Hot.

Sudden heat.

After experiencing the cold of spring, July of '82 suddenly became hot.

The willows of Zhubantun seemed to be sick, and the leaves were dirty and curled on the branches, and the branches were motionless.

The dogs in the village lay lazily in the shade with their long tongues stretched out, motionless even when people passed by, and the nostrils of the horses on the fish-pulling carts were nearly twice as thick.

Li Zhongxin saw that in April and May, the fish caught in the morning would not have problems during the day, but in July, the weather suddenly became hot, and if the fish could not be sold quickly during the day, then the fish would easily spoil.

In this era, there is a saying called stinky fish and rotten shrimp, saving the family.

This sentence is to say that the slight smell of fish and shrimp does not affect people's eating and drinking, and it is a good thing when eating.

Even because many people can't afford to buy good fish and shrimp, they specially buy that kind of stinky fish and rotten shrimp to make.

People in this era think that if the meat is slightly spoiled, it can be eaten if it is boiled in water to remove the spoiled taste, and there will be no problem with stinky fish and rotten shrimp.

Li Zhongxin, as a tide maker who came back from rebirth, he will never allow the fish and shrimp that he gets out here, there are rotten and spoiled things, even if there are no accidents after eating, people voluntarily want to buy this kind of thing, Li Zhongxin will not allow it.

In this era, although there are already refrigerators, however, there are no refrigerator manufacturers in the Northeast, and if you want to buy refrigerators, you have to use foreign exchange rolls to buy RB refrigerators, which are expensive not to mention, and very electricity-consuming, the most important thing is that the output of ice is very small, which is not enough at all.

Li Zhongxin thought of using saltpeter to make ice, which belonged to state-controlled materials in the sixties and seventies, but after the reform and opening up in the eighties, the collective could buy such materials.

Dong Guozhong, as the village party secretary of Zhubantun and the deputy head of Changqing Township, can still apply for the purchase of a batch of saltpeter ice.

In the Zhubantun Party branch, Li Zhongxin grabbed Dong Guozhong's towel, washed it in a basin of cold water a few times, and covered his face comfortably.

Feeling that the heat was gone, Li Zhongxin took off the towel slowly and methodically, and said to Dong Guozhong in a loud voice: "Uncle Zhong, this ghost weather is so hot, not only people can't stand it, but dogs are too lazy to bark." ”

Seeing Dong Guozhong sitting on the chair with a smile and laughing, Li Zhongxin said casually: "I saw that the fish caught by the fishing team will not be fresh in a short time, you see, is it to apply for some saltpeter for Zhongxin Company, let's make some ice?" ”

"What, get some saltpeter ice?"

Hearing that Li Zhongxin wanted him to get some saltpeter to make ice, Dong Guozhong looked confused.

When will saltpeter be able to make ice?

What does saltpeter do? In Dong Guozhong's eyes, it is something used to make gunpowder.

Dong Guozhong has been a soldier, so he naturally understands some of this truth.

Regarding Li Zhongxin's statement that he would use saltpeter to make ice, Dong Guozhong really didn't believe it, if it was so easy to get, there would be many people making ice in this summer.

"Will this work?" Dong Guozhong tilted his head and carefully observed Li Zhongxin's expression, and asked very suspiciously.

Dong Guozhong is still quite convinced that Li Zhongxin is fishing, or engaging in transportation teams and other things, but he doesn't believe what saltpeter Li Zhongxin wants to use to make ice.

"What does it mean to be able to do it? Uncle Zhong, there is absolutely no problem in making ice from saltpeter, if you get me saltpeter, I will get ice for you, do you think I look like a spy sent by hostile forces? ”

Seeing that Dong Guozhong was a little moved, Li Zhongxin made a primary school student's style, slapped his little chest crackling, and said very confidently: "Uncle Zhong, it's okay, you will know if you see it then." The rooster lays eggs, let's see it with our own eyes. ”

Dong Guozhong and Li Zhongxin chatted about the general details, and saw Li Zhongxin's confident appearance, after some careful consideration, he decided to come forward to get Li Zhongxin a batch of saltpeter.

Thinking of others' weak strength, he naturally pulled Liang Guofu.

The two of them went to the township to apply together, and they came again, crying, making trouble, and hanging themselves, and finally used the shortest time to get a batch of civilian saltpeter for Li Zhongxin.

After the saltpeter got to Zhubantun, Li Zhongxin also heard about Dong Guozhong and them going to the township to get saltpeter, he didn't say a word, and immediately gave a demonstration to the two of them with a big water tank.

