396 Great Luck
“Yes, yes.” Xue Da was still chuckling, the smile on his face never fading. This wasn’t a secret, and everyone would know about it soon. There was nothing to hide.
“Oh my!” Someone immediately exclaimed, “That’s amazing! What kind of luck did you strike this year? Each invention gets better than the last!”
“Once this luck comes, it really can’t be stopped.” Someone laughed. “Xue Da, you’ll have a comfortable life in the future!”
Xue Da was naturally happy and even more so from the compliments.
When Xue Sifu arrived at his house, Xue Dafu and the others came out to help unload the things from the two ox carts.
“I originally wanted to buy two more large wooden boxes, but the ox cart couldn’t fit them all. The person who sold the wooden boxes also didn’t want to give them away, so I only bought two.”
“It’s fine,” Xue Dafu said. “If it’s not enough, we can just buy more. We don’t have to buy everything today”.
Once all the items were unloaded, the coachman drove the ox cart away.
The house became crowded with so many things. The wooden boxes and wooden buckets with lids were not moved into the house and were left in the corridor.
“Why did you buy this wooden bucket with a lid?” Xue Wufu picked up a wooden bucket, not quite understanding.
“It’s used to hold the sour plum juice,” Xue Sifu said with a smile.
“Oh, right.” Xue Wufu finally reacted.
“Give it to me, I’ll go clean it.” Li Hehua quickly took the wooden buckets with lids and left. She only came back after she had washed the two wooden buckets and the wooden covers clean.
Seeing that his family was back, Xue Wufu immediately asked excitedly, “Does that mean we can make the ice for tomorrow’s sale now?”
“Wufu, are you an id*ot?” Xue Sifu laughed.
“Quilts can’t keep the ice from melting. If we make it today, the long night will cause it to melt. If we sell it in town tomorrow, won’t the quilt be wet? It’s better to make it tomorrow morning. There’s no need to be so anxious if it turns into the water by then. We can make some and take it to town first. You guys can continue making it at home.
“When it’s done, I’ll ask Erfu or Sanfu to borrow an ox cart to send the rest of the ice to town. Just like what Hehua said yesterday, as long as the weather is hot, you can sell this ice all day long.
“There’s no hurry to bring it to town. Besides, we still have rice noodles and liangpi. One ox cart won’t fit all of them. We would definitely have to borrow an ox cart to help deliver things to town. If the ice’s business is good, I don’t think it’ll be enough to even borrow one ox cart.”
“That’s good, that’s good.” Liu Guixia laughed. “I’ll be even busier this way.”
Xue Dafu and the others also felt that this was a good arrangement.
Xue Yan and Jiang Yue didn’t join in on the fun, instead, they stood under the shed where Xue Yifu was making the things and watched him.
Xue Yifu began to make the cart.
The other parts of the cart were easy to make, except for the wheels and the parts where the wheels were installed. However, Xue Yifu had made the wheels of an ox cart before and had also made many wheels for the workshop, so it was not difficult for him to craft it.
However, that took up a lot of his time.
He definitely wouldn’t be able to do it well today.
Even if he didn’t have to do anything else, he would probably be able to finish one by tomorrow afternoon.
After Xue Sifu and the others finished talking, they began to tie the rope around the small wooden box. When the time came, they could hang the small wooden box around their necks with both hands, or carry it on their backs and sell popsicles everywhere.
Just as he finished, Xue Sifu suddenly laughed and beckoned to Xue Yan and Jiang Yue, “Xue Yan, Jiang Yue, come here.”