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Chapter 239 Alkaline soil is also a precious resource!
"Brother, this thing is so beautiful!"

"Yueyue, don't move, brother will get it for you!"

Sun Jianping held out a pampas grass stick, picked up a square diamond-shaped crystal the size of a fingernail, and handed it to her to look at.

The transparent crystals reflected the colorful light under the sunlight, which made Xiao Yueyue's little heart almost jump out of her chest!
So lovely!
"Looking at the crystallization state, it should contain more sodium nitrate..." Sun Jianping smiled and pinched the little girl's face, took out two pieces of candy from his "pocket" and stuffed them into the little girl's hand.

"There's a lot of white stuff in the pot, is it noodles? Brother, do you want to use noodles to steam buns?"

The little girl took the candy, peeled off the wrapper and threw it into her mouth. Without wasting the wrapper, she flattened it and carefully stuffed it into her pocket. She tilted her head and looked into the cauldron.

"Of course it's not flour, it's baking soda, which can be sold for money!"

Sun Jianping stood up and took a look at the fact that the water had almost evaporated, leaving only a thick layer of alkali shell precipitate at the bottom of the pot. He lifted the spatula, scooped out the hot sodium bicarbonate crystals, set it aside to cool, and then Lift the water pot, pour the water inside into the large pot, and continue boiling.

Xiao Yueyue sat quietly aside, carefully holding the pure ice-like crystal between her hands. Suddenly, the crystal fell out and landed on the side of the stove. It exploded with a bang and burst into flames!
"What's wrong? Is Yueyue hurt?"

Sun Jianping hurriedly put down the water bowl, picked up the little girl and inspected it carefully. Then he felt relieved and put all the sodium nitrate crystals into a water bowl and put them far away to prevent her from moving around.

"This thing is dangerous. Don't touch it, or it will hurt you!"

Sun Jianping took out a handful of fruit peels from his "pocket" and stuffed it into the little girl's hand, "Yue Yue, please don't move around. I'll prepare something delicious for you when my brother finishes his work!"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm good, I won't move!"

The little girl took the fruit peel, peeled it open and held it in her mouth. She saw a butterfly in the distance and ran over, swatting at the butterflies and picking wild flowers. She had a great time playing.

Sun Jianping smiled, the joy of childhood is so sweet!

Yes, you have to keep working!

After a complex analysis of chemical reagents, he put the alkali block that had just separated into the water and purified it a second time. After repeating it several times, a lid-shaped crystal as white as snow finally appeared at the bottom of the pot. !

"It should be almost done now!"

He took out the alkali block and set it aside to cool down. He added firewood and poured the alkali water again. After this busy work, it was past noon and the sun began to set in the west.

"Brother, the food is delicious!"

Xiao Xingwen was carrying a small schoolbag and walked hummingly from a distance. It was a full ten miles from Jijia Oil Shop to Ermajia. The little guy was sweating all over.

Xiao Yueyue, who was catching butterflies by the salt-alkali land, saw her brother coming back from school. She waved to him and gave him half of the fruit peel that she was reluctant to eat.

The two little ones were sitting on the wooden pole, eating delicious food together, kicking their calves and tilting their heads to see their dear "brother" sweating profusely from his work.

"Brother, please don't touch that water pot. The contents inside will explode. It's scary!" Xiao Yueyue pointed at the water pot placed far away and warned.

"I'm not like some kid who needs claws and scratches everywhere!"

"Hey, my stinky brother is looking for a beating!"

It was getting dark, and the members of the village who had had dinner all wandered to the saline-alkali land to look at the rice that was growing well, and to see what good things Sun Da Cai was teasing. "What is this?" Cao Chungui asked curiously when he saw several lid-shaped crystals placed beside the pot, each one as white as snow.

"Alkali noodles." Sun Jianping sat on the wooden ladle and wiped the rice spoon that was already covered with white alkaline noodles. "Brother, if you have nothing to do, help me move these things to the mill and grind them into fine noodles. I’ll purify it a little more.”

"Row!"

Without saying anything, Cao Chungui picked up the two alkali blocks and walked to the mill.

