Mountain and Forest Kingdom

The weather is getting warmer and the fish are beginning to swim in the clear water.

"Quaaaah~"

Yu Bao took the harpoon and struck at the stream in front of his house.

It grabbed the wooden stick of the harpoon with both hands and slammed the metal harpoon into the one-meter-deep stream water again and again.

The fish in the stream ran out quickly, and a lot of waves fell in the bright sunshine.

The dogs and people nearby are not surprised by this, and the women are busy clearing the weeds in the flower and vegetable fields, or taking the picked wild vegetables home.

The sun is very comfortable at two or three o'clock in the afternoon. Some children who are not yet sensible are basking in the sun with their mothers and grandmothers. The older children go to a nearby church to learn cultural classes.

The manor is a very comfortable place. People living here are basically middle and upper class people, and they are also old-fashioned star people.

The fish treasure is calling its good friends from far away to come and play. Its little fish monster brother went to the forest river downstream to help take care of the big fish pond today, and it is almost time to come back.

Just when Yubao called for his little brother, Lana came back from outside with two little nuns.

This year, there are two more nuns in the monastery. They are children sent by nobles from outside and they are also the daughters of frontline soldiers. The prophet of mercy has added more than ten little nuns this year.

Lana took two nuns to pick eggs from the chicken coop. This is something both children and Lana like to do, and picked up three baskets of fresh eggs for dinner.

"Yu Bao, stop playing and go see if the quilt is dry."

Yu Bao remembered that he wet the bed and soiled the quilt this morning, quickly took back the harpoon and stood up straight.

"Oh!" Yu Bao agreed obediently and ran to the high hillside.

There are wooden poles standing on the high hillside, and ropes hang between the wooden poles. On the ropes, white clothes, sheets, and heavy quilts are hung to dry.

Yu Bao quickly ran to the Shanfeng Clothes Drying Ground. The light slanting on the sloping hillside made the quilt nearby feel warm to the touch.

Yubao quickly hid in a quilt hung on a rope.

The heavy quilt was hung on the left and right sides of the rope. Yu Bao's head and arms held open the quilts falling on both sides, forming a triangular quilt nest.

Yu Bao found a big quilt for himself and Lana. There were several square patches on it, and there were also many yellow stains on it.

Looking at the traces of bedwetting that were still not washed away, Yu Bao looked very embarrassed.

After thinking for several minutes, I couldn't think of a good solution. Yu Bao also sprayed water on himself before to try to clean it, but it couldn't be cleaned.

Lana and the nuns had no choice but to wait until next year for a new quilt.

Just give this to puppies.

Yu Bao has lived here for more than a year and has long been familiar with various things.

Just when Yu Bao generally didn't want to care about this matter, the steam train whistle sounded in the distance.

Yu Bao quickly popped his head out of the quilt and looked in the direction of Oak City.

There are three locomotives passing by the manor, and each train has a different whistle.

The bus that rang today was the Prophet's bus. Sometimes the Prophet would come every day to learn about craftsmen and fertilizers, and sometimes he would come once every two or three days.

He usually doesn't come here when it rains. Every day when it rains, Yu Bao will lazily eat and sleep at home, or go with the watchdog to listen to the nuns singing.

As soon as Lawrence got off the train, he saw Yu Bao riding a dog over to say hello.

Yubao's body grows slower than that of a dog. The dog he raised has grown to the size of an adult goat, but Yubao remains the same.

On the contrary, the fish monster has grown by thirty or forty pounds, its height and waistline have increased, and its arms and legs have become stronger.

"Yubao, what's going on?"

Yu Bao quickly brought out a girl's pants and pointed to the yellow urine stains on them that couldn't be washed away.

Yubao is not the only one who wets the bed, normal children will wet the bed.

Lawrence asked curiously: "What's wrong with these clothes?"

Yu Bao stretched out his hand, tapped the yellow area on it with a finger slightly larger than his finger, and then pointed to the clean area.

"Ah wow!"

Lawrence generally understood that although Yubao couldn't speak human language, his mental fluctuations were close to those of a wizard to a certain extent. It was easy to understand Yubao's words when he was emotional.

