Chapter 246 - 248: Helping to Unclog the Milk

Chapter 246: Chapter 248: Helping to Unclog the Milk

"What are you looking at? Hurry up! Get the salt out of the lake."

"We finally get some help, and it turns out to be a female. I don’t know what the boss was thinking."

Su Nuannuan was scolded, so she could only avert her gaze. Her hands stiffly gripped the wooden stick, stirring the brine.

She had thought that by entering the city-state, she could showcase her salt making technique and earn Dongfang Luanhe’s trust.

Who would have known she’d be sent to this remote, quiet, third-rate salt lake to scrape up some leftover salt?

She wanted to purify the salt, but there wasn’t any pottery to be seen, so she could only look around for some.

However, she hadn’t been looking for long before she was put to work.

She didn’t seek refuge in the city-state just to do manual labor. ’Stirring brine with a wooden stick? What’s the point of stirring this?’

’No, I can’t let this go on. It’s been days, and I’m still just stirring salt. I have to find a way to let Dongfang Luanhe know about my abilities.’

Su Nuannuan stirred for a while longer before finally spotting the foreman approaching. Her eyes lit up. She put down the wooden stick and went over to him. "I can make salt. Could you get me some pottery jars? About half a person tall."

Hearing this, the black wolf foreman laughed out loud. "You can make salt? Big deal. Who here doesn’t know how to make salt?"

"It’s different! The salt I make is white and fine. You’ll see if you just get me the pottery jars," Su Nuannuan explained eagerly.

"White and fine? Heh, for such a little female, you’ve got a big mouth. White and fine, you say? If you could really make salt that white and fine, Leader Lu Ming wouldn’t have thrown you out here."

"Pah! ’Just get me pottery jars.’ Do you think something as precious as pottery is something you can just ask for and get?" The black wolf foreman immediately spat in Su Nuannuan’s direction.

Just some female from the outside, asking for a pottery jar half a person tall the moment she opens her mouth. She’s got some nerve.

Pottery was such a high-class item. Besides the Young Master, how could ordinary Beastmen like them possibly use such a thing, let alone one that was half a person tall?

The foreman’s cold mockery brought Su Nuannuan back to her senses.

’Pottery is still a very precious thing in their eyes. It’s not like back in the Black Pig Tribe, where I had already fired a lot of pottery, so using it to purify salt was an easy matter.’

At that moment, Su Nuannuan suddenly felt that the city-state wasn’t as amazing as the legends claimed. At least in terms of the prevalence of pottery, it wasn’t used as much as in the Wolf Clan or her former Black Pig Clan.

But now wasn’t the time to think about that. The other’s insults angered Su Nuannuan, but after calming down, she knew she couldn’t blame them. Since this group of people didn’t know how to make pottery, of course they would consider it precious.

’It seems that if I want to purify salt, I’ll have to fire a few large pottery jars myself first.’

After he finished speaking, the foreman looked her up and down. "Listen, female. If you really can’t hack it, you can just leave the city-state. Once you contract a few Beastmen, you won’t have to worry about food. Why be so stubborn about staying here?"

The foreman was also very confused as to why this female was so determined to stay.

Su Nuannuan didn’t say anything. She was thinking about what her best course of action would be.

Seeing that Su Nuannuan wasn’t taking the hint, the foreman didn’t say any more and turned to leave.

Su Nuannuan’s eyes darted around. She looked at the few Beastmen scooping salt nearby and walked over to them with a delicate air. "Could you big brothers help me with something?"

Seeing such a beautiful female asking for their help, the Beastmen immediately and happily nodded.

That evening, after they finished their work, they went to the outskirts and dug up some clay.

A few Wolf-eared Beastmen rolled out coils of clay while Su Nuannuan was in charge of shaping the pottery. After working all night, they finally managed to form a pottery jar.

Then they gathered some firewood and started a fire on the outskirts of the city.

On the palace’s observation deck, Dongfang Luanhe sat sipping fruit wine.

Suddenly, his gaze swept over the area and he noticed the red glow of a fire not far away. His eyes narrowed slightly as he said to Lu Ming at his side, "Go see what’s going on over there."

’Daring to start a fire on the city’s outskirts... they’ve got some nerve.’

Lu Ming vanished in a flash and ran over. He returned a short while later to report, "Young Master, it’s that female who claimed she could make salt. She’s over there, firing pottery."

"Firing pottery? There have been more and more strange things happening these past few days. First, someone brought highly pure salt, and now a female knows how to fire pottery. This is getting more and more interesting."

"Young Master, I’ll go bring her here right now."

"No need. Let her fire it. I’d like to see what she’s up to."

"I think I heard that she’s firing pottery to make a large jar for purifying salt."

"Purifying salt with a pottery jar... I’ve never heard of that. Keep an eye on her. Let her do whatever she wants, and report back to me at all times."

"Yes."

