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"Sister, brother, I'm back." Shen Chengran's beaming voice sounded, he opened the curtain and said to the people behind him: "Move into the house."

A little boy who was about the same age as Shen Chengran and dressed in even more shabby clothes, obviously a beggar, walked in with a basket of ashes.

"Sister, look that I found so many." Shen Chengran casually said to Shen Qingya.

Shen Qingya wiped away the tears on her face as soon as she heard Shen Chengran's voice, but the red and swollen eyes still betrayed her.

Shen Chengran was like an angry little beast, suddenly furious, "Sister, who bullied you?"

Shen Chengrun said, "I've dropped out of school."

Shen Chengran was stunned, and stared blankly at Shen Chengrun, as if he didn't understand what he said.

"I will take up my responsibilities in the future and make money to support our family. You and sister don't have to work so hard anymore." Shen Chengrun said.

Shen Zhenran wanted to laugh when he realized it, but seeing his sister crying so sad because his elder brother couldn't study, and he couldn't laugh, he could only try his best to suppress the smile on the corner of his mouth, which made his expression very weird.

"Brother Cheng, I'll leave now that the things have been delivered." The little beggar felt the strange atmosphere in the room and wanted to run away.

Shen Chengran nodded like a little boss, "God, you go first, I will find you tomorrow."

Goudan quickly slipped away.

Shen Chengrun didn't ask much. It's normal for Shen Chengrun to go out to pick up garbage and beg for a few beggars.

"Okay, everything is ready, let's start making foreign soap now." Shen Chengrun said.

"What should I do?" Shen Qingya and Shen Chengran asked.

"First of all, let's filter out the stones and some sundries in the plant ash." Shen Chengrun got busy with his two siblings, both of whom were good at work, and quickly picked out the plant ash.

"What should we do next?" Shen Chengran asked.

"Add water and stir, then cook." Shen Chengrun replied.

Shen Qingya was puzzled, "Will it be boiled into mud?"

"Yes." Shen Chengrun affirmed.

Shen Chengran looked at him inexplicably, "Brother, can mud and oil really make soap?"

Shen Chengrun said with a smile: "I didn't say to make it with mud. What we need to use is boiled water, and it won't be boiled into mud. It's all ash. Even if it is boiled, it will be boiled with gray water."

"Okay." Shen Chengran squatted on the ground and watched Shen Chengrun boil the plant ash water. After about 10 minutes, the plant ash water in the crock turned into a light yellow liquid.

Shen Chengran opened his mouth wide, and made a puzzled voice in surprise, "Brother, why isn't this water gray, why has it turned into a light yellow liquid?"

Shen Chengrun patiently explained: "This is chemistry. There are some ingredients in plant ash, and alkali can be obtained by boiling, and alkali is an indispensable raw material for making soap."

"Chemistry." Shen Chengran heard this word for the first time. Although he had read a little before, an accident happened at home in less than half a year. At that time, he was taught by an old scholar from the Qing Dynasty. Limited and no chemistry.

"It's amazing." Shen Chengran sighed softly.

"That's where it's at. There are even more amazing things in chemistry." Shen Chengrun likes chemistry very much. It is a representative of human wisdom. It synthesizes things that nature does not have, or things that are rare.

"We have to continue cooking to get all of these out." Shen's crock pots are very small, and they can't cook much at one time, so they can only cook slowly in batches.

Although Shen is young, he loves to play, so he doesn't feel tired, but finds it very interesting.

He laughed and said, "I'll see, I'll come."

Shen Qingya was slightly worried, "How about I come, since you are still young, don't get burned."

"Let him come." Shen Chengrun didn't want to teach a young master from a poor family. It's not good for children to just get used to the current conditions of their family. Some things that can be done within one's ability must be done.No child is a villain at birth, but he is raised at the knees of his parents in the later stage. What kind of education he receives and what kind of environment he is influenced by will grow up into a kind of person.

Regardless of whether Shen Chengran will be successful in the future, at least he will be an upright man, worthy of the world, not a moth of society.

Shen Qingya always listens to her younger brother, Shen Chengrun. After all, this younger brother is a scholar, and he must know more than her. In the past, Shen's parents would listen to him. Influenced by her parents, Shen Qingya paid more attention to what Shen Chengrun said.

"Okay then." Shen Qingya stepped aside but did not leave, staring at Shen Chengran intently, for fear that he might get burned.

Seeing this scene, Shen Chengrun didn't force Shen Qingya to leave it alone. He was tired after a busy day, so he lay on the bed for the sake of the little squirrel.

The little guy was injured and very weak. He didn't eat melon seeds, but simply drank two mouthfuls of goat's milk.

There was still half a bowl of goat milk squirrels that he hadn't touched. Shen Chengrun wanted to add some water and boil it for the three of them to share.

Shen Qingya felt sorry for the money and refused to drink it, "Chengrun, it's cold and the goat's milk is not bad, you freeze it outside and give it to the little squirrels tomorrow, otherwise you have to buy it tomorrow, it's all money."

Shen Chengran silently turned in one direction, with his back to Shen Chengrun, out of sight and out of mind, but he still secretly swallowed a big mouthful of saliva.

Shen Chengrun had no choice but to put away the goat milk and save it to feed the little squirrels tomorrow.

Shen Qingchang has never had a pet at such a young age, and because of her gentle temperament, she has a natural affection for small animals, so she came over to watch them together, only to find that this little squirrel was injured so badly, and couldn't help but gasp.

