Chapter 760 Caiwei’s decision (1)

It's nearly June, and the weather in the capital is getting hotter and hotter. Many people who are afraid of the heat wear straw hats and roll up their sleeves when they go out; the more sophisticated wealthy people hold parasols and put on gauze clothes.

Since Du Shi was pregnant, she had no symptoms such as vomiting or nausea, but she was afraid of being too hot. The whole family was crowded in a carriage, and before they had gone far, she was dripping with sweat and kept fanning herself with a fan.

"Mom, is it hot?"

Caifei wiped the sweat off her forehead with a handkerchief, then thoughtfully took the fan from her hand and fanned her herself.

Du Shi smiled and said, "Maybe it's because I'm pregnant. I always feel that summer this year is earlier than in previous years. It's going to be extremely hot today."

Mu Zhongqing said: "It's not even June yet, and it's already so hot. If we wait until July or August, wouldn't we suffer from heatstroke? Otherwise, why don't we go to the ice shop tomorrow to order some ice and put it in the house every day?" Let me help you get rid of the heat!"

In this era, there were no such things as refrigerators and freezers. Ice in summer was definitely a valuable and rare thing. Only the palaces or the homes of dignitaries would build expensive ice cellars to store ice. Among ordinary people, Households cannot afford ice. There are one or two ice shops in the capital, but the ice in them is too expensive. Only those petty officials or merchants and landlords who cannot afford to build ice cellars will use it when entertaining guests at banquets. Go to the ice shop to buy a few pieces of ice to support the scene. Normally you would not be willing to buy a few taels of silver for a basin of ice cubes.

When Mrs. Du heard that her husband wanted to buy her ice to cool off the heat, she hurriedly said "No".

She knew that ice was expensive, and she had been afraid of poverty in recent years, so she took money matters very seriously.

Although the family's life is better now, the children are still young and don't use much money. When the children grow up in the future, Shu Xiu, who is studying at Wen'er and Wu'er, and Wei'er and Feier's dowry, plus their belly This one in the house, the five children have no idea how much money they have. How could she be willing to waste her money on ice cubes that cannot be eaten or drank?

"When I was pregnant with them, I was also afraid of heat. Didn't I still give birth to them safely without using ice? Making money is not easy, so don't spend it carelessly. Now we have another child in our family. Open your mouth, there will be a lot of money to spend in the future!"

Mu Zhongqing knew that his wife was frugal and was afraid of spending money, so he said nothing and secretly planned to go to the ice shop and order some ice for her when he returned to the shop later.

Seeing that her mother was wiping her sweat frequently, Caifei opened the gauze curtain on the car window to let the wind blow into the car and relieve her mother from the heat.

The moment of picking up the curtain----

In a brothel called "Zuichunyuan" across the street, several dandy boys waving fans had a great night and were walking out satisfied. Inadvertently, they happened to see the extremely clean little face in the car.

That little face is peaceful and elegant, and her cheeks are pink when she smiles, just like the lightest and most lingering clouds at the beginning of the sunset. It has the youthfulness of a girl and the beauty of a woman. In just a moment, a few Both eyes suddenly widened, staring at the bright little face exposed in the car window in surprise.

Caifei held up the curtain and was chatting and laughing with her mother when she suddenly caught a glimpse of the greedy and lustful eyes on the opposite side. She was so frightened that her face turned pale, she lowered the curtain in panic and covered her heart.

"What's wrong?"

Mrs. Du noticed something was wrong with her daughter's face and couldn't help but ask with concern.

Caifei didn't want her mother to worry, so she smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of my eldest sister. I wonder where she is now? When will she come back."