Chapter 41 Soapberry
"You are very cute, whether it's your round face or your quirky look."
Qian Jingyao gestured with his hands while speaking. Xia Yuke listened, she threw herself into Qian Jingyao's arms, rubbed him and said:
"Really? My partner! Then you can't complain about my fatness. I'm just adorably fat."
Xia Yue didn't want Qian Jingyao to abandon her just because he disliked her fat!
If that happens, she will be angry!
Qian Jingyao hugged her tightly, resting his chin lightly on her head.
Xia Yueke felt the weight on her head and quickly raised her head, saying in a childish voice:
"That's right, my name is Xia! Yue! Ke! Those three characters, don't get them wrong!"
Qian Jingyao repeated the name Xia Yueke several times in his mind before nodding.
"Don't worry, I will remember Coco's name for the rest of my life!"
Xia Yueke nodded her head in satisfaction, her voice childish.
"Okay, Yaoyao!"
Qian Jingyao was stunned for a moment, and then a smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Xia Yuke then remembered that she seemed to have never taken a bath since she was born. She didn't want to become smelly!
"Yaoyao, I want to take a shower. I feel a little smelly."
Xia Yueke wrinkled her nose and said with disgust.
Qian Jingyao couldn't help laughing out loud, "Then let's go take a shower later. I can't let my little Coco get smelly. But Coco has to wait a while. I have to make some animal skins for Coco first!"
Qian Jingyao got busy after he finished speaking.
He dragged out a thick animal skin from the corner. He had obtained it from hunting a few days ago. The fur was soft and smooth.
He took out a sharp bone knife and cut the animal skin skillfully.
He sometimes squinted his eyes to look at her, sometimes gestured with his hands, and in his mind he had already imagined how cute the animal skin clothes would look on Coco.
He came to Coco with the cut animal skin and measured Coco with a thin vine.
He measured very carefully, from the neckline to the cuffs, from the waist to the hem, back and forth several times, with seriousness in his eyes, for fear of any mistake.
At this moment, Keke was like a little angel of four or five years old, blinking her big eyes and looking at Qian Jingyao curiously. She would reach out to touch the animal skins from time to time, muttering:
"Yaoyao, this feels so comfortable."
Qian Jingyao touched her head lovingly and quickened his movements.
Soon, several sets of exquisite animal skin clothes were ready.
Qian Jingyao took the clothes and tried them on Coco. The size was just right.
The clothes were decorated with his elaborate works. Some were small beads made of colorful stones, which he carefully sewed on the collar and cuffs. Some were embellished with soft feathers, as if adding lively wings to the clothes.
"Coco, come and try it."
Qian Jingyao smiled and waved to Keke.
Xia Yuke ran over happily, and Qian Jingyao gently helped her put on her new clothes.
After putting on the new clothes, Xia Yueke spun around excitedly, "Yaoyao, I like it so much! Am I the most beautiful now?"
Qian Jingyao looked at the lovely Xia Yueke, his eyes full of love, "Yes, my Keke is always the most beautiful. Now we can go take a bath."
As he spoke, he held Coco's soft and delicate little hand tightly and walked towards the stream.
Xia Yueke followed closely, her small feet leaving shallow footprints on the ground.
After a while, she raised her little head, her eyes as blue as the sea filled with inquiry, and her long eyelashes fluttered like two small fans.
"Yaoyao, are we going to the stream in the tribe?"
Qian Jingyao nodded, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a faint smile.
"Yes, it's close. Many orcs in the tribe usually bathe there!"
When we arrived at the place, we saw a circle of tall trees surrounding the stream. These trees towered into the clouds, and their thick trunks were mottled with marks left by time, and their bark was rough and hard.
There were birds chirping in the trees. They were jumping among the branches, their colorful feathers sparkling with charming luster in the sun. The birds also tilted their heads and looked at the movements by the stream with their small black eyes.
There were indeed many orcs bathing in groups of three or four. The weather was so hot that these orcs didn't want to come out of the water.
Their strong bodies were faintly visible in the water.
The leopard orc next to him was lying lazily on a large rock exposed above the water. His tail swayed gently in the water, causing small ripples. His sharp eyes were half-closed, enjoying the coolness brought by the stream.
But the stream water, which was originally crystal clear and you could see the colorful pebbles and swimming fish at the bottom, became more and more turbid, with some water plants and leaves floating on the water surface.
Xia Yueke stood on the shore, her brows tightly furrowed, her small nose slightly twitching, and a look of disgust on her face.
She looked at the increasingly turbid water, her eyes full of reluctance.
She doesn't want to take a shower here, because she will get even dirtier!
Xia Yueke shook Qian Jingyao's arm. Her little hand tightly grasped Qian Jingyao's arm and shook it back and forth.
"Yaoyao, I don't want to take a shower here. Can we go upstream? It's so dirty here!"
Qian Jingyao also looked at the stream, frowning slightly, with a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes, "Okay."
It just so happened that he didn't want the little girl to take a bath here. The water here was so dirty, it was all the smelly sweat of these orcs. It would be bad if she got irritated by it.
The two turned around and left, walking upstream.
When you reach the upper reaches, the stream water is so clear that you can see the round stones at the bottom and small fish swimming freely. They are playing among the water plants, occasionally jumping out of the water, splashing small water.
Qian Jingyao carefully placed the prepared bathing utensils next to a flat stone by the stream. The utensils were neatly arranged, including soft animal hair bath towels and soap nuts with a faint floral scent.
When Xia Yueke's eyes fell on the pile of things that Qian Jingyao took out, she was instantly attracted by a small soap bean. Her eyes seemed to be firmly sucked by a magnet, fixed on it, unable to move away at all.
"Huh? What is this?"
She blinked her big eyes, full of curiosity.
Seeing this, Qian Jingyao quickly explained with a smile, "This is for bathing. You can use it to make Coco smell good, just like those blooming flowers!"
He shook the soapberry in his hand.
Xia Yueke shook her head, and her soft hair swayed like black silk dancing in the wind.
"That's not what I'm asking. I want to know where this came from. Would an orc make this?"
She tilted her head, her face full of disbelief.
In her opinion, things like this shouldn't appear in the animal world at all!
It's like a beautiful modern artifact suddenly appearing in the pristine wilderness.
Qian Jingyao frowned slightly, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes. He didn't understand why Xia Yueke was so entangled about this issue?
But he thought that this might be a unique expression of the little cub's curiosity about the world after just transforming.
"This was made by the orcs! Isn't it amazing?"
Qian Jingyao said with some pride.
Xia Yueke was even more confused, her small mouth slightly open, her face full of astonishment.
"You know how to make soap nuts? Then... who did those orcs learn it from?"
Her voice was still soft and pleasant, but now it was filled with great urgency.
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