[Red Mansion] Plane Merchant Jia Rong

On the major streets of the capital, pedestrians walked around like eggplants in doubles.They were sweating profusely, feeling that the scorching sun on their heads almost dried up the water in their bodies.

Exposure to the sun, not to mention the passers-by, even the vendors selling things by the roadside are not in good spirits.

At this time, more than a dozen carriages lined up and stopped at the back door of a shop in a certain street in the capital.

No one passed by the alley facing the back door for a long time, so no one saw this scene.

The shop was covered by a tall cloth, and there was a small opening at the back door. A group of men in uniform light gray robes came in and out, carrying large wooden barrels one after another into the carriage.

It didn't take long before a carriage full of barrels rolled away from the alley.

One after another, the carriages left, and after exiting the roadway, they drove far away in all directions on the ground.

By the time the last car drove away, it was just at the hottest time at noon.

The heat wave was rolling, mercilessly scorching the earth.On the edge of the river, a group of sweaty workers were repairing the arch bridge damaged by the earthquake under the scorching sun, disheartened and listless.

People living nearby brought small benches and led their children to sit under the shade of a tree near the river and watch while enjoying the shade.

At this time, a carriage with posters of various ice creams on the outside of the carriage stopped under the shade of a tree.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the "paintings" pasted on both sides of the carriage are particularly beautiful.Although they didn't know what was painted in the "painting", they could tell that it was something delicious.

There are green ones, yellow ones, red ones, white ones... some are star-shaped, some are square-shaped, some are packed in small paper boxes, and some are like a small funnel.

Each one is "painted" very beautifully.

The "painting" paper, when the sun shines on it, will glow. From the surface effect, it looks like oil paper, but it is whiter, more delicate and beautiful than oil paper.It seems that the food in the "painting" is delicious, which makes people very appetizing.

A group of little dolls under the tree were salivating after seeing it.

People can't see what most of the food in the "painting" is made of, only a few of the materials used are red beans, mung beans and fruit pulp.

When the people were guessing at the color, two good-looking young men in the car lifted the curtain, revealing a large wooden barrel half a person's height inside.

The younger-looking one among the young people picked up the lid on the wooden barrel, reached out and took out two tightly packed things from inside, and handed one of them to the other man beside him.

The two tore open the greased paper wrapping, took out a popsicle with crystal clear frost, and licked it.

The people under the shade of the tree were confused and couldn't understand their intentions.

Suddenly, a man opened his mouth and yelled. "Ice cream! Popsicles! Ice cream! Delicious ice cream that is sweet, cool, and refreshing! Popsicles cost two cents each! Ice creams cost five cents each, or a box of ten cents! Ice cream costs ten cents each!"

His voice fell, and the other followed closely, repeating his hawking content verbatim.

So the common people watching nearby watched the two of them nibbling popsicles, licking each mouthful and screaming, shouting loudly with each sentence.

Now it's all right, not only children, but even adults swallow their saliva involuntarily.

The adults stared at the novel food that the two people in the carriage were eating, but they didn't notice that their children had left their side and surrounded the carriage.

More than a dozen children were holding their fingers in their mouths, and the two of them were eating with great relish. Their dark eyeballs were reluctant to blink.

Zhi Geng shook the popsicle in his hand, showed his big white teeth and said with a smile: "Children, do you want to buy popsicles? Bingbing is so sweet and delicious!" After finishing speaking, he ate the popsicle in his hand with an expression of great enjoyment.

In the past few years, there has been no drought or disaster, the grain harvest has been good, and the business has been easy to do. Many ordinary people have saved some spare money on hand.Ordinary people are not so poor that they can't even afford food. They will give their children a few pennies of change to buy snacks every month.

A five-year-old boy couldn't resist the temptation. He took out two coins from his small purse, raised his hands high, and said in a childish voice, "Brother, I want to buy it!"

