Chapter 299 Making Soap
Si Tian watched Miao Jiu leave and said, "Brother, are you going to leave everything to my brother-in-law?"
"Do you think you would be more suitable than him for something like robbery?" Siming turned his head and looked at him.
"I think my brother-in-law should go!" Si Tian said, then stood up and left the study.
Siming returned to the room and saw that the two children were still asleep, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
As soon as he lay down, a little ball of milk came towards him and rubbed against his arm.
Turning his head and looking in the light of the bedside lamp, he saw the curly pink little face pressed against him, its little nose moving slightly with each breath.
Gently pulling the quilt over the two children, he touched their little faces with his rough fingers: "Wanru, please bless both children to be safe and sound."
The next day.
When Juanjuan and Si Jinchen opened their eyes, they saw Si Ming sitting on a chair in the room reading a book.
"Dad!" The two children's voices were soft and sweet, as if they had just woken up.
Siming closed the book and placed it on the small table beside him. He walked to the two children's beds and asked, "Are you awake?"
"Dad, give me a hug!" Juanjuan stretched out her hands towards him.
"Okay!" Siming reached out and held her in his arms. Her soft little body gave him infinite warmth.
Juanjuan lay on his shoulder and yawned loudly, still feeling a little sleepy.
"Achen, can you put on your clothes by yourself?" Si Ming freed one hand and rubbed Si Jinchen's head.
"Yes." Si Jinchen took his clothes and put them on slowly.
He dressed himself and took Juanjuan's clothes and placed them next to them.
Juanjuan was completely awake at this time: "Dad, Juanjuan can dress himself too."
"Okay, Juanjuan, put on your clothes by yourself." Si Ming put her on the bed and let her put on her clothes by herself.
Curling and buttoning her clothes is very slow as she is not very skilled yet.
The two men, one big and one small, did not rush her. They tidied the beds and opened the curtains to block out the sunlight.
Juanjuan, with her curly hair, ran to the gap in the balcony and looked down: "Here you can see Aunt Wu drying fish."
Seeing that the buttons on her clothes were all buttoned incorrectly, Siming smiled and squatted down to pull her up to stand, then unbuttoned and buttoned them again: "Don't you smell the strong fishy smell?"
"Yes!" Juanjuan looked up at him.
"Let's go, brush your teeth and wash your face. Your teacher will be here soon. We are going to have dinner with Pete's family this afternoon." Siming stretched out his hand towards her.
Juanjuan stretched out her small hand and held his big palm: "Dad, are our older friends leaving?"
Siming held her little hand and paused for a moment: "Yes! They are about to return to their country."
"Will they come again?" Juanjuan tilted her little head and looked at him expectantly.
"I don't know, maybe he won't come." Siming said with some regret.
"Then Juanjuan will prepare gifts for them so that they can see us when they miss us." Juanjuan had a smile on her face.
Siming was very happy to see that she was not sad because they could not meet in the future.
After Juanjuan finished washing up, Si Jinchen would comb her hair. When she had martial arts class, she would simply braid her hair into two pigtails or one pigtail.
After both children were dressed, he took them downstairs to the restaurant for dinner.
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Bailing has taken some time out these days to look for a master craftsman who used to make soap. These skills are relatively traditional and labor-intensive, unlike the mass production in factories today.
She didn't care, but she had promised the lady to do it for her, so she had to learn it no matter how much trouble it was.
After studying carefully with these masters for a few days, I finally learned all the steps and methods.
"Girl, these skills are passed down from the older generation. Now they are all foreign products. No one cares about what we make!" The old man looked at Bailing and sighed.
"Who said that? I think your craftsmanship is better than those produced by factory machines." Bailing knew that the materials used in these handmade soaps were very real.
"Haha. In the past, we would have to sell this thing for several taels of silver, but now..." The old man didn't say anything else, but just shook his head helplessly.
Bailing knew that with the introduction of foreign goods, many things had gradually begun to be eliminated.
If the lady hadn’t said that the bamboo weaving made lanterns look good, I’m afraid we wouldn’t have such a good business.
The business of bamboo lanterns is very popular in foreign countries now, and it is difficult to handle the orders.
When Bai Ling left, she stuffed a lot of money into the old man's pocket and said, "Thank you for teaching me how to make soap, old man. This money will be my apprenticeship fee."
"You don't need so much money." The old man said as he was about to hand the money back to her.
Bai Ling didn't take it and turned around and ran away.
When there were no customers in the shop, she would slowly start making soap in the backyard, as some of the ingredients needed to settle.
She looked at the materials and decided that she should be able to proceed to the next step today. She prepared to take out the mold she had found earlier and start the final processing.
"Sister Bailing." Juanjuan pulled Si Jinchen and ran into the store.
"Miss, Master, why are you here?" Bailing was a little surprised when she saw the two people running in.
Si Jinchen looked at her and said, "Let's pick out gifts for our big friend's family."
Juanjuan looked at the many things placed in front of her: "Hey! What are you going to do?"
"I'm trying to make soap for the lady to see if I can have other scents." Bailing didn't intend to hide it.
"Can Juanjuan watch Sister Bailing do it?" Juanjuan looked at the things in front of her curiously.
Bai Ling looked at her like this and was at a loss for words. "Okay, but there is a certain degree of danger. Miss and Master, please don't get too close!"
"Okay, let's be good." Juanjuan pulled Si Jinchen to stand a little further away.
Bai Qiao and Hu Zi came with them today, so Bai Ling asked them to help look after the business in the store first.
Juanjuan and Si Jinchen watched Bailing operate from the side, and it finally turned into a yellowish and sticky state.
Some floral essential oils are added to it, but the color is not very good.
"It would be nice if it were transparent." Juanjuan said as she sat on the steps in the backyard and looked at the things in the mold.
Si Jinchen turned to look at her: "Juanjuan, there is no transparent soap! The best-selling ones in foreign companies are all white."
Juanjuan suddenly stood up and ran towards the shop in front. She pulled Huzi's trouser leg and said, "Brother Huzi."
Hu Zi bent down quickly when he saw her: "Miss, is there something wrong?"
"Can you pour some sugar water for Juanjuan?" Juanjuan asked with blinking eyes.
"Miss wants to drink sugar water, but the store may not have sugar. I have to go out and buy some." Hu Zi scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Hu Zi, I have some here. I occasionally want to drink something sweet, so I brought some and left it in the store." The accountant heard it and waved to him.
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