Inside the room, Hua Zhi lay on the bed and carefully turned her body to make herself more comfortable. She pointed at the two basins and said, "Put the big basin inside the small basin and fill it with water."
Peony did as she was told with great interest.
Hua Zhi took out a paper bag and handed it to her, "Put the contents in the big basin."
Shaoyao took it and smelled it, "Salt?"
"right."
Shaoyao squatted down and put the saltpeter into the large basin.
Hua Zhi didn't need to say anything else. Shaoyao saw the water in the small basin turn into ice. She poked it with her hand and the coolness penetrated her fingertips.
"Can saltpeter be used like this?"
Hua Zhi propped up her head and smiled, "Peony, I won't ask who the person behind you is, but I did receive his life-saving grace. Please give this method to him and thank him for me. Although this is a bit vulgar compared to the life-saving grace, it is the most sincere thank-you gift I can give you at the moment."
The weather was very dull, Shaoyao just sat next to the basin of water and didn't move, "Doesn't the Hua family need money more? Why didn't you take out this prescription before the Hua family collapsed?"
"The Hua family was not short of money at that time, and I didn't want to be in the spotlight." Too much money can sometimes be a burden. Before the confiscation of the family's wealth, it was enough for the Hua family to live on for several lifetimes. "As for now, the Hua family needs to keep a low profile. It's best to let the emperor forget about our existence for the time being, rather than trying to show off our presence in this way."
Shaoyao nodded in understanding. Based on her understanding of the emperor, if the Hua family made a huge fortune right after their property was confiscated, the emperor would be even more unhappy and might even take his anger out on him again.
"What do you want?"
"This is just a thank you gift. I will only use the ice I make for myself in the future and will not give it to others. If I really want to make a request..." Hua Zhi thought for a moment, "I hope no one knows that this recipe came from me. Also, I would like to ask you to send me some ice. I need to put some ice in the cellar to make an ice room so that fruits and vegetables will not go bad."
"I'll pass on the message." Shaoyao crossed her legs and held her chin with her hands. "Can we still be friends?"
He actually treated her as a friend? Hua Zhi smiled, her eyes full of genuine joy, "Of course, this is not a conflict."
Shaoyao didn't say much after she returned. She made a basin of ice in front of the prince, "A thank you gift from Hua Zhi."
It is extremely simple to make, and the cost is almost zero, but the huge profits it brings are unimaginable. The prince looked at the ice basin with white smoke for a long time, "Repeat her words, all of them."
Shaoyao repeated everything word for word, and finally said, "I don't think she wants to owe you anything."
"This thank-you gift is quite significant." The prince looked at Shaoyao, "What about you? What's your thank-you gift?"
"She said we are friends." Shaoyao immediately became excited. Friends? She also has friends!
We are friends, so there is no need to thank him. But since he is an outsider, I will give him a generous gift in return. It seems that we can tell the difference clearly.
Since she wants to settle the matter, then let's settle it. "Tell her that I accept the thank-you gift and someone will deliver the ice soon. Also, I can help her once if she encounters difficulties in the future."
"Yes, I'll go then." Without waiting for his answer, Shaoyao ran out impatiently. She could just make it in time for dinner if she went there now. When she thought of Fudong's cooking skills, Shaoyao swallowed and ran even faster.
Chen Qing watched her run away from the door. When she came in, she was already smiling, "It's rare to see Shaoyao so happy."
The prince looked down at the basin of ice and said nothing.
Chen Qing followed his line of sight and looked, "This is..."
The prince did it silently and showed it to him.
Chen Qing whispered excitedly, "Master, where did you get this method? It's simply a business with no capital!"
"A thank-you gift from the eldest daughter of the Hua family."
Chen Qing was stunned. "Why doesn't she keep such a profitable business for herself? The Hua family has been raided! With this recipe in hand, the money will roll in!"
She couldn't use it just because the money came too quickly. The Hua family didn't need such an eye-catching thing. She was afraid that other people in the Hua family didn't know that she had such a way to make money, otherwise no one would agree to let her give it to others.
The prince did not explain much for her, and ordered: "You handle this matter yourself."
"Yes." Chen Qing had forgotten what he came here for, and left immediately. This was money, lots of money! Although the master was not short of money, no one would complain about having too much money, right
The prince turned around, his eyes fell on the silver hairpin pressed on the book, and he couldn't help but think of the owner of the silver hairpin who was so beautiful and sharp on that rainy night.
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The farm where Chen Jin's family had been the only one showing off their power for many years suddenly became lively. More and more tenants passed by the door. Ever since they knew that it was Chen Jin's family that had been causing trouble, and the eldest daughter of the Hua family lowered the rent, they had an unprecedented good impression of the Hua family.
Of course, there were also some who felt resentful. After all, Chen Jin was still a servant of the Hua family. It was the Hua family's failure to manage him properly that caused them to suffer. However, they only dared to think about this in their hearts, but they still talked about Liu Juan.
Although the elder girl arrived in time, it was a fact that she and Chen Chong were in the same room. Who knew if she had suffered any harm? It would be unpleasant to hear words spoken when it had nothing to do with one's business. Liu Jiang had already had several fights in the past few days.
The mentality of not agreeing to my sister being a maid was shaken, but she still did not give up. "Juan'er, no one is forcing you to do anything. Think about it carefully. This job of serving others is not that easy."
"I've thought it through very clearly." After putting the last piece of clothing in and tying the bundle, Liu Juan turned around with a smile on her face. "Brother, there is nothing I would rather do than this. The eldest girl is a good person, and the people around her are all good. You don't know how dangerous it was that night. Later, I heard from Sister Bao Xia that the eldest girl deliberately risked her life to lure that man out. She was afraid that the man would do something bad, so she sneaked into the room and killed us one by one. Don't even mention seeing such a master, have you ever heard of one? Anyway, I don't have one. It's better to follow her for a lifetime than to be talked about by others. In the future, I'll find someone who despises me and be trampled in the mud for the rest of my life."
"Juan'er..."
"I know everything. You can beat away three or five people and cover their mouths?" Liu Juan lowered her head. "It's no big deal. I will serve the young lady well for the rest of my life and not suffer those hardships."
"Juan'er, I won't stop you, I won't stop you, don't say such things, what do you mean by serving you for a lifetime, are you planning to sell yourself?"
"That's what I planned."
Liu Jiang's face suddenly changed. "Nonsense! Do you know what selling yourself means? It means your life is in someone else's hands. You have no say over life or death. If anything happens to the Hua family again, you will have to pay for it. Juan'er, a lifetime is not just talk, it means decades, and you live day by day. When you regret it, you will have no regrets!"
"I have thought about all this, brother. Believe me, I made this decision after thinking it through very clearly. In fact, I talked to Sister Fudong about it before. Sister Fudong said that the eldest girl has high standards. The people around her were all trained by her. For the time being, she will not accept anyone else around her. Even if I want to go, they won't want me."
"Then you still..."
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