Chapter 760 Caiwei's Decision (1)

It was almost June, and the weather in the capital was getting hotter. Many people who were afraid of heat wore straw hats and rolled up their sleeves when they went out; the more sophisticated rich people held parasols and changed into gauze clothes.

Since she became pregnant, Mrs. Du did not have any reactions such as vomiting or nausea, but she was very afraid of heat. The whole family was squeezed in a carriage. Before they went far, she was sweating profusely and kept fanning herself with a fan.

"Mom, is it hot?"

Cai Fei wiped the sweat off her mother's forehead with a handkerchief, and then took the fan from her hand and fanned her personally.

Mrs. Du smiled and said, "Maybe it's because of the pregnancy. I always feel that summer this year has come earlier than in previous years. Today, it's really hot."

Mu Zhongqing said, "It's not even June yet, and it's already so hot. If it's July or August, won't you get heatstroke? Otherwise, go to the ice shop tomorrow to order some ice and put it in the house every day to cool you down!"

In this era, there were no refrigerators or freezers. Ice in summer was absolutely precious and rare. Only the palace or the homes of dignitaries would build expensive ice cellars to store ice. Ordinary people couldn't afford ice. There were one or two ice shops in the capital, but the ice there was too expensive. Only those small officials or merchants and landlords who couldn't afford to build ice cellars would go to the ice shop to buy a few pieces of ice to show off when entertaining guests. Normally, they would never be willing to buy a basin of ice lumps for a few taels of silver.

When Mrs. Du heard that her husband wanted to buy her ice to cool off, she said "no" repeatedly.

She knew that ice was expensive. She had been afraid of poverty over the years, so she was particularly serious about money.

Although the family was doing well now, the children were still young and didn't spend much money. When the children grew up, the tuition for Wen'er and Wu'er's studies, the dowry for Wei'er and Fei'er's marriage, plus the one in her belly, five children would cost a lot of money. How could she bear to waste money on ice that couldn't be eaten or drunk!

"When I was pregnant with them, I was also afraid of heat. Didn't I give birth to them safely without ice? It's not easy to make money, don't spend money recklessly. Now there is one more mouth to feed in the family, and there will be many days to spend money in the future!"

Mu Zhongqing knew that his wife was frugal and afraid of spending money, so he didn't say anything. He just secretly planned that when he returned to the shop later, he would go to the ice shop to order some ice for her.

Caifei saw that her mother kept wiping her sweat, so she lifted the curtain of the car window to let the wind blow into the car and cool her mother down.

The moment she lifted the curtain----

In a brothel called "Zuichunyuan" across the street, several dandies waving fans had a great night and were walking out contentedly. They happened to see the extremely clean little face in the car.

The little face was quiet and elegant, with pink cheeks when she smiled, like the lightest and most lingering cloud at the beginning of the sunset, with both the immaturity of a girl and the beauty of a woman. In just a moment, several pairs of eyes suddenly widened and stared at the bright little face exposed in the car window with surprise.

Caifei was lifting the curtain and talking and laughing with her mother, when she suddenly caught a glimpse of the greedy and evil eyes on the opposite side, which frightened her so much that she turned pale, dropped the curtain in panic, and covered her heart.

"What's wrong? "

Madam Du noticed that her daughter's face looked strange, and couldn't help but ask with concern.

Cai Fei didn't want her mother to worry, so she smiled and said, "Nothing, I just suddenly thought of my elder sister. I wonder where she is now? When will she come back?"