There is a farmhouse on Mo

, This feeling of sowing and harvesting is really not a good description, but the process is a bit tired...

However, corn and grapes are short-term crops. As long as I think that in a few months, these acres of corn and grapes will become a lot of money, I will be full of motivation.

As for sugarcane, the growth cycle of this kind of plant is slow, and it matures only once a year. If you want to make money by making sucrose, you have to wait until next year.

Recently, his family's sucrose has become popular in the town. It costs [-] Wen a catty, which is [-] Wen higher than the price he sells. At twice the price, many people are discouraged.

When Shao Yitang and Xu An heard the news, they were a little worried about whether they could sell at such a high price, but they didn't expect that the sales volume was not so good. Those rich and big families didn't care about the forty cents at all. Sugar tasted good, so they were willing to buy it. Spend money to enjoy it, and people from ordinary families can buy it by taels, one tael at a time, and you can have a taste of it with not much money!

Even people from other surrounding towns came to Pingyuan Town to buy sucrose, and the supply was short of demand for a while. At the same time, Shao Yitang and Xu An regretted that they only bought [-] Wen a catty. Thanks, no matter how you think about it from another angle , What they do is wholesale, so they don't have to worry about retailing. If you earn less, you can earn less, and you can enjoy yourself easily.

Shao Yitang didn't have much ambition, he didn't want to be rich, his wish was to let himself and his daughter-in-law have no worries about food and drink, no shortage of money, and just enjoy the feudal and corrupt life of calling slaves and maidservants in the future.

Live a leisurely and comfortable life with the person he likes, be a landlord and squire, do a small business, and spend time with your lover every day, what a beautiful day!

What is happiness? Happiness is when my daughter-in-law eats meat and I eat fish, watching others gnaw bones.

☆, 54. Hot, hot!

Time always flies by and it is already the end of May.

The weather in May is basically not cold in Shao Yitang's original world, but it is a little cold in the morning and evening, and he needs to wear long-sleeved clothes.

But here, it's not like that.

The summer in this world is generally hot and long. The weather at the end of May at this moment is like the temperature in June and July before crossing. It is already very hot.

Shao Yitang is a person who is more afraid of heat. In summer, he would like to stay in the air-conditioned room and not come out, but now that he has traveled through time, how could a backward ancient times have such a high-tech as air-conditioning...

What's even worse is that ancient etiquette was strict, even in the countryside. In the hot weather of more than [-] degrees, one had to wear long-sleeved trousers to go out. , the arms cannot be exposed.

What a fucking cheat, isn't it just showing off your arms and thighs?Why is it so indecent? I really don’t understand why the ancient people were so conservative. They still wore long-sleeved trousers in summer, obviously torturing people!

Suppressing his anger, Shao Yitang, who came back from the field wearing a straw hat, the first thing he did when he got home was to take off his clothes, and he was bound to take off all the shorts that he wore as underwear in ancient times! ! !

For Shao Yitang who likes to run around naked at home, Xu An has been blushing since the beginning and now he is no stranger to it. Anyway, there are only the two of them in his house. Brother Shao is afraid of the heat, so he can take off his clothes. Close the door and others will see not see!

Xu An, who came back from the cornfield with Shao Yitang, didn't care about taking a rest, so he ran to the kitchen to bring Shao Yitang cold boiled water, and then went to the well to get water to wipe Shao Yitang's sweat in distress.

"Brother Shao, drink water first, and I'll wipe your body for you!"

"I'll come by myself, and you have a drink too, it's really hot today..."

Without asking for a handkerchief, Shao Yitang only held the cold well water in his hands and washed his face with cold water. After dissipating the heat a little, he drank the water that Xu An poured again.

The new house has been built, and the furniture has been delivered. After the house has been left for two days to dissipate the smell, it can be used for living. However, there is not much money left in this hand. After the house is built, It cost nearly 60 taels of silver in total.

Although they spent a lot of money, Shao Yitang and Xu An were very satisfied when they saw the newly built house.

The rough shape of the house is still based on this era. There are five houses in total, all made of green bricks and solid tiles, with a yard for growing vegetables and raising chickens and ducks. Although there are only two people in his family, no one dislikes having too many houses. It will always be useful in the future if you can't live it all.

In addition, Shao Yitang built an extra yard and a large warehouse at the back of the house, and also changed some details.

