"Hmm!" The young man followed Rose's reminder and quickly stirred it in the earthenware bowl a few times. Then he couldn't wait to scoop up a spoonful of crushed ice with a wooden spoon and put it into his mouth.
When the milk-flavored crushed ice mixed with colorful dried fruits and honey entered his mouth, the young man's eyes suddenly lit up.
The coldness of the ice was mixed with sweetness, and the crunchy dried fruit pieces left a lingering fragrance between the teeth. The young man actually let out a moan unconsciously.
"This... this is so delicious. It is the most delicious food I have ever eaten since I was a child!" After swallowing the shaved ice in his mouth, the young man instantly felt happy, and his face was filled with emotion.
After he finished speaking, he didn't even pause, and immediately started to destroy the shaved ice in the pottery bowl without caring about his image in front of the public.
However, although this young man's eating appearance was very rude, the people around him were not paying attention to it at this time.
Instead, they stared at the shaved ice in the young man's hand and swallowed their saliva. The slightest hint of cold air, as well as the colorful dried fruits on top of the shaved ice and a spoonful of golden honey. Even if they didn't taste it directly, they could imagine the delicious taste.
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"I want a bowl too!" At this time, the onlookers couldn't sit still and immediately stepped forward and started paying for it.
Forty copper coins is the cost of a family for several days to a commoner, but to aristocrats, it is nothing.
Especially in Aldin's shop over there, ice cubes with honey cost one silver coin, and nobles lined up to buy them.
"Take your time, ladies and gentlemen, don't rush, there is plenty of ice!" The next moment, the stalls in the square were surrounded, just like Thomas and others selling perfume a few times before.
Catherine and Vivian finally came in handy. Catherine was responsible for shaving ice, Vivian and Shirley were responsible for adding dried fruits and honey, and Rose stood to collect money and greet guests.
"Wow! It's so delicious, and it's cheaper than ice cubes in Alding! I'll buy it tomorrow!"
"I didn't expect that Tulip City would have such delicious food. I'm going to inform other coins to come and taste it together!"
After a long time, the nobles walking in the square were all talking about the deliciousness of shaved ice, with happiness and satisfaction on their faces.
"What shaved ice?" At this time, several pedestrians who had finished eating shaved ice happened to pass by the door of Aldin's shop.
There are still a large number of people queuing up in front of Aldin's store. They don't know that something more delicious has appeared on the other side of the square.
Suddenly I heard a passerby talking about shaved ice, and said it was cheaper than ice cubes in Alding, so I immediately asked curiously.
"You are still queuing up here! Let me tell you, ice cubes are also sold over there in the square, and they are milk ice cubes. They only cost 40 copper coins. And because today is the first day of opening, they also add honey and dried fruits for free.
! The taste is beyond description in words, in two words, delicious!" The passerby who was asked about it was not stingy. Because he recognized the shaved ice, he immediately explained it in a low voice to a few people in line.
"So cheap and very delicious? Sir, is this true or not?" The people in the queue were a little unconvinced. After all these years, Alding is the only one that sells ice cubes in the Tulip City.
"It's absolutely true. It's right in the square. I just came here after eating!"
Wow!
Several people in the queue looked at it clearly. This man's expression was beaming, as if he was very proud, and his heart immediately started to beat.
"Come on, let's go take a look too! Anyway, we've only reached the street corner now, and I don't know how long it will take to get to the store!" Several people in the queue looked at each other, and whether it was true or not, they would know after taking a look.
If it's really such a great deal and delicious, then they're still lining up a bargain here, while it's more than half the price over there.
In this way, as more and more people became aware of the shaved ice in the square, Alding's ice shop, which was originally a bustling business, gradually became colder.
"Next!" In the store, the store manager who was responsible for collecting money was already a little sleepy due to overwork. He shouted without raising his head, and then waited for the money to be collected.
On such a summer day, no matter when or where they are, they can't stop for a moment, not even at night. Only after the daily quota of ice cubes is sold out, that is their chance to breathe.
"Next one!" However, after the steward who collected the money put his hand on the counter, he waited for a moment but didn't notice the feeling of receiving the copper coins, which made him feel a little strange.
When he shouted this second sentence impatiently, he also raised his head and looked towards the front of the store.
"Where's this...person?" The steward's expression was stunned. There was not a single customer left in the lobby or outside the door of the shop that was originally bustling with business. He clearly remembered that when he saw it a few minutes ago, the queue was already at the door.
"Steward Bernie, we just had the last customer!" At this moment, the waiter at the door of the store heard the voice and replied with an embarrassed expression.
"How could this happen?" When the steward heard the attendant's words, he immediately asked in disbelief.
"I don't know, but many of the customers who were queuing outside just now left. It seems that they said there was some delicious shaved ice in the square, so they all left..." the waiter answered with his head shrinking.
"Idiot, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Bernie, the steward, was furious.
"Manager Bernie, you told me not to disturb you when you were working!"
"You idiot!" Bernie suddenly became furious, walked out of the counter and kicked the waiter who was guarding the door, and then rushed towards the square.
This shop was given to him by Aldin, and it was also a lucrative job. If he messed up, he would be dead. Faced with this unprecedented situation, he must go and check it immediately, and then report it to his family.
grown ups.
Not long after, Bernie came to the square, and before he even got close, he saw a shocking scene.
I saw that the square was crowded with people, and everyone was queuing up to wait in front of a long wooden table.
The number of people queuing up was something Bernie had never seen before.
He remembered that when his family's ice shop opened three years ago, it was its most glorious moment, and at that time the number of people at the door of the shop was less than one-third of the number here.
In addition to these people queuing up, there were also many nobles squatting in the shade of the surrounding trees without any appearance, eating crushed ice with a small earthenware bowl and a wooden spoon of the lowest grade.
That’s right, it’s crushed ice!
But there were actually a lot of colorful and beautiful dried fruits on the crushed ice.
"Don't worry, everyone, I'll definitely take care of the shaved ice. Today's price is 40 copper coins a bowl!"
"This..." Bernie's face turned pale immediately, and he finally understood what was going on.
There was actually a competitor in Tulipland's ice business, and their prices were only half of their own.
"No, I have to go back quickly and report to you!" Bernie didn't dare to neglect anymore and immediately headed towards Alding's manor.
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"Sir, Chef Rose asked me to report that the shaved ice business is so popular that maybe we don't have enough ingredients to sell until afternoon!"
Because he 'attacked' Stella last night, and there was nothing to deal with at the moment, Nalant simply hid in the small building to practice his fighting spirit.
Unexpectedly, before noon, a guard hurried to the small building to report.
"What, it's not enough? Didn't we prepare five hundred bowls this morning?" Nalant was surprised when he heard this. Five hundred bowls is equivalent to being sold to five hundred nobles.
Such a quantity, even if Tulip's honorary nobles were included, would still account for most of it.
He also thought that this quantity would be enough to sell for two days.