Chapter 99: Making Scented Soap
When Jing Feng and his men arrived, the four fierce beasts had already eaten their fill and were lying around lazily.
The three wolves even licked the blood off their mouths clean.
“Oh my, General, why don’t you share some of your luck with us? You hunted so many yellow sheep right after coming out, you must have run into a flock!”
They all felt regretful, wishing they had come out with the General earlier.
The flock of yellow sheep must have been more than this; if they had come together, they could have hunted more, and everyone would have had good meat to eat today!
“It’s been a long time since I’ve encountered yellow sheep. Those beasts are also very alert; they don’t dare to come near when they know people are here.”
Being able to eat meat, and for free at that, made everyone’s eyes gleam.
Xie Chong pointed at the yellow sheep: “Take them all away. Lang Ya, hold Wanwan.”
Xie Chong looked at his blood-covered body; he shouldn’t hold his daughter, for fear of stinking her.
Lang Ya didn’t say a word and carefully picked up Qin Wanwan.
Little Red snorted unhappily.
What, can’t she ride on me to go back?
Qin Wanwan gently patted Little Red with her small hands: “Be good, Little Red. Take me out to play again next time.”
She didn’t want to ride back either; after running for so long, her short legs were already uncomfortable.
All that was left at the scene was a gnawed-on yellow sheep carcass and some discarded offal.
As soon as they left, birds circling in the sky quickly landed.
The meat remaining on the carcass was also a delicacy for these birds.
More small carnivorous animals crawled out from their hiding places, fighting over the remaining offal, bones, and meat.
The Big Goose and the Little Fox had already taken the contented Fluffy Balls back, frolicking across the pasture.
They headed straight for the military camp with the yellow sheep.
Guards standing on the watchtower cheered from afar as they saw them.
“The General and the others are back!”
Xie Chong and his group unloaded all the yellow sheep in the small plaza in front of the Kitchen Camp.
“Except for this one, process the rest of the yellow sheep for everyone to have an extra meal.”
The people at the Kitchen Camp became ecstatic, and the head cook laughed heartily, slapping his chest.
“General, rest assured, leave it to me. I guarantee everyone will eat happily!”
Xie Chong nodded, took one yellow sheep, and left the military camp to return to the General’s Mansion.
“Daddy, are we eating lamb today?”
“Daddy Xie, you should invite Daddy Shang to join us.”
The little one trailed after Xie Chong like a tail.
“Daddy smells, you need to take a bath quickly.”
Xie Chong: “I thought your nose was acting up; you know I smell and still followed me.”
The smell of blood was difficult to remove; he had to boil water and first use wood ash to clean it.
As he boiled water and mixed in the wood ash, Qin Wanwan looked confused, and her mouth started asking a million questions.
Xie Chong explained.
Qin Wanwan patted her little head.
“Wanwan will make soap for Daddy!”
Xie Chong didn’t know what soap was, but hearing that the little one was making it for him warmed his heart.
After Xie Chong went to take a bath, Qin Wanwan asked Keke how to make soap.
“That’s simple. Let’s keep it simple. First, let’s get some pasture grass and mash it into juice. I think our pasture grass smells quite good.”
Qin Wanwan nodded obediently.
Then, one person and one bird started working on it.
They already had coconut oil; yes, Shang Wuyang had already extracted the coconut oil.
However, he found the coconut oil’s taste a bit strange and preferred soybean oil.
The materials needed were coconut oil, pasture grass juice, alkali water made by washing the ash from burnt dry pasture grass with boiling water, and molds.
They didn’t have molds at home.
Actually, bamboo is a natural mold; when it’s time to take out the soap, you just split the bamboo open. Unfortunately, they didn’t have bamboo here.
They would have to use wood to make rectangular molds.
Lang Ya gestured with his hand, indicating he could do it!
That evening, after dinner, Shang Wuyang arrived.
Xie Chong had already bathed, and when the two met, they nodded to each other as a greeting.
“Where’s Wanwan?”
Xie Chong: “I don’t know.”
He had just finished bathing too.
The two went to find Qin Wanwan, who was busy with Keke and Lang Ya carving wood.
A group of animals, some standing, some playing, and some lying down, were watching nearby.
“What are you doing?”
Qin Wanwan turned her head: “Daddy~”
Still covered in wood shavings, she ran towards the two daddies, but the problem was, who should she hug first?
Shang Wuyang crossed his arms, his gaze fixed on her.
Xie Chong also looked at her.
Neither of them spoke, but their aura was incredibly obvious.
Qin Wanwan stopped.
The cute child blinked her big eyes, looking from one daddy to the other.
Then, shuffling her little feet, she walked between the two, her little chubby hands holding each daddy’s finger.
Meeting their gazes, Qin Wanwan showed a cute and innocent smile.
Her big eyes sparkled.
Hehe… she was super smart; luckily, she had two hands.
Shang Wuyang squeezed her little chubby hand and didn’t say anything further.
“Daddy, Lang Ya and I are doing woodworking to make a soap mold.”
“What soap?”
Shang Wuyang asked.
Xie Chong’s eyes flickered: “For me?”
Qin Wanwan nodded like a pecking chicken.
“Mhmm.”
Xie Chong glanced at Shang Wuyang.
Although he didn’t speak, his gaze seemed proud.
Shang Wuyang was amused to the point of anger.
“What, does only he get one, not me?”
Qin Wanwan quickly nodded: “Wanwan will make a big piece, there’s enough for everyone.”
Xie Chong: Heh.
Now it was Shang Wuyang’s turn to be proud.
Xie Chong: “Let’s go, it’s time to eat.”
Saying this, before Shang Wuyang could react, he directly bent down, picked up the little one, and went into the house.
Shang Wuyang’s eyes turned cold.
Hmph… he looks honest and upright, but he’s a schemer!
Keke watched from behind and shook its head, landing on Lang Ya’s shoulder.
“Sigh, there are only two daddies now. What will my Qilin Cub do in the future?”
Lang Ya: (?????)?????
With a whole yellow sheep, everyone in the General’s Mansion could probably eat for two to three days.
But meat wouldn’t taste good after three days.
It’s best to finish it tomorrow.
So, eat to your heart’s content.
Qin Wanwan ate until her little belly was full and she burped.
“I’m so full.”
Fearing she might have indigestion, Xie Chong took her out for a walk.
However, it was just a stroll from the front yard to the backyard.
He caught a few grasshoppers for the two eagles to eat, and then went to the backyard to check on the soybeans.
They were almost mature and could be harvested in a few more days.
Xie Chong liked to come to the backyard to look at this field of soybeans after practicing martial arts every day.
Because they had grown so well.
The pods were not only twice as large as ordinary pods but also very full.
Almost every pod was neatly arranged with rows of round protrusions, and one could imagine that the soybeans inside would be plump and round like pearls when opened.
Harvests were always joyful, and Xie Chong liked the joy that came with abundance.
This represented that everyone would have enough to eat.
“These beans are very good.”
Thinking about the few mu of beans he had planted, he felt he hadn’t planted enough.
However, they would be enough to use as seeds to distribute to the surrounding two or three counties next year.
