Shen Changhai drove the carriage to transport the ice to Shiweixuan, because the weather was hot, and it was not a market day, Shiweixuan's business was not good, Shen Changhai parked the carriage at the door, and the shopkeeper Xu, who was sitting behind the counter to catch flies, saw it, and hurriedly stood up from the chair, opened the door of the counter and walked out, just when he ran into Shen Changhai who was holding a quilt and walking inside.

"What are you doing with the quilt on this hot day?" Shopkeeper Xu asked in a daze, wouldn't he be kicked out by the owner, and he wanted to settle down in the shop.

Shen Changhai glanced up at him, and opened lightly: "The bread here is ice, the master knows that the business has not been good recently, so he got some ice, and plans to sit down and drink ice to greet the guests, and the carriage is there, let Zhao Yuan go downstairs, and let Zhao Yuan and them go with me to move some ice in the house, that ice can't be used for food, and the ones I take now can be used for food." ”

"Ice?" Shopkeeper Xu couldn't believe it, where did he get the ice on this hot day? Dig the ice cellar or not, the shopkeeper Xu knows in his heart, since there is no ice cellar, it is naturally impossible to store ice, and where can you get ice in this remote rural place, even if there is an ice cellar, I am afraid that there will not be much storage, which is a rare thing.

Shen Changhai didn't care about Shopkeeper Xu's surprised appearance, he just went to the back kitchen with the ice basin, Shopkeeper Xu was stunned for a moment, and shouted at Zhao Yuan, who was busy chasing flies in the house: "Why don't you hurry up and move the ice in the carriage into the back kitchen." ”

Zhao Yuan immediately put down the fly swatter in his hand, and Ma Li ran out of the door to move ice in the carriage, but he was still a little skeptical about the words of the shopkeeper Xu, in this hot day, where can I get any ice, even if there is ice, I am afraid that it will melt.

I didn't want to open the carriage driven by Shen Changhai. I saw something wrapped in a quilt in the carriage, and I couldn't help but open the quilt with curiosity, and I saw an ice basin wrapped in a trace of cold air in the middle of the quilt, and I reached out to touch some, and it was really as cold as an icicle under the porch in winter, and it was really ice.

Zhao Yuan immediately happily re-wrapped the ice basin with the quilt, and was about to walk towards the house with the quilt, and when he saw people holding the quilt in the summer, he naturally attracted people's eyes and ears, but the shopkeeper of the grocery store opposite walked out. Standing outside the door and shouting at Zhao Yuan, "Zhao Yuan." What are you doing with the quilt? ”

"Money shopkeeper, our boss has made some ice and is wrapping it in this quilt, do you want to come in and get a bowl of ice food?" It is not yet known what this ice is going to be used for. Zhao Yuan has already begun to advertise his shop. happily said to the money shopkeeper.

"Zhao Yuan boy. Don't fool people, where does the ice come from at this time? Braggart doesn't hit drafts. "The money shopkeeper over there doesn't believe it, it's nothing in the winter. But there is ice in this summer, so unless it is a fairy shot, where does the ice come from?

Zhao Yuan was not happy when he heard this, and immediately replied: "Money shopkeeper, is there ice here, you don't know if you eat a little food, and then you will know if I am bragging." ”

The money shopkeeper was also frightened by Zhao Yuan's words, although he knew that his words were inappropriate, but after all, everyone did business together, and he was the shopkeeper, Zhao Yuan was just a runaway, and he didn't want to go back to the matter with him. ”

Zhao Yuan himself has inspected the goods, so he is naturally full of confidence, and said with a proud face: "Naturally, there is, you can hurry up, and the big guys will know that this ice will be gone." ”

Seeing Zhao Yuan acting like this, the shopkeeper didn't doubt it, and immediately said: "Then please send me a bowl of ice drinks later, it's hot to death this day, it's good if you can eat a bowl of ice drinks." ”

"Okay." Zhao Yuan didn't care about the words of the money shopkeeper at the beginning, he was naturally doing business in harmony and making money, and besides, he couldn't get money when he was angry, so Zhao Yuan didn't mind at all.

After the stove, Shen Changhai handed over the ice to Chef Liu, and instructed him to use ice to make chilled hawthorn water, as for the rest, let him play by himself, Chef Liu also saw the ice in summer for the first time, and it was also very scarce, although Shen Changhai confessed that he could make hawthorn water ice, but he still had other ideas, and felt that this ice was just a loss to make hawthorn water, but he didn't speak, anyway, the kitchen was in his charge, and he had the final say on how to get it.

