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At the end of June, the first day of the competition was extremely hot. Qin Wuya was afraid of the sun, so she became increasingly unwilling to go out.

If Zhang Shan did not return at noon, even the lunchtime diet would be sent inside the house by Fu Xi. Only after nightfall would they change into comfortable clothes and walk around the courtyard for a while.

He was only willing to stay in the well water every single time. Fortunately, although there was not much rain in Cloud Prefecture during the summer, the well water in the backyard of the Chao Chung Hall was always full, and there were no signs of it decreasing. This greatly reduced the fear of drought and water scarcity that Qin Wuya felt.

Before Qin Wuya transmigrated, sshe was from the south. Although the summer was also very sultry, with a lot of rain, he wouldn't feel too uncomfortable.

And the Cloud Prefecture's summer heat was extremely dry and hot. If he stood under the sun for a while at noon, although he would be sweating, his throat and eyes would be so dry that it seemed as if smoke was coming out of them.

Especially in six or seven months, it usually didn't rain for half a month.

This was also the main reason why Qin Wuya didn't want to go out. If she were to hide in the hut, Qin Wuya would also allow Fu Xi to place the basin of water on the side of the bed. Although the moistening effect was not ideal, it was still better than nothing. She hoped that his mood would improve after looking at it occasionally.

Zhang Shan knew Qin Wuya's habit, so he sent someone to deliver ice cubes to the courtyard.

There was no ice cellar in Chao Chung Hall at all, and Qin Wuya didn't know where she got the ice from either.

Only on this day, when he went to deliver the ice to Xu San's backyard, did Qin Wuya find out what was going on. It turned out that the Prefecture s had long ago set up an ice workshop using water soluble saltpeter.

When saltpeter is dissolved in water, it absorbs a great deal of heat, causing the water temperature to drop until it freezes.

Zhang Shan knew that Qin Wuya was afraid of heat, but there was no ice workshop in Clear Water Town, so he ordered some people to get some saltpeter and sent Xu San to the backyard.

After knowing the result, Qin Wuya was stunned for a long time, until Xu San left, before she smashed her own head, calling herself a pig's brain.

How could he not even think of such a thing?

So even in ancient times, there was also the art of making ice! He had never imagined that he would have to dig a large ice cellar in the winter and store enough ice. Only in the summer would he be able to use it to hide things.

If he could directly make ice in the summer, even though it would cost a lot, it would be much easier than digging into the ice pits.

June was the best time for the dry grape to grow on the western mountain of the Li Family Village.

Qin Wuya remembered that her first pot of gold was precisely from the dry grape s of the Western Mountain, which was why she had the chance to start a business. Only then Qin Wuya would have no ice on her hands, and feared that the jam would break in time. It was also because of this that she could only watch as a large number of dry grape fell to the ground and rotted, unable to do anything even after the season had passed.

But even though he could not do it in the past, it did not mean that he could not do it now.

Qin Wuya thought that she could definitely get people to specially dig a cellar in the northern suburbs of plant. She could also get Zhang Shan to buy more saltpeter to transform that cellar into a small-scale cold storage room, which could be used to store fresh dry grape s and prepared purple fruit paste.

A few days ago, when he went to the Guest Home Resturant to settle accounts, the Manager Wu had actually mentioned whether or not he should make some more Purple Drunk Cake to sell.

Ever since Manager Wu went to the south to invite a few master bakers to make pastries last year, he had not only served the 'Purple Drunk' and 'Pear Blossom' pastries.

However, due to the special taste of the 'Purple Drunken' and 'Pear Blossom' pastries, they were often asked about. Especially since the 'Purple Drunk Cake' didn't produce that many boxes last year, when the summer came, many servants and maids from wealthy families would come over to ask about them.

It was just that previously, Qin Wuya did not want to waste anymore time and money on the purple fruit s, even though they were selling at a higher price.

Now that he thought about it, it was simply too stupid.

Thinking about the number of dry grape on the Western Mountain, Qin Wuya said in her heart: If I collect them in time, these dry grape would be able to produce at least a hundred jars of purple fruit sauce, which would be enough to maintain the Manager Wu selling Purple Drunken Cake for more than half a year.

When it was night time, Zhang Shan returned from the anterior chamber and explained his plan to build a small ice cellar. Zhang Shan did not object, since the Cloud Prefecture would produce saltpeter at a slightly cheaper price than other places. If he wanted to make a large amount of ice, it would not be difficult at all.

