Several people decided on the price of scallion oil noodles, selling them at five cents a bowl. Customers could add braised eggs or dried tofu to the dishes, depending on their preferences.

After the matter was settled, Li Yan stood up and was about to go back: "Brother, please look after the shop for a while. I'll take them back first!"

There were still some unsold tea eggs in the pottery jar, and since we had to wait for news from Piaoxianglou, we had to leave one more person to watch over the shop. "Okay, sister, you guys drive back, I'll go by myself later!"

Li Yan nodded in agreement, went to get the mule cart, and led the people back.

The mule cart stopped in front of the house. Li Yan asked her elder sister and Xiaocao to go back first, and then go down the mountain to help kill chickens after her cousin came back.

Li Yan entered the house, leading the mule, and saw Old Man Li leading the team in expanding the workshop. Seeing his granddaughter return, he immediately went to greet her. "I brought another 500 small bottles from Yaokou Village today, and they're all unloaded in your warehouse! As for the five-jin jars you wanted, they're twelve cents each, and you need to pick them up in three days!"

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble you to get it for me!"

Li Yan didn't expect that they had prepared it in advance. As for the five-jin jar, it didn't matter if she waited for a few days. She had also prepared it in advance.

After the grandfather and grandson finished discussing yesterday's arrangements, Grandpa Li continued to supervise the work, while Li Yan first pulled the mule to the backyard and placed it there.

Then they walked to the eaves of the backyard, and saw rows of large earthenware jars, which were filled with fermented black beans pickled by Li Yan. Li Yan walked to the jar closest to the wall, which contained nearly 200 kilograms of fermented black beans and was the earliest batch of pickled black beans.

Li Yan opened the plastic wrap, smelled the aroma of fermented black beans in the air, nodded, then stood up and found a wooden basin, scooped out some pickled fermented black beans, and prepared to make soy sauce.

Li Yan made up her mind to sell a limited amount every day. By the time her uncle got married, the low-priced soy sauce would be almost ready, and the expanded workshop would be completed, so stocking up should no longer be a problem.

Here, Li Yan boiled the soy sauce and asked her aunt to help watch the heat, while she was busy making a price list.

Today, when she was helping out in a food store, she discovered that every time a customer came into the store, the price of each food item had to be reported, which was very inconvenient.

There are often passers-by who smell the fragrance and want to come in to ask, but are afraid that they cannot afford it, so they are embarrassed to go in, thus missing out on the opportunity to make money.

Li Yan first went to Uncle Youcai's house and spent a few cents to buy a square wooden board. She then found an uncut piece of paper from her father's study and cut it according to the size of the wooden board.

Holding the cut paper and finding an unburned charcoal as a pen, Li Yan began to make a price list. Considering that there were few literate people at that time and the streets were full of illiterate people, Li Yan came up with the idea of ​​using drawing as the main method and text as a supplement.

On one side there is a picture of food, and on the other side there is a stack of copper coins. The style is simple and clear, and people can understand the meaning when they see it.

Li Yan pasted the finished painting onto the wooden board with glue, and then looked at the finished product and nodded with satisfaction.

Tomorrow, just put this thing in front of the store. Passersby who are interested will be able to know at a glance what food is and how much it costs.

Holding the prepared price list, she showed it to Li Xiaomei who was watching the fire: "Auntie, can you tell what this is?" Li Yan asked, pointing to one of the dishes.

Li Xiaomei looked up and said with a smile, "This is noodles!" A large bowl with steam still coming out of it was described with just a few strokes, depicting the appearance of the food. One could tell what it was at a glance.

"This is the price list I made for the shop. I'll put it outside the snack shop tomorrow. If passersby see something they want to eat, they can just walk in. Isn't this a good idea?"

Li Xiaomei gave her niece a thumbs up. This child is really smart. In just a few days, she has been able to adjust her pace according to the current problems and strive to do well.

The busy time passed quickly and it was evening in the blink of an eye. All the villagers who helped expand the workshop went home to work. At this time, my cousin also rushed back.

"Sister, the shopkeeper Qian has ordered twelve fried chickens for tomorrow, and the tea eggs and dried tofu sold this afternoon cost two hundred coins!" After saying that, he handed the silver to Li Yan.

Li Yan took the silver and asked her elder brother to go back and rest first. She took her elder sister Daya and went down the mountain to help kill chickens.

When Zhao Da saw Li Yan coming over, he asked directly, "Miss, how many chickens do you want to kill today?"

"Just kill thirty."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Da nodded and without asking any more questions, he took his men directly to the mountain to catch chickens. The woman at the foot of the mountain had prepared boiled water early in the morning.

Because there were so many people and fewer chickens were killed today, the group of seven or eight people, including adults and children, finished processing thirty chickens in less than an hour.

When Li Yan came back with the processed chicken, it was already completely dark.

"Leave it there for now. It's not too late to marinate it after dinner!" Li Erlang waved to his daughter.

Li Yan had something to ask her father, so she sat down opposite him and said, "Dad, can we expand my two shops? I have a soy sauce shop, but it's really inconvenient to have no water in the food shop."

Li Erlang also felt that the shop was inconvenient without a backyard. There was no place to even park his mule cart. After thinking for a moment, he said, "The county magistrate has handed over the outer area to Young Master Qin. If you want to expand, just let Young Master Qin know. It shouldn't be a problem."

With her father's words, she felt relieved. She would find an opportunity to tell Qin Yue that while the market was still under renovation, she could build a backyard for the two shops and dig a well when the time came.

"How's business in the shop at the market today?" asked Li Erlang.

"Needless to say, the soy sauce business is booming. Over a hundred bottles were sold out in just half a day. I've temporarily adjusted the menu at the food store, reducing the fried chicken supply. I'll add a scallion oil noodle dish tomorrow."

What Li Yan didn't expect was that her father didn't ask too many questions about her decision. Li Erlang just said, "Everything in the shop is under your control. It's up to you to decide!"

While Li Yan was surprised, she was also in a good mood. It felt great to be trusted unconditionally by her family. Now she could go about her work without worrying about being hindered by anyone.

After dinner, Lin went to wash the dishes, and Li Yan marinated the fried chicken for tomorrow's meal, and then put various braised dishes into the small clay stove to simmer them until they were tasty.

The other two were busy bottling the cooled soy sauce. This time they boiled two hundred kilograms directly, with the large bottle containing one hundred and twenty kilograms and the small bottle containing one hundred and sixty kilograms.

After everything was ready, everyone washed up and rested.