"Two pennies are only enough to buy one popsicle. Our popsicles have milk flavor, bean flavor, apple flavor, orange flavor... which flavor do you want?" Zhi Geng took a penny from the boy , Immediately, like the waiter in the restaurant reporting the name of the dish, he reported a series of types in a crackling manner.

Every time a taste of iced food floated out of his mouth, the children around the carriage couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

The boy struggled for a long time before making a painful choice. "I want the hawthorn flavor."

The best thing the little baby has ever eaten is the candied haws made from hawthorn. He had only heard of mango and lychees for the first time today. He didn't know what it was like, so he finally chose the hawthorn flavor.

"Guest, your hawthorn-flavored popsicle." Zhi Geng quickly took out a popsicle with a patterned package, bent down and put it in the boy's hand.

Holding something with both hands, the boy opened his eyes wide in surprise, and shouted, "Wow! It's so cold! It's so comfortable!"

He couldn't help rubbing his face against the oiled paper packaging a few times, and suddenly felt the heat dissipate, and his body felt refreshed.

Zhi Geng stared at the boy who was getting carried away playing in front of him, and reminded with a smile on his face: "Don't play, there is ice food in it, the weather is hot, if you don't eat it for a while, it will melt into water, it's not good. "

When the boy heard that he was about to melt, he immediately became anxious.He imitated Zhi Geng's movement of tearing the package just now, but he was small and weak, and the imitation was not in place, and he couldn't find the correct way to open it, so he couldn't tear it open for a while.

"Let me do it." Zhi Geng laughed dumbly, and started to tear off the oiled paper package for the boy.The boy took the popsicle that Zhi Geng handed over, which was exactly the same as the one on the "painting", and immediately licked it happily.

He looked intoxicated, and he didn't forget to express his feelings loudly while eating. "Ice! Sweet and sour! Good time!"

The first person to eat crabs appeared, and soon there were second, third...

Not long after, a group of crying children rushed forward one after another, scrambling to be the first, shouting: "Here's the money, brother, I want hawthorn too!"

"Brother, I want someone like Little Xingxing!"

"Brother, the one I want to draw is as pretty as a little flower!"

"Brother, is pineapple delicious? I want pineapple flavor!"

Zhi Geng patted the other ghost beside him, and signaled him to be responsible for collecting the money, while he himself was responsible for picking up the goods and tearing off the oily paper packaging.

"Okay, this is your little star popsicle!"

"Here, the pineapple popsicles you want."

Since they came out this time only to publicize the trial sale to gain fame, they only took out a small part of the goods.In fact, there are more varieties in the ice cellar of the store.

Of course, there are also those with higher prices, ranging from dozens of Wen to hundreds of Wen, and the set meal costs more than one tael of silver.

With a flash of thought, Zhigeng took out a stack of papers from the carriage and distributed them to a group of little ones one by one.

"Our ice food store will open the day after tomorrow, and there will be many varieties of ice food in the store. Not only will there be cute cats, rabbits and other small animal shapes, but you can also customize your favorite patterns on the spot. You must remember Come visit us!"

Knowing that they were illiterate, Zhigeng deliberately recited the leaflets several times after handing them out.

"Our shop is called Jinjiang Ice Shop. There are currently three stores in Changle Street, Taohua Street, and Jingtai Street. Please keep this paper and don't lose it. Take it to our store to buy it later. Things, you can enjoy a [-]% discount."

Zhigeng explained the meaning of the [-]% discount, emphasizing the location and opening date of the Jinjiang Ice Shop, and reread the contents of the leaflet several times for the little dolls, and even for the adults not far away.

The children grabbed the leaflets, their round eyes were bright, and they responded crisply: "We know, the day after tomorrow, we must ask our parents to take us there!"

The adults watched in bewilderment as a group of children huddled together, chatting and exchanging their thoughts, you have a taste of mine, and I have a taste of yours.Sometimes amazed and admired, sometimes laughing like a bell.

At this time, three or four young children who had no pocket money and could not buy popsicles ran to their parents with teary eyes and screamed for ice.

