Spatial Farm Life: Raising My Kid, Abusing Scum, and Keeping Busy With Life

  Chapter 23 Listening to people's persuasion to eat enough

  How can anyone hate her like the original owner? It was nothing more than the jealousy of the hawkers, the resentment of the Tian family, and the resentment of the Qiao family.

   Whatever they want, soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, she is not the original owner, so she will not be afraid of these Xiaoxiao.

  The pergola is very effective, blocking the scorching sun.

  Qiao Mai sat comfortably at the bottom, doing embroidery work seriously, when customers came to buy melons, she got up to sell melons, and worked when there were no customers.

   She is quite at ease, since she has her melon, the town seems to be more lively.

  I want to have a bite of the watermelon she sells. Not only is it sweet and juicy, but the key is that it is very cold, which can relieve the heat. Qiao Mai said that he can sell some ice.

  In Tianshui Town and the county seat, there are not many restaurants that can eat ice in summer. If it sells ice, I don’t know if it will work?

   How about freezing a few pieces in the freezer tonight and selling them tomorrow?

  In the afternoon, Qiao Mai closed the stall and returned home. He settled the bill and sold twelve watermelons today, two more than yesterday.

  When I came to the melon field, I saw nearly an acre of watermelons the size of a fist, thinking that in two days, diners would be able to realize the freedom of watermelons.

  She smiled Mimi and came to the shelf, found a few square plastic boxes, filled them with mineral water, and frozen them in the freezer.

  Yesterday she earned 8 taels, but today she earned more than 9 taels. She separated the copper coins from the silver and threw them into the toolbox.

   Earning money through her own labor is also a kind of happiness, and she likes it very much.

  Come into the house and see that Linger is still sleeping, she is lying beside her, laughing contentedly.

  Only one item of watermelon can bring in more than two hundred taels of silver in a month. Excluding the windy and rainy days, there are also two hundred taels.

  Add ice cubes tomorrow, will there be more, after all, ice is more scarce than watermelon?

  The next day, she went to the carpenter's shop and bought a wheelbarrow and two wooden boxes.

  Put the frozen watermelon in a wooden box, and put the ice cubes in another wooden box.

  Using a trolley, he pushed two wooden boxes to the official road.

Every day on time, shopkeeper Lu asked the two girls to set up the tables and chairs, and put up the awning. Those who didn't know it thought it was really shopkeeper Lu's booth, and even the tax collectors would pass by this booth, which is a shame. Qiao Mai saved money and trouble.

  She pushed the cart behind the chair and moved the two wooden boxes under the pergola.

  The two wooden boxes were wrapped in quilts, just because they were afraid of running away in the cold air.

  The vendors around are almost jealous these days, seeing that she has assembled another box today, they are all very curious.

   "I said little lady, did you add new products today?"

   "Yes, my shopkeeper said that the weather is too hot, and there is a lot of ice in her ice kiln, and she sells some ice to relieve the heat."

"ice?"

"yes,"

   "If you sell ice, who will buy it?"

   "Why didn't anyone buy it? I boiled mung bean soup and let it cool down. If you still don't feel thirst quenched, you can put a few pieces of crushed ice in it, or herbal tea. Who doesn't like it?"

   "Is your ice edible?"

   "That's right, the shopkeepers in my house use the water in the well to freeze in winter, and then store them up, not the water in the river."

   "I see, the relationship is good, how are you going to sell it?"

   "I don't know, and I don't know the price of ice."

   "Let me tell you, the ice in Fucheng costs one tael of silver for a piece the size of a washbasin."

   "Is it cheaper or more expensive than watermelon?"

   "Of course watermelons are expensive. Watermelons still need to be grown and sold. They only come out once every three or four months. But as for ice, as long as it's like a guy, it can be stored in winter, and water is worthless."

  Qiao Mai said in his heart, water is worthless?

   Is that the South? Once the drought hits the north, a drop of water turns into gold, so how can it be worthless? It really doesn't matter.

  She took out a piece of ice from the wooden box and asked, "How much silver does a piece of this size cost?"

   "It's not bad to sell a hundred coins."

