"This ice powder is your family's ancestral secret recipe?" Mrs. Hu looked at the unfinished ice powder on the stone table, "This is the first time I've heard of it." ”

"There are countless folk snacks, and even the folk girls still don't know a lot." Chen Qingmei said, "I also saw my grandfather and grandmother make this ice powder before, but now because of poverty, I only take it out and sell it." ”

"This ice powder is strange, it can be so cold, I'm afraid it needs a lot of ice cubes." Mrs. Hu said, "This ice cube is not something that ordinary people can have. ”

Chen Qingmei said, "This doesn't require much ice, it's just the effect of this raw material ice powder." ”

"Ice powder?" Mrs. Hu smiled, "I haven't seen it yet, I don't know what this ice powder is made of?" ”

"This.... The women of the people cannot tell each other. Chen Qingmei looked embarrassed, "The family only survives with such a little craftsmanship." ”

"And where are your grandfather and grandmother?" Mrs. Hu asked.

"Hey.... The soul has long returned to the loess. ”

"Then why did you only bring your sister to the city, your parents?"

"Long dead." Chen Qingmei's face showed sadness, "I was kicked out of the house by my grandmother, and I had no way to run away, but fortunately I met my cousin, and the two of us went to the city to sell noodles for a living." ”

Mrs. Hu sighed, "It's also pitiful, why did your grandmother kick you out of the house." ”

"Just because my uncle wants to marry, I have no house at home, so I have to be kicked out of the house." Chen Qingmei's eyes were red and her expression was sad. "Otherwise, my cousin and I wouldn't have shown up and come to sell noodles and ice powder for a living, just to get some money and go home to live in peace."

"Looks like you don't plan to stay in the city for long?"

Chen Qingmei shook her head, "We are country women, and we are planning to set off for the village as soon as the summer is over, and we will earn enough money to buy a small house for the two of us to survive." ”

"You seem to have rented the Qian family's house?" Mrs. Hu asked.

The big girl next to her smiled, "This rent is not cheap, it seems to cost hundreds of yuan a month." ”

"I'm afraid these hundreds of texts are not a small number in people like you." Mrs. Hu said.

Chen Qingmei sighed deeply, "I pawned the dowry left to me by my mother, as well as a little money from my cousin, so I can afford to rent it." ”

"Then why don't you open a noodle shop in the town and come to the city?" The big girl asked.

"The town is full of people I know, if I am there, I am afraid that I will not be able to protect the hundreds of dollars."

"Why is that?"

"My grandmother kicked me out of the house ruthlessly, if only I knew that I could open a noodle shop in the town again, I would be able to live in peace." Chen Qingmei's eyes were red and she wiped her tears.

The eldest girl sighed, "It's really pitiful, your grandmother is too ruthless, even if you are a girl, how to say that you are her own granddaughter, and you didn't pick it up, why bother to treat her like this, isn't it all flesh and blood." ”

Listening to what her personal maid said, Mrs. Hu, who originally sympathized with two points, now sympathized with five tears, "It's a poor child, it's not easy to follow each other, Cuixiang, reward her with a few taels of silver." ”

"Thank you, ma'am." Chen Qingmei thanked her knowingly, regardless of whether this lady was sincere or fake.

Mrs. Hu said, "Since your family is so short of money, why don't you sell this ice powder recipe, and you can also get a sum of money to live in peace." ”

"But it's not a long-term solution." Chen Qingmei sighed repeatedly, "My cousin and I depend on each other for our lives, and we can't do manual work for a living, if we go to help, no one wants us, so we have to rely on the craftsmanship of this ice powder to make a living, and only in the summer can we make some money, enough for a year's expenses, and then earn it next year." ”