For example, transform the toilets of this era so that you don't have to squat on two wooden boards every time you go to the toilet, for fear that one will accidentally fall into the cesspit...

For another example, add a bathroom or something, and put a big bathtub in it. I really don’t want to spend the whole winter just by wiping my body. Take a bath with An An, take a couple bath or something, tsk tsk, it’s so wonderful up!

In short, Shao Yitang is still very satisfied with his new house, and together with Xu An, he checked the almanac and prepared to move on June [-]th.

These days, the two of them went up to the mountain every day to look at the corn and grapes. They were farming but watching the sky for their meals. Shao Yitang had never planted the land before, so he was afraid of a mistake. Xu An didn't know about corn, but he knew that grapes were precious, so he was also very worried. People can only count on the corn and grapes in the field to sell money. If there is any problem, they can only drink the northwest wind in the future.

Fortunately, the corn and grapes in the field were growing well, and there were already signs of fruiting. The two were relieved. They didn't expect the blind cat to meet dead mice, and it would be successful.

The Xu family is quiet for the time being, the new house has been built and ready to move, the corn and grapes in the field are growing well, every day I go to the fields with Xu An, go home, eat, Shao Yitang lives a leisurely life, the only regret is , It's really hot today!

"If only I could eat an ice cream now..." Unfortunately, the air conditioner, refrigerator, and ice cream are all thousands of years away from him.

"Brother Shao, what do you want a unicorn? Is there an ice unicorn? I heard that the fire unicorn is mentioned in the drama, it is a mythical beast!" Xu An looked at Shao Yitang puzzled, he had heard of the fire unicorn before?

"It's not a unicorn, it's ice cream. Well, it's a food made of ice. It's icy and sweet. Eating an ice cream in summer will feel so comfortable..."

Shao Yitang recalled the taste of ice cream, and his mouth began to salivate. He used to eat it every day and didn't find it unusual, but now, let alone ice cream, there is not even a piece of ice!

Although there are various harms and pollutions in modern times, it is undeniable that before the disasters of the last days, modern life is really incomparably convenient.

"Ice..." Xu An thought for a while, of course he knows about ice, big families use ice to cool off the heat in summer, and there are special ice cellars for fruits and meat.

But ordinary people have no chance to see ice in summer. Ice is not easy to keep in summer, and poor people don’t have the money to build an ice cellar like those rich people. Therefore, ice is not something that can be bought with money.

As for the food made of ice, only rich and powerful families can eat it!

How could his family eat food made of ice!Xu An, who didn't want to hit Shao Yitang very much, didn't speak, and heard Shao Yitang start nagging again

"An'an, you said this is not a tropical place, nor is it Africa, why is it so hot, it's unscientific..."

"Obviously they are all the earth, the revolution and rotation speed should be the same, oh, this has been traversed, and it may not be the earth, not the Milky Way..."

"..."

He was talking nonsense again, Xu An stared at Shao Yitang ignorantly and remained silent, what brother Shao said was really profound and difficult to understand!

What is the tropics, what is the flying boat, can the boat in this river fly in the sky?

What is the earth?Is it a ball that grows out of the ground?

And public bricks?Are the bricks used to build a house divided into male and female?What do you think, it's amazing...

And the flying chicken that brother Shao mentioned last time, my God, can this person fly to the sky on a chicken?By the way, there is also that hand chicken, even if it is thousands of miles away, you can still hear the speaker's voice, isn't that the legendary voice transmission for thousands of miles...

Really, it’s amazing. What brother Shao said is really difficult to understand, and it’s amazing. It’s simply unbelievable. What kind of place is overseas?Even chickens are so miraculous, they can be eaten, they can carry people, and they can transmit sound for thousands of miles...

When the cargo ship comes overseas next time, you must buy one of their chickens, no, buy two, one male and one female, and let them give birth to many chickens! ! !

Xu An had already fallen into wireless fantasies, Shao Yitang said for a long time that no one agreed to him, and finally came to his senses, he looked down and saw Xu An was dreaming and drooling...

"An'an, what are you thinking?"

"Ah... I was thinking, after we move, we will raise two chickens..." Xu An said happily.

"It's fine to raise chickens..." Shao Yitang felt hairy at the thought of raising small animals at home.

He doesn't hate animals, but as long as he thinks that the house smells of various animals, and if he is not careful, he will step on some unknown animal's feces, it is really unbearable!

