Chapter 1372: Old bones tormented (2)
"This is indeed wonderful," said Qiao Nan, his eyes filled with surprise as he looked at the orange-flavoured ice candy in his hand. He thought that this was nothing more than orange-coloured water that was frozen but somehow, Yu Dong's hand infused the sweetness and flavour of oranges in this small piece of Ice Candy.
The sweetness and the subtle sourness with the delectable scent of oranges and citrus was enough to make Qiao Nan feel satisfied and to top it all, these delights were wrapped in ice which made his entire body cool down.
Even though he was used to drinking cooled tea in the carriage on his way to the mall, by the time he climbed the three floors and crossed to the fourth one where the meat and vegetables were sold, Qiao Nan felt his body heat up.
He often thought that it would be great if he could take a sip of something cool to calm his nerves as he could not bear summers at all. Who would have thought that Yu Dong would release something that he desired so soon?
Madam Mo's eyes were also wide with surprise as she did not expect something so good to be sold at the mall. With these ice candies being sold at the mall, she wouldn't have to worry about working in the office.
These days she was having a hard time sitting in the office, even the servants who were used to fanning her seemed like they were doing nothing as the summer heat was similarly unbearable. But with these ice candies—— maybe she would be able to spend her time in the office with ease.
Madam Mo was not the only one thinking about keeping a stock of ice candies inside her office, the other officials who were used to working in the office under the heat of this unbearable summer were thinking the same.
However, the pricing ——
"Mister Dai," one of the customers could not help but question, "What is the price of these ice candies?"
Master Dai who was standing behind the counter smiled at the customer professionally. He said to her, "The price of these ice candies is only a hundred cents per flavour, no matter which one you choose you will only have to pay a hundred cents."
This price was set after Yu Dong decided to sell the ice candies to the commoners as well. Though they would not be able to purchase it every day, relishing the ice candies once in a while was not difficult.
When the customers heard the price of the ice candies they were stupefied. After everyone knew that even a single block of ice was sold at more than fifty taels Yu Dong was selling the Ice candies for a hundred cents. That was simply a loss on her part!
However, no one dared to complain. What if Yu Dong changed the price? They will be the ones who will suffer.
Madam Mo and Qiao Nan exchanged a glance with one another. They were a bit curious upon hearing the price but they knew that Yu Dong would not make a loss, thus they decided to keep their queries to themselves for the time being. Once they meet with Yu Dong, they could question herself.
"And this is not all," Master Dai said to the customers. He clapped his hands to attract the attention of the customers as he announced, "From tomorrow onwards, the customers can go to the Big River Village and pick strawberries for two taels per person. Of course, the amount of strawberries is not decided. For an hour you can, not only pick strawberries but also eat them."
His announcement was like a bolt out of the blue.
Xie Yating who had eaten the strawberries grown by the Yu family, immediately turned to her mother and said to her, "Mother, I want to pick strawberries!" Her eyes were shining as she spoke to her mother who stood next to Xie Yating.
Geng Gengxin's lips twitched. She knew that there was no way she could refuse Xie Yating —— she turned to look at Xie Xieren who was standing next to her and looking at her with the same gaze as Xie Yating.
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It seemed like both father and daughter had already decided their plans for tomorrow.
"Very well, I will take an hour off from the office," Geng Gengxin did not have the liberty to take time off as she had already taken a few days off.
Like Xie Yating many other children wanted to pick strawberries, one of the kids being Old Master Fu's granddaughter who was now looking at her grandfather with shiny eyes.
"Grandfather, let us go. Let's go to the Big River Village and harvest strawberries," said Fu Qiuyi. Her eyes were filled with tiny stars as she spoke to her grandfather who looked perplexed.
This girl. He only agreed to take her to the mall because she was stubborn and did not let go of his pants when he walked out of the house, having inherited her stubbornness from his eldest daughter. Who would have thought that she was now pestering him to take her to the strawberry harvesting?
Did his old body look that energetic to her?
"Ask your mother to take you," Old Master Fu said to Fu Qiuyi. "I have already given you the Ice Candies. What more do you want?"
He wanted to go back and sleep!
There was no way he was going to let this old body of his be dragged to the Big River Village!
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The next day, Old Master Fu sat in the carriage with his eldest daughter who looked at her father and said to him, "Father are you feeling tired?"
"You tell me," Old Master Fu said to his eldest daughter. "Your daughter first dragged me to the mall and now she is dragging me to the village that is an hour away from the town. She is tormenting my old bones!"
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