Being scolded as a poor widow, I relied on supernatural powers to counterattack in ancient times

Chapter 706 Suddenly Thinking of Making Ice
However, in such a hot weather, it would be much more convenient if there were ice cubes.

Bai Yunxi rubbed his chin, his eyes flickered, ice cubes are the best helper for cooling down in this period, but most people can't afford them, they are too expensive.

But for her, quick ice formation is just a simple physical change, and the cost is lower than eating pastries.

Isn't it just ice making?She studied in textbooks.

With this idea in mind, Bai Yunxi walked to the porch waving cattail fan, glanced at the still hot sun, squinted his eyes and laughed.

Anyway, he is also a strange soul, so he will do it when it is time to do it, otherwise it will be a waste of reading books for more than ten years.

I knew that when I came back from Xiaowangzhuang, I made a trip to the town.

Ice needs saltpeter, quick and easy, just buy it once and it can be used repeatedly.

Thinking of this, Bai Yunxi called the second child over directly, "Go to Doctor Yang to see if there is any saltpeter for sale, if there is any, buy some back, mother is useful."

Saltpeter in this period is a kind of medicinal material, which is only available from doctors in medical centers.

"Hey~, I'll go right away." Bai Anyan had just taken a shower, but his hair was still wet.

Baiyunxi took the cattail fan and asked Du to tidy up a few pots and buckets, scrub them clean and set them aside.

When Bai Anyan came in with half a bag of saltpeter, "Mother, Doctor Yang only has these left, and I brought them all."

"Okay, let's clean up another cellar and lay it with thick straw." Fortunately, when storing sweet potatoes and vegetables, she worried that one cellar would not be enough, so she dug another cellar.

Baiyunxi looked at the saltpetre in the bag, it was grayish white, although it was not pure, it was enough to make ice.

They are all ready-made things, and they will be ready in a while.

"Okay, take the saltpeter to the porch, prepare a large bathtub, put some saltpetre in the bag, melt it, prepare a few small basins, fill them with water, and put them in the bathtub..."

Several people didn't know what Baiyunxi was up to, and they were very curious, especially Mrs. Li, who asked her several times while holding her back, but Baiyunxi smiled and asked her to wait.

Although everyone was curious, they held back and obeyed the command to do whatever they asked.
Half an hour later, several pairs of eyes were wide open. If there were no eye sockets to block them, they would probably come out of the window.

Wen You leaned on the porch pillar, from casual to surprised, reached out to touch the crystals in the basin,

"It's ice cubes."

"That's right, this is ice cubes, isn't it simple?"

Before the other people recovered from the shock, Wenyou touched it, looked at the white crystal, and nodded,
"If I hadn't watched the whole process, I wouldn't have believed it was so simple."

Ice cubes are not available to everyone in summer.

Those wealthy families, officials and dignitaries all have their own ice cellars, which store snow and ice cubes in winter and use them to cool down in the next summer.But there are also some people who do not have such good conditions. If they want to cool down in summer, they can only buy ice cubes with money. The disadvantage is that the price is high.

Although she doesn't participate in general affairs, she has also heard a lot that the price of ice cubes is ridiculously high in summer.

The hot weather is not very friendly to the elderly, but if possible, you must buy some ice cubes to let the elderly survive the heat safely.

She followed the former master, and had heard the master's stepmother complaining more than once that the consumption of ice cubes in summer was too much, and the government's expenses were beyond the means.

But when she saw it today, she was a little stunned. Auntie Bai made ice cubes so easily, and the profits of those ice-making workshops can be imagined.

Rest three seasons a year, earn one season, and eat for a year. This deal is a good deal.

"What are you doing in a daze? Take the basin out, change a few more basins, put one basin of freshly made ice in the house, it can cool down the heat, and have a good night's sleep."

Bai Yunxi curled the corners of his lips and waved his hands, bringing them back to their senses.

"My mother, it's really ice. Why does it turn into ice in such a hot day?" Mrs. Li supported her stomach with one hand and covered her mouth with the other, her eyes were wide open.

Bai Anyan rubbed his eyes, before he could speak, he groaned and turned to look at Li Shi,

"Why are you pinching me?"

"Hey...it hurts, it's really not a dream."

Mrs. Li smiled, and leaned in front of Baiyunxi, wrapping her arms around her,

"Mother, you are so amazing that you turned into ice cubes on a hot day. If you put this in the house, it will be very cool."

"What changed? Everyone did it together."

Bai Yunxi reached out and pinched her chubby cheeks, chuckled, and asked the second child to move out the ice basin, and put a few more into the bathtub.

Fortunately, the bathtub is large enough to hold three basins at a time.

There is a lot of saltpeter, and the speed of ice making is fast. One piece of ice per person can be done in an hour.

Afterwards, Baiyunxi asked Wenyou to help with the ice that was made later, and sent it to the cellar with the second child for storage.

Until it got dark, Bai Anyan stood in the cellar and put the last piece of ice on top, feeling very calm.
Hey, his own mother, I really don't know why she has so many novel things in her mind.

It's not been a day or two since the weather was so hot. Today, the idea of ​​making ice suddenly came up, and a cellar was built in the blink of an eye.

He asked his mother why she could make ice?
Since it can be made, why didn't it be made before?
Who knew that my old lady only gave him a faint look, and said that she always knew it, but she didn't remember it before, and now she suddenly remembered it again.

How can he drip?
Baiyunxi sat on the Arhat bed, leaning on the soft cushion, and there was an ice basin in the room, it was really comfortable.

When Wenyou came in, she saw such a lazy little old lady, the corners of her mouth trembled,
"Aunt Bai, all the ice cubes have been stored in the cellar."

"Well, take out the saltpetre in the tub, and you can continue to use it in the future."

While waiting for dinner, Xiao Si came back and felt the cold air in the room. After being surprised, he jumped up with a cry.

"Mother, you are biased. With such a good thing, why don't you think about your son. I get up to take a shower twice every hot night. If I didn't come back for dinner today, I wouldn't know you are so nourishing."

Seeing Xiao Si's resentful eyes, Bai Yunxi glared at him, "I just made it today, and I was planning to let you take it away after dinner, how could I forget you?"

"It's almost there."

Xiaosi ate and drank enough, brought a bowl of ice with Shuren, and went back to the duck factory contentedly.

Thinking of the elderly third aunt, Baiyunxi called the second child again, "Bring two pieces of ice, one for your third grandma and one for your aunt Song, so that they can sleep well at night, don't forget to tell your uncle Mother, put the ice cubes farther away."

After all, ice is a cold thing, the young man is fine, and the third aunt is not in good health, so as not to inhale the cold.

"By the way, tell them by the way, you can't tell others about the ice in our house, otherwise, everyone will come to ask for it, and even if you are exhausted, you won't be able to pay."

Except for the third master and the Song Wang family who protected her at the beginning, she was not prepared to have anything to do with the rest of the people.

(End of this chapter)