"Don't raise chickens? Then let's raise pigs. It's too expensive to buy meat outside...By the way, Brother Shao, I didn't hear what you just said!"

"Don't raise pigs!" Shao Yitang was full of black lines, and quickly changed the subject

"Let's not talk about raising chickens and pigs. I said just now, where is there any ice cream here? If so, let's go and buy some. It's too hot today..."

He remembered that there was ice in ancient times. Although it is not like modern summers where there are refrigerators that can be made at any time, the use of ice is not widespread enough, but there is indeed. He still remembers that in the TV, the emperor and concubine have ice in summer. Eat, and put a piece of ice in the house at night to relieve the heat...

"There are no ice sellers. Ice belongs to big families. They have ice cellars, and they can store a lot of ice in it in winter..."

Ice is the exclusive property of rich families. Even in the town, there are countless rich families who can use ice in summer.

"Brother Shao, if you are really hot, I'll make you some sour plum soup to relieve the heat!"

"Forget it, how hot it is to go to the kitchen now!" Shao Yitang shook his head, he had forgotten that in ancient times, ordinary people could not have ice.

Hey, this ancient times is true, even ice is so rare, how can such a hot summer survive...

If he knew it was so hot here in summer, he must find a way to store ice in winter like those big families, and then use it in summer. Now, where can he find ice?

Wait, conjure it up! ! !

Shao Yitang cheered up suddenly, that's right, how could he have forgotten, it is to change, to turn water into ice!

"An'an, it's time to witness a miracle, let's make ice ourselves!"

"what……"

☆, 55. Saltpeter making ice

Saltpeter, chemical name potassium nitrate, is a white bitter crystal, a mineral, likes to stay at the foot of the wall at low temperature, and its color is like frost, so it is also called "wall frost".

When it dissolves in water, it absorbs heat, lowers its temperature, and absorbs a large amount of heat, thereby cooling the water to freezing.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, people mined a large amount of saltpeter in the production of gunpowder, and discovered the characteristics of saltpeter absorbing heat and lowering the temperature. From then on, people began to use saltpeter to make ice. At that time..."

Shao Yitang recalled the chemistry knowledge taught by a certain teacher when he was in school. He couldn't remember which teacher it was, whether it was a man or a woman. I really can't think of ice that can be made from saltpeter.

As far as he knows, the most widely used places for saltpeter in ancient times were self-made gunpowder and fireworks and as medicine to treat diseases.But he has been here for so long, and he has never heard of fireworks and gunpowder. It seems that the only way to find saltpeter is to go to the pharmacy!

Just do what you say, Shao Yitang has always been a man of action, he took Xu An and ran to the pharmacy in the town, making Xu An think that he was sick and going to get medicine, and kept asking Shao Yitang what was wrong along the way.

Shao Yitang didn't feel uncomfortable at all, he smiled at Xu An mysteriously, and dragged him to the pharmacy to buy saltpeter.

Saltpeter is also known as Glauber's salt, and the rougher one is called Park's salt.It was often used in medicine in ancient times, and the two of them found it easily at the pharmacy, because it was not commonly used, and the pharmacy didn't have much in stock, so Shao Yitang bought a pack of saltpeter powder the size of a palm for ten renminbi.

After the two bought saltpeter, they bought some rice grains to replenish their family's stock before returning to Xiaoxi Village.

As soon as he got home, Shao Yitang enthusiastically started to make ice.

"Brother Shao, this thing called saltpeter can really make ice?" Although it was doubtful, it was obvious that Xu An was also excited, mainly because Shao Yitang had made too many impossible things possible.

Let’s just talk about the sugarcane, which has grown in the back mountain for so many years, someone must have discovered it, but no one thought that it was edible and could be used to make sugar. Now that Shao Yitang said that saltpeter can make ice, Xu An is Absolute blind trust!

"When did I lie to you? It's time to witness a miracle. Watch it, Ann..."

Pour some water into a large basin prepared in advance, then put a smaller iron basin into it, then pour water into the small basin, and finally put saltpeter powder into the water in the large basin, and then signal Xu An waited for a while.

This is the simplest method of making ice with saltpeter. After the saltpeter absorbs the heat in the water, the water in the basin can freeze.

Time passed bit by bit, and the two of them stared at the basin on the table very nervously, until the water in the basin began to cool down, condensed little by little, and finally turned into ice exuding white cold air, both of them said no excitedly There is a word, in the future, they can also have ice in summer! ! !