"How did it get hurt like this? Did the cat treat it like a mouse?"

"No, it's a group of children." Thinking of those children, Shen Chengrun was still unhappy.The evil of children is the most terrifying. They can torture and kill small animals because of novelty, and they also want to push a pregnant woman down to see if she will have a miscarriage because of curiosity.Not all children are angels, there are also devils.

Shen Qingya didn't expect such a terrible injury to be caused by a child, and then she felt relieved when she thought about something, "Children are terrible, I have seen them abuse kittens, and the condition of that kitten was very similar to that of this little squirrel. , Later, I drove the child away."

Shen Qingya looked at Shen Chengran with lingering fear, "Fortunately, Cheng is kind-hearted and would not do such vicious things."

Shen Chengran rolled his eyes, "I have time to make money, okay? I can't even eat myself."

Listening to her younger brother's words, Shen Qingya didn't know which sentence stuck in her heart, so she covered her mouth and laughed softly.

"Chengrun, have you decided to raise it in the future?"

Shen Chengrun thought of the little squirrel bowing to him for help, and thought of Shen Qingya's sister and brother attacking him when he came back. The little squirrel endured the pain of his body and bared his teeth to protect him. In his heart, there was not only the sympathy for life, but also a little softness. .This made him more determined to raise it.

"Yes, I want to raise it, and raise it well." Give it a home, just like when he came here, the Shen family siblings gave him a home.

"Okay." Shen Qingya didn't object as much as Shen Chengran, such a small guy shouldn't cost much.In the future, when Shen Qingya saw the little guy eating and drinking, she remembered her thoughts today, and not only lamented that she was still too naive, this little guy was clearly a gold swallowing beast, if she knew that this little guy was so expensive to raise, she would never agree to Shen Chengrun's raising it it.But at that time, the Shen family was no different, and the cost of raising squirrels might be a big expense for other families, but to the Shen family it was already a drop in the bucket.

"Chengrun, do you want to name him?" Shen Qingya is a girl after all, with a delicate mind, she thought of it right away.

Only then did Shen Chengrun seriously think for a long time, "How about Fufu, may he be blessed for the rest of his life."

"Well, the name has a good meaning."

Shen Qingya and her brother were happy to say that, but Shen Chengran had no interest at all. He couldn't even afford to eat pets, so he didn't even have the heart to keep any pets.

Fufu was seriously injured. After making sure the environment was safe, he fell asleep.

Shen Chengrun was sure that Fufu was not in danger for the time being, so he said: "Sister, help me take care of Fufu, don't let those dogs bite it, I'll go out and make a mold."

Shen Qingya used to make cakes in Shen's house, and she also needed molds, so she knew what molds were.

"You go, I will take good care of Fufu at home."

There is a family in the back street of Shen's house who can do carpentry. There is no shop in his house, and he only takes business from neighbors or regular customers from other places. The price is lower than the market, but he can support his family.

"Hello, master, I want to make a mold." Shen Chengrun said.

The old craftsman wiped the sweat from his forehead, put down the tool in his hand and asked, "What kind of tool do you want?"

Shen Chengrun kept an eye out and didn't say that he wanted to make soap. He knew the value of soap at the moment, and there were only two in Wuxu City.

Shen Chengrun searched for the memory of soap in his mind when he was an AI, "Length 8cm, width 5cm, height 4cm."

AI is a set of data, but he can remember everything that humans have browsed with him, even if it is deleted, there will always be traces to be found.After Shen Chengrun became a human being, this part of the data became his memory, but because the data was too large and complicated, it was suppressed in a corner.Usually he doesn't think about it, but when he sees the point that touches his memory, he will remember it.

Soap didn't remember until he heard the two women discussing when he took the tram.

The craftsman asked again: "Is there any requirement for the pattern, when will it be required?"

"For patterns, can I carve a simple little squirrel?" Shen Chengrun thought of Fufu, "It's best that I can take it today."

"I see." The old craftsman rummaged through a pile of wood, and quickly found a piece of wood that met Shen Chengrun's requirements.

This wooden strip was many times longer than what Shen Chengrun requested, and its width and thickness were only slightly longer.

"I can make four molds with one piece of wood, how many do you want?"

Shen Chengrun wanted three, but he was short of cash, "How much is one?"

"Small items don't cost much, but if you want to spend a lot of effort, you need to pay more."

Shen Chengrun said: "The squirrel doesn't have to be carved so lifelike, it has roughly that shape, as long as it can be seen that it is a squirrel."

The old craftsman thought for a while, "If this is the case, you will give me thirty copper coins for the three sticks."

This price is very affordable, but it is a pity that Shen Chengrun has no money in his pocket, and he only has a dozen or so copper dollars left in total.

Shen Chengrun said truthfully: "Master, I don't have that much money in my pocket, how much do you think if I only need a wooden stick?"

"Then you give ten copper dollars."

"can."

The old craftsman said: "You want the pattern to be simple. I can outline the general shape of a squirrel with a few knives. Although it is not so detailed, it can definitely be recognized at a glance. You don't need much knife work. You sit by the side and wait a while." , I'll be done soon."

Shen Chengrun sat aside and waited for about an hour, and the old craftsman only had to finish it.The finished product is more delicate than Shen Chengrun imagined.

"It's beautiful, thank you."

The old craftsman said: "As long as you like it, come here anytime if you need it next time."