463 Emperor Hao Xuanyuan
Some people looked at the fruit that Xue Sifu specially showed them, and then listened to Xue Sifu’s words. All their stomachs growled from the description that he shared.
Xue Sifu continued to work even harder. “I’m out to do business, I’d rather not sell things that could poison people. Everyone, why don’t you try it too? Look, I’ve eaten several of these, and I’m still fine.”
As he spoke, he took two large plates of strawberries and put them on the table.
They all saw Xue Sifu eat it with their own eyes, and decided that the strawberry would not kill them. They realized that it made sense that he was here to do business. If he dared to poison others, Xue Sifu himself would die, so many people took the leap of faith and tasted it.
They had never eaten this kind of thing before, and their eyes lit up.
They all wanted to grab a few more to eat, but unfortunately there were no more on the plate.
Xue Sifu took advantage of the situation and said with a smile. “Strawberry ice is eight coins a bowl if you’d like more.” He pushed the bowl of strawberry ice sprinkled with sugar on the table forward for everyone to see.
Is it two coins more than red bean ice?
Immediately, the whole place turned into an uproar.
“Give me one!”
“Me too!”
“I’ll have one too!”
“Okay, okay.” Xue Sifu kept answering, and he didn’t forget to say.
“We only have that many strawberries today, and they will be gone when they are sold out. By the way, my strawberries can be sold on the side on their own if you are interested. However, it costs fifteen coins per six hundred grams. However, I can assure you that the taste is tip top!
“Now that you’ve gotten a taste, I’m sure you know how tasty it can be. However, you should know that the skin is so thin and it is full of pulp so it’ll be easily damaged. The storage time will be very short. It should be fine for a day or two, and maybe three or four days, but more than that might ruin the flavor.
“So if you want to buy it like this, it is best not to buy too much, if it goes bad before you finish eating it, it will be a waste, everyone must think clearly before buying.”
It wasn’t until the sun went down that Xue Sifu came back from the town and said that the strawberries were selling well.
He also said that there were still people who came to buy ice, and they were from the county. Only one restaurant in the county sold ice, so their business was booming. When the people came and inquired about it, they were told that the Xue family was the one producing the ice. Unfortunately, their ice production was limited, so Sifu did not agree to sell more ice.
The reason why there was no ice in their county and town in the past summer is because of how high the heat was. No matter how hard they tried to save ice in the winter, the water in the rivers and ponds could not freeze thick ice that long. Thus, even if an ice cellar is dug, there is no way to cut ice in winter and store it in an ice cellar for summer use.
As for digging an ice cellar, it is too costly and troublesome to dig ice from other places and transport it in the ice cellar in winter, so no one has ever done it.
Anyway, whether it is the town or the county, there was a shortage of ice.
Xue Sifu also brought back the letter Pei Dongyu wrote to Xue Yan.
Shen Yuxuan went home last night and gave the letter to Doctor Shen, and today Doctor Shen gave it to Xue Sifu, asking Xue Sifu to bring it to Xue Yan.
In his previous life, Xue Yan would still be in the academy. Xue Yan also received this same letter in the academy. Now he was getting it at home. Xue Yan sat at the desk, looked at the letter in his hand, and was in a daze for a moment.
He didn’t need to open it to read, he knew what was written inside.
‘I have seen this before in my previous life.’
Xue Yan opened it slowly, took out the letter inside, opened it and read it again.
Pei Dongyu will be this year’s champion of the new subject. He was hand-picked by the current Emperor Hao Xuanyuan of Da Ling. Every word in the letter expressed Pei Dongyu’s joy and praise for Hao Xuanyuan.
He said that Hao Xuanyuan was indeed the most benevolent emperor in Da Ling’s history.
He also said that Hao Xuanyuan was extremely tolerant.
He also said that Hao Xuanyuan cherishes talents.
‘I hope that he won’t be that aggressive in this battle. When he is old enough to take the imperial examination, he will definitely be used by Hao Xuanyuan.’