Chapter 124 Pink Glow
"Is there an ice storage in Kaiyang County?" Qin Yao asked curiously.
Thinking of the various ice drinks before the end of the world, Qin Yao couldn't help but swallowing secretly.
Having a piece of ice in the hot summer is such a comfortable feeling.
Liu Ji nodded, "Yes, it's in the ice house outside the city. Every year after the snow falls, the river freezes over, and the government orders people to chisel the ice back into the ice house. The ice stored last year can be used until this autumn."
Then wait until winter to continue storing it, and continue using it after storing it, and repeat this process.
However, seeing Qin Yao's enthusiastic look, Liu Ji had to pour a bucket of cold water on her.
"That government icehouse only supplies ice to the city's nobles. Ordinary people like us can forget about it. If you have a lot of extra money, you can treat me to a bowl of dessert at the dessert shop."
As he said this, he swallowed his saliva unwillingly.
Qin Yao sneered at him, "Dream on!"
When she passed by just now, she saw the brands of drinks with the word "snow" on them. The starting price of a cup was fifty cents, which was enough to buy the three pounds of pork in her hand.
Anticipating her reaction like this, Liu Ji turned his back and made a snort.
When she turned around, Qin Yao had already brought Lao Huang out.
The couple looked at each other and then remembered an embarrassing question.
Two people, one horse, how to ride?
Thinking of the possibility that something might be unfavorable to him, Liu Ji stepped forward and grabbed the reins, asking tentatively:
"My wife, you won't let me run behind the horse, right?"
Qin Yao was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and asked directly: "Can you ride it?"
Liu Ji shook his head honestly.
He would like to, but his family must have the conditions to do so.
Qin Yao shook her head and said, "Get on the horse. You sit in the front."
"Ah?" Liu Ji subconsciously raised his hand to measure the heights of the two people. Qin Yao was a head shorter than him.
If she sits in the front, will she still be able to see from the back?
Qin Yao slammed his raised hand open, and Liu Ji gasped in pain.
It turns out that it is visible!
Because when the horse accelerated, he was so scared that he just lay on the horse's back and held the horse's neck tightly.
There was a whistling sound of strong wind next to my ears. Just as I was about to open my mouth, a mouthful of sand and dust flew in, and my butt was almost broken into pieces by the shaking.
He wanted to change his posture a little, but a warm body pressed down on him, and the fragrance of soapberry drifted into his nose.
Liu Ji froze instantly!
Later, later, he could no longer remember how he returned to Liujia Village.
I only remember hearing a voice behind me: "We're here, get out."
Then, he was ruthlessly thrown off the horse. He stood there in a daze, looking at the fiery sunset in the sky, which was pink and very beautiful.
A man and a horse rode forward against the sunset glow. The woman had her back straight, her body rising and falling with the horse's back, her ponytail tied up high swaying from side to side. She was so unrestrained, as if nothing in the world could restrain her.
He subconsciously stretched out his hand, wanting to grab something, but caught nothing. He could only watch the heroic figure gradually walking away.
"Gurgle~"
Liu Ji swallowed unconsciously, shook his head violently, and when he looked up, he actually felt that the person on the horse was surrounded by a pink glow.
He raised his hand and slapped himself lightly!
Now the pink light is gone.
Qin Yao stopped at the open space by the village well, but did not see any children in the house.
Maybe he didn't succeed in his bayberry soup business, so he went home early.
Qin Yao smiled helplessly, turned around and shouted: "Liu Ji, hurry up!"
Liu Ji came up breathlessly, looking up and complaining, "I have two human legs and you have four horse legs, and you didn't even say wait for me, and you're hurrying me up!"
Qin Yao frowned. Why did she feel that the useless man's tone of voice today was full of coquettishness?
Never mind. She reached out and took the bag from him and put it on the horse, and then went to the Ma family.
Without the luggage, Liu Ji didn't go much faster. He would stop and sing to every villager he met along the way.
