Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 225

When such great news came, the people of Hanshan Town, who had been silent for a few months, were all excited as if it was New Year’s Eve.

Mother Tian and her daughter moved back to Jingyi Lane, and Manager Zhou, Chef Xu, with Zhen Ban and Cai Dao also moved in the backyard of Food of Heaven.

Gu Yin couldn’t take it any longer, and called Manager Zhou to discuss the reopening.

In the spring, ‘Food of Heaven’ closed its business. It was June, which meant that half a year had passed, and the store had only been open for two months.

Although Mrs. Wang’s intention was to let her rest. Once she had examined her body and didn’t find any wounds on it after, except for two shallow blood marks on her palm that had been rubbed by the reins, she did not have any wounds. In addition, she seemed to be in good condition those days.

In the middle of summer, on the day of resumption of business, Gu Yin first launched the ice drink launched the previous summer. That time, it was no longer just cool, but ice cubes were directly added to it. At the same time, a new product – shaved ice – was launched again.

That time, the ice was not hoarded by Second Master Wen, but was hoarded by her own house the previous winter. One large cellar stored cheap river ice, and the other small cellar stored clean ice cubes that were imported.

The price of the latter was really not cheap. If it hadn’t been hoarded, ‘Food of Heaven’ would have made more than a dozen taels of pure profit during the previous year’s accounting. Just for those ices, ‘Food of Heaven’ couldn’t miss the summer business.

With ice that could be eaten, making shaved ice was very simple.

The whole piece of ice was smashed into ice balls, and guests could choose to add watermelon juice, sour plum soup, milk tea or pure milk with white sugar according to their own tastes.

The price of shaved ice was not cheap. A small portion was twenty cents. If they wanted to add milk or milk tea, they had to pay extra ten cents.

Cold drinks with ice cubes were also a few cents more expensive than usual.

But Gu Yin didn’t need to bother to publicize it, and the guests were willing to pay the money automatically.

It was during the day when she was invited away from the house by the palace servants. For the safety of her family, Gu Yin went to the Wen family’s mansion and people outside knew it.

Later, when the abolished Emperor left Hanshan Town, the people did not know that the Imperial Guards were still in ambush. But when the rain passed and the weather cleared, they gradually returned to their previous living habits.

Food of Heaven had not opened for business, and the gate of the Gu House was also closed. When they went to the Wen Mansion to inquire, they came to know that she had been taken away with Manager Zhou and Master Yuan.

That kind of news related to the abolished Emperor was like a burst of water in a frying pan for ordinary people who had no entertainment. After nearly two months, it was almost known to everyone.

Gu Yin was the Emperor’s cook!

Although he was an abolished Emperor who escaped, he was picky. For the food made by a chef who the Emperor was willing to take with him, who would dare to say that it was expensive for twenty or thirty cents?

And more than that, the people didn’t know that Hanshan Town was almost wiped out, and they were eager to inquire about the previous court’s affairs for fun.

Since it reopened in June, there had been no vacancy in ‘Food of Heaven’ for a whole month. Ice drinks and shaved ice were especially good – after all, there were so many people sitting in one place, even if there was an ice basin in the store, it would be very hot. Eating a bowl of ice-cold shaved ice or a cold drink with ice cubes was just the way to relieve the heat.

The business was over for the day, and the guys were busy cleaning up. In the past, although there were many people eating for the day, hygiene was not difficult to maintain. Not only were there more people, but there was also a storyteller, who was talking about what happened after the abolished Emperor came to Hanshan Town.

That storyteller was not without substance. He had genuine authorization, and the content was taught by Second Master Wen.

Second Master Wen heard that there were too many people who ate at Food of Heaven. He saw this business opportunity and led the storyteller to find Gu Yin.

The story telling had to be paid for.

“How about twenty eight?” At that time, Second Master Wen asked Gu Yin while stroking his thin beard, “Or seventeen?”

Although Gu Yin had a bad impression of Second Master Wen before, in the end they had overcome adversity, and that was a win-win situation, so she accepted it.

As soon as that temporary storytelling field opened, before the doors opened in the morning, there were queues at the door.

At the end of the day, the melon seeds (People like to see gossips) in the store were almost everywhere.

But snacks were sold to the melon seeds. Therefore, the more they sold, the better the business, so no one was bothered.