hot.

Sudden heat.

After experiencing a cold spring, July of 1982 suddenly became hotter.

The willow trees in Zhubantun seem to be sick. The leaves are curled up dirtyly on the branches, and the branches are motionless.

The dogs in the village lay lazily in the shade with their long tongues sticking out, and remained motionless even when people passed by. The nostrils of the horses on the fish cart were nearly twice as big.

Li Zhongxin saw that it was fine in April and May, and the fish caught in the morning would not have any problems if kept throughout the day. However, in July, the weather suddenly became hot, and the fish could not be sold quickly during the day.

If you go out, the fish will easily spoil.

There is a saying in this day and age that a rotten fish can save an enemy.

This sentence means that the slight smell of fish and shrimp does not affect people's eating and drinking, and is a good thing during meals.

Many people even buy the smelly fish and rotten shrimp to make it because they can't afford good fish and shrimp.

People of this era believe that even if the meat has deteriorated slightly, it can still be eaten if it is boiled in water to remove the spoiled smell. There will be no problem with smelly fish or rotten shrimps.

As a reborn trend-setter, Li Zhongxin will never allow the fish and shrimps he produces to rot or go bad. Even if there are no accidents when eating them, people will voluntarily buy such things. Li Zhongxin

It will not be allowed either.

In this era, although there are refrigerators, there are no refrigerator manufacturers in the Northeast. If you want to buy a refrigerator, you have to use foreign exchange coupons to buy an RB refrigerator. Not only is it expensive, but it also consumes a lot of electricity. The most important thing is

The ice cubes produced are very few and not enough at all.

Li Zhongxin thought about using saltpeter to make ice. Saltpeter was a state-controlled material in the 1960s and 1970s. However, after the reform and opening up in the 1980s, collectives could purchase such materials.

As the village party secretary of Zhubantun and the deputy mayor of Changqing Township, Dong Guozhong can still apply for a batch of saltpeter to make ice.

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

Feeling that the heat had disappeared, Li Zhongxin slowly took off the towel and said to Dong Guozhong in a loud voice: "Uncle Zhong, the weather is really too hot. Not only people can't stand it, but even dogs are too lazy to bark.

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Seeing Dong Guozhong sitting on the chair with a smile, Li Zhongxin said casually: "I saw that the fish caught by the fishing team will become stale in a short time. Take a look and see if you can apply for some from Zhongxin Company."

Saltpeter, let’s make some ice?”

"What, get some saltpeter to make ice?"

Dong Guozhong was confused when he heard that Li Zhongxin wanted him to get some saltpeter to make ice.

When can saltpeter be used to make ice?

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

Dong Guozhong had served as a soldier, so he naturally understood some of this truth.

Dong Guozhong really didn't believe Li Zhongxin's statement about using saltpeter to make ice. If it was so easy, many people would have made ice by now in this summer.

"Is this possible?" Dong Guozhong tilted his head and carefully observed Li Zhongxin's expression, and asked with great suspicion.

Dong Guozhong was quite convinced that Li Zhongxin was engaged in fishing or running a transport team, but he was a little unconvinced that Li Zhongxin wanted to use saltpeter to make ice.

"What do you mean, can it be done? Uncle Zhong, there is absolutely no problem using saltpeter to make ice. If you get me the saltpeter, I will make ice for you. Do you think I am a spy sent by a hostile force?"

Seeing that Dong Guozhong was a little moved, Li Zhongxin behaved like a primary school student, patted his small chest, and said confidently: "Uncle Zhong, can you do it? You will know it when you see it.

When a rooster lays eggs, we can see it with our own eyes."

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

Thinking that he was weak on his own, he naturally pulled Liang Guofu over.

The two of them went to the township to apply together, and they cried, made trouble, and hanged themselves. Finally, they managed to get a batch of civilian saltpeter for Li Zhongxin in the shortest possible time.

After the saltpeter was obtained in Zhubantun, Li Zhongxin also heard that Dong Guozhong and others went to the countryside to obtain saltpeter. Without saying anything, he immediately gave a demonstration to the two of them using a large water tank.

After the demonstration was successful, Dong Guozhong and Liang Guofu were stunned and moved the basin of ice to his resting place.

