The animal hide is secured by tying the three corners together with rope and hung on a low tree trunk. No one needs to watch over it; it can be filtered out on its own.

The three of them continued grinding soybeans.

In the end, four buckets of soybean juice were ground, and two buckets of soy milk and more than one bucket of soybean residue were filtered out.

Not many soybeans were used, because they were soaked in water before grinding, so there was moisture in them, and water was added during grinding anyway.

Lin Xia washed the pot clean, poured the soy milk into it, and prepared to cook it over a fire.

Little Fu happily went to fetch firewood.

"Strange, where did these little rascals go to play? Why haven't they come back yet..." Su Tang searched around the straw shed but couldn't find any of the cubs.

Just as they were about to go into the grove to look for the cubs, Lin Xia suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"Hey! What's this?"

Su Tang quickly went over to take a look and saw a dark, murky thing inside the stove.

Upon closer inspection, there was also a pair of round, blue eyes. When it saw Su Tang coming over, the little guy scratched its cat ears with its paw and looked at Su Tang with an innocent expression.

"..."

She searched for ages but couldn't find the cubs; turns out they'd run off here!

While I was still in a daze, four more furry heads popped up behind the kitten, but they were all dusty and looked like they had been through a fire.

"Oh, it's you little cubs! What did you do in the stove? I almost started a fire." Lin Xia breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it was a cub inside.

Luckily, she glanced into the stove before starting the fire, otherwise those little rascals would have turned into roasted cat meat.

Su Tang was also relieved, and with a dark face, she took out the five kittens one by one.

The cubs are so quiet, they must be up to no good!

The kitten had no idea what it had done wrong. It stood blankly at Su Tang's feet, not running around, and even rubbed its dusty head against Su Tang's feet, wanting its mother to pet it.

Su Tang's words of reprimand were stuck in her throat.

Oh well, the kitten is still young, she'll bear with it...

The kittens were still small and couldn't be bathed often, so the five little white kittens turned into little gray kittens.

Their fur wasn't burned; when they crawled inside, there were no more sparks, only the ashes.

Lin Xia used the embers left by Su Jianyuan to start a fire, and the soy milk was quickly cooked, with white bubbles bubbling up in the pot.

"Mom, this white water smells so good, can we drink it?" Xiao Fu knew that her older sister and mother were making food, and she couldn't help but ask while swallowing her saliva.

"Go get a bowl." Lin Xia stirred the soy milk in the pot, and the aroma immediately filled the air.

Xiao Fu immediately went to get a bowl, staring longingly at the pot.

Lin Xia scooped a large spoonful for him and added two pieces of sugar that she had made earlier. "Wait until it cools down before drinking. It's very hot now, so don't burn your mouth."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Fu was already hissing and sticking out his tongue.

Mother and daughter: "..."

The five kittens also smelled the aroma, stood up and tugged at Su Tang's skirt, looking like greedy cats.

"All you ever do is eat," Su Tang muttered, turning around to get their large rectangular plates, filling them with some food, blowing on them to cool them down before placing them on the ground.

The cubs' drinks were made without sugar, and the cubs aren't picky eaters; they eat with relish even though the drinks have no flavor.

The kitten drank very quickly, licking the plate of soy milk clean in no time, and then started pawing at Su Tang's legs with its paws.

The little guy is very smart. He now knows not to use his claws, but to use his paw pads. It doesn't hurt when he scratches Su Tang's leg; they're so soft.

"Little foodie!" Su Tang said, but her actions betrayed her words, and she went to get another plate.

The mother and daughter also drank a bowl of soy milk with sugar cubes. Although there was only a little sugar cube in the large bowl, it was very sweet.

It has a smooth texture, is sweet and fragrant, and tastes better than modern soy milk made with a soy milk maker, except for a little bit of soy pulp.

"Mom, this water is so delicious, I want more." Xiao Fu drank a bowl, but still wanted more, so he brought the bowl over again.

He can't resist sweet things!

"This isn't water, it's called soy milk. There will be other food later. Will you still be able to eat after you finish this?" Lin Xia asked him with a smile.

"Soy milk? I can eat it, Mom, I want to drink soy milk!" Xiao Fu patted his belly. He could eat as much delicious food as there was!

Lin Xia then served him another bowl.

Su Tang delivered the cooked soy milk to Su Guodong and Su Shiwei, who were building a wooden house.

The two were working hard and sweating profusely. The wooden house had been built quite a bit, and the walls were already halfway up.

He gulped down two large bowls of soy milk and then went back to work.

Both of them worked very hard so that they could move into their new house as soon as possible.

When Su Tang returned with the empty bowl, Lin Xia had already made a pot of tofu pudding using another bucket of soy milk.

"Tangtang, you're back just in time! Come and try this tofu pudding." Lin Xia ladled out a bowl and even crushed some sugar cubes to sprinkle on top.

Su Tang took a bite and exclaimed, "Delicious! Mother, your cooking is really good!"

She couldn't help but praise it.

"You're so sweet-talking. If it's delicious, eat more." Lin Xia was overjoyed by the compliment.

For lunch, the family ate tofu pudding and roasted meat.

The cubs loved eating this tender and smooth stuff. They ate until their bellies were round and full, and then lay on their backs with their paws in the air, not wanting to move at all.

Daqing, who had just returned from the hunt, was eating tofu pudding for the first time. It was like opening a new world for him, and he ate half a pot by himself.

"I wonder how A-Yuan is doing now." Su Guodong ate his tofu pudding, thinking of his only son who was not at home, and felt a little worried.

Although Su Jianyuan used to spend most of his time in the military, things are different now. If something happens, the medical conditions are not up to par.

"Father, don't worry. Lang Zhuang is here with us. Besides, my brother is no weakling. Most males can't beat him," Su Tang comforted him, knowing her father was a worrier.

The taciturn Su Shiwei also said, "The second brother is very smart. He won't let anything happen to himself. Even if he can't get Bai Shi back, he will find a way to come back safely."

Although Su Jianyuan usually acts carefree and seems to have no ambition, the two of them have a deep trust in him.

Xiao Fu, who was licking his bowl, nodded repeatedly, "Yes, Second Brother is the best. He will definitely bring back a lot of white stones."

The brother and sister looked at Xiao Fu and exclaimed, "Well! This little wolf cub trusts Su Jianyuan even more than they do!"

Su Jianyuan's ability to win over his little fanboy is truly unmatched.

Daqing didn't quite understand their worries because he had lived in the forest since he was a child and had never had any relatives, so he didn't understand their feelings.

He just stood there quietly listening to them talk.

On the other side.

In the forest, under the towering old trees.

Two males, shirtless and wearing animal skin skirts, were drinking water from a newly discovered mountain spring.

Su Jianyuan and Lang Zhuang have been out for four days.

The water I brought with me before setting off was long gone, and it took me half a day of travel to finally find a water source.