That evening, Xu Han and Ju Xiang were both surprised when they checked the accounts. They thought that not many people would come to sell sweet potatoes after the rain, but they did not expect to have collected so many in one day.
"We harvested quite a lot of sweet potatoes today, and I expect even more tomorrow."
Xu Han smiled and said, "That's for sure. Now you'll be busy again."
Everyone laughed when they heard this. Everyone was happy to have work to do, and no one complained of being tired.
Li Wen also reported on the business of the mountain goods shop as usual. After opening, the shop's income gradually stabilized, averaging eight or nine taels of silver a day, which was quite high.
The bean sprouts and tofu sold in the shop now are all made in the house by Sister-in-law Li and Xu Han.
Li Wen's father usually didn't have much to do; he just stayed home, looked after the house, and helped clean the front yard. His job was quite easy.
The temporary workshop has been busy these past few days, so he's been helping out there. When he's not busy, he works as a doorman, so he has a lot of free time. That's why Xu Han taught him how to make sprouted vegetables.
Sprouting vegetables is quite simple. Apart from changing the water and soaking the beans, there's not much else to do. The shop doesn't use a lot of sprouts, so it's easy and doesn't take much time.
After Xu Han taught him a few times, he can now do it very well on his own.
As for the tofu, I left it to the two old women in the family to make. I didn't let them make too much; since it's cold now, they just need to make it a day in advance.
However, Xu Han did not plan to continue selling tofu later on. Making tofu was too troublesome, and it was difficult for the two old women to do it. There were no young and strong people left at the house to help with the work, so the two of them could not do it.
Of course, they are able to do it now because of the help they have. Half of the people from the mountains have come, including many strong laborers. Every day when they make tofu, everyone can lend a hand.
In the later stages, let's just forget about it. It's more profitable to let them stay in the mountains and work. We'll stop selling tofu and just sell bean sprouts, which can still earn us a lot of money a day.
After listening to their reports, Xu Han nodded in satisfaction. "The mountain produce shop is gradually getting on track, and the income is becoming more and more stable. If nothing unexpected happens, the daily turnover will be roughly the same. You don't need to report the accounts to me every day anymore. Just show me the accounts once every two weeks."
After saying that, she looked at Li Wen and continued, "You can start preparing for the opening of the tavern. Later on, you can gradually hand over the mountain goods shop. You just need to take care of the tavern."
Compared to a mountain produce shop, if you run a tavern well, you'll make money much faster. You really need to pay close attention to this.
The tavern will be our family's main source of income from now on, so we can't be careless.
Li Wen nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, Madam, don't worry. I've been working with Li Feng at the mountain produce shop recently. He used to work in shops before, so he picked it up quickly. He has no problem with accounting and such now. Madam can check on it at any time."
The storefront and other necessary items for the opening of the tavern have been purchased gradually, and everything should be ready in two or three days at most.
Xu Han had told Li Wen earlier that she wanted to hand over the mountain produce shop to someone else to manage. At the time, Li Wen recommended Li Feng to her, and Xu Han had no objections.
Firstly, Li Feng does have the ability; he is lively and capable, but because of his young age, he may not be as thorough in his work.
During this time, he had been learning from Li Wen and had grown a lot. His temperament had become more and more stable, and he did things in a very professional manner. Xu Han was able to entrust the shop to him with peace of mind.
Young people should exercise more.
Besides Li Feng, Xu Han also asked Li Wen to help mentor the others. Zhu Chuntian and several other young people followed Li Wen to learn.
Xu Han was essentially training people who could manage things for herself, and Li Wen didn't hold back, teaching them all equally.
That's how it appears on the surface, but whether there are any secrets hidden behind the scenes, she doesn't know.
However, Xu Han wasn't worried that Li Wen wouldn't teach diligently, as the others could also have direct contact with her.
Whether it was Xu Han, Lu Chuan, or the Taoist priest, they would all offer some guidance to these young people.
Xu Han assigned Li Wen and Ju Xiang to train the young men and women in her family, and she often inquired about the matter herself. Li Wen and Ju Xiang naturally understood her intentions and taught with great care.
Now that they had both seen through Xu Han's intentions, they dared not keep anything to themselves. Rather than letting their master find out, they would rather teach her well now, so that their master would remember them well.
They could still tell which was more important.
Xu Han did this so that someone could take on the responsibilities of various things at home later on, so that she wouldn't have to worry about everything.
By assigning each person different tasks, a healthy competition is formed among them, which can both motivate them to be ambitious and loyal and also create a sense of pressure for them.
It's okay if they don't do a good job, just replace them. There will naturally be a large number of people waiting to do the job.
As a result, those in charge naturally dared not slack off, and they were loyal, efficient, and most importantly, exceptionally capable.
Even so, Li Wen and Ju Xiang still hold a slightly higher place in Xu Han's heart than the others, at least for now.
As long as they work hard and don't have any ulterior motives, Xu Han will certainly not treat them unfairly.
But I digress. Let's get back to the opening of the tavern.
Xu Han continued, "Yes, you'll need to put in a lot of effort. The opening date for the shop has been set for the second day of the twelfth lunar month. There are only a few days left, so you should prepare well in the next few days and try to create a buzz for the opening of the tavern."
Our main customers this time are wealthy families. The items in our shop are priced high, and ordinary families can't afford them.
So, how to get those wealthy people to willingly part with their money is up to you.
Li Wen said she felt a lot of pressure, but she would try her best.
Xu Han waved her hand, "Just go ahead and do it. If you have any problems, just come to me."
Spend the money as needed, and if you need any assistance from others, just come to me.
With the lady's promise, Li Wen felt even more confident.
He rambled on and on, saying, "Madam, this is what I'm thinking. Let me first share my thoughts. Since everyone is here today, please feel free to offer any good suggestions you may have."
There are so many of us; our ideas are definitely better than mine.
Xu Han nodded, signaling him to continue. Li Wen swallowed and began to speak again, "I was thinking that the things we sell in our shop are expensive, so the method we used last time definitely won't work, but we don't have the connections of wealthy families in the county town."
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