APTnovel Chapter 221 Making Soap
Chapter 221 Making Soap
Chapter 221 Making Soap
After spending half a day explaining, Jiang Luoluo finally convinced Xing that she hadn't wasted food, but was making something very useful.
Jiang Luoluo knew that Xing hadn't understood what she was saying, nor did she understand what those chemical reactions were all about. She just wanted to believe that she wasn't doing anything bad.
Jiang Luoluo was very nervous, fearing that the experiment would fail.
It failed...
The oil mixed with wood ash, like some kind of unspeakable vomit, was heated in the stone pot, bubbling and bubbling, like the poison of some evil witch.
Xing and Jiang Luoluo met eyes, and Xing hesitated before speaking, "Luo... is this what you want to do?"
"No!" Jiang Luoluo quickly retorted, "It was just a small mistake. Believe me, I'll definitely do it next time."
Xing remained silent, staring at the contents of the stone pot without uttering a sound.
Jiang Luoluo took it as her consent, scooped the contents of the stone pot out and set it aside, reflecting on what she might have done wrong.
...It seems like nothing I did was quite right.
Fortunately, Jiang Luoluo didn't overestimate herself and didn't use up all the oil at once.
Instead, only a portion of the oil was used, less than one-tenth, for the first attempt.
If we experiment one by one according to this ratio, Jiang Luoluo will have eleven or twelve more chances... if Xing can tolerate Jiang Luoluo failing eleven or twelve more times.
If adding it directly doesn't work, then it seems we need to filter and extract some of its components.
Jiang Luoluo stared at the ashes in front of her, lost in thought. This stuff was already ash; how could she possibly filter and extract it...? Wait a minute.
filter?
Try adding water.
Jiang Luoluo brought some clean water and stirred the wood ash into a muddy state. Then she took out a piece of burlap and filtered out all the ash water.
Under Xing's piercing gaze, Jiang Luoluo carefully poured the lye water into the freshly poured grease and stirred it.
This looks much more normal.
As the stone pot heats up, the grease inside starts bubbling again, mixing with the lye water and producing more and more white foam...
Jiang Luoluo quickly moved the stone pot off the fire, then looked at Xing with a fawning smile, "It seems... this step... can't be heated..."
Xing's expression was indescribable, but she could tell that the cub wasn't actually causing trouble. It was just that she lacked experience and couldn't understand what the cub was doing.
After a brief silence, Xing lowered her head and stroked the cub's head. "If Luo thinks it's okay to do it, then continue. I won't stop you anymore."
Then Xing gently took Jiang Luoluo's hand, "Your hand isn't burned, is it?"
Just now, Jiang Luoluo saw that things were not going well, and in order to prevent the contents of the stone pot from continuing to heat up and react, she directly removed the stone pot from the fire without using any protective measures.
Jiang Luoluo belatedly felt a slight stinging sensation in her fingers.
However, she was too anxious just now and her mind wasn't on it, so she ignored the pain.
When Xing raised her hand, several of her fingertips were already covered in bright red.
Fortunately, Jiang Luoluo reacted quickly and did not remain in contact with the burn for too long, so the burn was not serious.
When Xing brought over a basin of cold water, Jiang Luoluo put her fingers in to soak. After a while, they were almost back to normal.
Worried that the cub would get hurt again, Xing stood in the spot where the cub had been and pointed to the oil and wood ash water laid out separately in front of her.
He looked at Jiang Luoluo and said, "Luo, I'll help you with the rest. How do you do it?"
Jiang Luoluo looked at her fingers soaking in cold water, and did not refuse Xing's kindness. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Well, if we don't need to boil them alive, let's just pour them in and stir them. Let them blend together fully."
Xing didn't understand the meaning of some of the words Jiang Luoluo used, but she obediently followed Jiang Luoluo's instructions.
Slowly pour the wood ash water into the oil while stirring.
Jiang Luoluo wasn't sure if this was the right thing to do; she didn't even know the exact proportions, or even the correct steps.
So I can only add wood ash water while stirring... Anyway, when it changes to a similar consistency, it should be correct.
The oil gradually turned white and formed a somewhat sticky paste.
Jiang Luoluo quickly instructed Xing to stop, "Xing, that should be enough."
Xing looked down at the object that looked like mud, her lips twitched, but she didn't say anything and silently stopped what she was doing.
He then looked at Jiang Luoluo and asked, "So what's next?"
"Next..." Jiang Luolu tilted her head in thought, "It seems like the next step is just to place it and wait for it to solidify, right?"
Watching Xing set aside the paste-like mixture she had made.
Jiang Luoluo nodded, "That's right, that's it. We'll know if it's successful when it's fixed by tomorrow or the day after."
"What about the rest? Should we make it too?" Xing pointed to the mostly leftover grease and wood ash water.
Jiang Luoluo hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No, let's keep them for now and see how the results are tomorrow."
If we fail this time, wouldn't it be a waste to just use all these things?
If it's successful, we can replicate it later. Although it will waste some time, it's better than wasting resources.
Xing nodded and helped tidy up the things and put them together.
Before I knew it, the afternoon had passed in such a flurry of activity that it was time for dinner.