coobybook Chapter 231 Ice powder, lemonade
Chapter 231 Ice powder, lemonade
Gao Wanhua's eyes widened. "Ten times? Xie Ling, you are so awesome!"
Shi Shaowen was originally observing the brine on the side. Hearing this, he quickly ran over and said, "Xie Ling, did I hear you correctly? You said that the salt production will increase tenfold?"
Xie Ling nodded. "My conservative estimate is ten times. The salt will be ready in two days. You will know then. I won't let you down."
Xie Ling explained some more details and drove hurriedly back home.
It is clearly early autumn, but the weather is as hot as a steamer, making people feel irritable and stuffy, especially at noon when the sun is scorching and it is almost impossible to breathe.
Xie Ling held a bottle of Sprite taken out of the refrigerator in her left hand and gulped down two big gulps. She held the electric fan in her right hand and felt a little more comfortable with the cool breeze.
Originally she was going to inspect the next salt field, but the weather was too hot. She couldn't stand doing anything, let alone the salt workers who were exposed to the sun.
She planned to make some cooling drinks for the salt workers and the soldiers who were busy at work.
"Hey, look, this carriage has no horse! How amazing!"
Under the shade of the trees on the roadside, a group of children pointed at Xie Ling's carriage with great curiosity.
Xie Ling showed half of her head, "Stand further away!"
The children, who were tanned like black loaches, quickly dispersed.
The horse in Xie Ling's carriage had been awakened by the spiritual spring in space and was very smart.
With Ji Ke's training, the coachman is no longer needed. It can drive on its own after walking the same road once. It will also avoid pedestrians and accelerate and decelerate according to road conditions.
These kids were not the first wave of shocked passers-by.
Almost all passers-by who see it will stop and watch for a while.
After the children finished talking, they pushed each other and jumped into the river nearby. Their childish laughter could be heard from afar, mixed with the anxious shouts of the adults in the rice fields not far away.
"Don't go in the water!"
"Goudan, I think you deserve a beating! Wait until I get the water ready, then I'll come over and spank you! Yesterday, Mr. Li's grandson drowned, and you don't learn your lesson!"
In such hot weather, swimming in the river is the most refreshing thing.
However, the depth of the river is uncertain, and children drown all year round.
Xie Ling frowned, an idea flashed through her mind, and she lifted the curtain and got into the carriage.
But when she was halfway across, she suddenly stopped.
He immediately turned around and looked into the grass by the roadside.
In addition to the lush weeds and colorful wild flowers, there are also knee-high plants growing in the bushes. They have slender leaves and branches full of round, yellow fruits that look like lanterns.
Xie Ling's eyes lit up, "Ice powder fruit?"
She just wanted to make a cold drink, so she rubbed the ice fruit into ice jelly and it became ice jelly. Just as she dozed off, someone handed her a pillow.
Ice powder fruit grows in hot and sunny places.
Xie Ling thought that she must have seen it a long time ago, but she didn't have that thought at the time, so she didn't pay attention.
Not far away there happened to be a farmer wearing a straw hat.
Xie Ling ran along the path in the field into the lush rice field and patted the farmer on the shoulder.
"Uncle, is that piece of land yours?"
The old man blinked, letting the sweat flow down his eyelids, and said in a hoarse voice, "Yeah, what's wrong?"
"I saw something I want in there. Can you sell it to me?"
"There's nothing in that area, just wasteland... You want the lantern fruit?"
Xie Ling nodded.
The old man waved his hand generously and said, "I'll give it to you. The lantern fruit is wild, not from my home. If you want it, there are many of them everywhere in this mountain!"
"No, no, you have to pay—"
"Hey! Why pay for it? It's wild! Why should I charge you?
No matter what Ren Xie Ling said, I wouldn't take any money.
Xie Ling had no choice but to put down a water bag filled with cold water, placed it next to the old man and ran away.
After returning to the wasteland, Xie Ling quickly cut down a dozen trees and threw them into the carriage, shouting, "Tread on the snow, run!"
There was a sound of snorting as he stepped on the snow, and after a cloud of dust, he disappeared on the yellow mud official road.
The old man held the water bag and watched Xie Ling run away helplessly.
"Alas, this girl..."