Hearing that, Qin Wuya was ecstatic, and started to talk about asking for someone else to dig the cellar.

Zhang Shan smiled and told Qin Wuya not to worry.

If he was fast enough, he could make a small ice chamber in three to five days.

Qin Wuya thought about it, and felt that Zhang Shan's plans were not bad.

There was no need for technology to dig a cellar, nor was there a need to invite a craftsman. As long as one had the strength, anyone could dig a cellar.

In terms of strength, normal craftsmen could not compare with their brothers in Chao Chung Hall.

The next day, Qin Wuya made a trip to the Guest Home Resturant to talk about her plans to build an ice cellar. Manager Wu was also not very familiar with ice techniques, and upon hearing that Qin Wuya had connections, he happily handed the matter over to Qin Wuya to settle. He only said that he needed the silver and only needed to report it.

Qin Wuya thought that even if it was her own brother, he wouldn't be able to use it for nothing, so she very impolitely asked Manager Wu for three hundred silver.

On the first day of construction, Qin Wuya took twenty taels of silver from the three hundred taels of silver that she had obtained from the Manager Wu. Tsai Zi, Sister-in-Law Wei and Fu Xi then prepared some dishes and fruits for the brothers to eat and drink.

There were a total of 12 brothers. Although Qin Wuya did not give them any extra silver, but in these three days, they had enough food to be able to attend the feast that ordinary people would have to attend to their wives. Thus, this group of brothers were very satisfied.

Of course, even if Qin Wuya was only willing to provide cold steamed buns twice a day, they would probably only be satisfied with nothing. _)

Excavating ice pits would not cost much silver, but to obtain saltpeter, it would still cost a lot of silver, although Zhang Shan had his own methods and methods to get enough saltpeter.

As for the matter of business, Qin Wuya had to be clear about it. Even if it was his own brother and wife, they were the same. She would give as much as she had to, clearly.

It was about the same as what Zhang Shan had expected. In less than three days, if the ice cellar was dug up, it would take more time to make ice, but Qin Wuya was not in a hurry.

After finding a day when the sun was not high in the sky, Qin Wuya put on the veil and hat, and only covered up her exposed face and neck, and called Xu San to drive the carriage, and together with Fu Xi, Fu Zhi and the Sister-in-Law Wei, they headed towards the direction of the west mountain of the Li family village.

This time, Qin Wuya used a carriage with a roof, it was not the same ox-cart from before, so she was not afraid of being seen by others, much less being informed by someone else.

Of course, so what if Old Man Qin and Wang Dahua found out? Could it be that they want to try out the Clear Water Town's Ice-cold and happy swim again?

As long as they dared, Qin Wuya would be happy to tell Fu Zhi to watch the live broadcast once again.

Just like before, the western mountain was still a taboo for the villagers of the Li Village. Even if they saw the carriages from the other villages enter, when they arrived at the western mountain foot, the onlookers had already dispersed.

Actually, Qin Wuya still could not understand why the villagers of the Li Clan Village would be so taboo towards the Western Mountain. Other than a few playful children who would occasionally mow down some pig grass at the foot of the western mountain for their families, the adults didn't seem to even want to go near the western mountain.

Could there really be a ghost up there?

Regarding the words of the ghosts and gods, Qin Wuya had always held an attitude of "if you don't believe me, you don't have".

It's just that Qin Wuya felt that things like ghosts and monsters, even if they really existed, there was nothing to be afraid of.

As long as one's heart was righteous, even ghosts would be afraid of you. What's more, perhaps ghosts and monsters were also separated into good and evil. If they were surrounded by evil people, it would be better to meet a good ghost.

This was also why Qin Wuya dared to sleep outdoors in the Western Mountain after leaving Qin family. Although she was forced to do it at the time, in reality, even if she had to do it from the beginning, Qin Wuya would still make the same choice.

Qin Wuya did not have any fear towards the Western Mountain, but because Xu San, Fu Xi and the other two people were not from the Li family village, they naturally did not know about the rumors in the Western Mountain.

Seeing that Qin Wuya was about to go up the mountain, the other three didn't see him and only left the smallest Fu Zhi to guard the carriage, and followed along with the scissors and basket. As for what they were doing, the three of them didn't ask about it at all.

