Chapter 281 Mother and Daughter Duel
"Feng Yi has already told you about making ice from saltpeter?" Song Qingci saw Shan Li's expression and knew that he already knew about it.
"Yes." Shan Li nodded, not denying it.
"You can copy this saltpeter ice recipe and send it to Qianfeng Pass," Song Qingci said casually.
But Shan Li was very shocked when he heard it.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Song Qingci was puzzled. "It's not easy to live in the military camp in the summer. Don't you, a former commander, know this? The tents are hot and stuffy, and so many soldiers are crowded in one tent. It's easy to get heatstroke. Heatstroke can be fatal if not handled properly. With this recipe, father can find some trusted people to do this. Apart from anything else, if we can put a piece of ice in each tent, the soldiers' lives will be much better."
A Ci actually knew!
Shan Li was even more shocked.
Soldiers at the border have a hard time not only in winter but also in summer.
Just like A Ci said, the tents were stuffy and hot, with twenty or thirty soldiers living in one tent. Many times, they would get dehydrated and suffer from heatstroke if they were not careful.
Once this happens, only one in ten people can be saved.
Shan Li did not hide his feelings this time. He stepped forward and hugged Ah Ci into his arms. "Thank you! Ah Ci! Thank you so much! I thank you on behalf of the soldiers at the border!"
He came here now, actually wanting to discuss with Ah Ci, and let him provide manpower to build an ice-making workshop near Qianfeng Pass, exclusively for the military camp. Of course, he didn't covet the core recipe. He planned to pay for the finished ice cubes.
Unexpectedly, before he said a word, A Ci gave him the prescription directly.
"Hey, you don't feel hot either!" Song Qingci pushed Shan Li away with disdain. The only feeling he had for this sudden hug was heat.
I don’t know what this man ate, why does his whole body feel like a furnace?
She was already feeling hot and uncomfortable, and next to him, she felt even hotter.
"Then I'll fan Aci." After recent observations, Shan Li discovered that Aci seemed to be very afraid of heat.
Most people can still stand the current temperature, as long as they don't actively do things that make themselves hotter.
But Aci always has a basin of ice by his side.
Shan Li took the fan from Yin Xing's hand and took her place.
Yin Xing blushed when she saw her young mistress and the young general hugging each other, and she didn't dare to look around.
Now is a good excuse to leave.
When she left, she took everyone else in the room with her.
"Mom! Don't you feel hot?" Shan Xi watched helplessly as her mother sent someone to take away the ice basin in her room, her heart bleeding.
"I don't think so!" Lou seldom came to her daughter's place. She had never expected to see her enjoying the cool air when she came.
"Xiaoxi, Xiaole, if you two continue to act like a fool with the eldest lady, I will transfer you two away." Lou was somewhat helpless about her daughter's behavior. The weather had just started to get hot. She actually used an ice basin in her room. And there was more than one.
"Yes, Madam." Xiaoxi and Xiaole were a little scared. Madam rarely spoke in such a stern tone.
"Mom, don't blame them. I wanted to use the ice basin myself. It has nothing to do with them." Shan Xi couldn't bear to see her mother's cold face.
"You still know it's your fault!" Lou pointed at her forehead with a finger, "You have to be obedient so as not to implicate the people around you!"
"Got it!" Shan Xi replied weakly.
How can we survive this summer without an ice basin?
"Don't forget it. Your body has been seriously injured, and this year is not as good as in previous years. Don't be willful and greedy for coolness, or you will cry." It's not that Lou is stingy and reluctant to spend money on ice.
However, she has always been concerned about her daughter's health. She even asked Ah Ci about this. Ah Ci also said that Xi'er had better take good care of herself this year and not be greedy for coolness, so as not to cause bad symptoms.
"Got it! Got it!" Shan Xi felt that he was also quite unlucky.
This was her first time using an ice basin this year, and her mother caught her red-handed.
"Mom, you didn't come here today just to catch me using ice, did you?" Shan Xi felt that her mother must have something to hide.
"Please sit down first and we will talk slowly." Of course, Lou did not come here specifically to catch his daughter for ice. He just happened to meet her.
"Mom, let me make this clear first. If I don't like what you say, I'll leave!"
When Shan Xi saw her mother like this, she felt bad.
"What do you mean you don't like to hear?" Lou's head started to hurt again. Why is it that this daughter is becoming more and more difficult to communicate with?
"You've said a lot of things I don't like to hear before," Shan Xi murmured.
"I'm your mother, how can I harm you?" Lou felt that she was already a good mother. She didn't think of using her daughter to exchange for any benefits, nor did she blindly ignore her daughter's wishes.
Being a mother like her is good enough, I think.
Shan Xi stopped talking and sat there obediently, waiting for her mother's next words.
"Your grandmother has already chosen a good family for your second sister."
So fast?! Shan Xi was very surprised.
This second sister is the apple of Second Aunt's eye, so it's normal to choose her for a year or two. How long has it been, and Grandmother has already chosen her?!
Didn’t Dan Ruoyan just get married? And this second sister is going to follow right away?
But this was all Second House's business, and had nothing to do with her, so Shan Xi just replied with a bland "oh".
"What are you talking about?" Lou scolded, "Your second sister has already chosen one, and your third sister has already married. What about you? As the elder sister, you are not in a hurry at all?"
Lou was not in a hurry at first. She wanted to choose carefully for her daughter. But her younger sisters found their husbands one after another, but she, the elder sister, had no news at all. Lou couldn't help but get a little anxious.
Who knows how people who don't know the inside story will speculate.
If this goes on for a long time, it might be bad for your reputation.
"Why am I in such a hurry?" Shan Xi asked, "Mom, didn't you just say that I just recovered from a serious injury? I have to take good care of myself. I can't rush to find someone now."
Shan Li's mind worked quickly, and she immediately retorted with what her mother had just said.
"You!" Lou was furious.
This daughter is really getting harder and harder to discipline. Even her marriage can be used as a joke.