   "Okay, then I will listen to people's advice to eat enough, and sell it for a hundred coins."

   "You don't need to ask Shopkeeper Lu for instructions?"

   "The boss said let me make the decision."

   "Your boss is really kind, you really met a noble person."

   "Of course, our boss is not only a noble person, but also a good person, a good person."

  She quickly put the ice back into the wooden box, and it would melt soon after taking it out.

  Qiao Mai thought about it, and later made a sign and put it in front of the table, so that what she sells in the future can be written on it, which is clear at a glance, and she doesn't need to drink anymore.

  I don’t know the fonts here yet, so if it doesn’t work, I can just find a wooden board, ask someone to write the words “watermelon” and “ice” on it, and stick it on the wooden board.

  Cut the watermelon and put on the gauze cover, and she stopped yelling. The town is so big, everyone knows that she is selling melons, and they come when they want to eat.

  Businessmen passing by will get out of the car and eat a few yuan if they want to eat after seeing it.

  She sat down and did her embroidery with peace of mind.

   Shopkeeper Lu had nothing to do today, so he moved a chair, came over and sat down next to her.

   "How is business?"

   "It hasn't opened yet today."

   "I see you made two boxes, one is watermelon, which one is?"

"ice!"

   "Yo, you even got ice?"

   "Isn't it available in our town? I'll sell out of stock."

   "One tael of silver from Fucheng, I'll take a look at yours," said Lu Zhang, lifting the quilt and taking a look.

   "Such a small piece?"

   "It's not small, this piece can do a lot of things."

   "Then how much do you plan to sell?"

   "Others say it will sell for 100 Wen, so I will sell it for 100 Wen."

   "It's already a lot."

  Lu Sanniang trusted her quite a bit, she didn't suspect how the ice came from, she thought it was a large piece of ice, but it was cut into such small pieces.

  While talking, someone came to buy melons. When the shopkeeper saw someone coming, he immediately stood up, lifted the gauze cover, took a piece for the diner, took the copper coins, and put them in her purse.

   "I did some calculations for you when I was free, and found out that your small stall is really making a lot of money."

   "Yeah, it's not good to earn a lot, earn more every month, isn't it one step closer to the mansion."

   Shopkeeper Lu rolled his eyes, "If you are doing well, you can be patient and embroider a large piece, is it better than anything?"

   "Embroidery is ruining the eyes, and doing business is considered a rest."

  After Lu Sanniang sat here for a while, several diners bought several pieces of melons, and she was really greedy.

   "Why don't I close the embroidery shop and let's go to the beach with you?"

   "Come on, you'd better open your shop, I'll make a little money, and you'll be jealous too."

"hey-hey."

Qiao Mai took out a piece of watermelon for her and put it in her hand, "If you want to eat it, come and eat it, as do Ruxin and the others. Don't be shy, you have to let me deliver it. I sell melons just to pass the time and make a little money by the way. Son, I didn’t take this watermelon seriously, so don’t save it for me.”

   "Understood, thanks to your honor this year, I have eaten such expensive things. You have such craftsmanship, so naturally I don't take it seriously."

   After a while, the weather became hot. Shopkeeper Lu couldn't stand the heat of the roadside and the hawkers' cries, so he went back to the shop.

  At this moment, Qiao Mai yelled out, "Watermelon, ice cubes, if you want to cool off, come and buy them."

   "Little lady, do you really have ice here?"

   "Really, do you want to buy it?"

  Qiao Mai put down her embroidery work, and looked up to see a middle-aged man with a mustache. He looked very comfortable, dressed in crisp silk clothes, of medium height, and was looking at her with a smile.

   "Can I have a look below?"

"Can"

  Qiao Mai bent down and took out a piece from the box, the middle-aged man looked at it and asked.

   "Are you river ice or well water ice?"

   "Ice in well water."

   "How much is it?"

   "One hundred words."

   "It's a bit expensive, can you make it cheaper?"

"how much do you need?"

"how much do you have?"

  Qiao Mai opened the box and counted, "Counting the one in my hand, it's twenty yuan."

  (end of this chapter)