Moved the ice on the carriage, Shen Changhai took Zhao Yuan and another runner to go together, as for the ice drink that the money shopkeeper wanted, it was naturally troublesome for the shopkeeper Xu to send it over personally, the money shopkeeper looked at the cold drink, and suddenly his eyes widened, and his understanding of Shiweixuan was deeper, it seems that the boss of Shiweixuan does have two brushes, but it is not just relying on the potential of the Black Tiger Mountain, but it is indeed capable of Shiweixuan, when there was so turmoil last year, many shops on the set could not be opened, However, Shiweixuan is open every day, as long as you have money to go in, you can buy food, but at that time, it was a red-eyed person, if it wasn't for the people of Black Tiger Village, something might happen.

Now Shiweixuan has made ice in the summer, it seems that this Shiweixuan will be terrible in the future, this little Yuan Jiaji is only afraid that he will not be able to trap this golden phoenix, thinking of this, the money shopkeeper can't help but sigh a little, and he also wants to make friends with the owner of Shiweixuan, in the past, because he was afraid of Black Tiger Mountain, he didn't dare to move around with Shiweixuan, but now he has made up his mind to pay attention to going to Shiweixuan to sit more in the future, not to mention climbing the relationship with the owner of Shiweixuan, and making friends with the shopkeeper inside, maybe something will ask to go to the door in the future.

So the shopkeeper took the ice bowl and gave the money, and politely left the shopkeeper Xu to sit for a while, but the shopkeeper Xu refused: "Old Qian, you also saw that there is ice in my shop, but I am afraid that someone will come to eat later, where is there time to sit, and I will trouble you to eat and play with the ice, and help me send the bowl over." ”

After all, many people just listened to Zhao Yuan and the money shopkeeper's words, and saw that he came to deliver ice, so there will definitely be business coming to the door, how could he come to sit idle, the money shopkeeper listened to his resignation, and was embarrassed to keep it, so he said: "That's okay, when you're not busy for a while, I'll send you a bowl, and then we'll have a drink together." ”

Shopkeeper Xu agreed with a smile, and after confessing the crime, he went back to the Shiweixuan opposite, and sure enough, there was already someone after a while, and when he saw him, he asked, "Shopkeeper Xu." Did you just send a cold drink to the money shopkeeper? Is there anything else? If you have one, make me a bowl. ”

The door-to-door was a guest, and the shopkeeper Xu naturally replied with a smile: "Yes, this ice is new today, and I haven't figured out what to do in the kitchen, but I can make some tea, if you don't mind, just sit down and drink some tea." ”

"Okay, this ghost weather is hot and dead, you can drink some tea, give me a bowl of anything." The man didn't ask for it. So Shopkeeper Xu went to the kitchen at the back door and said to Chef Liu. After a while, a bowl of tea with ice cubes was served, and the man looked at the tea with a hint of coolness, and drank it when he lifted the bowl, and it was really cold.

Because of the cold drink. Gradually, people came to the door. Although most people just order a cold drink. But compared to the situation of almost no people in the past, it is indeed much better, and the shopkeeper Xu also swept away the boredom of these days and greeted the guests with a smile.

Over there, Shen Changhai took Zhao Yuan and the others back. Seeing that the ice in the yard was maintained, I was still very satisfied, and walked to the water tank to uncover the quilt, the ice inside had melted a little, so in addition to the ice, there was a lot of water, but in this way, the ice was easy to take out, and I couldn't move the tank to Shiweixuan together.

So Shen Changhai found Xu and asked for some quilts to wrap the unmelted ice in the tank, and then loaded it into a carriage and transported it all to Shiweixuan, Yuanjiaji is a small place, and something can spread quickly, so it didn't take long for the news of the ice drink in Shiweixuan to spread, and when Shen Changhai and they transported the ice again, there were already many people sitting in the shop, and now they saw Shen Changhai and others wrapping ice in quilts, all of them were very strange, and I learned that these ice would be placed in the box, In the evening, if someone comes to the private room of Shiweixuan to order noodles, there will be free ice basin treatment, and some people will be tempted immediately, and they will book out several private rooms immediately.

Xu shopkeeper didn't expect that just because of these ice, his own business that had not improved for a long time suddenly boomed, all the boxes of Shiweixuan were booked out that night, and later someone booked the next day's box, and for a while Shiweixuan's business became the most prosperous one in the entire Yuan family, and it didn't take long for the rich people in Jixian County to take a carriage to eat here, just because Shiweixuan is the only restaurant in Jixian County that has an ice basin in the box in summer.

