Every day brings something new, making life quite interesting.
After living in the deep mountains for more than half a month, Xu Han finally couldn't resist and dragged Lu Chuan, Yun Hua, and Zhao Yunyun to the county town.
Perhaps she's used to worrying, even though she's handed everything over to others, she can't stay idle and always keeps thinking about it unless she goes to check on things herself.
The weather was nice today, so after breakfast, the four of them headed to the county town.
They waited leisurely until lunchtime before arriving at the house.
Wei Yan and Guo Daya have already arrived in the county town. They didn't know their hosts would be coming today, so they didn't prepare any food for them.
Upon seeing them arrive, he hurriedly went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
Xu Han called out to him, "Stop busying yourself, let's eat out today."
After she finished speaking, she asked Yunhua and Luchuan to hand over the baskets they were carrying to Weiyan, and then the group went to a restaurant.
We can't eat home-cooked meals every day. It's nice to eat out occasionally, and it's not like we can't afford it, so of course we want to try different things.
Lu Chuan took them to a highly-rated restaurant, where they ordered some of their signature dishes and began to eat.
After finishing their meal, Yunhua and Zhao Yunyun returned to their residence, while Xu Han and Lu Chuan went to the temporary workshop.
Inside the makeshift workshop, everyone was working enthusiastically, and no one noticed Xu Han when she entered.
Finally, someone called out, "Master and Madam are here."
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up at the two of them.
"Haha, you guys keep busy, I just came to check in. How's it going lately? Are there a lot of people delivering sweet potatoes?"
Hearing the sound, Juxiang came out as well. As soon as she saw the person, she began to report on the work situation: "Madam, there have been a lot of people delivering sweet potatoes lately. The workshop is overflowing with them these past two days."
Two days ago, I told them to stop delivering sweet potatoes and resume in February. Otherwise, the workshop won't have enough room, and we need to use some up first.
Juxiang was right. There were so many people delivering sweet potatoes that the shop couldn't distill sweet potato wine because there was just too much space.
All they could do was wait until they stopped sending sweet potatoes before they could continue distilling sweet potato wine; the rest of the time they could only boil and ferment the sweet potatoes.
"Yes, you can make the decisions in the workshop. You don't need to tell me everything."
Juxiang invited the two into the simple office area, then took out an account book and handed it to Xu Han. "Madam, please take a look. This is the account for the recent period. I remember it clearly every day."
Xu Han accepted it without hesitation, saying, "Okay, you can go ahead and get busy."
Without waiting for Juxiang to leave, he started flipping through the pages.
Seeing this, Juxiang didn't say anything, but smiled and went out to continue her work.
In addition to the money she receives for sweet potatoes every day, Juxiang has also ordered a batch of wine jars and large vats for fermentation.
Apart from that, there were no other special expenses, and the accounts were very clean.
After reviewing the workshop's accounts, Xu Han opened another ledger.
Currently, Juxiang manages all the money in the household. Anyone who needs to buy something has to come to her to withdraw money.
This is really troublesome. It seems we need to find someone to take charge of the household accounts, otherwise relying entirely on Juxianggan is too tiring.
After reviewing both ledgers, Xu Han had a general understanding of the recent income and expenditure situation, and was also clear about the progress of everything.
Xu Han looked at Lu Chuan, who was so bored that he started drinking water, and said, "There's nothing wrong with the accounts."
Just as she was about to say something, Lu Chuan made a shushing gesture, and Xu Han immediately shut up.
A moment later, Juxiang came in. "Madam, Li Feng is here. Would you like to see him?"
"Li Feng? What's he doing here?"
Li Feng is currently in charge of the mountain produce shop, so he shouldn't have much contact with the temporary workshop. I suppose he came here for some reason, otherwise he wouldn't have specifically come looking for him at this time.
"A bullock cart is coming; they say they need to go to a vegetable farmer's house to pick up vegetables later."
"Oh, then let him in. I can also ask about the recent situation at the mountain produce shop."
After Xu Han finished speaking, Ju Xiang went to fetch the people. Xu Han and Li Feng had met many times before; he was very smart, indeed suited for business, and had some business acumen.
Li Feng entered and bowed to the two men, saying, "Master and Madam."
Xu Han raised her hand, gesturing for him to stand up. "How's the mountain produce shop lately? Is everything going smoothly? Have you encountered any trouble?"
"Replying to Madam, everything is fine at the shop recently. After resuming operations after the New Year, our shop received orders from several more households. Although they are not all orders, they are exclusive."
In addition, many people from other places come to our local produce shop specifically to buy salted duck eggs to eat on their way home, and some even buy them specifically for their families.
Xu Han nodded. "That's a good thing. Raw salted duck eggs are difficult to transport, and now that the weather is cold, we can have them cooked before taking them away."
This way, it won't easily break down even after long journeys.
Li Feng's eyes darted around, and a smile appeared on his lips. "Yes, Madam, I know what to do."
Xu Han was slightly taken aback. What had she said? What did he know?
But that wasn't important; she then asked about signing contracts with other prefectures.
After Li Feng explained in detail, Xu Han nodded in understanding.
It turns out that some wealthy families, many of whom really enjoyed the pickled vegetables and salted duck eggs from the mountain produce shop, had placed orders for them, which were delivered every month to ensure they could buy them.
It wasn't until some later day that Xu Han realized what Li Feng knew.
It turns out that Li Feng sold a lot of salted duck eggs according to Xu Han's method, and even the delivery of salted duck eggs became a long-term business.
Every month thereafter, the shop made a lot of money from selling salted duck eggs.
For those who live far away, Li Feng would cook the food for them free of charge so they could take it with them, saving them from damage during the journey.
Every winter thereafter, when the weather turned cold, Li Feng would sell salted duck eggs directly to the prefectural city and other nearby cities.
As time went on, the Lu family's salted duck eggs became increasingly famous, and were even sold in the capital and the south.
It is precisely because of Li Feng's actions today that salted duck eggs have become a living advertisement for the Lu family.
Li Feng also found a better way out for himself, gradually becoming Xu Han's right-hand man and capable assistant.
Of course, that's a story for another time.
After spending some more time in the temporary workshop, the couple turned around and went to the tavern.
The tavern was operating normally, business was booming, and there were no special circumstances.
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