Chapter 303: A House That Accumulates Good Deeds Will Have Abundant Blessings
With clean ice cubes on hand, Nanny Xue was the first to make a cold drink for Yuan Bao.
The so-called cold drink was a chilled green bean soup.
Hmm, with white sugar added, it was still very comfortable to drink.
Unfortunately, Yuan Bao was too young to have much of it.
Nanny Xue made plenty of chilled green bean soup, giving a share to everyone in the family.
Old Yuan and Mrs. Zeng were getting on in years and couldn’t have much either.
The Song Family and Mrs. Peng were pregnant, so naturally, they needed to be careful too.
In the end, it was Nanny Xue, Hu Niuniu, the four little girls, and the female guards and protectors in the house who enjoyed the chilled green bean soup the most.
Yuan Bao, who was originally quite composed, was now feeling a bit unhappy.
After all, having something good but only being able to watch, it was a rather frustrating feeling.
In fact, Nanny Xue could make many cold drinks and desserts.
But at the moment, the Yuan Family didn’t have the ingredients, so they could only make green bean soup to relieve the heat.
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The next day, Yuan Bao saw another type of cold drink, somewhat like the fruit ice slush in her memory, but it tasted obviously better.
Meanwhile, this method for safely making ice had also spread to the Eldest Princess’s residence and the Wei and Ruan families.
Even the Yuan Family’s Cheap Food Shop started offering iced green bean water.
In the hot weather, laborers who exerted themselves easily suffered from heatstroke, and at such times, a bowl of iced green bean water was very popular.
Compared to those herbal decoctions for relieving summer heat, once this iced green bean soup was introduced, it became a hit.
Just one coin for a whole day, incredibly affordable!
Previously, only wealthy families stored ice blocks in winter to use in the summer.
The investment in an icehouse was quite substantial.
Ordinary families never had a chance to come into contact with ice in the summer.
But now, the iced green bean water from the Yuan Family’s Cheap Food Shop made history.
However, as the method of making ice with saltpeter spread, more and more ice drink shops appeared on the streets. Yet, the only place selling iced green bean water was still the Yuan Family’s Cheap Food Shop.
This low-margin, high-volume strategy was something other ice drink shops could also pursue. But if they did so, it would lower the quality of their own shops, which was something most people didn’t want to see.
After all, Old Yuan’s iced green bean water was just one coin for a whole day.
Originally, Yuan Zhaodi planned to charge one coin per bowl, but Yuan Pandi and Old Yuan vetoed it.
The two people who had worked hard knew that one coin per bowl of green bean water couldn’t solve the issue. This iced green bean water was essentially free, and since the family wasn’t lacking money anymore, they could do some good deeds as much as possible, considering it a blessing for future generations.
So, the sales rule for iced green bean water changed to one coin for a whole day.
And it was precisely this rule that firmly established the Yuan Family’s Cheap Food Shop’s competitive advantage.
As they say, ginger gets spicier as it ages; having an elder in a family is like having a treasure.
The conscientious approach of the Yuan Family’s Cheap Food Shop earned them a reputation for righteousness and benevolence.
Who says that merchants must be unscrupulous?
The Yuan Family is an exception!
Even Emperor Xia, upon learning of this, was quite moved and personally wrote a plaque for the Yuan Family, naming it "The House of Accumulated Goodness."
"The Book of Changes" says, the house which accumulates goodness will certainly have future blessings.
Receiving the emperor’s plaque, Old Yuan was truly overwhelmed with excitement.
He felt he had truly brought glory to his ancestors!