I must have gotten excited about playing, but I thought it was too slow to pick it up with the chopsticks, so I just started grabbing it.

Li Mengxi went over, grabbed his brother's little hand, and threw the fishy fish intestines back into the basket.

Now I have to go to the military doctor to get some water to wash my hands.

Li Mengxi glanced at the basket. There were still a lot of fish intestines, fish and offal in the basket, and the ducks were far from finished.

Li Mengxi looked at the duck again. Because it was dark, the duck tied to the wheel was lying down and motionless.

The duck must have been full, so he stopped eating.

Ducks are also intelligent. If they are full, they will starve to death if they eat again.

Very good. There are enough fish intestines to feed the ducks. If there is enough to feed the ducks and enough nutrition, the duck eggs will not be a problem.

Li Mengxi was about to take his younger brother back to the baggage team to see if the food was ready and then go back to eat.

The old man who knew how to make bows and arrows came over and said that the isinglass was ready.

Then go take a look first.

Li Mengxi followed the old man to a bonfire. Hanging on the bonfire was a small earthenware jar. In the earthenware jar, there was some white jelly-like stuff, which was not obviously the glue made from fish maws.

Li Mengxi was very curious about isinglass. He was wondering, how sticky is this thing?

Li Mengxi, who was very curious, took a thin wooden board and dug out some isinglass from the earthen pot, ready to try it after it cooled down.

Li Mengxi asked the old man if the isinglass was ready so quickly, didn't he need to add any secret ingredients?

The old man opened his toothless mouth and laughed.

"What's the secret recipe? Just use glue!"

Then, Li Mengxi asked the old man about other details of making bows and arrows, such as bow strings and bow arm materials.

When it came to what the old man was good at, he couldn't stop talking as soon as he started talking. He told Li Mengxi all about making bows from beginning to end.

Finally, Li Mengxi smiled and said to the old man, "Old man, you are the only bow craftsman in our army. When our army settles down in the future, there will be elders who can make crossbows for our army."

When the old man heard this, he smiled happily and said, "Easy to say, easy to say!"

"Old man, when the isinglass is boiled, give it to Lu Li and let him mend the boat. My brother and I will go back first." Li Mengxi said goodbye to the old man politely.

No wonder some leaders like to write blank checks.

Although it is not authentic, it is useful.

You see, Li Mengxi told the old craftsmen that in the future, all the bows and crossbows in the army would depend on the old people.

This is tantamount to saying that we should reuse it for the elderly in the future.

The old craftsman was overjoyed when he got the promise, but little did he know that Li Mengxi just said it casually.

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When we got back to the baggage team, the meal was already started and everyone else was already eating.

Li Mengxi and his brother came back and were just in time for dinner.

Skillfully picking up the wooden spoon, he cut the fish head into the earthen pot twice to separate the fish head from the body. Then, Li Mengxi served himself and his brother a fish head each and wanted to finish the fish head.

Have some porridge again.

The cook who was guarding the stove looked at it but hesitated to speak.

"Commander, I think you enjoy eating fish heads. Is there anything to eat from this fish head?" the cook couldn't help but ask.

Li Mengxi thought for a while and decided to teach the cook the secret of eating fish heads.

"If you do this, take the fish head and suck it here. There is fish marrow inside." Li Mengxi pointed it out to the cook.

Then, the secret of the fish head was known to another person.

The cook picked up a fish head and tried it. Sure enough, the fish marrow was extremely delicious, which surprised the cook.

"Is it delicious?" Li Mengxi asked with a smile.

The cook nodded repeatedly.

Fish cooked in plain water always lacks flavor.

Li Mengxi thought again, it would be great if there were Sichuan peppercorns.

Unfortunately, today, the traveling caravan bought reed ducks and even half a truckload of wheat straw, but they did not buy back the pepper trees.

If there are pepper leaves, the fish soup will taste several times more delicious.

The younger brother had been playing like crazy for a long time. Maybe he was thirsty. After nibbling on a fish head, he said, "Brother, I want some soup." The younger brother raised the bowl.

Li Mengxi added a spoonful of fish soup to his brother.

