Chapter 2098: Chapter 2095: The Heat Wave Brought by Waterlon
The price is quite reasonable.
As long as things go smoothly, selling them all shouldn’t be a problem.
A vendor loudly said, “Many thanks to Shopkeeper Xie for your generosity, we certainly wouldn’t be the kind to break trust.”
Then.
Quite a few people saw a vendor carrying a wooden box wrapped in thick cotton cloth, not showing much, yet yelling nearby, “Selling ice popsicles! Orange, waterlon, peach, pear ice popsicles!”
The capital’s citizens regarded themselves as knowledgeable.
So, driven by curiosity, stopped the vendor: “What are ice popsicles? Are they Bingjian?”
Actually, Bingjian is just the na for what we call ice cream in later tis, but only the Royal Family and wealthy families could afford it, while ordinary folks considered getting a waterlon in sumr a luxury.
After all, a waterlon costs dozens of wen each.
“Hello sir, this ice popsicle is true to its na, it’s ice shaped like a stick, with a wooden piece in the middle to hold, and it’s edible, with various fruit flavors, selling for two copper coins each. Would you like to try it?”
The custor laughed heartily, clutching his belly, “You kid, don’t try to fool . In this scorching weather, can you really carry an ice block around without it lting?”
The vendor also couldn’t figure out why Shopkeeper Xie of Yonghe Food Shop claid that wrapping ice popsicles in cotton could prevent lting, but it turned out to be true, to his initial concern.
By now, they were still perfectly frozen.
“Sir, if you want to try, I’ll give you one, but understand that this is a small business, and you know ice lts easily, so I can’t show it to you openly.”
The custor wasn’t short on money, and promptly handed over two copper coins: “Fine, give a waterlon-flavored ice popsicle.”
The vendor swiftly opened the wooden box, took out a red ice popsicle, and quickly closed it again.
Onlookers only saw a faint mist, followed by the ice popsicle landing in the custor’s hand.
“Wow, it’s really ice.” Others coming to watch said curiously.
“Let try, is this really waterlon-flavored? Not just a trick?” The custor said, quickly biting into it, the distinct waterlon taste spread through his mouth, sweet and icy cold. His eyes widened in surprise, and he didn’t say much more, quickly taking several bites, his mouth filled with coolness, unable to speak.
However, the bystanders saw him squinting in enjoynt and felt envious: “Hey, young man, how’s the taste? Give us an answer!”
So impatient ones quickly took out copper coins and said, “I’ll have a waterlon-flavored one too.”
The vendor swiftly collected the money and handed out ice popsicles, so fast people couldn’t see how many were in the wooden box.
“Hey, let try the waterlon-flavored one.”
Waterlons were already popular in the capital, with so people reluctantly buying small pieces instead of entire ones, yet no one could fully enjoy them, and they highly praised waterlon.
This ti they were purely chasing the waterlon flavor.
The vendor was busy and quickly sold out thirty waterlon-flavored ice popsicles.
People could be heard saying, “Hey, it’s really waterlon-flavored. I tried it once at Deng’s birthday celebration, but not only were waterlons expensive, but they were also scarce, couldn’t buy them later.”
“Exactly.”
“Young man, where are your ice popsicles from? Can I buy one to take ho for my mother’s birthday celebration?”
“Ha, I say selling waterlon ice popsicles might be a loss.”
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