The Prestigious Family’s Young lady and the Farmer

Lin Qingwan was holding chopsticks and continued to think about the thoughts she had just broken.

It would be nice to have a refrigerator, or ice would be fine.

There was ice in the Daxi Dynasty. In the past, when the original owner was in the capital, the masters of the Lin family had ice to cool down in summer. She has it too, but it's always forgotten and sent, or it's deducted.

Generally, large families have ice cellars in their homes, which are used to store ice for summer use. It seems that some people specialize in selling ice...

Thinking of this, Lin Qingwan wanted to slap herself twice, why didn't she think about storing some ice earlier?

Luoxia Village is cold in winter, so there is no need to dig ice in the river, just get a few containers to fill with water, and throw it outside overnight and it will turn into ice. Then dig an ice cellar to store it, and now I won't be in a hurry.

But it's useless no matter how upset she is now, it's just that she didn't think of it because she wasn't thoughtful at the time.

Wanwan, why don't you eat? Yang Tiezhu put down the bowl and asked strangely, Are you not feeling well? No matter how hot the weather is, you have to eat as much as you want, and there are still babies in your belly.

Lin Qingwan came back to her senses and smiled, I'm not hungry, I had some snacks at noon. Are you ready? Go and invite Brother Dacheng. I have something to say.

Yang Tiezhu scratched his head, and without thinking about it, he took his bowl of noodles to the kitchen, and put on his clothes to find Xia Dacheng.

After a while, Xia Dacheng came with Yang Tiezhu, also sweating profusely. He also just returned from the delivery, and was called by his cousin before he had time to wipe off his sweat. Xia Dacheng has also been severely sunburned recently. He used to be wheat-colored. In the past two days, he has turned into black coal like Yang Tiezhu.

Tie Zhu's daughter-in-law, do you have something to do with me?

It was inconvenient for her belly to be big, and she was her own, so Lin Qingwan didn't get up to meet him.

Brother Dacheng, sit down.

Xia Dacheng sat down without being polite. He picked up the kettle and poured a glass of water. After pouring it, he said, What's the matter?

Lin Qingwan thought about it for a while in her mind, and then said slowly, Brother Dacheng, I wonder if ice can be bought outside now?

Xia Dacheng showed a wry smile. He had long thought that ice could preserve the freshness of food, but the price of ice was not something that a small business like them could afford.

When he was in the county, he knew that there were big families in Yangcheng who stored ice for summer use, and also knew that there were people in the city who sold ice in summer. But once the price is too high, it is not cost-effective to buy and use it to preserve the freshness of the preserved meat. At that time, let alone making money, it is good to not lose money. Second, as far as he knows, no one in Huaihe County sells ice. At most, some big families freeze ice in winter and store it for their own use in summer.

And as far as he knows, some use ice to preserve the freshness of food, that is, some seafood sellers in big cities. Seafood is not fresh after a long time out of water, and can only be preserved with ice. However, after the seafood is shipped inland, the price is also extremely expensive. And their bacon is fresh, only 60 cents a pound, and the volume is not as small as seafood.

After all, this younger brother and sister is a woman, even though she is extremely smart and has many good ideas in business, she is still a bit naive because of her vision.

However, Xia Dacheng didn't mean to laugh at Lin Qingwan, but slowly explained the reason. Including the difficulty of getting ice, as well as all kinds of concerns.

Yang Tiezhu thought he had thought of something good, but after hearing Xia Dacheng's words, he was immediately discouraged.

Of course Lin Qingwan understood the reason, and she also knew that there were very few things that were kept fresh with ice. The ones that can use ice to keep fresh are nothing more than some tributes, or seafood. She has also seen the use of ice to preserve seafood.

Because the capital is inland, seafood is still extremely rare. Many big families can enjoy it, but obviously the Lin family is not high enough. Once, in the house of the Lin family's master, his father's uncle, Prime Minister Lin, he gave them a basket of seafood.

When it arrived, it caused a stir in the big kitchen. Said that the seafood was very fresh, and it was delivered chilled under the basket.

This place is different from the modern times in the previous life, with well-developed infrastructure and various settings. Lin Qingwan could imagine how much manpower and material resources it would take to deliver the seafood to the capital without spoiling. It goes without saying how much ice is used to preserve the quality.

But through the ice under the basket, she could imagine that the people here didn't understand the issue of sealing and heat preservation, so they blinded a lot of ice.

Lin Qingwan was not discouraged by Xia Dacheng's remarks, she asked again, Brother Dacheng, have you heard of saltpeter?

Yes, Lin Qingwan thought of the method of making ice with saltpeter.

Thanks to the various time-travel novels in the 21st world, Lin Qingwan has a deep memory of the recipe that the time-travel heroine often uses to make a fortune. Not only do they know what they are made of, they also know how to make them.

Now I just hope that Time Travel Novels don't deceive her, a person who reads less, and that saltpeter can be easily found, and it's not expensive.

Saltpeter? Xia Dacheng shook his head after pondering for a while.

Yang Tiezhu also thought about it, but he had never heard of such a thing.

Lin Qingwan took a deep breath, feeling a little helpless in her heart, but she still didn't give up her idea.

