Cheng Tie said, "I think Miss Ye is a good person. The days of going hungry are finally over. Brother Lai will definitely be happy when he comes back tonight!"
Gao Lin laughed too, "That's right!"
Ye Erniu said to Ye Panjiu with a sullen face, "Little sister, I feel like I'm not good enough. I feel like I'm saying the wrong thing about all these problems."
Ye Panjiu smiled and patted his shoulder, "No, Second Brother, you answered very well. You were also afraid of making the wrong purchase when you bought the shop, but you made a good one. You were afraid of choosing the wrong person, but Gao Lin likes you very much, and you two will communicate well in the future."
Ye Erniu blushed with pride at the praise. "Really? Am I that amazing?"
Ye Panjiu was both amused and exasperated, as if she could see her second brother about to float to the sky. "Let me tell you about some issues that I think we need to reconsider. I insist on selling only two buckets of braised food a day at Jiujiu Lu, just so that people will line up. Scarcity increases value, and the more people line up, the more prosperous the business will be."
Ye Erniu quickly became serious. "Oh, I see! That's good. I misspoke to Gao Lin earlier. Let me explain it to him again. Back then, I heard passersby always asking what we were selling when I was at the shop."
Ye Panjiu nodded, "And the pricing, the prices in Qingshui County are slightly lower than in Shuzhou, and the people in Shuzhou are on average slightly wealthier than those in Qingshui County, so I think the pricing can be raised a bit."
A meal at Zuixianlou costs twenty-six taels of silver; opening a shop there in Shuzhou would definitely be more expensive.
Ye Erniu racked his brains and nodded repeatedly, "That makes sense."
Ye Panjiu raised an eyebrow and asked him in return, "Then what price do you think it should be, Second Brother?"
Ye Erniu pondered for a moment, "Fifteen coins for a bowl of braised meat, ten coins for a bowl of braised vegetables?"
“The price of braised meat is fine, but the price of braised vegetables at ten coins is a bit high. People who come to eat braised food but only buy braised vegetables may like the taste of our braised food, but they are short of money and can only buy some braised vegetables. I think the price of braised vegetables could be eight coins a bowl, and we could offer a discount.”
Ye Panjiu said.
Since the braising broth is used to braise meat first, the braised dishes will have some meat flavor.
Ye Erniu nodded, "Okay, little sister is more thoughtful. My brain is really not as good as yours."
Ye Panjiu laughed and said, "There's no such thing as a bad brain. It's just that by doing things little by little, we can think more thoroughly. Also, let's continue with the two things: giving away braised food to people in need for free and providing free Laba Festival food."
"Alright, this has always been a tradition of the Ye family."
Ye Panjiu then talked to him about some of the issues they had just discussed, and Ye Erniu remembered them carefully.
Ye Panjiu concluded, "How many people to hire for the shop and how much they will be paid is up to you and Gao Lin to discuss. Just make sure the braised food you sell is exactly the same as that from Qingshui County, and absolutely do not pass off inferior products as superior ones."
Ye Erniu stared wide-eyed. "That definitely won't do. Wouldn't that ruin our own reputation?"
Ye Panjiu nodded approvingly, "Then you go ahead with your work, Second Brother. I'll go check on Guihua's side."
Ye Erniu waved his hand, "Alright, little sister, take care."
After seeing Ye Panjiu off, Ye Erniu relaxed a lot. His younger sister was doing very well running her shop, and he felt pressured when he worked in front of her, afraid of messing things up.
Gao Lin leaned closer and asked, "Second Brother, shouldn't we ask for help next?"
Ye Erniu grabbed him and quickly made him repeat what he had just said wrong, and added some more details.
Gao Lin didn't mind and accepted everything.
Ye Panjiu didn't know where Ye Guihua was, but she saw the Jiujiu Lu signboard directly.
The signboard hasn't been hung up yet, and the words are just small characters in a corner.
The tables, chairs, and counters in the shop have all been tidied up, basically restoring the layout of Jiujiu Braised Food from Qingshui County.
There were even stools, a charcoal brazier, and hot tea placed at the entrance.
Ye Panjiu sat on the stool, drinking tea, and could clearly tell that it was brewed by Ye Guihua.
She was somewhat moved, noting that Guihua was quiet and shy, but meticulous and strived for excellence in everything she did, which was quite admirable.
Ye Guihua saw Ye Panjiu when she returned from the government office.
She was somewhat pleased, and blushed as she took out the land deed and handed it to Ye Panjiu.
"Auntie, what do you think of this shop?"
Ye Panjiu looked at the land deed; it was forty-six taels.
The shop was larger than Ye Erniu's, not to mention it was fully equipped with tables, chairs, and counters.
“Very good. Tell your aunt how you bought the shops?”
Ye Guihua pursed her lips. "I first chatted with the aunties in this area to find out the prices of shops in Shuzhou, as well as brokers. Actually, I didn't need a broker. The aunties took me to see quite a few shops for sale. Before I settled on this one, there was an even better one, but the seller was too indecisive and kept saying he was thinking about it. In the end, I settled on this shop."
What she didn't say was how much she had taken care of these aunties' businesses these past two days; she would never ask empty-handed.
She gave the aunt who showed her the shop a lot of gifts.
She was young and very polite, so everyone in the neighborhood had a very good impression of her.
Ye Panjiu knew that the main reason for finding a broker was to avoid the troublesome process of going to the government office to transfer the land deed. "You just went to the government office to transfer the land deed?"
Ye Guihua nodded, "Actually, it's not troublesome. As long as we find someone to handle this, everything else will become clear and easy to deal with."
Ye Panjiu patted her head and said, "You've done a great job. Look, Auntie, the beams will be spread all over the shops you manage."
Ye Guihua was so embarrassed by the praise that she lowered her head slightly, her cheeks and ears turning red.
Before the shop even opened, she was always worried that she wouldn't do as well as her aunt and that it would affect her aunt's business.
"Are you hungry? Let's go home and eat first. This afternoon, Hengtong will take you to see the manager I've chosen."
Ye Guihua nodded, wondering which shopkeeper would be in charge of the shop she was running.
Sun didn't come home for lunch, and Ye Erniu was worried, so he went home and left again.
Before long, he sent a street vendor with a message that he wouldn't be coming back for lunch or dinner for the next few days.
Ye Panjiu smiled and looked at the three people beside her, "Did I put too much pressure on my second sister-in-law?"
Ye Taohua laid out the food and said, "How could that be? My second aunt has always been this impatient. When she sews clothes at home, if she's slow, she'll sew by lamplight until late at night. During the busy harvest season of wheat and broad beans, if she falls behind, she gets so anxious that she gets blisters on her lips."
So even if her mother didn't urge her, she would still work day and night as soon as she saw that her second uncle's business was about to open.
Ye Panjiu was a little worried, "Working day and night won't work. Even if you're busy, if you don't rest properly, your efficiency won't be good."
She made up her mind to drag her second sister-in-law home to sleep before going to bed that night.
Ye Panjiu then asked Ye Taohua, "We're all busy opening shops and making money, don't you want to join us?"
Ye Taohua raised her hand, used her chopsticks as a sword, and nimbly gestured a few times. "Didn't Mother say that everyone has their own path to walk and should do what they like? I don't think that I will earn less in the future if I learn good martial arts. Besides, what I want is to live a carefree life in the martial world."
Gold and silver are nice, but they're not what she wants most.
She wanted to be a free and powerful eagle, soaring freely in the vast sky and earth.
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