Chapter 23 Under the Ice

Li Shen looked at Pang Zhong's appearance, shook his head with a smile, took out a kitchen knife and chopped it on the ice, picked up a piece of crushed ice and put it in his mouth, nodded slightly, the taste is very light, if you don't care, you can't eat other flavors, put in white sugar, this taste is better.

Li Shen "tsk" twice, originally thought that he would test it several times, but he didn't expect it to be formed once.

"How about a taste and a look?"

Pang Zhong reached out and picked up a small piece of Xiaoice, put it in his mouth, nodded, and said, "Same as ice." ”

Li Shen twitched the corners of his mouth speechlessly, he really talked to the cow, and sighed in a low voice, why did he suddenly feel like he was alone? Who else in the world can communicate with him!

"This saltpeter, you go buy more and come back, and then find a place to pack clothes now, with a quilt inside... Bring me some thick clothes and I'll do to you when the time comes. ”

Pang Zhong let out an "oh".

Near evening, Carpenter Wang brought two molds to Li Shen's house, the price is really not very expensive, the wood and labor costs are only 100 yuan, so Li Shen said that it is really cheap.

"Old man, Nizi, you're here." Li Shen looked at the three grandparents and grandchildren who walked in and said with a smile.

Old Man Pang nodded with a slight smile and said, "I heard that you taught a craft, come and have a look." ”

After Pang Lan shouted "Brother Li" shyly, she stood in place and lowered her head with a blushing face, it seemed that the rumors did not have much impact on her, which made Li Shen breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Shen smiled at Pang Lan and said to Old Man Pang: "It's just a gadget, it's idle and boring in summer, let Pang Zhong play with it." ”

"Although it is said to be a gadget, it is indeed a great gift to my family, baby, thank you for being stunned."

"Old man, you're also polite."

The spring water was picked up by Pang Zhong from the mountain stream, because he was worried that using raw water would cause diarrhea, Li Shen felt that it was better to boil, so at least he could use it with peace of mind.

The sugar has already been put into the water, the boiling water has cooled down, a small amount of saltpeter is put in, quickly poured into the mold, and in a moment the popsicles are set up on the mold.

Li Shen reached out and grabbed the bamboo skewer of the popsicle, pulled one hard, handed it to Pang Lan, and said with a smile: "Nizi, you can taste it." "I plucked three roots in succession, and tasted them one by one.

The technology needs to be improved! How can there be such a big gap with the old popsicles in the influence? That is, the ice is sweetened by adding sugar water, and if there is milk, it can also be made into milk popsicles.

"Yes, yes, it's a lot more comfortable to eat this in the summer." Old Man Pang said with a smile on his face.

Li Shen nodded and said to Pang Zhong: "Do you know all this?" ”

Pang Zhong let out an "um".

"This is an ordinary popsicle, go pick a few buckets of water tonight, boil it, make a cold drink tomorrow morning, then I'm teaching you a few other cold drinks, first use this pour town to try it out, if the effect is good, let's talk about it." Li Shen commanded.

"Hmm." Pang Zhong nodded again.

Li Shen said very little, even to people he knew well, including his parents, who generally stood silently as a listener.

What's more, there is a generation gap with the current people, and he doesn't know what kind of topic to talk about to alleviate the sudden quiet scene.

Li Shen stretched out his hand and touched his nose, especially the rumors that came out now, which made him even more unsure of how to face it, and there was Nizi standing not far away with a blushing face.

"Old man, I'll go copy two side dishes, let's have a few drinks." shouted at Pang Zhong, "Pang Zhong, come and help me light the fire." ”

Old Man Pang nodded, he was familiar with Li Shen's character, and he didn't say anything polite to him, now that he has temporarily settled in the village, let Pang Zhong help him more when the time comes.

The only thing that makes Old Man Pang uncomfortable is that Nizi doesn't know what's wrong? Why did you fall in love with this kid? I didn't see what was going on with him.

The current marriage is basically that the husband and wife can only see each other when they are in the cave room, Pang Lan doesn't want this, she doesn't want to marry a stranger, this kind of marriage is not what she wants.

She often sees the men in the village, and it is common for her to beat and scold her daughter-in-law, and they all look very sloppy, and their appearance does not meet her requirements.

Li Shen looks different, polite, and not exactly the temperament of a scholar, this kind of temperament is difficult for her to describe, so she likes to stay by his side, watching him with a gentle smile on his face every day, calling her name "Nizi".

Happiness needs to be grasped by herself, and she also knows that Li Shen has unspeakable secrets, and there are wives and children at home, but it doesn't matter. Didn't he say it too, I'm afraid that I won't be able to meet my wife and children in this life, so what is she going to do with it? What's more, there are such gossips now, even if she is returned to innocence at that time, what can she do?

Pang Lan watched Li Shen walk into the kitchen, raised her shy cheeks to look at Old Man Pang, and said in a low voice, "Grandpa, I'll go and see how Brother Li cooks." Then he slipped into the kitchen.

Old Man Pang looked at Pang Lan's back and sighed deeply.

Early the next morning, the sun had just climbed up the branches, and it was estimated that it was only about five o'clock, with a mosquito net, Li Shen, who had not slept peacefully the night before, fell asleep as soon as it was dark.

With a hand behind his back, he hurried towards Pang Zhong's house.

"Brother Li, you're here." Pang Lan watched Li Shen walk in and shouted shyly.

Li Shen grinned at her, reached out and touched his short hair, and waited to go to the town to find a barber to shave it shorter, it was only a little more than a month, and it was so long.

"Are you ready?"

"It's all right, just wait for you to come over, I'll get it first, if I don't talk to you." Pang Zhong on the side replied.

Li Shen nodded and said, "Okay, you get it first." ”

The process of making it is not difficult, not to mention that Li Shen also taught Pang Zhong several times, as long as he masters the amount of saltpeter, it takes more than half an hour, and a basket full of cold drinks is neatly stacked in a wooden box.

In the early morning of summer, the temperature in the mountains is a little lower, not too hot, and cold drinks are a good time to sell at noon, but nowadays people like to go out in the morning to buy things, although it is not hot in the morning, but some can still be sold.

"Crunch ~~~"

The wheels pressed against the rugged mountain road, making a sound, and Pang Zhong drove the ox cart, waving the whip again and again, and shouting a few times from time to time.

Pang Lan held a popsicle in her hand, stretched out her small pink tongue, and slowly sweetened on the popsicle, the sun shone on her little face, making Li Shen's heart make a "bumper" sound.