Hearing that she was coming along, Xiao Yubai was very happy. With his wife by his side, he wouldn't be bored. Carrying their bundles, the two headed towards the back of the camp. Along the way, their huge bundles were particularly eye-catching.
Fortunately, the two of them were thick-skinned enough not to care about those stares and calmly walked towards the river. They quickly arrived at the riverbank, put down their bundles, buckets, and basins, and asked, "Madam, do you still have laundry detergent?"
He didn't take the soap; he just wanted to ask his wife if she had any laundry detergent left. That stuff was amazing; it smelled wonderful and produced lots of foam. Last time he washed so many clothes, he found that if he used a little less, there wouldn't be much foam.
An Shuyi nodded, squatted down beside him, and took out a bottle of laundry detergent under his cover. Then she sat down next to him and watched him wash clothes. At first she was clumsy, but after washing a few more pieces, she became very skilled.
While she was getting drowsy from waiting, Xiao Yubai finally finished washing the clothes. "Madam, I'm going back to the camp to hang the clothes up. Wait for me here for a while."
Soldiers also hung their clothes to dry by the river, but the wives' clothes could not be hung there. They had to be hung next to their camp and brought in at night. Fortunately, the weather was hot, so they could dry in a day. If they didn't dry today, they could dry tomorrow.
"Go ahead!"
Xiao Yubai carried the two buckets of clothes to the tent, hung them on a rope, put the buckets back in the tent, and then went to the camp canteen to get two more buckets and a basin. He poured hot water into the buckets and then carried them to the river.
He placed the bucket by the river and said, "Madam, come quickly, I've brought the hot water."
An Shuyi stood up, walked to her side, put chopsticks into the bucket, put the laundry detergent into the storage room, took out the dish soap, and a towel. "Fetch another bucket of water, and put the washed dishes in this bucket." After saying that, she poured dish soap into the basin.
"Madam, are these the dishwashing supplies?" The things the lady took out were truly amazing; not only were there laundry supplies, but also dishwashing supplies. "You don't also have toiletries, do you?"
Every time the lady takes a bath, the room smells wonderful, and even if she doesn't wash for several days, she still smells sweet, unlike him, who smells terrible if he doesn't wash for even a day.
"Yes, and there's shampoo, conditioner, and lots of other things. There's nothing I can't provide, only things you can't think of." After saying that, he put the dish soap back in the warehouse, washed his clean chopsticks in another bucket, then washed them in a basin, and finally put them back in the warehouse.
After he finished washing, I took out several more stacks of bowls and put them in the bucket for him to wash. The two of us worked together and the speed was much faster. Soon the dirty bowls in the warehouse were cleaned. When I stood up, I couldn't even straighten my back.
"I guess I'm getting old. I can't do any work anymore, it's tiring."
Seeing her like this, Xiao Yubai smiled and gently massaged her lower back. "Madam, are you still tired?"
An Shuyi nodded, "Pretty good. Did you use your internal energy?" She definitely did. Although her hands were warm, they weren't this hot. She could even feel that her back wasn't sore anymore.
“Yes, if you get tired in the future, I can continue to massage you, but don’t try to be strong. I told you I can wash myself, but you still want to help me.” When he first started washing her, he told her to just watch from the side, but she disagreed.
"It's better to finish washing up quickly, otherwise it'll be hard to explain if someone comes to check. Hurry up and go back. Do you have a place here that's not easy for people to find, preferably somewhere hidden?" She needed to find a place to eat hot pot.
It's not suitable to be inside the tent; there are soldiers all around, and the food probably hasn't even been cooked yet, but the outside should already be crowded with people.
Xiao Yubai thought for a while, "There is a cave in the mountains behind, which no one has discovered. The place is also very hidden. You can see the sky from inside the cave. I often go there to stay overnight."
"There's such a great place! We'll go there for dinner when it gets dark and have something delicious. But for now, I need to go back and get some sleep." With that, she quickly walked ahead.
Back in her tent, she lay down on the bed and quickly fell asleep. When Xiao Yubai came in, he saw that she had already closed her eyes. Since he didn't want to disturb her while she was sleeping, he didn't go in. He told the soldiers not to let anyone in and then went to patrol the camp.
As darkness fell, he returned to his tent, saw his wife still sleeping, and went to wake her up.
An Shuyi woke up groggily, asking, "What time is it?" As she did so, a cherry appeared in her hand. She took a bite and instantly became fully awake.
"What time?" Xiao Yubai was a little confused by the questions she kept asking.
"What time is it?"
"At the hour of You (5-7 PM), it was already dark."
"The timing is perfect, let's go!" he said, sitting down on the edge of the bed and putting on his shoes.
If he's quick enough, he can have the hot pot she's been craving by 7 o'clock.
Xiao Yubai nodded and pulled her out of the tent. "My wife and I are going out for a while to keep an eye on the tents." After saying that, he walked out of the camp. The soldiers saw that it was him and did not dare to stop him.
"Madam, let me carry you there, otherwise walking will be a waste of time."
“Okay!” An Shuyi nodded, since she didn’t want to walk anyway.
He embraced her slender waist, channeled his inner strength, and flew away into the distance. He quickly arrived at the place she had mentioned, but instead of putting her down, he carried her into the cave before finally setting her down.
After An Shuyi was put down, she found that the cave was really nice. The ground was very clean, with no animal droppings. There was a stone slab at the very back, and above the middle of the cave was a large hole through which the sky could be clearly seen.
"This cave is huge, aren't you afraid someone might fall in?"
"Put it down, Madam. No one will come here, so no one will fall. If someone does, then they're just unlucky." This place is so secluded that no one will ever come here.
"That's right, can you eat spicy food? If not, I'll make a clear broth!" After saying that, he took out a portable gas stove and a table from the warehouse, and then hung light bulbs around the room.
"Don't worry, I can eat it." He had never eaten spicy food before, except in Taoyuan Village. He really liked chili peppers and could handle spicy food.
Hearing that he could eat spicy food, An Shuyi immediately took out a stainless steel basin, mineral water, and placed the meat and vegetables on the table. "You cut the meat into small pieces, and I'll make the soup." As for the dipping sauce, she had plenty in her storage room.
Pour mineral water into a basin, add chili peppers and other seasonings, then add hot pot base, and light the portable gas stove.
Xiao Yubai was still wondering if they weren't going to light a fire, but he didn't ask. He was cutting meat on the side, looking at the familiar tiger meat, and was about to ask when flames suddenly appeared under the basin. "Madam, what is this? It's really amazing that it can actually produce fire."
"This is a portable gas stove. It uses a type of gas, so it's easy to use when you're out and about. But I don't have many here, so I have to use them sparingly. Hurry up and cut the meat, peel the potatoes, and wash the vegetables as well."
Put the chopped meat in a bowl. Although there are bowls, with so many vegetables, we definitely need more than enough bowls, so it's better to use a bowl.
She took two stools from the warehouse, sat down on them to peel fruit, washed it clean, cut it into small pieces and set it aside. Only after he had finished cutting all the meat did she put two pork bones into the boiling hot basin.
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