Chapter 43 Pretending
Seeing that Lu Qin had recovered his composure, Li Wencheng breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Qin was not easily angry, but once he got angry, the consequences would be very serious.
Returning to his seat, looking at Ji Zheng who was watching the show, Li Wencheng complained: "Brother, if you hadn't said that ridiculous thing, I wouldn't have sprayed water on Lu Qin. It's all your fault!"
Ji Zheng rolled his eyes at him, too lazy to talk to him, and turned to look at Lu Qin who was still a little dazed on the other side.
"Lu Qin!" someone shouted.
Lu Qin immediately came back to his senses and looked at him in confusion.
Ji Zheng was speechless. "What do you think of what I just said?"
Recalling what Ji Zheng had just said, Lu Qin immediately returned to his usual expression, "What method?"
Although he didn't think Ji Zheng was joking like Li Wencheng did, he could hear the disbelief in his tone.
But Ji Zheng didn't care. As long as his goal was achieved, it was fine.
"ice."
"Ice?" Lu Qin and Li Wencheng repeated in unison.
"Yes!" Ji Zheng snapped his fingers.
"Yes? What the hell is this?" Li Wencheng asked with a puzzled look on his face. Lu Qin opposite him also frowned with confusion in his eyes.
Ji Zheng: “…” He just said it out of his mouth without thinking.
"Nothing, just some nonsense, let's get back to the topic we were talking about." Ji Zheng laughed and immediately changed the subject: "I have a way to make ice."
Ji Zheng was prepared for the two men to be shocked, but Li Wencheng just exchanged a glance with Lu Qin silently, then reached out and touched Ji Zheng's forehead, then turned to Lu Qin and said, "No fever."
Then he muttered, "Could it be that he was really crazy because of the heat outside just now? He's already talking crazy now."
Lu Qin did not respond, but his eyes showed that he agreed with what Li Wencheng said.
Looking at the two people's actions, Ji Zheng closed his eyes and tried to suppress his anger, emphasizing: "What I said is true."
However, the two still did not respond, and Li Wencheng said directly, "Why don't we ask a doctor to take a look?"
Lu Qin nodded silently.
Ji Zheng was really angry now, and stood up suddenly, "You two wait!"
After saying this, he left. He left so quickly that Li Wencheng had no time to try to stop him.
"But he was just talking nonsense in the first place." Li Wencheng looked at Ji Zheng, who suddenly disappeared in anger, with some grievance and confusion in his tone.
....
In fact, Ji Zheng was not that angry in his heart, but it was almost time for him to go to work, so he pretended to be very angry.
But if you think about it carefully, it's normal that they don't believe what he just said, after all, there is no evidence.
Just wait for him to experiment tonight and then perform it in front of them tomorrow.
Ji Zheng came to his own room, changed his clothes, picked up his tools, drank a few sips of water, and prepared to go on stage.
On the other side, Li Wencheng and Lu Qin also went downstairs and found a seat to listen to the book.
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As usual, after receiving today's wages, Ji Zheng quietly left from the side of the teahouse.
In ancient times, saltpeter was generally used as medicine, so Ji Zheng had to go to the pharmacy to buy it, and also bought Ji Hean's tonic medicine for the next half month.
After buying saltpeter and tonic, Ji Zheng turned around and went to the bakery to buy two boxes of lotus glutinous rice cake. This is a new cake recently launched by the bakery. Ji Hean liked it very much after buying it last time.
After buying the cakes, I went to another street to buy two bones to make soup for Ji Hean. At his age, he is still growing and needs some calcium supplements.
There are three meat stalls on this street. As it was evening, there was not much meat left on the stalls.
Ji Zheng picked a cleaner butcher shop and selected a few large bones. As for the other meat, he did not buy it because, firstly, it was not fresh, secondly, he did not know how to cook it, and thirdly, Ji Hean did not like eating pork.
After shopping, Ji Zheng went home with a lot of bags.
The sun has been very strong these days. Ji He'an stays in the room every day. Ji Zheng serves him delicious food and drinks, so he has become a lot whiter.
At this moment, she was lying lazily under the eaves, feeling drowsy in the breeze. She was only wearing a thin layer of clothes, and her exposed white arms still had red marks from yesterday's joy.
When he heard the noise coming from the door, he jumped up. This usually meant Ji Zheng had returned.
Sure enough, after a while, the door was pushed open from the outside, and then Ji Zheng came in carrying a lot of bags.
Ignoring the scorching sun, Ji Hean skipped towards Ji Zheng.
Looking at the person running towards him, Ji Zheng put down the things in his hands, opened his arms and hugged the person tightly.
Ji Zheng took two deep breaths of the scent of the person in his arms, touched the back of Ji Hean's neck and asked, "Did you eat well at home today?"
These past few days, Ji Zheng discovered that Ji He'an didn't eat at home. Every day they only ate the meal he had when he came back. Their faces, which had finally gained some chubby flesh, suddenly became pointy again.
"I ate a bowl of steamed eggs." Ji Hean answered, and when he saw Ji Zheng's brows furrowed, he quickly said, "It's too hot. I can't eat."
