"Yes, Mother."

After giving her instructions, Yan Xia scooped half a bowlful into a small bowl.

Pour in water like you're rinsing rice, and simply wash away the dust.

Then wrap the damp ice jelly seeds in gauze.

Then fill a basin with clean, cool water and soak the gauze wrapped around the ice jelly seeds in it.

Start kneading after one minute, and pour in lime water after the water thickens.

Skim off the bubbles and place the bowl in a cool, shady place to allow it to solidify.

Because there was no refrigerator, it took twice as long for the ice jelly to solidify.

Around 2 PM, the shop was at its busiest, with a constant stream of customers.

Yan Xia cut the ice jelly into pieces with a knife.

Put it into a bamboo tube cup.

Sprinkle with two spoonfuls of brown sugar syrup, one spoonful of rose jam, and watermelon chunks, and the ice jelly is ready.

She was the first to take a bite.

It's icy cold, like chewing solid water, with the refreshing taste of watermelon, the sweetness of brown sugar water, and the fragrance of rose jam.

The taste is indescribably delicious.

“Here, you can have the rest of the osmanthus bowl. I’ll make your brother a new cup so he can tempt the guests.”

The bamboo tube cup is very large.

Just like modern bamboo tube milk tea.

She has a lot at home; after all, there's a bamboo forest on the hillside.

But there were only 20 in the shop.

If we sell them today, we can only sell a maximum of 18 servings.

There's no container to hold it.

Therefore, Yan Xia does not plan to let people try the food.

When we get back tonight, I'll have Jinfu and Jinlu go to the bamboo forest to cut more bamboo to make cups. They'll bring a hundred or eighty cups back tomorrow. Then I'll have my daughter and daughters-in-law bring some dry firewood from home to dig out some spoons.

Strive to achieve zero cost.

After the meal, the guests can continue to use the cups and spoons.

A win-win situation.

"Mom, is this ice jelly? It looks just like ice cubes, and it tastes so refreshing and sweet. It cools me down instantly. I love it."

After all, she's a young girl, so she loves to eat sweets.

Guihua's eyes narrowed slightly, her face full of happiness.

"Eat up, and Mom will make you more after you finish eating."

She carried the freshly made ice jelly to the front of the shop.

Jin Fu was selling peach shortbread. He wrapped the bag and handed it to the customer across the street, then took the money and prepared to ask the next customer what they wanted.

"Son, come here, Mom made a new dish. Try it and see if you like it."

Yan Xia deliberately raised her voice to draw all the guests' attention to her.

"Manager Yan, what new products are you making this time? Do you have any samples to try? If I like them, I'll buy them."

"Yes, we're almost tired of peach shortbread. It's so hot in the sun that I don't really have an appetite. Sometimes I don't even want to eat, let alone pastries. If it weren't for my wife's love for them, you probably wouldn't have seen me for a while."

"Wow, why is this new product packaged in a bamboo tube? What kind of way is this to eat it?"

The group talked on and on.

The shop suddenly became noisy.

"Wow, Mom, the ice jelly tastes so refreshing! I instantly feel less hot."

Jin Fu's praise silenced the others briefly.

Yan Xia took the ice jelly from her son's hand, walked in front of the guests, and showed it to them.

"This is called ice jelly, a new product in my shop. It can cool you down and make you feel refreshed from head to toe. A cup only costs half a tael of silver. You all know how expensive ice is, but my ice jelly tastes almost like chilled fruits."

Yan Xia made a small boast.

"Really, shopkeeper? Why don't you offer a tasting? Oh dear, it's quite expensive. It would be such a waste if we bought something that didn't taste good. Could you give each of us a cup to try?"

The guest who was speaking did not appear to be very wealthy.

Although she was wearing silk clothes, the color had faded from washing.

Moreover, his face was completely unfamiliar, probably because it was his first time visiting her shop.

"My dear customer, it's not that I don't want to offer samples, it's just that the ingredients for this ice jelly are extremely expensive. It's a small business, and I can't afford to offer samples. Besides, as you can see, ice jelly needs a container to be eaten with a spoon. With so many people, how many bamboo spoons would I have to prepare, right? Please put yourself in my shoes. I don't want you all to try the same cup, and you don't want me to lose too much money. So, for everyone who buys ice jelly today, buy two and get one free. That means you can buy three cups for one tael of silver. I, Yan, never make anything bad. Trust me and buy it. Son, here you go, hurry up and eat. Look at you, you were sweating just now, but after just one bite of ice jelly, the sweat is gone."

Actually, Jin Fu had just wiped his sweat with a towel, but the customers' attention was drawn to the ice jelly and they didn't notice him.

Seeing his mother say this, Jin Fu didn't want to contradict her.

He tacitly agreed with Yan Xia's words, took the ice jelly, and ate it in large bites.

It really tastes good.

This comes from the bottom of my heart.

"Give me a tael of silver, it's just a small amount, enough for three cups to take home and share with my wife and children."

"I'll have three cups too."

"I'll have six cups. There are six people in my family. Manager Yan, I trust you. Nothing in your shop is bad."

"...."

There were 5 people in the shop, excluding the one who wanted to try the food.

I bought them all.

"I...I won't buy any. Shopkeeper, give me a bag of original flavor peach shortbread."

The man was a little embarrassed. He pretended not to like the ice jelly, bought the peach shortbread, and left.

The remaining four people waited in the shop for Yan Xia to make the ice jelly.

All the ingredients were readily available; Yan Xia only needed to put the ice jelly into the bamboo tube and sprinkle on the seasonings.

It was all completed in ten minutes.

She took a large tray and brought out all the ice jelly that everyone had ordered.

Because there was no spoon.

Yan Xia had no choice but to give them four unused wooden spoons from her own home.

One of the older men was the first to start eating.

He nodded as he ate, looking quite satisfied.

"Great, it's really refreshing and delicious!"

The remaining three couldn't wait to try it too.

One bite and everyone gave it a thumbs up.

Yan Xia saw the group off with a smile, having sold 15 cups, which was worth five taels of silver.

Wow, that's how fast you make money!

Only half of the ice jelly in the bowl had been removed.

I estimate that one pot can make about 30 cups.

When the time came, they closed the shop. The remaining three bamboo tubes were used up. The ice jelly sold for 6 taels of silver, while the original peach shortbread only sold for 4 taels of silver.

I earned a total of 40 taels today.

Peach-flavored peach shortbread made up the majority of the orders.

Yan Xia poured the remaining brown sugar water and chopped watermelon into the bowl containing the ice jelly. She didn't add any rose jam, since she was also making flower cakes for her family, and they weren't that particular. She covered the bowl with gauze and prepared to take it home.

The family of three, along with Zhao Dali and the old ox, boarded the oxcart familiarly and began their journey home.

At this time, the Yan family...

Jin Lu had just finished weeding the field. He filled a bucket with the settled wood ash water and then took a machete to go to the low hill to chop some more firewood.

“My husband, I’ll go with you.”

Wang Jingshui also took a machete.

"No, Grandma, take a rest. You insisted on coming with me to the fields to weed this afternoon. Look how red your face is from the sun. Mother will be back soon. She'll scold me if she sees you chopping wood. Just do it for my sake. Take a rest, okay? If you really can't stay still, go help your sister-in-law and Lamei cook."