Chapter 17 Taking Big Orders
Qin Zhi planned to sell more ice jelly during this hot weather. After all, it was expensive to build a house in the village. At first, Shen planned to build only three rooms. Later, Qin Zhi wanted to build a courtyard house according to his own ideas, which would cost much more. The head of the village calculated that it would cost at least fifty taels of silver to build it this way. Qin Zhi directly gave the head of the village another fifty taels of silver and asked him to help take care of it.
The next morning, Shen took the two sisters to the county school gate to sell ice jelly. There were already a lot of people waiting there.
The little fat boy from yesterday was the first one to run over.
"You are finally here. After eating your ice jelly yesterday, I felt cool all day. Today I will buy some more to bring back for my mother and younger sister." After saying that, a servant followed behind with a food box in his hand.
Qin Zhi took the big soup bowl that the servant took out from the food box, filled it up, poured red sugar syrup on it, and gave plenty of raisins and chopped hawthorns.
The fat boy told the servant to send the food box back quickly, then turned around and bought himself another bowl.
When the students behind saw this, they also shouted that they would ask the servant to buy some for their parents tomorrow.
There were many students today, many of whom were returning customers from yesterday. The ice jelly was sold out in a short while.
"The weather is too hot this year. I'm sweating all over early in the morning. It's so comfortable to eat a bowl of ice jelly." A tall student complained to the classmate next to him while eating.
"Yeah, I heard that it's dry in Yuanzhou and even hotter there. People there even have difficulty getting water." A person nearby also joined the discussion.
Qin Zhi thought that Zhan Xiao had been gone for two days and didn't know whether he had arrived in Yuanzhou.
At night, Qin Zhi came to the space. After harvesting rice last time, he quickly planted another season. Plants grow fast in the space, and it only takes one month from sowing to harvesting.
Qin Zhi went to the distant fields again, where the potatoes and sweet potatoes were basically ripe. Qin Zhi collected them all with his mind, and neatly stacked them in bags in the warehouse. This large warehouse also existed in the previous life. It was Qin's father's property. It had just been built and was about to open a logistics park. Now it has traveled with the original owner to the Great Xiao Dynasty.
Then he went to the cornfield, where all the corn was ripe. Qin Zhi harvested all the corn, threshed it, ground it into cornmeal, and stored it in the warehouse.
Later, I went to the vegetable garden and stored winter melon and pumpkin, which were easy to store. Then I saw taro next to it, which was even easier to store, so I also stored it.
But then again, even vegetables that are difficult to store will maintain their original freshness and will not spoil as long as they are in the space.
The spring water beside the vegetable garden was flowing. Qin Zhi scooped up a handful of water and drank it, feeling refreshed all over.
After returning to the room, Qin Zhi prepared the ice jelly to be sold tomorrow and went back to sleep.
In the next ten days, Qin Zhi went to sell ice jelly every morning and went up the mountain to collect herbs in the afternoon. Qin Zhi did not plan to sell these herbs, but prepared them and stored them in the space. While collecting herbs, Qin Zhi would stun wild animals and keep them in the space. In short, he wanted to save everything he saw that was edible.
On this day, Qin Zhi was selling ice jelly outside the county school as usual. Business was still as brisk as before, after all, when the weather was hot, everyone wanted something cool and icy.
Qin Zhi's ice jelly was later improved, adding crushed peanuts, candied beans, rice wine, small glutinous rice balls and taro balls. Of course, the price is different when different ingredients are added.
Many girls in the boudoir like to eat this kind of sticky and chewy dessert. After hearing about this food from their brothers at home, they also sent their maids to buy it.
These days, Shen was the happiest. Although she was very busy, her hands were cramped from collecting money.
Since leaving the Qin family, my life has become more and more relaxed and I am happy every day.
Qin Zhen also changed a lot. With the better food at home, she suddenly grew taller and her face became more rosy. After she put on the new clothes that Shen made for them, and sold ice jelly at the entrance of the county school every day and helped to greet customers, her personality became more cheerful, and her whole temperament changed dramatically.
The two large buckets of ice jelly that Shen picked out were quickly sold out. Many people were unable to buy any and left with regret.
"Let's make more tomorrow. They're only available for a month or so. If the weather gets colder, we won't be able to sell them." Seeing that so many people didn't buy them, Shen thought about making more tomorrow.
