Nongmen Rice Flower Fragrance

Chapter 217

When Li Xin was done, she put some washed cherries in it, it looked very beautiful.The cherries on the Zhuangzi are already ripe, and I picked some when I went to the Zhuangzi yesterday.

When it was done, I took it out to eat with Yuexiang and the others.There are quite a lot of them, and there is still leftover after drinking a bowl for each person.

"It's so cold! What is this, big sister?" Yue Ting said while drinking.

"It seems that the ice cubes are gradually melting! Cousin, is there an ice cellar here?" Ling Feifei was very surprised.

"Okay, let's stop talking for now, let's have a drink? It's simple, I just put sugar in it and scattered some cherries." Li Xin scooped up a spoonful and ate it after speaking.It's very cold and sweet. It's really comfortable to drink on a hot day!The ice in the bowl is gradually melting, and there are still some floating ice mixed with red cherries, which is quite beautiful.

Eating iced drinks is indeed very comfortable!

Yue Ting quickly finished drinking a bowl, and went to scoop another bowl, talking to Li Xin while scooping. "Sister, this is really delicious, why haven't you tried it before?"

"I didn't think of doing it before, but I thought of it suddenly. There will be a lot of tricks in the future, and it should be able to attract a lot of guests!" Li Xin smiled.

Afterwards, Li Xin set a date for opening, which was March [-]th.The plaque of Yipinzhai has been prepared and delivered, but it has not been opened yet, so it has not been hung up for the time being.After thinking about the date of opening, Li Xin also posted a lot of posts to the wealthy households in the county, and someone from the Zheng family helped to deliver them.

Now Li Xin is just an unknown person, if she came forward, she might not be able to invite many guests.However, the Zheng family is different. As long as the Zheng family helps, I think it's just to save the Zheng family's face, and many people will come to cheer.

In addition to posting messages to wealthy households, Li Xin also made leaflets to distribute.That is to say, on the day of opening on March [-], all kinds of food will be prepared at the door, and everyone in the county will be invited to taste it.

The person who opened the shop, Li Xin, didn't intend to do any business either, just to invite everyone to taste the food, so as to spread his reputation as soon as possible.Naturally, the food this time was given as a gift, but since it was a gift, the guests would not be allowed to order food casually.It’s okay to prepare some fresh food, and you don’t need to cook all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas.

The day before the opening, Li Xin had someone hang up the plaque.However, it is covered with a red cloth, and outsiders cannot see what is written on the plaque.

On the opening day, the kitchen was already busy at dawn.Since it is to invite people to taste and eat, it is natural to prepare a lot of food.Li Xin also made a lot of ice and made all kinds of ice drinks. Although the materials are limited, there are still a lot of food that can be made.

Li Xin also took big ice cubes and asked Tian Sheng to make big carvings.Several transparent lotus flowers were carved out, and the flowers were made larger, so I didn't worry that they would melt soon.The crystal clear ice lotus is very beautiful, and it can also make people feel cool when placed indoors.

When the time came, Li Xin took Wen Bo and Wen Hao outside the door.Because Wenbo and Wenhao were resting today, Li Xin asked Zhu Yong to go back to town yesterday. After Wenbo and Wenhao finished school, they came to the county overnight.Although Wen Bo and Wen Hao didn't make a fuss, Li Xin knew that this was the first opening of his family's shop, and they still hoped to attend.

She herself didn't mean that she must find an auspicious day to open a store. Anyway, she can open when she is ready.However, it is still a simple look at the day. Fortunately, this day is not a bad day, and the Taoist priest also found a good time.When the good time came, there was crackling sound of firecrackers at the door. The sound was so shocking that it could be heard from far away places around.

When the firecrackers were over, Wenbo also tore off the red cloth covering the plaque.

"Thank you for coming today, I hope you enjoy your meal." Li Xin opened the door and let the guests in.

"Miss Li has a happy opening." Shopkeeper Qian smiled and handed over the gift.

Speaking of which, Li Xin was really embarrassed to invite Shopkeeper Qian, but since he was an acquaintance, he had to send a post.Now that shopkeeper Qian brought a gift for celebration with a smile on his face, Li Xin felt relieved.

"Treasurer Qian, please, I may not be able to entertain in person today, let Wen Bo and Wen Hao help entertain. Shopkeeper Qian knows a lot of people, please help me liven up the atmosphere!"

"Miss Li, don't worry and go about your own business!" Shopkeeper Qian didn't enter the door, but stopped at the door to help receive the guests.Li Xin felt relieved and went to the side door first.Men are welcome to enter from the side of the gate, while women enter from the side door and go directly to the second courtyard.

As for the side door, Mrs. Zheng is now helping to receive the guests.It's not good for Li Xin to be outside anymore, but went inside to get busy.People who come today, those who have a post can naturally enter Yipinzhai, while those who don't have a post will not be able to enter for the time being.However, you can also eat a variety of food.