At first, those rich people just came to Shiweixuan with a curious mentality, and after slowly eating Shiweixuan's dishes, they found that Shiweixuan's dishes were much better than many shops, so later Shiweixuan gradually became like the eyes of the upper class people in Jixian County, and generally everyone who wanted to feast would come to Shiweixuan to eat, of course, because the specifications of the hospitality went up, Shen Lan re-expanded and renovated Shiweixuan, raised its grade, and the staff was also fully equipped, completely imitating the high-end hotel business model of later generations. However, it is a well-known high-end hotel in the whole Golden State, of course, these are all later stories.

After Shen Lan wanted to open it, she opened the doors and windows by herself, after all, it was summer to lock herself in the house, and there was no wind at all, how could she stand it, so after Shen Lan thought about it clearly, she opened the door, and it didn't take long for Xu Shi, who was waiting for the news, to come over.

"Madam, are you hungry, do you want to eat something?" When Xu Shi came over, he noticed that Shen Lan was not in a good mood, so he asked a little cautiously, but he didn't understand why this situation happened, after all, he was fine before.

Shen Lan glanced at the courtyard and did not reply to Xu's words, but asked, "What about the stones?" Why didn't you see him playing in the yard? ”

"The eldest son was a little tired from playing, and he was a little sleepy after eating some custard at noon, and the old slave saw that the door in the wife's house was closed, so he asked Xiangling to take the eldest son to the little lady's house to sleep first." Xu replied, Shen Lan nodded and walked outside the house, "That's okay, has Changhai come back?" I can't eat anything in the hot weather, and if there is no porridge on the stove, if there is, bring me a bowl of cold porridge. ”

"Changhai came back, brought Zhao Yuan over and moved the ice in the jar and left, I made people stew white fungus lotus seed soup on the stove, do you want to drink this?" Xu followed Shen Lan towards the courtyard, although it was a big day outside, but there were houses in the yard, and the houses on the west side pulled out a long shadow, and the stone tables and stone benches were all in the shadows at this time, and Shen Lan was going to sit down there.

Walking to the stone bench, Shen Lan was just about to sit down, but Xu hurriedly stopped: "Madam, you wait a while, I'll go get a mat over, this stone is still hot after the sun is dry." ”

After speaking, Xu quickly turned around and left, leaving Shen Lan to stand aside, and after a while, he came out with a straw mat made of wheat straw, and placed the mat on the stone bench before Shen Lan sat down, and then said: "Madam, you sit for a while, I will go to the stove to serve you white fungus soup, it has been cooled, but there is no ice, I am afraid that you will not be able to stand eating too cold things." ”

Shen Lan nodded, so Xu turned around and left, Shen Lan sat on the stone bench, supported the stone table with one hand, tilted her head and leaned on it, and looked at the blue shadow used to block in her yard, and after a while, Xu took out the white fungus soup, walked to Shen Lan's side and called softly: "Madam, the white fungus soup is here." ”

Shen Lan raised her head and looked at Xu fixedly, her look was a little weird, which made Xu's heartbeat a little irregular, and she always felt that being looked at by her wife like this, it was like a rabbit jumping there in the chest, which was very disturbing.

"Mother Xu, why are you so good to me?" Shen Lan suddenly asked, Xu Shi didn't understand, was she very good to her wife? Isn't that all your duty as a subordinate?

Thinking so in his heart, Xu didn't dare to show it on his face, and he couldn't figure out what Shen Lan meant, so he had to smile and said: "I should be good to my wife, my wife is my master, not good to my wife, who should the old slave be good to?" ”

When Xu spoke, Shen Lan had already reached out to put the white fungus soup on the table, this white fungus soup was stewed very well, smooth and tender with moderate sweetness, in addition to lotus seeds, red dates and wolfberries, Shen Lan scooped it with a spoon and drank it.

Xu on the side didn't know if his answer was in line with the master's mind, and now he could only watch his master calmly drink white fungus soup, and didn't care about himself, such a master always made her feel a little unstable, especially when the master was obviously not in a good mood now, so Xu behaved more and more humble, and secretly told himself in his heart not to be arrogant because of the master's attention, so as not to attract the master's hatred.

Shen Lan had already eaten a bowl of white fungus soup, gently put the bowl on the stone table, Xu took the opportunity to hand over a handkerchief that was usually prepared by his side for Shen Lan, Shen Lan took it and checked the corners of her mouth, and returned the handkerchief to her, but there was nothing more, so Xu didn't know the reason, and didn't dare to ask, so she had to put the matter on her mind. (To be continued......)

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