Chapter 1138: First Time

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There was a well in the house, and there was a stream beside it. It was very convenient to get water.

No matter how big a farmhouse was, it was much cheaper than a house in town. It could be bought with just a few dozen silver.

However, Xue Sifu had only put 1000 kilograms of saltpeter into this ice-making workshop.

The remaining 2000 kilograms of saltpeter were all placed in another ice-making workshop. The other ice-making workshop was also a large farmhouse with a courtyard. It was also bought by Xue Sifu and was not far from Xinyuan County.

Xue Sifu had set up two ice-making workshops, one near Pingan Town and the other near Xinyuan County.

If it weren’t for the fact that there was not enough saltpeter, and the ice supply in the town and county was somewhat difficult to manage, he would have wanted to set up an ice-making workshop near the neighboring county.

From tomorrow onwards, the two workshops will be selling ice.

Xue Sifu had also given the order to the ice-making workshop not far from Pingan Town. When the weather was not very hot, they would send ice and popsicles to his house at least once. However, if the weather was hot, they would send it three times a day, morning, noon, and night. There was already an ice-making workshop at home. They couldn’t just sell everything. They needed ice at home too. There had to be ice to eat.

The next day, the rice noodle shops in town and county began to sell popsicles, red beans with sugar on ice, iced sour plum soup, and so on.

The shops in the county were located in the most prosperous areas. There were many people, so there was no need to worry about business.

As for the shop in town, from last year to this year, the people in town already knew that their rice noodle shop had moved here. Even if they felt that the rice noodles were not attractive enough for them to take such a long trip to eat a bowl, many people were willing to come and eat a bowl of ice to cool down. Ice should be consumed in the summer. Just thinking about it was refreshing.

Last year, it was just a stall, and there was always a queue in the hot sun. However, this year, there were many seats. There was no need to queue for long hours. Even if there was a queue, they could queue under the shade. They did not have to bask in the sun outside. Therefore, on the first day of selling ice this year, the lobby of the shop that was originally an inn was almost full.

Ever since they moved here, this was the first time it had been this packed.

However, the green plums at home had not been collected to make dark plums, and the dark plums used in the sour plum soup were bought from Doctor Shen’s clinic.

When the green plums at home were collected and made into dark plums, there was no need to buy dark plums.

It will be collected soon in the upcoming days.

Standing in front of the counter, Xue Sifu looked at the customers in the lobby who were eating ice cream, rice noodles, and sour plum soup. The seats were all filled with customers. Then, Xue Sifu smiled at Shopkeeper Qiao, who was standing behind the counter. “I’ll be heading back. Some strawberries at home seem to have ripened. I should check on them.”

“Alright, go ahead. Leave this to me.”

Locust Tree Village,

Xue Yan practiced martial arts for quite a while and was told to take a short rest.

Jiang Yue had been resting for a long time. She was sitting at the side eating popsicles. This was delivered from the ice-making workshop. Xue Erfu insisted on putting a small wooden box of popsicles in the old house.

Beside her was the baby cot, and Xue Shi was also beside her, but Xue Shi was not sitting inside.

Xue Shi was more than nine months old and could already stand up on his own..

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