beast and charming

Chapter 52 Let's Go Salt Hunting

The Next Day
Doliz wake up with soreness all over her body. No rest can comfort her from the pubic pain. Her stomach made a grumbling sound protesting her to save her energy and care for it first. As She tried to sit straight She could feel the stickiness between Legs. She found the cloudy liquid leaking out from her inside making her frustrated and angry at Monsoon. She looked at the entrance of the chamber finding presence of someone.
Harvey-"You are awake!" He asked sweetly.
Doliz rubbed her eyes-"mmhm"
A Gentle smile curved on his lips-"The Bath water is ready." He carried her in princess style well wrapped in animal skin to the House and Gently put her in the bathtub after removing the animal skin. He rubbed her bare skin with saponin leaves and started bathing her.
Doliz-"Where did you get this from?" The foam of bubbles comforting her.
Harvey-"It was in one of the underground chamber that you discovered earlier. It is always hard to find stuff like this and crystal apple. There is so much demand of them in the market as they are always rare to find. The crystal apple is a miraculous medicine for infertility. Pearl estrus came ahead because of it and not only that, It has the effect to increase the chances of multiple estrus in some cases"
Doliz-"Really! But I won't let Pearl forced to mate. She is minor. She is a Child herself and her body is not mature enough to bear pregnency."
Harvey-"You are right. I am with you."
Doliz-"What about me?"
Harvey-"..."
Doliz-"About the apple."
Harvey-"Your fertility is already highest so it work the other way like aphrodisiac and healing function to the injuries of Ruble." Maybe She will try selling them for more profit but now is not the time. Such miraculous thing is better used in critical situation.
Harvey washed her hair which were so ruff from washing with mud as she don't oil them but now its alright as the saponin is not as strong as mud and her folicle base oil gland which secrete oil wont be blocked.
In the bathtub She also brushed her teeth with prickly fruit as harvey was gently and carefully washing every part of her body with utmost care to hickey.
He dressed her afterward and put the fox cub at her feet. Doliz start breast-feeding him as Harvey feed the Rava idli as breakfast.
Harvey-"Ruble taught me cooking. I want you to be healthy. look how skinny you are after giving birth to snakes. you need to gain weight or else who know when wind blow you away from me." He funnily said as he know how moody Doliz became when it come to eating. well it can't be blamed as she don't have much choices and she don't know cooking many dishes. Thank god Ruble is here and she no longer need to sterve. Her brother ruble is a foodie who always look for new recipe on internet. Even though He always make mistakes about some steps but all in all The final outcome is still acceptable. After all his tiny brain cann't store all the data of recipe. Still better than nothing.
Pearl-"I am bored."
Doliz-"Whats the matter?"
Pearl-"That thing is soo sticky and stuffy. I want to bath but can't go out to river and don't want to dirty the bathtub." She is still new to using cotton pad.
Doliz-"Then you want to dirty the whole river water. are you? bathtub can be washed easily not the river. the whole city depend on it for drinking water. Even though you usually bath there but being in heat, I won't allow you to. I never drink such dirty water."
Pearl-"It is not stagnant but rushing water!"
Doliz-"Still No. The thought give me mental blow never." The girl mood drop down.
After a day rest Doliz stamina laveled up and she start exercise with Harvey. She wants to last longer on the bed and couple thing. Anyway she don't need to do anything as Ruble will handle the veg stuff in the market with money flowing in her pocket without doing anything. What her main focus is to gain weight and better complexion as she can imagine herself like those women loosing their good body complexion after childbirth.
Bai and Lara asked for her vegg to which she ruthlessly told them to buy from the shop. The shop also sells raw veggies as long as someone willing to buy but noone want raw one as they don't know how to cook veggies except boiling. Doliz is not willing to give for free after all She is not running cherity.
Bai and Lara have no choice after all their mate can't find any single of these vegetable and friuts in the forest or anywhere. They wonder where she (Doliz) got so much of it from. They left dejectedly.
That night Ruble came to her with a worried look.
Doliz-"What happened Ruble? Something bothring you!"
Ruble-"Ye-Yes.  Actually We are running short of salt."
Doliz-"Buy more. We didn't lack crystals."
Ruble-"Well actually We did bought but that amount is not enough for more that a week after all salt is bought mainly for females. Our customer population is several time larger than the population of females of whole city."
Doliz-"Well you have a point. we cann't buy salt even with crystals if the city don't have it. beastman don't need salty food as they can directly replanish it with the blood of their hunt. but it is our business we cann't just close down because of it."
Ruble-"That's what I am saying."
Doliz-"Okay looks like we need to make ourself."
Ruble-"Pardon"
Harvey&Shuu&Monsoon-"WHAT!!!!"
Doliz-"Yes YES Thats right ah gosh I almost forgot..How can I. I need to survive the winter and without salt no life oh god." She stood up almost hilariously patting the back of her head so frusturating seems like she need to eat more almonds. 
Shuu-"Wait, salt can be made! only merfolk did make them."
Doliz-"They did doesn't mean other cann't. Right Ruble!"
Ruble-"Exectly but We need ocean water."
Monsoon-"If it's really possible, we don't need to worry about salt exchange with merclan but it still feel like dream, unbelievable."
Harvey-"I don't doubt you mate but this info is history changing if it's true."
So They decided to go salt hunting the whole family as well many helper from Monsoon team ahm His subordinates; Particularly single males without females as they are more free and also because they are now sworn brother of Ruble with many in the hope to court Doliz or Pearl to try out their luck who know if they are accepted.
After three days When Pearl's bleeding finally stopped did they left after all Female safety is top priorty.
Salt it is also not a small matter, at least not for them as well not for her either, as it concern her free income and winter survival of the family.
They departed with the notice of shop closing I doubt anyone read being illiterate. They basically don't need to do anything except eat and s**t and bringing so much extra of curtis skin slough as it is mandatory for salt extraction via osmosis.