The ice in the big basin is inedible with saltpeter powder added, and the ice cubes in the small basin are edible.

"Brother Shao, we really created ice, it's amazing, isn't this the legendary spell, and this saltpeter, isn't it the legendary magic weapon!"

"Basically, we can finally eat ice now..." Shao Yitang didn't know how to explain it to Xu An. He definitely didn't understand the science. Now that ice can be made, this summer can survive without an air conditioner. .

"Eat ice?" Xu An lay on the table and stared at the ice cubes in the basin, hesitated, "Brother Shao, do we really want to eat ice?"

What a luxury, to eat ice, this is a good thing that money can't buy in summer!

"Yeah, it's so hot today, there is no air conditioner for ice cream, you will suffer from heat stroke, okay?" Shao Yitang couldn't bear to wear long sleeves every day, and there was no refrigerator air conditioner in the summer, so he finally made ice, could he just wait for it to melt? ah?

But seeing Xu An's hesitant and distressed expression, Shao Yitang immediately understood that ice was much rarer in ancient summers than it is in modern times. According to An An's temperament, he probably felt distressed again...

"An'an, we have saltpeter, you can always have ice if you want!"

"Yes, we can do it anytime." Xu An suddenly realized, then looked at Shao Yitang with glowing eyes and said, "Brother Shao, then we can make ice and sell it, right?..."

"clever!"

Pulling Xu An over and kissing him on the forehead, Shao Yitang was overjoyed and ran to the kitchen with an ice basin. It is possible to make money, but now, can he cool himself off from the heat? He is about to die of heat!

It is possible to make money by making ice. The weather is hot in summer. If there is ice, it will be much better. I believe that as long as people with some conditions will come to buy ice.

However, Shao Yitang did not plan to make a large amount of ice. There were not many people who could afford to buy ice here, and the really rich people must have ice cellars, so the ice he made was not rare.

So, Shao Yitang was going to make popsicles, yes, popsicles.

In ancient times, after people learned how to make ice with saltpeter, some businessmen gradually added sugar to the ice to attract customers. Later, some people even added fruit or fruit juice, or even milk, which is very similar to modern ice cream. In other words In other words, it is the originator of modern ice cream.

He can't make ice cream or anything, but he can make popsicles with simple sugar, and it's not troublesome. Although there is no refrigerator, but now there is saltpeter, it is very simple to make.

A popsicle costs a few pennies, and ordinary people can afford it. In addition to the hot weather, everyone is willing to spend a few pennies to eat a popsicle.

The real consumers are not rich people, but ordinary people. People without money accounted for the majority in any era. Although a popsicle costs a few pennies, if there are more people buying it, it will be God of Wealth.

Now that the two of them have just built a house, the money in their hands is almost spent. Corn, grapes, and sugar cane are not things that can make money right away.

The two of them don't have much money in their hands. It's impossible to sit and eat. There are few people in the family, and the work in the field can't be finished. When the time comes, it will cost money to ask someone to help, so making money is a must.

Since it is decided to make popsicles to make money, the method of using saltpeter to make ice cannot be spread, otherwise people all over the world will know what money they make.

Although the pharmacy sells saltpeter, firstly, the quantity is too small, secondly, the price is high, and thirdly, the channels are not safe. Shao Yitang inquired about the pharmacy's channels to buy saltpeter, and in the end, in order to keep it secret, he could only go to a relatively remote village in the next county. Buy saltpeter.

And Xu An went to the town to order a "refrigerator", which is actually a square two-layer wooden box. Ice cubes are placed on the lower layer and surroundings to keep it cold, and prepared popsicles are placed on the top, which can prolong the melting time of the popsicles. The speed is similar to the foam boxes used by peddlers on the streets in the 80s and [-]s.

Since then, their ice selling business has been in full swing!

☆, 56. Sell popsicles

It was already early June when Shao Yitang and Xu An officially prepared to sell popsicles, and the weather was still so hot!

It was the first time to sell popsicles, and the two didn't do much. They planned to try the water. After all, there is no refrigerator here, so if you want to save it, you have to waste saltpeter!

The two made a total of [-] popsicles. The tasteless popsicles were priced at [-] penny each, the ones with sugar added alone cost [-] pennies, the ones with fruit in the middle cost [-] pennies, and the popsicles made of sour plum soup cost [-] pennies each.

Eighty of them are tasteless, fifty with sugar, fifty with fruit, and twenty with sour plum soup.

