Traveling through the mountains and farming

Lin Wan turned around and saw Li Chongwu walking towards her carrying something.

After coming to me, he handed me something wrapped in a large leaf and said:

"Here, the pig pancreas you wanted."

Li Chongwu didn't know what Lin Wan wanted to do with this thing, but he remembered that Lin Wan had previously asked him to help keep the pig pancreas when he slaughtered the pig.

Today, he took the pig pancreas back from He Lizheng.

Lin Wan then realized it, because when she hunted the wild boar for the first time, she did not think of using pig pancreas to make soap.

Later, when I saw that my children's clothes were getting harder and harder to wash clean, I searched my memory carefully and remembered that I had seen a short video about the ancient method of making pig pancreas soap, so I wanted to try it.

She just picked some soapberries this morning, and now some pig pancreas has arrived. It looks like her family will finally have cleaning supplies.

Lin Wan took the pig pancreas, thanked him with a smile, and took the pig pancreas and wild boar meat back home.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw two siblings playing the game of throw and pick up with the little fox.

"Xiaobai, look here." Li Chongle teased the little fox with a chestnut.

"Xiaobai, look over here, don't go to that little brother." Li Ke also held the chestnut and called the little fox to go to her.

Xiaobai is very smart. He wants both and treats them equally. He cooperates with each side once, taking turns, so as not to offend either side.

Seeing this scene, Lin Wan couldn't help laughing out loud.

Hearing Lin Wan's voice, the two men and the fox immediately stopped playing and ran to greet her.

Li Ke saw the wild boar meat in the barrel and asked, "Sister-in-law, there is so much wild boar meat."

Li Chongle hurried over and took the wild boar meat. "Why didn't you ask me to help get it?" He said as he walked into the kitchen.

The little fox ran over and rubbed against Lin Wan's legs. Usually, it spent the most time playing with it among the three children, but as long as Lin Wan was at home, it liked to stick to her.

Lin Wan felt more and more that the little fox was about to become a spirit. When the little fox's injury had just healed, Li Ke held it and reminded everyone one by one not to bite small animals such as chickens and ducks raised at home.

At that time, no one believed that this would work, but unexpectedly, it never harmed the small animals raised at home.

Sometimes it can bring back some little pheasants or rabbits from outside.

Once, it even brought back a snake, which scared Lin Wan. After seeing Lin Wan's reaction, it seemed to understand something and never brought back a snake again.

Li Ke was very happy because she drank the delicious snake soup again.

Lin Wan smiled and touched the little fox's head, teasing it for a while, then went into the kitchen to prepare the wild boar meat and make pig pancreas soap.

Li Chongle was holding the pig pancreas with a puzzled look on his face. When he saw his sister-in-law come in, he asked curiously:

"Sister-in-law, this is pig pancreas, right? I don't think it's edible."

Although he had seen his sister-in-law turn things that were previously considered inedible into delicious food, he really couldn't think of anything delicious that could be made with pig pancreas.

"This pig pancreas is not for eating, it is used to make soap for washing clothes." Lin Wan explained.

"Making soap for laundry? Is that possible?"

"Give it a try, I've never done this before."

"I think my sister-in-law can do it. I'll come and help." Li Ke ran in and said excitedly.

Lin Wan began to arrange things in an orderly manner and asked Li Chongle to be responsible for crushing the pig pancreas in a stone mortar until it became a paste, the finer the better.

Thinking that there was no alkali at home, they could only use wood ash instead, so they asked Li Ke to boil the wood ash with water and then filter it with linen to extract the alkali solution.

Lin Wan first cut the wild boar meat into long strips, then added salt to marinate it, preparing to make smoked bacon the next day.

Then she went outside to get bamboo to make a bamboo tube mold.

At this time, Li Ke had already filtered the alkali solution and put it aside, then ran to watch Li Chongle pounding pig pancreas.

When Lin Wan walked into the kitchen with the finished mold, she saw that Li Chongle had already mashed the pig pancreas into a very fine powder.

Then she put the pig pancreas paste into a wooden basin, poured the settled upper layer of alkaline water into the basin, added two spoons of slaked lime and one spoon of salt, and began to stir and mix.

After stirring evenly, carefully pour the mixture into the bamboo tube mold.

"Next, we just need to wait for it to solidify and then dry it in the sun and it should be ready." Lin Wan said after wiping her hands.

"How long will it take to take shape?" Li Ke asked impatiently.

"About two or three days."

Li Chongle had already cleaned up the kitchen and came over with a candle, asking Li Ke to take a shower and prepare for bed.

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Early the next morning, Lin Wan started her daily morning exercises.

Now they are all undergoing nationwide training. Although they have hidden themselves in the mountains, they are still worried that officers and soldiers will enter the mountains to search.

Luo Dashan is responsible for teaching archery, and Li Chongwu is responsible for teaching close combat with a knife, and a fixed training process has been formed.

First, they ran two laps around the gentle slope in a circle, and then carried out special training, alternating between learning archery and close combat.

Today's practice is close combat with a knife.

I saw people holding all kinds of knives, some holding hatchets, some holding kitchen knives, some holding scissors, and more holding bamboo knives because they did not have that many knives at home.

The children also all held bamboo swords and learned the technique very well.

Lin Wan felt that what Li Chongwu said made sense. No matter what kind of knife you use, as long as you practice well, it can play a role at the critical moment.

He also advocated that everyone should keep their weapons with them at all times, and make sure to take them out for practice at any time to achieve the unity of man and weapon.

Indeed, after twenty days of practice, the results are much better than when I first started.

Even someone like her who has never practiced martial arts can now perform the whole set of moves in a very professional manner.

But Lin Wan was worried that what she had learned was just a fancy trick. In the face of absolute power, the knife might even become a weapon for the enemy to stab her.

So she suggested that Dr. Zhong point out several vital points on the human body, and then discuss with Li Chongwu to work out the fastest way to attack the opponent's vital points.

On the existing basis, we only need to focus on practicing deadly moves, so that we can improve our combat capabilities in a short period of time, especially for women and children.

Since women are relatively weaker, they mainly practice flexible and unexpected attack techniques, such as focusing on the enemy's eyes, throat and other vulnerable parts.

Children mainly practice deadly moves that attack the lower body.

Today they brought in six new wooden men as sparring partners. Doctor Zhong had already marked the vital points of the human body. They lined up and took turns to practice, with Li Chongwu guiding them from the side.

It’s true that Old Man Wang and his two sons are very skillful. The six wooden men are made to look very lifelike, and the markings on the vital parts are clear and accurate.

"Sister-in-law, we are almost done practicing here. We are going to study calligraphy later."

Li Chongle interrupted Lin Wan's thoughts.

Lin Wan came back to her senses and said, "Okay, you guys go quickly, I'll go back and make breakfast later."

Li Chongle smiled and replied, "Wait for me to come back after class to smoke the bacon. Today I will be responsible for preparing the wild boar meat that was pickled yesterday."

"Okay, then I'll wait to eat the bacon you smoked."

Li Chongle and the other children packed up their weapons and ran happily towards the cave entrance.

Lin Wan followed behind, walked home, and prepared breakfast.

Seeing Lin Wan preparing to go home, Third Aunt Chen Lian called out from behind: "Wan'er, don't forget, after breakfast, let's go pick cypress branches together!"

After hearing this, Lin Wan turned around and replied, "No problem, but there were only one or two cypress trees where I broke them last time, so I'm afraid it won't be enough."

"I know where there are a lot of cypress trees. I'll take you there later." Luo Fang responded immediately.