Yun Luochuan was worried that if people knew about making ice with saltpeter, it would affect Youranju's business, so he made two basins of ice with saltpeter at Shen Wan's place and took it directly back to Yun's house.
After all, they know that saltpeter is harmless and believe that ice made from saltpeter is edible, but that does not mean that others will believe it.
Moreover, if someone knew how to make ice with saltpeter and followed suit to make ice drinks like Youranju's, wouldn't they also steal Youranju's business?
Shen Wan didn't care and thought it wouldn't hurt if people knew about it, but Yun Luochuan thought more about it.
"Where did the ice come from?"
Mrs. Yun, who was lying on the couch and was feeling restless due to the heat, saw her grandson and the boy each carrying a basin of cold ice into the room. She immediately sat up and asked.
Didn’t it mean that you can no longer buy ice outside?
Where did these two basins of ice in Luochuan come from?
Yun Luochuan placed the basin in his hand on the stool next to the daybed and said with a smile: "I went next door. Yi'er heard from her grandson that her grandmother was afraid of the heat and couldn't buy ice. It happened that there was still ice in the ice cellar at her home. There was a lot of ice saved, so I asked my grandson to take some back to show his filial piety to his grandmother."
The two maids in Mrs. Yun's house opened their eyes wide in shock when they heard the eldest young master calling him Yi'er and saying something about filial piety to Mrs. Yu.
If they remember correctly, the maiden name of Mrs. Shen next door is Shen Yi. The eldest young master calls Mrs. Shen Yier so affectionately. What is going on?
Jingxing put the basin in his hand on the shelf that the maid brought over, with a calm expression. As a messenger, he had already understood the relationship between the eldest young master and Mrs. Shen, and would never call the eldest young master Mrs. Shen Yi'er. Something that surprised me.
The messenger Jingxing is as steady as an old dog.
As soon as the ice basin was put down, Mrs. Yun felt the coolness. The coolness of the ice soothed her restlessness and said, "She is really interested."
"Yi'er also said that she still has some ice stored somewhere. If grandma still wants it in the future, she can just send someone to get it."
Yun Luochuan said with a smile.
Originally, Shen Wan said that she would bring a basin to Mrs. Yun every afternoon, but Yun Luochuan said no, just let his grandmother send someone to get it.
Giving it away every day might make Grandma and his mother think that Yi'er is just trying to please her and doesn't appreciate it at all, so it's better to let Grandma want it and send someone to pick it up at her door.
If you want something and someone kindly gives it to you, you will feel grateful in your heart, and your grandmother's favor for Yi'er will naturally increase.
In the future, when Yi'er comes in, grandma will think of her well and be kind to her, her granddaughter-in-law.
Yun Luochuan chatted with Mrs. Yun for a while, and then Mrs. Yun kicked her into the study room to study.
"Don't go out and talk nonsense."
Mrs. Yun ordered the maid in the house with a straight face.
The maid quickly said: "Yes."
It is said that courtesy reciprocates, and if you receive someone's favor, you should return the favor to show your gratitude.
Mrs. Yun had already accepted the fact that Shen would become her grandson-in-law, so she no longer had any feelings of rejection and resistance. She asked Bai Shuang to send a basket of lychees that someone else had given her yesterday.
This lychee is a good thing. It is a specialty of Nanzhou, which is further south than Jiangzhou. Because it does not keep fresh for a long time after being picked, it is inconvenient to sell it to other places, so it is particularly rare and precious to find it elsewhere.
Shen Wan got the lychees, fed two to Xiao An, and gave some to the servants. Zhao Wuniang made the rest into lychee bean paste jelly, chilled it with ice cubes, and sent a plate to the Yun family.
After Mrs. Yun received it, she saw that the lychees could still be eaten like this. She originally wanted her servants to bring small plates and give them to her son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren, but after eating one, she couldn't stop.
Already.
The core of the lychee is removed, and the filling is filled with soft and glutinous red bean paste. After being chilled, it is ice cold, sweet and refreshing, and relieves the heat.
When she came to her senses, she had eaten only one lychee out of a plate of more than ten lychees, so she simply ate the last one.
After using someone else's ice and eating desserts made from lychees, Mrs. Yun was a little more satisfied with her future granddaughter-in-law.