When the two of them walked to the thatched shed where the millstone was, they saw another woman grinding flour, and next to her was another woman standing in line.
When the two saw Li Yan, they were all smiling: "Second girl, you are here to grind flour too!"
The women in Lijia Village now admire Li Yan very much. I heard that she has opened two more shops in the city, and now the shops are managed by her and her cousins!
It is said that now when the women in Lijia Village discipline their children, they always say: "Look at the Li family's Erya, or if you can be as smart as the Li family's Erya, I will be satisfied!"
This was what her aunt heard from the village, and she could only smile helplessly at the time.
It was rare to see Li Yan in the village during this period. The woman waiting to grind flour asked carefully, "Second girl, I heard your family is collecting eggs? It's spring now, and the weather is warm. My parents have gathered a lot of eggs. I wonder if you want any?"
"Of course I collect them. As long as the eggs are not rotten, you can go find my nanny and I will ask her to help collect them!" Li Yan replied.
After hearing this, another woman asked, "I heard that your family still collects chickens. They can be sold to you in two or three months. I also want to raise some to supplement the family income. I wonder if you still want to collect them?"
Didn't grandma tell everyone about the chicken raising? Li Yan suppressed her doubts and thought for a moment, "I'll also collect chickens, but Auntie shouldn't have more than a hundred chicks in a batch, and they can be sold out over a period of ten days or half a month. Auntie, you can talk to my grandma; she knows best!"
Neither of them thought that this matter would be agreed to so easily. They didn't even bother to do their own work and rushed to help Li Yan grind flour.
"Hey, how can you have the strength in your little arms and legs? Auntie will help you and make sure your flour is ground finely!"
Li Yan had no choice but to let them go.
If Li Xiaomei hadn't come rushing over, the two of them would even have helped Li Yan send the ground flour back home.
From that day on, the news that the Li family wanted to collect eggs and chickens spread throughout Lijia Village. Originally, Mrs. Wu was worried that her granddaughter would not be able to use them for the time being, so she only told half of the villagers. Now that Li Yan said this, the news spread completely.
From that day on, the women in Lijia Village had one more job, which was hatching and raising chicks.
After returning home, Li Yan still didn't take a rest and started preparing the soy sauce that would be cooked tomorrow.
As usual, Mrs. Lin sat in the corridor, coaxing the two children in the cradle. She said to Li Yan, "The day after tomorrow is your uncle's wedding. I wonder how your uncle's preparations are going?"
Although Li Yan was busy with things in the shop recently, she was thinking about this matter in her heart. She added a handful of firewood to the kitchen, then thought for a moment and said, "Then I won't be back tomorrow. After I finish my work in the shop, I will go directly to my uncle's house with my cousin!"
Lin thought about it and nodded. As her elder sister, she should go to help her younger brother when he got married. However, bringing two little burdens with her would only cause more trouble. Her daughter is grown up now and is very sensible in her actions. It would be better for her to go and take a look on her behalf.
"Your uncle deposited ten taels of silver with me in the past. You can help your mother bring it to me tomorrow. You are used to spending money lavishly, and now is the time for you to ask for money!" Lin reminded again.
The mother and daughter sat in the yard, chatting about family matters until both children fell asleep. Then Lin got up and took the two little ones back home.
In the evening, my cousin came back and said, "Not long after you left, over twenty people showed up to dig the foundation. They were still busy when I left! Also, Piaoxianglou ordered fifteen fried chickens for tomorrow, and another restaurant ordered three."
"Then big brother, go down the mountain and tell the Zhao family to prepare the same number of chickens as yesterday." Li Yan said.
Li Jianmin nodded and was about to leave when Li Yan called him, "Brother, you guys go to the shop first tomorrow morning. I'll boil the soy sauce for the next two days this morning. You can go to the shop after I'm done."
"If my sister has something to do, you can go and take care of it. I can handle the work in the shop!" Li Jianmin learned a lot from following his sister for the past two days. In addition, he had been training in Piaoxianglou for more than half a year, so he thought he could still handle it!
After the brother and sister finished talking, Li Jianmin took his sister to the foot of the mountain to kill chickens.
Compared with yesterday, the Zhao family was more prepared. Not only did they prepare hot water, but they also slaughtered ten chickens in advance at 3:00 p.m. The remaining chickens were also penned and could be slaughtered as soon as the Li family returned.
The cooperation between them is becoming more and more tacit. No one needs Li Yan to tell them what to do every day. They are ready early in the morning.
When her father came back in the evening, Li Yan made a large pot of noodles with scallion oil and first sent it to the next door.
At this time, my uncle and his family were sitting in the yard drinking corn porridge. "This is a new food in the shop today. Grandpa and grandma, try it!"
Li Yan put a bowl of food that smelled of scallion oil on the table, and the fragrance went straight to her nose.
Maomao couldn't wait to hand the small bowl to him, and the meaning was obvious: "Nana, you want to eat!"
When Li Dalang, who had already drunk two bowls of corn porridge, smelled the fragrance, his stomach started to sing the empty city plan again!
After Li Yan left, the family started eating noodles with scallion oil. Li Dalang thought the noodles were so delicious that he wanted to swallow his tongue.
I've been eating noodles for over 30 years, but I never knew they could be so delicious, moist and salty. The aroma of the scallion oil blends perfectly with the flavor of the noodles themselves, making them even more fragrant the more you chew!
"We will make noodles like this in the future!" Li Dalang said with emotion.
"Dad, if you knew how much oil this food consumes, you wouldn't say that!"
Li Dalang swallowed the noodles in his mouth whole and said with a wry smile, "I just said that, haha."
Under the gaze of his mother, Li Dalang quickly added a sentence to himself.
Maomao completely ignored the conversation at the table. His little mouth was full of oil as he ate. After slurping up the last noodle, he picked up his little bowl and licked it clean, still unsatisfied.
On the other side, Lin and others also thought that the scallion oil noodles tasted very good.
Although this type of food doesn't require much technical skill, it's the most suitable food to prepare right now. It's low-cost, quick to prepare, and easy to learn.
What may be an advantage now may become a disadvantage in the future, and as time goes by, it will be easy for others to learn from you.
However, in Li Yan's view, it is normal for the taste of food to be surpassed by others. She just uses noodles with scallion oil to get through these days when there are not many people around.
It is unrealistic to make money by just serving the same food. Only by constant renovation and innovation can a food shop stand firm!
Li Yan is very clear about this point in her mind!
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