The Shen family has more than a dozen shops in Nanyang, so it is not difficult to find a suitable shop. After discussion, they chose a shop facing the main street, and the shop that was confirmed is already being renovated.

Thinking of the dazzling array of children's products and toys in the previous life, from small baby products to toys for older children, Cao Xiangnan has been racking his brains these days, writing and drawing on paper, drawing out everything he can think of, and letting the craftsmen there make it first.

There are small toys such as strollers and cribs for babies, and small toys such as rocking drums and wind chimes. There are also many small toys for older children, such as small wooden horses, small bicycles, scooters, etc., which are suitable for children.

Children are light, and a bicycle made of wood can bear the weight of children. Even if they can't go far, riding around the yard is definitely not a problem.

I remember that when I was a child, I was particularly envious of other children who had bicycles. But at that time, I followed my grandmother and it was good to have a full meal and books to read. I didn't dare to think about having my own bicycle. So until now, Cao Xiangnan has a particularly deep impression of children's bicycles.

However, if possible, Cao Xiangnan would like to get a batch of bicycles for adults, so that it would be much more convenient to go out. At least it would not be a problem to go from Caojia Village to Fenshui Town.

He asked someone to make some toys for the children at home, but this is also relatively limited. Besides, Wanfeng's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and she will give birth in winter. Cao Xiangnan also plans to prepare everything he needs before the baby is born. However, in winter, the baby will be too young to be taken out of the house.

If he goes to the town to find craftsmen to make these things, they are not his own people. Once the drawings are given, they are given. It's not like now that he has people from Shen Zhengyang's side. The craftsmen are his own people. Once the drawings are given, they are not afraid of leaking. If he wants to buy the finished products, he can at least get a senior member price. Besides, they have opened a store here, and he can get dividends from the profits earned by selling these things. Why not?

So Cao Xiangnan is very positive about opening a children's products store.

At that time, the clothes he made there could be sold in this shop in addition to being sold at the shopkeeper Jiang's shop. In this way, the clothes produced by the garment workshop would not be afraid of having no place to sell.

In Caojia Village, if you have 100 taels in your pocket, you are considered rich. In Nanyang, you can't buy an ordinary shop on the street without 1,800 taels. The little money he has in his hand is not enough.

With his current economic ability, there is no need to spend all his money to invest in a new shop at once. Not to mention the high risk, if the capital turnover is not smooth, everything he has in the future will be paralyzed. So now he is just a manufacturer first, and he can't integrate production and sales, and he can't keep up with the human and material resources.

It would be better to adopt a cooperation model now, that is, the share will be less, but the risk is not so great. I can save some money first, and then make new plans in the spring of next year.

"Can this little thing really move by stepping on it? It doesn't need to be pulled by a pony?" Shen Zhengyang saw a piece of drawing in his hand, and saw a strange thing with two wheels on it. He couldn't imagine that this thing could move by stepping on it, without being pulled by a horse.

In making these little toys, he also played a little role as a science and engineering student. He thought that he was a mechanical major in the past, but he had no place to use his skills here. Now it can finally come in handy. A small bicycle is really not a problem for him. If the conditions were not limited, Cao Xiangnan thought he could make a small car and drive it.

However, these little things can only make people feel that the craftsmen are ingenious. It would be too eye-catching to make a small car. Those things can be thought of, but they can't be made for the time being.

"Well, trust me, when it's made, find a child to try it and you'll know if it works." Cao Xiangnan remembered that bicycles were introduced to China from foreign countries in the late Qing Dynasty. He didn't understand why there were so many excellent craftsmen in China who couldn't invent a bicycle? But this didn't affect him making a small bicycle for the children to play with first.

Based on the wealth of Nanyang City, ordinary merchants can spend a few taels of silver to buy a bicycle for their children. He can fully foresee how popular these small toys will be.

Even Manager Qu, who followed Young Master Shen, changed from being cautious at first to respecting Master Cao after seeing these gadgets. Manager Qu's father was a slave craftsman in the Shen Mansion. He learned the craft from his father since he was a child, and later became a craftsman. Now he has been promoted to the manager of the shop, but the skills that a craftsman is obsessed with have never changed.

The drawings are given to Manager Qu and handed over to the craftsmen to make them. Cao Xiangnan will also go and discuss with the craftsmen how to do it more appropriately and listen to other people's opinions. After all, these people are the real craftsmen, and he is just talking on paper. Combine the two and take the most appropriate way to do it.

There are also many things to do in Yipinzhai. After the new autumn dishes are determined, the only thing left is the new winter dishes. If it weren't for the recent two days of being busy on both sides, Cao Xiangnan would have already finished the work on Yipinzhai. But now that both sides are being carried out simultaneously, there will be no delay.

