Li Yan was worried that Old Man Zhou would continue talking about this, so she quickly changed the subject and asked, "How's your fish business doing?"
"Thanks to you, we had a good year last year. But now it's spawning season, so we haven't been fishing for the past two or three months. My two sons are working at the docks! They make twenty cents a day, and with my boating, life isn't too bad!"
"Since you can't fish, how is the business of supplying goods to Piaoxianglou?" Li Yan asked curiously.
Old Man Zhou smiled and said, "Don't worry, girl. Every household in our village has a small fish pond, and there are many fish caught last year in it!"
Li Yan nodded, and thinking that her family was also looking for people to dig a fish pond, she said to Old Man Zhou, "Why don't we ask Uncle Zhou and the others to come to my house to help? They're working on digging the pond these days. They'll pay thirteen cents a day, but food is not included!"
When Old Man Zhou heard this, he agreed without hesitation: "Thank you very much for your care, young lady! We will definitely go there tomorrow morning!" This is three cents more per person a day, and for two people it is six cents!
Tietou, who was busy eating candy, heard that his father and his family were going to his sister's house tomorrow. He turned around timidly and asked, "Sister, can I come to your house to play tomorrow?"
Li Yan rubbed the little guy's head: "Of course!"
The little guy jumped up happily, and as he jumped, the boat shook. Old man Zhou quickly stabilized it: "You kid!" There was no blame in his tone, only full of doting!
When the boat docked and Li Yan was about to pay the fare, Old Man Zhou refused to accept it.
Li Yan had no choice but to give up, put on her bamboo basket, said goodbye to the two of them, and walked towards Lijia Village.
Li Yan passed by her uncle's house and looked inside, calling out, "Maomao?"
Maomao, who was helping his eldest sister with housework at home, heard his second sister calling him. He immediately dropped the pig grass in his hand and rushed out like a firecracker: "Second sister, second sister, I'm here!"
"Slow down, be careful not to fall!" Daya, who was sitting in the yard chopping grass, said to her brother.
Li Yan smoothed the little guy's hair, which was messed up by the wind, and handed the candy figure to him: "Go share it with big sister!"
The little guy was very happy to see the candy man to eat. He nodded obediently and jumped around with the candy man.
went to his eldest sister's side.
"Sister, this rabbit ear is for you to eat!" Maomao generously stretched the rabbit ear to his sister's mouth.
Daya took a small bite symbolically and said, "It's so sweet!" You can eat it!
Maomao squatted in front of his sister and took a bite. It was so sweet that he squinted his eyes in happiness!
When Li Yan returned home, Mrs. Lin saw her daughter coming back with a bamboo basket on her back, and immediately went forward to help her take off the basket.
Seeing the damaged goods in the bamboo basket, he asked in confusion, "Why did you buy these bad bamboo shoots?"
While pouring the wild ginger and spring bamboo shoots from the bamboo basket onto the ground, Li Yan told Lin about what happened in the city today.
Lin sighed deeply with emotion, but said nothing more. Then she picked out some damaged bamboo shoots that couldn't be placed properly. "I'll wash them and fry them with bacon for you later!"
Li Yan put all the selected gingers in the sun to dry, then went out to find a stone, washed the stone, and prepared to use the stone to grind the medicinal materials into powder.
When Li Xiaomei came over from the tofu workshop next door, she saw her niece sitting cross-legged on the ground in a very ungraceful manner, with a piece of white cloth spread on the ground, and she was busy chiseling something!
"What are you doing?" Li Xiaomei asked curiously.
Li Yan kept moving her hands while saying to Li Xiaomei, "Auntie, I'm making seasoning powder!"
When Lin came over with the food, she saw the aunt and niece sitting on the ground without caring about their image, grinding something!
"Let's eat first, the food will get cold soon," said Lin.
Li Yan responded, ground the last piece of medicinal material in a few strokes, stood up and went to the kitchen to find an unused small porcelain bottle, and put all the powder into it.
After washing their hands, the aunt and niece walked to the table and sat down.
Lin picked up a piece of fresh spring bamboo shoots and put it in her daughter's bowl. She asked curiously, "Why did you think of making soy sauce these days?"
"Mom, this is what I plan to use to open a food shop in the city!" Li Yan replied.
"Is that the one I talked about with your father a few days ago?" asked Li Xiaomei.
Li Yan shook her head and told them about her cooperation with Qin Yue in opening a shop.
Lin said helplessly, "You kid, why didn't you come back to tell us about such a big thing? Why did you just partner with someone like that? What if you lose money?"
Having lived in this small space their entire lives, the Lin family felt somewhat uneasy about suddenly having to open two shops. They had to wait until one shop started to gain some traction before considering opening the next. If both shops lost money, what a burden that would be!
"Don't worry, mother. I don't need to provide the capital for the shop I opened with Qin Yue. I only need the operating capital. Besides, the capital for this food shop is not that big!"
"So what do you plan to cook? Have you thought about it?" asked Li Xiaomei.
"I'm going to prepare a chicken for multiple uses! For example: fried chicken, roasted chicken, roasted chicken racks, chicken legs, and chicken wings. Different preparations will give different flavors. You can buy whatever you like. What do you think, Mom?"
Lin thought about the chickens raised at the foot of the mountain and realized that there was no need for any additional investment, so she nodded and said, "Then let's give it a try!"
Seeing his mother agree, Li Yan continued to express his thoughts: "Mom, I think if the market for roast chicken becomes hot, the two hundred or so chickens we have at the foot of the mountain won't last for more than a few days. Instead of buying chickens elsewhere and letting others make the money, it's better to let the uncles and aunts in Lijia Village make the money!"
Li Yan's words instantly piqued the interest of the two, and they asked in unison, "What good ideas do you have?"
"Mom, how about this? Let's spread the word and let the villagers start hatching chicks now. When they grow up to a certain size, we'll buy them all!" Li Yan told the two of them her general idea.
Li Xiaomei couldn't help but nodded. "It's spring now, the perfect time to hatch chicks, and the survival rate is high. I think everyone will agree!"
Lin, however, had some concerns: "Everything you're thinking about now is based on the premise that you can sell these roast chickens. What if business is bad? Will you still buy those chickens? You have to consider this!"
Li Yan had indeed not considered the possibility of failure. Investment inherently involves opportunities and risks, so why not be more conservative?
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