical!"

While Wang Yuan was talking, he was drawing pictures on the ground, which made the two of them very curious.

As for Liu Baocai, he couldn't understand a single word: what is a cell, what is a distillation, what is a vacuole...

He was confused and just felt sorry for these petals.

"Now these petals are of no use. I have already extracted the perfume. I will just wait until it is distilled."

Wang Yuan made big tubes on the big pot, placed basins underneath and started to connect them.

"Brother Yuan, this basin is quite a lot! This much water cannot be sold for a few thousand taels!"

Wang Zhonglou said even more excitedly at this moment, because he smelled this fragrance, which was more fragrant than the cart of flowers just now.

"How is that possible? This big pot can only contain a few small bottles at most..."

After Wang Yuan said this, they were even more shocked!

"Two bottles... so few!"

Wang Yuan smiled and said nothing more. After a few hours, all the water in the dozen or so large pots was evaporated, and two pots of essence were taken out.

"so little……"

Liu Baocai was about to cry. These more than ten carts of flowers cost hundreds of taels!

Now these two pots cannot be sold for the price of several hundred taels!

Wang Yuan then asked Liu Baocai to take out the small bottle he had just bought. After pouring two or three drops of essence into a small bottle, he said.

"Just put two or three drops of essence into a small bottle, then fill it with water. This bottle should be sold for ten taels of silver."

Wang Yuan made a plan and filled it with the small porcelain bottle. There wasn't much in it, just the two liang small cups.

"Ten taels? Uncle Yuan, you mean to sell two or three drops of essence mixed with water for ten taels...?"

They were all shocked. If counted, these two pots could produce at least a hundred bottles!

Wouldn't it be possible to sell a thousand taels?

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Twelve taels is my purchase price. As for buying...it depends on who it is sold to..."

"Brother Liu, please finish loading the truck now. Regardless of the price of raw materials, I should give you nine hundred taels."

After saying that, Wang Yuan sent someone to bring [-] taels and stuffed them directly into Liu Baocai's hands.

This made Liu Baocai stupid!

The more than ten carts of flowers, plus miscellaneous things, only cost a hundred taels, and they made eight hundred taels by just steaming and boiling them?

He couldn't believe his eyes!

"You've also seen the production method, but it can't be spread outside, you know?"

Wang Yuan gave instructions again, and Liu Baocai came to his senses and nodded hurriedly.

"Don't worry, brother Wang, I...I won't tell anyone even if I die!"