Lao Cao and Zhang Ziyi also came, holding pipes in their mouths and looking curiously into the water pot containing sodium nitrate, which scared Sun Jianping out of his wits!
"Uncle, stay back!"

He rushed over, picked up the water pot, and put it further away, "You know if a spark falls into it, all of us will have to go to the west!"

"What the hell is that? It's so stupid?" Lao Cao was also frightened into a cold sweat. He hurriedly took out a match and struck it, and stepped forward to see what was going on.

My mother!
He pushed Lao Cao away, carried the semi-hydrated sodium nitrate crystal farther away, pulled a handful of Suaeda grass over it, and strictly ordered no one to get close!

Wang Liansheng brought a few potatoes over from home. He pulled the red-hot charcoal fire aside, threw the potatoes in, and then collected a shovel of hot ashes to cover them. At the same time, he watched with interest as Sun Jianping removed the crystals that had condensed on the wire mesh. I brushed it off while reading some random articles.

"I heard that without Lao Cao, Lao Xu is urging Wang Jingang to apply for urban household registration for his daughter!" On an early summer night, the weather was still a bit cold, Wang Liansheng leaned his hand on the fire and said with a smile.

"Let's just talk about his daughter..." Lao Cao took a few puffs from his pipe, circled the words around his mouth and swallowed them back, "She's not that good either!"

"If Xu Erya had a temper, how could he be controlled by Wang Jingang? He would have been in control a long time ago!" Li Xiuzhi said quickly, and Zhang Ziyi shook his head, "None of Lao Xu's five children is as good as this Erya. Girls are just as rich as each other, so this is a big deal..."

"Okay, stop inking. Lao Xu has fallen in love with the little gift. Now he wears a watch every day and rides a car. He is more beautiful than other commune secretaries!"

Everyone chatted about the various things going on in the old Xu family, took out the roasted potatoes, broke them in half while they were still hot, and took a bite of the hot potatoes under the cold moonlight. They all sighed in comfort!
"Jianping come and have one!"

Wang Liansheng threw him a potato, and Sun Jianping took it, peeled off the potato that had been roasted until only a layer of skin was left, revealing the browned inside, and took a bite. It was soft and fragrant, and the taste was great!

"I'll just take a look, I won't set fire to it!"

Zhang Ziyi stood up, still unable to restrain his curiosity, and wanted to see the semi-hydrated sodium nitrate crystal that was placed far away, but Sun Jianping stopped him!
This thing is untouchable!

"Uncle, don't look at the alkaline soil here. This alkaline soil is also a treasure." Sun Jianping finally stopped the curious Uncle Zhang back, took off his shoes and put them under his buttocks, sat on the ground, and started chatting with everyone.

"After the alkaline earth is purified, salt and many useful chemical elements can be separated from it. The main component of our alkaline earth is sodium bicarbonate, which is the dough starter sold by the supply and marketing cooperative. Baking soda... can be used to make dough and steam steamed buns, and also It can be used to wash clothes and hair..."

When everyone heard this, they understood that the alkali noodles that our ancestors have been sweeping up on the saline-alkali land for generations are the same thing as the three-cent baking soda sold in paper packets sold by supply and marketing cooperatives!
"The supply and marketing cooperative sells soda ash, which is higher in purity than ours. But I will purify it again later and I can raise the purity of the alkali to over 98%."

Sun Jianping finished eating the roasted potatoes three times, five times and two times, and looked at the other pot that was already cooked. He called Zhang Ziyi over, and the two of them worked together to take out the alkali block, put it aside to cool, and then poured in two cups of water. Continue to simmer.

"This kid works hard and dares to be greedy and stay up late. He will also be a good hand in getting married and living a good life in the future." Lao Cao looked at Sun Jianping's busy back with approval. Let's just say that now the big things in and outside the village are minor. How could love be without our Jianping family?

"No, such a good boy has failed in our village!" Wang Liansheng threw the finished cigarette butt into the ashes pit, looked at the burning paper scraps, and looked at Lao Cao, "Is that done?"

(End of this chapter)