During a break in the meal, Shi Ping said to Mr. Li, "Have you bought the bricks needed for the well wall?"
Li Yan shook her head blankly.
Shi Ping: "Then look at you, are you going to buy the bricks yourselves? Or should we bring them to you tomorrow? If we provide the bricks for digging the well, five taels of silver won't be enough. We'll need another five qian!"
It wasn't much money, so Li Yan was too lazy to make another trip, so she said, "Uncle Shi, the money is fine. Please bring the bricks over tomorrow!"
Shi Ping was very happy when he heard this. Not to mention that he could make more money, the trust this family had in him also made him feel at ease.
After all, they were busy all morning, and their appetites were amazing. Not only did they finish several large plates of food, but each of them ate five large steamed buns.
The Shi family only sat and rested for half a minute before they got busy again. Today they wanted to dig as deep as possible, and if they worked harder tomorrow, they could finish the work earlier. By doing more work, they could earn more money!
Several people were busy until it was getting dark, then they stopped working and went back!
When Li Erlang returned, he took a look at the well he had dug and exclaimed, "These people worked really fast! I thought it would take five or six days!"
"I'm not rushing them. Maybe they're just getting more skilled at this job, so they can do it faster!" Li Yan said with a smile.
Nothing happened that night. Early the next morning, a group of five people from the Shi family came to the Li family early to start working!
They piled the prepared bricks in the courtyard, and the two sons of the Shi family continued digging below. After a while, the soil below began to become moist, and soon water began to gush out from the bottom of the well.
At this time, the person standing by the well threw the wooden bucket into the well, lifted up the turbid water and poured it out until the water was no longer turbid.
After dealing with the turbid water, the people in the well began to lay bricks along the well wall. Li Yan looked at the bricks they brought and the size of the well wall, and found that they were exactly the same. She secretly thanked God that she didn't go to buy bricks herself yesterday!
After working for half a day, they built the well wall and then used the remaining bricks to build a well curb along the edge of the well.
After the well fence was built, the well was also completed. Shi Ping said to the Li family members standing by the well watching: "Even if the well is dug, it will be usable in about ten days!"
Li Yan thanked him gratefully, then turned back to her room to get some silver to pay Shi Ping.
It was already past noon, and in order not to delay the progress, these people had been working non-stop for the entire morning.
Li Yan fetched some water for them to wash up, and brought out the hot food in the pot, and asked them to eat before going back!
After working non-stop for most of the day, everyone was hungry and did not refuse.
After finishing their meal, they had to rush to dig a well for the next family, so they only sat for a cup of tea before saying goodbye and leaving.
Li Yan is very impressed with the speed and professionalism of the Shi family in building the well!
"Now we can get water and don't have to run so far!" Master Li said with emotion.
You have to queue up to draw water from the well in the village. If you are lucky, you can wait for a while before it is your turn.
If by chance everyone's water supply at home runs out, they will have to waste a lot of time queuing.
Li Dalang has a deep understanding of this point. Ever since his younger sister started making tofu, he has had to queue up at the well to fetch water from time to time. Now that there is a well in front of the tofu workshop, it won't be so troublesome in the future!
As soon as the matter of the well was settled, Li Yan thought about going to the city to talk to Manager Qian.
There shouldn't be any problem with her cousin helping her look after the shop. Li Yan was more concerned about Shopkeeper Qian!
If her cousin left, Shopkeeper Qian would definitely be short of staff. The construction of the market would probably take some time. Li Yan thought it would be better to greet Shopkeeper Qian first and ask him to prepare people in advance so that he would not be caught off guard.
On the other hand, one day, Li Dalang went to the dock outside the city to sell tofu buns as usual. As soon as he stopped the donkey cart, he heard the shouts of selling buns coming from a stall not far away!
Li Dalang's heart tightened involuntarily. It had only been two or three days, but people saw that his tofu bun business was doing well, and they also followed his example and came here to sell tofu buns.
Not only that, in addition to tofu buns, that person also ordered meat buns and vegetable buns. Not only did he have more varieties than himself, but that person's tofu buns only cost one penny!
"Dad, what should we do? The tofu buns we sell are not as cheap as others!" Daya asked anxiously.
Li Dalang calmed himself down and said soothingly, "Don't panic. Our tofu buns have a unique flavor that others can't easily imitate. Let's see what happens later!"
After the people got off work, some came to Li Dalang's stall, while others were attracted by another shop selling buns.
"I heard that tofu buns over there are only one penny each. Let's go and take a look!" The voices of the people who had finished their work reached the ears of the father and daughter.
"Dad, should we also give a penny?" Daya asked anxiously.
Li Dalang shook his head and said, "Girl, those who are willing to buy buns for lunch should not be short of a few cents!"
Daya glanced at her tall father. Since when did her father seem different? He seemed to have become more confident.
In fact, Li Dalang was also very nervous inside. This sudden competitor was far superior to him in terms of both variety and price.
But he remembered what the second girl said, that in business, there are always people coming and going, and as long as his buns taste unique and he can retain the people who need to stay, then this business can still be done!
With this competitor today, tofu buns are not as popular as yesterday, but people still come to buy them!
Compared to yesterday's quick sell-out, today's sales were much slower. Fortunately, Li Dalang still managed to sell out all the tofu buns he brought!
Looking at the empty bamboo basket, Daya couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, everything was sold out! She had thought there would be a lot left!
The father and daughter packed up the bamboo baskets and steamers and hurriedly followed the donkey cart home.
In today's situation, even though all the buns were sold out, Li Dalang still wanted to go back quickly to discuss countermeasures with his family!
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