Chapter 53: Frozen One Foot
When the forbidden army escorted the palace carriage to Liu's shop, the entire bank of the Bianhe River was surprised. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The good business of Liu's shop during this period is obvious to all, rock sugar gourds and rock sugar pears, as well as all kinds of strange foods, which are not available in other families.
It just so happens that these things are liked by children, and business is naturally very good. Recently, there has been no sales for ice cubes.
Since April, Liu's shop has been selling ice, and the price is not very high. At that time, many ice vendors laughed at Liu's shop for being stupid, and they were all waiting to hoard Juqi and sell it for a good price.
In fact, it seems that this is the case, because there is too little ice in Tokyo this year, and the weather is extremely hot, so it does sell for a good price.
But when all their ice cubes are sold out, the Liu family's shop is still selling as usual, is it possible that they have more ice? It also seems that the ice cubes are larger, as if they were newly formed in winter.
This is a bit too unbelievable, is it possible that the world can still freeze?
Now, what surprised them even more was that the palace also came here to buy ice, which is a great honor!
Not to mention becoming an imperial merchant for the time being, this signboard will be different in the future, after all, it has been used by the royal family, and the quality and reputation are naturally not said.
This is much stronger than those food stories made up by Togu, after all, thousands of pairs of eyes on both sides of the Bianhe River are witnesses!
Guozi Liu was shocked, he never expected the royal chamberlain to come to his shop, and a thought quickly came to his mind, could it be that the person who came to the store to buy land a few days ago had a royal background?
As soon as he thought of this, Guozi Liu's heart went up and down, and he greeted him with great apprehension.
"You're the shopkeeper here?" A waiter with a slightly high-pitched voice stood in the doorway, looked around, and asked with a raised brow.
"Yes, the villain is the chief here, may I ask what the father-in-law commands?" Guozi Liu's attitude was very respectful, and he didn't dare to offend the nobles from the palace at all.
"I heard that you always have ice cubes for sale in your house?"
"Father-in-law, yes!"
The waiter didn't seem to have much interest in stopping more, and went directly: "Okay, I see that there are no cars at the door, they are all wrapped in cotton wool, and you will load all your stock." ”
Guozi Liu raised his head and glanced at the door twice, and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law forgives the sin, there is not much ice in the hall today, at most a small half car can be loaded." ”
The waiter said, "Oh, there is no more in your shop, where is the ice cellar?" I went directly to the ice cellar to load the car. Don't worry, the palace purchases, and the money will not be less than a penny for you. ”
"Uh...... Back to my father-in-law, there is no ice cellar in the shop. Guozi Liu replied hesitantly.
"No ice cellar?" The chamberlain was startled at first, and then frowned: "How is it possible?" Without an ice cellar, how do you store ice cubes in your home? ”
The ice cubes of this ...... were naturally made that day, but this was Xue Zong's secret that was not passed on, and how dare Liu say it bluntly.
"Back to my father-in-law, there is indeed no ice cellar in the shop." Guozi Liu replied in a low voice.
"Could it be so unfortunate that all your ice cubes happened to be sold out?" The waiter frowned, and his face was no longer very good-looking.
Guozi Liu hesitated and said: "No, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are all ......"
"You ......" the chamberlain said angrily: "It's really no business, although ice cubes are in demand in Tokyo now, and there are limited sales, but royal procurement, you dare to be so treacherous?" ”
Guozi Liu hurriedly explained: "No, no, my father-in-law forgives my sins, how dare the villain, but there is no ice cellar in the shop...... This ice cube can only be supplied daily. ”
"How?" The waiter frowned and said unhappily: "Could it be that your family's ice cubes were not made on the same day?" ”
"Uh...... Well......" Guozi Liu didn't say it explicitly, but it can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence.
The chamberlain obviously didn't believe it, and said angrily: "Royal procurement, Hugh has to tease? ”
"Where does the villain dare to tease his father-in-law, it's really ......" Guozi Liu was very helpless, and hurriedly glanced at his son Bing Ge'er, who was avoiding the side.
After seeing this, the chamberlain frowned and said, "What are you going to do by squeezing your eyebrows?" ”
"Back to my father-in-law, although the villain is the shopkeeper here, but ...... There are few things that can't be done. Guozi Liu had no choice but to tell the truth.
The waiter said, "This is to ask your son to invite the owner?" ”
"Yes!"
"Is it close to the left?"
"It's not far, please wait for my father-in-law, and the owner will arrive later."
Brother Bing'er got the color, and when he saw his father sweating and extremely nervous, he was naturally very anxious and rushed all the way to Xue's house.
It also happened that today happened to be the day of rest in the Simen Pavilion, and Xue Zong didn't have to go to school, so he happened to be at home. When I heard about the situation, it came quickly.
When he saw the battle at the door, Xue Zong was also a little surprised, but he had relatively seen the world, so he was relatively calm.
"My father-in-law is visiting, I don't know what to order?"
Seeing Xue Zong, the waiter rolled his eyes and asked suspiciously: "Are you the owner here?" ”
"Yes!"
"You hairy boy......" The waiter obviously didn't believe it, but after thinking about it, it might not be the Shaodong family, so he stopped pestering and asked directly: "What is the situation of your ice cubes?" The palace procurement is also so perfunctory? ”
"It's not perfunctory, it's just that the ice cellar of our store is stored, and all the ice cubes are produced on the same day, and the quantity is not enough, so I am afraid that it is difficult to meet the needs of my father-in-law at one time." Xue Zong didn't hide anything, he was straight to the point and outspoken.
The waiter's face was full of surprise, and he said disdainfully: "How does it freeze in the summer heat?" Don't talk about it, otherwise it will be a crime of deception. ”
Xue Zong smiled faintly and said: "How dare you, everything I said below is true, although it is the middle of summer, it is not impossible to freeze a foot." ”
"Hmph, you ......" The waiter didn't believe it, but seeing Xue Zong's serious expression, it didn't look like a joke at all, and a question suddenly arose in his heart, so he asked, "Who are you?" ”
"In Xia Xue Zong, the students of the Four Gate Pavilion are also!"
"Xue Zong?" The waiter frowned slightly, as if he had a familiar feeling, but he couldn't remember it, but the Simen Pavilion knew that the students there might really have any geniuses.
"You're going to freeze it for you? If it's true, you will believe it. ”
Xue Zong said: "This is a secret method, it is inconvenient to display, and I hope that my father-in-law will forgive me, but this ice cube ...... My father-in-law sent people every day, but he could provide as much as he could. ”
"You ......" The waiter was slightly displeased, but thinking that his main goal was ice cubes, he casually suppressed his anger and said: "Okay, your shop is closed, and all the ice cubes produced every day will be sent to the palace." ”
"Forgive me, father-in-law, I guarantee your needs every day, but our store still has to be open for business."
"You hairy boy, don't be embarrassed, the ice cubes purchased in the palace are for Your Majesty and all the ladies to enjoy the coolness...... Your shop will only be available for the interior at least this summer;
You're not interesting in this class, pushing back and pushing, aren't you playing tricks? Hello big list. ”
The waiter was very angry, especially when he saw that Xue Zong had always been neither humble nor arrogant, and he was just basic polite to him, without the slightest respect at all, and he was even more angry.
Seeing that Xue Zong did not cooperate, he felt that he might be teased, and he was inevitably unhappy.
It's a pity that his anger, Xue Zong didn't seem to take it seriously at all, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it won't work, you can not do other business, but ...... Over there, the small shop doesn't dare to slack off. ”