Chapter 224 The gap between fantasy and reality
Xu Qingwan pulled Zhou Jiamin into the carriage and came to Su Mansion together.
The summer is hot, and Runzhou City looks stuffy. Even the birds are hiding in the trees in the Su Mansion yard. The plants and trees are all hanging their heads, and only some cicadas are yelling in the bushes.
Su Chen was doing research experiments under the shade of bamboo in the yard. He planned to make ice cubes and put them at home to relieve the heat.
He first bought some saltpeter in the grocery store, then found two copper basins of large and small, and put clean water in them, and then mixed the proportion. If there is too much water, then the saltpeter is dissolved in water, and the effect is not obvious when absorbing heat, and the water in the small basin inside cannot condense into frost because the temperature is not cold enough.
I tried several times, but it really failed.
"There should not be too much water, and the ratio should be appropriate to make it."
Just as Su Chen was muttering to himself, the concierge came to report that Miss Xu was visiting.
Su Chen was stunned for a moment. On this hot afternoon, the talented woman was not at home to escape the summer heat, so why did she go to her house to do?
I can't just want to continue discussing knowledge, but when I think of this, Su Chen couldn't help but have a headache.
But it is not appropriate to say that you are panicked. After all, you look up and see him. You are friends with Xu Cainu, so it is not good to lie. Besides, the Xu family is very energetic in Runzhou, and sometimes you also need Xu Cainu to take care of him. You have to be more merciful.
"Please come in." Su Chen waved his hand and asked the concierge to let go.
In an instant, Xu Qingwan took Zhou Jiamin into the courtyard. The two girls, one in front and one behind, were wearing gauze skirts, tailored and looked so graceful.
"Young Master Su Chen!" Xu Qingwan greeted Su Chen with a smile.
Su Chen nodded. It was the critical time for the experiment. He didn't look up and looked carefully. He just responded casually: "Miss Xu is here! Why didn't he find a cool place to stay at home and go out!"
Xu Qingwan looked at Su Chen tinkering with her eyes, knowing that he should be investigating things again, and said, "There will be a performance in the Peony Pavilion in Xiangyun Pavilion this afternoon, so just after watching it, I thought about coming over and visiting Mr. Su on the way."
Su Chen nodded slightly, still staring at the saltpeter in his hand with all his attention, and then poured a small amount of water into the large copper basin. He estimated that the amount of water this time should be almost the same.
"What are you doing?"
"Looking at things!" Su Chen replied casually, not giving special treatment at all because the other party was the number one talented woman in Runzhou.
Anyway, he is familiar with each other. He is a person of this kind, and he doesn't pretend to be a noble and talented man, a gentle scholar, and he talks about talented women.
He would do his best naturally, and he didn't want to pursue her, so there was no need to pretend to be a talented man.
He didn't even look up and looked closely, and did not regard Xu Cainu as an outsider.
But this behavior fell into Zhou Jiamin's heart, and he felt that this talented scholar was not polite. Even Sister Xu and her two beauties came over. Su Yixuan didn't even raise his head. It would be too arrogant to be so neglected to be a distinguished guest.
Moreover, the most talented man in Jiangzuo was actually fiddling with some so-called rough things, which was a bit different from her imagination.
At the moment of getting started, Zhou Jiamin was still fantasizing in his mind how handsome and elegant this talented man named Yixuan, named Yixuan, should have been wearing a white dress, spotlessly clean, sitting in the study writing poems, like a poet, slowly chanting in his mouth, and his voice was intoxicating. When he saw the two girls come in, he would stand up and bow and salute, saying magnetically: Young actor Su Chen, I have seen two girls, and this is polite...
However, the scene in front of her was so contrasting with the perfect picture she imagined.
"Sister Xu, is this what you are talking about Su Chen and Su Yixuan?" Zhou Jiamin questioned a little.
Xu Qingwan replied with a smile: "Well, Jiamin, this is Mr. Su, it's like a fake one!"
Su Chen was about to release saltpeter, but when he heard the conversation between the two girls, not the voices of Xu Qingwan and her close maid, he couldn't help but be curious and looked up.
At this moment, Su Chen's eyes first saw Xu Qingwan smiling, then looked away and saw a girl in a long dress standing on her figure.
The appearance is beautiful and exquisite, with a melon-shaped face, big eyes, and two curved thin willow eyebrows like distant mountains with dark black eyes, bright eyes and white teeth, and a beautiful person.
Although Zhou Jiamin is only a fourteen-year-old girl, she is already tall, wearing a "Tianshuibi" skirt, with a thin ribbon tied around her waist, and her top and bottom skirt are all exquisitely fit, making her look slender and soft.