The younger brother held the bowl and drank a few sips, "I still want to drink." The younger brother raised the bowl again.

Li Mengxi asked his brother if the fish soup tasted good.

My brother said it tasted delicious.

Does it taste good? Li Mengxi was surprised.

Then Li Mengxi asked the cook again if the fish soup was delicious.

The cook also said that the fish soup was delicious.

Hey, others say it tastes good, but I don’t think it tastes good. Is it because I’m being pretentious or because I’m naughty?

It should be the latter. It comes from an era when diet was developed. A pack of spicy strips was a rare delicacy in the late Han Dynasty. Therefore, the fish soup that the ancients thought was delicious tasted as bland as water to Li Mengxi.

After eating, Li Mengxi looked for water to wash his brother's hands.

The younger brother's hands were sticky because he grabbed the fish offal with his hands. No matter how he washed them, he couldn't wash them well. Not only was he unable to wash his hands well, but Li Mengxi's own hands also became sticky after washing his hands.

Li Mengxi frowned. If only there was soap, soap would be so powerful at removing oil.

Otherwise, take the time to try some soap and try to figure it out.

The two things needed were grease and alkaline solution. The grease was only animal fat. There was a heavy rain that day, and a cow and a mule were killed by the heavy rain. Butter can also be used to make soap. Moreover, it is said that butter

Handmade soap feels great and is an excellent skin care product.

Boil some butter, add some plant ash solution, and maybe soap will become it.

With that decided, Li Mengxi decided to see if he could get the soap out tomorrow.

"Brick, don't grab it with your hands next time, look at what you got on your hands." Li Mengxi educated his younger brother.

"Oh!" The younger brother puffed up his mouth like a little frog.

Isinglass, after eating, the isinglass should have cooled down. Li Mengxi picked up the isinglass on the wooden board and squeezed it. It was really soft and sticky. Li Mengxi took the isinglass in his hand like plasticine and squeezed it.

Immediately, Li Mengxi felt the strong stickiness of the isinglass. His fingers were stained by the isinglass, and he had to use considerable strength to separate his fingers.

"F*ck." Li Mengxi blurted out the word "f*ck."

The stickiness of isinglass exceeds any daily glue that Li Mengxi has come into contact with before.

What is daily glue? It refers to the liquid glue used to stick paper in stationery, as well as solid glue, white glue used for woodworking, and 502 glue used to stick plastics. Li Mengxi has used these glues, and they are all

Zeng tried his best to smear all these glues on his hands, but these glues were not as sticky as fish glue.

Although 502 glue is very strong, there is one thing. This glue is very corrosive. If it touches the hands, a layer of the skin will be glued off. The two fingers will be stuck together. Then, if the fingers are pressed with a little force, the fingers will be separated.

A layer of dead skin was also peeled off.

It's like isinglass, you can't shake it off once it's stuck.

The younger brother saw Li Mengxi playing with isinglass, and he also stood on tiptoe to play with the glue.

"Brother, can you give me something to play with?" The younger brother stretched out his hand to ask for it.

The isinglass handle is sticky and not fun at all.

"Here you go." Li Mengxi threw all the isinglass into his brother's hands in disgust.

The younger brother happily took the isinglass, squeezed it in his hand curiously, and when he was about to open his hand, he immediately felt that his hand was not open enough.

"F*ck!" The younger brother learned a lot about his appearance and tone, and learned the essence of Li Mengxi's swear words.

Li Mengxi frowned slightly.

The younger brother opened his hands with difficulty, then couldn't help his curiosity, pinched his hands together again, and opened his hands again, but it was still difficult to open his hands.

"Fuck!" She said dirty words in a childish voice.

Li Mengxi reached out and lightly hit his brother on the head, "Brick, you can't say shit, this is a dirty word, it's not good."

The younger brother raised his head and stared with big blank eyes, "But brother, you just said it."

"It's not right for me to say bad words."

"But you just said it, and I heard it."

Li Mengxi:......

When his younger brother asked what the hell did he mean, Li Mengxi had a dark look on his face.
To be continued...