The sugar was the sucrose left by Shao Yitang.

The fruit is a wild fruit on the mountain. It is the size of a thumb. It is a bit like a wild jujube. Because it is too sour, no one picks it. When I caught a lot of it on the mountain, the two picked it back. When making popsicles, I added a few pieces to each one. , the translucent popsicle looks immediately high-end and upscale.

The popsicles of these two flavors basically cost nothing except the money for buying saltpeter. They are sour plum flavored popsicles. It costs money to buy sour plums, so they are more expensive to sell, but sour plums cost five cents a catty. , selling a sour plum popsicle and came back. Calculated in this way, the two of them made a lot of money.

As for saltpeter, although the pharmacy sells it more expensive, the actual purchase price is very cheap. The saltpeter in the pharmacy in the town is bought in a mountain village in the next county, and copper coins can usually buy several sacks of saltpeter.

While Shao Yitang lamented the huge profits of the drug store, he immediately pretended to be a drug dealer and bought more than a dozen sacks of saltpeter there, enough for him to use for a summer.

Although lamenting the huge profits of the pharmacy, Shao Yitang calculated the cost of selling popsicles, and hid in the room with Xu An and laughed, our popsicles are not less profitable than the pharmacy.

After finishing all the preparatory procedures, Shao Yitang and Xu An put the wooden box containing popsicles on the cart, and drove the donkey cart towards the town.

Although Pingyuan Town is a small town, it is very prosperous. The reason is that within a thousand miles, only Pingyuan Town is close to the big river. There is a wharf where merchant ships pass or stop here.

Today’s pier was as lively as usual. It was noon and the weather was very hot. The coolie porter who had been busy all morning wiped his sweat with a cloth handkerchief, and ran to a shed not far away under the scorching sun to prepare for dinner and rest.

The straw hut for rest was built spontaneously by the coolies. It is large and strong enough for the coolies of the entire pier to rest in it.

Coolies earn money by working hard. In order to save money, most people bring their own lunch, such as steamed corn bread and pickled vegetables. At most, they spend a penny or two to buy a bowl of brown rice porridge from a roadside stall. .

Sun Erzhu is one of the coolies at the wharf. His family lives in the village next door to Xiaoxi Village. His parents died early, he is not yet married, and he has no sisters in his family. Money to marry a daughter-in-law, the dock income is good, as long as he works for a few more years, he will be able to marry a wife.

Although the wharf earns money, it is really hard work. It is summer, and carrying goods under the scorching sun every day, even Sun Erzhu, a strong young man, can hardly bear it.

"Third Uncle, I've finished my cold soup, share yours with me..."

Sun Erzhu swallowed the dry mixed noodles steamed buns, and made justice to his third uncle who went to the wharf with him to do coolies.

"Don't worry, your aunt boiled a pot today." The third uncle wiped the sweat from his brow and passed the pot over.

"I know I know..."

Sun Erzhu took a big gulp from the kettle, quenched his thirst a little before eating the steamed buns in his hand, looking at the scorching sun in the sky, secretly thought that as long as he saved enough money, he would never come to the pier if he was killed, it was so hot to death.

At this moment, the last ship at the pier had finished unloading its goods, and the remaining coolies entered the hut one after another. Everyone sat together in twos and threes, eating and chatting, preparing to rest for a while before the arrival of the next cargo ship.

When Shao Yitang and Xu An arrived at the pier, the coolies had already had their meals, and they hid in the thatched shed and lay down on the ground to rest. Because of the scorching sun, few people walked around outside, and even the small vendors at the wharf were carrying things around. There are stalls in the thatched shed, but fortunately the thatched shed is big enough and not crowded.

It takes quite a distance from Xiaoxi Village to the pier, even if the two of them drive a donkey cart, they have to walk for half an hour. In order to ensure that the popsicles do not melt, the two of them added saltpeter powder to the wooden box again halfway.

Although the weather was hot, the two of them were holding oil umbrellas and leaning on the cold wooden box along the way, which was still bearable.

When the donkey cart was driven into the hut, it had attracted the attention of many people. Although there were many people at the pier, there were only those familiar faces coming and going, even small vendors. At this moment, a new face suddenly appeared. Come to sell things in a donkey cart, if you are not curious, you can't do it!

