Li Wen and Ju Xiang's eyes lit up when they heard Xu Han's words. They thought to themselves, "That's right! Why did I keep thinking about making them memorize by rote, but forgot that there were other ways?"
Instead of making things difficult for yourself and others, it's better to try a different approach to solve the problem.
This way, not only will the people below have an easier time, but they themselves will also be able to relax.
Xu Han chuckled as she looked at the two of them. She didn't blame them for their rigid thinking; most people in this era were like that. They just followed what others did and rarely broke the rules.
Juxiang looked at Li Wendao and said, "Madam's method is still the best. Why couldn't you think of such a simple way?"
"Haha, Madam is so clever! Let's go, let's hurry up and get to it, it's getting late and we can't afford to delay."
Xu Han stopped them and continued, "Don't rush. Although this will make things more convenient, we still need to let them know the basics first and practice weighing things. What if there are too many people tomorrow and we can't handle it?"
Li Wen replied, "They had already memorized most of it by the morning, but some of the prices were similar and easy to confuse."
With the price list as a help, I think we can let them practice weighing things.
Xu Han nodded, acknowledging their efforts, and said, "Then let's begin practicing!"
Then he said to Li Wendao, "When you're writing the price list, remember to write down the list of items we ordered before for the opening promotion, and put it outside tomorrow to help us attract customers."
"Yes, madam, this has already been written. I'll go get it for you to see."
To attract customers for the grand opening, Xu Han specially asked Lu Chuan to make something like a blackboard from her previous life. She would write promotional items on quicklime blocks and place them directly at the store entrance.
We can take it out and use it when we do events in the future, and it won't take up much space if we put it away in the warehouse.
Li Wen went in and took out the blackboard. To make the quicklime powder more visible, he also covered it with a layer of black cloth. The white quicklime characters against the black background made the characters large and particularly eye-catching.
Xu Han looked around and felt something was off. After thinking about it carefully, she realized that the black background and white lettering looked strange. It didn't look festive at all and didn't look like a business opening.
In her previous life, most of the promotional signs were written with colored chalk. Xu Han couldn't make colored chalk in a short time, but this one was really too ugly and had to be changed.
"This isn't very festive. Is there any lime left? Let me fix it!"
Li Wen also thought it didn't look very good, but the color of the solid wood made it difficult to see the words written on it, so he added black cloth. When he heard that Xu Han wanted to make changes, he was naturally happy to do so.
"Yes, yes, madam, please wait a moment while I get it for you."
Li Wen brought the things over, and Xu Han waved her hand, indicating that he should go ahead and do his work, and that she could handle it herself.
Li Wen didn't think much of it and turned to go about his own business.
Xu Han walked around the shop but didn't see anything that could be used for coloring.
She then quietly pulled Lu Chuan to the kitchen in the backyard, took out a dragon fruit from her spatial storage, and prepared spinach and other dark-colored foods.
After much effort, the two finally managed to extract some juice from these substances, and then added quicklime powder to adjust the color.
After mixing the colors, dip a brush in the paint and start writing, just like painting.
The color wasn't very noticeable after the first stroke, so Xu Han traced it several more times. Fortunately, the final result was quite good.
Xu Han also thoughtfully drew some small flowers and other decorations on it, instantly making the originally monotonous blackboard more beautiful.
She looked around the blackboard and became increasingly satisfied. She said to Lu Chuan beside her, "It would be even better if there were fresh flowers to decorate it, but there aren't any flowers to pick at this time of year, and the plum blossoms aren't in season yet."
Lu Chuan also liked what Xu Han had drawn and suggested with a smile, "I think it doesn't matter if there are no flowers. Let's just stick on the things we sell in our shop. When people see what's stuck on it, they'll know what we sell in our shop."
Xu Han was stunned for a moment, then reacted and patted Lu Chuan's arm, saying, "Your idea is really great. Not bad, not bad, your mind is quite sharp today."
Lu Chuan joked, "Haha, so you mean I'm not usually smart!"
"I didn't say that, you said it yourself."
Lu Chuan looked at Xu Han, who was smiling like a cat that had stolen cream, and affectionately patted her head.
Just as they were about to begin their operation, the people from inside the house came to deliver lunch.
Xu Han looked at the food, which was completely different from usual, and asked, "Did Wei Yan make this?"
"Yes, Madam. Chef Wei started preparing lunch as soon as he returned to the house."
"Weren't we told to let them rest first? They've started working on it now. I wonder if they can keep up."
Then she said to the old woman who brought the food, "You should help Chef Wei with the cooking these days. Their health is still too weak, so let them rest and recuperate."
Obviously, they wouldn't listen to Xu Han's suggestion to rest and not work at this point, so let's find someone to help them!
"Yes, Madam. At lunchtime today, we saw that they weren't feeling well, so we helped them wash and prepare the vegetables. We didn't let them touch anything else, like washing dishes."
Xu Han tasted the food, chewed it, and found it tasted quite good. She nodded repeatedly and replied, "Yes, you did a great job."
Wei Yan's cooking skills received unanimous praise, and everyone complimented how delicious it was.
They ate the meal clean, even using the broth to mix with their rice.
Lu Chuan ate four bowls of rice in one go, which made Xu Han shake her head repeatedly. She thought to herself, "I wonder how big this man's stomach is. Four bowls of rice, two bowls of soup, plus so many dishes, his stomach can hold so much."
Lu Chuan, who was completely satisfied with his meal, was not annoyed by Xu Han's expression and simply slumped in his chair, looking quite content.
Everyone rested for a while, and then went back to their own work.
Xu Han then went to continue decorating her promotional blackboard.
There was no glue in this era, so it was difficult to stick things together. She scalded some white flour paste with boiling water, which was very sticky and could be used as glue.
After mixing the white flour paste, she took a small basket from the shop to select some items to stick on the small blackboard later.
She picked out a whole bunch of random things, including wood ear fungus, mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, and dried vegetables—anything that was available in the shop.
The selected items are arranged into shapeless shapes, emphasizing a free and unrestrained approach, doing whatever looks good.
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