Chapter 26: Changing Strategy

After all, the people in Yong'an Town are just poor commoners. Who has the spare money to buy food they have never seen before.

Not to mention the seven-wen-a-bowl ice cream.

Seeing that the ice cream in the bowl was about to melt, Jiang Wei sighed and said: "Forget it, we won't sell it today."

As she spoke, she was about to put the ice cream into the bamboo basket, and then quietly collect it into the space to re-freeze it.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a long gown walked across the street, followed by a servant, and saw them at a glance: "Yo, it's you mother and daughter!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked up and saw that it was the shopkeeper of Yuelai Restaurant!

The shopkeeper took the servant and walked over, nodding slightly to Jiang Wei: "It's been a long time since you came to sell wild game. The wild wolf you brought last time was really good. Those guests who love wild game liked it very much and shouted every day about when you would bring another one. When you hunt wild game again, you must sell it to our Yuelai Restaurant. The price is negotiable!"

"Okay." Jiang Wei nodded.

"What are you mother and daughter selling?" As he spoke, the shopkeeper looked into their bamboo basket.

"This is ice cream!"

Seeing this, Jiang Xiaoxiao hurriedly took out a bowl from the bamboo basket and promoted it vigorously: "This thing is very good for relieving heat! Shopkeeper Uncle, do you want a bowl?"

"Alright, how much is a bowl?"

"Seven wen!"

"Seven wen?!" The shopkeeper's action of taking out money paused slightly, and he looked at the ice cream in Jiang Xiaoxiao's hand with slight surprise.

Even the servant beside him couldn't help but look at the ice cream in Jiang Xiaoxiao's hand with surprise, seemingly puzzled that this small bowl of things actually sold for seven wen!

But in the end, the shopkeeper took out seven wen and bought this bowl of ice cream.

After all, this was the source of the wild game for his own restaurant. Even if he felt it wasn't worth the price in his heart, he would still buy it for the sake of the other party.

"Shopkeeper Uncle, use this spoon to scoop it." Jiang Xiaoxiao handed over a spoon in time.

"Oh, oh." The shopkeeper took the spoon and stared at the ice cream in the bowl. It had to be said that it smelled quite fragrant, with a rich milky fragrance.

He scooped a spoonful and fed it into his mouth. The next second, the rich milky fragrance and the smooth, delicate taste spread between his lips and teeth with a refreshing coolness.

He couldn't help but widen his eyes: "This, this...!"

The shopkeeper was so surprised he couldn't speak. He hurriedly swallowed the ice cream in his mouth. The piercing coolness went straight to his head, and he was frozen until he opened his mouth and took a few breaths of hot air: "Hoo~ so cool!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't help laughing: "Shopkeeper Uncle, eat slowly, ice cream is very cold."

"This, this thing is made of what? Why is it so delicious!" The shopkeeper couldn't help but scoop another large spoonful and feed it into his mouth.

This thing is not only delicious but also cool. After just one bite, all the heat from his journey dissipated. This is simply more refreshing than the herbal tea sold in the tea house!

"This ice cream is made of eggs, sugar, and milk." Jiang Xiaoxiao said with a smile.

"No wonder it sells so expensive, the materials alone are not cheap."

The shopkeeper finished the ice cream in the bowl in two or three bites, licked his lips with lingering aftertaste, and then looked into their bamboo basket again: "How much more of this ice cream do you have?"

"There are ten or so bowls left." Jiang Wei said.

In fact, she still had quite a lot in her space, but this was the first time testing the water today, and she didn't know if this thing could be sold, so she prepared ten or so bowls.

"Seven wen a bowl, right? Sell them all to me." The shopkeeper smiled and took out a string of copper coins, his smiling eyes flashing with light.

Based on his years of experience as a shopkeeper, if this ice cream were sold in a restaurant, it would definitely be very popular!

"Alright." Jiang Wei didn't refuse. Anyway, selling to anyone is selling, and selling out early can close the stall early.

She found a larger container and poured all the ten or so bowls of ice cream into it, and then reached into the bamboo basket to pretend to take out a few ice cubes and pad them outside, handing them over together: "This is frozen, eat it while it's cool, it won't taste good if it melts."

"Good, good!" The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, looking at these few ice cubes, his heart was another burst of surprise.

Ice cubes are also a rare thing in this summer.

But it is not uncommon.

I heard that the nobles in the capital have the habit of building ice cellars in winter to store ice and use it for cooling in summer.

Could it be that these ice cubes were also stored in advance in winter?

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper immediately felt that these few bowls of ice cream were sold cheaply.

Building an ice cellar costs a lot of money!

The shopkeeper thought about it and counted one hundred copper coins for Jiang Wei.

"You gave too much." Jiang Wei directly handed back the extra nine copper coins.

"Not much, not much!" The shopkeeper waved his hand hurriedly, "The few ice cubes you gave are worth a lot of money!"

Doing business, what matters is long-term cooperation. He has been a shopkeeper for so many years, and what he upholds is that people must be upright and honest, and absolutely cannot take small advantages.

As he spoke, he couldn't help but look into the bamboo basket again and asked: "Do you have any extra ice cubes? Can you sell me some?"

"No ice cubes, and I don't sell ice cubes." Jiang Wei shook her head and refused, firmly handing back the extra nine copper coins.

The shopkeeper couldn't resist her and could only accept the copper coins.

Seeing Jiang Wei put away the bowls and spoons and was about to leave, he didn't dare to delay any longer, fearing that the ice cream would melt and not taste good, and left in a hurry with the servant.

However, the mother and daughter who finished selling the ice cream didn't leave Yong'an Town directly, but walked toward the carpentry shop across the street.

"Mother, do you still want to buy something?" Jiang Xiaoxiao asked puzzledly.

"I thought about it, the cost of making ice cream is too high, selling it for seven wen a bowl is too expensive for the people in town, and not many people buy it. We might as well sell popsicles with lower costs."

The method of making popsicles and ice cream is about the same, but the cost is much cheaper.

Ice cream needs more cream and egg yolks to maintain the taste, but popsicles don't need these ingredients, and usually only need a small amount of milk, sugar, and glutinous rice flour to make.

And popsicles can be inserted with a wooden stick, which is convenient to carry and use anytime, anywhere, and there is no need to prepare extra bowls and spoons when selling to guests.

Arriving at the carpentry shop, Jiang Wei directly stated her purpose: "Boss, I want to order a few molds."

After setting the time to pick up the molds, the mother and daughter left the carpentry shop.

"Let's buy a few chickens and go back." Jiang Wei thought about it.

Now that the family has vegetable fields, it is just missing a few chickens.

So, the mother and daughter turned to another street to buy chickens.

This street selling livestock is much more lively than the food street just now.

Jiang Xiaoxiao walked all the way and found that there were not only chickens for sale, but also ducks, pigs, mules...

There were even cows for sale!

Jiang Xiaoxiao listened to a word when passing by. A cow costs at least twenty-five guan!

Tsk, so expensive!

Twenty-five guan is twenty-five taels of silver. How much spare money does the family have to be willing to buy it?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 27 =====