Chapter 1371: Old bones tormented
"What are these?" Qiao Nan asked while looking at the ice candies that were placed in the blocks that were filled with ice and kept on the counter. His eyes fell on the colourful frozen delights that he had never seen before. Madam Mo who was following her husband also looked at the colourful things placed in the ice baskets.
They looked similar to frozen water but at the same time, Madam Mo did not think that Yu Dong would sell frozen water that was coloured, right? There was no way.
"This is ice candy," the worker, who was responsible for selling the ice candies answered Qiao Nan's query. He pointed to the different flavours and then introduced them to Qiao Nan and Madam Mo, "This is mango, this is orange, pineapple, blackberry and kiwi and the ones on the right are strawberry, cola and melon, avocado, grapes, blue raspberry, red raspberry and blueberry.
" The worker pointed to each flavour with a smile on his face.
He then said to Qiao Nan and Madam Mo along with the rest of the customers, "Just for today, the first flavour that the customers chose will be given to all of them for free." The worker's words were like molten honey in the ears of the customers who were curious about this new speciality that was launched but were too scared to purchase it.
What if it did not taste good? What if this speciality was nothing but sweetened coloured water? All sorts of questions popped into the heads of the customers. They could not be blamed either as many unscrupulous merchants gave out good deals when they started their business but it turned into a mess once they became popular.
Thus everyone was hesitant to try it but after hearing the words of the mall worker, their eyes brightened. If the first flavour was free then they were willing to try this thing called Ice Candy.
"Then I will try the mango one," Geng Gengxin who was with Song Zhi and Xie Xieren said to the worker. She turned to look at her daughter Xie Yanting and asked, "Which one do you want?"
"I want the Blue raspberry one!" Xie Yating replied to her mother. Her eyes had never moved from the blue ice candy that was sitting on the counter but she was too hesitant to ask her mother. As something new always scared the children.
But with her mother taking the lead, Xie Yating was no longer worried about trying the Ice Candy!
"Very well!" Geng Gengxin nodded she turned to look at Xie Xieren and asked, "What flavour do you want?" She did not ask Song Zhi as the latter was pregnant and letting him eat anything cold would harm the child.
Xie Xieren looked at the flavours that were placed on the counter and after a long time said, "I will take the dual flavour one, the blackberry and kiwi one."
Once Geng Gengxin and her family took the lead, the rest of the customers also started to place their orders. Since the first flavour was free, what was the point of holding back? Not to mention that Ice was really expensive!
Soon the customers who ordered the Ice Candy got their orders while Qiao Nan who received the orange one could not help but question the worker, "This offer is because Madam Yu launched a new product?" Ice was really expensive in their town and not to mention, only officials and the members of the Imperial family in the capital could get their hands on ice in summer.
Qiao Nan was quite surprised that Yu Dong was willing to make such a loss for just the launch of a new product.
The worker behind the counter smiles. He shook his head and answered Qiao Nan's query, "That is not the case, it's because Madam Yu's family now has two heirs which is why we are handing out this offer to our precious customers."
When Qiao Nan heard that Yu Dong's family finally had heirs and that too two at that, his eyes brightened. He clapped his hands and then said, "It is a piece of really wonderful news. No wonder, Madam Yu is willing to hand out Ice for free. Please relay my congratulations to Madam Yu."
The worker smiled and thanked Qiao Nan and the rest of the customers who started to offer their congratulations. He said to them, "Madam Yu will be really happy to hear your good wishes."
The customers were overjoyed at the thought of such a big boss being close to them. After all, Yu Dong was the owner of such a grand building and was close to the magistrate of the town, it was rather touching that the workers of her mall respected commoners like them so much.
Even if their congratulations were not handed to Yu Dong, just the word alone from the worker was enough.
"Shall we taste it?" Geng Gengxin said to her daughter who nodded and the two of them opened the packaging of the small wicker packet and then took a lick of the ice candy.
No sooner did they take a lick of the ice candy, than they paused causing the rest of the customers to look at the mother and daughter pair curiously. Was there something wrong with the Ice Candy?
However a second later——
"This …this is amazing!" Geng Gengxin exclaimed. She covered her mouth with her hand and looked at her daughter before saying, "This ice candy tastes like mango but it's cold and smooth. With a hint of cream—— this …this is perfect for the summers!"
"Mother, my blue raspberry is also really good!" Xie Yating said to her mother as she pointed at her ice candy asking her mother to take a bite. It was really pulpy, smooth and sweet! It was like eating a frozen dessert!
Her entire body was cooled down in an instant and even the sweat on her forehead was gone!
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