Dressed as a farmer group pet

Chapter 55 55 Making Smoothies

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and many people eat ice, especially because the ice melts quickly, so few people let their servants take it home to eat, and they all come to restaurants to eat.

After Xiao Ding's introduction, Jiang Hu and the others learned that eating ice is not expensive, and a bowl of smoothie with dried fruit syrup is only two copper plates.

Of course, this is also relatively speaking. For those who are really short of money, not everyone can spend two coins.

Especially after eating this smoothie, it's gone, it's only cool for a while, and then it's hot or hot, most people are reluctant to bear it.

As for the popsicles that the big baby is thinking about, each one is a copper plate. It is made of cold white cabbage with a little sugar added, and it tastes sweet.

After listening to Xiao Ding's introduction, Jiang Hu was greatly surprised: "Can you make this ice by yourself?"

Xiao Ding raised his eyebrows and said excitedly, "This ice is quite easy to make, but it's a bit time-consuming."

Just when a few people arrived in the backyard, a strong man was fetching water from the well, and when he saw Xiao Ding and a group of people came in, after seeing who it was, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Brother Jiang is here, what dishes did you bring today? "

Jiang Hu was embarrassed: "I'm sorry, Master Zhang, I brought my wife and children to town today, but I didn't bring any food."

Master Zhang is also the chef of Tongfu Restaurant.

Disappointment immediately covered Master Zhang's face, but he still nodded: "It's alright, it's rare for you to bring your wife and children to town, and you can bring the dishes tomorrow."

It's just a pity that I can't eat at noon.

"Master Zhang, the children of Brother Jiang's family want to eat ice, and the shopkeeper asked me to bring them to the kitchen to choose whatever they want. Is there more ice today?"

"There's more, you can go. I'm not busy now. I'll take Brother Jiang and my siblings and nephews to choose."

When the adults were talking, Xiaomi was looking around, leaning on her father's shoulder, and using her father's big head to block the sunlight so that she could see more clearly.

In the backyard, there are many wooden shelves. On top of each wooden shelf, there is a relatively short sink, which is very wide and large. There is not much water in it. In such a hot summer, it can be dried quickly. of the kind.

When Xiaomi saw this, he thought about it a little bit. The little Ding just said that this ice was made by himself, and it was very simple.

After thinking about it, it seems that only saltpeter can make ice cubes on a hot day?
Could it be that the people here know that saltpeter makes ice so quickly?

Looking at it this way, the ice made from saltpeter is not directly edible. After all, ice made from saltpeter is a little toxic, so eating too much is not good.

And these should be the water after the saltpeter ice is melted. If she remembered correctly, the saltpeter ice seems to be reusable.

Sure enough, Xiaomi was muttering in his heart, while Master Zhang explained, he took Jiang Hu and his family into the next room.

As soon as the door opened, a chilly feeling poured out, and Master Zhang just mentioned the problem of saltpeter.

"...But this thing can be rented to the county government every year, but before the fall, it must be returned in full, and the loss cannot exceed one tenth, otherwise it will be punished as treason."

"Not only that, but only an old shop with excellent reputation can rent it. Before renting the ice stone, all the people who work in the shop and the household registration of the three generations of the ancestors have to be checked, and only after they pass can they be rented."

Jiang Hu was speechless: "It's so difficult, isn't it expensive?"

Master Zhang shook his head: "The rent is cheap. Ten kilograms of ice stones cost only one or two silver in a summer. When the business is good, you can earn it back in a few days, but the renting process is troublesome. Getting ready."

Millet pouted, of course, saltpeter is not just for ice making, it seems that saltpeter is also a material for making gunpowder, of course, look at it.

After Master Zhang explained, several people also came to a large desk in the house, and there were many wooden basins on it.

Xiaomi thought, these wooden basins should be ice made of saltpeter, and there are small bamboo tubes inserted in the middle, with a diameter of about four centimeters, pour in sugar water, put a chopstick, and when the ice is ready, you can take it out and eat it directly .

In addition, there are wooden basins with two layers inside and outside. Some wooden basins are frozen inside and outside with ice cubes, and some wooden basins are still half ice and half water.

"The ice made from this ice-making stone cannot be eaten directly, so it is made with water that has been boiled and cooled. If it is cold outside, the water will freeze quickly."

Master Zhang took a thick veil from the side, and took a piece of ice across the veil: "This popsicle is not delicious, it's just plain water and sugar, I'll make a bowl of smoothie for each of you, and take it out to eat. It's nice to eat outside, it's too cold here."

Originally, idlers were not allowed to enter here, but this was Master Zhang's own opinion, wanting to bring Jiang Hu and the others to meet the world and open their eyes.

Jiang Hu hurriedly said, "Trouble Master Zhang."

'A sneeze'!
Erni, who had been looking around curiously, suddenly sneezed.

Master Zhang slapped the chopping board: "Oh, I forgot, it's too cold in here, children can't stay for too long, and my younger brother and sister, too, it's not long after the baby was born, and my body is weak. already."

Jiang Hu also turned around quickly: "Then I'll go out first, Xiaomi..."

"No!" Xiaomi was anxious, shouting that he couldn't go out, and he stretched his neck and tried to lean in front of Master Zhang.

Master Zhang was taken aback: "Xiao Fuxing can speak?"

As for Fu Xingyi, everyone in Xiangma Town knows it, but the people in Tongfu Restaurant definitely know it.

But this talk, Xiaomi has just met for a few days, and it has not spread.

Jiang Hu hurriedly protected Xiaomi with one hand to prevent her from falling, but he stopped going out and signaled Erniang to take Tiedan and Erni to go out first, and Dawa didn't want to go out either, but he didn't feel too cold, so he let him stayed.

"I can say something simple, word by word, but nothing else."

Master Zhang glanced at Xiaomi in surprise and said with a smile, "That's also very powerful. If I remember correctly, it's only been five months. It's worthy of being a lucky star."

He just started to get busy, after all, it was really cold in here, and he didn't wear thick clothes when he came in, so he had to make a smoothie quickly and go out.

It is easy to make smoothies. One hand holds a large piece of ice with a clean handkerchief, and the other hand holds a kitchen knife. Just like cutting vegetables, it is chopped into thin piles.

Xiaomi watched for a while, then looked away and began to observe the situation in the room.

There are cotton cloths hanging around the house, and only one window is left for lighting, which can effectively prevent the coolness in the house from escaping, and also block the high temperature outside.

Next to the cutting board are various dried nuts, including raisins, dried walnuts, melon seeds, peanuts, almonds, and hazelnuts and pine nuts. There are also two covered jars. I don't know what they contain.

Master Zhang quickly cut up four bowls of smoothies, added some of each type of nuts to them, and opened one of the jars.

"This is honey, and the other jar is boiled syrup. You guys happened to be here. This honey was only received yesterday, but it wasn't there before. It depends on luck."

　2021 ends today. I wish you all a prosperous new year and a higher level. Happy New Year~
　　
　
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