When others complimented him and called him "Liu Caizi", he shamelessly responded.
After such a long delay, Qin Yao had to go home, take off the saddle and feed the horse before he entered the house.
He smiled as soon as he entered the door, which showed that he had received a lot of compliments along the way. He used to be a scoundrel that everyone hated, but now he has become a talented person that people praise, feeling very happy.
"Huh?" Liu Ji scooped up some water to wash up, and looked around the kitchen and other rooms. No one was there. "Where are Dalang and the others?"
Qin Yao threw a handful of fine hay to the horse, clapped her hands and walked in through the back door. There was no one in the backyard.
"Maybe he went somewhere to play," she guessed.
When Liu Ji saw her coming, he subconsciously brought the basin in front of him over and said, "My lady, wash yourself."
After doing this, he slapped the back of his hand in annoyance, saying, "You are such a jerk!"
Qin Yao saw his weak "struggle", chuckled, and wrung out a handkerchief to wipe his face and neck.
Then he took off his coat and hung it on the clothesline in the yard. He then stood in the corridor wearing only a thin linen top, facing the door and enjoying the breeze.
Liu Ji was stunned by such ferocity.
Qin Yao glanced at him and said, "Why are you looking at me? It's getting dark, go out and look for the kids!"
The familiar days of oppression began again. He had just entered the door and hadn't relaxed for a quarter of an hour.
He was complaining in his heart, but with a meek smile on his face, "Hey, I'll go out and take a look."
Just as I was about to go out, the excited conversation of four children came up from the bottom of the mountain.
Soon, four familiar figures appeared at the gate.
When they saw their father and mother, the twins were stunned at first, and then ran in, eager to share their joy of the day.
Sanlang said, "Dad, my second brother sold a lot of bowls of bayberry soup!"
Si Niang said, "Mother, mother, the bayberry soup we made was sold out in no time. My eldest and second brothers went up the mountain to pick wild bayberries. We have to make some to sell tonight!"
Liu Ji was confused, but he still responded: "Not bad, not bad, Dalang, Erlang, let Daddy see if you have grown taller."
Ji Lang rolled his eyes. "It's only been ten days. How can I grow so fast? I'm not an onion."
Dalang gave face to his father and came forward with a heavy basket of sour wild bayberries, asking Liu Ji to demonstrate.
Qin Yao didn't expect that the bayberry soup for several people had been sold out, and the business was so good that she had to make a second batch.
Without hiding her surprise, she looked at Jiro and asked, "How much do you sell a bowl for?"
"Two cents a bowl." Erlang put down the basket on his body. It was full of bayberries and very heavy.
Then he said excitedly: "Mother, you don't know how much everyone likes the bayberry soup we make. When it comes to autumn harvest, they are willing to spend money on it."
As soon as Qin Yao went out in the morning, Erlang and Dalang carried the clay pots filled with bayberries, while Sanlang and Si Niang took bowls and spoons and went out.
Dalang said he wanted to go to the village well, so Erlang took the bayberry soup directly to the field and sold it on the ridge.
As soon as I opened the jar, someone came up and asked about it, smelling the smell.
Dalang nervously said two cents a bowl, but he didn't expect the other party to order two bowls immediately.
They say the weather is too hot and the autumn harvest is too hard, so it's okay to spend money once in a while.
It turned out to be a good thing. The four brothers and sisters walked through acres of rice fields and delivered the goods directly to the people. They first gave them bayberry soup on credit, and then went back to the people's house to get the money.
As the morning went by, the cans in the backpack became lighter and lighter, and they were all sold out before I knew it.
Erlang pulled Qin Yao into the main room, looked at her expectantly, and then took out a sackcloth bag from his arms.
"Crash!"
Dozens of copper coins fell onto the dining table, making a pleasant and crisp sound.
I sold thirty bowls of bayberry soup for a total of sixty cents.