After repeating the man's question, Su Yun'er immediately understood what he meant.
They've come to see Lin Moniang!
Su Yun'er's enthusiastic smile instantly faded.
What a lecherous scoundrel!
She inwardly complained, but didn't show it on her face. Su Yun'er smiled again and said, "We don't have many customers, but we have a lot of delicious food. What would you like to order?"
Xu Meng belatedly realized he had been misunderstood: "No, I didn't come looking for a young lady. It's just that on the previous times I came, a lady always greeted me, and I..."
But to Su Yun'er, these words only made things worse.
"Guest, this is a restaurant, not the Yin Xue Lou. If you are not going to eat, you may leave. You can sit here to eat, just don't disturb our other guests."
After saying that, Su Yun'er frowned unhappily and went to the kitchen.
Lin Moniang was chopping ginger when a customer ordered cold preserved egg salad, which she was making.
"Mo Niang, a man came into the shop. He was speaking haltingly, and it seemed like he was looking for you. Don't go out for a while!" Su Yun'er whispered to Lin Mo Niang.
Lin Moniang was a little curious: "Looking for me? Are you from our village?"
"no."
"Then I don't know anyone."
"He said he's been here a few times, that he knows you, but you don't know him. That's even scarier. You absolutely must not go out."
Lin Moniang nodded as well.
She is now a widow with a child, which makes her prone to gossip and trouble. In order not to affect the shop or Lin Xiaolan, Lin Moniang always takes a detour when she encounters this situation.
Outside, Xu Meng sat for a long time, but the young woman from before didn't come out again. He pursed his lips, got up, and left.
"This young lady looks quiet and frail, but I didn't expect her to be so fierce. I'm actually a little afraid of her." Xu Meng left Su's Food Shop, feeling somewhat depressed.
After he and Lian Ying cooked a bowl of rice porridge together, the three of them resumed their routine of buying food.
After finishing her work that day, Lian Yingtong felt it would be a waste to throw away the pot of porridge, so she took it to feed the stray dogs in the alley.
Who knew that the starving stray dog, after sniffing the gruel and taking a bite, didn't eat a single bite, and instead went to beg for food at someone else's door with its head down.
“Even a dog wouldn’t eat what we make,” Xu Meng said, patting Lian Yingtong on the shoulder.
So after that, whenever it was Xu Meng's turn to buy food, he would run to Su Ji's food stall at the dock, no matter how far it was.
A few days ago, Xu Meng came to buy food, but Su Yun'er wasn't there, so Xu Meng didn't recognize her. He only knew that besides a pregnant older sister-in-law and an elderly woman, there was also a gentle and kind young lady with a woman's hairstyle in the shop.
I don't even know their names.
"But why isn't she here today? And there's another woman here instead. Did she leave this shop?" Xu Meng's mind raced with thoughts.
After driving away the "lecher" for Lin Moniang, Su Yun'er heard a familiar notification sound in her ear.
[Ding-dong—Congratulations, host, you have unlocked a new feature]
Hearing the notification she had been waiting for for several days, Su Yun'er was overjoyed.
But it wasn't convenient to check it right now. So Su Yun'er waited until after the store closed and she got home before finding an opportunity to enter the game space.
A pop-up window gleaming with golden light appeared in the center of the screen. After Su Yun'er clicked it, the golden light shone brightly and slowly faded away, revealing an ordinary ice chest with its lid open in a corner of the warehouse, next to the fermentation device.
Ice chests were originally vessels used by ancient people to hold ice blocks when they were cooling off in the summer. They were originally made of bronze.
The ice chest has a lid that opens to the top, a water-collecting compartment at the bottom, and a main container in the middle for holding ice.
Although Su Yun'er's ice chest is similar in appearance to that of the ancients, it has a larger internal space and can not only store ice but also produce ice.
You can even choose the size of the ice blocks you want to produce.
Ice blocks ranging from the size of a mahjong tile to enormous blocks the size of a mattress can all be produced.
With the ice chest right in front of her, Su Yun'er immediately tried it out.
The water used to freeze the ice was naturally from the sacred spring.
The frozen ice cubes are crystal clear, without a single impurity, and look very beautiful when held up to the light.
Su Yun'er poured herself a glass of water, added some ice, and took a few sips.
"Wow, that feels great!"
Ice cubes float on the surface of the water, so when Su Yun'er tilts her head back to drink, the ice cubes drift towards her with the flow of water in the cup, and then touch her teeth, instantly causing a shiver from the cold.
The ice production was a success, so Su Yun'er began to act according to the plan she had made a few days earlier.
The next morning, Su Yun'er went out alone.
By the time we got back, it was already late afternoon.
As we passed the ancestral hall at the village entrance, several village women gathered together, making and chatting about biscuits.
Some people saw a oxcart piled high and became curious.
"Yun'er, you're back! You left so early this morning!"
"Hey, ladies, you're all busy! It's still cool in the morning," Su Yun'er replied with a smile.
But she didn't want to stop and chat any longer. The oxcart was rented by Su Yun'er and had to be returned at the appointed time. If it exceeded the allotted time, she would have to pay extra. So she needed to hurry up and get the things on the cart home.
"Hey, Yun'er, what's that on your cart? Why are there so many straw and quilts?" someone exclaimed.
Su Yun'er didn't intend to hide anything, so she replied loudly, "I bought ice!"
"!"
"What?! You bought ice?! And you bought such a huge truckload?!"
"Yes, it's getting hot. Selling some iced or cold drinks in the shop is great for cooling down. Everyone should come and try them when you have time!"
Then, amidst everyone's surprised gazes and whispers, Su Yun'er told the driver to continue on their way home.
Guided by Su Yun'er, the driver pulled up a cart full of ice in front of the Chen family's new house.
This house originally had a small cellar.
During Su Yun'er's renovation, she had the helpers dig the cellar down quite a bit. Now, even without ice, the cellar temperature is not high. Even in the hot summer, you need to wear a cotton coat hanging in the middle of the tunnel to enter the cellar.
After paying the coachman another sum of money, he happily helped Su Yun'er carry the ice into the cellar.
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