Li Yan led the boy back to the shop, and then took out some change from the shop to pay the boy with the remaining money.
The waiter received the money and thanked him before leaving. Li Yan came from the snack shop and handed a bowl of iced drink to the waiter. "It's so hot out here, thank you for making such a trip. Have some iced drink to cool off!"
The young man happily took the milk tea brought by Li Yan and thanked her happily. When he was working in the bookstore, he had heard students talk about this iced milk tea, which was very popular among students.
However, his monthly salary was very low, so he was reluctant to spend money to satisfy his appetite.
Now, with this opportunity, he finally got what he wanted!
The waiter took a sip and found the milk tea smooth and mellow, and refreshingly cool. No wonder this iced drink is so popular in Rongcheng, it really is delicious!
After the waiter finished his iced drink and was about to thank him and leave, Li Yan brought out two cans of freshly sealed milk tea and handed them to the waiter. "Thank you so much for helping me solve my problem today. It's not a good thing, so please let him try it!"
"Then I would like to thank you, young lady, on behalf of our boss!" Then he took the two cans of iced milk tea handed over by Li Yan and trotted into the city!
After sending the waiter off, Li Yan returned to the soy sauce shop and said to Lin Qing, "Cousin, this is paper and ink for my uncle. Please help me take it back today!"
Lin Qing looked at the pile of papers and the two wrapped ink sticks, and knew that it would cost a lot of money.
In the past, she and her brother had gone to the bookstore to buy supplies. The cheapest paper cost twenty-five cents, and as for the ink stick, the cheapest one cost one or two taels of silver. She didn't know how much money it would cost to buy all these!
She waved her hands repeatedly to refuse, "Sister, your village school needs it right now, so you should take it back!"
"Don't worry, sister. I've already prepared everything for the children!"
Lin Qing naturally didn't know that Li Yan had already prepared chalk and blackboards for the village school. These things were enough for the children to write and draw. It wouldn't be too late to prepare paper and ink for the children after they had passed the initial stage and learned to write!
Seeing her cousin hesitate, Li Yan continued, "My uncle gave me those four sets of books, and I didn't refuse them. They're just some paper and ink. Don't refuse them, sister!"
How can it be the same? The books that Dad copied were all ordinary books. These commonly used books were available in woodblocks in bookstores. As long as they were printed, they could be obtained in large quantities, so these books were not expensive!
Li Yan took her cousin's hand and said affectionately, "Sister, just bring it to uncle. If uncle doesn't accept it, then I won't be able to accept the things he gives me next time!"
As the two sisters were talking, Monkey suddenly came running over. Seeing Li Yan in the shop, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "Luckily, you're here, young lady. Come with me to the shop. A customer should have brought something you need!"
When Li Yan heard this, she didn't bother to talk to her cousin anymore and immediately followed Uncle Monkey to the market!
"Uncle Monkey, what's going on now? Tell me quickly!"
It turned out that a group of merchants from the south came to the shop today. After they bought a batch of goods from Lin Feng, they told Lin Feng that they had another batch of goods on hand and could sell them to him at a low price if Lin Feng was interested.
After learning more about it, Lin Feng felt more and more that this might be what his niece was looking for!
He immediately asked Monkey to find Li Yan to talk to her.
This group of people accidentally bought a batch of goods from the southern barbarians. They thought that these goods were rare and took them on the road with the idea that they could sell them for a good price!
But the reality was contrary to expectations. Those who were originally interested in this thing, once they tasted it, found it spicy and pungent, and they all backed off!
The caravan asked along the way, but no one was willing to take over such goods.
They had spent ten taels of silver to buy this thing, and it would be a pity to lose it. Now all the other goods in their hands have been sold, and only that truck of goods is left with no one interested. The leader of the team did not want to waste time for a truck of goods, so he wanted to sell this thing to Lin Feng at a low price!
As soon as Li Yan walked into the shop, she saw her uncle chatting happily with a middle-aged man. Behind him stood two young men in gray shorts. It seemed that they were together.
Seeing Li Yan coming over, Lin Feng smiled and introduced her to the middle-aged man, "Brother Yang, this is my niece. Don't underestimate her age. She owns the two most popular Li's shops outside the market!"
Yang Ming was surprised to see Li Yan, but after years of traveling, he quickly calmed down. He walked forward and praised her with a smile, "Young lady, you are so capable at such a young age. You have managed to run two shops so successfully. I really admire you!"
He had been in Rongcheng for some time, so he knew that the two most popular shops outside the market were Li Ji's shops. He dared to say that most of the caravans that came to Rongcheng were attracted by Li Ji's low-priced soy sauce and fermented bean curd!
I never expected that the person behind this shop was a girl in her teens!
Li Yan smiled shyly, "Thank you, Uncle Yang. The things in the shop are also due to the efforts of my uncles and cousins. I couldn't do it alone!"
Li Yan was anxious to know if this man had any chili peppers, so she skipped the pleasantries and asked directly, "I heard Uncle Yang has some new and interesting merchandise. I wonder if I could take a look?"
Yang Ming turned around and took a few dried chilies from the hand of his follower and handed them to Li Yan, "This is it!"
When Li Yan saw the dried chili peppers in Yang Ming's hand, her face was calm, but her heart was already in turmoil. At this moment, if there were no outsiders present, she might have jumped three feet high with excitement!
Li Yan took the dried chili from Yang Ming's hand, put it in her mouth and took a bite to make sure she was not dreaming.
Seeing the girl put the pepper directly into her mouth, Yang Ming hurriedly stopped her, "Girl, don't chew it, spit it out!"
But it was too late to speak at this time. Li Yan had already taken a bite. A spicy taste spread from the tip of her tongue and then spread to her entire mouth. The burning feeling instantly rushed to her face, and Li Yan's face turned red!
Yang Ming watched the changes in the girl with his own eyes, and recalled all the failed sales experiences before. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it's all over now, it seems that the goods will not be able to be sold again!
Li Yan's tears came out because of the spicy food. She had never eaten chili peppers before, and when she suddenly came into contact with such spicy food, her body felt a little uncomfortable for a while.
Seeing his niece in such a mess, Lin Feng immediately poured her a cup of tea and said, "Rinse your mouth quickly!"
Li Yan didn't care whether she would lose her composure or not, she just picked up a cup of tea and drank it in one gulp, and her burning mouth finally felt better!
"Are you feeling better? Do you want another drink?" Lin Feng asked worriedly.
Li Yan shook her head, took out a handkerchief, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and after tidying herself up, she turned around and said, "Uncles, please forgive me for losing my composure just now!"
"It's my fault. I forgot to explain it to you in advance!"
Just when Yang Ming thought the deal was about to fall through, Li Yan suddenly said, "I wonder how much goods Uncle Yang brought? What's the price? If possible, I'd like to take them all!"
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