At night, after all the lights were extinguished, Lin Jinyue couldn't wait to take her family to the space.
Everyone has his own tasks. For example, Lin Shucheng is responsible for squeezing juice, which is done manually without even the chance to automate it.
Lin Xueqing worked hard to dig a lake for her sister's potato project.
Lin Jinyue and Jiang Yun started making ice.
Ice cubes made directly from saltpeter cannot be drunk directly.
Lin Jinyue used a large bucket to make ice underneath the water and placed a small iron basin filled with drinking water on the surface of the water.
In fact, Lin Jinyue had only read about making ice with saltpeter in books. When she looked up relevant information in her previous life, she found that many people had tried to make ice with saltpeter but failed. There were also documents saying that saltpeter was not used to make ice in ancient times, but to make ice water.
Lin Jinyue had not had time to experiment one by one in her previous life, and now she was feeling very nervous.
But soon, she saw the water in the iron bowl gradually freeze into ice, but it was only half frozen, the utilization rate was too low.
But soon, Lin Jinyue discovered that as long as the lid was closed, the inside of the iron basin would be completely frozen.
As for the used saltpeter, just boil it over high heat, like boiling salt, evaporate all the water, and you will get saltpeter.
Lin Jinyue: "Since it is feasible, I will ask people to purchase a large amount. Saltpeter is not cheap. Let's buy 20 taels first."
It seems that this ice drink cannot be sold too cheaply.
Lin Jinyue made two basins of ice.
Coincidentally, Lin Shucheng's mango juice was ready at this time.
Lin Jinyue added ice to the mango juice and took a deep sip. You have to say, the taste of the sour and sweet drink with a few cubes of ice was absolutely amazing.
Lin Jinyue tried to crush the ice with a rolling pin and poured mango juice on it.
A cool breeze rushed straight to the top of my head.
The temperature on the farm is not high, not too noticeable, but when the sun is strong at noon, it is so refreshing to have a basin of ice water.
Jiang Yun drank comfortably. After learning that saltpeter could be reused, she drank another large glass: "Then won't we be able to drink iced juice in different ways every day from now on?"
This damn weather is really too hot.
At that time, they just wanted to settle down in Lingnan as soon as possible. They knew that this area was relatively hot, but they never expected that it was so hot that people nearby wore long sleeves and wrapped themselves tightly.
Isn't this just asking for trouble?
Fortunately, thanks to my clever daughter, she managed to get the ice out.
After taking a sip, I feel totally chilled. It’s so refreshing and icy.
Think about the people with the surname Zhou in Lingnan. Their life is so miserable. The weather is hot and they have to wear layers of thick clothes.
Old people cannot afford to wear light gauze and silk because they are too expensive, with one piece costing dozens of taels of silver.
Moreover, in this weather, they can't wait to run. Even gauze and silk are too hot for them.
If you drink a bowl of ice water at this time, it will be so sour and refreshing.
Lin Jinyue: "Brother, prepare the ice cream and smoothies. Then we can attract the rich people, make more money, and buy their food."
Lin Jinyue said, "I need to improve this method of making ice. It's too troublesome to make, and it melts easily on the way. It would be best if I could rent a shop in the city to sell it."
Lin Shucheng said, "I'll ask them to speed up the process later. This house should be finished sooner."
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Another half a month passed, and after more than twenty days of construction, the house was almost finished.
It would be impossible to do it with just the dozens of people in the village. Not to mention twenty days, it would be difficult to complete it even in more than a month.
After all, the number of people who can really work, including Lu Guangyao and others, is only about forty in one village.
Lin Jinyue hired another twenty strong laborers from outside, paying them fifty yuan a day, including meals. As a result, the progress was doubled.
Lin Jinyue's family are very honest people. The meals they provide are all good, with fine rice and occasional meat dishes, the kind that can fill them up. Although it is not as good as the delicious dishes that Lin Shucheng makes for Lu Guangyao and the others, this treatment is the best in the neighborhood.
The people of Lin Shucheng were especially nice. They were not allowed to work too long a day, for fear that they would exhaust themselves.
Those people with the surname Qi were all simple and honest, and they all worked hard. Even though Chen Dawei held small meetings with the villagers every day and asked them to isolate the people from Linjia Village together, they still worked hard and lit bonfires at night, and were reluctant to go back.
Look, in just fifteen days, Lin Jinyue spent only fifteen taels of silver and built the bamboo house ahead of schedule.
It turns out that this bamboo house is much sturdier than they thought.
After everyone finished work, Lin Shucheng prepared a table of delicious dishes for these dozens of people as a thank you. They were not the seafood commonly seen at the seaside, but chicken, duck and pork.
Braised pork, braised pork, roast duck, spicy chicken...
That evening, the tempting fragrance could be smelled in every corner of Yunhe Village.
The villagers actually began to say that the refugees who had escaped the famine were honest and kind. They could exchange their vegetables and rice for them in the future. They were not like those who came to collect grain and tried to bargain for it.
Some people even came to Chen Dawei to advise:
"Village chief, I think the people over there are pretty good, and the land they occupy is not all from our village, so why not sell it to them?"
"Yes, village chief, I think that group of people seem to be a little bit stubborn. If we make friends with them, it will be of great benefit to us in the future. Why should we tear our faces with them?"
"That little girl can also make ice. I heard that it's very cool to drink, but it's very troublesome to make. It requires a lot of manpower. I heard that it also requires a lot of firewood. We can make some money by selling firewood."
Chen Dawei felt even more unhappy after hearing these words.
He planned to take action tonight and burn down the bamboo house. As for those people's novel ideas, if he could rob them, he would make a fortune.
And those little girls of theirs are very pretty. If they can be presented as tribute to the nobles... he will be able to get even more benefits in the future.
That night, Chen Dawei, his son Chen Fuxi, and a few nephews, a dozen people, rushed towards their bamboo house.
Chen Dawei: "This group of people are so picky that they even light a bonfire in the middle of the night."
Just as I was thinking about moving forward, I saw that the group of people were still living in the thatched hut. There was no one in the bamboo house and it was pitch black.
However, they did not expect that as they were walking, they were about to set fire to the bamboo house.
Unexpectedly, an arrow shot towards Chen Dawei, just an inch away from piercing his foot.
Liu Dazhuang shouted coldly: "What are you doing here?"
Chen Dawei sat limply on the ground, looking at the arrow in front of him, which pierced straight into the ground.
Chen Fuxi cursed at the man: "Do you know that my eldest niece is General Ningyuan's man? If you dare to treat my father like this, I will find my niece's husband and teach you a lesson one day!"
"Swish" another arrow shot straight in front of Chen Fuxi.
Liu Dazhuang stood on the roof, pointing a crossbow at these people: "Get out of here quickly, or I'll shoot you in the head next time!"
Chen Fuxi: "You dare!"
After he said this, he heard a noise behind him. Those useless cousins and nephews all ran away!
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