Chapter 44 Rejected!
Moving the ice cubes to the bedside and feeling the cool air, Ji Zheng exhaled a breath of relief. He could finally enjoy the soft fragrance in his arms tonight!
And Ji Hean finally had a very comfortable sleep.
Before going to bed, Ji Zheng prepared two more buckets of ice, waiting to be used the next day when Ji and An were alone at home.
When leaving for the town, Ji Zheng kissed the person who was still sleeping and said, "Dear, I'm leaving. There are steamed eggs and shredded chicken porridge on the stove. Get up later and eat them before going to sleep. Got it?"
The person under the quilt was a little annoyed by the kiss, so he waved his hand softly and hit Ji Zheng's face, then made two grunts to indicate that he understood.
Seeing his little lover's dazed look, Ji Zheng's heart softened and he continued to kiss him.
....
When he came to the academy, he still slacked off and wrote "Journey to the West" for Gu Lulu. During this period, his pens, ink, paper and inkstone were all provided by Gu Lulu, which saved him a lot of money.
The morning passed quickly while he was slacking off.
Lu Qin and Li Wencheng were on holiday today and did not have classes, so Ji Zheng went to Li's Noodle House to look for them.
But when he was told that Li Wencheng was not at home, he remembered that Lu Qin had invited Li Wencheng to sleep at Lu Qin's house yesterday.
After finding out where Lu Qin lived now, Ji Zheng spoke to the people at the teahouse and went there.
Although Lu Qin was the son of the county magistrate, no one knew why he came to the town's academy to study.
He bought a small yard in the town. Ji Zheng came here and knocked on the door. A woman who looked to be in her forties opened the door and looked at him suspiciously.
Judging from the way he was dressed, he should be a servant of Lu Qin's family. Ji Zheng bowed and said, "Please inform your master that I am Ji Zheng and I am his classmate."
Hearing that it was a classmate, the woman nodded and said, "Wait a moment."
Ji Zheng waited for a while, and the woman came back, this time with a smile on her face, "Excuse me for waiting, please follow me."
As he said that, he walked towards Ji Zheng.
As you step into the yard, you can see at a glance that it is not big but is exquisite and clean everywhere, with flowers and plants planted in the corners.
When we arrived at the living room, Lu Qin and Li Wencheng were already waiting there.
As soon as he saw Ji Zheng, Li Wencheng jumped up from his seat, ran straight to Ji Zheng, and shouted with a smile: "Brother!"
Ji Zheng smiled back.
"What do you want to talk to us about today?" Li Wencheng asked directly. After all, Ji Zheng had hardly taken the initiative to look for them for such a long time.
Ji Zheng nodded.
"What's the matter?" Li Wencheng asked quickly.
"About what I said yesterday about ice."
Li Wencheng's face froze, "Brother, are you still not well?"
Unable to bear it any longer, Ji Zheng directly retorted, "You are the one who is sick, a stupid disease, the kind that cannot be cured."
Li Wencheng was stunned by the retort and stared at Lu Qin with grievance.
Lu Qin coughed, walked over to Li Wencheng and gave him a soothing look before saying to Ji Zheng, "What you said yesterday was not a joke?"
"Of course not." Ji Zheng replied, "Forget it, you will know later."
"Later?" Li Wencheng returned to his heartless state. "Brother, are you going to prove it to us?"
Ji Zheng didn't answer and rolled his eyes at him.
Then he asked Lu Qin for a small basin of water, put the saltpeter in his arms into it, and then covered it with a lid.
Because of its small size, it didn't take long for Ji Zheng to open the lid, and a basin of freshly-made ice cubes came out.
Li Wencheng and Lu Qin, who were standing by, were initially puzzled by Ji Zheng's behavior, but now they were shocked by the ice.
"This, this, this is Bingbing, an ice cube?!" Li Wencheng pulled Lu Qin's sleeve, stammering in shock.
Lu Qin, who was standing by, almost had his face paralyzed, and stared at the small bowl of ice on the table in disbelief.
Seeing the two people's reactions, Ji Zheng felt happy. I told you not to believe me, now you've been slapped in the face. He stretched out his hand and waved it in front of the two people, "Come back to your senses!"
Li Wencheng reached out and touched it, and found it was indeed an ice cube. Then he moved his gaze to Ji Zheng.
"Brother! It was my fault yesterday! How did you do it?" Li Wencheng first apologized sincerely, and then asked curiously.
Ji Zheng did not answer him, but looked at Lu Qin, "What do you think? This method should be able to achieve good political results."
Lu Qin did not answer, but asked: "Where did you get this method?"
His tone was solemn, and there was a bit of scrutiny in the way he looked at Ji Zheng. If he remembered correctly, Ji Zheng was a pure farmer's son.
As for this Lu Qin's paranoia, Ji Zheng secretly sighed and said pretentiously, "This is a long story."
Then Ji Zheng made up a story that he wanted to use saltpeter to make spices but it accidentally dropped into the water and happened to be made into ice cubes.
After many experiments, he finally found the ratio of saltpeter and water, which became the recipe for making ice.