Her pretty little face was wrinkled and she looked listless, looking so pitiful.
Ji Hean's current condition can only be described in one word: it is easy to go from frugality to luxury. If it were two months ago, not only would he not be able to eat, he would have had nothing to eat.
Ji Zheng sighed and touched Ji Hean's cheek with heartache.
After the two of them had a casual chat, Ji Zheng went to the kitchen to cook.
I cooked two light dishes and made some bone soup mixed with tonic herbs.
"I don't want to drink this soup. It feels too greasy." Ji Hean pouted and looked at the bone soup that Ji Zheng passed to her with a look of dislike.
These days, Ji Zheng has become softer and softer towards Ji He'an, more and more tolerant, and can't stand seeing any grievance and reluctance on his face.
After thinking for a while, he coaxed her, "Drink this and I'll give you a surprise tonight, okay?"
"What surprise?" Ji Hean asked.
"It's said to be a surprise, but is it still a surprise after you say it out loud?"
Ji Hean thought about it and said, "Well... okay."
After saying that, he took the soup from Ji Zheng's hand and drank it all in one gulp, as if he was drinking something extremely unpalatable.
"We and An are awesome!" Ji Zheng never hesitates to praise Ji and An. No matter how childish the words are, he can say them without hesitation.
Ji He'an was a child who lacked love. He had never had any love from his father, mother or family. So although he felt a little embarrassed about Ji Zheng's child-like words, he liked it very much.
After dinner, Ji Hean stopped Ji Zheng and said, "I'll wash the dishes, you take a rest."
There were only four or five bowls in total, so Ji Zheng didn't grab any. He had to give Ji He'an something to do, otherwise he would feel useless and start to have wild thoughts.
This is a good time to get some saltpeter to make ice.
The main component of saltpeter is potassium nitrate, which condenses when cold and melts when hot.
This thing is very simple. You just need to find a bucket of suitable size, put saltpeter in it, add an appropriate amount of water, cover it with a lid and put it in a cool and ventilated place.
Ji Zheng had done many jobs in his life and had plenty of experience, so he finished it quickly.
All that's left is to wait until night.
"What is this?" Ji Hean came out of the kitchen and saw a bucket as tall as his calf placed in the corner of the window.
"This is the surprise I promised to give you tonight," Ji Zheng replied.
Now Ji He's curiosity was completely aroused. He squatted beside the bucket, staring at it with curious eyes. Just as he was about to reach out to open the lid of the bucket, he was stopped by Ji Zheng.
"Be good, don't move. This can only be opened at night. It hasn't worked yet."
After listening to Ji Zheng's explanation, Ji Hean said "oh" and became more curious about the things in the bucket. In the following time, he stared at the bucket from time to time.
Ji Zheng was left in tears and laughter, as it turned out that his boyfriend was still a curious baby.
Finally, after much anticipation, it was completely dark. Ji Hean immediately found Ji Zheng, stared at him with sparkling eyes and said, "It's already night, can we open it now?"
After estimating the time, Ji Zheng shook his head and said, "Don't worry, wait a little longer, it will probably be open by the time you go to sleep."
Ji Hean was stunned, "Will it take so long? What is in it?"
"It's something you're sure to like."
Ji Hean was curious and expectant.
After waiting and waiting, it was finally time to go to bed. "Can it be opened now?" Pulling Ji Zheng's sleeve, Ji Hean's tone was very impatient.
Ji Zheng pinched Ji Hean's earlobe and said with a smile, "That's enough, that's enough. I've really kept you waiting for so long."
As the two approached the barrel, they felt a cool breeze. Ji Hean immediately said, "Why does the air here feel so cool?"
"Because there are ice cubes." Ji Zheng opened the lid of the bucket, and a large bucket-shaped piece of ice appeared in front of him. He reached out and touched it. It was very hard. Ji Zheng nodded with satisfaction. It was a success.
On the other side, Ji Hean's eyes were wide open, his mouth was open, and he felt like his jaw was about to drop in shock.
"Ice, ice cubes!"
As if in a dream, Ji Hean stretched out his finger and touched it. It was not until he felt a cool touch on his finger that he realized that the thing in front of him was really a cube of ice.
"Why are there ice cubes?" Ji Hean turned his head and asked Ji Zheng beside him.
Ice cubes were like a myth in his first sixteen years of life. He had only heard of them but never seen them.
Of course, the ice here refers to the ice used for cooling in the summer. As for the ice in the winter, he still sees it every year.
"Of course it was your husband who made it!"
Ji Zheng's tone when he said this was somewhat proud, quite similar to the way a male in the animal world spreads his feathers to attract a mate.
Of course, Ji Hean did not disappoint him. His eyes suddenly sparkled and he said in an admiring tone, "That's amazing!"
Although it was just a simple compliment of "very awesome", Ji Zheng's heart was still filled with infinite satisfaction and joy.
No wonder some men always like to show off in front of their partners. It turns out that the emotional value they gain is so great. Ji Zheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It seems that he needs to show off more in front of Ji Hean in the future.
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