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Chapter 45: Improving Life by Making Soap

Jin Xuerong turned to Huaizhi and instructed,

"Huaizhi, are you carrying this?"

Chunyan said quickly and cleverly,

"Master, my name is Chunyan!"

Jin Xuerong glanced at the thin Chunyan, who was young but smart.

"Huaizhi, take Chunyan and get some osmanthus flowers."

Huaizhi agreed and took Chunyan to Xixiangxuan to get osmanthus flowers, while Jin Xuerong continued to go to the east wing.

Jin Xuerong passed by the window of the east wing and saw Su Yu standing next to Dazhuang looking at something. She quickened her pace and stepped into the room out of curiosity.

As soon as Jin Xuerong entered the room, she smelled a greasy and unpleasant smell. She covered her nose and hurried out, saying,

"Su Yu! What are you doing? Why does it smell so bad?"

Su Yu saw Jin Xuerong covering her mouth and nose with a look of disgust at the door, and couldn't help but explain with a smile,

"Make a little gadget for washing hands."

After taking a look at the pig pancreas that was almost pounded, Su Yu told Da Zhuang to continue pounding it while he walked towards Jin Xuerong at the door.

Jin Xuerong pulled Su Yu out and walked a few steps away from the door. Just when she was about to hug Su Yu, she smelled an unpleasant smell on Su Yu, so she didn't hug him and said unhappily,

"You smell too!"

Jin Xuerong sighed,

"You have a really good nose! Even though it smells bad now, it won't smell bad once I make it for you. I have to wait a while before I finish it, will you?"

When Jin Xuerong heard that it would take a while, she pouted and said,

"Then I'll go back to my yard first. Come find me later. Hurry up! Also, take a shower and change your clothes before you come find me. You smell terrible."

Jin Xuerong deliberately pinched her nose in front of Su Yu and fanned herself with her hands to express her disgust.

Su Yu was quite helpless, pretending to be pitiful and looking at Jin Xuerong who despised her.

"So love disappears, right?"

Jin Xuerong only heard the word "love" and instantly felt as if a feather had swept through her heart. She didn't hear anything else that disappeared afterwards. She just felt her ears buzzing.

She didn't see Su Yu's expression at all, and she blushed and didn't dare to look at Su Yu, and said in a soft voice,

"What do you mean by love or not? Ouch!"

Jin Xuerong stamped her feet shyly and turned to leave. Before leaving, she did not forget to say,

"Don't forget to take a shower and change clothes when you come to see me!" After saying that, he turned around and fled in embarrassment.

Su Yu looked at Jin Xuerong's hurriedly leaving back. There was no more pitiful look on her face, just a look of confusion. What do you mean by love or not? What was the little thing imagining, making herself so shy.

Su Yu touched her chin and thought, if Jin Xuerong acted unreasonably again next time, could she still use this method? It seemed to be quite effective!

After Chunyan came back with the osmanthus flowers, Su Yu added the osmanthus flowers to the stone basin that Dazhuang was beating. After Dazhuang beat it for a while, the three of them began to make pig pancreas soap.

The three of them rolled twenty palm-sized pig pancreas soaps and placed them on the table in the house to dry.

Chunyan and Dazhuang looked at the twenty yellow and white dumplings on the table by the window with great curiosity.

Chunyan asked,

"Miss Su, can I wash my hands with this? It feels greasy!"

Da Zhuang said foolishly,

"Just listen to Miss Su. Why are you asking so many questions?"

"Hey! You big fool, I'm just worried that Miss Su will work so hard for nothing!"

Chunyan rolled her eyes at Dazhuang. When she scolded Dazhuang, she would never admit that she liked Dazhuang's figure!

Su Yu put the basin of lard on the stove to heat it up and explained to the two of them,

"After it dries tomorrow morning, this pig pancreas soap will be ready for use. I'll show you how to use it tomorrow morning."

When the two saw Su Yu busying himself again, they hurried forward to help.

