Lu Chuan nodded as if he understood, "When you put it that way, it does seem to make sense."

Xu Han picked up the ledger next to her and tapped Lu Chuan on the head. "Idiot, what do you mean 'seems like'? It is."

After saying that, she ignored him, picked up the ledger, and left.

As he left, he didn't forget to tell Lu Chuan, "Bring the money box over here."

Hmm, why didn't she carry him? It's too heavy, mostly coins, incredibly heavy.

Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan quickly picked up the money box and followed Xu Han to the shop.

The two stayed in the shop until sunset. Seeing that there weren't many people left in the shop, they went back to their house.

Li Wen and Ju Xiang also went back with them. Xu Han had something to discuss with them when they got home.

As for the shop, the remaining people are enough, since there are hardly any people at night and the shop isn't busy anyway.

They just opened a couple of days ago, so they all need to stay in the shop until it gets completely dark before they can go back to their homes. In a few days, when the foot traffic isn't so high, only one or two people will need to stay in the shop, and the others can come back after the peak hours are over.

After arriving home, before dinner was even ready, Xu Han called them to her study and began arranging tasks for the next day.

"I already sent Han Qi back to prepare the goods this afternoon. Li Wen, you should get up early tomorrow morning to pick up the goods."

"When the time comes, you should hire someone to drive an oxcart with you. Qi Yu and the others will also be coming. A horse-drawn cart probably won't hold much cargo once people are in it."

"Yes, Madam. I'll have Li Feng accompany me tomorrow."

Xu Han turned to Juxiang and instructed her, "After the goods arrive, Juxiang, you will be responsible for registering and storing them in the warehouse."

Don't worry about reconciling the bills; I'll handle that for now. I'll take this opportunity to learn how to properly manage accounts.

Although Juxiang found Xu Han's last arrangement strange, she didn't ask any further questions. She just did whatever her master told her to do.

Xu Han certainly didn't dare let him check the bill. There were quite a few eggs that she had pasted from her space. If they checked the bill, wouldn't they all be exposed?

As for other useful information, Xu Han had already secretly slipped it in while she was at home.

Anyway, they don't know exactly how much is in the warehouse, so they can just say whatever they want.

The number of eggs is too large, otherwise this method could also be used.

Fortunately, thanks to today's efforts, the number of eggs in the space has decreased by a third.

Xu Han had been in charge of the eggs at home before. Now that Xu Han had come to the county town, Grandpa Zhao was in charge of them. If the eggs in the space were not used up this time, the remaining ones could be added to the newly collected eggs later.

Each time we deliver something, we add a little more to it, and it's used up in no time.

After giving the two some other instructions, Xu Han waved her hand and told them to leave.

Xu Han and Lu Chuan continued talking in the study about harvesting sweet potatoes and making wine.

While in the mountains, they had already discussed with the Taoist priest and the others where to make the sweet potato wine they had bought. The two of them discussed the details again, and in the end, for convenience, they decided to make it directly in the county town.

It was in the biggest and best shop. That shop had a good location, a large space, and most importantly, it had a well, making it convenient to work.

If you make it in the mountains, even though the ingredients are readily available, transporting the sweet potatoes up the mountain, making them, and then transporting them down is just too much trouble.

It would be better to let the people on the mountain come down, make sweet potato wine, and then go back.

Anyway, the houses in the county town are big enough to accommodate many people.

After finalizing all the details, Lu Chuan began making arrangements.

To save time, Lu Chuan decided to take Han Qi to a nearby village to harvest sweet potatoes the next day.

They also quickly sent a message to the people in the mountains, asking them to send a few more people over the day after tomorrow to help wash the sweet potatoes and such.

Xu Han definitely agreed with Lu Chuan's plan. Starting a day earlier means ending a day earlier, and there's nothing wrong with that.

With four fewer people at dinner tonight, the table felt a bit deserted, and the two of them weren't used to it. Even though they had only been apart for half a day, Xu Han said she suddenly missed her two rascals.

Xu Han bit her chopsticks, frowning. "I didn't feel lonely at all this busy afternoon, but now that it's just the two of us eating, it feels especially quiet."

Lu Chuan paused for a moment, then nodded. "I've been so busy all day, I wish I could be two people in one. Now that it's just the two of us in the house, how can it not feel lonely?"

"Too."

After saying that, the two stopped talking, quietly finished their dinner, and went to rest to prepare for the busy second day.

As expected, there were far fewer people the next day, but the flow of people was still very large, and the group was so busy that they didn't even have time to drink water.

Many people who came to buy things yesterday came again today, but they bought significantly less than yesterday.

Today I mainly bought everyday vegetables and such; I bought less dried goods.

Of course, many of these people had just learned about the shop and came here because of its reputation.

Yesterday, many people in the streets and alleys of the county town were discussing the newly opened Lu's Fresh Mountain Products Shop.

Everyone says that the store sells a wide variety of products, including vegetables that we eat every day, meat, and most importantly, high-quality mountain produce, as well as various kinds of pickled vegetables that we've never tried before.

Not only are the prices affordable, but the quality is also very good. Most importantly, you can buy all the ingredients you need for cooking at one shop, which is very convenient.

Because of the newly opened Lu's Fresh Produce Shop, business at the market was extremely poor. The usually bustling market was now deserted, with only a few people around, and the usual liveliness was gone.

Of course, Xu Han was unaware of these matters; at the moment, she was busy stocking the shelves in the shop!

Seeing the shelves empty one after another, the smile on his face never stopped.

At noon, Xu Han looked at the money box, which was almost half the size of yesterday's, and her face scrunched up in a bitter expression.

He complained to Lu Chuan beside him, "I thought business wouldn't be too bad today because there were so many people and the shelves were empty again and again. But look, the cash box is almost half empty."

After Xu Han finished speaking, she pushed the money box forward so that Lu Chuan could see it clearly.

Although the two had prepared for a decrease in customer traffic yesterday, they did not expect that there would be so many fewer customers today.

Lu Chuan comforted them, "They probably haven't finished the vegetables they bought yesterday. Li Wen said that there weren't many people at the market today, which means they have a lot of stock and don't need to come to buy vegetables for a while."