Dong Guozhong and Liang Guofu were becoming more and more confused about Li Zhongxin's endless methods. However, after all, Li Zhongxin was trying to find ways to make the villagers of Zhubantun and Fulong rich. The two of them secretly enjoyed themselves.

It’s not too late!

The extra task of making ice from saltpeter will also create a few more jobs. How many people will be needed to make ice with saltpeter, and how many people will be needed to transport ice cubes back and forth.

Invisibly, a new way has been created for the villagers of Zhubantun and Fulong Village to get rich.

After Fulong Village joins the Zhongxin Company, not only can they share the ice-making technology, but they can also mass-produce it.

Liang Guofu's mind was spinning quickly. He saw that this kind of ice cubes could keep fresh and lower the indoor temperature. In the summer when there are no air conditioners and refrigerators, if someone buys some ice cubes, it can cool down the house.

It's cooler inside, and it also allows the food in the house to delay spoilage.

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 just looked down upon it as a three-month one-off deal. After all, fishing and selling fish are king now.

Li Zhongxin got saltpeter to make ice, mainly to keep the fish fresh and not to sell it.

Liang Guofu and Dong Guozhong calculated that Li Zhongxin didn't like to do this kind of thing, so they could operate it. Even if it was only for three months from July to September, they could still make some money by doing this.

It is nothing more than processing more ice cubes in the ice making process. The sale of ice cubes will naturally be managed by those responsible for selling fish in Jiangcheng.

However, Li Zhongxin has repeatedly warned on this matter that the large amount of ice cubes made from this kind of saltpeter are absolutely not edible and can only be used for cooling. Whether you are a regular buyer or not, you must make this clear and make sure every time you sell it.

To produce this kind of ice cube, you have to patiently repeat the instructions.

Making edible ice is a very complicated matter. Although Li Zhongxin knew it, he didn't want to do it. There were refrigerators in his home. If he wanted a little edible ice, he could directly put it in the refrigerator.

Just make it inside. Unlike the ice that is used to keep fresh, the amount is very large, so it can only be made with this kind of soil-removing method.

The weather in July is so hot that people usually stay at home during the day, fill a large basin with water, and put the water in the sun to dry.

During the day, the sun can turn this water into warm water, and then people use this warm water to wipe their bodies, which is also considered a bath.

Although Li Zhongxin is young and does not consume much water, he still feels uncomfortable wiping his body and bathing like this in summer.

The matter of making ice came to an end. After having ice cubes at home that could be kept fresh and refrigerated, Li Zhongxin started thinking about taking a shower again.

Li Zhongxin remembers clearly that in later generations, when he first arrived in Zhubantun and the resort had not yet been built, the houses rented to workers were bungalows, and there was a bathing device on the roof of the bungalow.

That kind of shower device is very simple, but very easy to use. It is to get a big black plastic bag on the raincoat, and pour water directly into the big black plastic bag through tap water. When you see that the water is enough, close it.

The water inlet on the plastic bag.

After three or four hours of sunlight, the temperature of the water inside is already very high. The water contained in a large plastic bag can be used by four or five people at a time.

Getting a big shower head is not much different from taking a shower in the bathtub.

Li Zhongxin remembers clearly that the workers at the construction site were very talented. They nailed a few wooden sticks into a square wooden frame, stretched a circle of iron wire around the wooden frame, and hung a large plastic sheet on the iron wire. When taking a shower,

Just pull the plastic sheet and you can surround people.

After taking a shower, you can pull the plastic sheet and it will turn into a long strip like a curtain, without affecting anything.

Li Zhongxin felt that his great-grandmother and great-grandfather were older and it was inconvenient to go to the bathhouse to take a bath in the summer. With such a simple solar hot water bottle, they could happily take a shower at home. For

For them, it is definitely a great thing.

Just do it if you think of it, but what! Li Zhongxin had no idea of ​​doing it himself. Instead, he called Liang Guofu and asked his clever brother-in-law Yang Hua to do the job.

Ever since Yang Hua made a mistake in Zhubantun, Liang Guofu couldn't even look down on his brother-in-law. When he saw Yang Hua, his teeth started to itch. He hated iron but not steel!
Chapter completed!