NOVEL NEXT Chapter 236 Making Ice from Saltpeter
As she said that, the old lady stretched out her hand and wiped it on the ice cube. Her hand was full of water:
“Ouch, so much water has turned out.
If such a large piece of ice is left like this, it will melt in a whole day at most, right?
I heard that they sell such a piece of ice for hundreds of coins outside! It really hurts.
Where is the ice water that has melted away? It's obviously silver. "
The old lady felt heartbroken and wished she could take the ice cube out and exchange it for money with someone else.
Usually at this time, Cheng Qianqian has the best relationship with the old lady, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
"Sister, stay next to the ice, it's so cool and comfortable!"
Su Erya pulled Su Daya and moved closer to the ice while others were not paying attention.
"Mom, it's very hot over there. When my little sister comes back, ask her to send some ice cubes over there too.
Hong'er and Xi'er both had fever and rashes and couldn't sleep well at night. "
The ice cubes here are so cool that the cycads who came over for dinner were reluctant to go back.
Hearing Su Tieniu say this, Wang next to her quietly rolled her eyes.
It seems that in Su Tieniu's heart, those two women are the most precious now, right?
"What?"
The old lady looked at the surface of the ice in front of her, which was melting into water, and she felt heartbroken.
Su Tieniu also has a red mouth and white teeth, such a mouth.
Ask Su Qiumei to send ice cubes to their rental house over there. What are you thinking?
If it weren't for her daughter, thinking of her as her biological mother, she would have delivered the ice cubes to her home.
As a mother, she couldn't bear to talk to her like this.
Why is Cycas Tieniu doing this?
"Who do you think your little sister is? Those ice cubes don't belong to her alone. She carries everything home, so aren't you afraid of her opinions from above?"
The old lady was unhappy.
If Su Tieniu said that the two male grandsons, Su Dagui and Su Dacai, had a rash, the old lady would feel even more distressed.
Once she is unhappy, many people will dislike her:
"Okay, you're done eating. Go back to your room."
After finishing chasing Su Tieniu, his eyes fell on the two sisters Su Daya and Su Erya.
Seeing them squatting next to the ice cubes to soak up the air-conditioning, she became angry again:
"You two should hurry up and do what you are doing. On such a hot day, don't let the heat on your bodies melt the ice.
This ice cube is very expensive outside.
All of them are from the countryside, with rough skin and thick flesh. How can they imitate the city people and use ice cubes to cool down? "
"Mom, let me ask someone to help you carry this ice cube into your house. It will melt faster if you put it outside."
Anyway, there is already a big ice cube in Cheng Qianqian's room.
She was happy to be a good and sensible daughter-in-law in front of the old lady.
"Well, that's right. These are all silver! It's the third child who knows how to run the house."
Hearing what Cheng Qianqian said, the old lady smiled and narrowed her eyes.
Therefore, the old lady also praised her without hesitation.
the next day.
Gu Yuncheng signed an agreement with King Kang.
“When will our store open?”
Gu Yunyue rubbed her hands together, as if she was ready for a big fight.
"Don't worry, they are still copying the method of making ice. I will ask them to distribute it quietly tomorrow."
Gu Yunqi already has hundreds of steps for making ice.
“Now, the second prince cannot openly confront the eldest prince.
It would be better to wait until the method of making ice is revealed before opening in a few days. "
"Ok!"
Gu Yuncheng nodded, he agreed with Chu Mingfan's statement.
After thinking for a while, he said, "The people from the hot pot restaurant have been going to the opposite side with great fanfare these past two days to buy some ice cubes."
In the past few days, Shangguan Siyi was very satisfied with the money earned by the originally quiet hot pot restaurant from selling ice cubes.
In order to quickly accumulate more wealth, he has sent people to the surrounding towns to open a few more shops specializing in ice cubes.
But he felt that it was too troublesome and time-consuming to go to pharmacies one by one to buy saltpeter.
Shangguan Siyi thought that King Kang had a saltpeter mine, so he planned to go there in two days.
When he has some free time, go to King Kang to talk to him about supplying goods.
Unfortunately, plans don’t come as quickly as changes happen.
It was the fifth day of selling ice cubes in his shop.
In the streets and alleys of the whole capital, people are talking about using saltpeter to make ice.
Everyone wanted to buy saltpeter to take home and try to make ice by themselves.
But I am troubled by the fact that some time ago, someone bought all the saltpeter from all the medicine shops in the capital.
Su Qiumei has been paying attention to the sales of ice cubes.
I soon discovered that fewer and fewer people came to buy ice, which was a huge gap compared to the previous few days.
After asking people to inquire, they found out that the people already knew how to make ice, but now they were struggling to buy saltpeter.
Everyone is now in a wait-and-see period, unable to buy homemade ice cubes made with saltpeter, and no longer coming to their store to queue up to buy ice.
On Su Qiumei's fifth day of selling ice cubes, they were not far from their hotpot restaurant.
There was actually a shop that specialized in selling saltpeter.
The people watching had long wanted to buy some saltpeter and try to see if they could actually make ice cubes.
After finally waiting for the firecrackers to go off, everyone rushed to the counter.
"Shopkeeper, I heard that ice can be made from saltpeter. I wonder if this is true?"
"Yes! Is your saltpeter the kind that can make ice? We don't want the ones that can't make ice."
The people gathered around the counter asked the shopkeeper one question after another.
"Everyone, please be patient."
The shopkeeper asked someone to bring a chair, and he stood on the chair.
He stretched out his hands and made a downward motion towards everyone
“It’s useless for me to just say what everyone is asking me.
Not as good? Let’s try it out on the spot. Seeing is believing. What do you think? "
"Okay! The shopkeeper is so honest! The saltpeter in the shop can really make ice.
If I need saltpeter in the future, I will never buy it from another store. "
"Yes! Me too, I will never buy it elsewhere."
"Me too!"
"..."
Seeing that the shopkeeper was such a down-to-earth person, everyone agreed.
"Go, get a bucket of water, saltpeter and..."
The shopkeeper was secretly happy when he saw everyone making such a promise.
He hurriedly told the waiter to bring up all the materials, containers and other things needed for making ice.
In order for everyone to quickly see the water turn into ice cubes.
The shopkeeper didn't use a lot of water.
In front of everyone, he followed the steps of making ice and showed them step by step.
"Can this be turned into ice?"
"That's right, why do you feel like you're dreaming?"
"Isn't it because they couldn't sell the saltpeter that they deceived us?"
Many people are doubtful.
"Everyone, wait a minute, it's not that fast." The shopkeeper reassured everyone on the side.
after awhile.
"Hey! The water seems to be getting cold."
Some brave ones quietly reached out to touch the water and found that the water had become ice cold.