"Auntie, why don't you sell me the remaining eggs? I'll still charge you one penny. Is that okay?"
After hearing this, the woman had no choice but to accept. She came to the market to sell the basket of eggs, but she didn't expect it to be so smooth. The woman was so excited that she kept thanking him.
Li Yan asked Dayajie to take the woman's basket and counted it. There were 52 eggs in total. "Auntie, what kind of soy sauce do you need? I'll give it to you first!"
Seeing that she could exchange eggs for money, the woman was no longer interested in exchanging them for soy sauce. However, she had already said she wanted to exchange them for soy sauce, and it was difficult to go back on her word. After thinking for a while, the woman said, "Miss, just give me half a pound, and pay me for the rest!"
Li Yan nodded and told Sister Daya to get a small bottle of soy sauce from the shelf, while Lin Qing counted out forty copper coins for her.
The woman happily accepted the things and asked Li Yan again before leaving if she could exchange them for eggs if she had any in the future.
Li Yan nodded and said yes, and the woman left happily.
The woman took the money and rushed to the inner city again. She still needed to buy some household items today.
Although forty cents is not a lot, it can buy half a pound of salt and some worthless scraps of cloth.
The men in the family had their clothes torn in several places due to spring plowing, and they had no extra cloth to mend them, so they just wore their torn clothes.
Now that I have money in my hands, I have to arrange the plan to buy scraps of cloth. If I keep letting my man wear tattered clothes, people will gossip about him!
"Auntie in front, wait a minute!"
The woman didn't care at first, and was concentrating on thinking about what to buy, until the man caught up with her and stopped her. The woman then stopped in confusion.
In fact, when the woman took the soy sauce out of Li's shop, someone had already set his sights on the soy sauce in her hand.
From the woman's clothes, he could tell that her family would not be willing to use such things, so he chased after her and wanted to buy the soy sauce!
"Auntie, can you give me this bottle of soy sauce? I'll give you two extra cents!" the man asked.
"Three cents, three cents more and I'll give it to you!" the woman bargained.
Now that her family was short of money, she had originally intended to take the soy sauce she had exchanged for to a restaurant to ask if anyone was willing to buy it. Now that this person suddenly came to her, it was perfect.
The man hesitated for a moment and then agreed.
The woman was very happy to have earned five cents for nothing. She had never expected that not only had she sold all her eggs, but she had also earned five cents more. With these five cents, she could buy a piece of Cui cake for her child at home.
At this moment, Li Yan's soy sauce shop was doing very well. Customers queuing up to buy suggested, "You too, why don't you just give up your existing business and sell more soy sauce to us?"
"Yeah, yeah!" echoed the customer in the back of the line.
"Thank you all for your love for our Li Ji Soy Sauce. However, our shop is still in the trial operation stage these days. Please forgive any shortcomings!" Li Yan said to the waiting crowd.
After hearing what Li Yan said, everyone didn't know what to say. There are always times when a new store is not well prepared. It's just a matter of waiting a few more days!
In just one morning, all the soy sauce we brought today was sold out!
Li Yan looked at the empty shop and had an idea in her mind. It seemed that this low-priced soy sauce still had a huge market.
In her opinion, the reason why this low-priced soy sauce is so popular is not only because of its low price, but also because others see the profit margin in it. This may be an opportunity to use this low-priced soy sauce to attract nearby businesses and inject new vitality into this newly built market, Li Yan imagined in her heart.
Lin Qing and Daya didn't expect that the soy sauce would be sold out in just one morning. If there were no restrictions on customers' purchases, how could the business be so good?
Li Yan asked the two to close the shop door first, and then invited them to sit next to her. She wanted to review today's business situation with them.
"How many bottles of soy sauce did you sell today? And how much did you earn?" Li Yan asked the two.
Seeing her sister's serious expression, Daya sat up straight and began to answer her sister's question seriously: "Today, we sold a hundred large bottles and sixty small bottles!"
Lin Qing counted the copper coins under the counter and said, "I have two thousand four hundred and sixty-eight, and the woman got fifty-two eggs in exchange."
Li Yan nodded and asked, "Did you encounter any problems during the sales process today? If you have any questions, please feel free to ask."
"Except for customers wanting to buy more, I don't have anything else here!" Daya replied.
Lin Qing thought for a moment and asked, "Today a woman brought eggs to exchange for soy sauce. If someone brings eggs in the future, should we trade them?"
"Of course I will exchange it. Just make it the same price as in the market!"
"What if we exchange it for food? Should we do it?"
Li Yan thought for a moment and said, "If it's something picked by farmers, as long as the quality is good and there are no adulterations, we'll buy it and not deduct anything from them. We'll just pay them the market price!"
Lin Qing nodded to show that she understood. With her cousin, she would know what to do next time she encountered such a thing!
Speaking of food, Li Yan reminded everyone: "If you come across someone who wants to exchange food for soy sauce, tell them that we prefer beans. If you have any surplus at home, you can also sell it to us!"
To make soy sauce, beans are indispensable. Instead of buying them at the grain store, it’s better to buy them from nearby farmers! This way, there’s no middleman making a profit from the price difference.
The three of them went over the problems they had encountered in the soy sauce shop today. After they had a clear idea of what was going on, Li Yan stood up and said to them, "Let's go and take a look next door!"
Li Yan asked Daya to take the eggs she had just exchanged to the next door first. She finally locked the shop and then went to the next door.
As soon as Li Yan entered the door, she saw that there were only a few tables of customers dining in the shop.
"How's it going? How's business?"
Li Jianmin laughed and said, "All the fried chicken is sold out. Only the boiled tea eggs and braised dried tofu are left in the clay pot."
Li Yan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. Looking at the situation, she thought there were still a lot left, but unexpectedly, they were sold out.
As if noticing Li Yan's confusion, Li Jianmin said, "Everyone went to the market today and packed up the food they bought to take away! Not many people stayed here to eat!"
This is not surprising. Although the market here is not fully open for business, the flow of people today is good. As long as it can attract people, the market here should be good in the future!
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