Chapter 303 Ice Making
Third brother, if you do this, I can't do anything. If you want to wrap the land to others and feed it to others, then the money you owed me last time will be paid back now. If you don't have to come out, you can only get the land to pay off the debt. Cui Jingzhong is not going to live now. The money Yang took from Cui Jingping is all hers. It's Cui Wei's now seeing Cui Jingzhong use this money to build a house, Yang is planning to marry him. When he thinks of the dead Kong family, Cui Wei feels disgusting as if he eats a fly.
Yang looked at Cui Wei in disbelief, his lips trembled. The rain dripped down the edge of her hat, hitting the ground and shattered again. Her face showed hatred and anger, and said: You girl, you are so cruel, you have a house to live, clothes and food now. Think about your second brother, he is always your second brother, how can you bear to see him die Yang really can't figure it out. Which girl in a family doesn't live like Cui Wei. Every family is like that. She lives with her tail between her parents' home, and after getting married, she serves her parents-in-law and wives. After decades, she will be able to survive like this. Cui Wei can't stand this kind of life.
I don't dare to have the second brother Cui Wei who wants to sell her own girl like that when she heard Yang's words, she almost laughed, looked at Cui Jingping and said: Third brother, I don't want to be given to Cui Jingzhong from now on. When she said this, she was too lazy to pay attention to Yang and others. She pulled Nie Qiuran and said: Brother Nie, let's go.
Nie Qiuran agreed, and saw something wrong with her face. She held an umbrella and looked back at the two of Yangs. The cold young man was wearing a navy blue robe. A half of his handsome and gentle face appeared under the umbrella. He smiled, but it was inexplicably chilling.
Behind him, Yang was still crying softly, talking about her pain over the past few days. All of this was her own fault. Cui Wei didn't sympathize with her at all. Originally, she wanted to see Sun Mei's joke, because Yang had no thoughts about it. She spent a while in the Nie family, but not long after that. Cui Wei didn't sit still and went back alone.
I don’t know if it was because Cui Wei forced Cui Jingping to commit debts that day, but from now on, I rarely saw Yang go to Cui Jingping to ask for money.
The rain continued to drizzle until November, and it gradually stopped. However, it was not yet sunny and snowflakes floated in the sky. This was the first time in decades that it had snowed in Xiaowan Village. The whole village was a little excited. While worried about the harvest for the next year, it was also wondering if this was a signal of God's anger. You can listen to others' comments on the snow everywhere you go. The weather is even more cold, and many people have nothing to do. They hide together in groups of three or three to jump around.
Just after Cui Wei's birthday, the snow fell for more than ten days. The snow on the ground was half a foot thick. Fortunately, the family still had more cotton I bought in previous years. This year, because it was colder earlier, Cui Wei made new cotton coats early, and now she had already changed. She shivered early in the morning and was reluctant to get up. The door was frozen by ice and snow. Her hand touched the door panel, and it was like a bump of snow, which made people tremble. The couple got up early to clean the snow pile in the yard, revealing the blank yard. It was almost noon that Cui Shifu and his son were carrying the sheep milk that had already been floating on their heads.
After suffering from snow disasters these days, many fruits in Cui Wei's field were frozen. Some greenhouses had to be built. Some big trees that had just grown for a while had to be bundled with rice and straw, otherwise they might not be able to survive the trees and they would be frozen. After spending several years of hard work to take care of the land until now, Cui Wei was reluctant to freeze these trees, so she was going to find someone to help her in the past few days. It was still very difficult to rely on Cui Shifu and his son to do the acres of land. Taking advantage of the time when the father and son came to deliver the goat milk, Cui Wei brought up the matter.
Although Cui Shifu felt that he had taken the money, he wanted Cui Wei to spend additional money and hire someone. However, he knew the importance of it. The trees in this field had been planted for many years and could not be frozen at this time. Even if he and Cui Jinghuai did things without eating or drinking, it would probably take more than ten days to complete. In this way, the trees in many places would be frozen. Therefore, when Cui Wei mentioned this, he smiled a little guiltily and said: This matter is also worth it, but I will not collect wages this year. Let me pass the difficulties first. I have enough money now, so I will go to the villagers to help in the afternoon.
