vrcanaries Chapter 265 Buying Ice
Chapter 265 Buying Ice
Xie Mingzhu took a bite without hesitation and cried out, "So cold!"
There was ice in her mouth, but she didn't stop eating.
Tang Qiyue was amused by her appearance and chuckled, "These are popsicles. The green one is mung bean flavored, and the red one is watermelon flavored. Dad, Uncle Zhao, you two can try some."
She looked at Chunzhi Qingfeng and the others again, "You guys can eat too, everyone has a share."
Tang Shuyao and the others had already been sent over by Lin.
The workshop workers didn't have any, so Tang Qiyue didn't make any for them. However, if her family liked it, she would tell Lin the method without hiding it, and ask Lin to make it whenever they wanted to eat it in the future.
After everyone got one, Tang Qiyue took a mung bean and asked Zhaobao in her arms, "Zhaobao, do you want the mung bean or the watermelon one?"
"Mom, Zhaobao wants to eat too." Zhaobao held his little face and looked at Tang Qiyue expectantly.
Xie Changjin stretched out his hand and pinched his chubby face, "You are so greedy. You can only have one."
Tang Qiuyue picked some mung beans for him and fed him small mouthfuls.
Zhao Bao took the first bite. It was very small, just like grinding his teeth on a popsicle. But even so, his eyes were still sparkling. "Mom, it's delicious! Sweet and icy. Zhao Bao likes it."
"As long as you like it, baby." Tang Qiyue was touched by his cuteness and kissed his face gently. When Xie Changjin, who was standing next to her, saw this, he felt sour all over his body.
Tang Qiyue acted as if she didn't notice and continued to feed Zhao Bao.
The others were enjoying the meal. They had just spent a long time picking fruits, and now it was so comfortable to eat a cool popsicle to relieve the heat!
Xie Mingzhu ate a mung bean and then a watermelon one. Halfway through her meal, she realized what was happening and said, "Cousin, did you make this ice basin too?"
Tang Qiyue nodded.
Xie Mingzhu was surprised. Ice is only available in the homes of the rich and powerful. Isn't my cousin's wife from the village? How can she make ice? And this popsicle, she has never heard of it before!
As if she had heard Xie Mingzhu's thoughts, Tang Qiyue said calmly, "Making ice is not complicated. If you want to know how to make it, I can tell you. As for popsicles, if you know how to make ice, these ice snacks to relieve the heat are not difficult to make."
Xie Mingzhu's doubts were all dispelled, "Okay, okay, teach me how to make ice!"
If one wanted to learn, two would be given. Tang Qiyue was not stingy and simply told Xie Mingzhu the method of making ice. She watched her make the ice basin under her instruction and then moved it to her own house.
Tang Qiyue couldn't sleep at night without ice basins, so she asked Lin to put ice basins in other rooms. In the end, there were not enough basins for ice, so she asked Zhao Yonghe to go to Linjiang Town to buy many basins and buckets to continue storing ice.
A lot of ice was placed inside and outside the Tang family's house, and the summer heat was instantly gone.
Then Tang Qiyue used the various fruits they brought back to make popsicles of various flavors, and also found a way to make fruit smoothies. She made all kinds of ice food that could be made so that her family could eat their fill.
Even so, Xie Mingzhu still feels that she never gets tired of eating it. However, she was born in a wealthy family and has a good physique. She eats a lot of ice cream every day without feeling any discomfort.
Tang Qiyue tried to stop her at first, but later, seeing that she really couldn't live without ice, she didn't stop her and let her go. However, she still controlled the number of popsicles that the family members could eat, no more than two a day, and only one bowl of fruit smoothies, and other ice foods could only be eaten once a day.
Zhaobao is young, so Tang Qiyue only allows him to eat half a mung bean popsicle a day at most, and he would only eat one or two bites of fruit smoothie.
The child is young. What if he eats too much and gets damaged?
Zhaobao is an extremely obedient child. He does whatever Tang Qiyue says. He will also act like other naughty kids, lying on the ground and acting like a spoiled brat for a bite of food. Tang Qiyue sighed more than once, wondering how she deserves to have such a good child.
Two days later, somehow, everyone in the village knew that the Tang family could make ice. The coolness could be felt even outside the yard, so many children in the village gathered outside the yard to play, as they thought it was cooler here.
Occasionally, Lin would give popsicles or smoothies to the kids who came to play.
Soon, everyone in the village knew that the Tang family could make ice, and it was said that the reputation had spread to the town.
After hearing this, Tang Qiyue was both amused and confused. She didn't need to think too much about it, as she estimated that Village Chief Fu would come to her house soon.
However, Tang Qiuyue miscalculated this time.
Village Chief Fu did come, and brought with him a large group of villagers. Tang Qiyue was so sharp that she even spotted Tang Laoer and his wife in the crowd, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
There were too many people, and Xie Changjin was afraid of scaring Tang Qiyue, so he quickly protected them behind him.
Tang Qiyue was amused by his nervous look and patted his arm, saying, "Don't be like that. They won't rush over to beat me up."
"What if? Be good and stand behind me." Xie Changjin glanced at the villagers with a sullen face.
"There's no such thing as a last resort. Aren't you here with me? Jin, are you so weak that you would let these people rush over and beat me up?"
"No!" Xie Changjin answered without thinking.
"That's it, oh, it's okay."
Village Chief Fu also noticed Xie Changjin's unfriendly expression, and immediately reacted and asked the villagers to step back and said, "Qiyue girl, we didn't scare you by coming here, did we?"
Tang Qiyue shook her head and said, "No, please tell me what's going on, village chief."
"I heard that you can make ice. The weather has been getting hotter recently, and every household in the village can't sleep at night because of the heat. So I thought of coming to you to buy some ice."
"I can't sleep at night, and I don't have the energy to work during the day. They all brought their own basins. Can you sell some ice?"
Tang Qiyue glanced at the basins and buckets in everyone's hands and said calmly, "I'm afraid one ice basin is not enough."
"What's the big deal? The whole family can just sleep in one room." Village Chief Fu waved his hand indifferently. He was thinking that ice was something only rich people had. It must be very expensive. It would be difficult for the villagers to afford one.
Tang Qiyue started making ice because it was too hot. When she first set up the kang, she only considered the cold in winter and forgot about the hot in summer. After she came back, she immediately put a bed and a bamboo bed in the room and added an ice basin, which made her much more comfortable at night.
"How much silver does this ice basin cost?" someone couldn't help but ask worriedly.
"Not expensive." Tang Qiyue smiled, "Everyone line up. It's not convenient to sell ice cubes. I will use your basins and buckets to make ice. You can take it back."
"As for the money, thirty cents for an ice basin or bucket."
After hearing this, many people were so excited that they were at a loss.
This is ice, and it only costs thirty cents!
Village Chief Fu looked at Tang Qiyue with gratitude. Others might not know, but how could he not know that Tang Qiyue was taking care of the villagers!