'. The two dry wells at the cellar door are more than one meter deeper than the bottom of the cellar, and are connected to the inside of the cellar. As you might guess, they are for draining away the ice water in the cellar."

"In the past, the Ma family, the richest man in the capital, got their ice from here in the summer. They cut the ice in the open field outside, once at noon and once in the evening, and broke it into pieces and distributed them all over the yard. I also came here to help Mr. Song.

After taking the ice, carry a bucket back and put it in the ice basin. Placing it in the house can not only cool down, but also can make fruit, mung bean soup and sour plum soup. It is very useful. Therefore, rich people in the past were quite comfortable in summer.

The foreigners who come to Ma’s house always wonder why Ma’s house has ice cubes available at all times.”

"Weimin, aren't you doing a good job at Tan Gong Restaurant? Aren't the customers very satisfied? Especially now that there are ceiling fans and electric fans. Bring a basin of ice and it will be more comfortable. And the ice cellar can also chill fresh fruits.

, as for ice dew wine. It’s not only useful in summer. If you see those jars without them, then put the fruit in them.”

"In the past, every year when the autumn fruits were on the market, the Ma family would send people to pull the jars on carts to the mountains to buy the fruits. People from the Ma family picked the fruits fresh from the trees, and some were specialized in picking the ones that grew well and didn't hurt.

The peeled apples, oranges, pears, and benzines are then carefully packed into jars one by one for storage, and are also placed in the ice cellar when they return. In this way, from the coldest months of winter to the early spring when the harvest is over, the Ma family will still have fresh fruits to eat. Beijing is famous for its preserved fruits.

Right? But even if the candied ones are not made from sugar, they are only enjoyed by the rich. Only people like the Ma family who can eat fresh fruits in winter can be called real rich..."

At this point, Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao, who were listening in, finally understood and couldn't help but secretly clicked their tongues.

The old society that says all evil in its heart!

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would have believed that there were people living like this in the past years.

Damn it, rich people actually have such big ice cellars in their homes.

Even though people today have access to refrigerators, they still can't compare with the rich people of the past.

Where to reason?

As for Ning Weimin, he was filled with excitement.

If nothing else, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the perfect place to put the porcelain.

Not to mention that the place is secretive, and most people cannot find it here.

Even if you find it and break the lock, you may not have the guts to go down there to see what's going on, let alone move it outside, even if you don't "touch the golden captain".

The most important thing is that he never thought that the Ma family had an ice cellar in the past.

This is equivalent to hundreds of square meters of space falling from the sky. Isn’t this profitable?

Although now that we have an ice machine, we no longer have to think about storing ice like we did in old age, but how can we use such a big place?

It is suitable for simple use as a wine cellar.

He'll bring his Moutai Wuliangye here later, and buy some Lafite or something like that to entertain guests, isn't he pretending to be Dafa?

Just like that, Ning Weimin's heart felt so beautiful, he was happier than after drinking two taels.

After waiting for a few people to come up from the ice cellar, Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao rode their tricycles to Liulichang to collect goods.

Ning Weimin's interest was still undiminished, and he insisted on his master taking him to the Jiang Family Courtyard and the Theater, Huadongzi, which were originally occupied by the Ancient and Modern Cultural Association.
Chapter completed!