If Jiangnan itself is a painting of ink paintings where people blend in scenery, while Jiangnan girls are crystal clear and crystal agate and pearls embedded in this flowing and beautiful painting, I hope it is worth it, just like passing through mist and rain.
Su Chen was surprised. He thought that he had become used to seeing ancient beauties such as Bai Susu, Xu Qingwan, Liu Mo Nong, and Peng Qingqing, and he was already immune to beauties. However, when he saw this girl, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up in his heart: What a charming little fairy!
Perhaps in a few years, this little girl will definitely be at the level of beauty!
"Who is this?" Su Chen asked curiously.
"He is Zhou Jiamin, the youngest daughter of Zhou Situ, and the younger sister of the current queen."
"Ah?!" Su Chen was surprised. The current queen's girl is Xiao Zhou Queen!
Is this the little Zhou Hou Zhou Jiamin?
Seeing her, Su Chen couldn't help but think of a poem "Bodhisattva Man" in his mind: "The flowers are bright and the moon is dark and the fog is light. It's good to go to the side of the man tonight. He takes the fragrant steps with his socks and steps with his golden shoes in his hand. I see him on the south side of the painting hall, and he always trembles. It's difficult for the slave to come out, so I will teach you to be compassionate."
Calculate the historical time. In the second year of Qiande in the Song Dynasty, many things would happen everywhere. Among them, in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yu's youngest son died, the Great Zhou Hou died of illness, and the secret love between Xiao Zhou Hou and her brother-in-law, all happened during the summer and autumn seasons of this year.
Now that summer is coming, Zhou Jiamin, the young Zhou Hou, is not in the imperial palace of Jinling City. She deepens her feelings with her brother-in-law. How did she appear in Runzhou City?
Su Chen would definitely not have thought that the relationship between Li Yu and Zhou Jiamin would have increased as she entered the palace more often, and Ehuang's condition worsened and she would gradually develop feelings. But suddenly, Su Chen's poems and naive scripts appeared in Jinling City, making Zhou Jiamin, who was innocent and talented, shifted her mind in time.
If you don’t go back to Jinling this time, it is likely that in two months, the relationship between Zhou Jiamin and Li Yu will heat up, and something beyond etiquette will really happen.
Invisibly, the butterfly effect of Su Chen's time travel has gradually changed the fate of historical figures.
Zhou Jiamin was even more disappointed when she saw Su Chen's shocked look: Why did this Su Caizi look surprised when he saw him, not like he was obsessed with her appearance, but like... a ghost!
What's your look!
Zhou Jiamin was dissatisfied, her eyes turned cold, and she was disappointed with Su Chen's impression.
"It turns out it's Miss Zhou, you're rude." Su Chen came to his senses, quickly covered up his thoughts, smiled faintly, and stood up with saltpeter in his hand.
"Hmph!" Zhou Jiamin snorted lightly, her little eyes were a little angry.
Xu Qingwan gave him a blank look, but he didn't blame him because she knew Su Chen and would never be shocked by the little girl's beauty and lose her etiquette. After all, there is no shortage of beauties around Su Chen. Bai Susu, Peng Qingqing, and Liu Mo Nong are not beautiful women selected from thousands of people. He should have been surprised when he heard the identities of Zhou Situ and the Queen!
"Young Master Su, what are you holding in your hand? What are you doing?" Xu Qingwan changed the topic in time to ask, helping him.
Su Chen smiled and said, "It's too hot this day, I plan to make some ice cubes?"
"Ice making, here?" Xu Qingwan showed surprise. The yard is so hot, how can it be made?
In Xu Mansion, ice cubes are large ice cubes collected in winter and are stored in cellars all year round. They are taken out and used in summer to relieve heat and relieve heat. This is almost something that powerful families will do, and even the palace is no exception. But I have never heard of anyone making ice cubes under the scorching sun in summer.
Zhou Jiamin was even more disappointed, thinking that Su Caizi was like a neurotic person, and he was a little nonsense!
Su Chen had already seen the two women's faces look disbelief, and did not explain much, but took action directly.
"Look!"
After Su Chen finished speaking, he put the saltpeter in his hand into a large copper door, quickly absorbed heat and cooled down, and frost quickly condensed into the small copper basin surrounded by saltpeter.
Xu Qingwan was stunned and said in surprise: "How is this... possible?"
Zhou Jiamin even widened her eyes and looked at the scene, her mouth opened and her face turned petrified, completely shocked, even more exaggerated than the surprise when Su Chen saw her just now.
Chapter completed!