The splendid life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 133 Saltpeter
Xiao Ruirui finished the last mouthful of porridge, lay down on the lawn, rubbed her swollen belly, "It's very supportive."

Xiaoyouzi imitated Xiao Ruirui's appearance, Nuo'er felt that it was very comfortable, so she also lay down, and everyone imitated one by one, and finally ten people lined up and lay on the grass.

Yao Yu looked at the blue sky, a few unknown birds flew by, bringing up the calls of some animals in the mountains, and occasionally a breeze blew by, which made people feel extra relaxed.Everyone just lay there with their eyes closed, and no one spoke to disturb the tranquility of this moment. If it weren't for the occasional sounds of animals and the rustling of the wind blowing the grass, everyone really thought that time had stood still.

Leisure time is always fast, as if in a daze, the sun is about to set, "It's time to go back." It was Xie Zhimo who spoke first.

Everyone cleaned up the mess at the fastest speed, and then drove to leave. Xiao Ruirui hadn't had a good time yet, so she kept looking back at the land, "Dad, we can come again sometime."

Everyone turned their heads to look at Xie Zhimo, obviously everyone didn't enjoy themselves, Xie Zhimo said, "If we have time, we can come here often, okay?"

"Okay." With a satisfactory answer, Xiao Ruirui ran to the carriage and went to sleep.

When they approached the entrance of the village, they found that there were still one or two carriages there. This place could only pass one carriage at a time, so Xie Zhimo and the others had to stop the carriage.

Song Er was in the front line, and when he saw Xie Zhimo and his party hurried over, "Is the master planning to go back?"

Xie Zhimo nodded, "Yes. This is in front?"

"It's also a guest in the capital, let the car wait here first, and they will arrive later." Song Er explained, "It should be here soon."

Everyone was not in a hurry to go back, so they got out of the carriage and strolled around. After a while, they saw a few people approaching, and when they got closer, Yao Yu realized that the leader was not Mrs. Du, the old grandmother of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of War. who.Since Yao Yu left that day, Mrs. Du asked Si Qin to contact Mrs. Song. Mrs. Song was an old man who had served Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Du came here today just to ask about Mrs. Chen's birth.

The old friends met and chatted a lot, so it was delayed until now. Mrs. Du saw that her carriage blocked the way of others, and was about to come up to apologize. Also here."

"Today, both Zhimo and Nuo'er are resting, let's go out to play," Yao Yu explained.

"Okay, it's good to be young." Mrs. Du said with a smile, "Xiao Shunzi, why don't you hurry up and drive the carriage, so as not to cause you trouble."

Seeing that Mrs. Du was so polite, everyone didn't dare to take it seriously. Xiao Shunzi hurriedly drove the carriage away after hearing Mrs. Du's order. Yao Yu and the others saw that Mrs. Du hadn't gotten into the carriage, so they had to follow along.

Mrs. Du asked casually, "How old is your husband this year?"

"Thirty and two this year." Yao Yu replied.

"Are you all from the same place?" Mrs. Du continued to ask.

Yao Yu thought that Mrs. Du was old and had no one to talk with, so she was a little curious, "No, I am from Yaojia Village, and Zhimo is from Shuangshui Village."

"It seems that the two are still destined." Mrs. Du said with a smile, "Where are Zhimo's parents?"

When mentioning the Xie family, Yao Yu had a bad tone, "We separated long ago."

Mrs. Du heard the indifference in Yao Yu's words, she was taken aback for a moment, she didn't expect that they would split up, so Mrs. Du quickly changed the subject, "The number one scholar is ten years old, right? How old is Yu'er?"

Yao Yu didn't intend to tell anyone about Nuo'er's life experience, so she replied with a smile, "I'm 22 this year."

"Twenty years old." Mrs. Du sighed, "It still looks like a little girl's film."

Everyone walked to the gate of the village like this, before Mrs. Du stopped, "Okay, you guys should hurry up and get in the car too, and then go on, until it's late in the capital."

Yao Yu was about to salute and say goodbye, when Mrs. Du took a look at the group of people who came out with Yao Yu today, she didn't know, she was startled when she saw that Mrs. Du, who had always kept her emotions secret, turned pale with fright, "It's you? "

Following Mrs. Du's eyes, Yao Yu saw Mrs. Ji, but Mrs. Ji glanced at Mrs. Du indifferently, "Curious to see that I'm still alive?"

Yao Yu was a little surprised, hey, these two know each other?

Mrs. Du rushed to Mrs. Ji's side with strides, and looked at him for a long time, until Mrs. Ji's complexion turned red, and said, "It looks like he's alive and well." In front of a large group of juniors, Mrs. Du didn't give Ji a little In order to save face, the old man scolded directly, "Damn old man, I have been away from the capital for ten years, and I haven't heard from you yet."

Xie Zhimo didn't expect the majestic old man Ji to be scolded like this by an old lady, he suddenly wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, Yao Yu also turned his head and looked to the side, Nuoer lowered his head and looked at his toes.

