Li Yan was naturally happy to see this happen, but now the villagers had already left, so she was not in a hurry to reply and would talk about it after returning.
While they were talking, someone else came to inquire about the soy sauce. When he found out that it was indeed the price he had heard, he immediately bought a bottle.
Li Yan looked at the soy sauce and saw that most of it had been sold. She thought that the business should be fine, so she went back to prepare the goods for tomorrow.
"Brother, please keep an eye on the goods here. I'll go back and get busy!"
"Just go ahead and don't worry, sister. Leave this to me!" Li Jianmin replied.
The remaining fermented black beans at home can be used to make about 130 kilograms of soy sauce. The remaining fermented black beans need to be fermented for another two days before they can be used. This soy sauce is cheap after all. Li Yan is worried that it will be snatched up by people, and then the shop will have no goods to sell!
Before leaving, Li Yan told her cousin: "The soy sauce in the shop is now limited for purchase!"
"Will this have an impact on our shop?" Li Jianmin asked worriedly.
Li Yan smiled and explained, "This can also be considered a tactic, called hunger marketing! Think about it, brother, the more scarce this product is, the more people want it, right?"
Li Jianmin thought carefully about his sister's words, and it seemed to be true!
After arranging for her cousin and Xiaocao to look after the store, Li Yan asked her grandfather to pull the mule cart and prepared to go back first.
At this time, Lin Qing pulled his cousin's sleeve, indicating that he had something to say to her.
The two of them came to an empty corner. Lin Qing tucked his clothes with his hands. After a long while, he whispered, "I wonder if your shop still needs someone? I can read and help you with some writing and math."
The family already has little income, and her eldest brother needs to study. The tuition fees from her father's private school are not enough to cover his expenses. Now that such an opportunity is in front of her, she wants to seize it.
In the past year, she has been silently paying attention to her cousin's every word and action. She thinks she is not as smart as her cousin, but she also wants to improve her family's life through her own efforts like her cousin!
Li Yan was delighted to hear her cousin's idea. "I couldn't be happier that you could come. However, we need to get my uncle's consent. You should try to get my aunt's consent first. If that doesn't work out, I'll try to speak for you!"
Lin Qing mustered up the courage to tell her cousin about this. Now that she had her cousin's support, she was extremely happy. Her face lit up. "I'll tell Mom when I get back!"
Li Yan was still thinking about who would be in charge of the soy sauce shop. Unlike the food shop, the person in charge of the soy sauce shop needed to be able to write and calculate.
Although she can look after the shop first, Li Yan doesn't dare to let others interfere with the steps of making soy sauce at home for the time being.
It would be great if my cousin could come.
However, since ancient times, traveling for business has been despised by scholars. Li Yan was not sure whether her uncle, who was so old-fashioned, would agree to let his daughter come to the shop.
At this time, Mr. Li also drove a mule cart to the door of the store and urged them to go back.
After receiving Li Yan's affirmative answer, Lin Qing felt relieved. She sent Li Yan to the car and said, "Sister, you have something to do and you need to leave first. We can wait for father here!"
At this time, she already had a plan in her mind. After returning, she would start with her mother and uncle and ask them to help her speak for her. With the support of these two people, it should not be difficult to persuade her father!
On the way back, Li Yan thought about the snack platter she was going to make tomorrow, so she said to Wu, "Grandma, when you're free, please ask around in the village if anyone's willing to raise chickens. I think the fried chicken business is going strong, and we should need a lot of chickens later. Also, buy some eggs from me. They'll be one penny each."
"Okay, I'll ask for you when I get back!" Wu agreed without hesitation!
Seeing that the two shops were doing pretty well today, Grandpa Li reminded his granddaughter, "Why don't you prepare more goods for tomorrow? Tomorrow is market day, and there should be more people in the city than today!"
These words reminded Li Yan that if business was so good today, tomorrow should be just as good. She would probably have a lot of work to do when she returned!
Fortunately, I bought two big pots today, so I can cook more soy sauce at once!
There were many things to do on the way back, and Mr. Li kept moving his hands, urging the mule to move forward.
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