Ye Jiu laughed, and at the same time, they had already arrived at the backyard, watching the crowd going back and forth fetching water. Ye Jiu asked, "Prince, do you see what they are doing?"
"Fetching water," the Prince replied, feeling something was amiss, "Wait, why are you fetching so much water and storing it in the courtyard? On such a hot day, it can’t possibly freeze into ice, can it?"
"Whether it can turn into ice, why don’t you take a look and see?" Ye Jiu teased deliberately.
The Prince, refusing to believe it, decided to go and see for himself.
The Prince walked up to the box that had just been placed down and chuckled dismissively, "This is still water, isn’t it?"
He took a few more steps forward, commenting as he walked, "This is still water... this, too, is water..."
As he continued walking, something felt off.
"Wait, this..." the Prince leaned forward incredulously, even touching it with his hand, and immediately exclaimed in surprise, "How did this turn into ice?"
Ye Jiu deliberately responded with a chuckle, "There you see! It did turn into ice, and moreover, do you think I opened a shop on a whim? Without full confidence, would I dare to mess around?"
The Prince stood up straight, guiltily touching his nose.
It wasn’t that he intentionally doubted the girl; after all, he had never seen ice form in the summer before!
The Prince truly didn’t want to admit that he had such limited experience and was even looked down upon by a young girl.
At that moment, Ye Wenzheng had just finished instructing others and came to report to Ye Jiu, "Miss, I’ve had people go to buy containers for storing water, but as for the pricing..."
Making ice blocks in these containers certainly wouldn’t yield perfectly square and neat outcomes, and they would definitely need to be broken up when taken out.
Actually, the ice itself is all the same; it’s just that it doesn’t look as nice as the ones from the molds, so in terms of pricing, Ye Wenzheng didn’t dare make a decision on his own.
Ye Jiu thought for a moment and said, "Make it slightly cheaper than those from the molds by several hundred coins, and otherwise, let’s decide based on the size of the ice blocks."
After all, smaller blocks of ice melt faster, and by the time they are transported and stored in ice cellars, there will inevitably be some loss.
"Understood," said Ye Wenzheng before he turned to arrange other matters.
Meanwhile, Ye Gaosheng was pondering over the shower gel.
Yesterday, he produced a batch of shower gel packaged in numerous small bottles, totaling over a hundred. However, seeing the number of people coming to buy ice today, the amount was still far from sufficient for giveaways.
Looking at the dwindling supply of shower gel, Ye Gaosheng felt the pressure mounting.
Finding Ye Jiu, Ye Gaosheng discussed this issue with her.
Since she had already reviewed the situation of the ice shop and with Ye Wenzheng overseeing things here, there was not much for her to do, so she planned to return to the mansion with Ye Gaosheng.
The Prince, having even less to do here, kindly offered to take Ye Jiu and Ye Gaosheng back.
Ye Jiu, of course, was not about to be polite with him.
Upon reaching the front door of their home, Ye Jiu extended an invitation, "Prince, would you like to come in for a visit?"
"That sounds good. I’m also very curious about this ’shower gel’ you speak of!" the Prince said.
Shower gel, it sounded like something used for bathing. Soap is also used for cleaning the body. Having heard that the shower gel was also developed by this young girl, the Prince truly felt that Ye Jiu was extraordinary.
At such a young age, she was able to invent so many unique things; it’s curious what more she will be capable of when she grows up.