Zhong Zijun came out only after everyone had left. Seeing the mess in the yard, he picked up the food bag on the ground with a distressed look on his face.

The wild vegetables and potato pancakes were all eaten up and trampled.

Good food is wasted.

Her hands were convenient, so Dabao and Beibei obediently helped clean up the dirt on the floor.

Although a little food was sacrificed today, the old witch received a severe beating and might not dare to act like a demon again in the future. Gu Qinghuan expressed that he was in a bad mood.

The wound on his shoulder had cracked again, so Gu Qinghuan secretly applied some ointment to help it heal without their knowledge.

Although it was a bit late, they still had to eat breakfast. Gu Qinghuan took out eggs and flour, and made a few more pots of egg pancakes. With the vegetable soup in the pot, the whole family ate their fill.

After dinner, Xu Huaian went out to dig the ground and plant vegetables as if nothing had happened.

Dabao and Beibei followed him like little dogs.

Zhong Zijun gathered the clothes that the two children had changed at home and prepared to do the laundry.

People in the village usually go to the river to wash clothes, but she couldn't go out.

Fortunately, there is a well in this house so we can wash our clothes.

Gu Qinghuan secretly washed her clothes in the villa's washing machine for the first few days after she came. At that time, Xu Huaian was still not sober and Zhong Zijun did not come to live there.

Now I can be lazy again.

"Mom, just leave it alone. Your hands are not fit to wash clothes!" Gu Qinghuan rolled up her sleeves and prepared to wash clothes.

Zhong Zijun didn't try to be stubborn. He gave the main position to Gu Qinghuan and helped from the side.

She found a broken wooden shovel and scooped a full load of wood ash into a large wooden basin.

Gu Qinghuan soaked the clothes in wood ash and then could wash them with a hammer after a while.

The conditions in the countryside were really harsh these days. The better-off families could use soap pods to wash clothes, but the less well-off ones had only wood ash, or else they would just use a mallet to beat the clothes hard to remove most of the dust.

It is absolutely possible to wash clothes with soap. No one's clothes are that expensive.

The piece of soap that Gu Qinghuan had taken out before was treated as a treasure by the whole family. They only used a little bit of it when taking a bath or washing their hair.

Don't be surprised, this is really the case these days. It is a luxury to be able to take a bath with soap bought outside.

Only those who can afford it will buy a piece of pig soap for five cents to take a bath.

Pig pancreas soap is made from pig's pancreas. It tastes okay to use, but it smells really bad.

Thinking of this, Gu Qinghuan suddenly had an idea. She could make her own handmade soap.

As long as you prepare the materials, it couldn't be simpler. She had made French soap in a video of her life before, and she remembered the recipe.

But you still have to wash the clothes on your hands first.

Both mother and daughter were injured, and it took them almost two hours to wash and hang up a large basin of clothes.

Of course, everyone washes their own underwear, except for the two children, who wash their underwear together.

Because I had a late breakfast, my meal was simple, just a bowl of lard noodles.

Put a spoonful of lard in a bowl, add soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings, the taste is surprisingly good.

He even drank up the soup.

After dinner, Xu Huaian washed the dishes as usual. He had spent the whole morning digging out all the dirt. He was just tired, so he took a break.

Gu Qinghuan and Zhong Zijun began to study how to make French soap.

In fact, pig's pancreas is simpler, but she really can't stand the smell, and she has to find pig's pancreas, so forget it.

Zhong Zijun was very interested in Gu Qinghuan's idea of ​​making soap. He thought the recipe was worth a try. If it was really made, they would have soap for washing clothes and taking a bath in the future.

The main formula for making soap by the alkaline method is to add various types of oils and alkaline substances to form soap through a reaction.

Gu Qinghuan tried his best to replace the recipes with materials that were easily available to them. Things that needed to be prepared included shells, wood ash, lard, bamboo tubes, spices, etc.

Dabao listened attentively. It turned out that the soap sold in the market could be made by oneself.

Mom didn't lie, people with literacy are great at everything they do.

The next step is to prepare the ingredients needed for the recipe. Wood ash and lard are readily available at home.

As for spices, the osmanthus flowers on the osmanthus tree in the yard are very good. Zhong Zijun has dried some osmanthus flowers a few days ago, which is enough.

Now all that’s missing are the shells and the bamboo tubes to help shape them.

Dabao responded positively and offered to go to the river to pick up some clam shells, which were everywhere.

Beibei quickly followed and said that she would go to help.

Xu Huai'an was very interested in what they were doing and said that he could give the bamboo tube to him.

Gu Qinghuan readily agreed, but asked the children to be careful and not go to the river.

Each family member performed their duties and began to make preparations.

Gu Qinghuan was responsible for burning the wood ash, and then filtering out the alkaline water for later use.

Zhong Zijun was in charge of preparing the lard. Yesterday's lard had already cooled down, so today it had to be boiled down into liquid for later use.

Dabao and Beibei soon came back with a basket of clam shells.

Gu Qinghuan washed them clean, roasted them in the stove until they were crispy, and then crushed them into powder.

Then pour the shell powder into alkaline water, stir evenly, filter twice, and precipitate for later use.

After precipitation, you can pour alkaline water into the lard, add some salt to increase the hardness, add dried osmanthus to enhance the fragrance, and finally stir in one direction to make them form a soap reaction and become a sticky paste.

The last step is to use the bamboo tube that Xu Huaian brought back.

Pour the sticky paste into a bamboo tube and let it set.

Gu Qinghuan made a total of five large bamboo tubes of soap. He put them aside and after three days they could be demoulded and cut into thick slices for use.

Of course, if you leave it for another month, the effect will be better.

The whole family smiled as they looked at the results of their hard work.

"Once these soaps are ready, we can use them to wash clothes, take a bath, wash our hair, and wash our hands," said Gu Qinghuan.

Dabao said somewhat embarrassedly: "Mom, when the soap is ready, can you give Erdan a piece? Just a small piece will do."

"Why did you only give it to Erdan? Is he your best friend?"

Gu Qinghuan felt sorry for the soap, but was a little surprised because it was the first time he heard the name Erdan.

Dabao hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth.

"When the thieves went to look for clam shells, they met Dacheng by the river. They did not provoke him, but when he saw them picking up clam shells, he called them bastards and bastards, and said that they were so poor that they even ate the shells.

When she got angry, she rushed to fight with him. The boy next to him bullied his sister and almost pushed her into the river. Fortunately, Erdan came to help and his sister did not fall into the river.

Dad said that as a person, you should repay kindness, so I wanted to give him a bar of soap.

Can I?