Sisters in the Deep Forest Valley: Many Fun Things

Lin Lanshan catches fish very quickly. Regardless of size, she grabs them in one go, and if they're not suitable, she throws them back and catches more.

She quickly caught a second one, and suddenly felt full of confidence, laughing as she caught the fish:

"Sis, just you wait, I'm about to win!"

Lin Chunyi tossed the second straw hat into her hat, saying, "This is just the beginning, what's the rush..."

The fish, large and small, were frightened and darted around in all directions, making the water somewhat murky.

It's hard to see clearly, but time waits for no one; if you're late, you'll lose!

The two were so engrossed in this chaotic game of catching fish in troubled waters that they fell silent.

Half an hour passed, and then came the third, the fourth...

Both men had four fish hidden in their straw hats; they only needed one more to decide the winner for the day.

With a splash, a pair of hands, tightly gripping a small fish, were lifted out of the water. "Hahahaha, I won! I won!"

Lin Chunyi straightened up, put the last fish into her straw hat, and then looked at her younger sister with a smile...

Lin Lanshan maintained the posture of holding the fish high with both hands.

Her unrestrained laughter echoed through the valley, then returned with a series of "hahahaha" sounds.

"Sis, I'm counting on you for my clothes for the next week, haha."

"Fine, I'm willing to accept the consequences of my bet."

The two sisters flipped their straw hats in the water, and a group of small fish quickly darted into the stream and disappeared in no time.

Catching small fish is just for the competition; we still have to eat the big fish!

The two speared more than a dozen large fish in the water, processed them, and stored them in their spatial storage.

He washed his straw hat, wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, and went ashore.

Lin Chunyi put on her shoes, picked up her straw hat, and said:

"Let's go back to the little waterfall."

Lin Lanshan won the match, and the smile on her face never faded. She nodded; the match had taken a toll on her energy, and she was hungry.

The two returned to the small waterfall, took out the white rice porridge and several dishes from the space, and finished their second meal.

Then he took out a pot of spring dew tea and a dish of candied fruit from his spatial storage and placed them on the stone.

Lin Lanshan popped a cherry into her mouth, "Sister, if we can never go back..."

"If I could only live in this valley forever, even for the rest of my life, it wouldn't be so bad."

Lin Chunyi took a small bite of the green plum; it was so sour, yet so sweet.

She took out a bamboo cup, poured two cups of tea, handed one to her younger sister, and then took a sip herself. The sweet and sour taste in her mouth was completely washed away by the slightly astringent tea.

He took another sip and said softly:

"No matter where we are, as long as we are all well, that's enough."

They actually cried quietly countless times throughout the year.

During holidays, when there's never enough work to do, when martial arts training is exhausting, when you're injured, and many, many other times...

Even the family photo in the bedroom sometimes brings them to tears when they look at the smiling faces in it.

And after each cry, they became a little stronger than before.

Because compared to those who struggled to escape famine after transmigrating and couldn't even get enough to eat;

Compared to those forced to scheme and live cautiously in the palace, their lives are now so much happier.

They are becoming stronger every day, both physically and mentally.

Now the two sisters can openly discuss and face the topic of not being able to go home.

"Sister, we must always be together, and be this happy and joyful every day."

"Of course! We have so much money, we know martial arts, we grow so many vegetables, and we can hunt! We'll definitely live a good life forever!"

"Uh-huh", "Giggle", "Coo-coo"

After finishing their work, they went home to ask their owner for a reward, but the owner was nowhere to be found. They searched for most of the valley before finally finding him!

It's almost dark, and the two owners are still playing outside. Aren't they going to come home?

The two sisters smiled at each other, almost forgetting that they also had several beloved pets!

Lin Chunyi stood up, stretched, and said:

"Let's go, it's time to go home."

The two packed up all their belongings, put on straw hats, and headed back, with Peach and Reunion following closely behind.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell upon this large family, guiding them on their way and adding warmth to their journey.

They even connected their shadows together to form a new family portrait.

……

Upon returning home, Taozi immediately clung to Lin Chunyi's sleeve and headed towards the woodshed.

Two large bamboo baskets were placed on the open ground of the woodshed, filled with withered branches and dry sticks.

Peach jumped up one after the other on her front hooves, extremely excited.

This clearly indicates that he has finished his work and is now ready to enjoy the show.

Lin Lanshan smiled and said:

"Sister, it looks like we'll have one less job collecting firewood from now on."

One melon for two large baskets of firewood, seems like a pretty good deal.

"Let's go, let's get it some watermelon from the kitchen..."

"Gugu," Tuantuan and Yuanyuan rubbed against my feet.

Lin Chunyi chuckled, "Right, and you two too, you'll need to take two melons."

These two are so unremarkable that it's really hard to remember them.

Taozi, Tuantuan, and Yuanyuan worked hard for most of the day and successfully received their reward. They then finished eating melons amidst the envious gazes of An'an and Kang Kang.

As dusk approached, the two sisters lit a candle on the stone table, preparing to finish the final touches of making soap.

Lin Chunyi divided the lard into three basins, and then added the clear liquid from the top layer of the mixture of alkaline water and shell powder.

Lin Lanshan placed one of the pots in the space first, then added fine salt to both pots, followed by rose pollen and chopped honeysuckle.

The two people each hold a bowl and start stirring in one direction to induce a saponification reaction.

Stir continuously until the liquid in the basin becomes a sticky paste, then pour it into a clean bamboo tube.

There were four bamboo tubes in total.

Another pot was taken out and filled with the dried osmanthus flowers left over from last year, following the same steps, and then two more bamboo tubes were placed inside.

The two of them shook the bamboo tubes one by one on the table and then put them in the kitchen to let them solidify.

"Finally finished. In a few more days, the soap can be taken out."

……

The next day, as soon as the two sisters opened their bedroom door, they made a series of noises: "uh-uh," "quack-quack," and "coo-coo."

The peaches and the symbols of reunion and peace are neatly arranged in a row.

"Sister, if this continues every day, our melons probably won't be enough to keep them busy for several days."

Lin Chunyi joked, "It's okay, we'll plant a whole valley of melons next year."

"Then we won't do anything. We'll just sit in the melon patch every day and let them do the work and come to collect the melons."

……

Two more days passed, and the soap they made solidified.

Lin Chunyi chopped the opening of the bamboo tube with her knife, then forcefully pried it outwards with both hands, "Crack!"

The bamboo tube was split in two, revealing a pink cylindrical soap inside.

Lin Lanshan brought over some fine yarn. "Sister, let me cut it. Let me cut it."

She placed the soap on the stone table, and then, with a piece of yarn, made cuts every inch, dividing it into five pieces.

Lin Chunyi placed the soaps one by one into the winnowing basket. "They have a bit of a rose scent. Can we call these scented soaps?"