By the afternoon, the number of people in the shop had gradually decreased, and the group felt more relaxed.
After they replenished all the goods and cleaned the shop, two people stayed at the front to watch over the shop, while the rest were called to the backyard by Xu Han.
Everyone sat around the table in the courtyard, drinking freshly brewed tea and taking a break.
After everyone had caught their breath, Xu Han said, "Let's have a quick meeting. How do you feel about today? Are there any problems or anything that seems unreasonable? Let's talk about it and work together to solve them."
The crowd looked at each other, but no one dared to speak.
"It's alright, everyone, just speak up. Only by speaking out can we find a way to solve the problem. Otherwise, the problem will remain, and you will still have the same problem when you go to work."
After Xu Han said this, everyone started to speak in twos and threes. They talked one after another, and soon they had raised most of the problems that Xu Han had seen that morning. Of course, there were also some problems that Xu Han had not seen.
"What you said is all very good. We will solve them one by one."
The first thing is about weighing. You must memorize the prices, and also make sure you don't get them mixed up.
Also, standing for so long is too tiring. We need to put two or three high stools next to the counter so that people can sit down and rest when no one is around. The high stools also allow people to see what's going on in the store, preventing theft.
As for theft, we can only rely on keeping a close eye on things. Also, we need to put up signs in the shops saying "Steal one, pay one hundred," meaning that if someone steals something worth one coin, they'll be fined one hundred coins. This will deter petty thieves.
Xu Han resolved each of their questions, and once they had a solution, they immediately began to implement it.
Xu Han took Han Qi to get the dimensions measured, and then handed him the drawing of the high stool she had just made.
After receiving the instructions, Han Qi took the things and went back into the mountains.
When the Taoist priest and the others heard that they were going back to the mountains, they insisted on going back with Han Qi.
Xu Han couldn't stop him, so she could only let him go. In the end, Grandpa Zhao and the two children also went back with him.
There were very few people in the shop in the afternoon; people didn't gather in twos and threes, so the shop wasn't very busy.
Xu Han called Juxiang and Li Wen, and the three of them went to the side hall in the backyard to settle the accounts for this morning.
Since she had counted the money that morning, Xu Han was not surprised when she saw the total amount.
In just one morning, I earned a full 42 taels and 3 qian, not counting the afternoon's earnings!
However, the afternoon crowds are negligible. This is ancient times, and not many families go out to buy vegetables in the afternoon. The busiest times are usually in the morning and after breakfast.
After the peak season, even an afternoon wouldn't generate much revenue; even on opening day, it would only amount to about one or two taels of silver.
They weren't there when we were counting the money in the morning. When they saw the total sales for half a day, they were so shocked that they couldn't speak for a long time.
After a long while, Li Wencai spoke up, "This is really the money we earned in a day. Goodness, this is too much! Who would have thought that our mountain produce shop could have such a high daily turnover?"
Juxiang was also full of surprise. "I used to look at the shop's account books with the old lady from the previous master's family. I've never seen anyone earn this much in a day."
Xu Han smiled and said, "It's because we opened today, and we did a good job with the pre-opening publicity. Today, almost half of the families in the county came to buy things from us, and even more. Many wealthy families also came to buy things, which is why we were able to make so much money all at once."
After the first three days, there definitely won't be as much. Even tomorrow, it's unlikely to be more than today. Once it stabilizes, three or four taels of silver a day will be considered very good, and there might not even be three or four taels of silver.
After saying that, Xu Han looked at Li Wendao and said, "Today, many wealthy families have come to make purchases. You should find some time to contact them and see if you can establish a long-term cooperation agreement. We can offer them a 10% discount on all prices."
After thinking for a moment, he continued, "It's okay if there are any deals we can't reach right now. Once our canned fruit and fruit wine are ready, we can use that as leverage to negotiate with them."
There are quite a few wealthy families in the county town, and they buy in large quantities each time. If we can win them over, we'll never lack buyers for our shop's goods.
Li Wen immediately understood Xu Han's meaning: "Yes, Madam. I will definitely do my best to win them over."
"Yes, once it's settled, we can provide them with some conveniences."
With Xu Han's words, Li Wen felt more confident. He had also eaten canned fruit and fruit wine before, and it was precisely because he had eaten them that he felt more confident.
After agreeing on the next steps for the shop, Xu Han waved for them to go ahead and get busy, then called Lu Chuan over.
Xu Han looked at the money box and her eyes narrowed with joy. "After spending so much money over this period of time, I've finally made a profit."
If I don't break even soon, I'll be completely broke.
Looking at the box full of copper coins and silver coins, Lu Chuan said to Xu Han, "Put all this money away. Keeping one or two taels of silver in the shop is enough for business operations."
There's no need to stock up on inventory or anything; it won't cost much.
Xu Han waved her hand, not accepting the money. "Let's leave it here for now. We'll be less busy the day after tomorrow, and the shop won't need so many people. I'll have Li Wen, Li Feng, Liu Erzhu, and Zhu Chunsheng go to the village to collect sweet potatoes."
With the Lunar New Year just around the corner, I'll harvest a bunch of sweet potatoes to prepare for brewing wine, hoping to sell a batch before the New Year.
Lu Chuan calculated the time and said, "It's probably difficult before the end of the year. It's already November 16th, and fermentation alone will take a month."
“It’s alright, aren’t there still some left in the mountains? We can do pre-sales, have them pay a deposit first, and then release the goods around the time of the Chinese New Year.”
Moreover, the sweet potato wine definitely won't be cheap. I reckon most of the buyers are people from the county town, since their homes are there. It's convenient for them whether we deliver to their door or they come to the shop to pick it up.”
Lu Chuan raised an eyebrow. "That works too?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Han countered with, "Is sweet potato wine delicious? Do you like it? Can other wines compare to its strength?"
Although Lu Chuan didn't know why Xu Han asked that question, he still nodded honestly and then shook his head.
"That's right! Our sweet potato wine is something you can't find anywhere else. Plus, it's strong. Even Grandpa Zhao and the Taoist priest, who've seen the world, think it's good. Do you think they won't buy it after they've tried it?"
So what if we have to wait a while? It's not like we can't wait.
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