Reborn Ugly Girl Farming to Support the Family

Zheng Dashan also put the crushed ice in a bowl and said, "Hawthorn sauce is added on top of the ice. You can add as much as you want."

Lixia's eyes lit up and he quickly escaped from his sister's hand, ran to the table and picked up a bowl of crushed ice.

He scooped three tablespoons of hawthorn jam from the bowl and poured it on the smoothie, then couldn't wait to take a big bite of the ice and jam.

He put a big mouthful of ice into his mouth, and it was so cold that he kept breathing out with his mouth open.

Zhou Chunfeng was so annoyed that she couldn't bear to watch it anymore. "Hey, you little brat, no one is trying to snatch it from you, why are you so anxious?"

Zheng Qingming glanced at his brother's silly look and scooped a small sip into his mouth.

A sip of cool water enters your mouth, the crushed ice slowly melts in your mouth, and the cold water flows down your throat into your stomach.

The heat in his body immediately subsided a little, and he felt comfortable from the inside out.

He once heard from his teacher that wealthy families would freeze their own ice to use for cooling down in the summer.

Some people find it troublesome and spend money to buy ready-made ice in the market.

But the price is very high, almost the same as gold.

He looked at the small half basin of ice cubes left in the basin. If he sold them, he would probably get several taels of silver.

Lixia didn’t have so many thoughts on this. His mind was now filled with how delicious this smoothie was.

“Huhu, sis, this smoothie tastes so good, I feel cool all of a sudden.

If I can eat a bowl of this every day, I won’t feel so miserable this summer.”

Zheng Qingming laughed and scolded angrily: "Do you know how much this ice costs per pound outside? Do you still dare to think that you can eat it every day? Even the rich families in our town may not be able to eat ice every day."

Lixia knew it of course, but doesn’t he have an older sister at home?

"Brother, the rich families don't know how to make ice, but my sister does. If we make it at home, it won't cost too much, right?"

He looked towards his sister, waiting for her confirmation.

Zheng Xiaoman nodded as he fed Chun Ya an ice smoothie, "It's indeed much cheaper than buying it outside. Shopkeeper Bai said that this saltpeter costs five taels of silver for one hundred catties.

Saltpeter can make ice. One pound of saltpeter can make about one pound of ice, so five taels of silver can make one hundred pounds of ice. "

Lixia blinked her eyes. "It's so expensive?"

Zheng Qingming felt that the price was not expensive. If he sold a hundred kilograms of ice, it would be no problem to sell it for over a hundred taels of silver.

Zhou Chunfeng didn't expect that saltpeter was so expensive. Thinking about the ice they had eaten, she suddenly felt a little painful.

Zheng Dashan looked at his daughter and said, "My daughter, you asked Shopkeeper Bai to bring back a hundred kilograms of saltpeter. Do you want to make ice and sell it?"

Everyone in the family looked at Zheng Xiaoman. Zheng Xiaoman smiled, nodded, and then shook his head.

Zheng Dashan didn't understand what she meant by nodding and shaking her head. "Girl, just tell me what you think."

Zheng Xiaoman said calmly: "Of course I will sell it, but I don't want to sell ice cream. I want to cooperate with others using the recipe for making ice cream."

In fact, it’s not that she doesn’t want to make ice cream and sell it at home, but firstly, there is a shortage of manpower at home, and secondly, the profit from selling ice cream is too high.

They are just an ordinary farming family. High profits can not only bring wealth to her family, but may also bring covetousness and disasters from others.

Given their family’s current status, any rich person could take the lives of their family members with just a flick of their finger.

So she would not take the risk until her brother and younger brother passed the imperial examination.

Such things are not uncommon even in modern times, let alone in ancient times when the laws were backward.

The third thing is that it is not difficult to make ice with saltpeter, and anyone who is interested can quickly find out that she has bought a large amount of saltpeter.

So it is better to cooperate with someone in advance. As for the choice of person, she wants to cooperate with Manager Bai.

However, she was worried that Shopkeeper Bai's family might not be able to eat it, so she would have to go and discuss the details with Shopkeeper Bai.

Zheng Dashan understood, "It's good this way. Everyone in my family only knows how to farm, and they know nothing about business. We really can't run such a big business.

My dear, do you plan to cooperate with Shopkeeper Bai?"

"Well, that's the idea now, but I have to go see Shopkeeper Bai tomorrow to discuss it."

Zheng Dashan didn't ask any more questions, "Okay, Dad will go with you tomorrow."

But what he didn't expect was that before Zheng Xiaoman could go find Manager Bai, someone else came to his door first.

It turned out that when Zheng Qingming went to school at noon, he brought Fang Xiucai a bowl of smoothie with jam.

If Mr. Fang said he was not surprised when he saw ice in the fields in the countryside, he would be lying.

He only asked two questions and found out the origin of the smoothie.

Fang Xiucai didn't expect that this ice was made by Zheng Xiaoman herself, and he couldn't help but become curious about her.

Although he liked this girl before, he mainly liked her cooking skills and her cheerful personality.

But until she could make ice, it was nothing like cooking.

The ice that these wealthy families use every summer is stored in ice cellars built in winter.

The same method applies to the ice sold outside.

It is obvious that the Zheng family does not have the conditions to build an ice cellar, so there must be other methods.

Of course, he would definitely not ask his students directly, and even if he asked, Zheng Qingming would not tell him.

This is the money his sister wants to earn. As her brother, he can't help, but he can't hinder her either.

So after school in the evening, Fang Xiucai followed Zheng Qingming and others to Old Zheng's house.

After hearing Fang Xiucai's plan, Zheng Xiaoman was a little surprised and asked, "Are you going to partner with me in this ice business?"

Mr. Fang smiled and said, "You can't say it was me, it was someone I know. I was just acting as a matchmaker between you two."

Zheng Xiaoman was a little hesitant. Although Fang Xiucai was his brothers' teacher, they did not have much contact with each other.

If she cooperated with Master Fang, she would have fewer concerns, but Master Fang's friend? She didn't know the other party, so she didn't dare to cooperate rashly.

How could Master Fang not see her concerns? He was satisfied that this little girl had a promising future.

"Girl, you can rest assured. I have known this friend of mine for decades. I know his character too well. He will never do anything to hurt others for the sake of profit.

Moreover, considering his family's financial situation, this business is really nothing to him."

Zheng Xiaoman felt a little relieved after hearing what he said, but she still said cautiously: "Master Fang, can you please ask your friend to come over so that we can meet and discuss the specific details of the cooperation? Is that okay with you?"

Mr. Fang stroked his beard and laughed, "Hahaha, of course, I'll write a letter to him right now, and he should be able to come over in three or four days."

Zheng Xiaoman smiled, "Okay, then I'll wait for this noble man to come."