The sturdy life of crossing

Jian Wenyuan, who was dismissed by his brother before he raised it, could only sit on the side with his head downcast. Jian Niang poked him on the forehead and said, "You can compare with your brother with your small body? Your brother is afraid that you will go out with him to enjoy the sun." It’s broken. Brother Yang,” he chased after him and asked, “Why don’t you go to town next night and come back tomorrow morning?”

"No need, mother, I'm going now. I'll be back when the sun goes down next night." Jian Leyang waved his hand, put on a hat and went out.

He didn't borrow an ox cart, so he just walked to the town like this. It's hard for an ox to pull a cart. Anyway, if he is alone, the speed can be much faster, not slower than the speed of an ox cart.

Quickly rushed to the town, Jian Leyang went directly to Huaren Hall, and found Doctor Hua, seeing that Doctor Hua's expression was not very good, the boy in the shop complained to Jian Leyang, the hot weather has spoiled many people, and some have eaten too much Stomach, so Dr. Hua made more visits than before, and he was exhausted.

"Brother Yang, why are you here now? Could it be that there is something wrong?" Doctor Hua was already prepared in his heart to follow Jian Leyang on his visits.

Jian Leyang pulled Dr. Hua back to speak, and asked, "Grandpa Hua, do you have saltpeter in your pharmacy?" He remembered that in Chinese medicine, saltpeter was used as medicine to cure diseases.

"Saltpeter? What do you want that thing for? Who wants to use it?" Doctor Hua didn't react.

"Really? Grandpa Hua, how many do you have here? This thing should be able to make ice." Jian Leyang didn't hide his intention to find saltpeter, otherwise he might not be able to get this thing, and based on the relationship between Doctor Hua and Grandpa, he said it was him My family is not far behind.

Doctor Hua's beard was raised: "Brother Yang, is the saltpeter you are talking about thenardite or hot salt? I have been practicing medicine all my life, but I have never heard that thenardite can make ice. Don't fool me, an old man."

Jian Le raised a black line and circled Doctor Hua twice: "Grandpa Hua, why didn't I see that you are already an old man? My grandfather was not convinced when he heard this. My grandfather has always refused to accept the old, he is in his prime. But Which kind of saltpeter is this?" Jian Leyang scratched his chin, how could he not know that there are two kinds of saltpeter, "I don't know, how about trying both?"

Doctor Hua reached out and tapped Jian Leyang on the head, and said with a smile: "Don't press your grandfather's trick on me, just wait, I'll find it for you." Doctor Hua's tone was the same as coaxing a child, and Jian Leyang didn't care, It is enough to get saltpeter and make ice.

After a while, Doctor Hua came over with two paper bags, and Jian Leyang also poured out a bucket of water from the well. First, he took fire nitrate to test. The saltpetre thing in China can also be used to make gunpowder, so it should, probably... be fire nitrate.

Doctor Hua waved his fan and watched casually. Jian Leyang opened the paper bag of fire nitrate and poured the crystals inside into the water. When nitrate dissolves in water, it needs to absorb the surrounding heat. Jian Leyang did not dare to pour too much water. After a while, the water in the basin obviously changed.

"Grandpa Hua, look quickly, it's freezing!" Jian Leyang said happily.

"It's really frozen?" Dr. Hua walked over to watch, shaking his fan, reached in to touch it, hissed, and his eyes widened, "It's really frozen!"

"Haha, let me tell you that saltpeter can make ice. Grandpa Hua should believe it this time. Grandpa Hua, how much saltpeter do you have? What is the difference between Glauber's salt and fire salt? Can it make ice the same way?" Jian Leyang asked excitedly.

Doctor Hua patted Jian Leyang on the head with a fan, and took away the paper bag containing Glauber's salt in his hand: "You don't need to try this one, this one can't freeze water. And this fire salt is a commonly used medicine for you, Grandpa Hua Can I get you a big bag? Don’t even think about it, just this small bag has been left in the corner for a long time.”

"Then where else can I get saltpeter? If I can get it, not to mention my father and others, even Grandpa Hua can cool off." Jian Leyang immediately snatched the fan from Doctor Hua's hand and fanned him vigorously stand up.

Dr. Hua squinted his eyes in enjoyment. This great strength is beneficial. Seeing the wind from the fan, his body was much cooler. He took the opportunity to enjoy a cup of tea before going back to the house to write a letter, and to write another letter. Write down the address and hand it to Jian Leyang: "Follow this location and find a manager named Qu. After you find him, hand this letter to him. He will give you the saltpeter you need. Hurry up and don't delay. Go and come back quickly."

Jian Leyang grinned: "Deling, I'll go right away, and I'll be back today, but Ma has to let me help."

"Okay, let's go quickly." Doctor Hua waved his hand and asked him to take it by himself.