Cui Jinghuai also nodded. Cui Wei couldn't help laughing and said: Dad, don't worry, I still have some money here, and I can't spend much money to find someone to do. My Brother Nie is going to Beijing when spring is coming, so I want to go there with him and take a look at the situation in Beijing. If Brother Nie wants to stay in Shangjing this time, I will also be planning to open a shop there.
This matter was discussed by Cui Wei and Nie Qiuran. Nie Qiuran seemed gentle and easy to talk, but in fact he was extremely domineering inside. He knew in his heart that he would definitely stay in the capital. If he left Cui Wei alone in Xiaowan Village in Beijing, he would not agree to such a thing. Therefore, Cui Wei thought of opening a new shop in Shangjing. In this way, he could pass the time and not talk about it, but earn some money, and he would not have to circle around Nie Qiuran all day long.
The snow fell so heavily this year. I heard that some people were already trying to dig some empty fields to store ice cubes in many places. Cui Wei also had such a thought. If she wanted to open a shop, if she could have some ice, she would have more things to do in the future. Therefore, she convinced Cui Shifu to hire someone, and then talked about claying ice again: Dad, I think the snow is not small this year. I heard that people in many places are moved to dig some ice fields out. Now some wealthy families in the town will also find people to collect ice and store them well. If you also take time to make some, it would be better to sell them to make some money. In this ancient times without refrigerators, the price of ice cubes was not low. Even many wealthy families with deep financial resources could not afford it. If you are so cold today, it is not difficult to make ice cubes. As long as you sell them to families who can store ice cubes, you can make some money.
Her mind was flexible and fast, and she suddenly thought of getting an ice cellar for ice storage. After all, if she wanted to sell milk candies, dairy products and other products in the future, it would not take long to break down. If there were ice cubes, it would not only make some things delicious in summer, but also easy to store. More importantly, maybe she could make ice cream by making some ice cubes.
Cui Shifu was stunned for a moment. He was honest all his life, only knowing how to farm and support his family. At most, he thought of some ways to work as a short-term worker with others in his spare time to earn a few copper coins. He didn't think that the way to make money in this world is not just farming and working. No wonder his daughter is not old, but earning a lot of money. He really didn't expect such a way to make money. The weather was very cold at this time. Just find a piece of land, dig a big hole, and take a stone around it to clean it. It was like making a well, filling it with well water, and woven a bamboo lid on it to block the snow. In such weather, it would be possible to make some ice in three or five days. If it took more time, it would be possible to make a large pool of ice. If it could be sold, it would be possible to have several taels of silver. It was just a little troublesome in the early stage.
When he thought of this, Cui Shifu suddenly became a little excited. Cui Wei thought of this method very well. If he could earn some money, Cui Jinghuai could marry another wife after saving money. Cui Shifu immediately stood up and said happily: This is a good method, and it is hard for your brain to turn around quickly. He could actually come up with such a prescription. As long as he could sell two or three taels of silver, it would be worth it. The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and he couldn't even sit still. He wanted to get up and dig an ice cellar immediately. Cui Wei also knew that he was anxious. He smiled and stopped him. He quickly sent off the anxious Cui Shifu and his son, and then he hugged a shivering man in his arms.
A few days later, Cui Wei's orchard asked someone to tie up each fruit tree tightly with straw. As long as the tree poles and studs were protected, it would be not fearful to suffer some frostbite on the canopy. After a long time of busyness, I finished these things and found someone to build a tight greenhouse for short plants such as pineapples planted a few days ago. I put it on thick oil paper on it, blocking the snow and cold wind outside. The matter came to an end. At the same time, Cui Shifu and his son had already started to act now, and in December, the ice slowly formed.
The villagers saw the behavior of Cui Shifu and his son, and many of them were quick to learn. For a moment, there were people digging ice fields everywhere. Cui Wei couldn't sit still now, so she simply asked someone to buy another piece of the mountain behind the sheep pen, and someone dug out a deep cellar, and began to put away the ice cubes in the village.
After a New Year, the whole village began to become lively. Now almost every household has begun to prepare for ice fields and sell the prepared ice to Cui Wei's house. For a moment, every household is extremely happy and is grateful to Cui Wei. Now Cui Wei has become the object of gratitude to everyone in Xiaowan Village. She was originally a little jealous of her money and good marriage. Now in order to sell ice to her to make money, she also started to speak up with good words. Nie Qiuran had a good reputation, and now she is even more beautiful.
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Chapter completed!