"Don't worry, I understand what you mean. You want to clean these pants, right?"

Lawrence didn't want to communicate with Yu Bao through intense emotions, so he gently comforted Yu Bao.

Yu Bao nodded happily, "Oh~"

Lawrence smiled, "It's very simple. Let's go to the monastery. We should be able to wash it off with toothpaste and soda."

Yubao followed Lawrence to the monastery on his big dog.

As Lawrence walked, he explained the specific reasons to Yu Bao.

"Many of the foreign students and nuns in the convent have studied chemistry at Saint Lady's College. If you encounter a problem that you can't solve, you can first turn to the nuns around you."

"Not all nuns are like Lana. In fact, some nuns are very good and smart, and have many smart ways to solve problems."

Yu Bao nodded sheepishly, "Oh..."

Lawrence comforted him and said, "Don't tell Lana. In fact, Lana is also very good. She is just not good at studying."

"Ugh!" Yubao happily agreed this time, and he would definitely not tell Lana.

Lawrence came here today to talk about the steam train, but this kind of thing can be done every day, so it’s not so urgent.

Soon Lawrence entered the monastery and called the nuns to wash the clothes again and study how to make the clothes cleaner.

Children wetting the bed is very common in the monastery, and it is also a troublesome thing in the ice land of this era.

Compared with the improvement of steam locomotives, it is also very important to integrate the most suitable washing process and study the correct soap formula.

Is it better to wash clothes with cold water or hot water?

How to clean different stains such as oil stains, milk stains, urine stains, soup and rice soup respectively.

These seem to be insignificant things, but Lawrence is very serious.

"I will stay here today, and I will send someone to invite nuns and maids from Pumixiu Town, Dum Port, and Oak City to come and help. Let's continue to study this together from tomorrow."

Stana asked: "Master, your time is very precious, why spend time on such meaningless little things?"

Not only Stana thought so, the nuns in the monastery also felt that Lawrence should do more important things.

Even if it is to enjoy a comfortable life, it is a hundred times more important than studying how to wash clothes here.

Facing everyone's doubts and misunderstandings, Lawrence explained the reasons seriously.

"I hope you will not only learn how to wash clothes, but more importantly, I hope everyone can learn this research method and find this exploration behavior interesting."

"Not only in washing clothes, the current Ice Land is rich enough, and many people don't need to fight for food and clothes."

"After having enough time, I hope everyone can enjoy life with me, and I hope everyone can not only enjoy, but also create more comfortable and beautiful conditions."

"Don't be like a pig, eat, drink and sleep. After working to meet the basic living conditions, use your free time on things you are interested in."

"If you are a housewife taking care of children, you can think about how to wash clothes better and faster, instead of getting used to it and not wanting to care about anything, just dealing with it every day."

"The same is true for food. Delicious food is never inherited, but It is created!"

"The delicacies here a hundred years ago, I don't think they are delicacies now, they are not even pig food!"

"Will our current food still be considered delicacies in the next hundred years, five hundred years?"

"Creativity! I hope that we can not only use our diligence and wisdom in washing clothes, but also use our creativity in food and more aspects! Use your imagination!"

Lawrence introduced: "The craftsmen in Ironforge, the boatmen in Dum Port, and the carpenters in Flying Fish Port, many people are using their own creativity."

"In the future, I hope to see everyone come up with delicious food, novel technology, beautiful songs, and vivid dances."

The inventory in Lawrence's mind has almost run out. Fortunately, a stable kingdom has been established now, and many new-age ice people who are willing to think have been cultivated.

Every era will not lack people who dare to think, nor will there be people with wild imagination.

Lawrence is rich and willing to accept those talented people. His country is stable and strong, and the most important thing is open-mindedness, allowing multiple schools to compete with each other.

Under the powerful appeal, outstanding female nobles and nuns and maids from several places gathered in the manor.

Originally thought to be a very important matter, but when they arrived, they found out that it was a study on washing clothes.

Many people held a basin of cold water, with a puzzled look on their faces.

Lawrence would not let people work with doubts, and quickly explained it again.

After the explanation, they knew what to do.