Jian Leyang skillfully walked into the stable in the backyard. Usually, if Dr. Hua went too far for a visit, he would hitch a carriage and drive there. As for riding a horse?Jian Leyang was able to ride a strange beast without any difficulty, and how could he even stump a mere horse?I remember the first time I rode a horse here, the horse seemed to sense the dangerous aura on him, and its hooves stepped on the ground restlessly, but in the end he didn't let him ride it honestly.

Jian Leyang rode his horse and left the town to Xindan County. The address given by Doctor Hua was in Xindan County.

The road was unimpeded, and the hot weather in hell reduced the number of pedestrians on the road. Even at the gate of the city, the guards were listless, and they all gasped. After paying the entrance fee, Jian Leyang led the horse and walked in the county.

What Jian Leyang is going to is the west area of ​​the county, which belongs to the boundary where the middle and lower class people live, while the southeast two areas are either rich or expensive.

When I came to the West District, I approached an alley, which was completely different from the place I walked before. Because of the overheating weather, it was full of a rotten stench. Several beggars were lying under the eaves by the roadside, with dry skin on their mouths. It was all cracked, and a family next to it poured out a basin of dirty water, and several beggars immediately rushed up, lying on the ground and licking the water on the ground, fighting for it.

Jian Leyang frowned slightly and walked over. In this year of disaster, the people in the city may not have a good life like farmers. In some places, water has to be bought, not to mention these people who make a living by begging. Of course, some high-end families in the city will be much safer when they encounter troubles than unsheltered mountain villages.

After going through the end times, he doesn't have much sympathy, and he doesn't have much ability to do great things. His ability is not as good as these beggars.

"Stop, you little bastard, stop for me, or I will have to skin you when I catch you!" A shout came from a distance, and a figure stumbled towards Jian Leyang, about to Overtake him, but at this moment, the person swayed and fell to the ground.

Jian Leyang had no choice but to stop, because this person's head hit his foot, and if he wanted to move his foot, he wanted to kick this person away. At this time, the group of people had already run over and surrounded Jian Leyang.

"Boy!" It was the person who yelled before, pointing at Jian Leyang fiercely, but found that this person was not a boy, but a brother, and restrained himself slightly, "Give him to us, and we won't be with a brother." General knowledge."

Jian Leyang stood there with arms folded, while the horse stood quietly aside, Jian Leyang said: "This man crushed my shoe, I have to ask him to pay me back, you have to take him away, just pay for him .”

"You...do you know what we are?" The fierce-looking man in the lead looked at Jian Leyang in disbelief. A guy with thin skin and tender flesh, isn't he afraid of being caught by them?Dare to sing against them?

"I don't care who you are? Is it important that you have my shoes?" Jian Leyang glanced at them and said contemptuously, "Besides, if you didn't chase him to me, would I suffer innocently?"

"You..." The man was speechless, he had never seen such a brother.

"Brother, why bother with him, just take it back together, such a thin-skinned and tender brother, maybe you can sell it for a good price, even this horse is worth a few dollars, this time we will send it!" A man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks next to him looked at Jian Leyang with bright eyes.

"Good! Good! You call it a toast, you don't eat fine wine, you go up, take him together!" The leader waved his hand and asked his subordinates to do it. It's not worth his hands to catch a brother.

Jian Leyang looked at the person still lying on his shoes, and muttered: "It's in the way!" As he spoke, he kicked up, and the person flew up. On the back of the horse, he patted the horse's head and told him, "Take care of the person, and if you lose it, you are the only one to ask."

At this time, the two people who came forward had already stretched out their hands to grab Jian Leyang's arm. It seemed to them an easy task, but Jian Leyang seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. Just when the two hands were about to grab it, he suddenly turned around and grabbed it. Grabbing the outstretched arm, with a little effort, he threw the person forward and fell to the ground.

The man in the lead changed his initial casualness, and looked at Jian Leyang with a scrutinizing gaze. Whether he just kicked the flying man or threw him out now, his movements were done in one go.

The leader waved back the others who were about to step forward, and clasped their fists at Jian Leyang: "This young master seems to have some tricks. I don't know why he can't get along with us Tiger Gang? It was my subordinates who offended the young master just now, please ask him Forgive me, son."

Jian Leyang raised his eyebrows, pointed to the unconscious man on horseback and asked, "What's wrong with this man, you want to capture him like this and have to skin him?" He is not a nosy person either, It's just that this person accidentally hit his shoe, wouldn't it be too embarrassing for Jian Leyang to just let someone take him away?

That's right, his idea was that simple at first, but later on, if he released it at the man with the sharp-mouthed monkey cheek, he would not be able to stop, and he decided to take care of it.

"Brother, what are you talking about with him, I don't believe that so many of us can't hold a brother?" It was the man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks who came up behind the leader, and Jian Leyang saw his obscene and evil eyes. , his eyes suddenly turned cold, and the aura emanating from his body also made the horse beside him stamp his hooves uneasily.