Lirikas waved to Abodu, who was cooking in a fire, and he said a few words in Zulu. Abodu nodded silently and walked forward quickly.

Sophie looked at the lion hunter and asked in a tentative tone: "What are they looking for? Women's Gold? Is this a kind of, yes, a herb?"

She is a professional Western medicine doctor and is naturally familiar with herbs. Western medicine is not only good at chemical synthesis, but also good at extracting drug ingredients from vegetation.

The lion hunter pulled out a cigar and said while cutting it, "Yes, the name of a woman's gold should be shea butter wood? This is a good thing."

Sophie asked worriedly: "Is it reliable? Don't get me wrong, I'm not questioning your traditional medicine, it's just that it involves my fiancé, I have to be careful."

The lion hunter lit a cigar and spit out the cigarette. He smiled and said, "I understand, I understand, don't worry, it's very reliable. I've seen too many UV poisoning. Shea Butter can handle it in a few minutes."

Sophie said in surprise: "So fast?"

The lion hunter nodded and did not speak anymore, but instead acted as if he was waiting to speak with facts.

Li Du asked: "What is the gold of this woman, that is, sheep butter wood? I don't know much about this thing."

He trusted Sophie's profession more in his heart and did not want to try to use something he had never heard of to treat skin diseases. What if it worsens?

After all, Mr. Li is not a fierce man who is fearless. With his value and the ability of Xiao Feizhu, who would not be afraid of death?

But he didn't want to directly refuse the lion hunter's kindness. This black guy has a very domineering personality.

The lion hunter said: "Don't worry, this thing is definitely useful. It is actually a food, rich in oil and fat. It is rare in South Africa and more in some countries in North Africa."

He knew about Li Du and Sophie's concerns, so he introduced the plant in detail.

It is not the fruit of sheep butter that really protects Li Du’s skin, but the fruit of sheep butter.

This tree is like a baobab tree. It can grow very tall and can grow to fifteen meters high normally. The trunk diameter can exceed one meter, and its life span is about 200 to 300 years.

Because of their longevity and height, in some tribes in North Africa, they are worshipped as sacred trees.

Shea butter can grow fruits and contain seeds. They bloom from December to April of the following year, and the fruits mature from May to September, and then there will be a large seed inside.

The fruits are edible, and the seeds can be peeled and pressed into oil. These oils are often used to make sia fat, a skin care product that European nobles once loved.

There are relatively few shea butter wood in South Africa. There are related legends from the Zulu people that shea butter wood is protected by an invisible and magical power, which can avoid evil and drive away evil spirits, so its life cycle can last for hundreds of years.

They encountered some tall trees on the way, that is, sheep butter. They felt it was unnecessary at the time, so the lion hunter and others did not pick the lacquer butter. Now there was a problem with Li Du's skin, so Abodu and the others decided to go back to pick the fruit.

The reason why we did not pick lactoberries just in case was that there was little shea butter, and local tribes prohibited people from picking the fruits of shea butter, unless there was a real need.

After listening to the introduction of the lion hunter, Li Du felt relieved.

He had a new question and said, "Since there are fewer shea butter trees in South Africa, why not transplant some? Is the climate and soil not suitable for their growth?"

The lion hunter nodded: "There is this reason, but more of the reason is that the people in the tribe are too stupid and do not know how to cultivate such trees."

Speaking of this, he showed a contempt and sarcastic expression.

Li Du was also convinced. He felt that the lion hunter seemed to look down on his tribe members very much, and this guy himself discriminated against black people.

There is another reason why South Africa does not cultivate shea butter on a large scale, that is, there is a legend on the African continent that only women can get close to shea but not men.

If there is shea butter in the tribe, it depends entirely on women to plant and cultivate, and also on women to extract shea butter.

Since the production of shea butter is a unique career for African women and this raw material is a skin care treasure for women, shea butter is called "women's gold" locally.

This legend has been ignored in modern times, and men will also approach this plant. For example, Abodu and others went to pick shea fruit.

Both sides were resting here, and Abodu and his two rush back with some fruits.

Back at the camp, the two of them began to manually extract the fruit oil.

Li Du looked over curiously and saw that these shea fruits were oval and ranged from five to eight centimeters in length.

Two black men cut the fruit with a knife, cut the yellow and white flesh down to collect it, revealing the seeds inside.

This thing is similar to lychee, with large seeds, the largest length is 5 cm and the width is 4 cm, which is as big as a small fruit.

Sophie, Wolf Brother and others come up to help, they have to speed up.

First, you should remove the outer shell of the fruit core. Generally, after drying, you should smash it with a stone or a small hammer to lift the seeds inside out.

There is no time now, Brother Wolf and Da Yiwan use a quick knife to cut the core into four pieces, and then take out the seeds inside.

Next, he wanted to crush the seeds. Lilikas carried a stone bowl with him. He put the seeds and some herbs in it and pounded it vigorously with a small stone mortar.

The seeds of the shea are very strong. He pounded them for a while and had not crushed them. Godzilla pushed him away and started himself.

The stone bowl that Liricas needed to put on the ground was held in his hand. He held the stone mortar in his other hand and chiseled it up. Not long after, the seeds were crushed.

In this way, Lilikas went to prepare for the next step. He burned a red iron pot, poured the spoiled shea seeds in, stirring quickly to wait for the shea butter to be boiled.

Because the iron pot itself is already red, under the high temperature, some smoke will appear in the pot.

The lion hunter told Li Du that the best shea butter has a little smoke smell because naturally processed shea seeds will produce smoke.

After high temperature and stirring, the shea seeds gradually melted. Seeing this, Lilikas poured some transparent mucus into it and simmered it over high heat.

Gradually, the shea seeds mixed with mucus turned into creamy paste, and gradually divided into the back. The top layer is ivory white, the bottom is beige, and the bottom is golden.

After simmering for a full hour, the pot of shea butter was finally boiled. After pouring out Lilikas into the cool shade, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, wait, women's gold."

Li Du squatted beside him and observed. At this time, shea butter was not the same as ordinary liquid vegetable oil.

It appears in a semi-solid form at room temperature, a bit like cream, with a little smoke smell, and is still divided into three colors and gradually solidifies.
Chapter completed!