In fact, the adults couldn't stand it any longer seeing the children eating comfortably, so they simply took the children with them to buy one and try it themselves.

Ice is expensive these days. In summer, only rich people can eat ice, and poor people can hardly see the shadow.

When people hear that the cheapest popsicles only cost two pennies, they feel that it is a bargain, and they don't hesitate to spend the money.

Zhi Geng was busy selling popsicles and handing out leaflets.

Some people fell in love with the cool feeling after eating the first one, and couldn't help but pay for the second and third ones.

Zhigeng was worried about giving the children too much stomach trouble, so he reminded: "This food is cold, so it's okay for you to eat more, but children with poor stomachs should not eat more. You can't eat more than one a day."

Some people who couldn't help their children's begging to buy them a second one quickly dismissed the idea when they heard that eating too much would cause stomach discomfort.

The popsicles are sweet and cold, and the instant cold air enters the body, making the whole body feel refreshed.A person who was eating couldn't help blurting out: "Eating a bite in summer is better than being a fairy, refreshing!"

The workers who were repairing the bridge over there had already noticed the movement here, and finally waited until the break time to come over. When they heard this, they quickly rushed over.

The workers rushed in like a wave, crowding out the previous people. They held up copper coins and shouted: "Little brother, give me one!"

"Sell me first! I want two!"

"I pay first, give it to me first, it doesn't matter what flavor it is!"

Looking at this group of tanned workers, Zhi Geng and the two ghosts were very glad that the ghosts in their plane were different from the ghosts seen on Jiang Qiankun's TV.

If they are afraid of this and that like those weak chickens.Now even if they are not turned into ashes, they will be turned into salted fish like this group of workers.

Feelings are emotions, Zhi Geng's speed of handing the popsicles is not slow at all.

Those workers who beat their competitors to get the popsicles happily went to the shade under the big tree to chew on them, and they felt alive as soon as they took a bite.

They picked up the exclamation casually spoken by the unknown commoner, and said comfortably: "Eating a bite in summer is better than being a god!"

"Cool!"

"Comfortable!"

"good to eat!"

Seeing the hustle and bustle here, many passers-by came over, and after a while, there were people all around.All kinds of voices mixed together, making it very lively.

Scenes similar to the current noisy scene appeared in many places in the capital.

More and more people are beginning to know that there is a fresh ice food in the capital, which is cheap and delicious.The shop that specializes in selling this item is called Jinjiang Ice Shop, and it will open in two days.

The popsicles in the large wooden barrel in the carriage decreased at an extremely fast speed.

Since people are buying cheap popsicles and are reluctant to spend five or ten pennies on expensive ice cream, the popsicles will soon be sold out.

The customers who didn't buy it later had no choice but to buy ice cream for five cents a piece.

It may be that there are cheaper popsicles for comparison, but they just don't buy ten-cent ice cream.When the crowd dispersed, only the most expensive ice cream and boxed ice cream remained in the barrel.

After thinking about it, Zhi Geng simply drove into Fugui Street to sell.

The people living in Fugui Street are either rich or expensive, and even the servants are very happy to spend money.The carriage had only gone a few houses before the barrels were all emptied and the leaflets were distributed.

Today's task is completed, Zhi Geng smiles and loses his eyes.After setting up the carriage, immediately report to Jia Rong.

When Zhigeng returned to Jia Rong's dormitory, many ghosts had already returned, and they were listening intently to Huamei's vivid description of the wonderful things that happened in Rongguo Mansion in the past two days under her direct control.

Before Zhi Geng entered the door, Huamei had already told about the whole process of scaring Mrs. Wang the night before, and her reaction of being frightened and losing control.

What I'm talking about now is that the Rongguo Mansion invited Ma Daopo to do ghosts.

That Ma Daopo did have some small skills, but her ability to pretend to be a ghost is even greater.

