After agreeing on a time with the stewards of each household, Li Wen came to report.
Xu Han waved her hand to interrupt Li Wen, who was about to speak, and looked at Li Wen and Ju Xiang, saying, "You don't need to report this to me. Just tell me the result after it's done."
In the future, you don't need to tell me every little detail. Just do whatever you want to do.
Let me know if you need my support. I only need to know the general direction for most things; you'll need to handle the details.
The two people, feeling trusted, were even happier and quickly agreed.
Since the master trusted them so much, the two of them couldn't let that trust down, so they worked even harder.
However, they also felt the pressure, so they would think carefully before making any decisions, consider the consequences from multiple perspectives, and only proceed when the risks were minimized.
Days passed by, and before we knew it, it was November 28th.
In the past few days, the temporary workshop has been extremely busy, with people coming and going non-stop.
After this period of hard work, the once empty shop is now filled with all sorts of large wine jars and vats.
Even on the second floor, there were many large vats used for fermenting sweet potato wine.
The other areas that weren't used for storing sweet potatoes were also filled with them. It looked like the shop was about to become unusable. If they continued to collect sweet potatoes, there would be nowhere to put them.
That noon, Xu Han hurriedly called Li Wen and Ju Xiang over to discuss the matter with them.
"As you can see, the temporary workshop is completely full. There are still a lot of sweet potatoes that haven't been processed yet. If we continue to collect them, there won't even be any place left to store them."
I'm thinking of stopping the harvest for the next few days. The sweet potatoes we've harvested recently are enough to make a lot of sweet potato wine. We can resume harvesting after we've finished making this batch.
Juxiang said with a bitter face, "Madam, even if you hadn't brought this up today, I would have come to you anyway. The house in the backyard is already overflowing."
The sweet potatoes we harvested this afternoon probably don't have anywhere to go. More and more people are coming to deliver sweet potatoes these days. I heard from the people selling sweet potatoes that many people from far away from the county town are pushing carts to sell their sweet potatoes here.
We're harvesting 13,000 to 14,000 jin of sweet potatoes every day. Even with our people working in shifts all day, we can only process about 5,000 jin. The amount of sweet potatoes we're harvesting far exceeds the amount we're processing; we simply can't keep up."
Xu Han has been busy with the opening of the tavern lately and hasn't paid much attention to this place.
Although Juxiang had warned her, she hadn't expected there to be so many; she had been really careless.
Since the incident has already occurred, it's impossible to leave it unresolved. That's why she rushed over to discuss the matter with them as soon as she discovered it.
Xu Han frowned slightly after hearing this. "So many? We really can't handle it. How about this, when you're harvesting sweet potatoes this afternoon, you can tell them that we're not buying sweet potatoes for the time being. We'll notify them again after we've finished processing the sweet potatoes, and they can come back to sell them then."
Then he continued, "If there's no room in the backyard, have them send it to a shop not far from here."
Upon hearing this, Li Wen and Ju Xiang looked up in surprise, staring at Xu Han with disbelief.
Seeing their reactions, Xu Han smiled slightly. Uh, isn't this awkward?
He hurriedly said, "Hehe, I forgot to tell you, besides the three shops you know about now, my family also has a few shops in the county town. I don't think I can remember exactly how many. I'll tell you when I get back."
However, there is indeed one nearby, but I forgot how many rooms it has. I'll ask your father later.
Both of them looked constipated, wanting to say something but unsure how to begin.
Hmm, how should I describe their wife? I can only say she's incredibly carefree. She owns several shops, and she can forget exactly where they are. If that's not carefree, what is?
However, Xu Han thought that she couldn't be blamed. When she bought the shop, she bought so many at once, and then she never went back. Half a year has passed, so isn't it normal to forget?
If they had seen it often, they definitely wouldn't have forgotten it. The key point is that they went back to the mountains after buying it, and Xu Han never came back again. It's normal that she forgot about those few shops that weren't particularly outstanding or special.
She knew the general location, but she had forgotten the exact location and shop.
Although she had been in the county town for some time and should know it by now since she passed through it often, many shops in the county town were still closed due to the war.
Half of the doors along the way were closed, and she thought each one looked like hers, which made her confused.
Juxiang and Liwen stopped worrying about the problem. As long as there was a solution, it was better than having to send all the harvested sweet potatoes into the house.
Although the house is large, it is not suitable for use as a workshop. After all, it is a place to live. Now that there are other places to temporarily store sweet potatoes, they certainly will not choose to put them in the house.
Seeing that the two were no longer continuing the topic, Xu Han continued, "I'll have the master go back to get the keys in a bit. After lunch, Li Wen, you take a few people over and do a quick clean-up."
"No one's been there for a long time, it's bound to be dusty. We're in the food business, so it needs to be kept clean."
Then he looked at Juxiang and said, "Many people should have washed the sweet potatoes clean. If the people selling sweet potatoes cause trouble, you don't need to worry too much. Just tell them that we will collect them for one more day tomorrow and stop the day after tomorrow. Give them some buffer time and let them send the cleaned sweet potatoes over as soon as possible."
It's okay if you wash too many; they won't spoil after drying.
The two nodded and got up to go out and arrange manpower.
Xu Han didn't delay. After lunch, she went to find Lu Chuan. The two found a place together, and seeing that no one was around, Xu Han took out the contract and key from her spatial storage.
"Let me see, I remember there's a shop of ours around here, but where exactly is it?"
Lu Chuan chuckled upon hearing this and flicked Xu Han's forehead. "This is truly the first time I've ever seen someone forget where their own shop is."
Xu Han flung Lu Chuan's hand away. "You talk like you remember. I looked at so many shops back then, how was I supposed to know which one to buy!"
Lu Chuan took the contract from Xu Han's hand and said with a smile, "You know what, I really do know."
There's a shop with three rooms not far ahead from here.
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