After wearing it: I traded a pig for a man.

Jiang Yuning smiled, picked up the wooden bowl, filled it with water, and added some pumpkin seeds and brown sugar: "Iced jelly, refreshing and cooling. Four coins a bowl. Please try it first; if you don't like it, don't ask for more."

The man, who initially thought four coins was a bit expensive, immediately reached out and took it without hesitation after hearing the second half of the sentence.

He looked at the slippery clumps in the bowl with some doubt, and tentatively picked up the spoon and took a couple of bites.

People who were already looking in this direction gathered around curiously when they saw someone trying it. Pairs of inquisitive eyes stared at the man.

"Delicious!" The man's expression changed from a slight frown at the beginning to one of surprise. He gulped down the bowl of ice jelly in a few mouthfuls.

"This stuff is cool and refreshing; after eating it, the weather doesn't feel so hot anymore. Plus, it slides down your throat without even needing to chew." He handed over the empty bowl: "Give me another bowl. Extra brown sugar water."

"Alright." Jiang Yun Ning smiled and generously added three large spoonfuls of brown sugar water.

One pound of brown sugar costs fifty coins, but it can make more than one and a half pounds of brown sugar water. Even if you only add two spoonfuls to one bowl, it's enough to sell more than sixty bowls. And one pound of fresh magnolia seeds can make seven or eight pounds of ice jelly.

After accounting for the loss of male fruits and adding pumpkin seeds, the cost of this bowl is less than two coins.

"Four coins a bowl, refreshing and thirst-quenching, soothing and thirst-quenching," Jiang Yun Ning called out.

People around had already eagerly gathered around.

"Give me a bowl too."

"I want one too, with extra sugar water."

Jiang Yuning received so much money that his hands were sore, and his money bag quickly became heavy.

Jiang Che quickly ladled out bowl after bowl, his back soon soaked with sweat.

When the students came out of the academy, a full bucket of ice jelly was only a third left.

Jiang Anhe came out quickly today. Jiang Yunning ladled out a bowl of ice jelly and handed it to him: "Sweetie, have a bowl first to cool off."

The stall was surrounded by people, and anyone passing by would take a look.

"Hey? It's you, young lady." Shen Yan looked inside curiously and immediately spotted Jiang Yun Ning, who was busy at work.

He still remembers the scene of Jiang Yun Ning cursing Jiang Qiu Sheng.

It was extremely satisfying.

Jiang Yuning was busy and didn't recognize him at first when she looked up, until he said that he was Jiang Qiusheng's classmate, then she remembered.

"What are you selling?" Shen Yan squeezed in. "Give me a bowl."

Jiang Yunning replied, "Iced jelly to cool you down."

As she spoke, she ladled out a bowl and handed it to her.

Shen Yan took a few bites, and his eyes lit up instantly.

"How did you make it? It's so cold and slippery. I swallowed it without even chewing it." He was greatly shocked.

Shen Yan came from a well-off family and believed he had eaten all kinds of food in the town and even the county, but this was the first time he had ever tasted such special food.

"Auntie," Jiang Anhe said, raising her bowl after finishing her drink, "Can I have another bowl?"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but lick his lips.

"No, you can't." Jiang Yun Ning patted his head. "You've eaten too much, and you're not going to eat dinner again. There's still some left at home. Eat it after dinner."

Jiang Anhe pouted her chubby little lips, looking a little disappointed: "Okay. Then Anhe will listen to Auntie and give me a big bowl when we get home, okay?"

Jiang Che looked at him and couldn't help but want to give him another bowl, but he didn't dare to go against Jiang Yun Ning's wishes, for fear of making her angry.

"Little one." Shen Yan looked at Jiang Anhe's school uniform. "You're also from Qingshan Academy? The introductory class?"

Jiang Anhe nodded, her two soft cheeks jiggling slightly. "Yeah."

Shen Yan was delighted; it was the first time he had ever seen such an adorable child.

Her skin was fair and tender, her belly was round and bulging, and her face and eyes were also round and bulging.

"Me too! I'm in the Xiucai class. If you get bullied at the academy, you can call me. My name is Shen Yan. Got it?" He squatted down and poked Jiang Anhe's face.

Jiang Anhe took a few steps back and wiped her face with some disgust: "Don't poke my face, it will make me drool."

