Chapter Eighty-Six: Soap Made of Mussel Shells

Fu Shiqing was stunned for a moment, and looked at the things in Yan Shu's hand fixedly.

The delicate fine gold chain hangs a hollow three-dimensional crescent made of gold wire, and the light pink pearl hangs in the crescent, and when the wind blows, the pink pearl will rotate and shine.

"It's ......"

Fu Shiqing was puzzled, Yan Shu simply withdrew his hand, walked directly behind Fu Shiqing, and then bent down and put the necklace on Fu Shiqing's neck.

The chain fell on the skin, and it was cold for a moment, but Fu Shiqing felt a little hot for some reason.

The heart is hot.

His eyes flickered unconsciously, and he wanted to turn back to look at Yan Shu.

Yan Shu lightly touched the tip of his ear, as if warning: "Don't move, you haven't put it on yet." ”

Fu Shiqing didn't move again.

Soon, Yan Shu let go of his hand and circled around him, staring at his neck, looking left and right, squinting his eyes and nodding with satisfaction.

"Well, yes, good-looking, my vision is really excellent."

Fu Shiqing lowered his eyes, and at a glance he saw the pink pearl hanging on his chest.

His expression was a little complicated, and he unconsciously raised his hand to touch the pearl for a while, and muttered.

"This is for me?"

"That's right."

Yan Shu generously admitted.

"How's that, do you like it?"

Fu Shiqing's long eyelashes trembled, and he answered the question.

"Why?"

"What, why?"

Yan Shu didn't know why.

Fu Shiqing pursed his lips.

"Why did you give me this ......"

"Oh."

Yan Shu put his hands behind his back and looked at him with a smile.

"Because the first time I saw this pink pearl, I thought it was very suitable for you, so I gave it to you, alas, you don't care so much, tell me quickly, how about it, do you like it?"

Fu Shiqing's fingertips rubbed lightly on the crescent moon twice, and he lowered his hand for a moment, and his voice was extremely soft.

"I like it."

"If you like it, it's fine."

Yan Shu was relieved when he received the answer, and then walked away.

"The things are delivered, then you can watch him soak in the water here slowly, and I'll go back to work first."

"Hmm."

Fu Shiqing responded, turned his head to look at Yan Shu's figure gradually walking away, and his eyes unconsciously deepened.

Until...... A few violent coughs came, Fu Shiqing suddenly came back to his senses, quickly gathered his thoughts, pulled the hemp rope, and dragged the old man who accidentally choked a few mouthfuls of water up to keep his head exposed on the water.

This way.

didn't know that the old man was really soaked, and Yan Shu returned to the yard happily.

Twist Crook handed her a sack.

"Our pearls have been chosen, this is the leftover, they are all in this sack, you can take them out together in the evening, see if they want it, it is best to sell it for food."

"yes, okay."

Yan Shu took the pearl into the room.

When she came out, she was still waiting next to the mussel shell.

Seeing her come out, he couldn't wait to ask.

"Next, are we going to start making soap beans?"

Yan Shu nodded.

"Well, sister-in-law, please help me move the fire out of the stove first, we have to bake the mussel shells first."

"Grilled mussel shells?"

Although Qu Wanwan was surprised, he didn't ask any more questions, and went to work.

Taking advantage of her efforts to move the fire, Yan Shu put the lard that had cooled and condensed in the pot into a large water tank, and then went to clean the mussel shells.

Soon, the fire was moved and the mussel shells were cleaned.

Yan Shu taught the bend and bend, placed the mussel shells on the fire one by one, baked them crispy, and then carefully scraped off the impurities on them with a tool, and then crushed them vigorously and grinded them into powder.

After the mussel shell powder was ready, Yan Shu put the iron pot on the curved rack, boiled the water, and then cut the dried straw prepared in advance and put it into the water to boil.

It has been boiling for half an hour, until the alkaline water turns yellow, Yan Shu filtered out the straw residue, poured the alkaline water into the clam shell powder, stirred evenly, precipitated for half an hour, and then filtered it again, and obtained a light yellow alkaline water mixture without precipitation.

To do all this, Yan Shu took an appropriate amount of lard, melted it to a liquid state, and then added it to the alkaline water mixture, and then quietly added an appropriate amount of baking soda while everyone was not paying attention.

The mixture instantly started a saponification reaction, gradually changing color and viscousity, Yan Shu stirred for a while, and felt that it was almost there, so he asked Qu Wanwan to take the banana leaf box prepared in advance.

She carefully packed the viscous mixture into a palm-sized box, more than seventy in total.

Halfway through, I was very puzzled, and asked her why she didn't use a larger container and just put one.

Yan Shu could only explain to her that this thing should be left dry for a period of time before it could be used, and the large container could not be used, and Yan Shu did not explain it again.

The mixture in the plantain leaves condensed after about an hour.

Yan Shu took the twists and turns, demolded them one by one, and then placed them in a bamboo basket and placed them in the most ventilated position of the entire courtyard.

They had done all this, the time was almost up, Yan Shu didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly went to prepare lunch.

Fortunately, the rice was cooked early in the morning, so it was quick to cook.

Considering that fried rice with oil residue would be a little greasy, she cooked a relatively light and greasy winter melon soup.

The meal was ready, and the caretakers returned.

A group of people dropped the wood, washed their hands briefly, and gathered around Yan Shu.

Yan Shu was used to it, so he quickly distributed the meal to them, and at the same time left two separate portions for Fu Shiqing and the old man.

And while they were eating, the people who had been working also came back one after another.

Seeing them, Yan Shu suddenly slapped his head.

Oops, she forgot a big thing, and after a busy morning, she forgot to prepare the food to be paid for in advance.

Now that the people are back with their things, how can she get so much food without being suspected?

Yan Shu was autistic.

didn't notice her strange appearance, Qu Wanwan and Fu Zhuo hurriedly finished the meal in two or three bites, and got up to count and accept things.

Yan Shu pursed his lips, got up and wanted to go out, see if he could find a place where no one was, and quickly buy some food to bring back, as for how to explain to the Fu family how to connect with the Tianyuan Chamber of Commerce during the day, let's talk about it later......

Unexpectedly, as soon as she moved, a sharp-eyed citizen saw it.

Happily waved his hand to greet her,

"Miss Meng, come and see, I picked a total of 200 catties of banana leaves this morning, all of which are fresh and green."

"I'm not lazy, I picked a total of 100 palm fruits, but I couldn't carry them on one trip, so I took some of them back first, and then I moved them again."

A group of people shouted excitedly, inadvertently blocking Yan Shu's footsteps from going out.

Yan Shu was trapped in the courtyard, seeing that a person had been counted over there, and then he would call her over to settle the bill, Yan Shu was anxious.