The next day, just as Dongfang Luanhe got up and was about to eat, Lu Ming came in to report, "Young Master, the female has finished firing the pottery jar."

"Oh? So fast? How did it turn out?"

Lu Ming shook his head. "It has a lot of cracks. It can’t compare to the city-state’s."

"The fact that she could make one at all is impressive. It seems she has some brains after all. Pass down the order: get some salt for her and let her try to purify it. Let’s see what she can come up with."

When Su Nuannuan learned that Dongfang Luanhe wanted her to make salt, she was busy looking for grass to burn into plant ash.

Yesterday, when she was making the pottery, she had originally planned to burn the grass at the same time. However, the Beastmen accompanying her stopped her, saying that starting a fire on the outskirts of the city would be seen as a provocation by the City Lord, who might launch an attack.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, she had to abandon her plan to burn the grass and instead find some inside the city-state to burn herself.

Who would have thought that after searching all over, she couldn’t find any grass, but she did see a lot of flowers. The moment she thought of reaching for them, a Golden Eagle descended from the sky and pecked toward her eyes.

Su Nuannuan could only dodge to the side, but as luck would have it, the eagle dropped a load of white poop right on her hair.

Disgusted, she grabbed a nearby leaf to wipe her hair, but when the bird saw this, it pooped even more.

Su Nuannuan was furious and waved her hands to make it leave. However, the bird became even more outrageous, extending its talons as if to grab her hair.

Su Nuannuan’s face filled with terror, afraid of losing her hair again.

Besides, she had a bald spot on the back of her head, and it would be very ugly if it were exposed.

So she could only lower her hands and let the bird poop on her head.

When Lu Ming arrived with his men, he saw Su Nuannuan standing completely still like an idiot, while the Golden Eagle perched on her head and pooped.

He frowned. ’And the Young Master actually thinks someone like this is smart?’

For the first time, Lu Ming doubted his Young Master’s judgment.

He let out a whistle, and the Golden Eagle instantly quieted down and flew up into the sky.

He glanced at Su Nuannuan, intending to speak to her seriously, but when he saw her head covered in white bird droppings, he couldn’t help the corner of his mouth from twitching. He averted his gaze and said:

"The Young Master has agreed to let you make salt. Here is the crude salt that was collected. If you need anything, you can tell the foremen. They will help you."

"Really?" Su Nuannuan was overjoyed to hear this. ’The Young Master has finally recognized my talent!’

However, the moment she moved, the bird droppings slid down from her hair and fell into her mouth.

The people around them saw this comical scene and burst out laughing.

Lu Ming really couldn’t bear to watch anymore. He gave a perfunctory nod and left.

Su Nuannuan hadn’t expected to be in such an embarrassing situation.

She shot a dark glare at the Golden Eagle before looking away.

’Once I’m done making the salt, I’ll come back and deal with you.’

She spat the bird droppings out of her mouth and glared at the laughing crowd. "What are you laughing at? Didn’t you hear the Young Master say that you are all to listen to me? I need plant ash. You lot, go get me some, now!"

...

Before Su Luoluo had even left for breakfast, Cai Xia brought some over to her. "Luoluo, have some fish soup this morning. It’s nutritious."

Su Luoluo said, a little embarrassed, "I’m sorry to trouble you, Cai Xia, bringing me fish soup so early in the morning."

Cai Xia was full of warmth. "Why are you being so polite with me?" After speaking, she glanced at Su Luoluo’s chest. "Luoluo, how’s your milk coming in? You’re so big there, you should have plenty of milk!"

Su Luoluo, who was in the middle of sipping her soup, nearly spat it out when she heard that.

’Milk!’

’This is what being a mom is really like, huh? It’s all about milk now.’

Su Luoluo had never given birth during the Post-apocalypse and hadn’t thought about the issue of breast milk. Now that Cai Xia brought it up, she suddenly realized, ’Don’t tell me I have to breastfeed!’

The thought of seven or eight little cubs buried in her chest, drinking milk, gave Su Luoluo the distinct image of a sow nursing her piglets!

She forced down a mouthful of fish soup and said with an awkward smile, "I-I don’t know about that. Maybe I don’t have any milk!"

She didn’t feel any different.

Hearing this, Cai Xia frowned. "How could you not have any milk? Later, have your Beastman help you clear your ducts!"

’C-Clear... clear my ducts!’

’Is that "clearing my ducts" in the way I think it is?’

Before Su Luoluo could recover from her shock, Luan Ting arrived with the little wolf cubs.

When Cai Xia saw Luan Ting, she said very naturally, "Perfect timing. The little wolf cubs need to drink milk. Luan Ting, you can help Luoluo clear her milk ducts!"

This time, Su Luoluo’s face turned completely red. ’How could Cai Xia say something like that so casually!’

The deadliest part was that after hearing this, Luan Ting nodded and actually agreed without a moment’s hesitation.

Su Luoluo: "!!!"

’Oh my god, just thinking about that scene makes my toes curl so hard they might just break.’