Oops, Fubao was snatched away by the smelly brother next door again

Chapter 24

After patriarch Jiang called all the people, he found out that there were seven families who had sold their grain, and another six or seven families had heard the news and planned to sell grain. If he was a moment later Zhong, it is estimated that everyone has already set off.

Patriarch Jiang was afraid for a while, and he was very glad that Lao Jiang's family noticed the abnormality this year, otherwise this year, how many people in the clan would be hungry and even leave their homes.

After hearing the patriarch's words, some people didn't really believe it, "Uncle, the weather here has always been smooth, the most is that sometimes the harvest is not so good, it is so exaggerated, how could there be a severe drought."

The person who spoke was a 19-year-old youth, and the head of the clan frowned tightly, "If you think there will be no severe drought here, go back and ask your parents how many people died in the severe drought more than 20 years ago, and how many people died there?" How many people went to flee the famine and never came back.”

More than half of the people present were elderly people who had experienced the severe drought. The patriarch's words were like a valve, reminding many people of the terrible drought that year.

Many people were standing on their hairs at the moment, and no one had any doubts. They would rather not earn the money for selling grain now, and they did not want to experience the days of being thirsty and hungry again.

Those who sold their grain also went to the county to buy grain again, and then bought back a lot of grain before the price of grain rose again.

Mrs. Jiang also prepared something for her daughters-in-law and asked them to go back to their natal home to remind them.

The weather gradually became hotter, and the water flow in the river became less and less day by day, leaking out of the river bed that had been dark all year round. From a distance, only pebbles steaming with heat waves could be seen.

Although they had enough food this time, everyone's hearts were entangled at this time.

At the beginning of June, the patriarch asked the elders of the clan who were more than seventy years old. According to the elders' judgment, there would still be no rain in the next few days, so he made a decisive decision and organized everyone to harvest rice.

Harvest at this time, maybe the situation will be even less after a while.

Originally, one acre of rice could yield two stones, but this year, only a few tens of catties of brown rice were produced per meter, and in the less fertile fields, only ten catties of imported brown rice were produced per mu.

This result made everyone silent, and at the same time, I was a little thankful that I had listened to the patriarch's words and didn't sell my own food, so I could barely survive until next year.

Everyone began to save water, and the water tanks in the house were also moved into the house, and the lids were carefully covered to prevent the water from evaporating.
The water level of the wells in the village is getting lower day by day, and everyone is more and more careful when fetching water, for fear of spilling even a drop of water.

After a long time, the dry land began to dry up, and it was shocking to see from a distance.

In this way, Jiang Yu'an thought of a TV series he acted in in modern times, those were almost all sets, and now there is a real severe drought.

She fell asleep with a full heart, but she tossed and turned in her little bed and couldn't fall asleep. She stayed up until early in the morning and signed in, only to realize that today is the time when she can sign out unlimited supplies once a month.

Today, what she got when she signed in turned out to be saltpeter!
Jiang Yu'an suddenly remembered what he had learned in junior high school. Potassium nitrate is easily soluble in water, and when dissolved, it will absorb a lot of heat, which can be used to make ice.

This is really timely rain!
She remembered that the method of making ice with saltpeter had existed since the Tang Dynasty. According to her judgment, the era she lived in was a dynasty after the Ming Dynasty.

Although she didn't know whether this was a parallel world or a dynasty that was submerged in the torrent of history without any historical data left.

But what she was sure of was that the method of making ice with saltpeter existed in history books, and it was completely reasonable for her to use this method to make ice.

Not only can she make ice for her own use, but she can even use it to make a small fortune from wealthy families.

Jiang Yu'an thought so happily, and slowly fell asleep.

The next morning, Jiang Yu'an came together, and took An Shuhui to find Mrs. Jiang, and brought two pots, one large and one small.

"Grandmother, mother, you should be careful, don't blink." Jiang Yu'an filled the small basin with water, then put the small basin into the big basin that was only half filled with water, and then put the saltpeter into the big basin. in.

What happened next surprised Mrs. Jiang and An Shuhui. As the saltpeter melted into the water, the water in the small basin actually formed a layer of ice.

Seeing that the dose was not enough, Jiang Yu'an replaced the large basin with new water, and continued to add saltpeter until the third basin of water was used, and the water in the small basin turned into solid ice cubes.

"Yubao, what is this?" An Shuhui put her hand on the ice that was emitting bursts of chill.

"Grandmother, mother, don't panic. This is an ancient method of making ice. We can make some ice cubes every day and put them at home, so that the house will be cooler during the day." Jiang Yuan took out a lot of saltpeter, " This thing can be used repeatedly, as long as the used water is exposed to the hot sun, the saltpeter that melted in the water can be dried out."

When An Shuhui heard that it was saltpeter, she remembered, "So this is the method of making ice with saltpeter.

I have heard before that there are ancient books that record the method of making ice with saltpeter, but I can't figure out how to turn saltpeter into ice.It turned out that this is the case, the saltpeter can be used many times, which is really a good way. "

Mrs. Jiang was completely relieved after hearing what An Shuhui said, and patted her granddaughter's head, "We can use this thing at home, but we must never take it out."

"Grandmother, the weather is too hot this year, and the rich and noble families in the county probably don't have enough ice in their ice cellars, so we can quietly sell the ice cubes.

Such a piece of ice sells for five renminbi, and those rich merchants are afraid that they will rush to buy it.We can't take advantage of people's danger, but we can make money from those rich people. "Jiang Yu'an's eyes were shining, and he almost wrote the word "money fan" on his face.

Mrs. Jiang was still a little hesitant. She never thought that she could make money from rich people.

"Grandma, how about this? I'll ask daddy. If the county magistrate is a good and reasonable official, we'll go to the county to sell ice cubes to rich families. If the county magistrate is not a good official, we'll use it ourselves." Jiang Yu'an saw Mrs. Jiang's hesitation, so he said what he had thought about early in the morning.

Mrs. Jiang nodded in response, "Your father has already gone to school, and he should not be back until the afternoon."

"Mother, grandma, let's make some more ice cubes and put them in grandma and grandpa's room. We will stay here at noon." Jiang Yu'an seemed to have discovered some interesting game, and made it in one go There is a lot of ice, and the room is always cool.

Originally thought that Jiang Zixing would not come back until the afternoon, but he came back before noon, followed by a group of adults leading children.

There was a bit of regret in Jiang Zixing's expression, "Mother, where is our family's money box, return the remaining month's Shuxiu to them."

(End of this chapter)