The village chief was happy for the women of the second village and was the first to speak, saying, "Fu Niu'er is amazing! This business is definitely very profitable!"

Others echoed this sentiment.

"Yes, it is indeed suitable for women who stay at home to take care of children and do housework."

"We've all eaten bean sprouts, but we never thought of starting this business, let alone making such a huge profit!"

"This is just in Xindu. If they sell it in other places as well, wouldn't it be easy to earn a thousand taels a month?"

Jiayin smiled happily, tugged at the Marquis's sleeve ingratiatingly, and whispered, "Godfather, should we keep a thousand catties of grain in the military camp every day?"

"I can make the decision and give you a discount."

The Marquis chuckled, pulled her to sit down, and placed a piece of deep-fried ribbonfish on her plate. "No need for discounts, one thousand catties a day. Send it for three days to try it out."

"If the soldiers are willing to eat it, we can increase the amount."

“The soldiers do complain about the monotonous winter meals. If you can improve the situation, I will give you credit.”

"Haha, that's great!" Jiayin couldn't help but clap her hands with joy, and then quickly turned to her second uncle, "Second Uncle, does your relief agency have any manpower? We can buy bean sprouts from the second village wholesale and sell them door-to-door. It would be easy to make a profit!"

“Great! I was just having trouble finding work in the winter.” Li Lao Er agreed with a smile, adding, “Let’s settle on this for now, and we can discuss the details later.”

In just a few words, the bean sprout workshop in the second village had already secured its sales channels and market before it even opened.

Jiayin was extremely satisfied and quickly urged everyone to eat, being so attentive that everyone laughed.

The next morning, Li Lao Er and the others went into the city or ran errands, and the house became quiet again.

After eating, Jiayin went straight to the Second Village, where she led Xiaocui and the others to soak beans and taught them how to sprout beans.

Even Aunt Wu was invited over to provide on-site guidance.

She's a veteran, with even more practical experience!

Xiao Cui and the others never expected that just one night later, the princess would find them a good job that was easy, convenient, and profitable.

They wished they could worship the princess as if she were an ancestor.

Jiayin made it clear beforehand that she would not participate in the distribution of the silver, but she had two requests for everyone.

First, you must keep a close eye on the workshop and not give anyone the opportunity to do something bad.

After all, it's something that's meant to be eaten, and it's going to be delivered to the military camp. If something goes wrong, no one can take responsibility.

Secondly, we need to bring Qi Jia's son along.

The boy from the Qi family is the one whose father died in battle and whose mother ran away with the compensation money, leaving him behind.

He was only eight or nine years old. During this period, he took care of his five or six-year-old sister, learned to cook, do laundry, chop firewood and heat the kang (a traditional heated bed), and did not fall behind in his studies. He managed to support the family.

Everyone in Xincun and Ercun has seen it all; they all want to lend a helping hand to such a good child.

Sprouting beans is not a strenuous task; it only requires care. An eight- or nine-year-old boy can do half the work and is more than capable of it.

From now on, even if it's just a little more each month, two taels of silver for Qi Xiaozi will be enough for him and his sister to live a better life.

Xiao Cui and the others readily agreed.

Even if the princess didn't say anything, they would do it on their own.

Because they are military dependents, they are responsible for the safety of the military camp and taking care of the children of their fallen comrades.

It is my duty!

Soon, a large batch of beans were soaked, willow baskets for storing bean sprouts were being woven at a rapid pace, and a room to keep out the light was prepared.

Seeing this, Jiayin became a hands-off manager, leaving everything to Aunt Wu and Xiao Cui to handle.

Aunt Wu had been helping Hui Niang take care of her children, but now that Hui Niang had taken the children south, she suddenly had nothing to do and felt really uncomfortable all over.

Having this job gave her a way to pass the time, and she was overjoyed.

Every day she bustled between the new village and the second village, her steps became lighter, and she ate more often.

The village chief saw this and was pleased.

He would occasionally accompany his wife on a few walks, and when people saw them, they would make a few jokes, adding a bit of liveliness to the village...

Jiayin stayed at home for three days, decided on the types and quantities of pastries for the New Year's gifts, wrote some gift lists, and then left Shuiyun at home to bake pastries, while taking Shuiling with her to the city.

The truck carried two thousand chicken eggs and one thousand duck eggs.

The eggs were packed in baskets of eighty-eight, covered with fine straw netting, and decorated beautifully and exquisitely. Each basket cost one tael of silver.

The duck eggs were pickled and cooked.

Twenty of them are packed in small, clean, and neatly arranged straw boxes.

Although I guarantee that every egg yolk will be runny, it only costs 500 coins.

Place them in the daily fruit and vegetable section to enrich the variety of goods in the store.

Of course, the profits are also quite good...

In just a few days, the two-story restaurant next to Tiantian Fruit and Vegetable Market was almost finished.

Seeing the success of his fruit and vegetable shop, Gu Li had even higher expectations for his hot pot business.

With nothing to do, he estimated the income of the fruit and vegetable shop and calculated his share, but he was really surprised.

It was too much, so much that a month's bonus was equivalent to several years' worth of his wages...

This is just a fruit and vegetable stall; what if they opened a hot pot restaurant too...?

He dared not think about it anymore, afraid that he would laugh out loud and embarrass himself.

Jiayin took Shuiling and Muxu and toured the building, upstairs and downstairs, and was quite satisfied.

However, taking care of customers' food is different from simply selling fruit. There are many unexpected situations, and the staff also need to cooperate.

Therefore, Jiayin was somewhat worried that the thirty girls and boys who were temporarily trained might not be up to the task.

After thinking about it, she wrote an invitation and hosted a dinner for her girlfriends.

We chose the new restaurant as our location for hot pot.

Not only that, she mobilized her second uncle, Mr. Wen, her eldest brother, and even Liu Zhiheng and Madam Jia, among others.

Each person was given a table's worth of food, and they were asked to invite their relatives and friends to try the hot pot.

Of course, they weren't just letting people eat for free.

Firstly, it gives the new employees a chance to try and make mistakes, and if something goes wrong, their own people won't blame them.

Secondly, I would also like to ask everyone for their opinions, whether it is the taste or the dishes, and whether there is anything that needs to be improved.

In the previous life, this would have been a very ordinary trial operation.

But this was rarely seen in Tianwu. When the invitations were sent out, everyone who heard about it found it novel.

Especially Gu Qingqing and her friends, fearing that their families would not agree, immediately agreed and even sent someone to ask Jiayin if they could bring their familiar cousins ​​or sisters.

After all, as an unmarried woman, she rarely had the opportunity to go out to eat.

This invitation gave them a rare and good excuse, so they naturally wanted to seize it.

Actually, the girls are overthinking it.

Families like the Gu family, familiar with the Li family's style of doing things, are pleased that Gu Qingqing and the princess are interacting more.

In Xu Xi's family, even if they don't like Jiayin, they still admire her ability to make money and secretly hope that their daughter will visit the new restaurant and learn some skills from her...

As for Li Lao Er and his group, they had eaten hot pot at home many times, so they were naturally full of confidence and invited their colleagues and friends to join them.

So, on the day of the trial opening, the restaurant was bustling with people, and seven or eight tables were set up upstairs and downstairs...