Chapter 376： one more scoop

Chapter 376 One more scoop

Xue Sihu didn't know, he was busy weighing 20 catties of saltpeter and put it aside.

The big brother Xue Yihu took the big basin and the small basin again, and according to the previous method, the small basin was enlarged into the basin, the big basin was filled with 80% of the river water, and the small basin was filled with well water, but the water level was lower than that in the big basin. .

Seeing that Xue Yihu was done, Xue Sihu immediately poured the twenty catties of saltpeter into the big basin.

The saltpeter began to melt rapidly in the water again, but it did not freeze at the speed visible to the naked eye as before, and, after melting, there was no sign of freezing.

Jiang Yue motioned Xue Yan to speak quickly.

Xue Yan hurriedly said: "Fourth brother, it should be that there is not enough saltpeter. Quickly take the scoop and add saltpeter to it."

Xue Sihu is not stupid either, he saw it and was about to take a scoop to add saltpeter, but now that Xue Yan opened his mouth again, he added it even faster, and went down a big scoop of saltpeter.

Another big scoop of saltpeter went down.

Then go down with a big scoop of saltpeter.

Another big scoop...

Again……

The five scoops went down quickly, and finally the small pot was frozen. Xue Sihu was also greatly relieved, and said: "The big scoop weighs about three pounds, the five big scoops are fifteen pounds, plus I just added 20 jin at the beginning, so it takes about 35 jin to freeze it? But why is there saltpeter on the surface? I added too much? Signs of icing..."

At this time, Jiang Yuecai guided: "It is reasonable to say that if saltpeter is added in, even if it does not melt, if you add too much, it will sink to the bottom, just like the sugar in the sugar water, the sugar will sink to the bottom, there is a little at the bottom, and The reason why there is on the ice, it seems that after the ice freezes, the saltpeter slowly comes out from it, is it possible that once it freezes, part of the melted saltpeter will come out on the ice surface?"

"Yes!" Xue Sihu suddenly realized. "It was also on the top of the first pot just now!"

Xue Yan cooperated with the situation: "It seems that this saltpeter ice making has this characteristic."

Xue Sihu immediately echoed: "It should be!"

Liu Guixia, Xue Yihu and others all agreed and also said that it should be, it should be.

understand this, the next step is simple.

Xue Sihu immediately realized: "So the saltpeter below is actually not melted?!"

Jiang Yue and Xue Yan looked at each other without a trace before nodding: "It should be."

He chiseled out the unmelted saltpeter below, about two catties. Xue Sihu deduced: "It should be possible to make ice with only thirty-three catties of saltpeter."

"It's not necessary to change a big pot or a small pot." Jiang Yue said.

Xue Sihu also thought so, so he hurriedly said to Xue Yihu: "Brother, in the future, you will make large and small basins according to this size."

"Hey!" Xue Yihu responded immediately. He is happy to be able to contribute his own strength to the family. It's what he likes to do too, and he's happier.

Liu Guixia smiled and said, "Then let's try it with another 33 kilograms. If it's true, then it's a good idea. One hundred kilograms can make three pots of ice at the same time."

"Yeah," Yu Hongyan smiled, "It just happened that the weather was hot, and the ice pot that I made at the beginning was a little melted, so let's use the big pot and the small pot that I made at the beginning. Big brother is now more and more skilled. The better, the two big pots are exactly the same size, and the two small pots are exactly the same size."

Xue Yihu laughed even more foolishly.

The ice in the large and small basins that were successful in making ice at the beginning was somewhat melted, especially in the large basin, which had been chiseled, and the ice was more severe, while the small basin was only slightly melted on the surface.