"Oh, I was overthinking it. People are always greedy. If they earned more yesterday and less today, they feel unbalanced."
After saying that, Xu Han slammed her hand on the table, still unable to control her emotions. "That's the logic, and I understand the reasoning, but that doesn't mean I can't have no emotions because of this! I'm so angry!"
"Oh dear, my money!!!"
Xu Han clutched her heart, her face contorted in pain.
Lu Chuan found his wife's expression amusing, but still tried to comfort her, "Alright, alright, don't be sad. Maybe tomorrow will be even worse."
Upon hearing this, Xu Han was stunned, her expression caught between tears and embarrassment. Hearing Lu Chuan's words, she felt even more heartbroken.
What should I do? I really want to punch him. Even though what he said is true, couldn't he at least say it tomorrow?
This guy is such a clueless straight man, you really can't expect him to comfort you, the things he says will make you furious.
Lu Chuan probably realized he had said the wrong thing, touched his nose, and looked at a loss.
After a long pause, under Xu Han's death stare, he spoke up, "Um, I'll go to the shop first and see if there's anything I can help you move."
Without waiting for Xu Han to speak, he ran away as if fleeing.
Xu Han was left alone, grieving. After her grief subsided, she quickly composed herself and calculated her total income for the day.
A moment later, she looked at the total figures on the paper and smiled slightly. She had earned a total of 25 taels of silver today. Although it was much less than yesterday, it was still within her acceptable range.
Although there were quite a lot of people today, I didn't buy as much as I did yesterday.
Yesterday's sales were mostly dry goods, and after today's peak period, Xu Han looked at the remaining stock in the shop and had a better idea of what to expect.
Although it hurts to receive this result, it's still acceptable.
After settling the accounts, she stopped worrying. She got up, packed her things, and headed back to the shop.
Upon seeing Zhu Chuntian, he asked, "Where is the master?"
"Reporting to Madam, Master has taken Han Qi to a nearby village to harvest sweet potatoes."
Xu Han raised an eyebrow slightly. "How long have you been gone?"
"It's been about fifteen minutes. I reckon we should be arriving at our destination by now."
"Okay, I'll go check over there first. You guys go ahead with your work."
After Xu Han finished speaking, she turned and left. The largest shop was in the center of the county town, in a particularly good location. To be honest, using it as a temporary workshop was a bit of a waste of resources.
But since it can't be rented out now, Xu Han figured it was better to use the empty space for something since it was just sitting there empty anyway.
When Lu Chuan came back at noon today, he told Xu Han that it was definitely not enough to rely on just one horse-drawn cart and one oxcart to collect sweet potatoes, as the cost of renting vehicles was too high.
Since the family has a limited number of vehicles, he simply did what they had discussed the day before while harvesting sweet potatoes.
Just tell the villagers that after washing and selecting the sweet potatoes, they can deliver them to the shop themselves, where someone will collect them.
The washed sweet potatoes are delivered directly, so the people in the shop only need to rinse them again, cut them into pieces, and steam them.
Of course, the price of clean sweet potatoes delivered will be higher, at one cent for two pounds.
Unwashed sweet potatoes were delivered for one coin for three jin (approximately 1.5 kg). After hearing this price, almost every household chose to wash them clean before delivering them.
Meanwhile, when Lu Chuan went to the nearby villages, he also told them to supervise each other. If any villager brought sweet potatoes to sell that were of inferior quality, then that village would not buy any more sweet potatoes.
After Lu Chuan's words, those who originally had such ideas no longer dared to do so.
In this era, most people in a village shared the same surname, and every household was related by blood or marriage. There were also clan leaders and ancestral halls, making it easy to maintain order.
So as soon as he said this, the village chief immediately assured him that he would definitely supervise and inspect the process, and that the sweet potatoes sent would not be rotten or spoiled; they would only send the biggest and best ones.
Lu Chuan said that he didn't need to choose the biggest or the best; as long as it wasn't broken or rotten, he would accept any size.
Upon hearing this, the village chief beamed with joy and repeatedly assured that he would deliver the goods exactly as requested.
When Xu Han returned, after hearing Lu Chuan's arrangements, she praised him repeatedly, saying, "Not bad, not bad, you can even apply what you've learned to other situations."
Buying pre-washed sweet potatoes directly from vendors may be more expensive, but it saves you the trouble.
In addition, Xu Han suggested yesterday that they deliver the goods to the door, which directly saved a lot of manpower issues.
As she was thinking, she unknowingly arrived at the shop where sweet potatoes were harvested. At this time, the old women in the house had already begun cleaning the shop.
Granny Li greeted her, "Madam has arrived."
"Okay, you guys go about your business, don't worry about me."
She first walked around the shop by herself, and seeing that it was almost cleaned, she turned around and went upstairs.
Since the upstairs room wasn't needed right now, Xu Han didn't ask them to clean it. Looking at the dusty room, she sighed and thought to herself, "A house needs someone to look after it regularly. It's only been a few months, and it already feels even more dilapidated than before."
She opened the window, stood by it, and looked at the road across the street. She began to think about what kind of business she should use such a good location and such a large shop for.
Wouldn't it be too much of a loss to rent it out directly? After all, it's not easy to find a house in this area. With a location like this, you can make money no matter what you do.
I've thought about it for a while but still can't figure out what to do with it, so I'll just leave it for now.
Right now, the most important things are the mountain produce shop and the fruit wine shop that hasn't opened yet. Getting these two up and running first, and then making sweet potato wine, is the most important thing.
As the saying goes, you can't get fat in one bite; take it slow. The main problem is that she doesn't have any extra money right now.
It would definitely cost a lot of money to open this big shop, and she can't do it with her current abilities.
The first two options, whether they are already open or not, do not require much investment; your own savings can cover them.
This won't do, this won't do. We can't even afford the initial investment.
We still need to start harvesting sweet potatoes, so we can't afford to be without some cash on hand.
At this moment, Xu Han was actually somewhat grateful that she had earned so much money during the famine years.
The money from selling ginseng before the disaster, plus the money we earned ourselves, the money given by the Taoist priest, and the money bestowed by the palace—all these miscellaneous things combined have allowed us to accumulate our current fortune.
If it weren't for this money, Xu Han would probably still be struggling to have enough to eat!
It is precisely because of this money that she is now able to afford a shop, hire servants, and open the shop.
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