The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 76 Sold Out

Fatty Xu Wei was very annoyed, because he made an appointment with Jia Huan years ago to meet outside Baomoxuan on the [-]th day of the first lunar month after the Chinese New Year, but Jia Huan did not come after waiting.

Tie Hu and Xing Wei looked at each other, and put on a defensive posture subconsciously, not because of the angry Xu Xiaopang, but because Xu Xiaopang was followed by four big and round men, all of them had sharp eyes, a solid lower body, and they were quite capable.

Xing Wei felt a little apprehensive, and asked Tie Hu in a low voice: "What is the origin of this fat boy, is he the enemy of Third Lord Huan?"

Tie Hu didn't know Chu Wei either, so he shook his head imperceptibly, motioning him to keep silent.

At this time, Jia Huan said apologetically: "Brother Xu, I'm really sorry, I suddenly had something to get out of my body that day, and I didn't mean to break the appointment." After speaking, he bowed solemnly.

Xu Wei's tense chubby face relaxed a little, and said displeasedly: "Even if you can't get away, why don't you send someone to say something?"

Jia Huan said sincerely: "It's hard to say, that day... I was grounded by my aunt and couldn't go out at all."

Xu Wei suddenly realized, and showed sympathy, Ganqing Jia Huan is a concubine, and strictly speaking, he himself is only a concubine, and the difference in treatment between a concubine and a concubine is too great.

"So that's the case, but I blamed Brother Jia wrongly." Xu Wei said apologetically.

Jia Huan smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. After all, I broke the appointment and made Brother Xu wait for nothing. How about it, I will invite Brother Xu once today as an apology."

Xu Wei glanced strangely at the drunk fairy behind him and said, "Brother Jia just came out of it, can you still eat?"

Jia Huan smiled mysteriously and said, "Brother Xu, please taste a fresh and rare food today, I guarantee you have never eaten it before."

Xu Wei said disapprovingly: "Is there any new and rare item that the palace... I have never tasted before. I have eaten all the snacks in the streets and alleys of the capital."

Tie Hu and Xing Wei looked at each other, thinking that this kid was bragging, but judging from his figure, he seemed very convincing.

Jia Huan smiled confidently and said, "I bet you have never eaten."

Xu Wei suddenly became interested, waved his chubby little hand and said, "Since that's the case, brother Jia will lead the way, I don't believe there are good things in the capital that I haven't eaten before."

Immediately, Jia Huan took Xu Wei to the ice cream parlor. When Xu Xiaopang saw it, he wondered, "Ice cream? I have never eaten this thing before. Is it a cake made of snow? It is very novel."

As he spoke, he wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

Xu Wei looks eleven or twelve years old this year, but his weight is estimated to be 120 kilograms, which is seriously overweight, and fat people are generally afraid of heat. It is only the beginning of March, and he is sweating profusely after walking for a while. The attendants at the side are fanning him vigorously.

Seeing this, Jia Huan smiled knowingly, and ordered Tieniu to fetch two ice creams that were steaming, one for Xu Wei, and one for himself, and took a good bite.

Xu Wei's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "It turns out it's iced, but it's just what I like. I took it and started to bite."

The few bodyguards behind him hesitated to speak, but seeing that Xu Wei was fine after taking a few bites, they stopped interfering.

"It's so cool, lady boss, another ice cream!" Xu Wei finished eating an ice cream in three or five strokes, and immediately felt cool, and this thing is sweet and sticky, which suits his taste.

Hongling immediately took another matcha-flavored ice cream from the wooden freezer and gave it to Xu Wei. The latter still couldn't get enough of it after eating it. He licked his lips and asked, "Miss Boss, this ice cream tastes good, how much is the price?"

Hong Ling smiled and said, "One penny and one stick."

Xu Wei's eyes widened immediately, and he lost his voice: "Such a good product, only a penny a piece? How is this possible? You didn't lie to me, did you?"

The men behind Xu Wei were also very surprised. The price of iced food is not cheap, because the cost of storing ice is there. This ice cream is sold so cheap, is there any profit?
Hong Ling explained with a smile: "Today is the first day of opening of the shop, and one penny is just a trial price. From tomorrow onwards, this price will no longer be available. It costs twenty pennies a piece."

Xu Wei suddenly said: "So that's the case, then give me another sweet-scented osmanthus flavor, um, you guys should try it too."

The four bodyguards behind Xu Wei hurriedly said: "Thank you Qiye." He took an ice cream from Tie Niu and started to lick it happily.

Jia Huan looked at Xu Wei who was eating with gusto and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, I am right."

Xu Wei smiled and said: "I really haven't eaten this thing before, by the way, proprietress, can I ask if this ice cream can be taken away?"

Hong Ling smiled and said: "Yes, but the ice cream must be served with ice cubes, otherwise it will melt when heated. Our store can provide ice cubes and containers, but there will be an extra charge."

