I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 75 Refrigerator? Ice cellar?
Xie Fei looked at the door and asked, "Do you think Mama Liu is a very clear-headed person or a very thoughtful one?"

Yuan San walked out of the room and asked, "Miss, are you willing to believe her?"

"It's hard to say," Xie Fei said faintly, "In this world, I trust myself the most."

Since the day it started snowing, the wind and snow have been getting stronger day by day.

Lying in bed at night, hearing the howling of the cold wind outside, Xie Fei was worried that the house would be blown away.

When I got up early, the door was covered with snow and I couldn't even open it.

Now it’s difficult to even leave the village, let alone go into the mountains.

Fortunately, Yuan San went to the town that day and bought a lot of food and daily necessities, including meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, etc.

The utility room is also filled with charcoal and tung oil, so it won't matter even if the snow continues for a month.

There was a brazier in the room. Xie Fei, with his hair loose and wearing a robe, stood in front of the window, looking at the flying snowflakes outside.

"It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. If the snow melts and freezes into ice in a corner and stays there until summer, it will become a natural refrigerator."

Xie Fei's mumbling was heard by Fu Yu, who asked, "Girl, what is a refrigerator?"

"Refrigerator?" Xie Fei thought about it carefully, and finally searched for the concept of a refrigerator from his increasingly faint memories of his past life. "It's a device that can keep the temperature low and freeze food to keep it fresh on hot days."

Outside the window, Yuan San appeared with a smile, "Isn't that the ice cellar?"

Xie Fei was frightened by him and took a step back. He wrapped his robe tightly around him and said, "It's so cold, aren't you cold standing outside?"

Yuan San finally put on his cotton coat, but he wasn't as cold as Xie Fei. He slept in the next room at night and didn't need a brazier.

He leaned over the window and said, "Since you like refrigerators, do you want me to build a whole ice cellar?"

Xie Fei actually always had this idea, but it was snowing heavily, and it was impossible for him to really let Yuan San go to dig a cellar.

"No need. There's not much to freeze. It won't be too hot in the mountains in summer."

Yuan San was not dismissed by her words, and just said, "There is a cellar in the backyard, where sweet potatoes and cabbages are usually stored. I don't need to dig it, just make some improvements and store some ice cubes in it, and it will be useful in the summer."

Xie Fei never noticed that there was a cellar in the backyard.

"Is there really a cellar?"

"I rarely lie to you." Yuan San's expression was hidden behind the mask, except for his eyes, which were full of smiles, looking serious and doting.

Xie Fei hit the nail on the head: "I rarely lie, but I have lied before."

But the ice cellar thing might work.

In the past, when summer came, the Xie family would buy ice cubes and make iced cakes and cold drinks, or soak them in basins of water and rely on the coolness of the ice to keep away the heat at night.

Logically speaking, Xie Fei should also have a share, but it was always deducted and he could not even see the shadow of Bing.

After getting to know Yuan San, she would ask Yuan San to find some saltpeter and use it secretly to make ice cubes.

One year it was so hot that she used it a little more, but Xie Yang found out and told her stepmother.

Her stepmother scolded her for stealing ice at such a young age. She said she was almost dying of heat and even went to Xie's father to cry about the harsh treatment she was receiving.

Unfortunately, even though she pretended to be so pitiful, Xie's father had no mercy on her.

Not only did they say that she had learned to steal, they also scolded her for being a lady from a wealthy family and for trying to kill herself over a piece of ice. If this got out, it would bring shame to the Xie family.

Xie Fei was originally crying so hard that she was out of breath, but when she heard this, her tears fell faster than collecting clothes on a rainy day.

Although Xie Fei had always known that her father hated her, she never expected that the abuse would be exposed and her father would completely ignore it.

Xie's father was kind and compassionate to his other concubines' children, but towards Xie Fei, he seemed to have an inexplicable hatred for him.

From then on, even if the sky fell, Xie Fei would not expect her father to make the decision for her. Now, if the ice cellar can really be repaired, there will be an inexhaustible supply of ice in the summer.

Xie Fei casually tied up her hair, inserted a hairpin, put on her deerskin boots, and went to the backyard with Yuan San to take a look.

The cellar was very secretive and was usually covered with stone slabs and straw, so Xie Fei had never discovered it.

Yuan San saw it as soon as he arrived and went in to investigate. It was a good place to use as an ice cellar.

When he reached the cellar, Yuan San moved the stone slab away and jumped down.

After landing, he took out a tinder, lit the torch, and inserted it into the crack of the cave wall.

"Don't come down, it's cold down there."

Xie Fei thought the path was a bit steep, and was icy, cold and slippery, so he didn't plan to go down.

She looked up and said, "It's quite big inside. If we fill it with ice, we won't be able to use it all in the summer."

Yuan San said: "It's convenient to stock up on ice now, the rivers are full of ice."

The problem was how to get the ice from the river.

He certainly couldn't climb over the wall carrying a large amount of ice, and the river was in front of Zhuangzi, so he would be seen if he took the ice.

Xie Fei also considered this issue and said, "When the snow stops, I will ask the villagers to help me."

As long as you pay the workers, why worry about not being able to fill up an ice cellar?
Yuan San still needs some reformation, so Xie Fei will go back first.

Coincidentally, Xiao Shirong's maid was standing at the gate of the courtyard.

The maid's shoes and socks were soaked, and there was mud on her body. It was obvious that she had fallen many times while walking in the snow.

The maid came to arrange things. In more than a month it would be the end of the year. At this time every year, the old lady would return to the Buddhist temple to live for a while.

Everyone in the mansion, from the master to the concubines, had to copy scriptures for the old lady as a token of respect.

Although Xie Fei lived on a farm, he was not immune.

Since this matter was something that even Xiao Shirong could not avoid, Xie Fei did not find an excuse to postpone it.

She asked Fuyu to take the Buddhist scriptures, paper and pen, and then asked the maid, "It's cold recently, madam, please keep warm. Do you have enough charcoal in your house?"

The maid replied in a very official manner, "Thank you for your concern, madam. As the mistress, you have everything you need."

Xie Fei said: "Yes, the lady is naturally well-fed, unlike me, who doesn't even have charcoal to keep warm, let alone cotton clothes."

Maid: “…”

Careless.

I thought it was a polite question, but it turned out to be a hint that I didn't send her any charcoal.

But the maid was strong-willed and didn't respond to Xie Fei's question. She just said, "This is not my business. I don't really know. If I'm dissatisfied, why don't you go back and tell the lady and ask her to make the decision?"

Xie Fei smiled and said, "I have to go back. I miss the lady so much that I will feel at ease only when I see her with my own eyes sooner or later."

The maid left quickly.

Fu Yu said angrily, "Fortunately we made the charcoal ourselves, otherwise we would have frozen to death by the time Pei Mansion sent it over!"

Xie Fei said: "It's already a surprise that the monthly allowance can arrive on time."

Now the Pei family is managed by Xiao Shirong, and it is said that even Su Lu cannot get a say. After all, it is a year-end arrangement, and there is no reason to let the maid handle it.

Xie Fei only hoped that she would not be left out of the New Year's rewards.

Although she has something to offer, who would complain about having too much?
(End of this chapter)