The Female Officer Became a Farmer After Getting Reborn

   Chapter 423 424 Warm, cold

   Li Yu pointed at Zhou Jia and smiled proudly, "What do you think, can this profitable business be done?"

   "Yes," Zhou Jia squeezed some powder and whispered, "Is this the leftovers used in Yunzhou?"

  Li Yu nodded, "I heard Jixiang said that Chu Sihai returned to the capital yesterday, so let's go to him and tell him that the price should not be too expensive, and that it will bloom everywhere, with small profits but quick turnover."

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Jia understood what Li Yu meant, "Small profits but quick turnover, yes! There are so many people in Kyoto City, if a pot of ice only sells for ten or a few cents, everyone doesn't mind buying it back to cool down and make some. Eat in an ice bowl."

Li Yu remembered the various ice drinks in his previous life, took a sip of his saliva, and nodded with a smile: "Yeah! To make a watermelon ice bowl and fruit ice bowl, the ice made by filtering the nitric acid first can be practical, and then the ice will be shaved. It may taste even better if you sprinkle it finely on the cut fruit, or use pulp or milk.”

"Yeah! You're greedy," Zhou Jia saw Li Yu's saliva, and hugged her to the bed, "You can't eat too much cold food, it's too late today, come a little tomorrow. ."

   Li Yu looked back at him with a smile, "Okay! Listen to you, eat in the car tomorrow."

   Zhou Jia kissed her on the lips and said softly, "Lie down and let me see if your feet are swollen?"

  Li Yu nodded, "It's a little swollen."

   Zhou Jia took a look at Li Yu's feet and found that they were slightly swollen.

   "I'll knead it for you. Remember to let Xinghua knead it for you on Zhuangzi to save your feet from swelling." Zhou Jia instructed, kneading gently on her leg.

  Li Yu looked at him with a smile, "Yeah! You should sleep too! It's tiring to work in the yamen."

   "Don't be tired, let's talk later."

   Li Yu nodded with a smile, "Oh! I'm getting more and more greedy now, and I've come up with a lot of ways to eat those ice..."

  The couple cared about each other, Zhou Jia told Li Yu some interesting stories in the yamen, and when she saw her snoring slightly, she lay down beside her and fell asleep.

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In the small courtyard next to the Tongzhou Guild Hall, Laidi looked at Li Fengqi who was sleeping soundly after eating and washing at home. She wanted to tell him that she might be pregnant. He squeezed Li Fengqi angrily, and when he saw him muttering twice, he turned over and fell asleep again.

  Laidi looked at Li Fengqi, who was sleeping soundly, thinking about teaching two children to study, is she really so tired? He didn't even have the energy to say a word, so he turned around in front of the oil lamp in a gloomy mood, feeling his stomach and thinking that he would have to go see a doctor tomorrow.

   Early the next morning, Laidi stopped Li Fengqi, who was about to go out, "Fengqi, I'm a little uncomfortable. I want to see a doctor. Can you accompany me?"

   "Why are you a woman asking me to see a doctor? Let the old lady accompany you." Li Fengqi turned to look at Laidi and left a sentence, and left without looking back.

  Laidi watched Li Fengqi leave without looking back, so angry that the handkerchief in her hand was still on the ground with a 'smack', she went into the room full of grievances and lay on the bed,

   I remembered Zhao Di for some reason, and remembered how sweet my sister looked when her brother-in-law was anxious to let her see when she said she was not feeling well, tears welling up in her eyes. Just as Zhou Jia's family was about to go out, Jixiang came to report that the shopkeeper Chu was visiting the two.

   Zhou Jia asked Jixiang to bring him in, and after a while he saw Chu Sihai with a long follower carrying a bamboo basket.

   Zhou Jia smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Big shopkeeper, I was thinking of finding you, so here you are."

  Chu Sihai returned the salute, jokingly said, "Master Zhou doesn't miss me!"

   Zhou Jia smiled and said, "I miss you, but I have something good to think of you."

  Chu Sihai pointed to the bamboo basket that Changsui put down, and said with a smile, "I just came out of the palace, and your Majesty sent me to bring you some lychees for the royal offering, and I will bring whatever I prepared for you."

   Zhou Jia happily bowed and saluted, "Thank you Your Majesty for the gift!"

Chu Sihai looked at Zhou Jia's happy look, smiled bitterly, and sighed: "Alas! This thing is not easy to transport, a lot of ice was used on the road, and a lot of money was spent to buy ice, but I still can't make it in time, it's broken. A lot."

   Zhou Jia walked beside Chu Sihai and said with a smile, "I said something good is looking for you, that's what I said."

  Chu Sihai looked at Zhou Jia curiously, "Did you mean lychee?"

   Zhou Jia saw that Chu Sihai didn't think about the ice at all, and smiled at him: "You are too unimaginative, come with me, I will show you something good."

  Chu Sihai saw Zhou Jia with a smug smile on his face, and thought to himself: After so many years of traveling, I haven't seen anything, but with Mrs. Li there, maybe there are really rare things to see.

   Chu Sihai thought so, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take a look at Lord Zhou's surprise today."

Zhou Jia took him to the study, went to make a half-bath of water, and mixed it with saltpeter. Seeing that Chu Sihai's eyes were about to pop out, he asked with a smug smile, "Big shopkeeper, look at this thing. Is it a rare treasure with great profits?"

"Yes yes yes!" Chu Sihai said in a series of voices, excitedly circling the ice basin, trying to cool down with his hand, and bowing to Zhou Jiachang, "Oh! Lord Zhou, you have helped me a lot, you I also know that His Majesty's thoughts on the north are a money-burning errand.

  Your Majesty doesn't want to increase taxes on the common people. I'm about to go bald. Even when I sleep, I'm thinking of new ways to make money. You really saved my bald hair! "

   Zhou Jia smiled and helped Chu Sihai, "Big shopkeeper, we should be lucky to meet a majesty who is diligent in politics and loves the people, wait! We can see the day when Dayong prospered!"

   "Lord Zhou is right. I want to take care of the money bag for His Majesty, so that His Majesty will have no worries. Sir Zhou, have you helped me a lot?"

Zhou Jia smiled and said: "In addition to selling ice to cool off, this thing can also be sold as a snack, but when you eat something in your mouth, you must filter the saltpeter first, and there are other ways to do it. There are so many rich young men in Kyoto, Everyone, when the time comes, the money will flow into your pockets."

   "Come on, tell me, what are some novel ways to eat?" Chu Sihai looked at Zhou Jia with glowing eyes.

Zhou Jia told Chu Sihai about how to eat ice bowls, ice drinks, ice cheese, etc. that Li Yu said, and said with a smile: "My wife likes to eat it since she was pregnant, and these are all things she came up with when she was idle. , specifically how to do it, let the cook think of tricks."

   "Okay." Chu Sihai responded, took a pen and recorded it carefully, and then saluted Zhou Jia: "Master Zhou, thank you, I will go to the palace to report to Your Majesty, and give you a share."

   Zhou Jia smiled and waved, "You don't need to give too much, just give me the shares of the rice seeds. This thing is simple and easy to make. You don't need me to tell you to keep it secret."

   Zhou Jia remembered Li Yu's small profits but quick turnover, "Also, the price should not be set too high. If everyone can afford it, the profit will be more."

   (end of this chapter)