Several kids squatted in front of the wooden tub, being the closest to it. Ice formed and cool air blew in their faces, making their cheeks feel refreshed.
Looking at the water in the small basin again, it had completely turned into ice.
"Wow! Ice cubes really appeared! Mom is so awesome!" Long Yao's ruby-like eyes kept flashing, as bright as stars.
"Stones can actually be made into ice..." Long Xiu was surprised, and there was a trace of shock on his usually calm face.
This kind of thing really broke his cognition.
"This is not an ordinary stone, it's saltpeter. The special reaction formed when saltpeter comes into contact with water can make ice cubes. Not only that, saltpeter can also be used to make explosives." Hu Jiaojiao explained to Long Xiu gently.
Long Xiu was confused and felt that there must be many things in this world that he did not understand, so it was not surprising at all.
"Mom, can this ice be eaten?" Long Yao blinked and asked the question he wanted to ask most.
Hu Jiaojiao had also thought about this question.
The ice cubes made from saltpeter in her memory cannot be eaten directly.
"It's edible." Hu Jiaojiao nodded. She had recently read a book about the animal world in her space, and it recorded that the ice made from the saltpeter here was edible and was non-toxic and harmless.
"It's edible!" Long Yao couldn't help licking his lips. He had never eaten ice cream in summer!
Seeing the cubs all looking greedy, Hu Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Wait a moment, Chief. This ice won't melt quickly. I'll go get something."
The patriarch nodded repeatedly. He was so happy that he was speechless.
Hu Jiaojiao went to the kitchen and got out an ice-breaking knife and the watermelon juice that she had prepared in advance. There was a whole bucket of watermelon juice. She crushed the ice and added it to the juice.
The iced watermelon juice is ready.
There were ice cubes in her space, but how could the ice cubes she made by hand be the same as the ice cubes in the space.
This is the ice she made herself!
"Chief, please try it." Hu Jiaojiao first served a bowl to the chief.
The patriarch held the bowl in both hands, and the cool touch seemed to take him back to winter in an instant.
He drank it carefully as if he had found a treasure.
The cool watermelon juice was sweet and refreshing, and it was simply the best thing he had ever tasted in his life.
"It's delicious! It's great to have ice cubes. It's so delicious..."
The patriarch was full of praise.
Hu Jiaojiao had people plant a lot of watermelons, and they had eaten watermelons before, but could the icy watermelon juice be compared with the hot watermelon
No one can resist a bowl of iced watermelon juice in the summer.
Several kids couldn't help swallowing their saliva when watching this.
Even from a long distance away, they could smell the sweet scent of watermelon juice.
Long Yao couldn't help it, he opened his mouth and smacked the air as if he was also drinking watermelon juice.
Hu Jiaojiao smiled and said, "If you want to drink, just make it yourself."
The kids immediately looked delighted and picked up their bowls to get watermelon juice.
They lined up without fighting or scrambling. Long Yao got the first bowl and drooled, but he didn't drink it directly. Instead, he held the bowl and handed it to Hu Jiaojiao.
"Mother, you drink first, you've worked hard!"
The little meaty hand held a big bowl of watermelon juice high.
Seeing the little guy being sensible and well-behaved, Hu Jiaojiao's heart melted and she quickly reached out to take it.
"Yao'er is so good, thank you Yao'er."
She lowered her head and took a sip. It was sweeter than any juice she had ever drunk before.
Seeing Hu Jiaojiao drink it, Long Yao went back happily and tasted the watermelon juice with the cubs.
Naturally, there were quite a few orcs waiting outside the yard, and each of them got a bowl.
The weather is hot now, and even though there is saltpeter, the ice will melt soon.
By the time the orcs finished drinking, the ice in the wooden basin was also used up, and nothing was wasted.
"Chief, this is the method and proportion of making ice with saltpeter. I have written it down."
Hu Jiaojiao took a piece of paper and handed it to the clan leader.
In order to train the beastmen's reading ability, she would try her best to write down everything that could be written down and let the beastmen recognize it themselves.
The patriarch took the paper and smiled.
"Jiaojiao, thanks to you, otherwise we wouldn't be able to eat ice cubes in the summer. I thank you on behalf of all the orcs in the tribe."
As he said this, he was about to bow to Hu Jiaojiao.
Hu Jiaojiao quickly helped him up and said with a smile:
"Chief, I just happened to know this method. The saltpeter was found by everyone, and I didn't do anything."
She was speaking from the heart.
If she were to rely on herself alone, no matter how much knowledge she had, she would not be able to find saltpeter so quickly and make it available to everyone.
The orcs working together are far more powerful than she alone.
Although the orcs brought back saltpeter this time, with thousands of orcs in the tribe, it was not enough.
The road to get saltpeter is not short, and it takes another two months to go back and forth.
Even if they got saltpeter, the orcs did not dare to use it lavishly. They tried to save it as much as possible and only took it out to cool down when the heat was unbearable.
Even so, the orcs were already very satisfied.
"Jiaojiao, I'll leave these saltpeter for you to use slowly. I'll bring them to you next time I get saltpeter."
The clan leader was very generous and gave all the saltpeter outside the yard to Hu Jiaojiao.
The orcs outside the courtyard had no objection to this.
If Hu Jiaojiao hadn't taught them the method, this saltpeter would have been just an ordinary stone to them and would have been useless.
Even if all the saltpeter was given to Hu Jiaojiao, that would be what I should do.
"Okay, thank you, Chief." Hu Jiaojiao didn't act pretentiously and nodded in acceptance.
She originally asked the tribe leader to send people to look for saltpeter in order to be able to use ice openly.
After seeing off the tribe leader, Hu Jiaojiao was preparing to transport the saltpeter into the warehouse with her cubs when Long Mo came back.
Seeing Hu Jiaojiao moving things, Long Mo transformed into a human form and immediately stepped forward to take the saltpeter from her hand.
"What is this?" he asked puzzledly.
"Saltpeter. The orcs who were looking for saltpeter came back today. The tribe leader brought it to us. These are the saltpeter that the tribe leader gave us." Hu Jiaojiao explained.
"Dad, mom is so amazing. She made ice cubes with saltpeter today. We all tasted the ice cubes and they were so cold!" Long Yao said excitedly.
Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Long Mo's eyes.
Even Zaizai said so, so it can’t be false.
I didn't expect that ice cubes could really be made in summer.
"The ice cubes I made today have melted. You take a rest and I'll make you another one." Hu Jiaojiao knew that Long Mo was curious about how ice cubes were made, so she prepared to make it for him again.
It's just the right time to help him cool down.
Long Mo held her hand and asked softly, "No, do we need to move the saltpeter into the warehouse?"
"Yes." Hu Jiaojiao nodded, and listened to Long Mo continue.
"I'll move the saltpeter in first, and I'll tell you something later."