Su Yu heated the lard until it melted, and asked Dazhuang to filter the water in the basin containing wood ash and shell powder with gauze. Then he asked Dazhuang to add the filtrate into the lard little by little and stir it constantly to accelerate the saponification reaction.

Dazhuang and Chunyan were amazed to see that the lard gradually became milky white and thick while being heated.

"It's amazing that heated lard can solidify!" Chunyan exclaimed.

Dazhuang also thought it was amazing, but when he saw Su Yu stirring the mixture with a wooden stick, he quickly handed the filtrate to Chunyan and said to Su Yu,

"Miss Su, let me stir it! You are the master, how can you work all the time!"

Dazhuang took the wooden stick from Su Yu's hand without saying a word and stirred the lard.

Chunyan watched Dazhuang's operation and couldn't help but feel annoyed. He had been beaten to the punch again! She was so smart that she claimed to be smarter than Dazhuang!

Chunyan hurriedly spoke out to find a way to make up for it.

"That's right, Miss Su, you just watch from the side. I'll add water, and you just give the instructions!"

Su Yu looked at Chunyan and Dazhuang who were vying to show off in front of her and couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, I'll give you more when it's done!"

Su Yu instructed Chunyan on the amount of water to add, and soon there was no need to add water, just stirring was enough.

Su Yu asked Chunyan to pay attention to the fire and maintain the lowest fire. When the saponification was almost done, Su Yu grabbed a handful of osmanthus flowers and put them in to stir evenly, and asked the two to bring bamboo tubes to fill the soap liquid.

The soap liquid in this basin was enough to fill three large bamboo tubes. Chunyan and Dazhuang sealed the bamboo tubes with gauze according to Su Yu's request.

Chunyan asked as she tied the gauze on the bamboo tube,

"Miss Su, can the contents of this bamboo tube be left overnight?"

Although Da Zhuang didn't say anything, he looked at Su Yu curiously, waiting for her answer.

Su Yu was washing his hands with soapnut powder in front of a clean basin. When he heard Chunyan's words, he replied,

"The soap in the bamboo tube is scented soap, and it will take seven days to cure. As for the pig pancreas soap on the table, you can use it tomorrow morning after it has dried in the shade."

Da Zhuang was puzzled.

"Miss Su, is there any difference between these two?"

Chunyan took the bamboo tube from Dazhuang's hand and placed it on the table by the window.

"Of course they're different. How can they be the same if the methods are so different? The one in the bamboo tube is obviously more labor-intensive, so it's definitely better than the pig pancreas soap!"

Su Yu wiped his hands, looked at the bamboo tubes neatly placed in the shade by the window, and introduced them to the two people.

"The preparation of pig pancreas soap is simple, but it takes a little effort. After it is done, it can be used to wash hands and clothes. It can wash them very cleanly. It can also be used for bathing.

But it's not as comfortable as using soap. Soap is very convenient for washing your face and taking a bath, and it's also good for your skin and has skin care benefits."

Chunyan and Dazhuang listened to what Su Yu said, both of them were skeptical. Could this pig pancreas and lard be used to make the thing that Miss Su described?

Su Yu looked at the two people who seemed unconvinced and said nothing more.

"When the time comes, I'll show you and you'll understand. Okay, Dazhuang, clean up these things in the house.

Chunyan, go get someone to boil some water, and then the three of us will take a shower and change clothes to get rid of the smell."

Su Yu went back to the bedroom in the main house to get some clean clothes, while Chunyan and Dazhuang went about their own business.

Su Yu opened the wardrobe. She was currently wearing clothes that Fu Feng had just made and had never worn. There were also two sets of such clothes in the wardrobe.

But the colors are different. She is wearing light blue now. There are two sets of clothes in the closet, one blue and one white. Next to the clothes are the silver jewelry she wore when she came here.

Su Yu picked up the silver necklace from the wardrobe, stroked it carefully, and felt deeply moved.

This was the only thing she could rely on to survive when she first came to this era.

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