Patriarch Li stopped talking and motioned for her to speak first.
"I'll provide the seedlings and I can share the planting and cultivation methods with everyone. However, I want to emphasize that anyone who takes on this job this year must not keep it privately, let alone sell it secretly!"
Patriarch Li nodded cautiously, "Don't worry, I will emphasize this point. Such a treacherous person will never appear in our Li Village!"
After making the promise to Li Yan, Patriarch Li asked Li Yan if she had any other questions. If not, he would let his grandson go to each family to notify them!
Although everyone may be resting at home at this time, it is also the time when every household has someone at home, so if you are looking for someone to attend the meeting, you will not go to empty-handed!
"Grandpa, clan leader, why not inform the Cao clan members down the mountain? They'll be part of our village too! They're perfectly suited for this kind of work!"
After all, grain cannot be grown at this time of year, and at this stage they can only grow some vegetables and rely on relief food from the county government to survive!
Maybe they can survive with these foods now, but if winter comes, life will be difficult!
Patriarch Li nodded in agreement and immediately asked his grandson to inform the Cao clan members.
Not to mention that he had a good impression of Cao Jiang, who was a loyal and honest old man. In addition, he saved three children in the village a few days ago, which made his impression of him even better!
After discussing planting, Chief Li couldn't help but ask about something that had been on his mind for a long time. "Girl, last time you told me about opening a noodle shop with the tribesmen, what have you said now? If there's no problem, I thought I'd take this opportunity to tell you all about it!"
Li Yan pondered for a moment and said, "This is what I think. Grandpa, the clan leader, please listen to me."
"My family provided the machinery, and I only want 20% of the profits. As for the remaining 10%, as I said before, it will be allocated to the village school. As for the remaining 70%, it will be divided among the clan members. As for how to distribute it, the clan leader and the other uncles can discuss a reasonable method together!"
Patriarch Li pondered for a moment and asked, "Your uncles don't have much experience in business. Do you have any good suggestions? Please share them with me first."
Li Yan pondered for a while before saying, "We'll allocate according to how much work we do. Those who press and dry noodles at home naturally don't work as hard as those who deliver and sell them outside. So, those who work outside will get relatively more pay, while those who work at home will get less. If anyone is dissatisfied with their assigned position, they can take turns!"
Seeing that Patriarch Li was listening attentively, Li Yan continued to talk about her own plans: "When the time comes, I will also purchase noodles from the noodle shop and sell them in the shops in the city to help the noodle shop expand its business as soon as possible!"
After hearing this, Patriarch Li's face was filled with joy. He knew how prosperous the Li's shop was. With such help, he didn't have to worry about the noodle shop's business!
There is another more important point. Patriarch Li knows in his heart that with the support of the Li family behind him, when their noodle shop becomes prosperous, there will inevitably be people with ulterior motives who will covet it.
The Li family has the general behind them, and this alone can reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble!
Chief Li was just getting excited when he heard the villagers talking outside. "They must be arriving soon. Let's go and talk under the big tree in front of the gate!"
Soon, many villagers gathered outside the patriarch's house.
"I was sleeping soundly when my mother called me here. Chief, you asked us to come here because you have something good to tell us!" said a young man naively.
As soon as the young man finished speaking, his uncle slapped him on the head. The uncle glared at his nephew and said with a fierce face, "How dare you speak to the clan leader like that?"
The young man's playmates in the village who had grown up with him saw him being beaten and made faces at him.
The young man was also a simpleton. He just scratched his head, which was hurt by the beating, and bowed to the clan leader with a chuckle, saying, "I am a rude boy. Please don't bother with me, clan leader!"
Clan leader Li was in a good mood at the moment and didn't pay much attention to the young man's words. Instead, he followed up on the young man's words and said to the crowd, "It's your turn today. There are indeed good news, two good news at that! Which one do you want to hear first?"
The scene suddenly fell silent, and those who were whispering stopped talking. Those who were drowsy suddenly became clear-headed, and their burning gazes were directed at Chief Li.
Patriarch Li felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by everyone and coughed lightly, "Why is no one interested?"
At this time, the villagers seemed to come to their senses.
The impetuous young man immediately asked, "What's the good news? Just tell us directly and give us a quick heads-up instead of making us feel anxious and upset!"
"Yes, yes!" The crowd in the audience echoed in unison.
Chief Li turned to look at Li Yan, "Do you want me to tell you, or should I tell you?"
"Thank you for your help, Grandpa, the clan leader!" Li Yan said respectfully.
Chief Li nodded and then said to everyone, "The first thing we need to do is build a noodle shop in our village. The noodles we eat on a daily basis are all rolled out by hand. Yan'er has a noodle press at home. We only need to put the dough in it to make noodles of uniform thickness. When the time comes, each family can send one person to work in the noodle shop. If you don't want to, we won't force you."
It is not yet the autumn harvest season, and everyone is sitting at home with nothing to do. The young men in the village are all eager to try.
You know, since the fermented bean curd workshop of the Li family was built, the women who worked there would stand up straight and even speak louder when they returned home!
Now that they are going to build another workshop, no one cares to ask about the details. Just looking at the treatment in the fermented bean curd workshop, it seems that it is not bad!
So one by one they spoke out to express their desire to participate!
The clever young man immediately expressed his loyalty, saying, "Chief, you don't need to say anything. We will all participate in this matter. We will do whatever you ask us to do. If you ask us to go east, we will never go west!"
"Yes, we'll listen to you." Everyone said in unison.
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