Another World's Imperial Examination Official Path

Chapter 244 Ice Making

"Huh? What?" Chu Zhuang looked around and asked, "Is someone watching you?"

This is inside the carriage, who will watch Yunmengxi?

"I feel hairy in my heart, a little uncomfortable." Yunmengxi said sullenly with puffed cheeks.

Chu Zhuang guessed that Yunmengxi had such sequelae because he watched too many horror movies with him when he was in the Chu Mansion.

Chu Zhuang hugged Yunmengxi into his arms and comforted him softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here"

"Yeah." Yunmengxi felt that she was being paranoid, approached Chu Zhuang's suspicion, smelled the familiar aura on him, and gradually calmed down the uneasiness in her heart.

"Let me sleep for a while." Chu Zhuang kissed Yunmengxi's forehead and coaxed him to sleep.

Chuzhuang's convoy passed by on the official road, stirring up a burst of dust, and there was a person standing on a tall tree on both sides.

Huiming looked at the back of the Chuzhuang motorcade leaving, raised his eyebrows and muttered: "This kid has a keen sense."

He just kept close to the ground and took a second look, but the other party actually noticed it. If he hadn't stopped in time, he might have been discovered.

"Chu Zhuang, I found you!"

Huiming took out a portrait from his arms, with a smile on his lips, and muttered.

The carriage quickly disappeared. Huiming didn't stop there, put away the portrait, and continued to follow up, but he didn't dare to get so close to the ground.

The days on the road always go by extraordinarily fast, and the clothes on Chu Zhuang and the others are getting less and less, and it is already midsummer in a blink of an eye. "It's too hot outside, let's stop and rest for a while, and then go on our way after noon!" Chu Zhuang opened the car window, looked at the bright sun outside, and said with a frown.

In such Liwen weather, the inside of the carriage was like a large steamer. Chu Zhuang was already sweating in the morning, and he was a little worried about Xue Qing and the children.

The carriage stopped under the shade of a big tree, and everyone came out of the carriage, being blown by the heat wave outside, their faces were a little sleepy

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"Doctor Xue, are you okay?"

Seeing that Xue Yu's face was flushed and his body was weak, Chu Zhuang hurriedly stepped forward to help him sit down on the stone beside him, and at the same time ordered: "Dali, bring the fan!"

"Yes!" Bai Dali took a big cattail fan and stood aside to fan Xue Qing.

Xue Qing sat down, drank some water, and rested for a while before recovering.

"Grandpa Xue, are you okay?" The three little ones stood beside Xue Qing, looking at him worriedly and asked.

Chu Zhuang was relieved to see that although the three of them were blushing, they were still in good spirits.

"Grandpa Xue is fine, don't worry." Xue Qing forced a smile, looked at Chu Zhuang again and said, "It's the old man who dragged you down."

"Doctor Xue, what are you talking about." Chu Zhuang shook his head in disapproval and said, "Just take a good rest, we don't care about such a short journey."

They have always supported each other along the way. When they were sick, Xue Yu took care of them. At this time, he was not feeling well, so they should take care of him.

Xue Qing also knew Chu Zhuang's character, nodded slightly, and rested at ease.

"We won't be hurrying during the day today, we will leave after the sun goes down."

Chu Zhuang made a decision, and the inside of the carriage was like a big steamer. They young people could bear it, but it was not certain whether Xue Qing and the three children could bear it.

"En." Yunhong and Yun Zhanfei looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

With Xue Yu's current situation, it is impossible to hurry.

only……

Now that the weather has just warmed up, Xue Qing can't take it anymore, and it will get hotter day by day in the future, what should we do then?

Delaying a summer day, an autumn time is simply not enough time to hurry, and when the winter day, the road is blocked by heavy snow, they can't go even if they want to.

With such a drag along the way, it is not certain whether Chu Zhuang will be able to catch up with the exam in March next year.

Yunhong's eyes were full of worry, and he pulled Chu Zhuang aside to speak out what he was worried about while he was free.

"It's too hot inside the carriage, it really can't work!" Chu Zhuang pursed his lips tightly.

There is only a thin wooden board on the roof of the carriage, there is no insulation layer, and there is no air conditioner in the carriage, how can it not be hot?

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Xue Qing is already old, it is impossible to let him ride a horse.

Suddenly Chu Zhuang was stunned, the interior of the car in modern society is actually very hot, just turn on the air conditioner to feel comfortable.

There is no air conditioner in this carriage, but putting some ice cubes should be able to cool down!

"Ice!" Chu Zhuang's eyes lit up, and he said angrily, "Why did I forget about the ice?!"

"Ice cubes?" Yunhong and Yun Zhanfei looked at each other, and asked in surprise, "Chu Zhuang, don't you want to put ice cubes in the carriage?"

"That's right, otherwise the inside of the carriage is like a steamer, not to mention Dr. Xue and the others, I can't stand it anymore." Chu Zhuang nodded and said.

"This..." Yunhong was a little hesitant, and after thinking about it, he said, "Not to mention the high price of ice cubes, they are not sold in smaller counties. It doesn’t do much either.”

"Why do we just buy ice cubes, just buy some saltpeter to make ice."

After Chu Zhuang finished speaking, he was taken aback for a moment, looked at them in surprise and asked, "You don't know how to make ice, do you?"

It was only at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty that saltpeter ice was made. The current productivity level of the Da Yue Dynasty is backward, and maybe it really didn't come out!