He heard this from the adults in the village; he didn't know that a five-year-old child no longer drools.

Shen Yan was amused by his actions and laughed heartily. When he got up again, Jiang Yun Ning and Jiang Che had already put away the utensils on the table. The wooden bucket was now empty.

"Are you coming again tomorrow?" Shen Yan asked.

"Come on, same time again." Jiang Yun Ning wouldn't miss any opportunity to make money.

"Okay." Shen Yan said, taking out his money pouch: "How much?"

Jiang Yun Ning waved her hand: "No need. In the future, please take care of An He for me at the academy. There will be plenty of ice jelly."

She was always worried that Jiang Anhe would be bullied, but she couldn't follow him around every day. If someone in the academy could look after her or even just keep an eye on her, she would feel much more at ease.

Shen Yan was an honest man, and without any hesitation, he took back the money bag: "Okay. Don't worry."

He responded and waved to Jiang Anhe, "Little Anhe, I'm leaving."

Jiang Che had already loaded the cart, and the three of them sat on the oxcart, swaying back home.

As soon as she entered the door, Wang Cuihua began to set out the meal.

"I made over two thousand bars of soap today!" Liu Yuzhi exclaimed in surprise. "At this rate, I'll have enough soap for next month in less than five days."

Jiang Yun Ning nodded: "I'm still getting used to things since I just arrived. There might be even more tomorrow."

She estimated that twenty people could produce 2,700 to 2,800 pieces a day, and once they were skilled, they should be able to produce 3,000 pieces a day.

Xie Shengan's monthly output of 500 taels of goods amounts to approximately 10,000 yuan. If she hadn't mentioned earlier that they were short-handed, Xie Shengan would probably have already wanted to increase the output.

After dinner, Jiang Yuning started kneading ice jelly again and then put it into the well. She made several buckets tonight, intending to send them to Baiweixuan and Fumanlou in the county town tomorrow.

If the deal goes through, I'll start buying magnolia fruits when I get back tomorrow. We can sell them for a while while the weather's still warm.

The next day, when Jiang Anhe was taken to the college, the oxcart was loaded with tomatoes and two large wooden buckets of ice jelly.

Upon arriving at the academy gate, Jiang Anhe's usual behavior of excitedly rushing inside after getting off the oxcart was completely different from before.

"Auntie." He tugged at Jiang Yun Ning's skirt, tilting his little face up, "I want to go in."

Jiang Yun Ning didn't notice anything wrong, only assuming that he was unhappy because he hadn't been given ice jelly in the morning: "Okay, come out early after school, and Auntie will give you ice jelly."

Jiang Anhe nodded, let go of her hand, and entered the academy, looking back every few steps.

Jiang Che frowned. He felt that Jiang Anhe seemed to be a little averse to studying.

Could it be that you can't understand the teacher's lectures?

The two first went to Baiweixuan in town to discuss the business of making ice jelly.

Perhaps because they had been working together for a long time, the shopkeeper didn't ask any questions and directly tried a bowl.

"Miss Jiang, name your price." He squinted with delight, wishing he could just carry down both of those two large wooden buckets of ice jelly.

"I sell it for four coins a bowl, but I'll give you three coins excluding the sweet soup and pumpkin seeds as toppings." Jiang Yun Ning didn't hide anything. "I also have to supply this to other people, but don't worry, I won't cut off your supply."

She makes a profit on almost every bowl of ice jelly she sells, but the low price means she has to rely on volume. Even a small profit is still profit, and she won't let any opportunity to make money slip by.

"Alright." The shopkeeper didn't hesitate: "Then keep these two buckets."

Jiang Yunning waved his hand: "Here, have a bucket first. Try it out. I still need this bucket."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Che had already carried the wooden bucket into the kitchen.

A bucket of ice jelly weighs forty catties, and conservatively speaking, it can yield eighty bowls. Jiang Yuning took two hundred and forty coins for the ice jelly and two taels of silver for the tomatoes.

At the town gate, almost every official guarding the gate recognized Jiang Yun Ning.

Especially Wang Dahe, the two are already very familiar with each other.

"Hey girl." Wang Dahe spotted her from afar. "I heard from your older brother that you went into the mountains recently?"