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Mu Laosan wanted to refuse, but when he saw that the children were sweating from the heat, he didn't refuse.

"Thank you, Prince Zheng."

The next second, he asked about the ice cream vendor, "Excuse me, Prince Zheng, is there anyone selling ice cream on the street?"

“I didn’t see it on the street.”

During these days of setting up a stall on the street, he paid attention to the situation of the surrounding shops and also asked customers.

The vast majority of customers and shops do not use ice because they cannot afford it.

High-end restaurants do use ice, but not in large quantities.

Zheng Xingguang nodded. "Yes, they are sold by shops arranged by the royal family, but the quantity each shop can buy is limited."

"For families like mine, we spend a lot of manpower and resources every winter to harvest ice and store it for use next summer."

"Ordinary families don't have this kind of money, so they buy less ice in the summer."

In the previous dynasty, ice was a non-tradable commodity, and only a very small number of families besides the royal family could afford it.

Other families either received gifts from the royal family or relatives and friends, or they could only endure it.

After the establishment of the Rong Dynasty, the founding emperor sympathized with the court officials and the people, and issued a decree to sell some ice every summer, which could be purchased by both the common people and the powerful.

Mu Lao San heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. "Prince Zheng, where exactly can I buy ice?"

It’s good that they can buy it. They can’t ask Prince Zheng to send ice to their house frequently.

Zheng Xingguang said, "I remember it was on Xuanwu Street."

"The ice sold in the shop is quite expensive. A small piece costs half an ounce of silver. Ordinary people can't afford it at all."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Harvesting ice in winter requires a lot of manpower and resources, plus the various expenses of the shop. If the price is too low, we will only lose money."

"The Royal Family has a lot of expenses, so it's impossible to sell at a loss. We can only sell ice at a relatively low price."

The Emperor also considered selling ice at a loss, but the loss was too great, so he could only lower the price a little bit.

Mu Laosan felt heartbroken when he heard this, "So expensive?"

"Our village is still the best. When it's hot, we can just stay in the mountains. It's not too hot at night and we can sleep well."

"It's nothing like Rongdu. Not only is it so hot, but there's not even a place to escape the heat."

An idea flashed through Zheng Xingguang's mind, "Uncle Mu, my family has a summer resort, which is not far from Rongdu."

"We've just been there. How about you stay at the summer resort for a while?"

Mu Lao San declined politely, "It's a good idea, but I have land and chickens and ducks at home, and I have to run a shop and do business, so I need people everywhere."

Going to the Mountain Resort to escape the summer heat was something only wealthy families could do.

People like them have to work hard to survive no matter how hot it is.

"Dad, we can go play." Mu Baobao said with a smile, "Bring grandpa and grandma with you, and let's go play as a family."

"My brother's summer resort is fun and cool."

Mu Lao San said with a smile on his face, "Okay, okay, when we have a chance, we will go play as a family."

"Oh, are you all here?" At this time, Mingtian walked in, sweating.

He fanned himself constantly with a fan and ordered the servants to put several basins of ice in the main hall.

"I brought some ice from home, you guys can use it first."

"It's so hot this time that it's killing me. Many of my crops and orchards have been affected."

As soon as a few basins of ice were placed in the main hall, the temperature in the hall dropped immediately.

The cool air drove away the heat, making Mu Laosan and the others feel comfortable all over and not so sticky.

"It's so comfortable. It's really different with an ice basin. When I have money, I will buy a lot of ice basins."

"If the ice basin is still there at night, I'll put one in my room so I don't have to worry about the heat when I sleep at night."

Mu Baobao got down from Mu Laosan's arms and ran to Mingtian.

She looked up at Mingtian and gave him a thumbs up. "Brother Mingtian, it's just right that you brought the ice basin. My house isn't even hot anymore."

Mingtian just reached out to touch her little head, but then he remembered that his hands were sweaty, so he withdrew his hand.

"I wanted to send it over two days earlier, but I was busy with family matters and couldn't get away."

A trace of annoyance flashed across his eyes. He also admired his family. He thought that the business he had managed for many years was doing well, but his family had messed it up in such a short time.

One by one, they only care about romance and love all day long, and think they are very capable, but they have no idea how to manage the industry.

He spent a lot of time and energy to handle all the affairs of the industry.

Mu Baobao tilted his head and said, "Brother, can you ask the servants to bring it over tomorrow?"

"I have servants at home, and I know there are many things I can let them do."

The housekeeper grandfather and housekeeper grandmother said that as the master of the house, one does not need to take care of everything. One only needs to take care of the important matters and servants, and leave the rest to the servants.

At first, she didn't quite understand, but slowly she began to understand.

With the help of the housekeeper, my grandparents have less work to do, and they feel more relaxed. They can also rest more or do what they want.

Mingtian squatted down and said, "I was thinking that if I delivered it personally, I could take credit for it."

"By the way, I want to tell you about accepting you as my sister."

This was the main purpose of his coming.

Mu Baobao turned his head and looked at his father, "Dad, my brother wants to recognize me as his sister tomorrow. Why won't he give up?"

Mu Lao San, "...Baby, do you want to recognize Ming Tian as your brother?"

He also admired Mingtian, who was determined to recognize the baby as his sister and was so shameless as to claim her as a relative.

Mu Baobao scratched his face and grumbled, "He is my brother, otherwise I wouldn't call him Mingtian brother, so why should I acknowledge him?"

She doesn't understand.

"My dear sister!" Mingtian picked her up, spun her around a few times, and smiled brightly.

"Look what my brother brought you."

He waved his hand.

Then a servant brought a food box.

"What is it?" Mu Baobao moved closer curiously and smelled a strong fragrance.

"food!"

Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she danced with excitement, "It's food!"

"Tomorrow, brother, I want to eat, I want to eat."

"No!" Mu Pingping said with a headache, "Baby, you ate two big bowls of rice at the Summer Resort, and you also ate a lot of fruit on the way back."

"You can't eat anything before dinner, otherwise you'll have indigestion."

On the way back in the carriage, the baby secretly ate a lot of fruit without him noticing.

If he hadn't discovered it in time, she would have eaten too much.

Mu Baobao looked at him tearfully, "Brother, can I just eat a little more?"

Mu Pingping was unmoved, "No!"

"Granny would be mad if she knew you ate so much."

"You don't want grandma to be angry, do you?"