After the demonstration was successful, in the stunned eyes of Dong Guozhong and Liang Guofu, the basin of ice was moved to the place where he was resting.

Regarding Li Zhongxin's endless methods, Dong Guozhong and Liang Guofu are becoming more and more unable to see through Li Zhongxin, but what! After all, Li Zhongxin is trying to find a way for the villagers of Zhubantun and Fulong to get rich, and it is too late for the two of them to steal the fun!

If there is an extra task of saltpeter ice, there will be a few more jobs, a few people will be used to make ice, and a few people will be needed to transport ice back and forth.

Invisibly, there is a new way for the villagers of Zhubantun and Fulong villages to get rich.

After Fulong Village joined the Tadashin Company, they could not only share the technology of ice making, but also be able to produce it in large quantities.

Liang Guofu's brain turned quickly, seeing that this kind of ice cubes can keep fresh, and can also reduce the temperature in the room, in the summer without air conditioning and refrigerators, if anyone buys back some ice cubes, it can play a cooling role, make the house cooler, and can also make the food in the house delay the deterioration time.

Liang Guofu shared his thoughts with Li Zhongxin and Dong Guozhong, but Li Zhongxin had no interest in this kind of thing.

Not to mention the high cost and low profit of this thing, he can't look down on it just for three months, after all, fishing and selling fish are now king.

Li Zhongxin brought saltpeter to make ice, mainly to keep the fish fresh, and he didn't want to sell it.

Liang Guofu and Dong Guozhong combined, Li Zhongxin doesn't like to do this kind of thing, they can operate it, even if it is only from July to September, they can make some money by operating this thing.

It is nothing more than processing more ice cubes in the ice-making process, and the sale of ice cubes is naturally managed by those who are responsible for selling fish in Jiangcheng.

It's just that Li Zhongxin told thousands of people on this matter that a large amount of ice cubes made of saltpeter must not be edible, and can only be used for cooling, whether they are frequent customers who buy or not, they must explain this matter clearly, and every time they sell this kind of ice cubes, they must patiently repeat it.

Wanting to make edible ice is a very complicated thing, although Li Zhong is confident that he knows it, but he doesn't want to do this thing, there are refrigerators in the house, and if you want a little edible ice, you can just do it directly in the refrigerator, unlike ice for preservation, the amount is particularly large, and you can only use such a soil method to get rid of the slag.

In July, the weather is like a dog, and people at this time are usually at home during the day, filling a large basin with water and putting the water out in the sun.

During the day, the sunlight can dry the water into warm water, and then people use this warm water to wipe their bodies, which is also considered bathing.

Although Li Zhongxin is young and does not use much water, he still feels uncomfortable wiping his body and taking a bath like this in the summer.

The matter of making ice came to an end, and after there were ice cubes in the house that were kept fresh and refrigerated, Li Zhongxin pondered about taking a bath again.

Li Zhongxin remembers very well that when he first arrived here in Zhubantun in later generations, when the resort had not yet been built, the houses rented for the workers were bungalows, and there was a kind of bathing device on the rain of the bungalows.

The bathing device is very simple, but it is quite easy to use, that is, make a big black plastic bag on the top of the rain belt, and directly inject water into the big black plastic bag through tap water, and close the water inlet on the plastic bag after seeing that the water is enough.

After three or four hours of sunlight, the water inside is already very warm, and the water in the big plastic bag can be used by four or five people at a time.

Getting a big shower is not much different from showering in the bath.

Li Zhongxin remembers very well that the workers at the construction site were quite talented, using a few wooden sticks to nail a square wooden frame, pulling a circle of iron wire around the wooden frame, hanging a large plastic sheet on the wire, and pulling the plastic sheet when taking a bath, they were able to surround people.

After taking a shower, pull the plastic sheet, and it can become a long strip like a curtain, and nothing will affect it.

Li Zhongxin felt that his grandmother and grandfather were older, and it was very inconvenient to go to the bath in the summer, and it was definitely a great thing for them to have such a simple solar hot water bottle, so that they could take a shower happily at home.

Do it when you think of it, but whatever! Li Zhongxin didn't have the idea of doing it himself, but called Liang Guofu, and his dexterous brother-in-law Yang Hua came to do this.

Since Yang Hua made a mistake in Zhubantun, Liang Guofu couldn't look down on his brother-in-law with half of his eyes, as soon as he saw Yang Hua, his teeth itched, he hated iron and steel!

Liang Guofu received a call from Li Zhongxin, and when he heard that he wanted Yang Hua to help him do some work, he was slightly stunned at first, and then his face showed joy.