Chapter 24: Really shameless

"To tell you the truth, I am Shopkeeper Tong of the Jingtai Restaurant in town. The ice we use in summer is bought from the county town. It's too hot, and I'm too lazy to go there every day. If your ice is about the same price as the county town, I'll buy it from you from now on."

"Oh, so it's Shopkeeper Tong, excuse me, excuse me. You can also dig an ice cellar in your restaurant, it would be so convenient to use."

"Building an ice cellar costs a lot of silver, not to mention that our small town doesn't use that much ice."

Qiao Mai thought to herself, what a narrow view. An ice cellar can not only store ice, but also store ingredients that are easily spoiled when it gets hot.

It is a natural large refrigerator. For restaurants like this, the most important thing to build is an ice cellar.

What's expensive about digging an ice cellar? Once she buys a house, she will definitely build a great ice cellar.

If he doesn't listen to advice, forget it. This silver just happens to support her in buying a house, why not do it?

Qiao Mai didn't explain so much to him anymore, lest he wouldn't buy hers after having an ice cellar later.

"Understood, then how much is the ice you usually buy?"

"One tael of silver can buy twenty pieces like yours."

Qiao Mai frowned, "That is to say, fifty wen a piece?"

"Right. If the little lady doesn't believe it, you can go to the prefecture city to ask about the price."

"Fine, then I'll sell it to you."

"Can the little lady supply it normally?"

"Yes, as long as it's not windy or rainy, I'll set up the stall at this time every day. You can send a clerk to buy it."

"It's a deal!"

Shopkeeper Tong smiled and paid one tael of silver. "Little lady, lend me your wooden box, I'll have the clerk send it back to you in a while."

Qiao Mai gave him the wooden box, and the middle-aged man carried it away. After a while, a clerk returned an empty box.

She sat on the chair and stretched, and even let out an unrefined yawn.

Selling ice is not bad either. Twenty pieces of ice for one tael of silver, although it's a bit cheaper, it's good that there is a fixed income of one tael of silver every day.

The water in the space is never-ending, and it's not just selling these twenty pieces of ice. The feeling of an empty-handed white wolf is really good.

She put the wooden box on the ground, and with a thought, twenty more pieces of ice appeared inside. Then she used her consciousness to fill the box with water and continue freezing ice.

Just as she was silently calculating in her heart, she felt someone stop in front of the stall, but didn't speak. She looked up and looked forward.

Her two brothers from her maiden family were standing in front, looking at her and wanting to speak but stopping.

Qiao Mai lowered her eyelids and didn't even pay attention to them.

"Sister, are you okay?"

"Thanks to you, I'm very good. This time, you won't ask me to sell myself again and sever ties again, right?"

Qiao Jiang and Qiao He, the two brothers, blushed, "The family is poor, and Father and Mother have no choice."

"Then you should have more daughters to sell. If not, sever ties to get some money. Don't even think about it from me. The severance document has been written, and we will be strangers from now on."

"Sister, the situation at home is really not good."

"If it's not good, why don't you sell your daughters? Selling me once wasn't enough, you want to sell me a second time? In order to get things from me, you didn't hesitate to sever ties with me, and now you turn back to tell me these useless things. Hurry up and get out, I'm sick of seeing you."

"Sister, how can you say that?"

"How do you want me to say it? Do you want me to beg you to sell me again? Or beg you to drink my blood? Gnaw my flesh clean? Or thank you for selling me?"

"Sister, can't you be considerate of Father and Mother?"

"Are you getting out or not? If you don't, I'll shout! You Qiao family are just like the Tian family, all a bunch of shameless things. You sold your sister, and you still have the nerve to come and ask for consideration. Get out! Get out! Get out!"

"Don't, don't, we're leaving. Don't be angry, we'll come to see you in a while."

Seeing the two leave in a panic, Qiao Mai's anger was suppressed again and again. Damn it, Lihua Village is so far from this town, they must have come for her.

Bastards, it was fine for the Tian family to suck her blood before, but now her maiden family also wants to suck it. They sucked it before, now they want to suck it, and they plan to continue sucking it in the future. They are really shameless, shameless to the extreme.

Qiao Jiang and his brother left Tianshui Town. "Brother, Little Sister is setting up a stall there, is that stall hers, or the embroidery workshop's?"

"It must be the embroidery workshop's. She's a divorced woman, how could she have the ability to get such expensive things?"

"What a pity."

"Yes, that watermelon, cut big or small, sell more or less, Shopkeeper Lu isn't there, isn't it all up to her to say?"

"Also, if she cuts out one more piece to sell every day, that's fifty wen more, which is over one tael of silver a month, earning more than working for others."

The two brothers walked and calculated Qiao Mai's accounts. They wished that all the money Qiao Mai earned every day was theirs.

"Brother, will she forgive us?"

"She will. It's just a moment of anger now. No matter what, we are her relatives."

"But I feel she has changed a lot, she is no longer the sister we knew before."

"No matter how she changes, she is still our sister. Next time we come, we must make her heart soften. Such good watermelon, we must bring a few pieces back for Father and Mother."

"And the children in our family, bringing a few pieces isn't enough, we must bring one back, let's all taste it."

As they spoke, the brothers swallowed their saliva.

Qiao Mai sat in front of the stall, clenched her fists several times and then let go. It seems she has to prepare some tools in the future.

Guard against fire, guard against theft, guard against people from the Qiao family and the Tian family.

"Hey, little lady, this young master is here to buy melon again."

A sentence interrupted her train of thought. Qiao Mai stood up, saw the little boy who often bought melon to eat, and a charming smile immediately appeared on her face.

"Thank you, young master, for your patronage!"

"Hehe, it's mainly because your melon is good, sandy, sweet, and icy."

"I also sell ice here. If your family needs it, you can come to me to buy it."

"Mm, this young master will eat the melon first, and then tell Father and Mother when I get home. With ice, drinking green bean soup also feels refreshing."

Several students who came with him, some bought one piece, some bought two pieces. This little young master bought five pieces at once, he really was someone who didn't lack money. He could really eat! Qiao Mai liked this kind, the more the better.

In a short while, half a melon was gone. Qiao Mai, who had collected the money, was incredibly happy. The previous unhappiness also gradually disappeared because of the booming business.

Although embroidery earns a lot of money, it takes a long time for the money to reach her hands. This business is a long-term flow, and she can see money every day.

With this unknown little young master doing publicity, the newly added ice was also bought by many people.

Even the passing merchants, after eating the watermelon, bought some when they heard there was ice, put it in the carriage, and could dispel the heat in the carriage when freezing.

Melting into water can also drink ice water, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

At noon, she ate with the people from the embroidery workshop. Of course, the meal money was paid by Lu Sanniang.

She closed the stall early before dark. Some people who wanted to eat melon saw that there was no one left, and they were a bit anxious.

Qiao Mai, who returned home, did the first thing: lock the door, enter the space, and look at the child.

As Ling'er grew up, she could already turn over. She was afraid that she would fall off the bed during the day, so she often watched with her consciousness.

This was not the case. When she entered the room, the little guy was already lying on the bed, lifting her head hard and laughing at her. She giggled.

She hurriedly walked up and held her in her arms.

"Oh, our little Ling'er can move by herself, now mother doesn't have to worry about your posture being bad for your body."

After speaking, she kissed Ling'er's little face, causing Ling'er to giggle.

She changed Ling'er's diaper, then held her and started to mix the formula milk. There was no baby bottle, so she could only feed her one spoonful at a time.

If she had known about the space's function, she would have prepared one of everything in the supermarket.

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