Chapter 312: Hot Water Cures All Ailments!
Lin Ye and two Horned Girls carried the large bamboo tubes filled with bamboo rice into the brick house.
The Beast-eared Girls had just finished washing the dishes from their meal.
When they saw Lin Ye, Xing, and Yun carrying in a large bamboo tube, they all looked over in confusion.
They carried the bamboo tube to the large room on the other side of the brick house, which was specifically used for storing food.
After placing the bamboo tube, they went out to get another.
When all three bamboo tubes filled with bamboo rice were moved, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls had already cleaned the bamboo tubes used for water.
The Beast-eared Girls who had been inside the brick house before also came out.
As soon as they came out, they started helping the other Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls move these bamboo tubes into the brick house.
Upon entering the brick house, ten bamboo tubes were brought in. Two were placed directly next to the stove for cooking.
The other eight were all put into the storeroom.
Fortunately, Lin Ye had planned ahead and made the storeroom very large.
Otherwise, there would have been no place to store these bamboo tubes.
After the bamboo tubes were put away, everyone started fetching water.
This time, Lin Ye directly dismantled the pulley mechanism used for fetching water.
That device could only fetch one bucket at a time and was very slow.
If they used it to draw water, who knows when they would finish.
With the pulley mechanism removed, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls could directly use wooden buckets tied with hemp rope and throw them into the well to fetch water.
This way, they could fetch several buckets of water at once.
Just like this, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls began to divide the tasks.
The Winged Girls were responsible for carrying the fetched water back to the brick house and pouring it into the large bamboo tubes.
The Beast-eared Girls were also divided into two groups.
One group fetched water.
The other group used a cart to transport the water back.
With the division of labor clear, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls started working energetically.
The sun was bright today, and it was already noon, so the temperature was not cold at all.
After working for a while, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls started to sweat.
They could no longer wear their beast skin coats.
For some reason, Lin Ye hadn’t felt anything when he saw them every day before.
But watching the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls take off their beast skin coats, Lin Ye couldn’t help but look a few times.
This feeling was hard to explain.
Thus, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls continued to work non-stop.
The large bamboo tubes inside the brick house were filled one by one.
More than forty Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls worked together.
Before long, Mingyun returned and called out to everyone.
“Everyone, no need to rush, there’s only one last bamboo tube left.” Hearing Mingyun’s voice, everyone turned to look.
Seeing Mingyun’s smiling face, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls also started to smile.
Hearing that only one bamboo tube was left to be filled, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls worked even harder.
Soon, the Winged Girls returned and told everyone that they were all filled. “Phew!”
One by one, the Beast-eared Girls let out a soft sigh of relief.
Then, happy smiles appeared on their faces.
At this moment, Lin Ye looked up at the sun and said,
“It’s so warm today, how about we take a bath?”
Lin Ye’s voice could be heard, and the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all looked over.
After a moment of silence, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all nodded in agreement.
Seeing that the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls had all agreed, Lin Ye smiled and spoke again. “Okay, then everyone quickly go and get the large bamboo tubes for bathing and bring them here to rinse.” After Lin Ye finished speaking, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all rushed in one direction.
Before long, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls returned carrying many large bamboo tubes.
Then they started fetching water to rinse these large bamboo tubes.
After rinsing them clean, they began to fill these bamboo tubes with water.
This time, the bamboo tubes were by the well, so fetching water was much faster.
The Winged Girls even took bamboo tubes to the water pipes to fill them with water.
Soon, each bamboo tube was filled with half a bucket of water.
This was enough for bathing.
Seeing that the water was all ready, Lin Ye stepped behind and tested the water temperature.
It still felt a little cool, but it was bearable.
So, he was the first to take off his clothes and jump in.
If he didn’t take advantage of the warm weather today to wash, it would be much more troublesome to wash in the brick house later.
When the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls saw Lin Ye take off his clothes and jump into the bamboo tube, a blush appeared on their faces.
Then they all turned and entered the bamboo tubes.
As soon as they entered the bamboo tubes, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls shivered, hugging their arms.
After all, it was deep autumn.
The water temperature was still a bit cold.
However, after adapting for a while, everyone started to feel warm.
At this moment, it was the same as the first time they bathed. A Lian and Lin Ye were in the same bamboo tube again.
This time, Lin Ye clearly noticed that A Lian had indeed grown significantly, and she floated in the water.
If this continued, A Lian might have trouble with her normal life in the future.
He would have to ask Grandma Nanrong how to solve such problems when he had time.
