In a place where people generally don't live long, seventy years old is indeed considered a long life, a sign of joy and mourning.

Thinking of the kind old man who laughed at everyone, Hua Jin felt quite uncomfortable. He quickly washed up and had something to eat, and then went to Grandpa Huabei's house without stopping.

Although she, a little girl, couldn't help much in the past, she still tried her best.

This work lasted until the evening, when Hua Jincai came back with her grandparents, mother, and two sisters-in-law, Xiaosi.

My father and two older brothers stayed there to help. There was a high probability that they would not be back at night, so they had to help keep a vigil together.

Old Man Hua was in a low mood. As soon as he got home, he sat in the lying room and smoked a pipe that he hadn't smoked for a long time. He sighed from time to time, which made Hua Jin feel bad.

"Sir, Mr. Hua is in mourning. He just fell asleep at night and didn't suffer much. We are not sad!" Hua Jin persuaded softly.

"That's the old man, look at it. This is what happens to people, and the old man really didn't suffer anything. His children and grandchildren were filial and he died of a healthy life. Think about how many people in the world outside can still live a healthy life. The old man will never die in this life. It’s a shame, we won’t be able to avoid it in a few years.”

Although Mrs. Hua felt uncomfortable in her heart, she was still separated by a layer. She didn't feel as intuitively as the old man. She also felt uncomfortable seeing the old man being uncomfortable.

"Bah, bah, bah, bad ones don't work, good ones work. Don't say that. You want to live a long life, and you will continue to look at me in the future." Hua Jin said reluctantly after a few bahs came out.

"This child, okay, bah, bah, bah, don't talk about the milk." The old lady Hua no longer felt any discomfort at being disturbed like this by her granddaughter.

Even the old man Hua was in a much better mood. The old woman and granddaughter were right, everyone has to go through this, but it happens sooner or later. The clan uncle was celebrating his death.

"Nai, I'm hungry and want to eat the shepherd's purse stuffed flatbread you made. I've already put the ingredients in the kitchen. Nai..."

"Okay, okay, let's make milk." Unable to stand her granddaughter's coquettishness, the old woman immediately forgot to call her daughter-in-law, got up and went to the kitchen.

"Grandpa, let's go deal with the saltpeter." Hua Jin wanted to keep his grandfather busy so he wouldn't have time to think about other things, so he wouldn't be sad.

"Ni, yes, yes, I forgot about this." Old Man Hua received the news of his uncle's death early in the morning. He had been busy all day, and only now did he have time to feel sad. How could he still remember it? The saltpeter my son, grandson and granddaughter carried home last night.

"Do you need to deal with this thing in advance?" Old Man Hua thought that he could just use it directly.

"Well, it's very simple. Please hurry up." Hua Jin urged.

"Okay, let's go." Old Man Hua quickly stood up as he put the cigarette bag in his hand on the table.

"Nitre" is also very important now.

Old Man Hua's energy came up immediately.

The lights in the yard were lit, and the grandfather and grandson appeared under the shed on the west side of the yard. Hua Jin began to teach his grandfather how to disinfect and purify saltpeter.

It's very simple, just grind the saltpeter into powder, then dissolve it in water, and then slowly heat it. When the solution is concentrated to a certain extent, the saltpeter will start to crystallize, then filter it to separate the crystals, and finally filter it with cold water, wash it and dry it. That’s it.

The only tools required are a stove, a pot, utensils for serving, and a stone mill or stone nest.

There was no shortage of these things, and they were all ready-made under the shed. The grandfather and grandson had just started working as mistresses when they came out of the room to join in the fun. Unexpectedly, they were captured and made into grinders.

Grinding saltpeter into powder can be regarded as a laborious job. Xiao Si, who kept grinding, accepted his fate and started doing it. Who told him not to enjoy the air-conditioning in the room but to come out and get tired.

Besides, he is the only young man in the family. If he doesn't do it, he can't let his grandfather and sister do it. He can't do such a thing. This grinding process started from before the evening meal to after the evening meal, and then helped my sister and grandfather dissolve the saltpeter powder into the water. Finally, it was a difficult job. It was already very hot and I had to work part-time as a fire boy.

By the time it was finished, it was already midnight. After washing, Xiao Si lay down on the bed and immediately fell asleep. The saltpeter had also shrunk from five baskets to more than three baskets, but it was still a lot.

After working for several hours, Old Man Hua couldn't remember anything, and finally fell asleep.

The next day, the whole family arrived at the uncle's house early.

The funeral was held three days later, and the whole village came to see it off. Some of the older generation chose a fairly good Feng Shui place and buried the person at the foot of the mountain. They would move it away when they returned to the village the next day.

Now this is all that can be done. It is impossible to bury Hui Clan now.

By the time we got home, it was already halfway through the morning, and the whole family was not very interested, so they went back to their respective houses to rest.

Especially Hua Chengtian and his two sons, who had been busy for two or three days and barely slept a wink, and were very sleepy at the moment.

I skipped lunch and slept until noon.

In the evening, when the energy was fully restored, the whole family gathered around Hua Jin and started pouring saltpeter together. Even Da Ya and Yun Niang did not avoid it.

Needless to say, the two of them were amazed the next day when they discovered that the water in which the saltpeter was dissolved last night had turned into ice. At this moment, they were dissolving the saltpeter in the water with the men.

Dozens of large and small wooden basins of dissolved saltpeter were placed in the corners of the room. The process of making ice was slow. After Hua Jin finished the demonstration, he waved his sleeves and went back to the room, letting the old man Hua Hua want to know the result quickly. Chengtian waited until he was anxious.

He waited for a whole day, and when the next night, looking at the basins of ice, Old Man Hua felt indescribably happy, and then he couldn't sit still, and ordered his son and grandson to go to the evening. The big ones all called over.

As soon as they stepped into Huaman's house, they were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths for a long time.

Huamanjia was simply too cool, and the sweat from the road disappeared within a short time after entering the main room.

When they came in, they were still wondering why there were winter curtains in the house on such a hot day without feeling too stuffy. Now they finally understood that the reason was here.

"Huaman, these are..." Elder Li Clan excitedly pointed at the basins of ice in the room, unable to speak with excitement.

There was still ice at this time, and there was so much of it. His first feeling was that Huaman wanted to honor these old guys, so he called them here.

But...it's not right either.

If you want to be filial, you can't just send Narita and the boys home, so there's no need to call them over.

After wanting to understand this, the Li clan elder immediately looked at Old Man Hua with a different look, and his cloudy eyes suddenly brightened a lot.

"Huaman, what's going on? Where can I get so much ice?" The Yong clan elder couldn't help it anymore.

Several others also looked at Huaman impatiently, waiting for his explanation.

They didn't think that Huaman called them here just to see Bing. There must be something wrong with this old boy.

"That's right, come on, I'm really anxious." The impatient Hua Qishan also urged.


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