Sun Erzhu was the closest to the donkey cart. He watched curiously as the two men tied up the donkey, removed a table and two stools from the cart, moved two very large wooden boxes onto the wooden table, and finally took out A piece of white cloth supported by a bamboo pole was inserted into the ground, and there were words on the white cloth, but he didn't recognize it.

Seeing the two unfamiliar faces busy for a while, those who were close could still feel the cold air emanating from the wooden box, they were immediately surprised, and even stretched their necks to find out.

Just when everyone's curiosity reached its peak, Shao Yitang and Xu An also set up their stalls, and seeing that the crowd was almost there, they cleared their throats and started yelling

"Sell popsicles, delicious and cool popsicles, come here, look here..."

While Shao Yitang was hawking, Xu An handed out a bowl of crushed ice to everyone, signaling that everyone could taste it for free. Brother Shao said, what kind of advertising effect is this, for publicity...

"Ice?" There was a burst of excitement among the crowd. What they sell is ice. My God, this is ice that only rich people can eat. It's something that even money can't buy!

"Is this really okay, without money?"

The people who got the free tasting ice cubes were both excited and scared. They really tasted it for free, and they would not ask themselves to pay after eating it. This is ice.

"You can try these for free. If you want to buy them, you can buy them here. The tasteless ones cost one penny, the sweet ones cost two, the fruity ones cost three, and the sour plum soup costs five..."

Open the wooden box containing popsicles, and there are densely cut square ice cubes placed inside, some are transparent, some have frozen fruit inside the ice cubes, and some are brown. Each piece is skewered with a bamboo stick It exudes air-conditioning, which is very attractive in the hot summer.

People who have tried ice cubes swallowed their saliva, feeling a little unfinished. On such a hot day, ice cubes the size of thumbs can’t relieve the heat. The taste melted in their mouths before they tasted it. Don’t mention the cold feeling comfortable.

Staring at the wooden box containing popsicles, some people started to move, licked their lips, and ran over immediately.

In the town, a catty of sugar costs tens of renminbi, and the one with added sugar is only [-] renminbi, which is too cheap, and this ice, which is a rare item.

Everyone’s income at the pier is at least a dozen pennies a day, and a few pennies for a piece of ice is definitely within the acceptable range!

But after a while, many people gathered around the ice stall. Selling popsicles is to earn money from the sun. The bigger the sun and the hotter the sky, the more people will buy it.

Today's sun is frighteningly hot, and ice is a rarity in summer, and the price of the two is not too expensive, and everyone can afford it, not to mention eating ice to relieve the heat, just to taste the rarity, but also to eat The last time I went back to the village, I will tell everyone that I also ate ice in summer, what a face-saving thing!

"Er Zhu, tsk tsk, this ice is so delicious, so cool, so sweet..."

Uncle Sun Erzhu and the third uncle ate the ice cubes bought by his nephew, and kept admiring them. This is a rare item only available to rich people. It is still sweet. It is very comfortable to eat a piece on such a hot day!

What they eat is sweetened, which tastes much better than the tasteless ice cubes. However, most of these coolies are poor people, and many of them are reluctant to part with them. Most of them buy one for a penny.

There is only one person in Sun Erzhu's family. Although he wants to save money to marry a wife, he is a big man who doesn't care about money. He is not as fussy about food and drink as those people with families. It tasted a little bit, but the taste is really good. I just saw that the fruit and sour plum soup should be more delicious. I will buy it tomorrow and try it. It’s really cool!

The popsicles sold out very quickly, within half an hour, even the most expensive sour plum soup flavored popsicles were sold out. Looking at the copper coins in their pockets, Shao Yitang and Xu An almost froze with laughter.

There were at least 300 coolies on the pier. The two did not do much today, and a large part of them did not eat. They stared regretfully at the person who bought the popsicles and at Shao Yitang with deep resentment.

The boss is really, knowing that there are many people at the pier, he brought such a little ice, isn't he out of greed?

Tomorrow, I must run faster, and I must eat ice cream! ! !

☆, 57. Popsicle profiteering

The first thing Shao Yitang and Xu An did when they returned home from the pier was to count the money!

The two made a total of 430 popsicles, all of which were sold out, and the total cost was [-] Wen, and the cost of making these [-] popsicles was very low, almost none!

The water is well water, the sugar is my own, the fruit is wild fruit on the mountain, and even the bamboo sticks are free. It can be said that except for the custom-made boxes and the money to buy saltpeter, other materials are free, 430 Wen, at most The cost of only [-] Wen, huge profits, absolute huge profits!

