When the Gan brothers returned, they found the stall surrounded by people. They rushed back to help, only to discover that they couldn't squeeze in at all!
Not only did I fail to get in, but I also got rolled my eyes at several times.
"What are you pushing for? What are you pushing for! Can't you see we arrived before you and haven't even bought anything yet?"
"That's right, wait your turn!"
Gan Li, amidst her busy schedule, looked up and saw them, quickly calling out, "Big brother, second brother, come and help us!"
Upon learning that they were family, the guests who had been blocking the way made way for them, and the Gan brothers squeezed in.
As soon as they arrived, Ganli quickly gave them instructions: "There are still two bowls of bean soup in those two earthenware jars. Quickly pour them into the bamboo tubes."
In just a short while, a wooden basin had been sold out. Fortunately, Gan Li had prepared some bean soup, which was enough to replenish the supply. The Gan brothers nodded repeatedly and quickly helped as instructed by their sister.
Not only that, but when they saw Gan Tian occasionally calling out her wares, they also started shouting to help.
"Popsicles! Popsicles! Three coins each, refreshing and thirst-quenching popsicles!" Gan Mingyi's naturally loud voice carried even further when he hawked his wares, attracting the workers who had just finished their shifts.
They had been working under the scorching sun all morning, and their throats were already parched. When they heard someone shouting that they were selling popsicles, they couldn't resist coming over to join in the fun.
Upon further inquiry, I discovered that this thing only cost three coins?!
They earned fifty coins a day, so they didn't feel bad about spending money on such a small popsicle! As a result, they all generously opened their wallets, with some buying two, and others buying three or four.
But if one person buys more than two, she won't sell them any more pears. She said, "It's not that we don't do business, it's just that these things are cold, and eating too many will give you a stomachache! Besides, other people have waited so long and want to try them too!"
Upon hearing this, the customers around who hadn't bought anything yet chimed in, and the customer who had been rejected wasn't angry, because the other person was still thinking of him!
Amidst the enthusiasm of the crowd, the popsicles in the wooden basin were gradually reduced until the bean soup brought in the earthenware pot was completely gone. Gan Li then spread her hands and said, "I'm sorry everyone, we've sold out of popsicles for today."
"Huh? How come it's gone? I haven't even bought any yet!"
"Yeah, I queued for ages, and it's all gone already?"
Hearing everyone's complaints, Ganli seized the opportunity to say, "We'll still be selling here tomorrow, so please come back and eat some again tomorrow!"
Hearing that there would be more tomorrow, everyone reluctantly said, "Then you must make more tomorrow, I want to come and buy more!"
Faced with the regretful voices of the crowd, Gan Li repeatedly assured them, and only then did everyone reluctantly disperse.
Everything they brought was empty except for the jar of copper coins, which was full. Ganli was overjoyed to see the jar overflowing with copper coins, and she couldn't wait to count them. However, she held back and packed her things first.
While helping to pack up, Gan Tian excitedly asked, "Mom, we sold so many popsicles today, I wonder how much we can earn?"
At first she could count them, but later she lost count of how many she had sold!
Gan Li chuckled: "Want to know? Then hurry up and pack! We'll go to the money exchange in a bit to count the money and exchange these for loose silver."
Otherwise, it would be difficult to store so many copper coins.
Ganli then remembered that they had just gone to inquire about recruitment, and hurriedly asked, "How did it go? What did they say at the dock?"
“Sigh, don’t even mention it,” Gan Mingli sighed. “They said there’s not much work at the docks lately, and they already have enough people, so they told us to wait and see.”
Gan Mingyi was also somewhat frustrated: "Yes, I asked several foremen, and they all said that we don't need any manpower for the time being."
Gan Li had already anticipated this, since it wasn't the busy farming season and many people were idle at home, they would definitely come out to look for work. Therefore, she wasn't surprised that the Gan brothers couldn't find work.
She comforted him, saying, "It's alright, if you can't find it, you can't find it. I've started a business and I'm already quite busy, so you guys are here to help."
Upon hearing this, the Gan brothers exchanged a glance, hesitant to speak. Gan Mingli spoke first: "How can that be!"
Although this business seems profitable, it doesn't need so many people. The younger sister helped them out of kindness, but they can't be ungrateful and keep acting like parasites, dependent on her!
Ganli noticed the brothers' concerns and knew they thought the stall wouldn't need so many people, but she actually had other plans in mind.
In her past life, she loved to eat and share food, which led her to become a food blogger by a twist of fate.
But in reality, her real wish is to open a restaurant, a small restaurant of her own!
She wanted to warm the hearts of every diner with the aroma of food in that world. Unfortunately, she died young before she could fulfill this wish in her previous life.
But now, she is fortunate enough to be reborn. Fate has given her another chance to choose. She decides to continue the passion of her previous life and complete her unfinished dream!
Therefore, when she decided to set up a stall, she was very clear in her heart that this was just a temporary measure, a first step towards her dream.
Her goals go far beyond that.
She wants to open her own restaurant and even build her own culinary empire in this foreign country!
She couldn't accomplish all of this on her own; she needed reliable help. She had witnessed the Gan brothers' diligence and reliability firsthand. Rather than employing people of dubious origin, it was better to rely on the Gan brothers, whom she knew well.
However, these are all just her ideas for now, and it's too early to talk about them. So she didn't explain much about the Gan brothers' concerns, and just smiled mysteriously.
After they packed their things, they left Gan Mingli there to watch over things, while Gan Li led Gan Tian and Gan Mingyi toward the money exchange.
Ganli already had a rough idea of their earnings for the day. She had ordered large wooden basins from a carpenter, each capable of holding a hundred bamboo tubes, which was equivalent to a hundred popsicles. Five basins would then hold five hundred.
Today, all the popsicles that were made in advance in the five wooden basins were sold out, and three more wooden basins of bean soup were made from the earthenware pot, which means that a total of eight hundred popsicles were sold.
One costs three coins, so eight hundred would be... two thousand four hundred coins.
Two taels and four mace!
When she went to the money exchange, the total number of copper coins was exactly the same as what Gan Li had calculated. She exchanged the copper coins for silver coins and carefully put them away.
When they came out of the money exchange, apart from Gan Li, the other three were all unsteady on their feet, as if they were floating on clouds.
"Two taels and four mace...two taels and four mace! We actually sold so much silver in just one day?!" Gan Mingyi was extremely excited.
Gan Tian quickly retorted in a crisp voice, "Second Uncle, it wasn't a day, it was less than an hour!"
Yes, not counting the preparation time, their actual sales time was less than an hour.
So many were sold in less than an hour!
The Gan brothers were even more confused.
Gan Mingyi, in particular, used to earn only fifty coins a day working at the dock, which amounted to only one tael and five mace of silver a month.
But my little sister's popsicles earned him more money in less than an hour than he would have earned in a month and a half!
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