Chapter 139 Ready
I have to say that Andre's arrangement makes some sense.
The heavy millstone that requires a lot of effort for a person to turn can be easily turned by horsepower. With Diego and Jericho's mules taking turns, grinding rice flour becomes a very easy task.
This kind of repetitive work that requires little skills can be handed over to the little attendant, so Jiangyou can free up his hands to do the very technical work of soy sauce brewing.
Almost all the soy sauce brewed before was left in the Witch Forest for sale. Jiangyou has to rush to make a batch tonight so that the goods can be sold tomorrow.
Fortunately, there was a time crucible. No matter how many steps were involved in brewing soy sauce, a night was enough for the craftsman to work on it. The printing press was also turned on, and the labels for the soy sauce bottles began to print automatically.
Andre moved a lot of wood from the backyard and started making outdoor tables and chairs.
The front yard and the workshop were brightly lit, and through the wide-open windows, Jiangyou could see the busy knights at a glance.
She finally understood how Andrei had been able to complete so many projects so efficiently and on his own. The answer, of course, was magic.
The saw floated in the air and cut the boards. Andre held a hammer in his hand and a nail in his mouth and hammered the basic frame. A square frame was connected between the legs, and an 'X'-shaped bracket was placed in the middle of the frame to further secure it. Finally, all he had to do was lay the table tops with mortise and tenon slots one by one and fix them to the legs and brackets, and a table was ready.
The soy sauce, which had entered the anaerobic fermentation stage, was quietly brewing more flavor in the crucible. Takuyu, who had nothing to do for the time being, lay on the newly made windowsill with the skull in his hand, watching the graceful muscles bulge and stretch with Andre's movements, coated with a layer of fine sweat, and glittering under the golden light.
Andre lifted the hem of his vest, wiped the sweat that was about to drip into his eyes, and inadvertently revealed his eight well-defined abdominal muscles.
"Slurp." Jiang You couldn't help but suck the non-existent saliva. The real person is much more beautiful than the picture album!
Andre looked up in confusion, only to hear a familiar ding sound from inside the house. The lich instantly vanished. "Ahh! The soy sauce is ready!"
Andre shrugged, picked up a few pieces of wood, and began to nail the chair carefully.
The three of them worked hard from after dinner until midnight, and their work was quite fruitful. Andre made two outdoor tables: one for four and one for eight, placing them on the left and right of the front yard, making full use of the area.
A small hole had been dug in the center of the table, perfectly sized to slot in and secure the parasol. Andre had also fashioned the parasol's frame from thin wooden strips, then covered it with a layer of waterproof canvas. It provided both sun and rain protection, its only drawback being that, due to time and material constraints, it lacked a folding mechanism...
But this little problem is not a big deal at all. After all, Jiangyou is a "lazy" person who would not bother with it if he can avoid it. Since it looks good and is practical, why bother with it?
Streetside seating has always been a powerful drawcard. People tend to follow the crowd, and seeing an empty shop will instinctively wonder, "Is this place unreliable?" However, if a streetside spot is full, with tables laden with beautifully presented and fragrant food, passersby will be tempted to stop and try something.
"Perfect!" Jiangyou watched Andrei cast magic spells on each of the garden decorations, his eyes gleaming with soul fire. Nothing could be more appealing than a hardworking and no-nonsense doer. If there was such a thing, it would definitely be a handsome, muscular doer.
Jiang You was also busy tonight. She brewed two hundred small 150ml bottles of soy sauce and sixty large 500ml bottles of soy sauce overnight. This should be enough to handle tomorrow's business... If the sales are really too good, Jiang You will have to reluctantly do a hunger marketing campaign.
Jericho ground several bags of rice flour, put away the millstone, and took care of the horses. The brightly lit brewing workshop finally quieted down, the various tools and materials were put away one by one, and the lights were extinguished one by one.
The knight cast a water spell in the backyard, took a shower, and returned to the second floor with a refreshing breeze. Jiang You closed the doors and windows, neatly stacked the labeled soy sauce bottles on the shelf, and put up a new price tag.
The disparity between the rich and the poor in West Eston is significant. Generally speaking, the residents of the area where the Takumi Workshop is located are mostly not very wealthy, and middle-class people like Auntie Wolf who have no worries about food and clothing are a minority. Therefore, considering the spending power of the main customer class, the main store cannot afford to set prices as high as those in the Witch's Forest, from food to sauces.
——There are no tourists here who are willing to spend a lot of money at tourist attractions. There are only ordinary people who make every penny count and try their best to live a good life.
After much deliberation, Jiangyou decided to lower the price of the small bottle of soy sauce to 15 copper coins, while the large bottle sold for 50 copper coins. Since the main store sold directly from the factory, there was no shipping cost, so the price was slightly lower than the branch store, which was reasonable.
The prices of the dishes are also very simple. Dishes that do not use expensive ingredients only cost a few nickels, and dishes that use expensive ingredients only cost 10 copper coins at most.
As for the price of fruit beer... Jiangyou bought the beer at a 20% discount. The capacity of each glass is one liter. The pulp cut from a pineapple can make about 3-5 cups of sea salt pineapple beer, and the selling price needs to reach 2 copper coins per cup to make a profit.
Although the lychees and passion fruits were given by the beautiful sister shop owner who was dressed like a pirate, because lychees were scarce, Jiang You gritted his teeth and priced them at 5 silver coins per cup, and sold them in limited quantities, making them a drink only for the rich.
As for passion fruit, Jiangyou plans to make it into jam with honey. This thing is very versatile and is super delicious when soaked in water, used in cocktails, or spread on bread. Just a small spoonful costs about 5 copper coins.
A store naturally has to have both expensive and affordable products. She needs to earn money from the poor, and even more so from the rich. As long as she successfully builds her store's reputation and cultivates a good customer base, customers will flock to her from all directions.
By then, maybe we can recreate the scene of the potion master Mi Funa in the past, when customers gathered from all over the world and queued for three days and three nights just to buy a bottle of potion!
Jiangyou used some magic to modify the menu and takeout order, rubbed the little rice cake's smooth skull, turned off the lights on the first floor, and went upstairs to sleep!
Tomorrow is a big day! Her brewery's main store is finally opening!
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