While Lawrence and the nuns recorded various research processes, Lana and Yubao were responsible for drying clothes.

Lana looked at Lawrence and the nuns washing clothes by the water strangely.

"Okay, what clothes are you washing?" Lana wrung the clothes in her hands with both hands, and then threw them into an empty basin.

"Woo ah!" Yubao responded casually, and also used her feet to step on the wooden basin with wet clothes to step on the water inside.

Lana saw Yubao like this, and casually said: "You play here, I'm going to work."

"Woo ah~" Yubao didn't have to go to work today. The prophet said that as long as he washed clothes, he would be paid, and if there was a good idea, he would also be rewarded.

Lana quickly went to dry the clothes. When Yubao was young, he couldn't move heavy things, so Lana didn't let Yubao do heavy work.

In fact, Yubao is quite strong, but he doesn't like to show off violence like the fish monster.

After stepping on the clothes again, Yubao quickly picked up the dirty skirt of the child and took a look.

The skirt was clean and there was no dirt.

Yubao stepped on the leather sandals with satisfaction, fastened the buttons with his hands, and ran to Lawrence with the clothes to get the money.

"Gua Wow~"

Lawrence was recording various methods with the nuns. When he saw Yubao coming with a clean wet clothes, he took it and looked at it.

"Well, it's washed very clean. Did you wash it?"

Yubao nodded quickly and made a stepping action with his feet.

Lawrence had just paid attention to the situation over there and knew that Yubao used stepping.

"Very good, I'll give you a chicken leg for lunch and give you five copper coins."

Yubao happily accepted this reward. He made money again today!

Aruchu inquired, “Prophet, I also washed clothes, why did I not receive any reward?”

Lawrence touched Aruchu's head, "Good question, first of all, you are too weak, the clothes are not clean."

"Second, the method you use is almost the same as the previous method, there is no difference."

"Yubao is not playing or being lazy when washing clothes, but providing a direction for washing clothes."

Lawrence pointed to the nun who was washing clothes next to him.

"You can take a closer look at the difference in the clothes everyone is washing. The soap we are using now has a weak decontamination ability, and it is difficult to wash clothes as clean as new clothes."

Lawrence picked up the dirty clothes in the bucket, grabbed the clothes with both hands and simply rubbed the dirty places.

"Simply rubbing, like this, can only remove the oil and sweat stains on the surface of the clothes. If you don't have enough strength, you can't wash it clean, and it's easy to tear the clothes."

"Use a wooden stick or gravity to repeatedly hit the clothes, so that the dirt between the fibers of the clothes can be removed."

"You see, when the wet clothes are wrapped together, a small space is formed in the clothes, and some water is hidden in the gaps in the wool of the clothes."

"After stepping on it suddenly, or hitting it with a wooden stick, the water inside will be transmitted in all directions, and the water will take away the dirt on the rope when it flows out."

"After these dirt is loosened, it can be washed clean with water."

Lawrence briefly explained the principle. These were known a long time ago, but he wanted the nuns to figure it out by themselves. Lawrence felt that he could not lead them for a lifetime, and needed to cultivate the research awareness of the rest.

Aruchu and many nuns didn't understand what Lawrence was talking about.

Lawrence looked around and found that several nuns were thinking about something.

In any case, even if only one was willing to think about it, Lawrence felt that he had not wasted his words.

The happiest thing is that Lawrence is very satisfied with Yubao's potential. Yubao doesn't understand the principle, but he can always find a good way to solve the problem.

In a good mood, Lawrence took the initiative to say: "Spring and summer are the times when clothes are most likely to get dirty. I plan to use the water flow in spring and summer to make a special drum washing machine for washing clothes!"

"This will save a lot of laundry work in the future, allowing the nuns in the monastery to have more time to study and rest."

Technology is for life and for lazy people.

Lawrence is not only lazy himself, but also willing to help others solve the heavy labor work and have more lazy time.

The nuns don't know what a washing machine is, nor do they know that their great master is saving them from the heavy laundry work.

Every month, at least thirty hours of free time are won for them, without any bloody struggles, nor do they need to fight for it from generation to generation. (End of this chapter)