"Okay, then sit a little longer. I'll find a small cart and push it over tomorrow so that you can relax a little bit," Qin Zhi actually understood Shen. She had been suppressed by Liu for so many years, and she had never had a single copper coin in her hand, and she couldn't even buy a hairband for her daughter. Now that she can make money with her own ability, she can slowly save up dowries for her daughters. Shen was afraid that the good life now would disappear one day, so she worked hard while she could make more money. Make more money.
"Mrs. Shen," the little fat man suddenly came over and called out to Mrs. Shen.
"It's Brother Liu Qian. The ice jelly is sold out now." Shen pointed to the empty bucket. This little fat guy patronized the ice jelly stall every day. After a few visits, Shen knew his name was Liu Qian, and he was the eldest son of the wealthy Liu family.
Liu Qian waved his hands and said, "I'm not here to buy ice jelly today. I'm here to ask Mrs. Shen for a favor. The day after tomorrow is my grandmother's 70th birthday, and I want to order 200 bowls of ice jelly from you in advance. Last time I asked the servant to bring back ice jelly, and everyone in the family loved it. Especially my grandmother, she has bad teeth, this is just right for her."
"Okay, then we'll send it to your house early the day after tomorrow morning." Shen agreed with a smile.
When Liu Qian saw that Shen agreed, he was very happy and left his address before leaving.
Liu Qian's grandmother Qin Zhi had heard a little about her. She was said to be kind and generous and to like Buddhist things. Qin Zhi and her did meet once, but they were still young at that time.
Qin Zhi and his two companions returned to the foot of the mountain. Looking around, they saw that the new house had taken shape and a group of men were working hard. The midday sun was scorching, so the mother and daughter hurried into the house and put down their burdens.
Qin Zhi plans to make some popsicles at home. Summer would not be complete without popsicles.
Qin Zhi found the mung beans and red beans, washed them and boiled them for 25 minutes. He then boiled some glutinous rice paste separately, added sugar and boiled it, then let it cool naturally.
Put the cooked red beans and mung beans into the mold, then pour in the cooled glutinous rice paste, then insert a bamboo stick in the middle, and then put the mold in an ice basin to solidify. After solidification, take it out and wrap it with oil paper, and the delicious mung bean popsicles and red bean popsicles are ready.
Mrs. Shen and her two daughters each took a popsicle to eat, it was so cool.
Qin Zhi gave one to each of the villagers who were building houses. After eating them, everyone became more motivated.
Qin Zhi also taught them how to cook it. It was really simple and everyone understood it as soon as they heard it. They all said they would try to cook it for their children when they got home.
When Qin Zhi returned home, he found two uninvited guests.
"Second brother's wife, this is a good thing, think about it carefully," was Qin Dahai's voice.
Qin Zhi walked into the room and took a look. Qin Dahai and Mei were sitting on chairs, Shen was standing beside them, like a young wife being bullied by her mother-in-law, and Qin Zhen was standing beside them with her eyes red with anger.
When Shen saw Qin Zhi coming in, she felt like she had seen a savior.
"He said that our ice jelly recipe was passed down from the Qin family and we stole it, so he wants us to return it to the Qin family." Shen whispered a few words to Qin Zhi.
Qin Zhi smiled lightly and looked at Qin Dahai sarcastically.
Qin Dahai actually felt guilty when being looked at by his eleven-year-old niece.
"No," Qin Zhi said sternly.
"Ms. Shen, how did you teach your child to be so uncultured? Why does the child interrupt when adults are talking?" Mrs. Mei scolded Shen.
Shen was so angry. She had finally managed to start a small business, but then that blood-sucking family came up again.
"I'm the only one in our family who knows the recipe. If I don't want to give it to you, then I don't have to. What can you do to me?" Qin Zhi glanced at Mei with contempt.
"Er Ya, you are still young and don't know the significance of ancestral property to the family. You stole the Qin family's ancestral recipe, and according to the law you will go to jail," Qin Dahai was determined to get the recipe. When he learned that the owner of Wangxianlou had taken a fancy to the recipe of ice jelly, he took the initiative to volunteer as the manager. Qin Dahai later found out that the person who mastered the recipe was Shen's mother and daughter, and he became more confident.
"Okay, you said the recipe was passed down from the Qin family. I will hand over the recipe to the Qin family in two days. You go back first." Looking at Qin Dahai's face, Qin Zhi really didn't bother to say a word extra.
"Okay, the day after tomorrow is the day after tomorrow."