si-mexico Chapter 117 Ice Cube
Chapter 117 Ice Cube
"Grandma, there is ice under the bed in the room."
Jiang Fubao shook his head, pointed at the bedroom and said playfully while sticking out his tongue.
Before she went to bed last night, she guessed that there wouldn't be enough mung bean soup in the shop to sell today.
Because it was too hot at night.
Logically speaking, it rains a lot in spring, and when it rains, the temperature will drop, so the transition to summer is slow and people don’t notice that the temperature is gradually rising.
But the weather now is such that it only rained a little that one time in spring.
The sun shines brightly every day.
It's as if the spring season has disappeared.
It transitions from winter to summer in an instant.
The heat is particularly noticeable.
Who can bear it?
So, while her family was asleep, she filled the three basins in the space with water and put them in the freezer of the refrigerator.
The things stored inside are taken out and placed on the table.
The space will not flow away and it will not thaw if you take it out.
Before refreshing, take the basin to the real world.
This prevents the newly frozen water from disappearing along with the basin.
After refreshing, just put it back.
Just now, she took advantage of her grandma and the others being busy.
He quietly slipped into the bedroom and placed two basins of ice on the cloth.
That piece of cloth used to be her bed sheet, but now it became a summer quilt in the bedroom of the shop.
During her nap, she covered herself with it to avoid catching a cold.
Turn the basin upside down and tap it gently, and the ice cubes will peel off.
She threw the basin into space again.
A quarter of an hour has passed since I put the ice cubes in.
Jiang Fubao guessed that the ice had begun to melt.
She had to tell grandma quickly.
"What, ice?"
When Zhang Jinlan heard her granddaughter's words, she stopped stirring the stick.
She turned her head and looked towards the bedroom.
The bedroom door was not closed.
She put down her stick and walked over quickly.
Sure enough, a piece of cloth was dragged out from under the bed.
It looked like the sheet that my granddaughter used to cover 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 would cost at least two taels of silver.
Zhang Jinlan's eyes widened with 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 ice."
She tugged 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? That's not right. They were delivered to our house, so how can they be delivered to the shop as well?"
Zhang Jinlan was very confused.
"I just went in to take a look. Last night I dreamed of an 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 cubes were already there.
She was afraid that grandma would be the first to rush into the bedroom and she wouldn’t have time to let go.
So I changed my tune.
"Yes, Fubao did enter the bedroom just now." Sun Pingmei took over the conversation.
She has sharp eyes.
No matter who was in the backyard, she would know if they moved.
"Thank you for the gift from the immortals. May you be blessed with great fortune and live in peace and safety. Thank you very much, immortals—"
Such precious ice cubes are given in sets of three.
Zhang Jinlan was so excited.
She knelt down holding the sheet.
He bowed in a low voice to express his thanks.
He was afraid that his voice would be too loud and be heard by the customers in front of the shop.
"Mom, put the ice cubes in the mung bean soup quickly, so 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 cube is very clean, just throw a piece 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.
Not a moment.
The ice cubes in the basin are as small as a fist.
These ice cubes were frozen by Jiang Fubao using tap water.
But you will definitely not 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? It will make more money than mung bean soup."
Sun Pingmei felt distressed when seeing this.
If these ice cubes are sold, I can get several 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. Do you understand? Fubao, be good and don't tell others that we have ice cubes at home. Do you hear me? Come, grandma will serve you a bowl. It's cool and not hot."
Zhang Jinlan glanced at her second daughter-in-law.
He rejected her idea instantly.
Ice cubes are like sugar.
It is not accessible to civilians.
Not to mention farmers like them.
Selling it out 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 had done just now.
"Mom, give me a bowl too. I'm dying of heat."
She held out her hand.
Smiling flatteringly.
"Okay, everyone drink a bowl, and then continue working."
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."
All the ice has melted, and the mung bean soup is now cold.
Still breathing cold air.
After one sip, all the heat in my body disappeared.
Several people sighed comfortably.
Jiang Fubao whispered, "Great!"
She was the only one who could hear it, so she couldn't get enough of shouting.
"Oh, why is it so cold? It feels so good. I'm dying of heat."
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 some ice cubes in 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 cool down mung bean soup?
"Sir, you are joking. We can't afford ice cubes. The water in the river is cool. We drew water and put it in the jar yesterday. It was windy at night, and the rocks kept the water out of the sun, 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 catching up with Jiang Fubao.
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's so refreshing to drink. Another glass! I'll take it home for my wife."