Ganli was in a great mood after leaving Baifulai, humming a little tune all the way.
"Little sister, shall we go to the general store?" Gan Mingli asked.
Since he was arrested the day before yesterday, their family's dessert stall has been closed for two days. Now that the matter has been resolved and Master Zhao has promised to clarify the previous murder case, Gan Mingli feels that they should continue to run the popsicle business, after all, it's not a small amount of money every day!
"Why go to a general store? Let's go to a clothing store!" Gan Li waved her hand, but her eyes fell on Gan Mingli, looking at his dirty clothes, and said, "Big brother, you've suffered these past two days, let's go buy some new clothes!"
Gan Mingli was moved to tears when he heard his sister thinking of him, but when it came to buying clothes… he shook his head vigorously.
"I'm not going! Why buy clothes? I'm perfectly fine in my current clothes. You don't earn money easily, how can you spend it like this?"
“I said I’ll buy it, and I will. Besides, I’ve earned some money now, so I can afford to buy a few outfits.” Gan Li’s attitude was firm.
Gan Mingyi also chimed in, "Brother, this is just my sister's kind gesture, so please go."
Gan Mingli was still refusing, but Gan Mingyi, under Gan Li's direction, drove the oxcart directly to the clothing store.
The shopkeeper smiled so broadly his eyes narrowed into slits as soon as he saw the customers: "Gentlemen, what would you like to see? The clothes in our shop are made of the finest materials and the latest and most fashionable styles!"
"Shopkeeper, pick out a few of my second brother's best clothes. They need to be durable and in bright colors!" Gan Li said boldly.
When the shopkeeper heard her mention several outfits right away, he knew a big sale had come in, and immediately and warmly invited Gan Mingli to try on the clothes.
Gan Mingli couldn't resist Gan Li's insistence, so he could only blush and let the shopkeeper do as he pleased.
Gan Li looked at Gan Mingli as he changed into a new royal blue outfit and nodded in satisfaction.
The shopkeeper was an honest man; he didn't just bring out silks and satins, but rather simple, elegant, and durable ones. Seeing this, she asked the shopkeeper to wrap up all three sets of clothes he had brought.
He then said to Gan Mingyi, "Second Brother, don't just stand there, go pick out a couple of things for yourself! We'll buy them all today!"
Gan Mingyi was taken aback: "I wasn't arrested, and I even went along and broadened my horizons, why would I buy clothes?"
"Second Brother, what are you saying? Even if nothing's wrong, what's wrong with buying some new clothes?" Gan Li said, and without waiting for a reply, she made the shopkeeper pick out a few outfits for Gan Mingyi as well.
She herself was not idle either, choosing three outfits each for herself and Gan Tian, as well as for Old Man Gan and Old Lady Gan, Zhao Shi and Sun Shi... In short, no one was left out, from top to bottom.
As they left the clothing store, the three Gan siblings were carrying large and small bags.
Gan Mingyi hadn't bought new clothes for many years, and now he was both happy and heartbroken:
"Little sister, you're so generous! I've never worn such nice clothes in my life! They're just too expensive!"
The whole family had three sets of clothes for each person, which cost a total of twenty taels of silver!
Of course, ordinary ready-made clothes aren't this expensive, but Ganli uses only the best materials, so the price is naturally high.
Ganli laughed and said, "Second brother, you don't know this, do you? It's called 'clothes make the man'! Once we set up the dessert stall again, you'll be wearing this new outfit to serve customers, and business will definitely be even better!"
In fact, she agreed with Gan Mingli's statement that the dessert stall should reopen after being closed for two days!
Besides earning money, what was more important was that she knew how quickly rumors could spread. If she didn't clarify things quickly, no one would believe her when she told the truth in the future.
She still has to run her restaurant business, and it's not good to have a reputation for eating dead people.
Moreover, she wanted to use the customers at her dessert stall to spread the word that she was going to open a restaurant...
Thinking of this, she asked Gan Mingyi to drive the cart to the market to buy some ingredients for making popsicles.
This was a serious matter, so Gan Mingyi quickly drove the cart to the market.
First, she went to the grain store to buy the ingredients needed to make popsicles, and then Ganli went to the pig's head shop and, with a wave of her hand, ordered twenty catties of pork belly.
The Gan brothers were still craving more braised pork from their last meal and were wondering when their sister would make it again. However, when they saw their sister buying meat—a whopping twenty jin (40 kg) at once—they were immediately taken aback.
"Twenty catties?" Gan Mingyi was stunned: "Little sister, what do you need so much meat for?"
Gan Mingli also said, "How many people are there in our family? How can we possibly finish all this? It's so hot today, the meat won't keep for long!"
The two brothers tried their best to get her to buy less, but Ganli remained unmoved: "Don't worry, I have a use for it!"
In the end, Gan Li still bought twenty catties of meat and put everything on the oxcart. Only after he had bought everything did Gan Mingyi drive the cart home.
On the way, Ganli talked about the uses of the meat.
"I said before that I wanted to open a restaurant. That's not like selling popsicles. Popsicles are rare and therefore expensive, so they can attract a lot of customers from the start."
But there are already many restaurants in town. If we don't plan ahead, probably not many people will come in. The reason is quite simple.
Imagine you have some coins in your hand and want to treat yourself to a meal. Would you choose a long-established restaurant that you know is good and will likely make a good deal, or would you go to a new restaurant whose food you don't know the price or taste of?
The two Gan brothers exchanged a glance and both understood each other's choice.
Of course, choose the established restaurant! Earning a few coins isn't easy these days, so when you finally want to eat something good, you should naturally go to an established restaurant with a guaranteed reputation and taste!
And when they thought about this, they understood their younger sister's plan.
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