In ancient times, I just wanted to be a salted fish

Chen Ruotong called Boss Qi and told him to call for the civilians in North City who were interested in selling ice drinks to sign up. Shen Xue was responsible for making ice drinks, and Boss Qi was responsible for delivering ice drinks to North City, and then distributing them to the so-called distributors who had signed up, selling them to them at a low price. They could make a fortune by selling ice drinks to the three blocks in the east, west and south. The government also sent three teams to maintain order at the tents selling ice drinks, so that everyone could feel cool in the hot summer.

Chen Ruotong was only responsible for pouring the sour plum powder in the plastic bag into the large wooden barrel, and then Shen Xue would mix it with ice water. The method was extremely simple and not tiring.

Old man Chen has been living in the Chen residence recently. Every day, he has a basin of ice in his room to keep cool. He also has ice drinks, milk, and some sweet water that he doesn't recognize. He can always eat delicious food with his granddaughter. However, he still thinks of his hometown and his old lady from time to time. He hopes that his old lady can come and enjoy the happiness with him.

In Chenjiabao today, even if the water diversion canal is used to irrigate the rice fields, it is still a drop in the bucket. The water level of Hengjiang River has dropped, and the original canal is not deep enough to bring in water. But in such hot weather, it is easy to get heatstroke if you don’t work, let alone dig canals, so the villagers can do nothing as they watch the water in the fields slowly dry up. Old Mrs. Chen sighed. She knew that this year’s grain harvest was almost a failure. Fortunately, the old man wrote to say that there was no problem with the eldest granddaughter’s farm, so she was relieved. She had a way out, but what would the villagers do in the future? She was worried about the villagers. She wanted to see the old man and the eldest granddaughter, but the weather was too hot and she was afraid that she would get heatstroke on the way. So, she could only wait until the weather was cooler after the autumn harvest before going to Pingyang Prefecture.

The weather was hot these days, and there were not many customers in the two floors. Chen Ruotong was chatting with Chen Erjiang at the cashier counter of Zhenpin Pavilion. Even with a basin of ice next to her, she was still feeling hot, so she thought of how nice it would be to have a fan, and suddenly she had a fan in her hand. Fortunately, Chen Erjiang had his back to her and was fiddling with the account book, and the bodyguards were outside the counter and did not see her action. She was frightened and broke out in a sweat again. Since the fan was out, let's open it and fan it! Once the big fan was opened, it was so cool. At this time, Chen Ruotong realized that what she called out was the 40-centimeter folding fan.

Chen Erjiang felt the breeze behind him, which was quite cool, so he turned around and looked at the folding fan in Chen Ruotong's hand: "When will my fourth brother get a fan?"

"Well, I put it in my sleeve just now. It's too hot, so I took it out and fanned myself. Where's your fan? Take it out and fan together, it'll be cool!"

"Hey, fourth brother, your fan pendant is very beautiful. It must be a piece of fine mutton-fat jade, right? I gave my fan to Qi Da, and I will go buy another one later. Where did you buy this fan? It's very beautiful!" Chen Erjiang said while touching the crescent-shaped jade pendant.

"I don't quite understand this. I bought it at a small shop that specializes in selling fans." Chen Ruotong said perfunctorily.

At this time, a handsome young man in a green robe came into the store. He glanced at Chen Ruotong, glanced at the folding fan, and then looked at the glassware on the antique shelf. He liked a glass cup worth 500 taels, and without saying a word, he took out the banknote to pay for it and left.

Chen Erjiang said, "Fourth brother, you see, there are very few customers who are so straightforward when buying things. They don't choose or bargain. They just pay and leave no matter how expensive it is. They make money really easily. They are not like those ladies who pick and look, pick and touch, and leave without buying after touching enough. Isn't it annoying? They even make the transparent cup dirty, which makes Shen Xue clean it all day long."

Chen Ruotong said: "Customers are God, ah, I mean the God of Wealth, so we have to greet them with a smile. Even if they just look but don't buy, we have to treat them well, because they already have the intention to buy. If they don't buy this time, they may buy next time. Besides, we have no problem selling our products!"

"I know. I just mean that we can meet all kinds of customers! Haha..."

Chen Ruotong collected the money from the two stores into her space every day, so the two brothers thought she hid the money at home. They were worried and advised her to deposit it in a bank, saying it was not safe to keep it at home, but Chen Ruotong just smiled and said nothing, and they had no choice.

At night, Chen Ruotong slept in her own room in the Chen residence. Because it was hot, she went into the space to take a shower and lay on her back in the space in her pajamas to escape the heat.

Qiao Zien was reading by candlelight at night. Chen Ruotong was very pleased. This child was very motivated. She hoped that he could pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar, so that her support for his study in the academy would be worthwhile.

When she was sleeping soundly, she suddenly heard the sound of metal colliding outside. She woke up suddenly, feeling something was wrong, and quickly put on her clothes and left the space. There were thieves in the house. People are afraid of being famous, just like pigs are afraid of being fat. Someone is eyeing this fat pig. Bah! She is not a fat pig, she is a piece of fruit cake, okay?

She immediately opened the door and ran to her grandfather's room. She was afraid that the thieves would hurt her grandfather. At this moment, what did she see? Although the lantern in front of the door was dim, she still vaguely saw Qiao Zien holding a knife and fighting with a man in black. Looking at the movements, they were smooth and unpredictable. The movements were so fast that her eyes could not keep up. Was she seeing it wrong? She rubbed her eyes again. Yes, it was the little boy. The little man was holding a long knife and fighting the adult in black very easily. She was stunned and stunned. She covered her mouth and watched the two people fighting in horror. It only took three or four minutes. The man in black seemed to be injured and ran away. He kicked the wall more than three meters high and rubbed it a few times and left the yard.

Chen Ruotong finally came to her senses and ran towards Qiao Zien: "Brother Zien, are you hurt?"

Qiao Zien was only wearing a thin undershirt, with blood stains on his sleeves, and it was unclear where he was injured. Chen Ruotong dragged him to her room, taking out iodine, gauze, and Yunnan Baiyao powder from the space as she walked.

Chen Ruotong didn't care about that anymore. She put all the things on the table, took out a lighter and lit a candle: "Brother Zien, where are you hurt?" She said as she took off Qiao Zien's shirt.

Qiao Zien stood there, holding a knife in his hand, hesitating and unable to speak: "I, I just have a cut on my arm, it's okay, it's not serious, it just needs a bandage."

Chen Ruotong was relieved when she saw that he had no wounds on his body, except for a small cut on his right arm, which was not serious.

Chen Ruotong bandaged his wound. She would bandage simple wounds, although her bandage looked a bit ugly.

Then, Chen Ruotong sat at the table and looked Qiao Zien up and down, and said with a stern face: "Okay, you're a master, and you're really good at hiding your skills! You have such skills at such a young age, then how did you get injured? You're not pretending, are you?" Then she looked carefully at the knife he had just placed on the table. What a familiar knife!