"Sir, as far as I know, only the royal family possesses ice wine for the height of summer, right? How does Jingzhou make ice wine then?"
The madam asked.
"oh?"
The fat, ugly man glanced at her sideways. "Are you doubting me?"
"No, no! I was just curious!"
The madam quickly waved her hand.
"Hmph! I bet you wouldn't dare!"
The ugly fat man then said, "Only the royal family has ice to cool people in the summer? That's ancient history! Nowadays, even slightly wealthy families in Jingzhou build their own ice cellars to store ice in winter and take it out in summer. What's so strange about that? Not to mention those restaurants and brothels!"
Everyone who heard this longed for it.
Seeing this, the ugly fat man sneered and displayed all his superiority.
"However, it's understandable that Chunshui Tower doesn't have ice. After all, it's a remote and desolate place like Yongzhou. Even if they had ice, no one could afford it!"
"..."
Everyone fell silent, their faces extremely grim.
Although people are used to looking down on people from Jingzhou, being confronted so directly is bound to make them feel uncomfortable.
Especially when others' rebuttals left them speechless.
"Excuse me, sir, what is the price of ice in Jingzhou?"
The madam seemed to have thought of something, a glint of light flashing in her eyes, and she pressed for an answer.
Where can I buy ice?
The fat, ugly man said disdainfully, "We only sell iced wine where I'm from. Why would you buy ice separately?"
"What is the price of ice wine?"
"Hehe, listen up, don't scare you!"
The ugly fat man surveyed the room, beaming with pride: "Our ice wine is sold by the bowl, five hundred coins a bowl!"
"Hiss! Five hundred coins?"
"A jar of wine costs no more than a hundred coins, yet they dare to sell a single bowl of wine for five hundred coins?"
"But that's understandable, since the expensive part is the ice, not the wine."
"Yes, back then, this summer's coolness was a privilege reserved for royalty. If we could enjoy such treatment, what would a few hundred coins or even a tael of silver be worth?"
Most of the people who come to Chunshui Tower are rich young masters, and when they talk (brag), they are naturally much more assertive than ordinary people.
The madam standing nearby overheard this and secretly began to plot.
She knew better than anyone whether there was any ice cream in Yongzhou City during the height of summer!
Yesterday, Young Master Kun asked her to sell ice. She refused because she thought it was too expensive, offering one tael of silver per jar of ice. But now, compared to the price of ice wine, his ice is really not expensive!
That big jar of ice could easily chill five or six bowls of wine. Going back and forth like that would earn you several taels of silver, much more than if the girls sold their bodies or performed for money!
Judging from the reactions of the scholars in the building, they probably don't know that Young Master Kun has ice. It seems that she should hurry up and find Young Master Kun to buy the ice during the day. In the future, more and more guests will come to visit, and the market for ice wine will be huge!
...
Just as the madam was gloating over her plans, a somewhat familiar voice came from behind her.
"So what if we're from Jingzhou? Whatever Jingzhou has, we in Yongzhou naturally have too! And what Jingzhou doesn't have, we in Yongzhou also have!"
The madam looked behind her and saw that the one who spoke was the same handsome young man from the night before last, who was walking out of the crowd.
"Our Yongzhou has a young master named Akun who can write 'Spring waters are bluer than the sky,' do you, Jingzhou, have one?"
The handsome young man Chen Mo raised his chin and asked arrogantly.
He tried hard to keep his eyes off the ugly fat man, afraid he wouldn't be able to hold back his laughter.
Especially the ugly fat man's broken Jingzhou dialect, which disgusted her, a native of Jingzhou, and for the first time made her feel like she didn't want to be a Jingzhou person anymore.
The ugly fat man was naturally a fat ball made up by Jing Zhe. When he saw Chen Mo speak, he knew that the main event was coming. He tensed up and got into character in a second.
"Heh, what about ice wine? We in Jingzhou have ice wine to cool you down in the middle of summer, do you in Yongzhou have any? A bunch of bumpkins, what do you have to compare with us authentic old Jingzhou people?"
Chen Mo suppressed the urge to vomit and retorted, "Who said we don't have ice in the middle of summer in Yongzhou?"
"She said it!"
The madam, pointed at by the fat ball, thought to herself that something was wrong. Could it be that this young master also knew that Young Master Kun had ice?
It's quite possible that they know each other!
"Young master, may I have a word with you in private?"
The madam wanted to stop the young man from saying it. If everyone knew that Young Master Kun had ice, she would be in trouble!
But Chen Mo was too lazy to pay her any attention and didn't even bother to look at her. He said directly, "She's in this building every day, what does she know? In Yongzhou, we not only have refreshing ice in the summer, but also mung bean popsicles! And we have so much ice that a mung bean popsicle doesn't even cost 500 coins, 100 coins is enough!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the scholars in the building began to whisper among themselves.
"Does Yongzhou really have ice to cool you down in the middle of summer?"
"I haven't heard of that!"
"Could it be that this young master didn't want to see him humiliate us, his peers from Yongzhou, and said it on purpose?"
"That must be it!"
The voice wasn't loud, but the ugly fat man heard it clearly and sneered, "Heh, so it was a lie!"
You don't believe me?
"I don't believe it!"
The ugly fat man scoffed, "Ugly people from Yongzhou, not only are you poor and stingy, but you also dare not face reality. What's the use of lying and talking nonsense? Do you think everyone else is a fool like you?"
"..."
Even the ugly fat man's friend, the ugly big guy with an extremely low profile, couldn't sit still this time: "Brother Fatty, I'm also from Yongzhou, stop talking and give me some face!"
"Pah! You think I'm giving you face?"
The ugly fat man spat, "If you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten that you're also from Yongzhou. From now on, you're no longer my friend! The noble old man from Jingzhou doesn't need a Yongzhou person as a friend!"
"..."
Everyone was stunned. They severed their friendship on the spot. This was truly an unprecedented move!
"This guy...I really want to punch him!"
"I think so too?"
"I'll pay a penny to anyone who goes to beat him up."
"One penny? How dare you say that?"
"Beating up this ugly person is worth every penny!"
"Hmm...that seems to be the case..."
Seeing everyone's eager expressions, Chen Mo felt a headache coming on. He knew that this show should end early, otherwise he was afraid that Fatty Ball would really get beaten up.
Whether this guy's acting is phenomenal or it's just his true nature, he's incredibly despicable and has already aroused public outrage!
"Fine, you don't believe me? I'll send someone to my friend's place right now to get you some mung bean popsicles, then we'll see if you believe me or not!"
Chen Mo's words effectively diverted everyone's attention, and the matter of hitting the fat ball was no longer mentioned.
"Go ahead! I want to see if you can conjure up some kind of mung bean popsicle!"
The ugly fat man held his head high and puffed out his chest, looking defiant.
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