This allowed Qin Wuya to initially wanted to explain a little, but in the end, she decided to just forget it.

Furthermore, based on Xu San and the Sister-in-Law Wei's personalities, Qin Wuya was not worried about there being any problems leaking information.

Entering deep into the Western Mountain, approximately half an hour later, Qin Wuya found a forest filled with dry grape according to her memories.

Just as Qin Wuya had expected, the dry grape in the forest were already fully matured by then, and because it had not been visited by beasts for a long time, when Qin Wuya and the rest arrived, a large portion of the dry grape's leaves had already been pressed down until they were half a person tall. In addition, there were quite a few rotten and mature scattered dry grape that had fallen onto the ground.

Gu Banxia took a closer look, some of the dry grape that were on the ground had been trampled over, but judging from their footprints, they should be some kind of pheasant mountain rabbit.

Qin Wuya was greedy, she was not afraid of being unclean, she picked a few, wiped them on her sleeves and threw them into her mouth, and sure enough, they were still sweet, Qin Wuya squinted her eyes in satisfaction, the smile on her face could not be stopped.

The production of dry grape in the Western Mountain was not small, but this time Qin Wuya had brought enough people with him. Not to mention that all of them had strong bodies, all of them even had scissors in their hands.

Even though Qin Wuya had instructed them to only pick the small ones that were completely ripe, it would only take half a day for the baskets behind the four of them to be filled to the brim.

The size of the basket that Qin Wuya had prepared was not small. The four of them together weighed at least a hundred and eighty kilograms, which was enough for Qin Wuya to prepare the first batch of purple fruit s.

No matter how much it was, Qin Wuya would probably be too busy to deal with it.

After all, the origin of this dry grape was not clear, so Qin Wuya naturally could not explicitly send these dry grape to the shop assistants in the plant. If they were to make them in her own courtyard, the only people that could be used would be Fu Xi, Tsai Zi and the other four.

However, this was not a problem. The maturity of the dry grape was not short, Qin Wuya thought that she should be more diligent, and walk towards the Western Mountain once every half month, at the very least, she would be able to produce quite a bit of purple fruit sauce. Even if she did not have enough helpers, she could call Madam Lin and Zhang Clan over to help.

Four baskets of dry grape carried their backs down the mountain, and immediately filled up the originally spacious carriage.

The youngest Fu Zhi saw that the carriage was packed with a basket and a basket, making it impossible for him to sit in it, so he simply volunteered to go out of the carriage and sit on the carriage, saying that he wanted to hold the carriage with Xu San.

He was only nine years old, how could he learn how to drive? It was just for fun.

Seeing that she was willing, Qin Wuya did not try to stop her, but only took out the cloth hat on her head to let her cover herself, so that she would not have to run all the way here and cause her originally pale white face to turn black.

Girls of this era married early, so they naturally had a more mature personality. Usually, girls who were seven or eight years old already knew how to learn how to make makeup.

Fu Zhi was nine years old this year. Although he had a lively personality and had to go to the anterior chamber to learn kung fu from Xu San by day, he was still a girl in the end. He knew he had to be pretty, and after every month of paying, he would pester Fu Xi to go to the street and buy some rouge and water powder.

It was against Fu Xi, but looking at how quiet and introverted he was, it was extremely real. He couldn't bear to spend anything, and the monthly money Qin Wuya sent her was mostly saved up by her. He said that his family had many younger siblings and that life was not going well. Once she had collected enough money, he would send some people to return home.

Tsai Zi and Qin Wuya pitied Fu Xi, and when they saw that there was something unsuitable for them, they started to pack up and give it to Fu Xi, so that she could send it home with them.

The carriage moved much faster than an ox, Qin Wuya had originally thought that with this single trip, coupled with the time spent harvesting, she would not be able to catch up with the alimentary diet when he returned to the courtyard.

However, he didn't expect that after the carriage had entered the town, the sun would still be high in the sky. If he asked for another hour, it would only be the beginning of time.

"Fu Xi, go walk around Guest Home Resturant and ask Manager Wu to borrow a few jars to come back with. Two more cans of sugar. If you cannot handle it yourself, the Manager Wu will send someone to help you both. "

The group of people carried the carriage's dry grape s into the small warehouse and rested for a while. Finally, Qin Wuya sent Fu Xi and to the Guest Home Resturant to borrow their urns.