Chapter 285: Business is booming, and the whole city cheers
In June, the sun is blazing.
All parts of the Jiangnan have officially entered the scorching summer season.
Large families such as the Qinghe Lu clan and the Pingyuan Chen clan all had their own ice cellars and were hardly affected.
But ordinary people don't feel so good.
Even if a wealthy family thinks that a big family like the Lu family and the Chen family will spend money to buy some ice cubes, it has become a luxury.
After all, a big family like the Chen and Lu families can't afford to sell ice for a little money at all.
Not only the rich family, but even the government wants to buy ice cubes, but it also depends on the faces of the Chen and Lu families.
For example, Yangzhou knew that Feng Gu would not be treated so well.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and on the streets of Yangzhou City, except for some coolies, who are still struggling for their livelihoods, there are almost no people shopping, even the street shops, which are deserted.
The whole city was in the heat wave, distorted by the strong sunlight.
"This fucking weather, when is it going to be a head!"
Liu Er is a coolie at the wharf, who has just finished unloading the goods with his co-workers, and is naked, scolding while wiping the sweat on his forehead with a somewhat blackened towel on his shoulder.
As for the workers around him, they didn't even have the strength to scold, and they were listlessly looking for a place to rest in the street where they could avoid the light.
"Chilled sour plum soup!"
"Chilled sour plum soup that is cool and thirst-quenching, only costs five cents a bowl."
Suddenly, Liu Er and the others were attracted by several shouts in a row.
Looking along the place where the shouts were made, I saw that on this street, there were more than a dozen small stalls of iced sour plum soup almost at the same time.
"Brother, did I hear me wrong? Someone openly sells iced sour plum soup? Our Yangzhou City can take out ice cubes now, except for the Lu family, which is the Chen family, could it be that these two families did it? ”
"How is that possible!" A coolie next to him pouted, "The Chen and Lu families will be short of silver, and they have to make money by selling iced sour plum soup?" ”
"Yes, if it is really sold by Chen and Lu, how can it be just a stall on the street? With the strength of the two of them, half of the shops in the entire Yangzhou City are theirs, so why set up a stall! ”
"yes, I don't think it's going to be a business between the two of them, and didn't you hear? A bowl of chilled sour plum soup costs only five cents! ”
"Where's five cents, that is, we can drink it too?"
"Cut! How is that possible? I think someone wants to make money and wants to go crazy, it must be a lie! ”
"If it's true or not, just look at it? Walk! ”
When they were in doubt, Liu Er and the others quickly ran to the nearest iced sour plum soup stall.
Not only them, but almost everyone on the entire street, like Liu Er and them, was quickly attracted by these sudden cold sour plum soups.
"Hey, little brother, do you really sell chilled sour plum soup here? Is it really only five pennies a bowl? ”
"Of course, believe it or not—" said the vendor as he opened the large wooden box on the stall.
As soon as the wooden box was opened, a puff of white vapor instantly came out of it, and the surrounding air cooled down all of a sudden.
"Really!"
"It's really ice!"
"It's so cool!"
In a burst of exclamations, the vendor took out a large basin of iced sour plum soup on top of the ice cubes, scooped out a bowl with a small spoon and brought it to his mouth, and squeaked and drank it.
"Wow! Refreshing! ”
Looking at the forgetful appearance of the little vendor, the surrounding people swallowed their saliva at the same time.
Liu Er impatiently took out five cents and threw it over, "Bring me a bowl!" ”
"Great!"
The vendor happily scooped out a bowl for Liu Er and handed it over.
When Liu Er took the bowl, his tentacles felt the temperature of the porcelain bowl, and his eyes lit up instantly, and he drank it in one gulp.
"Grandma's, it's so cool!"
Liu Er held the bowl, still looking unsatisfied.
"It's really a bowl of five pennies!" Seeing this, the people next to them couldn't bear it anymore, and they all paid money, "Bring me a bowl!" ”
"I want it too!"
"I'll come first, give it to me first!"
The vendors were instantly busy.
Soon, such scenes appeared all over the street.
Hundreds of people flocked to the stalls of iced sour plum soup.
Some ordinary people who couldn't even afford to buy sour plum soup also came to the front, just to feel the little cool air emitted by the vendors when they took out the ice cubes.
In less than half an hour, the entire city of Yangzhou was shaken by this news.
Yin Fenggu, the governor of Yangzhou, was also curious and found one of the vendors.
Seeing that Lord Yin of the Mansion was coming, the surrounding people got out of the way.
The little vendor who was busy also noticed Feng Gu and hurriedly got up, "The villain has seen Lord Fu Yin. ”
Feng Gu's entire attention was attracted by the iced sour plum soup in front of him, swallowed his saliva, approached the ice cube, felt the comfort of the ice cube, and asked curiously, "Little brother, do you sell this ice cube?" ”
"Lord Fu Yin wants to buy it?"
Feng Gu nodded subconsciously, "The price is not a problem, and the official should not be too much, just a ten catty or eight catty." ”
The vendor smiled when he heard this, "Lord Fu Yin said that he laughed, my son-in-law said that if Lord Fu Yin is in need, he can come to us at any time to get it, and he won't charge a penny." ”
Feng Gu was stunned immediately, and his mind was racing rapidly, "Dare to ask the little brother, ...... is your son-in-law?"
In the entire Yangzhou City, those who can get ice cubes are the Chen family except for the Lu family.
Therefore, Feng Gu's first thought was these two.
However, before that, Feng Gu put down his face and went to these two to ask for purchases, but they were all rejected by Wanyan.
But apart from the Lu Chen family, who else would be so generous and give him ice cubes without spending money?
Just as he was thinking hard, he saw the vendor smile and said, "Lord Fu Yin, my son-in-law is the son of Lu An Lu of Danyang County." ”
Lu ...... An Shao?! ”
Feng Gu was immediately stunned when he heard this, and then reacted, and said happily, "It turned out to be An Shao, hehe, no wonder."
An Shao is a noble relative of Lord Chu, no wonder he has such a big deal.
In this case, the official is not hypocritical, please help me get some ice, and I will bring it back now.
Alas, the weather is so hot that I can't stand it.
In addition, when the little brother saw An Shao, he thanked the official for the trouble. ”
"It's a small thing." The vendor smiled and beckoned to the back, and another person turned to go back, and after a while, he picked up a large wooden box again, and opened it in front of Feng Gu.
"Wow! So big! Not only Feng Gu, but the surrounding people saw a square piece of ice with more than 20 catties inside, and at the same time let out an exclamation of envy.
Not to mention, Feng Gu thanked him repeatedly, hurriedly asked people to put away the ice cubes, and hurried back to process the iced sour plum soup by himself.
The business of iced sour plum soup everywhere on the street was very good, and naturally it also attracted the attention of the Chen and Lu families.