There is no shortage of saltpeter and other things in Jinling City, there are many crude medicine shops, and in addition, the Ji family also has some all year round.

Ji Songxian summoned Huan Liang and asked her to find some saltpeter, although Liang didn't understand what to do with looking for saltpeter, it seemed that his girl was not sick or painful anywhere, what to do with this, but he still obediently went to the pharmacy to ask for some.

After taking it, he asked Liang Liang: "What does the girl want saltpeter to do for no reason?" ”

Ji Songxian took the saltpeter, asked Huanliang to fetch a basin of water, and said with a smile: "Let's wait for the girl to make a trick with you." ”

As she spoke, she put the saltpeter dust she had brought into a basin of water, and said as she put it: "You keep watch here, and tell the girl what you see." ”

After explaining to Huan Liang, Ji Songxian sat aside and continued to copy the Song Ci, and after a while, he heard Huan Liang exclaim: "Girl, girl, come and see." ”

Ji Songxian hurried over, but saw that a lot of the water in the basin had already frozen, and there was more and more ice, she knew that this was done, and couldn't help laughing: "In this way, we can use more ice, and when the ice melts, collect the water and then boil and dry it, and we can get saltpeter to continue to use." ”

"There is such a thing, the girl is so smart, she even knows this." Huan Liang was overjoyed for a while, praised Ji Songxian and said: "In this way, we can use ice in the house, and the girl doesn't have to worry about the masters and young masters." ”

Ji Songxian saw that a basin of water was frozen into ice, and he was in a good mood, so he took Huan Liang to the kitchen to make ice bowls.

She first made a number of big fresh peaches, cut the peaches into pieces, pounded out the juice, and asked Huanliang to smash a lot of green walnuts and boil them in boiling water to remove the bitterness. I cut the diced apples, fried the cooked sesame seeds, found some goat's milk and put it in the pot to boil, put the almonds when boiling, and waited until the goat's milk was cooked, put some cold boiled water, and put the pounded peach juice, diced apples, walnuts, and cooked sesame seeds, etc.

Get these right. Ji Songxian took a small celadon bowl. Put the finished things into separate bowls, and then find a big clay pot, fill it with water, and put the small bowls in the basin one by one. After that, the basin began to sprinkle saltpeter. It didn't take long. Bowls of ice are made.

Ji Songxian took a mahogany carved food box from the kitchen, put the ice bowl into the food box and handed it to Huan Liang: "You went and took it and sent it to my brother and sister-in-law, remember." Don't be greedy for cheap and send it along the way, you must send it to the eldest brother first, and then send it down in turn, I'd rather take a few more steps around some corners than ask someone to pick it up. ”

Huan Liang nodded and smiled: "The slave can be saved, the girl knows these without saying it." ”

Ji Songxian smiled and left a bowl of ice in the basin, took three bowls and put them in another smaller food box, and pointed to the remaining one: "You bring this bowl to our room, and eat it when you send it back, and I'll send it to my father and mother." ”

After speaking, the master and servant acted separately, Ji Songxian took the food box and went to Wu's place, it happened that Ji Yi was also there, she didn't have to go any further, Ji Songxian entered the door to greet her, and Wu Shi was happy when she saw her: "Sister Xian, come here, you don't stay in the house on such a hot day and run over to do something, be careful of the heatstroke." ”

Ji Yi also stroked his beard and said, "You are delicate and weak, and now the sun is scorching, you should be careful." ”

Ji Songxian smiled slightly: "There are many flowers and trees in our yard, where it is hot, I have nothing to do, so I made some ice bowls for my father and mother to taste." ”

After speaking, she put the food box in her hand on the table, first took a small green bowl and handed it to Ji Yi, and then found a small silver carved spoon from the food box and handed it over: "Dad try it, there is Dad's favorite walnut in it." ”

Another bowl was handed to Wu's: "I also put my mother's favorite peach juice." ”

The last bowl she picked up by herself, took a silver spoon and tasted it, only to feel that it was cold, sweet and fragrant.

"Only made these three bowls?"

Ji Yi asked while eating: "It tastes good, but this thing is cold, so let's eat less and save my stomach." ”

Ji Songxian squinted his eyes slightly and smiled: "I have done a lot, I asked Huan Liang to send some to my brother and sister-in-law, Dad eat it quickly, it won't taste good if it melts." ”

"It's hard for you." Wu Shi also laughed, and ate half a bowl for a while: "There is not much ice in your room every day, so why bother to make these vain things, and they will not heat you anymore." ”

Ji Songxian bit the milky ice cube in his mouth, ate a piece of walnut, and enjoyed the slightly bitter sweet taste and smiled for a while: "I didn't use the ice in my room, I looked at a recipe from the ancient book, that is, to make ice with saltpeter, so I asked Huanliang to take saltpeter and try it, it can indeed be done, I think that our family is not short of saltpeter, and in the future, we should get more ice for my brothers and sisters-in-law, and put an ice basin in the house, and my nephew is young and can't be hot." ”

"Saltpeter ice?" Ji Yi frowned and thought for a while: "I haven't seen any books that say it." ”