When Xu Wei heard the words, he said proudly: "Silver is not a problem, pack fifty for me... no, one hundred, some of various flavors."

Both Tieniu and Hongling were taken aback, and asked cautiously: "My lord wants so much, can you finish it?"

Xu Wei said disapprovingly: "There are so many people in the family, I am afraid that there will not be enough food. Even if you can't finish eating, just put it in the ice cellar."

Tie Niu and Hong Ling were overjoyed, this little chubby boy had an ice cellar at home, he was a big family, he quickly packed a hundred popsicles for Xu Wei in a small wooden box.

This kind of small wooden box is specially designed by Jia Huan for takeaway. It has a sandwich inside, stuffed with cotton to keep it warm, and the bottom layer is covered with crushed ice. It becomes a simple small refrigerator. It is no problem to store twenty or thirty ice creams.

Of course, if the customer does not want the box, he can pay a deposit, take the box away first, and return the deposit at that time, which is very convenient.

One hundred sticks of ice cream filled four small wooden boxes, costing a total of [-] Wen. Xu Xiaopang directly gave three taels of silver, equivalent to the original price of [-] Wen each. In his words, such good things should be sold at this price. If you give a penny a piece, it would be too humiliating to such a good summer product.

Tieniu and Hongling beamed with joy and thanked each other repeatedly.

Xu Xiaopang's magnanimous behavior obviously attracted the attention of passers-by, and more and more people came into the store to buy ice cream. Within half an hour, all the stock in the store was sold out, and the returning customers who came later could only leave cursing.

Tie Hu and Xing Wei couldn't help but admire them. When they opened this morning, there were very few customers, and they couldn't sell a single one. They thought the ice cream shop was a failure, but they didn't expect the third master to turn things around and sell out all the stocks.

Let’s say that Qian Huai was wandering outside, and when he was bored, he went into the gambling shop to join in the fun. He couldn’t help playing a couple of tricks, and he was lucky enough to earn dozens of pennies.

At this time, Tieniu and Hongling were already doing cleaning and were about to close the door. Qian Huai said teasingly at the first sight: "Tie Niu, the sun hasn't set yet, so it's closed? No more business?"

Tie Niu buzzed: "It's all sold out, why don't you close the door?"

Qian Huai was taken aback: "Sold out? You're lying to a ghost!" After speaking, he ran to open the wooden cabinet containing the ice cream, and found that there was no ice cream in it, only a few ice cubes left.

"This...is it really sold out? Impossible!" Qian Huai rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

Tie Hu sneered and said, "You kid, you wish you couldn't sell it, right?"

Qian Huai said with a sneer: "Where, the business of the third master's shop is good, and I am too happy. By the way, where is the third master?"

Hong Ling frowned and said displeasedly: "The third master has returned to the house first, Qian Huai, you are becoming more and more lawless now, where have you been running around for so long, leaving the master to play by yourself, how decent, I will tell the old lady carefully, see if you can expose your skin!"

Now that Hong Ling has left the mansion, Qian Huai is naturally not afraid, and pretending to be wronged, she salivated and said, "I've been wronged to death, it was the third master who thought I was annoying and asked me to play by myself, and now it's my fault?"

Hong Ling said angrily: "The third master asked you to play, but he didn't let you have no day and night. What time do you think it is now? Ping'er is so easy to talk, if I'm still in the third master's room, let's see if I will spare you!"

Qian Huai's face was flushed from being scolded, and she was about to turn around and leave in desperation. Hong Ling shouted: "Stand, this box of ice cream is reserved by the third master for the girls, you take it back."

Qian Huai had no choice but to go back, picked up the small wooden box, and left without saying a word.

Tieniu shook his head and hummed: "Qian Huai is a shameless kid. When he met a vicious dog on the road, he climbed up the wall first and left the third master where he was. He was almost injured by the vicious dog."

Tie Hu sneered and said, "I've been displeased with this guy for a long time, why did the third master keep this kind of thing by his side?"

Hong Ling sighed and said, "Qian Huai is the nephew of my aunt and sister-in-law, so the third master must have taken care of his relatives."

Besides, when Qian Huai returned to Rongguo Mansion, he handed over the box of ice cream to Ping'er, and saw that Jia Huan was concentrating on studying, so he didn't dare to disturb him, and slipped out quietly.

Ping'er didn't want to disturb Jia Huan at first, but found that the box of ice cream was kept in ice cubes, and he was afraid that it would melt if it was too late, so he went into the inner room and asked softly, "Master, this box was just sent by Qian Huai, what should I do with it?"

Jia Huan put down his pen and said with a smile: "This is ice cream, you leave some for everyone to try, and send the rest to the girls and buddies, so that they can try it too."

Ping'er nodded and said, "What about the new Miss Bao?"

"Send some as well." Jia Huan said casually, saying that Xue Baochai had been in Jia's mansion for seven or eight days, and he hadn't had a chance to meet him, and he probably had to wait until after the county examination.

(End of this chapter)