Chapter 123 Chapter 123 Collect money and celebrate with a pot
The sisters washed their feet together and put on their newly made cloth shoes.
Since they came here, and it has been a hot summer, Lin Chuntao and the others have been wearing straw sandals as sandals. Although they are straw sandals, they are not too hard.
Nowadays, the soles of cloth shoes are made of layer upon layer of cloth. They are very soft to step on and are much more comfortable than straw sandals.
Lin Duoer put on her shoes and walked around in the yard. After walking for a while, she lifted up her trouser legs to take a look. The shoe uppers were pink and embroidered with flowers and birds. The embroiderer had excellent skills and the flowers and birds were embroidered vividly and beautifully.
After being excited for a while, the sisters washed the straw sandals and put them in the corner to dry. They would go to the fields to harvest corn in a few days. If the weather was fine, they would definitely wear the straw sandals.
We got up early tomorrow morning, and soon after dark everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.
The next day at the hour of Yin, Lin Chuntao had just opened her eyes when the big rooster in the yard crowed. But a moment later, Lin Chuntao heard the voices of Lin Chunxing and the others.
When she came out, she saw Lin Duoer and the others washing up in the yard.
After washing up, they packed the things they were going to take to the county town into backpacks, and set off with the backpacks on their backs.
Because of yesterday's agreement, the owner of the fur shop opened the door early.
Lin Chuntao waited for Pei Ying and the others to finish their work before going to the fur shop together.
The female owner of the fur shop took the measurements herself, including the length, width and height of the feet.
The size of Lin Chuntao and the others' feet had already been determined, so an extra pair of insoles was added according to the measured size. Lin Duoer's feet were relatively small, so the shopkeeper suggested making them a little bigger. After adding two pairs of insoles, she could fit into the shoes and could wear them for a while.
Lin Chuntao asked Lin Duoer and she nodded.
The female shopkeeper smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lady. The boots we make are very comfortable to wear even if they are a little bigger."
Lin Chuntao nodded, measured the size and paid. Lin Chunxing took them back to the shop, and Lin Chuntao went directly to the sauce shop.
We are reconciling the accounts today. The accounting office had actually already calculated the accounts after closing yesterday. We are just waiting for Lin Chuntao to confirm that there are no problems with the data and sign and pay.
When Lin Chuntao arrived at the shop, Chai Xingyu and his friends were preparing to have breakfast. There was half a bowl of meat buns on the table, as well as soy milk, rice porridge and pickles.
Seeing Lin Chuntao, Chai Xingyu hurriedly stood up and walked over.
"I thought my sister would come later."
Lin Chuntao said, "Chun Xing and I came together. We have a lot of things to do at home after we finish our work early."
Hearing Lin Chuntao's words, Chai Xingyu said, "Let's have breakfast first. After breakfast, we'll start."
Lin Chuntao made a bowl of soy milk and ate a bun. The dough for the bun was a little sour, but the meat filling was pretty good.
Everyone quickly finished breakfast, and Chai Xingyu took Lin Chuntao to the accounting office.
Every time the sauce was delivered, a receipt would be signed after being weighed, and both sides would check it. Except for yesterday's batch, all the previous deliveries had been sold out.
After checking the quantity and finding no problem, she calculated the bill and found that Chai Xingyu was going to pay her 24 strings of cash, 880 coins. This was for this month's settlement, and there was also an advance payment for next month, which was still 50 taels. The accountant took 74 taels in full and counted out 880 copper coins.
After settling the accounts, Chai Xingyu said to Lin Chuntao, "Sister, there's something I need to discuss with you."
Seeing Chai Xingyu's serious expression, Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "What's going on? Why are you so serious?"
"Our sauce has spread to other counties by word of mouth. Shopkeepers from other counties all come to buy it. Our shop is temporarily closed. I have discussed with them that they can buy it from us at 18 wen per pound, but it will cost them some money to transport it there. Can we sell the sauce at a slightly higher price?"
Lin Chuntao frowned slightly when she heard this, and after a moment of thought, she asked, "How much do you think the price increase should be?"
Chai Xingyu smiled and said, "Sister, you have to decide the price."
Lin Chuntao said, "The price is easier to negotiate."
"Are they taking it away to sell?" Lin Chuntao asked.
Chai Xingyu nodded, "A few shopkeepers took it to sell in their shops, and a few used it for their own use."
After saying that, Lin Chuntao thought for a moment and said, "What do you think of twenty cents?"
Chai Xingyu didn't agree immediately and argued with Lin Chuntao for an extra cent. Lin Chuntao said, "Then it won't exceed twenty-one cents."
"Can."
Chai Xingyu said: "A few days ago, some people came to ask about setting up stalls in the town. I don't think they can sell much, just enough to make a living."
Lin Chuntao nodded thoughtfully, "The price in town is a bit high. I feel like not many people will buy it."
Chai Xingyu said, "How about I introduce them to you? Sister, you just give them a price and they can make as much or as little as they want."
Hearing what Chai Xingyu said, Lin Chuntao smiled and agreed.
"That's fine. You can let the shopkeepers take it from you." Lin Chuntao agreed, and Chai Xingyu breathed a sigh of relief. Lin Chuntao asked, "The shop assistants are about to get paid, right? Can you balance your income and expenses this month?"
Chai Xingyu said: "It should be a little bit off, but it's not a big problem."