"Brother Shao, it's a lot of money, we've made a lot of money!" Xu An strung the copper coins with a rope and put them away carefully, his face full of excitement and excitement.

Shao Yitang was also very excited. Sure enough, the biggest consumer groups were not rich people, but ordinary people!

Today is just testing the waters. Two hundred popsicles are definitely not enough. According to the number of people at the dock, it is definitely not a problem to add another two hundred popsicles every day.

The goal of this summer is: to look at money, to make money!

After testing the waters on the first day, the two of them made [-] more that night. The one penny white flavor was the most, and the others were much less. Too willing.

When the two of them drove the donkey cart to the pier the next day, there were already many people waiting in the thatched shed and kept looking around. When they saw the white sail with the word "ice" written on it, they immediately got up and surrounded them.

The crowd was most excited by those who didn’t buy popsicles yesterday. God knows how many people were envious of those who ate popsicles yesterday. Not only did they come by themselves, their children also followed, just to eat A piece of ice that only rich people have!

"Give me two white ones, hurry up!"

"Sweet, I want one with sugar..."

"I want something sweet too, three sticks, hurry up, my son is still waiting..."

Shao Yitang and Xu An didn't expect that there were more people buying popsicles today than they imagined. Seeing that there were many children in the distance, they felt a little worried. They might not have enough popsicles today...

Sure enough, within a quarter of an hour, [-] popsicles were robbed, but there were still a large number of people on the pier who did not buy popsicles, and they crowded around in front of the wooden box. take it away...

After persuading the onlookers to leave, Shao Yitang and Xu An immediately packed up their things and left. It was too scary. If they stayed any longer, they would be eaten like popsicles!

In the next few days, the two added a lot of popsicles, but every time they arrived at the pier, it would never take more than half an hour. All the popsicles would be snapped up, and the supply was always in short supply. The more people there are!

There are more and more people buying ice here, the two of them are so busy every day that they almost don't have time to eat, the meat that Xu An managed to raise has also decreased, and the people are dark, Shao Yitang feels distressed seeing it up.

Until someone came to the door and said that he wanted to buy ice at his house and sell it back to the village, Shao Yitang finally realized that he was so stupid, the sales of popsicles were so good, they asked others to sell them for them, wholesale, yes, wholesale popsicles!

"Fart hair? Brother Shao, why do we want, fart hair?" Xu An asked with a strange expression.

"It's not farts, hahahaha, it's wholesale. Let's make popsicles at home and let others sell our popsicles elsewhere. In this way, we don't have to suffer so much!"

Shao Yitang laughed and explained, hahaha, fart?This little guy is really, and last time Feiji, this guy actually pestered him for several days about "Feiji Feiji", why chickens can fly to the sky...

Now that they decided to sell popsicles wholesale, Shao Yitang and Xu An ordered a lot of wooden boxes of popsicles in the town, each costing thirty yuan, which made the carpenter happy for a long time.

There is also saltpeter. According to the consumption rate of ice making like this, the saltpetre purchased last time will soon be used up. The two discussed to buy some more, but this time they changed places and were not in the last village. Shao Yitang They would rather spend some effort than leak their ice-making method. Although it will be a matter of time, the later they have the better chance.

The first person who wholesaled popsicles at Shao Yitang's house was a coolie on the pier named Sun Erzhu. He was not tall, but his muscles were very strong. He was nicknamed "Sun Heitan" privately.

According to Sun Heitan himself, he lives next door to Xiaoxi Village, not very far away, and he can walk there in two quarters of an hour. As long as the speed is fast enough, the popsicles will never melt when taken back.

When making popsicles, Shao Yitang also calculated the melting speed of the popsicles in the wooden box. Because the wooden box is protected by a layer of ice, the popsicles can take about three hours to melt. Sell ​​it to people who are too far away, otherwise, the popsicles will melt early when you take them back.

After Sun Heitan, Shao Yitang found Xu Defu to do the popsicle business. They were Xu An's parents, his father-in-law, forgetting that no one can forget Xu Defu and Yunniang!

Now Xu Defu's injury is almost healed, but he can't do too much work for the time being, and there is not much work in the field now, so Xu Defu can just sell popsicles.

Although Shao Yitang asked Xu Defu for 15 taels of silver when the family was separated, it was not enough. Xu Defu still needs to take medicine now, and Yunniang is pregnant.