Yesterday in Mrs. Wang's room, she burned talisman papers, splashed black blood, and killed ghosts with a mahogany sword.Little did they know that the real ghost was standing on the incense table she had made, resting his chin on his hands, watching her whole process of eliminating ghosts boredly.

Ma Daopo wiped the sweat off her brow a few times, and told Wang Xifeng that the evil spirit had been exorcised and would not harm anyone again.

Huamei rolled her eyes to the sky, and sent a cloud of bad luck to Ma Daopo.Looking at the members of the Jia family with relaxed faces, they decided to go play with Mrs. Wang again at night.

Unsurprisingly, Mrs. Wang lost control of herself again last night.

Everyone in Rongguo Mansion was very angry, thinking that Ma Daopo had deceived them.The next day, when she was asked to come over to settle accounts, she saw that Ma Daopo's nose was bruised and her face was swollen, and she looked haggard.Wang Xifeng and others almost couldn't recognize her.

Ma Daopo wept and told about the series of bad things she encountered after returning home from Rongguo Mansion.Choking on tea, choking on eating, and falling over while walking.In the night, she had nightmares again and again. In the first dream, she was dragged into the water by a water ghost to seek her life. In the second dream, she was buried alive. In the third dream, she was thrown into the frying pan.

In the morning, I finally got rid of the nightmare and woke up, but the bed collapsed.

After talking about her tragic experience, Ma Daopo articulated her excuse again.Said that she was not deceiving people, but that yesterday's ghost was so advanced that she used sorcery to deceive her eyes, making her think that she had killed the evil ghost, but in fact she hadn't.

And the reason why she was so unlucky was all because of the evil spirit's revenge.

At the end of the conversation, Ma Daopo suggested that Mrs. Wang go to the temple with her to stay for a while to get rid of evil spirits and ask for the blessing of the Bodhisattva.As for the evil spirits in the mansion, they may only be eyeing Mrs. Wang, and they will follow them at that time.At that time, please ask the high-level temple to kill it.

Mrs. Wang believed what Ma Daopo said, and before Thrush came to Jia Rong's place, she was listening to her ordering her servants to pack their luggage and prepare to move to the most famous temple in the capital for a temporary stay.

Huamei asked: "Master, do you need your subordinates to follow that wicked woman to the temple?"

Jia Rong thought about it seriously for a while, then shook her head and said, "For the time being, there's no need for it, if you accidentally scare her to death, wouldn't it be cheaper for her?"

If Wang Shi no longer counts against him because of this encounter, he will let her go and let her perish with the development of the book.

However, if Mrs. Wang still misses herself, then the novel he asked Jiang Qiankun to write with her as the main character will be published soon, and it will be printed and sold all over the world.

When Jia Rong thought of the content of the novel, she wanted to laugh.I don't know who Jiang Qiankun asked to write it, so "talented".

Seeing Jia Rong laughing for no reason, Huamei looked at him suspiciously. "Owner?"

"It's okay." Jia Rong waved her hand, took the carved food box that Peregrine Falcon had been holding, and handed it to Thrush. "There's some ice cream in it, you can freeze it and bring it back to Aunt Xichun to eat."

After a pause, Jia Rong added another sentence. "An outsider asked, and you said that when you went out to buy needles and thread, you came across a strange carriage selling ice and food in the alley not far from the door. Out of curiosity, you bought some."

Jia Rong was careful, and did not forget to tell her: "My aunt is still young, so it's not suitable for her to eat too much. Be careful not to let her eat too much and ruin her stomach."

Thrush should be busy.

Jia Rong looked away, looked at the ghosts who had returned from the mission, and waved them to report the situation.

Zhi Geng and other ghosts stepped forward one by one and told about today's trial sale promotion.

Hearing that all the ghosts said that the process was smooth and the people loved it, Jia Rong was very satisfied.He nodded in praise and said: "You guys are doing a good job! The fame has already begun to spread, and the next step is to expand it. You will expand the scope and continue to publicize tomorrow!"

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Modified some things.

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