She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Jinrong asked directly, and Qi Younian answered cheerfully, "To answer Sixth Master’s question, this old man wouldn’t dare to deceive Brother Hongzhi. Shopkeeper Hao from Great Crane House is also aware of this matter; the ice cream is indeed frozen using blocks of ice. The ice we are using now was also procured with the help of Shopkeeper Hao."

Qi Younian thought since he hadn’t told Hongzhi everything just now, it wasn’t right to spill the beans completely at this moment. He could only tell Jinrong this much.

"Take me to see it."

This time Qi Younian simply took out a neatly packaged wooden barrel, lifted the lid. There was the insulating cotton cover on the outside, followed by the wooden barrel, an intermediate layer, a small tin barrel, and the milky-hued ice cream inside—all clearly visible at a glance.

After examining it for a moment, Jinrong exchanged a glance with Jiang Yifan, and pointing to the layer of melting ice water, he asked, "The ice in this intermediate layer has melted into water, yet the ice cream remains solidly frozen. How is this possible?"

Qi Younian replied calmly, "To Sixth Master, we added salt inside."

Jinrong didn’t show any signs of confusion; in fact, the moment Qi Younian mentioned adding salt, Jinrong thought of the key factor.

A few years earlier, during a harsh winter season, he had followed a delegation to the Northern Barbarian Territories and saw a lake there. Although the Northern Barbarian Territories were covered in snow and swept by biting winds, the lake did not freeze over.