"The purpose of doing business is to make money. If you have any ideas, you can always tell me."
Chai Xingyu understood what Lin Chuntao meant and nodded.
After paying the bill and settling the matter, Lin Chuntao left the sauce shop with the money. After coming out, she went to the mutton and vermicelli shop and bought four pounds of mutton, and asked Feng Guan to help deliver it to the sauce shop.
There were seven people in the shop, including the accountant and Chai Xingyu, and four pounds of meat. He Guizhu also sent some mutton offal to Lin Chuntao, and also sent soup and mint. They prepared some dishes themselves, and the few people could eat at noon.
Seeing Lin Chuntao come back with some meat, Sanbao and the others were pleasantly surprised. Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work this month. I bought some mutton for you to cook for lunch. Sanbao and Qingqing, please prepare it when it's time for dinner."
The two nodded and thanked him. Chai Xingyu came out of the house when he heard the voice and joked with Lin Chuntao, "I just said I would treat them to dinner tonight, but you beat me to it."
Lin Chuntao said, "I've already paid the bill today, so I'll treat you first. When are you free soon? I'll make you whatever you want to eat and you can come to my house for dinner."
Chai Xingyu smiled and said, "Then I must make time for it soon."
"Come anytime, I'll do it for you."
Speaking of food, Chai Xingyu asked with a smile, "Sister, how do you make the pickled cabbage in your noodle soup? Do you want to make some and sell it in the shop?"
Lin Chuntao laughed when she heard that. "That won't work. I don't have that many dishes to cook. But I can make a new sauce later and ask you to come and try it."
"Then I'll wait for good news from my sister."
After leaving the sauce shop, Lin Chuntao followed He Guizhu to the mutton shop.
"Sister, do you still have cooked meat?"
Lin Chuntao asked, and He Guizhu smiled and said, "Also, we just slaughtered a sheep yesterday, and the meat we cooked last night is fresh today. Do you want to cut some?"
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Cut a few more pounds for me, and leave some soup for me."
"Okay, the cut meat won't sit in the soup properly. Otherwise, I'll just find you a piece and put the soup and meat in a clay pot so you can take it home. But you'll have to cut it yourself."
Lin Chuntao had no objection. She didn't have a clay pot yet, so she used one from He Guizhu's family. She picked out a piece of leg meat with the skin and lean meat attached. He Guizhu gave her two goat's feet and cut some goat offal for her. They had already given it to her. Lin Chuntao quickly refused. He Guizhu smiled and said, "It's not much money. Sister, don't be so polite to us."
"We made some dipping sauce, and many people said it was good. I'll make some for you too. Go back and try it. If you have any comments, tell me."
Seeing that they had all set up a mint dipping sauce, Lin Chuntao smiled and asked, "Is the mutton business doing well lately?"
He Guizhu smiled and said, "Thanks to you, your brother Feng said he wanted to learn from you and make delicious food that everyone likes."
Lin Chuntao said, "That's because you have good skills."
He Guizhu is sincerely grateful to Lin Chuntao. It was her idea that led them to improve the dipping sauce after mint, which has been well received. Originally, many people ate noodles, but now there are more repeat customers buying meat, and they make more money selling meat than selling noodles.
When Lin Chuntao returned to the stall with the clay pot, her sisters were busy. Lin Chunxing was busy cooking noodles, Lin Duoer was busy selling braised eggs, and Lin Chunhe was serving soup noodles to customers while helping Lin Chunxing with miscellaneous tasks. She did everything very smoothly.
The earthenware jar was covered with a lid. Lin Chuntao took it and put it down. As soon as she put it down, Lin Duoer asked, "Sister, did you buy a new earthenware jar?"
"Um."
There were a lot of people, so Lin Chuntao responded casually and then worked for a while. Then she went to the market and bought two pieces of konjac tofu and two pieces of old tofu, and then carried them back.
The stall was a little less busy at the moment. Lin Chuntao put the clay pot into her backpack and turned to say to Lin Chunxing, "Come back early after you finish selling. I bought some mutton to cook for lunch."
Lin Chunxing's eyes lit up, and she asked with a smile, "What day is today?"
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Good day."
When Lin Duoer heard about mutton, her eyes widened. Lin Chuntao had just lied to her. Lin Chuntao explained, "Mutton has a strong smell. We had so many customers at the time that I didn't reveal it to you."
"Pack up and go back."
Listening to Lin Chuntao's words, Lin Chunhe quickly packed all the meat and vegetables into the backpack. The two sisters each carried one and walked home.
When they returned home, Aunt Guizhi and the others were already waiting for them.
In fact, Lin Chuntao could give a key to someone so that when they needed to go into the city, they wouldn't have to wait. But Lin Chuntao hadn't thought it through. She felt that the key was easy to hand over but difficult to get back, so it wasn't very suitable.
Although the people doing the work now are all trustworthy, Lin Chuntao is afraid that they will not be on guard. If someone wants to do something bad and targets them, she has so many sauces, and they are all edible, it will be too dangerous. She can only do it this way for the time being and wait for her to see how to make other arrangements.
Since everyone was there, Lin Chuntao said, "Grandma, Auntie, have lunch with me today."
Sun was still a little confused, so Aunt Guizhi asked, "Whose birthday is it today?"
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "It's not my birthday. We started selling sauce on this day last month. Today is exactly one month, so we're celebrating."
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