"Shopkeeper Fang, I will prepare all the new winter dishes in the next few days." Even if he is busy on that side, Cao Xiangnan will not forget Yipinzhai.

"I'm still worried about you. You can go to whatever side you are busy on first, and you can take a break here." Shopkeeper Fang patted Cao's shoulder. Yipinzhai is now crowded with customers every day, and the business is on a higher level than before.

Anyway, a lot of new dishes have been released recently, and he doesn't mind releasing winter dishes after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Seeing that Cao is even busier than him, the shopkeeper, he knows that he and Young Master Shen are busy opening a new store. It's a good thing that Cao has established a connection with the Shen family. In fact, the Shen family is the one that no one dares to touch in Nanyang.

"How can I slow down? I have to hurry home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with Wanfeng. I've already said that I won't stay here during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I must go home before the Mid-Autumn Festival no matter what." Even though he knew that there would be someone to help take care of Qi Wanfeng at home, Cao Xiangnan was still worried.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have exhausted himself like a dog. He was in a hurry to go home before the Mid-Autumn Festival. He promised his wife!

"Hahaha..." Shopkeeper Fang laughed in an unkind way. He knew that this boy was a good person to his family, and he especially liked this boy for this reason.

Cao Xiangnan was still very grateful to Manager Fang in his heart. He had been living in Yipinzhai recently, which made it convenient for him to handle the affairs of Yipinzhai. He also went out several times a day.

As for the overall situation of Yipinzhai, it was controlled by Manager Fang. The recipes of new dishes and the production methods of moon cakes were uniformly sent to other branches of Yipinzhai by Manager Fa, and it was none of his business.

Now almost all the new dishes of Yipinzhai came from him. The other day, Manager Fang proposed to calculate the dividends from Yipinzhai to him on a monthly basis, but this required a written request from their eldest boss, and he could not make the decision here. If it succeeded, it would mean that he would get the full dividends from Yipinzhai in the future, not just a part of it, so Cao Xiangnan was waiting for the result first.

No matter what the result is, Fang Ziye will not let him down here. Cao Xiangnan still believes this.

The kitchen was relatively small, so they opened a new kitchen in the back to make mooncakes. With a dedicated place for making mooncakes, they could make mooncakes from morning till night.

Since the first day of the launch of mooncakes, the daily sales volume has been increasing, and the building has received many orders from the government.

Cao Xiangnan suggested setting up a stall at the door to sell mooncakes, and put forward some modern sales ideas. Seeing Fang's hesitation, he also told him clearly, "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, no one will buy mooncakes. There will only be ten days at most. We should sell as many as we can, otherwise we will have to wait until next year to make mooncakes."

He knew what Fang was hesitating about. Yipinzhai was just a high-end restaurant. How could it be appropriate to set up a stall at the door to sell things? He was also telling the truth. If you don't make a fortune now, who will buy your mooncakes after the Mid-Autumn Festival?

So after Fang the shopkeeper agreed, after some discussion, in addition to setting up a stall at the entrance of Yipinzhai, they also decided to set up stalls in several crowded places on the streets of Nanyang City to sell mooncakes.

He had brought Sun Ji and the four boys of the Sun family here for so long, and finally they could be put to use. Two of them were in charge of one stall, and Sun Ji would temporarily serve as the supervisor. The staff in the building would be in charge of the entrance of Yipinzhai.

"Mooncakes for sale, freshly baked."

"Don't miss it if you pass by..."

"Hey, little brother, come and try our mooncakes. Only buy if they taste good. If they don't, we won't charge you..."

"Now buy five baskets and get one free. It

's a face-saving gift if you eat them yourself or give them to others." The stalls on the street carry trays with mooncakes of various flavors cut into small pieces. The boys try their best to sell their mooncakes to passers-by. Seeing these beautiful mooncakes with so many flavors, passers-by will really try them. If they taste good, they will pay for five baskets and give one basket to take home.

It's amazing how much they sell in a day!

The mooncakes that were made in the kitchen on this day were sold out very quickly. The people in the kitchen did not stop except for a meal. When Fang, the shopkeeper, saw the first day's income from these stalls, he was so happy that his old face looked like a chrysanthemum.

"Do you believe me this time?" Cao Xiangnan also knew that the business of the stalls outside was particularly good today. There was a queue at the stalls in the back. Once the goods on the stalls were sold out, the goods here could not be made as quickly.

Soon other restaurants saw how Yipinzhai was doing business and followed suit. Unfortunately, they only made ordinary cakes, which were completely different from the mooncakes sold by Yipinzhai. So even if someone bought them, their business was far from as good as Yipinzhai’s. This