Brother Dacheng, you and Tie Zhu can help you find it. If you can find saltpeter, the problem of fresh preserved meat is almost solved.

Xia Dacheng was overjoyed, but he was still a little puzzled, Really? Can finding saltpeter solve the problem of fresh preserved meat?

Lin Qingwan nodded, but didn't say anything. If you can find this thing, you are more than half sure.

Xia Dacheng stood up, Okay, Tie Zhu and I will find each other separately.

Find. But you also have to give us some clues, where can we buy or get this kind of thing?

He is also desperately ill and goes to the doctor now. Laweixian has now reached the point where he can no longer do it, and he can only use a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Lin Qingwan pondered again, This thing is used for medicine, or for alchemy. Why don't you go to the medical center to see if there is any. Oh, by the way, this thing has other names... She After thinking hard and thinking, Flame Nitre, Huo Nitre, and Dishuang, you should ask first.

Xia Dacheng was a little surprised to hear the alchemy.

Yang Tiezhu didn't know what alchemy was, but Xia Dacheng had a lot of knowledge. He had heard that today's sages were obsessed with alchemy. Only those extremely wealthy people in the capital knew about alchemy, or even knew what alchemy was used for. However, when he thought about the origin of this cousin, he was relieved. He knew that this younger brother and sister used to be the maid of a big family. If they made a mistake, they would be sold here. It is estimated that they only heard about this from the rich and famous.

Xia Dacheng checked several names of saltpeter with Lin Qingwan, and then took Yang Tiezhu to find them separately.

Leaving Lin Qingwan alone in the room, she sighed deeply.

Whether it can be found or not is left to fate, and I hope God bless everything goes well.

☆, Chapter 88, Chapter 89

Xia Dacheng and Yang Tiezhu ran to several hospitals in the town, reported the name of the saltpeter, and then Dishuang matched the number.

It's a pity that although the people in the medical center know that the cream is used for medicine after all, but there are too few uses and there is no such thing in it, and all the medical centers in Luoyun Town have not been there.

A doctor saw their eagerness and suggested that they go to the county to look for it. After all, Luoyun Town is too small, maybe there will be one in Huaihe County. Xia Dacheng was helpless, so he could only discuss with Yang Tiezhu, let him go back to help his family first, he went to the county, and then he could not go to Yangcheng.

He is also urgently ill and goes to the doctor. After all, the preserved meat has reached the point where it can no longer be done. It's okay to stop doing it for two months, but at least one hundred taels of money should be saved a month. What is the equivalent of a hundred taels of silver? It is equivalent to building a few more sets of three-bedroom houses, which is equivalent to ten acres of good farmland.

Now that I have found out that the medical center has this thing, I will go to a bigger place and ask. Anyway, there is a car, it's just a little hard work.

Yang Tiezhu couldn't, so he had to let Xia Dacheng drive the car to the county alone, and then walked back by himself.

When Yang Tiezhu came back, Lin Qingwan asked him before knowing that Xia Dacheng had gone to the county.

Knowing that people in the hospital knew this kind of thing, she felt relieved. Now that you all know, you can definitely buy it, but Luoyun Town is too remote and too small to sell.

Lin Qingwan waited patiently in the room for two days before hearing the news of Xia Dacheng's return.

Xia Dacheng's face has darkened a lot after this period of running around, and this time he came back even more dark. He gave Lin Qingwan the things, then turned around and went home to rest. I ran too many places in the past two days, and I was completely holding it in one breath. At this time, I had to go back and have a good rest.

Seeing that Xia Dacheng didn't mention the value of this thing, Lin Qingwan knew that it must be within the cost range.

She asked Yang Tiezhu to get a small basin and a small water jug, and asked him to fill it with water.

Yang Tiezhu brought the things, and she opened the small cloth bag that Xia Dacheng gave her.

The small cloth bag is not big, and it contains some crystalline white objects, about the weight of a large soup bowl. Lin Qingwan actually didn't know this kind of thing, but she remembered that several time-travel novels said that it was a white crystalline object, and now she can only try it.

She put the jug in a small basin filled with water, then grabbed a small handful of saltpeter and put it into the water, and the saltpeter melted quickly in the water.

Yang Tiezhu stupidly stood by and watched his daughter-in-law experiment there. Seeing Lin Qingwan's solemn attitude, he didn't dare to ask her why she did this.

After Lin Qingwan put saltpeter in the water, she sat and waited. After waiting for a while, she found that the water in the jug was not frozen.

Could it be that time-travel novels tricked her into reading less? Or is this crystalline object not the saltpeter she said?

She tried to feel the water in the basin and the water in the pitcher with her fingers. It did feel cool to the touch. She touched it when the water came in, and the temperature was lower than the previous temperature.

Could it be that there is less saltpeter?

Lin Qingwan grabbed another handful of saltpeter and threw it in.

When she was done, she kept her eyes on the water. Yang Tiezhu watched his daughter-in-law look at the water so seriously, and kept her eyes on the water jug.

Then he saw a picture that surprised him——

A thin layer of ice formed on the water in the jug.