Xie Ling's voice came from afar.
"Uncle, if you don't drink it, you'll be lost!"
At the gate of the county magistrate's mansion, Xie Ling saw the wives of the Pei, Song, Gao and Shi families from afar.
One person was carrying a wooden barrel, and one could vaguely see hairy crabs and various shellfish and seafood inside.
Xie Ling jumped off the carriage, "Mother-in-law, and sisters-in-law, what are you doing?"
Pei pointed at the wooden barrel and said, "We are back to our old business, making spicy seafood to sell. We went to the sea, you see, we found so much seafood, I hope the business will be as good as in Jiaozhou."
Xie Ling smiled and said, "That's great. Since everyone is here, I want to ask you for a favor today. I'll pay you for it."
Yu Niang on the side waved her hands, "Your business is our business, how can it be called helping?"
Xie Ling shook her head. "It wasn't me. It was the military camp in Sinan County. They were building the camp and it was very hot. Gu Wei asked me to make some cold drinks for him and he reimbursed me at public expense."
Gao's wife poked her head out and asked, "How many do you want to make?"
Xie Ling curled her lips, "Thousands of copies."
“Thousands of copies!”
Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.
Xie Ling curled her lips, "Aunts and sisters-in-law, don't worry, I will take you with me, it will only take an hour. Now, I will order a few people to buy ingredients."
Upon hearing this, everyone quickly put the seafood away and waited for Xie Ling's instructions.
At Xie Ling's command, those who were buying things and those who were preparing props all swarmed out.
Pei nudged Xie Ling's arm and winked, "You came up with this idea, right?"
Xie Ling blinked, "Mother-in-law is really smart. I saw that these sisters-in-law couldn't find anything to do, and I was afraid that they would be bored, so I took the initiative to say that it was Gu Wei who proposed it. Don't let it slip."
Xie Ling wanted to give these women a chance to demonstrate their own value.
In the past, when they were in Beijing, they were all the mistresses of the house, taking care of a large family and were very busy every day.
Now in Lingnan, there is nothing else to do except making fire, cooking and washing clothes. They must be very bored, so they are trying to make spicy seafood together to make money.
But Sinan County is not as prosperous as Jiaozhou. Selling spicy seafood certainly doesn't make much money, and it's tiring.
Pei tapped Xie Ling's nose and said, "You are the soft-hearted one. I will also go and prepare some cold water. I won't talk to you any more."
Xie Ling hurried into the space and froze five large freezers full of ice.
After a while, all the ingredients and tools were prepared and neatly placed in the yard.
Everyone worked together to build a pergola with oil paper and started to work.
The cold drinks Xie Ling planned to make included lemonade, bayberry ice dumplings, brown sugar ice jelly, pearl milk tea, and a few buckets of mung bean soup to relieve the heat.
The first step in making bubble tea is of course to make bubble taro balls.
There was no pre-ground cassava flour in ancient times, so Xie Ling ground it on the spot.
Mrs. Shi, who was standing by, looked at the sweet potatoes and purple potatoes on the ground, frowning. "I looked in several stores but couldn't find any sweet potatoes. Finally, I found some in a farmer's cellar. They don't look very good. Aling, it shouldn't affect me, right?"
Xie Ling shook her head, "It's okay. It's just a small thing anyway."
Yu Niang was very curious. While cooking mung bean soup, she poked her head over to learn from her teacher. "A Ling, you always come up with so many new and wonderful delicacies. What is this time? What is this sweet potato used for?"
Xie Ling curled her lips, "Pearl taro balls, you'll know in a moment."
The yard suddenly became bustling with activity.
After Xie Ling finished making the taro balls, she started making ice jelly.
As soon as I started to rub the ice powder seeds, there was an exclamation from the other side.
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at the same time.
On the official road of Lingnan.
Wu Xuanji, carrying his bag, wiped the sweat from his forehead and threw out a copper coin.
"There are three county towns in Lingnan. The front one leads to Yong'an, the back one leads to Sinan, and the one in the middle leads to Lingshan. Miss Xie Ling, where on earth are you?"
The coin fell to the ground.
Wu Xuanji looked over with eyes wide open.
"Yo? Okay! Let's go here!"