435 Two More Bowls
“Alright, alright.” Xue Sifu sent the two of them out of the shade and watched them walk away. Then, he walked to the bottom of the shade and said to Xue Yan and Jiang Yue,
Keep the document first and leave it with Mother when you get back. If you keep it well, I can leave it with you too. I won’t have to care about it.”
“I understand, Sifu.” Xue Yan and Jiang Yue both agreed.
“Good, good.” Xue Sifu laughed as he flicked the heads of the two precious children. When he turned around, he saw that Jinshan’s mother and the others were still in a daze. He did not have any reaction. They did what they were supposed to do and did not dare to look in his direction.
It wasn’t that they were guilty, but that they were too shocked with the amount.
This ice business was very profitable!
It was already very good for them to earn two silver a year, but this man had directly earned two hundred silver in a day?
“Must be nice.” Jinshan’s mother couldn’t help but blurt out these two words as she continued to cook the rice noodles.
Xue Sifu saw their reactions and didn’t think much of it. It was normal. His family was awkward with the attention at first, but he quickly got used to it.
Jiang Yue and Xue Yan thought so too, so they felt it was normal.
Yesterday, people didn’t come to eat ice until it was almost noon. Today, because many people knew there was ice here, especially those who had free time to shop on the street, they began to order a bowl of ice, regardless of whether it was still early in the afternoon.
These people were sweating and wanted to eat ice or drink iced sour plum juice to cool down, not because they were hungry. At this time, naturally, no one ordered a bowl of liangpi or cold rice noodles.
Those who were in charge of chiseling the ice started to get busy.
Those who filled the ice and poured red beans on the ice also started to get busy.
The people serving the sour plum juice also started to get busy.
Those who weren’t busy would help around.
This was especially so for Li Qingshu’s mother and Jinshan’s mother. When they saw that there was no work at hand, they would rush over to help if there was anything that needed help with. They fought to do whatever they could. They were both glad that they were hired, so they cherished the moment and wanted to do a good job.
There were enough people, so they didn’t need Jiang Yue and Xue Yan’s help. Plus, the sunshade wasn’t big enough to fit everyone, so it was crowded. The two children would be in the way if they went over, so they didn’t go over and remained sitting at the small table.
Although there was a shade over their heads, the sun was still shining outside. They could only sit under the heat.
Jiang Yue took out two popsicles from the quilt in a small wooden box, giving one to Xue Yan and one to herself.
After removing the oilpaper, the two of them began to eat slowly. The moment the popsicle was eaten, they immediately felt much cooler.
“Do you want to eat a popsicle?” Jiang Yue asked.
“No thanks.” Xue Sifu had just received money from a customer. Hearing this, he immediately turned around and smiled at them. “The sour plum juice is here. Don’t just eat popsicles. You’re just a child, it’s not good to eat too many popsicles. Just eat two a day. You should be fine with two more bowls of sour plum juice too.”
“Okay.” Jiang Yue and Xue Yan both agreed.
When the popsicles were half-eaten, someone came to buy more popsicles. Since Xue Yan wanted to write a document, Jiang Yue brought a bowl for Xue Yan to put the popsicles in.
She ate with one hand and grinded the ink with the other.
After Xue Yan finished the document, the man paid the deposit and left with the document. Xue Yan then continued to eat his unfinished popsicle.