After a few more pleasantries, Lin Yan took the candied haws and said goodbye to everyone.

Mrs. Wu: "Let's go too!" After that, she led a few people to Mr. Li's place.

Mr. Li, who was sitting on the carriage waiting for a few people, saw the person coming and immediately stood up and pulled the carriage forward to greet him: "Are all these sold out?"

Wu said in a relaxed tone, "That's right, old man, I have good news!"

Mr. Li invited everyone to get on the carriage and asked as he drove it, "What's the good news?"

Mrs. Wu: "The owner of Piaoxianglou took a fancy to the candied haws made by Yan'er. Not only did he spend money to ask Yan'er to teach them how to make them, he also asked us to provide the fruit, two cents per pound!" After saying this, Mrs. Wu raised two fingers.

Mr. Li turned around and glanced at his wife: "Shopkeeper, do you want to buy it?"

"Of course not. Asking someone to help pick the fruits will cost money!" said Mrs. Wu.

Li Dalang asked in confusion, "How can he make money? We pick the sugar ourselves, so we don't have much else to earn besides the sugar!"

Li Yan explained: "Uncle, don't worry about this. Shopkeeper Qian doesn't rely on these candied haws to make money. He just does this to attract customers!"

Everyone asked in unison: "Drainage? What is drainage?"

Li Yan couldn't help but hold her forehead. "This damn subconscious, I blurted out modern words!"

Li Yan thought for a moment and explained, "Shopkeeper Qian wants to attract customers' curiosity by offering fresh food like this, so they can come to the restaurant to eat and spend money!"

Li Yan continued, "These candied haws are definitely profitable, but not as much as we would make if we sold them ourselves. Shopkeeper Qian is a smart man, he definitely wouldn't do a business that loses money!"

Everyone thought about it and realized that this was indeed the truth!

As if remembering something, Li Yan said to Old Master Li, "Master, we need to act quickly. Shopkeeper Qian wants to do this business because he sees that Rongcheng doesn't have this thing yet. If others start selling it too, we won't make any money by then!"

Mr. Li's heart tightened when he heard this: "Then what do you say we should do?"

Li Yan thought for a moment and said, "Let's get everyone in the village to help pick the fruits. Not only will it speed things up, but everyone can also earn some money to supplement their family income. It's like killing two birds with one stone!"

Mr. Li thought that even though he had never cooked before, he had learned a lot in the past two days. He also realized that this was not a long-term business, so he nodded in agreement: "Let's do it!"

The group happily drove the carriage back. When they were about to enter the village, they saw many villagers standing at the entrance of the village looking at Mr. Li and his group.

It turned out that Wu's business of selling candied haws in the city with her daughter-in-law Liu was seen by Li Erzhu's wife who was at the market in the village. When she came back, she exaggerated the matter and said that the Li family was picking mountain reds in the village and finding ways to make money in the city.

The villagers listened to her persuasion and began to get excited. They all waited at the village entrance for the Li family to return.

When they approached, they were stopped by the villagers. Li Youren, who could usually talk to Mr. Li, stepped forward awkwardly and rubbed his hands and asked, "Brother, I heard from Erzhu's wife in the village that you went to the city to sell mountain red today, and your business is very prosperous? I don't know... I don't know..." He wanted to ask Mr. Li how he made money with this thing, but he couldn't say it.

Our family is really poor. A few days ago, a heavy snowfall crushed the chicken coop, and the only laying hen died. We had been planning to take the chickens to town to exchange for some rice, but now that plan has gone too far.

After hearing what Erzhu's wife said, Li Youren shamelessly wanted to ask how to make money with this thing, but when he got in front of Old Man Li, he couldn't ask anything.