Chapter 228: Ice Making (Part 1)
As for Wu Xin, Jiang Hai, and Li Lei, who want to take a career in office, Mei Yixuan can't teach them for the time being.
Let's wait a few days for them to hire a private school teacher and teach them again.
In the afternoon, she would send Guo to teach some cooking skills to the girls who wanted to learn cooking, and let a mother-in-law surnamed Ji in the sewing room teach some basic techniques of needlework.
She went to the street by herself, went to the blacksmith shop and ordered a batch of small, lightweight, thin and sharp hidden weapons as protective weapons.
And all the maids and servants who live in the backyard, since they saw that the eldest young master actually taught Wu Xin, Zheng Ximei and others in person, their frustration and decadence were swept away, and they insisted on learning from the eldest young master every day.
Feifeng, Zhang Yi and Mei Yixuan discussed it, and then merged the two groups of people together to study together.
The enthusiasm of these maids and little girls to learn is unprecedentedly high, whether it is studying medicine or practicing martial arts, they secretly study harder. Especially in the morning exercise, no one is far behind when it comes to running in the race.
Now Mei Yixuan and the martial arts they teach, first of all, they want to improve their physical fitness and endurance, so they ask to run ten kilometers around the small lake every morning. These children have different physiques, the strong ones can persevere, and the weak ones can walk slowly, and none of them complain about retreating, which makes Mei Yixuan, Feifeng, and Zhang Yi have a feeling of picking up treasures.
You must know that martial arts talent is very important, but if you don't have strong willpower, no matter how high your talent is, it's empty talk. Without talent, acquired diligence can also make up for it.
In the afternoon, Mei Yixuan will be free. However, after the lunch break, she would take this time to go out and inspect the medical halls and pharmacies on the street. Look at which area has a good reputation and noble medical ethics, and which area is not so good.
By the way, I will investigate the customs of Jiaozhou City, the distribution of influence circles, and the prices of various items, especially the prices of medicinal materials.
After all, she just came, and she still can't figure out the situation in the city, and I'm afraid that the medical center has not opened yet, and I'm afraid that those who find fault will come to the door first. Therefore, it is essential to do your homework beforehand.
In addition, I bought 100 small porcelain vases at the porcelain shop, and then ordered 10,000 small porcelain vases. Because the shop did not have so much stock, and the porcelain kiln had to be fired to meet such a large order as Mei Yixuan, the method of supplying goods in installments was adopted, the contract was signed, and the deposit was paid.
However, Mei Yixuan's most worried about settling down has not been heard back for a long time. She couldn't rush either, so she could only wait patiently. She plans to wait for two more days, and if there is no news, she will go back to Bacun first.
It is not an easy task for so many people to relocate over more than 200 miles. The weather is so hot, the ingredients will spoil if you are not careful, and you may get sick, but it is not a joke.
Therefore, when the news of Lu Baochun's rush to buy ice reached Mei Yixuan, Mei Yixuan was busy practicing Wu Xin, Zheng Ximei and others in the backyard every day, and did not realize that there was no ice cube and it was difficult to have a bad summer.
In the past two days, because her surroundings were finally clean, Mei Yixuan slept in the building of the space at night, practicing the internal strength of the mind by the way. Also because of the marrow washing and hair removal in her body by the space water, her physique is different from ordinary people, and she doesn't feel much heat.
Now after being reminded by Lu Baochun, she immediately remembered. It's good to say that my mother and younger brother are ordinary people's physiques, although they have improved some of their physique because of drinking space water, but after all, they have no martial arts, and their heat resistance is incomparable.
In Bacun, because of its proximity to the sea, it doesn't show much heat, but Jiaozhou is different.
Although it is also near the sea, it is a large town with high walls and many shops, and it is still very hot in the city.
Can't buy ice? By the way, doesn't Meifu stock up on a lot of ice every summer? The ice cellar is full.
Because she had been here for a short time, she didn't pay attention to this question, because when she left the Mei Mansion, only the old lady's yard had used ice, and the other yards had not yet been supplied. In this era, the ice was dug from the river in winter and transported back for storage.
This dynasty had not yet invented gunpowder, so no one would have thought of making ice from saltpeter.
So, Mei Yixuan asked Lu Baochun to find a way to buy saltpeter, which was purified and made into ice cubes from saltpeter. Because he was busy making ice, the time to return to Ba Village was postponed for two days.
Lu Baochun didn't expect that the ice cubes that he couldn't buy after all his efforts were actually made by the eldest prince in three or two clicks. Looking at the ice cellar stuffed with ice, he really threw himself to the ground for the five bodies that the eldest young master admired.
What made him and the people in the house even happier was that Mei Yixuan was not stingy with ice cubes, and put ice basins on all the manned houses in the house, including the rooms where the people lived, and also gave an ice basin every day for sleeping at night.
This makes everyone happy!
This is where there is no such welfare, the people can take advantage of the master's light to get a little cool is a great blessing, which master will be so generous, so that the people enjoy the same treatment as the master?
Therefore, the subordinates in the mansion were very grateful in their hearts, and they praised the eldest young master behind their backs, and became more loyal and respectful to the master in the mansion.
In the midst of the hustle and bustle, five days have passed, and there has been no news about Huang Ren'an.
Mei Yixuan thought of his mother and younger brother at home, and didn't want to wait any longer, so early in the morning of the sixth day, he took Feifeng and Zhang Yi to leave Jiaozhou City in a carriage and set foot on the road back to Ba Village.
Before leaving, Mei Yixuan wrote the two big characters "Zhao Mansion" and instructed Lu Baochun to make a plaque as soon as possible, and hang it up when they came back from Bacun. And let him pay attention to the movement in the concierge, if Huang Ren'an came over and asked how the settlement was going, even if there were any twists and turns, he would wait for her to come back.
Also, let him send someone to sort out the small garden in front of the gate as soon as possible and restore it to its previous appearance.
Lu Baochun naturally agreed again and again, and said that he must protect the house and not cause trouble for his master.
Mei Yixuan and his entourage went out of the city gate as soon as the city gate was opened, and hurried back to Bacun at close to noon.
As soon as you enter the boundary of Bacun, there is no heat and it becomes cooler.
When the carriage stopped at the gate of the courtyard, Mei Shengjie, who got the news, ran out of the courtyard with a gust of wind and pounced on Mei Yixuan, who had just gotten out of the carriage.
"Sister······· Brother, why did you go for so long and not come back?" Mei Shengjie lay in Mei Yixuan's arms, aggrieved. When I was excited, I forgot that my sister was wearing men's clothes, and "sister" blurted out, but fortunately, she corrected it in time, and there were no outsiders around.
Mei Yixuan actually missed his younger brother a lot, so he couldn't help pinching his somewhat fleshy face, hugged his younger brother's soft body, and said in a low voice: "Miss your sister, sister also misses Xiaojie, go, it's too hot outside, hurry back to the house." ”