"Ice making?" Yunhong and Yun Zhanfei looked at each other, shook their heads and said, "We have never heard of this ice making method."

"Haven't seen it?" A smile appeared on the corner of Chu Zhuang's lips, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "Then let you see and see." After resting for several hours on the road, when the sun was setting, Chu Zhuang and others This is the start again.

In the evening, the group finally entered the town and found an inn to stay.

"Tomorrow ** and Mengxi are going out to buy something, so take a day off tomorrow and set off the day after tomorrow." Chu Zhuang suggested during dinner.

Firstly, Xue Qing needs to have a good rest, and secondly, at Chuzhuang, he has to spend some time looking for saltpeter.

There is no such thing in Chuzhuang's space, and even if there is, it is not convenient for him to go in and get it with so many people, so he can only go outside to look for it to see if he can buy it.

Xue Qing knew that Chu Zhuang was for him, and there was a touch of emotion in his eyes.

"Okay, we will accompany you." Yun Zhanfei and Yunhong immediately agreed.

They were particularly interested in the method of making ice that Chu Zhuang said, so they wanted to follow.

Yunmengxi puffed up her cheeks, it was rare to be able to go out with Chu Zhuang to live in a two-person world, what happened to the two big light bulbs following them.

"We're going too, we're going too!" The three children couldn't sit still, and said while holding Yunmengxi and Chuzhuang's hands.Obviously, being on the carriage during this period of time can suffocate them, so they just want to walk around!

Chuzhuang and Yunmengxi looked at each other, showing helplessness and said: "Okay, Dali, you stay in Kezhao and take care of Dr. Xue, and everyone else can go out together."

"yeah!"

Everyone happily finished their dinner and went to bed early, only waiting to go shopping together the next day.

Early the next morning, Chuzhuang and the others packed up and went out. They spent some money to find a dentist and asked him to lead the way to the market.After shopping all day, near evening, I found saltpeter in a small workshop for making paint.

"Where did you buy this?" Chu Zhuang looked at the waiter and asked.

There are not many saltpetres in this shop, so Chu Zhuang didn't plan to buy them here, and only asked where to buy them.

"I bought this from the Li family's mines." The boss told them right away, not daring to offend them when he saw that they were so popular.

"Thank you."

It was already dark when Chu Zhuang and others took the saltpeter to the inn.

Yunmengxi suddenly took out a mirror, which was a mercury mirror given to him by Chu Zhuang. Unlike the brass mirror of Dayue Dynasty, which could only show a silhouette of a person, the mercury mirror could clearly see the pores on the face.

Yunmengxi took a picture, saw the situation in the mirror, a strange look flashed across his eyes, then put away the mirror, and took Chu Zhuang's hand.

"Sweat so much, go back and let you cool off." Chu Zhuang turned his head and saw Yunmengxi was sweating profusely, took out a handkerchief to wipe him, and said distressedly.

"I'm fine." Yun Mengxi shook his head and said with a smile.

"Brother Zhuang, Xuan Xuan needs to cool off too!" Bai Xuan said bouncingly after hearing Chu Zhuang's words.

"Okay, I'll let you cool off too!" Chu Zhuang laughed and nodded in response.

After dinner, Yun Zhanfei and Yunhong couldn't wait to come to Chu Zhuang's room, wanting to see the method of making ice that Chu Zhuang said.

If it were anyone else who said he knew how to make ice, they would never believe it.

But if this person is Chu Zhuang, it's a different matter.

Chu Zhuang set up some saltpeter, nodded slightly, and ordered: "Dali, bring a big basin and several small basins, and bring another bucket of water."

"Yes, sir."

Bai Dali quickly brought over what Chu Zhuang ordered.

Chu Zhuang walked to the table, first poured water into the big basin, then picked up a small basin and poured water into the big basin, and finally put the saltpeter into the big basin.

Everyone gathered around the table, staring intently at the movements in Chu Zhuang's hands.

After a while, the saltpeter dissolved in the water, and a layer of white mist soon appeared in the water in the small basin.

Yun Zhanfei stretched out his hand and put it on it, with surprise in his eyes, he said, "It's cold, it's cold!"

Excitement flashed in Yunhong's eyes, he did not expect that one day he would be able to witness the scene of water turning into ice with his own eyes.In the first experiment, due to the problem of proportion, it still failed to condense into ice cubes. Chu Zhuang made some adjustments, and the second experiment succeeded.

The water in the small basin solidified into a crystal clear ice cube.

"Wow!" Yunmengxi looked at Chu Zhuang and asked, "Chu Zhuang, can I touch it?"

"Of course." Chu Zhuang took out the small basin and put it on the table.

Everyone only felt a gust of cool air rushing towards them, blowing away the scorching heat of summer.

Yunmengxi knocked on the ice and sighed, "It's really ice! It's amazing!"

Although everyone believed in Chu Zhuang, they still couldn't help being surprised when this scene really appeared in front of their eyes.

"Send this basin of ice to Dr. Xue first." Chu Zhuang thought that Xue Qing would still be uncomfortable, so he asked Bai Dali to bring the ice cubes to him first.

"Chuzhuang, I also want to try making ice." Yunmengxi looked at Chuzhuang eagerly.

Chu Zhuang smiled, moved away from the seat in front of him, and directed Yunmengxi to make ice.

This method is also very simple, as long as you pay attention to the proportion, you can easily make ice cubes.