Tables and chairs have been set up at the door, and all kinds of food are also placed on the table, inviting everyone to taste together.

And the guests who can enter the door have naturally begun to taste all kinds of food.There were a lot of people here, so Li Xin kept watching from the kitchen, afraid that something might be wrong.

Everyone in the kitchen was very busy, and the guy who delivered the food was also very busy, going back and forth again and again.The guys recruited by the male guests are all young men, but they are better.It's just that the guys who greet the female guests here are all young girls, which is really too much.

Even Caiyun, Caixia, Hongyu and Luzhu all came to help.The novelty of the food displayed today is not obvious, but the various iced drinks are very attractive.

Although Nanbai County is still considered a wealthy place, there are many wealthy households, and there are many wealthy businessmen living in the county.However, there are almost no ice cubes that can be used at home.The main reason is that this place is far from the north, so it is not easy to transport ice.Although water can be seen everywhere, it does not freeze in winter!
So it is rare to see ice cubes, and it is naturally novel to be able to eat cold drinks.

Feeling dizzy from the heat in the kitchen, Li Xin left the kitchen first.The people in the kitchen tended to listen to Song Yuan, and with Song Yuan watching, there shouldn't be any mistakes.

The weather is hot, but most of the guests are in the courtyard. Anyway, the people here are all women, and there is no one who cannot see anyone.In the courtyard, the trees are shady, the flowers are blooming beautifully, and the scenery is beautiful.In the pond, there are already lotus flowers in full bloom.The pink and tender lotus blooms beautifully among the green lotus leaves, like a beautiful woman standing in the middle of the water.

Most of the ponds are pink lotus, but there are also white lotus. The two colors of lotus complement each other very well, which is very good.There is a small lotus-picking boat prepared on the other side of the pond. The boat is so small that it can accommodate two or three people.The pond is still relatively large, but it can accommodate several small boats.

The boat is small, and there is no need to row it at all. It is also very interesting to let the boat float gently.

"Sister Xin is willing to come out of the kitchen! Come in and sit down?" Li Xin was just approaching the pond!Then I heard Mrs. Zheng greet her in the water pavilion.The water pavilion is built in the middle of the pond, but there is a short bridge that can lead to the water pavilion from the shore.When there are no lotus and lotus leaves, the bridge is very obvious.However, at this time, the lotus and lotus leaves are all high out of the water, and the bridge is not obvious, as if it is hidden in the water.
The woman walked on the bridge, surrounded by lotus leaves, as if she was a lotus fairy walking out of a lotus pond.

Li Xin soon entered the water pavilion, and there were several wives and ladies in the water pavilion.Yue Xiang, Yue Ting and Ling Feifei were there, and Yue Ting pinched a lotus leaf on her head, Li Xin saw it at a glance.

"Auntie, I'm too busy today, I've neglected Auntie." Li Xin looked at Mrs. Zheng with some embarrassment.Mrs. Zheng is a guest today, but she still has to help her, the host, greet the guests!The main reason is that there is no one in the family who can use it.Yuexiang and the others are very small, how can they greet guests!Moreover, just to say hello, the guests don't look like such a small child to greet the guests!I'm afraid I still think it's a child playing around!

And if only children are allowed to greet guests, there is also suspicion of neglect.
"I know you are busy today, there are really a lot of guests here."

"It's still relying on my aunt's face, and I don't have much face. People in the county, who knows me!" Li Xin smiled and sat on the railing of the water pavilion.There is a place to sit and a fence around the water pavilion. Sitting on the edge of the railing, you can enjoy the scenery of the lotus pond while blowing the breeze.

The inside of the water pavilion is actually relatively large, like a big room.There are windows on all sides, if you want to enjoy the scenery, you can open the windows.If the windows were closed, it would be like a closed room.

Li Xin was sitting by the railing, stretching out her hands to fiddle with the green lotus leaves.

"That's because you just came here. It won't be long before you get to know everyone in the county. By then, I'm afraid you'll be able to get along like a fish in water!" Mrs. Zheng sat down beside Li Xin with a smile on her face. "Speaking of which, where did you get so many ice cubes? It really shocked everyone."

"How to get it, I really can't tell my aunt. But, if my aunt wants ice cubes to cool off, I will send some to the house. Not to mention that I can carve icebergs out of ice like the royal family , There are always some iced foods.” In fact, ice making cannot be compared with Tibetan ice.

The amount of ice-making is not large after all, and it is true that there is food, but it is really unaffordable to put pots and pots in the house to cool off the heat.But if you store ice, as long as the ice cellar at home is big enough, you can store a lot of ice cubes, and you can enjoy them in summer.

However, the words in the South are not always realistic.I'm afraid that even in the palace, ice can't be used so extravagantly!
(End of this chapter)