After sending Gan Tian to school, Gan Li had Gan Mingyi drive the carriage and they strolled around the streets.
Gan Mingyi was very pleased to see that his younger sister was in such a leisurely mood today:
“Since you came home, you’ve been so busy every day. I’m always worried that you’ll get exhausted. Isn’t this good? When you have free time, you can take a stroll and relax a bit. It’s good for you.”
Gan Li was touched by what she heard, but she still honestly replied, "Second Brother, I'm not just wandering around; I have important business to attend to."
Gan Mingyi: "..." He knew he shouldn't speak too soon.
Seeing his younger sister's restless appearance, Gan Mingyi felt a little helpless, but also curious: "What important matter is it?"
"Let's go take a look at the shop."
"Looking at the shop?"
"You forgot?" Gan Li retorted, "Didn't I say before that I wanted to open a restaurant?"
Upon hearing this, Gan Mingyi suddenly realized what had happened and slapped his forehead: "Look at my brain!"
Ganli said, "These days, our braised pork has become more famous, and more and more people are coming to buy it. Our stall can no longer meet the demand."
"Are we just supposed to watch the money go to waste and not be able to make any? We might as well find a shop now and avoid future trouble."
Setting up a stall is not a long-term solution; she initially thought it was just a temporary measure.
However, she is not worried about the capital now. Last time, she used the ice-making recipe and IOU to extort a total of 2,500 taels of silver from the Zhao family. She used 2,000 taels to invest in saltpeter, leaving her with 500 taels.
Adding what she had left over from before, and what she had earned in the past few days, she now had a total of six hundred taels of silver, more than enough to use as capital.
Seeing that his sister had made all the plans and that they were thorough, Gan Mingyi said no more and just helped her catch the carriage.
However, he didn't just abandon the matter; he also started keeping an eye out and actually saw several shops with "For Rent" signs posted in front of them.
He hurriedly asked Gan Li to take a look, but after Gan Li looked at it, she shook her head. Several of them were the same, and Gan Mingyi was a little confused.
"Little sister, what kind of shop are you looking for?"
Gan Li said, "It can't be too small, nor too big. If it's too small, there won't be enough seats for two or three tables. If it's too big, the rent will be too expensive, which is not cost-effective."
"That one was great, it was right in the middle of the city, there were definitely a lot of people there."
"Do you see any restaurants nearby?"
Gan Mingyi was stunned. He thought hard for a moment and shook his head: "There are plenty of food stalls, but there are no proper places to eat."
As he spoke, he became curious: "Why is that? That's a bustling market area; it's always packed with people during market days."
Seeing his puzzled look, Gan Li patiently explained:
"There are quite a few people at the market, but they are all from nearby villages. People leave their work at home and come all this way, either to sell their belongings for money or to buy some everyday items."
To put it bluntly, ordinary people like us, who would dare to go to a restaurant? Take you, for example, you've been to town so many times, when have you ever spent dozens of copper coins to eat at a restaurant? At most, you'd buy a few steamed buns or a small bowl of wontons to fill your stomach.
Gan Mingyi suddenly realized what was going on!
Yeah, how come he didn't think of that? He was wondering why there were only food stalls selling wontons and steamed buns in such a lively place, but no proper restaurants. Now he knows!
"Little sister, you're so clever!"
Gan Mingyi scratched his head, smiled sheepishly, but then remembered something else:
"What about the other shop? That shop is surrounded by restaurants, so it must be a popular place to eat, and many people must be willing to spend money there!"
Gan Li recalled the shop from earlier. Just as Gan Mingyi had said, the surrounding area was full of restaurants. Not only was the layout of the shop good, but the rent was also very reasonable.
Not only that, even the town's two most famous restaurants, Baifulai and Wanshunlou, are located in that area.
That's why Gan Li gave up the idea of opening a restaurant there.
Bai Fulai and Wan Shunlou were already locked in a fierce battle, and the situation was murky enough that she really didn't want to get involved.
Moreover, she and Baifulai's boss, Lao Sun, are now friends. Although she will inevitably become a competitor as long as she runs a restaurant in this town, she doesn't want to attract attention in that area.
Upon hearing this, Gan Mingyi was so impressed he didn't know what to say, and could only silently give her a thumbs up.
My sister is really clever! She's already thought of everything so thoroughly even before anything has even started.
While admiration was one thing, Gan Mingyi began to worry after his proposals were repeatedly rejected.
"The town is so small, where else can we go?"
Ganli was also troubled. She sighed and was at her wit's end when she suddenly remembered a place.
"Go to the dock."
"pier?"
Gan Mingyi tried hard to recall. There were many stalls set up on both sides of the dock to sell food, but they were already full and there was no space available.
Gan Li knew all this, but she still urged Gan Mingyi to go there. Gan Mingyi had no choice but to drive the car to the dock.
Just outside the alley, when they were still a short distance from the dock, Gan Li hurriedly told Gan Mingyi to stop there. After they came to a complete stop, she got out of the car first.
Gan Mingyi followed closely behind, standing beside her. He followed her gaze to a shop in front of them, a fabric shop.
Seeing Gan Li's satisfied look, he asked in surprise, "Little sister, you don't mean to rent this shop, do you? This shop doesn't have much business."
He had been setting up a stall with Gan Li for so long, passing by here every day, and he had never seen a customer go in. In private, he had even told his older brother Gan Mingyi that opening a shop like this would probably not only fail to make money, but would also result in losses.
Sure enough, a "For Rent" sign was posted on the shop not long after, but unfortunately, everyone in the neighborhood knew that the shop was doing poorly, and no one was stupid enough to take it over.
Seeing that his younger sister actually wanted to rent the shop, Gan Mingyi was a little anxious, but Gan Li said:
"They lose money because they don't have anything to sell that isn't in season."
Actually, the shop's location is really good. The dock is not far away from the opposite side. Although it is a bit far from the dock, there is a large open space in front of it, which is very spacious. You can see the shop at a glance from the dock.
However, this is a dock, frequented only by merchants, travelers, and workers; none of them have a need to buy cloth. Opening a cloth shop here? Who wouldn't lose money?
In fact, it wasn't just the cloth workshop; it was the same for everything else. The only acceptable use was to open a restaurant—it wasn't that no one had considered it, but when they thought about how the docks were already lined with food stalls, who would go out of their way to eat here? So they gave up on the idea.
However, Gan Li didn't think it was a problem. She was confident that the food in her restaurant could make these people take those extra steps.
Having made up her mind, she immediately stepped inside. Seeing this, Gan Mingyi quickly followed his sister inside.
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