Seeing the reaction of the crowd, Mr. Ji felt even more uncomfortable. He coughed a few times and wanted to remind Mrs. Du to be more careful, but Mrs. Du not only ignored him, but also said viciously, "What are you coughing, the weather is not dry. "

Mr. Ji blushed even more, and Mrs. Du scolded for a while, feeling relieved before saying, "Where do you live now?"

Seeing that Mrs. Du had finally calmed down, Mr. Ji breathed a sigh of relief, "I have been following little brother Xie for the past few years."

Xie Zhimo quickly explained, "Mr. Ji accepted my Nuoer as a disciple, and it is precisely because of Mr. Ji that Nuoer is here."

Mrs. Du nodded, "It's kind of useful."

Old Master Ji blushed instantly, and he kept comforting himself that good men don't fight women.

"Since you have a place to live, I'll visit you some other day." Mrs. Du said, "It's getting late now, so I'll go back first." Everyone bid farewell one by one before going back.

Mr. Ji got into the car. Fortunately, no one asked who he was. Although Mrs. Du was able to meet today, Mrs. Du did not reveal his identity. Presumably, she knew that he didn't want to tell others when he returned to the capital. This Du Although the old lady is sometimes careless, she is actually quite careful.

Although Yao Yu and Xie Zhimo were very curious about Ji Lao's identity, they didn't say anything about it, and no one would ask about it. This scene of Quan Today never happened.

As the weather gradually became hotter, the worry on Zhao Wensheng's face became more and more obvious, "Miss Yao, you said that summer is coming, can this hot pot continue?"

Yao Yu asked curiously, "Why not?"

"It's so hot, is anyone willing to eat hot pot?" Zhao Wensheng's worry is not unreasonable. The hot pot is always warm, but after eating it, he feels hot all over. When it's hot summer, the weather is already hot, who can bear it? The heat of the hot pot.

"It's easy to handle. Let's release cold drinks and put ice cubes in the room to lower the temperature." Yao Yu said.

"Is ice so easy to make?" Zhao Wensheng shook his head. Summer ice is very expensive, and it may not be possible to buy it. The key is that even if you buy it, the expenditure is not worth the gain. The temperature will rise as long as you let it go."

Yao Yu said, "Leave it to me."

Zhao Wensheng left in peace.

Yao Yu found Xie Zhimo, "Can you find saltpeter in the capital?"

"Yes." Saltpeter can be used to make gunpowder, and can also be used to make fireworks. In addition, it can also be used as medicine. There are indeed many such things in the capital. Xie Zhimo asked, "How much do you want?"

"The more the better." Yao Yu said, if she could make ice cubes, she wouldn't be afraid of the heat throughout the summer.After discussing with Xie Zhimo, Yao Yu found Aunt Jiang again and asked Aunt Jiang to buy some mung beans tomorrow.

Xie Zhimo took home a lot of saltpeter the next day, and Yao Yu picked up a piece of saltpeter and went to the kitchen. I remember reading an article about ancient ice making, saying that saltpeter would absorb a lot of heat after dissolving in water. You can use this feature to make ice cubes.

Yao Yu originally thought that he would have to fail a few more times before he could succeed, but he didn't expect that he would succeed after going down once. Yao Yu picked up the ice and put it aside happily. He didn't expect that a small piece of saltpeter could make such a large piece of ice.

After Yao Yu cleaned the mung beans bought by Aunt Jiang, she put them into the pot and fried them. After the mung beans were cooked, they were easier to bloom. When the mung beans were almost cooked, she added hot water and started to cook. The mung beans became soft. Yao Yu took out a spatula and crushed the mung beans into a puree. He continued to add water and sugar. After a quarter of an hour, Yao Yu's mung bean paste was ready.

After the mung bean paste had cooled down, Yao Yu crushed a small portion of the ice cubes he had made before and put them in, then took it out. The weather is not too hot now, but taking a sip of mung bean paste will make you feel comfortable all over. , Xiaoyouzi and Xiao Ruirui were too young, Yao Yu only allowed them to drink half a bowl, which made the two children extremely dissatisfied.

Yao Yu filled another pot of mung bean paste and asked Pei'an to give it to Zhao Wensheng. As soon as Pei'an sent it back, Zhao Wensheng came over, "Miss Yao, this cold drink tastes really good?"

"Really, tomorrow you ask the chefs from the two hot pot restaurants to come over, and I will let them do it." Yao Yu said, the recipe of mung bean paste is simple, so Yao Yu didn't plan to hide it, and she would be happy to teach this method to the public. It's easy. By then, the profit from more stores will not be equal to her five points.

"No problem." With this cold drink, Zhao Wensheng is not afraid that there will be no customers this summer.

"By the way, wait for it to heat up for a while, and you come to my place every morning to get ice cubes." Yao Yu has no intention of revealing how to make ice cubes.

The method of mung bean paste is very simple. The key point is to fry the mung beans until they are cooked. The two masters learned it immediately. Yao Yu gave each of them five large ice cubes and asked them to come and pick them up after they were used up.

(End of this chapter)