Chapter 117 Ice Block
"Grandma, there are ice cubes under the bed in the room."
Jiang Fubao shook his head, pointed at the bedroom and said playfully, sticking out his tongue.
When she went to bed last night, she guessed that there would not be enough mung bean soup in the shop today.
Because it was too hot at night.
Logically, it rains a lot in spring, and when it rains, the temperature drops, so the transition to summer is slow and people don't notice the temperature rising gradually.
But the weather now is like that one light rain in spring.
The sun shines brightly every day.
It's as if the spring season has disappeared.
Transition from winter to summer in an instant.
The heat is particularly noticeable.
Who can bear it?
So, while her family was asleep, she filled three basins in the space with water and put them in the freezer.
The things stored inside are taken out and placed on the table.
The space does not pass and it will not thaw when you take it out.
Before refreshing, take the basin to the real world.
This prevents the freshly frozen water from disappearing along with the basin.
After refreshing, just put it back.
Just now, she took advantage of grandma and the others being busy.
Quietly slipped into the bedroom and placed two basins of ice cubes on the cloth.
That piece of cloth was originally her bed sheet, but now it became a summer quilt in her bedroom.
During her nap, she covered herself with it to keep away the cold.
Turn the basin upside down and tap it gently, and the ice cubes will fall out of the shell.
She threw the basin into the space again.
A quarter of an hour has passed since the ice cubes were put in.
Jiang Fubao guessed that the ice had begun to melt.
She must tell grandma as soon as possible.
"What, ice cubes?"
When Zhang Jinlan heard her granddaughter's words, she stopped swinging the stick.
She turned her head and looked towards the bedroom.
The bedroom door was not closed.
She put down her stick and walked quickly over.
Sure enough, a piece of cloth was dragged out from under the bed.
It looked like the sheet that the granddaughter covered herself with when she took a nap, and there were three round pieces of ice on the sheet.
It is smaller than the wooden basin at home.
This kind of ice cube should be sold for at least two taels of silver.
Zhang Jinlan's eyes widened in fear. She shook her head, thinking she was dreaming, and then touched the ice with her hand.
"Wow, it's really ice. It's really an ice cube."
She pulled at the four corners of the sheet.
He carried out the three pieces of ice along with the sheets.
"Look, it's actually ice cubes. Fubao, how did you know there were ice cubes there? Did the immortals tell you? No, it's not right. It was delivered to our house, how can it be delivered to the shop as well?"
Zhang Jinlan was very confused.
"I just went in to check. Last night I dreamed of the old man with a white beard. I told him that I was very hot and wanted to drink some cold green bean soup. He told me to stay in the bedroom in the shop for a while every day, and there would be ice cubes."
Jiang Fubao originally wanted to say that the ice cube had been there for a long time.
She was afraid that grandma would be the first to rush into the bedroom and she wouldn’t have time to put it away.
So I changed my tune.
"Yes, Fubao did go into the bedroom just now." Sun Pingmei took over the conversation.
She has sharp eyes.
No matter who is in the backyard, she knows every move.
"Thank you for the gift from the Immortal Master. May the Immortal Master be blessed with great fortune and peace. Thank you very much, Immortal Master—"
This precious ice cube comes in a package of three.
Zhang Jinlan was so excited that she was almost broken.
She knelt down holding the sheet.
Thank you in a low voice.
I was afraid that my voice would be too loud and be heard by the customers in front of the shop.
"Mom, put some ice cubes in the mung bean soup. It will cool down immediately."
Zhu Yingqiu stood with one foot in the yard and the other on the kitchen floor. She wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand and spoke to her mother-in-law.
"Yes, yes, yes, how could I have forgotten the important matter? This ice block is very clean, just throw one in, no need to knock it."
Zhang Jinlan picked up a piece and put it into the medium pot filled with mung bean soup.
"Plop——" a sound.
Several drops of mung bean soup splashed out.
The ice melted quickly.
After a while.
The ice cubes that were as big as a basin are as small as a fist.
These ice cubes were frozen by Jiang Fubao using tap water.
But you definitely won’t have diarrhea after drinking it.
Because the water pipes in the rented house were old and aging, the water quality was very poor, so the owner installed a water purifier in the kitchen.
Although it's the cheap kind.
But it can be drunk directly.
"Mom, why don't you sell the ice cubes? They'll make more money than selling mung bean soup."
Sun Pingmei felt distressed when seeing this.
If I sell these ice cubes, I can earn a few taels of silver.
But a jar of mung bean soup only costs a few dollars.
It also made my mother-in-law so tired that she was sweating all over.
"Don't talk nonsense. Those who can sell ice cubes are all related to the government. If they are targeted, our family's secret will be lost. You must keep this to yourself and don't tell anyone else. Do you understand? Fubao, be good and don't tell anyone else that we have ice cubes. Do you hear me? Come, grandma will serve you a bowl. It's cool and won't burn you."
Zhang Jinlan glanced at her second daughter-in-law.
He immediately rejected her idea.
Ice cubes are like sugar.
It is not accessible to civilians.
Not to mention farmers like them.
Selling it is like holding up a piece of cloth to tell others that their family wants to die.
When Sun Pingmei was scolded, she also stuck out her tongue, just like Jiang Fubao did just now.
"Mom, give me a bowl too. I'm dying of heat."
She stretched out her hand.
Smiling flatteringly.
"Okay, everyone has a bowl, and then we can get on with our work."
Zhang Jinlan scooped a bowl for her granddaughter first, and then scooped for others.
"Mom, the guests are asking for more. Is the mung bean soup cold?"
After scooping, Jiang Eryong came over to urge him.
"Okay, okay, take it and sell it."
The ice has all melted, and the mung bean soup is not cold at all.
Still cooling down.
After one sip, all the heat in my body disappeared.
Several people sighed with comfort.
Jiang Fubao whispered, "Great!"
She was the only one who could hear it, so it was not satisfying to shout.
"Oh, why is it so cold? It feels so good. I was so hot."
Jiang Eryong put the bamboo tube in his hand to his cheek.
Squinting his eyes happily.
"Drink this cup. Take a rest. I'll go to the front."
Seeing that his second son’s face was flushed with tiredness.
Zhang Jinlan felt a little distressed. She scooped two more cups of mung bean soup, put them on the tray, and took it out.
"Why is today's mung bean soup so cold? Boss, did you buy ice cubes from the store?"
The customer who got the mung bean soup asked.
His tone was somewhat unconfident.
A cup of mung bean soup costs only three cents.
Ice is so expensive.
Who would be so stupid as to use ice cubes to calm mung bean soup?
"Sir, you are joking. We can't afford ice cubes. It's the water in the river that cools us down. We drew water yesterday and put it in the jar. It was windy at night, and the rocks covered the jar so the sun couldn't shine in. So the water in the jar is much colder than the river."
The first time I put ice in, I couldn’t control the temperature.
Zhang Jinlan made up an excuse.
Her ability to lie is almost as good as Jiang Fubao's.
Unfortunately Jiang Fubao didn't hear it.
Otherwise I would definitely laugh out loud.
"As expected of the shopkeeper, you are so smart. Wow, it tastes so good. Another one! I'll take it home for my wife."