After everyone had adapted, they all started to bathe with laughter and joy.
After bathing for a while, Lin Ye saw that A Lian next to him seemed a little reserved.
She kept her head down, not daring to look up.
At this moment, Lin Ye smiled and said again, “A Lian? Can you help me wash my back again?”
Hearing Lin Ye’s voice, she slightly raised her head and saw Lin Ye smiling at her.
A Lian also nodded gently.
Then Lin Ye turned around and climbed onto the edge of the bamboo tube, letting A Lian wash his back.
But after turning his head, Lin Ye suddenly realized.
On the edges of the other Beast-eared Girls’ and Winged Girls’ bamboo tubes, their beast skin clothes were draped.
Seeing this scene, Lin Ye’s breathing suddenly quickened.
At this moment, A Lian behind Lin Ye moved to wipe Lin Ye’s back.
But her body lost its balance.
“Ah~!”
With A Lian’s scream, she fell onto Lin Ye’s back.
Lin Ye, being pushed down, was fine.
However, A Lian fell face-first onto him.
Lin Ye was naked, and A Lian’s beast skin clothes were also taken off. The feeling of her pressing down made Lin Ye’s eyes light up.
After falling, A Lian also steadied herself by holding onto the edge of the bamboo tube.
A look of lingering fear appeared on her face.
Lin Ye turned to look at A Lian and asked with a smile, “Are you okay?”
Hearing Lin Ye’s voice, A Lian quickly shook her head at him.
Seeing this, Lin Ye didn’t say anything and turned his head back.
This meant he wanted A Lian to continue washing his back.
Thus, Lin Ye took a bath with the scenery in front of him and the Milkmaid Girl behind him serving him.
After finishing, Lin Ye climbed out of the bamboo tube.
There was no wind today, and the sun was quite warm.
Even though his body was wet, he didn’t feel any cold.
Lin Ye glanced around and looked at the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls.
He smacked his lips twice and said,
“Hurry up, don’t bathe for too long. It will get cold if the wind picks up later.”
Hearing Lin Ye’s words, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all nodded at him.
Seeing the three Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls nodding at him, Lin Ye couldn’t help but smile.
Then Lin Ye turned and walked towards the brick house.
After Lin Ye left, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls washed their hair and then got out of the bamboo tubes.
When Lin Ye returned to the brick house, he went straight to the bamboo rice.
These bamboo trees could grow to forty to fifty meters tall and one to two meters thick.
Their seeds were naturally not small.
However, upon seeing the bamboo rice, Lin Ye shook his head and chuckled.
Although bamboo rice was a bamboo seed, bamboo’s main method of reproduction was through bamboo shoots.
Who knew how many bamboo shoots would sprout after a spring rain.
Thinking of his previous idea of planting bamboo, Lin Ye couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh at himself.
However, after some thought, Lin Ye decided to find a place and scatter some bamboo rice in the fields.
Let them fend for themselves.
If a second bamboo forest could appear, it would be excellent.
Before long, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls also finished washing and entered the brick house.
Then, one by one, they all ran to the fireplace.
Lin Ye picked up a pottery jar, filled it with bamboo rice, and came to the dining table.
Seeing that the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls looked very cold, Lin Ye was a little confused.
He looked out the window.
It turned out that the sun outside had disappeared just like that, and a gust of cold wind had begun to blow.
Before long, a light rain (thanks to Zhao) started to fall.
Lin Ye smiled and shook his head, put down the pottery jar, and added more firewood to the fireplace.
Then he added some water to the iron pot and started heating it.
Seeing how cold the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls were,
it was best to drink some hot water so they wouldn’t catch a cold after taking a bath.
As the fire in the fireplace burned brighter and brighter,
the temperature in the brick house also rose.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls also warmed up.
At this time, Lin Ye brought a pot of hot water to the dining table and said to the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls,
“Take your cups and get a cup of hot water. Drink it while it’s hot, so you don’t get sick from your bath.” Hearing Lin Ye mention getting sick, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls
immediately grabbed their cups and gathered around.
This time, nothing was added to the hot water.
Actually, brown sugar could have been added.
But brown sugar water had the same effect as plain boiled water; it just tasted sweeter.
There was not much brown sugar in the tribe, and Lin Ye was saving it to make something else.
After drinking the hot water, the complexions of the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls indeed turned rosy.
They no longer hunched their bodies and huddled together.
Smiles also appeared on the faces of the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls.
Seeing this, Lin Ye also showed a smile.
