Chapter 11: Ice Powder

Xia Li looked at this mother who put others before herself, the silver she brought back was given to her mother's family and her daughter, but she didn't expect it to be given to herself.

Xia Li took her arm and smiled, "Mother, I will earn more money in the future." In the future, not only do I want to be happy, but my mother must also be happy, and my mother is still so young......"

Xia's face was a little red, and he said angrily, "My mother is almost thirty, and she is still young!" ”

Thirty is still a flower, okay!

Xia Li didn't say anything more, picked up the bow and began to practice. She prefers to use the "Mediterranean" style of archery she learned in her previous life, not only because she is familiar with it, but also because this method of archery can draw the bow wider and the arrow will shoot farther. The "Mongolian style" is more suitable for mounted archery, and she feels that she will never have a day in her life to shoot arrows on horseback.

She drew three-fingered gloves for archery practice and asked Xia to make them in thick cloth, and then use leather in the future.

The next day, Xia Li took off a straw mat that was placed on a stool and hung it on the backyard wall to practice archery. I was reluctant to use iron-headed arrows, so I used bamboo arrows.

She hides in the backyard every day and secretly practices for fun. The deity was weak and could only shoot four or five meters away at first, but as his body improved and his physical strength increased, it increased little by little. With the foundation of her previous life and the eyesight of this body, she shoots arrows extremely accurately, and every arrow hits the bull's-eye, without exception.

At the same time, she will also carry Xia to practice the fighting of her previous life.

During this period, Xia Dani and Xia Erni came to the house once, Xia Dani still learned embroidery, Xia Erni brought a pair of pants and a skirt over, Xia Li found her some rags out, and taught her how to connect to the pants and skirt. Xia has been embroidering embroidery for the Chunniang Embroidery Workshop, and when they see the rags they don't want in the embroidery workshop, they will take them home as patches.

Xia Erhu has been here a few times, and each time he brought his dog Rhubarb, which is Xia Li's instructions. As soon as Rhubarb came, she fed it the leftovers at home, and her family's leftovers were much better than Lao Xia's, so much so that Rhubarb himself secretly came several times.

Once Xia Erhu couldn't resist Mrs. Xia, so he took Xia Sanbao to play together, Xia Li was not polite, and drove away the two boys and a dog before eating.

Mrs. Xia also came once, and the words were about following the three leopards or recruiting Da Xiong as her son-in-law, and the Xia family would bite to death and wait. I was in a hurry, so I said that I was going to discuss with Xia Laohan.

She's just dragging.

In the middle of April, the green on the mountains is thicker, the flowers are more colorful, the ears of wheat in the wheat fields are heavy, and the wildflowers on the roadside are more colorful. Of course, it's also hotter.

Xia Li's illness has been completely cured, and after exercise, his strength has grown. When she is alone, she will quietly use her "clairvoyance" to look at the mountains in the distance. Green trees, wildflowers, grass, brownstones, loess, as well as people and some small animals during the wandering period can be seen clearly.

Once I saw a wild boar on the top of the mountain and swayed by, and once I saw a black background and yellow flowers on the tree gliding, and then I looked closely, it was actually a big python thicker than the mouth of the bowl, which scared her soul. There was also a dusk when I saw Widow Tan in the village and Li Darang, who had pushed Xia Li down the river, "wild/he" somewhere in the mountains......

She quickly looked away and cursed "dog man and woman". That Li Darang's hands owe a life, and he has to find an opportunity to clean him up in the future.

She also noticed a beautiful wildflower, which could be seen everywhere in the mountains along the roadside. In the previous life, this flower was scientifically called false sour pulp, and this world is called Blue Lantern.

This kind of snack made of flower seeds was called Internet celebrity ice powder in the previous life, which is cold and sweet, tender and refreshing, relieves the heat, is also transparent and good-looking, delicious and cheap, and is favored by people.

Xia Li went to Jincheng once before his sacrifice in his previous life, where there were many ice powder shops, and they were very "petty bourgeoisie", and the people who sold ice powder were handsome guys and beauties, accompanied by pleasant music, and poured brown sugar, rose marinade, various colored fruit dices, sesame seeds and other condiments on the crystal clear ice powder. The one in charge of the spoon is called an ice powder chef and feels like a bartender at a bar.

Xia Li has eaten a few times, I like it very much, and I also went online to spend my mother's time......

Xia Li's memory that there was no ice powder in this world, and he asked Xia Shi Lan what the lantern seeds were used for, and she said that they were herbs and were only used to cure diseases.

Although the orchid lanterns only mature in autumn, they are in stock at home. This medicine has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and relieving cough, and many families will pick some for later use.

Xia Li thought of a way to make ice powder to make money. Although you can't make a fortune from this, you can make a little money.

There was also ice in the summer of this era, one was an ice cellar for large households, and the other was made of saltpeter. All are expensive, and only the rich can afford to spend them.

And the orchid lantern seeds are cheap, even if the ice powder is only sold for a few pennies a bowl, the small profit is quick turnover, and the profit is considerable.

This morning, Xia Li practiced archery for an hour, and felt very hot, so he thought of trying to make ice powder.

She took nearly a tael of orchid lantern seeds, wrapped them in gauze, and tied them tightly. Scoop another spoonful of lime and put it in a bowl and melt it with one to six water. Then boiled half a pot of boiling water, let it cool, and put about three catties into a small basin.

First, put the gauze bag into a small basin filled with cold boiled water to soak, and after a quarter of an hour, start to rub it with your hands until the water is thick and white, and then squeeze the seeds in the gauze vigorously, and a large number of bubbles appear.

Let it sit for half an hour, wait until the small bubbles disappear, then slowly stir the batter in one direction, and slowly add lime water until you feel some resistance. Take away the gauze bag containing the seeds, there are still some seeds in the batter, and filter the batter with gauze again.

There was no refrigerator here, so Xia Li filled a large basin of cold water from the well and put a small basin of powder slurry in a large basin.

Xia Li didn't care about it, he went and took two small pieces of brown sugar to turn into sugar water, and took a few fried peanuts and crushed them. There is also a little winter melon compote at home, cut into small cubes. Many fruits at this time are expensive and not cost-effective as an ingredient. Among the candied fruits, winter melon candied fruit is the cheapest, and Xia will occasionally buy some of this kind of snack for Xia Li.

When I waited until an hour later, I saw that the slurry water in the basin had solidified into ice powder, trembling and crystal clear. Xia Li is overjoyed, and the ice powder is really made.

Xia happened to come into the kitchen to cook dinner. She concentrated on embroidering flowers in the house for a long time, and occasionally saw her daughter's busy figure and didn't care much, and went to the neighboring village to buy a piece of tofu and came back.

Her face was flushed with heat, and a fine layer of sweat broke out on her forehead. I saw that the basin on the board contained something like cold powder, but it was transparent. Surprised, "What is this?" As transparent as ice. ”

Xia Li scooped two small bowls out, poured brown sugar water, crushed peanuts, and diced winter melon, and the ice powder had a color and looked better.

She handed Xia a bowl and said with a smile, "Mother, this is called ice powder, try it." He added, "It's made from orchid lantern seeds, and it's edible." ”

She picked up another bowl and ate it, it was sweet and cold, smooth and refreshing, and she felt that it was even better than the one in her previous life. I couldn't help but say, "It's so delicious!" ”