Ji Songxian tilted his head and thought for a while: "I looked at it a few days ago, and I forgot which one, but I finally knew the method, and I wanted to do something." ”

Wu pointed at Ji Yi: "You old fool, aren't you happy that the girl is willing to honor you, you don't like to eat this for me, I love it tightly." ”

Ji Yi hurriedly covered his ice bowl: "Who doesn't like to eat, I love it too, this is my girl's filial piety to me, why give it to you." ”

Wu Shi hatefully bit a piece of milk ice: "Who girl doesn't have filial piety, look at you." ”

Ji Songxian saw that the old couple was still arguing like children at such an age, and couldn't help laughing for a while: "If my father and mother love to eat, I will get it with my father and mother in the future, this is not a difficult thing, wait for Ming'er Let's change the trick and get some grape juice, and I will add some wine to my father......"

"There's still osmanthus wine at home, you got it." Wu grabbed a white sentence.

Ji Yi suddenly remembered something: "You don't need to take osmanthus wine, Your Majesty rewarded me with a jar of wine yesterday, you use that one, that color is good, and it is the most beautiful to put it in a glass bowl." ”

"Hmm." Ji Songxian nodded: "What Dad said is, I didn't think about using a glass bowl, wait for Ming'er to get it for Dad to see." ”

Ji Yi finished eating the ice bowl and put down the bowl and went out, Wu pulled Ji Songxian to speak.

She reached out and touched Ji Songxian's hair: "Our virtuous sister is becoming more and more sensible, and we all know that we are filial to our parents." ”

Ji Songxian bowed his head: "It should be, not to mention that I'm so old, even children know that they are good to their parents." ”

"Mother only thinks that our virtuous sister is the best." Wu smiled: "You are so old in a blink of an eye, you should talk about the age of your mother-in-law, my mother wants to set a family business for you earlier, but I don't know what kind of family you like, our family does not have so many rules, today my mother asks you, you also tell the truth, what kind of son-in-law do you want in your heart, my mother can also find it for you according to that, and you don't like what your father and mother found for you, and you will be bad for a lifetime." ”

Ji Songxian's face was as red as fire, his head hung lower, and his voice was so small that Xiao Wu couldn't hear it: "Since the marriage is a big event, the parents' life is the words of the matchmaker, where, where is there room for me to speak, my mother is good if she looks good." ”

"That's not right." Wu Shi raised his eyebrows, his eyes glared: "Your mother and I didn't think so, how come you are here like dead wood and don't open your mind, I want to see your father at a glance, but I don't think he has no father and no mother's family is poor and can't open the pot, what kind of people next to me I don't like, just wait for him, what is the result, your father won the promotion and the jinshi, when he was in the exam, he almost called people to be caught, but your father resisted desperately, and later became an official and did not have half a heart, he has always been good to me, I have lived with your father for so many years, There are times when there is noise, but after most of my life, I am happy, I am happy, I just feel that this day is getting more and more rushed, that is, in a few lifetimes, I am still looking for your father to be a son-in-law. ”

Wu Shi is not ashamed to say this, ordinary women can't say such things, and only Wu Shi's hearty and open temperament can say this in front of his own girl.

Ji Songxian's face turned redder when he heard this: "My mother has a good eye, I can trust my mother." ”

Wu Shi was anxious at the moment: "Hey, why are you ...... Tell your mother, what kind of one are you looking for? ”

Seeing that Wu was asking sincerely, although Ji Songxian was ashamed, he still raised his head and thought for a while before saying: "I don't know what it is, I just want to find someone who really cares about me, looks and talent are secondary, as long as he is really good to me and lives a sincere life, there is no such bad thing as a concubine." ”

Speaking of this, Ji Songxian glanced at Wu's family: "Our father is wholeheartedly to his mother, and my brother and sister-in-law are all kind, I have never been reprimanded by anyone when I am so big, and I have never blushed with anyone, I just thought, I want to really marry the son and brother in that high-ranking family, no matter how good I look, but when the freshness passes, they can also be three today, and four tomorrow, I am not the one with a heart, maybe I will sell it to people and pay back the number of people, I ...... Finding a family background is simple, and people are kind. ”

After she finished speaking, Wu Shi also fell silent, and thought for a while before patting his thigh: "What you said is extreme, our backyard is simple and tight, if you really marry into that family, don't say how about the in-laws, even the concubines in the family you can't control, no bullying, this can't be done, there are those big families with poetry and etiquette heirlooms, but there are no concubines to have a room, only those people have a complex population, and there are many tight rules, you can't stand it, those who are from a poor family have a few stinky money and are looking for a little wife, this, how is this good." ”

Ji Songxian was also stunned for a while, her wishes were not too harsh, how could it be so difficult in Wu's mouth?

She also thought about it a lot for a while, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was really difficult, this Jinling City is full of cities, how many officials really don't take concubines and don't raise outer rooms?

"If I can't find this, I won't marry, and I will serve my father and mother for the rest of my life." Ji Songxian gritted his teeth and said. (To be continued......)