"...So that's it. You don't know that I have conducted hundreds of experiments and spent a lot of money on buying saltpeter." Ji Zheng was talking nonsense in a serious manner.
"Brother, you are so lucky!" Li Wencheng was stupid and believed what Ji Zheng said immediately.
Although Lu Qin felt something was wrong, he couldn't figure out what it was, so he could only believe it for the time being.
Ji Zheng continued to say to Lu Qin: "Your father submitted this prescription. Even if he can't be promoted, at least he can show his face there, right?"
"Then what do you want?" Lu Qin asked directly. He didn't believe that Ji Zheng would give his family such a big benefit for no reason.
Ji Zheng: "I am a poor farmer, what can I want? Of course it's money!"
"Just money?" Lu Qin asked with a frown.
"Well... of course I need your family's favor. I plan to do business in the future. You know that I don't have a backer to support me now..."
Lu Qin didn't say anything, his eyes were fixed on the basin of melting ice on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.
Ji Zheng was not in a hurry and waited patiently. He was sure that Lu Qin would agree.
Sure enough, after a while, I heard Lu Qin ask, "How much do you want?"
Since ancient times, being an official has always been profitable. Although Lu Qin's father was only a small county magistrate, there were many wealthy businessmen in the county, and they would definitely give gifts to the county magistrate regularly.
The money cannot be too much or too little.
It was too much. One reason was that he was afraid that Lu Qin's family could not afford it, and the other was that he wanted to do a favor for Lu Qin's family.
It can't be too little either, otherwise he won't make any calculations.
After considering it for a while, Ji Zheng held up three fingers and said, "How about three hundred taels?"
Three hundred taels was more than enough for a county magistrate, and it was also about what he needed at the moment. He inquired about a medium-sized shop in the town and found that it would only cost forty or fifty taels.
As expected, Lu Qin frowned and asked, "Is that all?"
Ji Zheng smiled and said, "Not a small amount. Isn't there a favor?"
Lu Qin said nothing, the county magistrate's favor was much more than three hundred taels.
"One more thing, don't say you got the recipe from me." Ji Zheng instructed again, he had to clear himself completely.
Although it was just a small ice-making recipe, no one could be sure about official matters, and he didn't want to lose his life.
Lu Qin thought about it for a moment and understood the reason. He nodded and said, "I know."
Li Wencheng on the other side asked in confusion: "Why? Why can't you say it was you who made it? It would be such a shame if you didn't leave your name on such an important discovery!"
Looking at Li Wencheng with an innocent face, Ji Zheng's eyes twitched and he was very confused. He didn't even understand such simple things. Was he sure he could have a career in politics?
Ignoring Li Wencheng, Ji Zheng turned his gaze to Lu Qin and said, "I'll write you the recipe, which includes the instructions and precautions."
As he spoke, he took out a blank envelope from his pocket.
Lu Qin took the envelope and said, "I don't have that much money right now. I'll give you the money when I get back from home tomorrow."
"Okay." Ji Zheng was not in a hurry. It would only take two or three days.
Before this ice-making recipe was invented, Ji Zheng planned to wait for a while for the money.
...
Lu Qin acted quickly and gave the money to Ji Zheng as soon as school was over the next day.
He was very considerate and divided it into two 100-tael silver notes, one 50-tael silver note, and 50-tael change.
Now that he had money in hand, he had to put some things on the agenda, which was to buy bell bracelets for his family and baby An.
However, after walking around the town, I didn't see any jewelry store.
After asking around, I found out that jewelry stores are only in the county.
Ji Zheng was depressed and thought he had to find some time to go to the county town.
When I got home from work, I heard laughter coming from the yard at the door. I thought An's friends came to play for some reason.
When I opened the door, I saw Ji Zhongzi and Ji Hean smiling happily in the yard.
Ji Zheng discovered that every time this person named Ji Zhongzi came, his Ji and An were very happy.
Ji Hean naturally saw Ji Zheng. After talking to Ji Zhongzi, he rushed towards Ji Zheng at the door.
"Alang!"
Another hug.
"What are you talking about so happily?" Ji Zheng didn't realize that his words had a sour taste.
Ji Hean smiled, "We were talking about the end of Spring Festival."
Late Spring Festival? Ji Zheng searched in his mind and realized that it was a festival here.
This festival is highly valued and its level of excitement is comparable to the modern National Day.
Ji Zheng's heart moved. Yes, he could take Ji He'an to the county town to play that day and buy him a bracelet.
The county is much more lively than the town.
Thinking of this, Ji Zheng said, "Well, then Alang will take you to the county town to play."
Just when he thought Ji Hean would happily agree, Ji Hean said, "No, I can't go with you."
Puff! Ji Zheng felt as if his heart was stabbed hard by a knife.
He was rejected! He was rejected!
His boyfriend actually rejected his request for a date!!
Ji Zheng felt his blood run cold.
Seeing Ji Zheng's unhappy expression, Ji Hean quickly explained: "It's not that I don't want to go with you, but there is a reason."
After hearing this, Ji Zheng felt better and asked, "What's the reason?"
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