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Chapter 70 Yearning for Jialin County

Lin Xiaoman just arrived at Mingyitang and happened to meet an uncle who came to deliver ice-cold food.

That uncle is a passionate person.

He led Lin Xiaoman and the other two to the side door of Mingyi Hall. "This is where students often come to rest. I am also waiting for my son here."

"Thank you, uncle." Lin Xiaoman thanked him, and together with Li Shi and Li Erli, they carried down the wooden barrel filled with ice and found a cool place.

Then he pulled the cart over.

The summer is hot and the sun is scorching.

This is the west gate of Yiyi Hall. Outside the wooden door is a lush bamboo forest.

The bamboo forest looks quite old. The bamboos are tall and strong, blocking a lot of sunlight.

When the wind blows, the bamboo leaves sway.

Although it is hot, it is still interesting.

The families of the students who came to deliver the gifts gathered in a bamboo forest, and Lin Xiaoman was next to them.

As soon as the side door opened, Lin Xiaoman saw a group of students in blue gowns walking out.

“Cold frozen food, delicious and melt-in-your-mouth frozen food~”

"The unique ice-cold frozen food in Dayi Town is cool, soft and smooth, and can cool you down in the summer heat. After eating it, you will feel refreshed and be able to speak fluently and write like a god!"

"Young lady, you know how to write like a god?"

A scholar was curious and came forward to ask.

"How would I know? I heard it from the scholar who came to buy iced food from me."

"I see."

"Scholar, a bowl of iced ice is two cents. Would you like one?"

The scholar immediately blushed and stammered, "No, no, I'm not a scholar yet!"

Lin Xiaoman smiled and said, "Sooner or later, I will still call you Master Juren from now on!"

The scholar's face turned even redder. He hesitated for a while and whispered, "Give me a bowl of iced jelly."

"Okay." Lin Xiaoman sold the first bowl of iced frozen food in Mingyitang and was in a good mood. He filled a big bowl for him and scooped two spoonfuls of sugar water.

"We will come here every day from now on. If you think the iced ice cream tastes good, come again tomorrow."

The scholar took the bowl and fled in panic.

Lin Xiaoman laughed and shouted: "Mr. Xiucai, we are a small business. We ate the cold food. Please return the wooden bowl!"

The scholar paused and almost tripped over himself.

After this episode, several more scholars came to buy iced frozen treats.

Whenever Lin Xiaoman met a scholar, she would call him "Scholar", but unfortunately she never met another person as shy as the first one.

In total, he sold more than twenty bowls. Li Erli went around the neighborhood and sold another four or five bowls.

Only half of the bucket of ice cream was used.

At three quarters past nine, the side door was closed, and Lin Xiaoman and the other two loaded the wooden barrels and left on the cart.

Li Erli thought Lin Xiaoman was going back, but she told him to pull the car to the house where the rich people in the town lived.

Dayi Town is not rich. There are not many wealthy families in the town, but there are many large mansions.

Li Erli and Li Shi knocked on several doors but no one opened them.

I walked from the beginning to the end of the street, knocked on the doors of only three houses and sold eight frozen dumplings.

Lin Xiaoman looked at the half bucket of ice-cold food that was still left, thought about what his mother had said before, and fell into deep thought.

As the saying goes, old ginger is still wise. As expected, the consumption level in this town is just this low. Even if she sells it from door to door, she won’t be able to sell much.

But what if I go to Jialin County to sell frozen food?

There should be a lot of people in Jialin County, right?

It’s a pity that she hasn’t been to Jialin County yet.

"Uncle Stone."

Li Shi frowned: "Don't call me Shitou, call me Third Uncle."

"Third uncle, have you ever been to Jialin County?"

"I have been there once."

Lin Xiaoman asked Li Erli again: "Brother Erli, have you ever been to Jialin County?"

Li Erli shook his head.

Since he was a child, the place he has been to most often is the mountains, and the farthest place he has been to is Dayi Town.

"Uncle Shitou, is Jialin County big? How many people are there? Is there a market like in Dayi Town?"

Li Shi said proudly, "Call me Third Uncle and I'll tell you."

Lin Xiaoman compromised without hesitation: "Third uncle, tell me!"

"That was several years ago." Li Shi's eyes were full of longing. "At that time, wild boars were rampant in the mountains. The bean sprouts at the foot of the mountain were always eaten by the wild boars coming down the mountain. The village chief gathered young and strong men from Shadi Village and Yangliu'ao, about 70 to 80 people, and went up the mountain to catch wild boars."

"It took about seven or eight days. More than thirty people were injured, and we captured ten wild boars, six large and four small."

"But more than 30 people were injured in the two villages. The two villages decided to keep four wild boars for the two villages and take the rest to Jialin County to sell."

Speaking of this, Li Shi was very excited. "At the beginning, the two villages drew lots, and only those with good luck could go with them. I was lucky. Only two people from Shadi Village went to the county, and I was one of them."

Following Muramasa, the young people from the two villages walked out of Dayi Town for the first time.

Jialin County also charges a city fee to enter the city, which is based on the number of people, one copper coin per person.

Li Shi watched Muramasa pay eight copper coins at once, and the excitement he had been feeling along the way was immediately extinguished.

Eight copper coins can buy two meat buns and two vegetable buns.

Muramasa had been to Jialin County a few years earlier and, based on his memory, had visited several restaurants where four small wild boars had been taken away, leaving only two large ones, which he had to sell on the street.

There are shops on both sides of the main street, and customers are coming in and out of the noodle shops and pancake shops.

There are also the freshly baked mutton biscuits that are golden and crispy, and the thin-skinned wontons that are rolled a few times in the mutton soup suspended with mutton bones before being taken out of the pot and sprinkled with chopped green onions. The fragrance can be smelled from far away.

Dip the sesame cake in the mutton soup and take a bite. It must taste great!

"Jialin County is more lively than our place. There is no such thing as a market there. It is bustling every day." Li Shi still feels his mouth watering when he thinks of mutton pancakes.

I don’t know if I’ll be able to eat it once in my lifetime.

"There are inns, teahouses, restaurants and street food shops in the county. It's not like here, where there are only a few places to eat." Li Shi spoke very convincingly, as if he went there often.

"There are storytellers telling stories in the teahouse. I also passed by the county school, which is much bigger than Mingyi Hall. There are bookstores all around the county school..."

"But I heard that Jialin County is a lower county."

Lin Xiaoman was a little curious. If the lower county was so prosperous, then the upper county and even Lin'an Prefecture must be so lively!

"The lower county is still a county, and there is a county magistrate in charge!" Li Shi said.

"I stayed in the county for one night at the beginning," Li Shi said with relish.

Lin Xiaoman was surprised, "Uncle, you stayed at the inn?"

"..."

Li Shi shook his head awkwardly, "There were eight of us, and we paid five copper coins and stayed in the firewood room of the inn for one night."

"Fortunately it's not winter, so it's not cold for a few guys to hug each other."

Lin Xiaoman: “…”