Shuangfu came back soon, followed by a middle-aged man carrying a shoulder pole. His two baskets were filled with small baskets.
"Boss, do you think this is suitable?"
Chen Li was holding the basket in her hand. She had good craftsmanship and the weaving was very delicate, without any burrs to the touch.
"Okay, buy them all."
"Okay."
Shuangfu walked to the door and asked the man in the middle to carry the baskets in. Then he paid him promptly. He took a rough look and found that there were about forty baskets.
"etc."
The man turned around and looked at Chen Li with a nervous expression on his face until he heard her say, "How many baskets like this do you have at home?"
The man breathed a sigh of relief instantly. He thought they didn't want blue anymore.
"There are still twenty or so at home."
"Well, can you send another eighty over in five days?"
"Can."
The man left with an excited look on his face, and Chenli took Lianxiang to pack grapes.
This basket is quite delicate, and can hold up to two kilograms of grapes. It is decorated with a ribbon I bought.
Chen Li placed the grapes in the place where cake samples were placed in the store. This place is the most conspicuous place throughout the day. When customers come in, the first thing they will see is fresh grapes, so there is no need to worry about selling them.
"Ayao, Lianxiang, let me tell you, these grapes are six taels of silver per basket."
"Yes, Boss."
After everything was arranged here, Chen Li went to the backyard. Jiang Niang and the others were baking bread. Of course, not everyone knew about the most important cream in the cake. Only Jiang Niang and Li Niang knew about it.
Chen Li ate a piece of freshly baked cake base, nodded and reminded: "Not bad, the taste of the cake base must not be bad, understand?"
"Got it, Boss."
Chen Li walked towards the backyard and suddenly thought of what to do if it was too hot. Ice was essential, and it was winter now, so she had to arrange to store ice.
By then, if we have an ice cellar, it will be much easier to make ice even with saltpeter.
Coming to the place where the two cows were cooking, Chen Li took out some grass to feed them. The grass was from the space, and the two cows especially loved to eat it.
During this period, I also asked other people to help keep an eye out for any dairy cows, but I never found any. Fortunately, there is still enough milk.
Seeing Yang Gui hurriedly passing by, Chen Li called out to him.
"Boss."
"The store needs an ice cellar. In the next two days, you should arrange for someone to build one or two ice cellars and stock up on ice. Separate the edible and inedible items. Withdraw the money from the account first."
"By the way, it's best to boil the water first, then let it cool and freeze it into ice cubes, and then move it into the ice cellar."
"Yes, Boss."
After giving the instructions, he walked to the front and found that two of the baskets of grapes that had been placed on the counter had been sold.
Just as he was about to go upstairs, he saw Yang Gui hurried upstairs carrying four baskets of grapes.
"Ayao, if someone asks us where these grapes come from, just say they come from the south."
"Yes, I remember that."
"By the way, you can hint to them that there will be another batch of grapes arriving on the 28th."
Bai Yao's eyes lit up slightly and she nodded to show that she understood.
Chen Li drove the carriage to find Steward Lin.
"Butler Lin, where is the ice cellar in the mansion? Take me to see it."
Housekeeper Lin had just heard someone report that the young lady had arrived, and he heard her ask this question as soon as he came over.
"Yes, this way, Miss."
Following Butler Lin, we turned left and right and soon arrived at the entrance of the ice cellar. After walking underground for a while, we saw the real appearance of the ice cellar. This ice cellar was quite large, about 30 square meters.
The temperature below is a little lower than above, and there is no ice hidden inside now.
When she walked up, Chen Li discovered that there was a pond not far from the ice cellar.
"Butler Lin, save some ice when you harvest it. Also, boil some water, let it cool down, freeze it into ice cubes, and store them in the cellar. I'll need them later."
"yes."
After reading it, Chen Li returned to the store and sat in her office. She sank her consciousness into the space and found all the containers in the space to fill them with water. She planned to put them outside to freeze into ice cubes and then put them back into the space for future use.
We also need to build an ice cellar for our own home. We can start construction in the next two days, otherwise we will miss the ice harvesting time.
The total amount of grapes that Chen Li brought over was only 100 kilograms, with two kilograms in a basket, which was about 50 baskets. They were all sold out by mid-afternoon. Even so, there were still many people coming to inquire.
When Chen Li went downstairs, she saw Bai Yao greeting a female guest, "Miss Su, there are really no more grapes."
Miss Su frowned. There weren't many fruits here to begin with. She finally heard there were grapes, but they were sold out.
Seeing her young lady's unhappy face, Dong Shuang hurriedly asked, "When will your grapes arrive?"
"Well, since you're a regular customer, I told you that a batch of grapes will be arriving on the 28th."
Miss Su's eyes lit up. "Please save five kilograms for me, no, ten kilograms. I'll come get them when the time comes."
"this……"
Bai Yao was a little embarrassed, as the boss didn’t say that reservations could be made!
"Okay, Shopkeeper Bai, please save some for this young lady when the time comes."
"Yes, Boss."
Miss Su Zhihui looked at the woman walking down slowly. When she heard that she was the owner of this shop, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. She didn't expect that the owner of this shop was a girl about the same age as herself.
"Are you the owner here?"
"Well," Chen Li handed over the basket in her hand, "I also left a basket of grapes, you can take it if you need it."
Two blushes flashed across Su Zhihui's cheeks, but after seeing the juicy grapes, the balance in her heart completely tilted.
"Okay, I won't take advantage of you. I'll buy it with silver."
"OK."
Seeing this, the maid Dong Shuang took the basket and paid for it neatly.
"My name is Su Zhihui, what's yours?"
"My name is Chen Li."
"Then we'll be friends from now on. Remember to save the grapes for me next time. If you have any other fruits, send someone to the government office to let me know."
"good."
It turns out that she is the daughter of the prefect, no wonder she is so generous.
"I'm leaving now. Bye."
Dongshuang was holding grapes and other packaged pastries in her hands.
After they were far away, Bai Yao came forward and said, "So she is the daughter of Magistrate Su. The Magistrate is very popular among the people in the city because of what happened this year."
Chen Li nodded. The prefect had indeed handled the plague very well this time. Whether he did it for political achievements or really for the people, the benefits had indeed fallen on the people.
Thinking of fruits, Chen Li went directly to the flower market and bought a lot of fruits, including peach trees, pear trees, apricot trees, pomegranate trees, orange trees, jujube trees, apple trees and more than twenty other fruit trees.
They were all three-year-old seedlings. After the roots were wrapped, they were directly put into the carriage, with a long part still exposed outside. I drove the carriage home with difficulty. When I arrived at a small forest halfway, I put all the fruit trees into the space.
Tonight's mission is here!
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