380 Eating Ice?
Hearing this, Liu Guixia, Yu Hongyan, and Xue Yifu were all overjoyed.
Xue Sifu was also smiling, but he winked at Jiang Yue with his left eye.
When Jiang Yue saw Xue Sifu’s expression, she knew that Xue Yan had already taken care of Xue Sifu’s suspicion. She couldn’t help but glance at Xue Yan.
There was no emotion in his eyes. She understood that he was the one who solved it, but it might have been at his expense. She endured it, but she still couldn’t hold it in and looked up at the sky.
However, as long as he dealt with Sifu, it would be fine. Even if the two kids didn’t say anything, Sifu would speak up for the others when the time came and make this matter seem like nothing was wrong.
“Alright, alright, stop laughing.” Liu Guixia finally stopped laughing and urged Xue Sifu, “Hurry up and smash the ice. Let’s eat some. Don’t worry about your father and Erfu. They’re not at home.”
Xue Sifu laughed and smashed the ice with his hammer.
Because he was going to eat it, he even washed his hands and the hammer. It was a different hammer from the one he used to chisel the ice in the big pot.
Xue Sifu used a lot of force, and in a short while, the ice was smashed into pieces.
Liu Guixia brought small bowls. Seeing that the ice was done, she filled half a bowl for Jiang Yue and another half for Xue Yan. Jiang Yue and Xue Yan were still children, they couldn’t eat too much ice.
She then filled half a bowl for Yu Hongyan. Because Yu Hongyan was pregnant, she could not eat too much ice.
Immediately after, she filled up a small bowl for Li Hehua, Xue Yifu, Xue Sifu, and herself.
Liu Guixia gave everyone a small wooden spoon and said happily, “Alright, hurry up and eat. Whoever finishes first can give your Grandpa a bowl.”
Xue Sifu, Xue Yifu, Li Hehua, and Yu Hongyan had all eaten. Even Liu Guixia herself ate it all.
In this hot summer, there was nothing more suitable than eating ice.
Jiang Yue didn’t eat it. She just watched Liu Guixia and the others gobble down the ice. It was odd watching people eat only ice.
Xue Yan had been in the palace in his previous life, so he often ate ice in the summer. However, the ice he ate had something added to it, so it tasted much better than the one in his bowl. However, it was the first time he had ice at home, so he didn’t know how to make it. It was normal for them to think that ice was only eaten in this way. Just as he was about to take a small bite of the tasteless but heart-chilling ice like his family, he saw Jiang Yue staring at him in a daze. He seemed to understand why, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
Jiang Yue was silent for a while before she pulled Liu Guixia’s clothes with her free hand. She looked up and asked, “Where are the sweet red beans that Dabao and Xiaobao sent over yesterday?”
Ever since she had helped her cousin’s family with their oil mill, her cousin’s family had always found all kinds of excuses to ask Dabao and Xiaobao to send some food for her and Xue Yan.
The item they gifted yesterday was red beans marinated in sugar.
Red beans were crunchy and sweet, so it was just right to sprinkle them on the ice.
“I was afraid that the beans would spoil if it was wrapped for a long time, so I put it in a small jar.” Liu Guixia quickly went to get the small can while eating the ice that was cold and tasteless. “Do you want some?”
“Yes, please.” Jiang Yue nodded. “I think it’ll taste better if I put this on the ice.” As she spoke, she used the small spoon in her hand that she had not used before to scoop two spoonfuls of sweet red beans from the small can and put them on the ice in Liu Guixia’s small bowl. “Do you want to try it again? Is it different?”