Since Gu Jinfeng left, Qi Ling had to snap his fingers every day to see when he would come back, although he said three or four days, but he also said that he might encounter something that would delay him.

Qi Ling had no choice but to deal with his own affairs in an orderly manner, only occasionally thinking about him in between breaks.

The ash water of the plants and trees soaked two days ago was almost soaked at this time, and Qi Ling wanted to hurry up and make the soap, which could be regarded as finding something for himself to do.

The last plant ash had long been thrown away by Qi Ling, and now the pot was soaked in the newly put plant ash.

Because the liquid soaked in the plant ash was mainly alkaline water, Qi Ling was afraid that the concentration of alkaline water soaked only once would not be enough, and the soap made at that time would not be successful, so he fished out the plant ash and replaced it with some new ones.

The alkaline water, which has been soaked twice in plant ash, has a deep color, like the clear color of maltose.

In fact, the most difficult thing to do is how to thoroughly filter the water of plant ash to make soap, because if you are not careful, you will bring some impurities when you make it, which will affect the transparency of the soap.

Qi Ling didn't have any good way to do this, so he could only take a spoon and skim the clean liquid on the top layer little by little, and when he was almost done, he would give up the rest directly, anyway, this little thing was not a waste.

But even in this way, the scooped liquid was filtered by Qi Ling several times, and in the end, what he got was clear grass ash alkali water.

With alkaline water and oil, Qi Ling felt that animal fat was a little difficult to deal with, so he simply used the flower oil made of lipstick last time, and the main ingredient of flower oil was tea oil, and some flower dew, so it can also be used to make soap.

Qi Ling first put the flower oil and the plant ash water on the fire at the same time, and then slowly poured the plant ash water into the flower oil according to a certain proportion, and at the same time kept stirring it with chopsticks.

At this time, the wonderful saponification reaction in the pot takes place little by little, and the mixed liquid turns a milky white color little by little.

Because water and oil are not fused in the first place, this requires constant stirring to facilitate the saponification reaction.

If Gu Jinfeng was here, she would definitely hand over this job to him, who told him that he had so many muscles in his arms, it would always come in handy.

But now that Gu Jinfeng was gone, Qi Ling could only hold his small thin arm instead, and this stirring process probably lasted more than an hour.

In the end, Qi Ling held up the arm that he couldn't lift, feeling that it was almost no longer a part of himself.

But as a result of this hard work, the whole pot has basically turned milky white, the saponification reaction has basically taken place, and the water in the ash alkali solution of plants and trees is about to evaporate.

Qi Ling hurriedly found the goat milk he asked for from Aunt Zhao's house, poured it into it little by little, and then stirred it gently, waiting for the water to evaporate again.

Finally, add some salt to it in batches, so as to ensure that the soap made at that time is not soft and unformed.

Qi Ling picked up the shovel and shoveled out a large lump, feeling that it was almost there, so he took the pot off the fire.

She originally wanted to find someone to make some patterned soap molds, but this matter was told to Uncle Zhao by Peach Blossom, and he gave Qi Ling the molds he used to make dim sum on red and white mats, saying that he estimated that he would not need it in the future.

These molds are mostly engraved with the four gentlemen in the flowers, Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, this pattern and Qi Ling's handmade soap is also very compatible, so after Qi Ling thanked Uncle Zhao, he accepted these.

Qi Ling poured the still soft soap into the mold, and the fist-sized mold was filled with a total of sixteen, and this amount was also in Qi Ling's prediction.

While the goat milk soap hadn't hardened yet, Qi Ling came up with another good idea.

She went and fetches some dried flowers, mashes them into powder, and sprinkles some soap on some of them.

The milky white milk soap was stained with some deep shades of red, which looked very good, like a white cream sprinkled with some strawberry jam, which somehow made Qi Ling feel a little hungry.

At this time, Qi Ling suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from outside the house, and almost without much hesitation, she immediately put down the work in her hand and rushed outside the house.

Sure enough, Gu Jinfeng is back!

In the past few days, it may have been because of the fatigue of the journey, Gu Jinfeng's chin has grown thin stubble, and his expression is also a little tired, which is very different from his usual appearance.

But Qi Ling still rushed forward, originally wanting to hug him, but when he really walked to Gu Jinfeng's side, he found that he was a little afraid to do so.

Before Gu Jinfeng could park the carriage, he saw Qi Ling rushing from the house and walked straight to his side, with a hesitant look on his face.

Where do you need to hesitate at this time, Gu Jinfeng wrapped his long arms, hugged Qi Ling into his arms, and whispered: "I'm back!" ”

Qi Ling, who was tightly held in Gu Jinfeng's arms, was clinging to his chest at this time, only a few layers of clothes separated from his heart, so close that the sound of his heart beating could be heard.

Gu Jinfeng had a faint smell of sweat and a unique smell of plants and trees that belonged to him, and these two smells were mixed together, which made Qi Ling feel extremely relieved.

This hug was not very long, but Qi Ling felt that it was as long as a century, and when the two of them separated, she still felt a little in a trance.

This is the first time in her life that she has been held, how does it feel a little wonderful.

Gu Jinfeng was actually a little shy, but his skin was dark, and he couldn't see the blush, so Qi Ling thought he was very calm, but the slight redness on his ears revealed his thoughts.

"You haven't encountered anything along the way, have you?"

Finally collecting his mood, Qi Ling asked.

Gu Jinfeng shook his head and looked at her, his eyes full of tenderness.

"The journey is very smooth, I have eaten all the road vegetables you brought me, and I have sent the medicinal materials to Meng Huan, by the way, I also brought you a lot of fresh flower seeds, the boss told me that these varieties are very rare, they were brought by a merchant from the Western Regions, and he doesn't know what kind of flowers they are."

"Merchant of the Western Regions?"

Hearing him talk about this, Qi Ling was very curious, what kind of flower seed would it be?

Gu Jinfeng saw that she was very interested, so he walked to the carriage and took out a large package.

Seeing this, Qi Ling was very surprised, and hurriedly asked, "How can there be so many things?" It won't be all flower seeds, how much did you buy? ”

Gu Jinfeng was a little embarrassed to speak, and said in a muffled voice: "The embroidery in Lincheng is very famous, and I also bought you a few skirts." ”