But someone immediately shattered his beautiful fantasy: "Haha! Iced watermelon? With a small bowl of ice, you could probably eat iced watermelon for a lifetime!"
Hearing this, Ganli couldn't help but ask, "Is ice expensive?"
The person who had just spoken turned around and saw that it was a village girl, and a look of 'I knew it' appeared on their face.
It's normal for country folk who haven't seen much of the world to not know how expensive ice is.
The person who had spoken earlier kindly said, "Ice can only be stored when it snows. By now, less than one-tenth of it has been stored, so it's expensive. In the capital, a piece of ice costs almost as much as gold, and only the wealthy can afford it."
Ganli thanked her and turned away. Her expression was calm, but her thoughts were racing, and a preliminary idea was quietly taking shape in her mind.
It was just a random little restaurant I picked, but the food was actually pretty decent. Although it couldn't compare to the delicacies of my previous life, Ganli still ate a bowl of rice mixed with brown rice along with the dishes.
Originally, she planned to return to the village after eating and drinking her fill, but because of the idea that arose in Gan Li's mind, she shamelessly asked Gan Qishan to drive the cart back to the general store and buy three catties of white sugar.
That wasn't all; she went to the pharmacy and immediately asked the clerk, "Do you have saltpeter?"
She remembered that saltpeter could be used in medicine, so if saltpeter existed in this world, then asking at a pharmacy would be the right thing to do.
The waiter nodded and said, "Yes, how much do you want?"
"How many are there? I'll take them all!" Gan Li said hurriedly. But as soon as she finished speaking, she became a little uneasy.
After all, although saltpeter can be used in medicine, the amount used is not large, and she didn't know how much the pharmacy would have in stock.
What she didn't know was that there was a mountain not far from Qingxi Town, with a Taoist temple on it. The Taoist priests there loved to refine elixirs and often came down to buy saltpeter, so the pharmacy always kept it in stock.
Upon hearing her question, the shop assistant quickly replied, "Yes, we have only received ten pounds... Can you finish them all?"
Ten jin?
Ganli's eyes lit up, and she nodded frantically, "I want them all!"
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