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Chapter 12 Saltpeter
"This bastard!" Dean Meng shook his head helplessly, cursed in a low voice, turned around and entered the cubicle, facing the old man in a green shirt with eyes full of gentleness and wisdom, and said: "Let Zou Brother is laughing at this, my nephew has a wild temper and doesn't like to study, he is really worried."

Mr. Zou shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother Meng is too harsh. I think Ling's nephew is very lovable. It's not like studying is the only way in the world. As long as he has good character, there is nothing he can do? What's more, at Ling's nephew's age, A person who can pass the examination as a scholar should not be the kind of person who is very dull in reading."

"Brother Zou doesn't know. It's a complete fluke that he became a scholar. He was only at the bottom of the list during the college examination."

"Brother Meng's words are wrong. There are so many students during the college examination. How can he be at the bottom of the list if he doesn't have any real talent? There are quite a few students who fail the college exam every year."

"I can't defeat you!" Dean Meng admitted defeat.

"That's because what I said makes sense." Mr. Zou changed the subject with a smile: "Is the article you sent me before written by the Ye Ximing you just mentioned?"

Dean Meng nodded, "Yes, you haven't replied before. I don't know what you are thinking. It just so happened that our college got a place to go to a private school, so I thought of recommending him to a private school first. Who knows? I missed him but accidentally fell into the water.”

Mr. Zou said: "You know where his home is, right? I want to see him later."

Dean Meng shook his head and said, "You haven't given up yet? He was already weak, and now his body is completely gone. How long he can live is unknown. It will definitely be difficult to continue studying."

Mr. Zou smiled and said: "It's rare to see such spiritual articles. Even if I can't accept him as a disciple, I still want to meet him."

"Okay, I'll ask A Yan to take you to his house later."

"it is good."

After the two of them spoke, Dean Meng opened the birthday gift sent by Ye Ximing. When he saw the screen with reeds and double ducks, Dean Meng fell in love with it at first sight. However, thinking of Ye Ximing's situation, he twisted it slightly. eyebrow.

"What? Don't you like it?" Mr. Zou asked, seeing how funny he was, "If you don't like it, just give it to me."

Dean Meng glared at Mr. Zou and said, "This is a birthday gift given to me. Are you embarrassed to ask for it? I think the price of such a screen must be quite high. Ye Ximing's family is not considered wealthy. Plus, he is currently in poor health." No, the cost will definitely not be small..."

Mr. Zou shook his head, "If you really feel uneasy about accepting his gift, just ask your nephew to give you some medicinal materials of similar value. And I think you think too much. When I read Ye Ximing's article, he didn't He is not the kind of vain person who wants to save face and will not empty his family's wealth just to give you gifts."

When Dean Meng heard this, he thought it made sense and stopped worrying about it. He directly put the screen out to enjoy it slowly.

Of course, Zhou Ran and Ye Ximing didn't know what happened in Dean Meng's place. However, the moment Dean Meng put up the screen, Zhou Ran received feedback from the system. The task was completed, and she had another forty days. Have a good life.

By late June, the weather was getting hotter and hotter. When it got hot, the palms of her hands would sweat easily. Zhou Ran could only practice embroidery for a while in the morning and night when it was not too hot.

After waking up from her nap at noon that day, looking at the bright sun outside and feeling the sweaty underwear on her body, Zhou Ran missed the air conditioner and refrigerator in her previous life. She wanted to eat iced fruit and drink iced drinks while the air conditioner was blowing.

Wait... Although it is impossible to have air conditioners and refrigerators, iced fruits seem to be possible.

She remembered seeing a short video on the Internet about using saltpeter to make ice.

"Ye Ximing, do you know where there is saltpeter?" Zhou Ran sat up from the bed and asked excitedly Ye Ximing who was sitting in front of the window reading a book.

I don't know if it's due to physical reasons or because he's not afraid of heat, but Ye Ximing doesn't seem to feel the heat in this weather.

Ye Ximing turned around and was about to speak, but when he saw Zhou Ran's current appearance, he immediately turned his head back. His face and ears turned red instantly, and his voice was full of discomfort as he said: "You... you first... Put on your clothes." Zhou Ran lowered her head and saw that it might be because the weather was too hot. She had clearly worn a good inner garment before going to bed, but she had torn it apart at some point. Now it was open and open. The red bellyband and delicate collarbone underneath were exposed.

Zhou Ran looked embarrassed for a moment, hurriedly tied up her clothes, and put on the dress she had made a few days ago using the fabric Zhang gave her. Then she spoke again as if nothing had happened: "Okay, Ye Ximing, I just asked you Do you know anything about this, and where is the saltpeter?"

The heat on Ye Ximing's face has not subsided, but after hearing Zhou Ran's words, he turned around and asked seriously: "Why do you want saltpeter?"

Zhou Ran said: "You will know later. You tell me where the saltpeter is first."

Ye Ximing glanced at Zhou Ran and didn't ask any more, "Saltpeter should be sold in drug stores, Taoist temples in general, and maybe on the mountains behind our house, but I have to ask Dad where it is."

When his father went hunting in the mountains before, he brought back saltpeter.

"I'm going to find dad." Zhou Ran said and left the room. It would be best if she didn't have to spend money to buy it.

Father Ye is currently enjoying the cool air under the big tree in the yard. Lying under him is a deck chair made by Ye Dalang himself.

Mrs. Zhang sat next to him and talked to him.

Zhou Ran walked over and called, "Dad, Mom."

"What's wrong with the third family?" Mrs. Zhang asked with a smile.

Zhou Ran smiled and said: "Mom, I heard from my husband that my father brought saltpeter back from the mountain before. I just wanted to ask him where he found it and if it is still there now."

After hearing this, Father Ye recalled for a while and said, "The saltpeter you mentioned was probably something I found in a cave. There seems to be a lot of it in that place."

"Dad, is the cave far away? Is it easy to find it?"

"It's not far. Do you want to go?" Father Ye frowned and said with some disapproval: "It's hot now and there are many venomous snakes on the mountain. You'd better not go up the mountain."

Zhou Ran originally planned to go looking for her after asking Father Ye for directions, but after hearing Father Ye's words, she was ready to go. If she encountered a venomous snake and was bitten, it would be terrible.

"Don't worry dad, I'm not going."

Zhou Ran decided to ask Ye Erlang to buy some for her from the county drug store tomorrow.

The price of saltpeter was not high. The next day Ye Erlang helped Zhou Ran buy a lot of saltpeter from the drug store.

As soon as Zhou Ran got the saltpeter, she went to work using the saltpeter to make ice.

The method of making ice from saltpeter was not difficult. After more than two quarters of an hour, the water Zhou Ran placed in the basin began to condense into ice.

(End of this chapter)