ebookland Chapter 577: Becoming Stable
Chapter 577: Becoming Stable
In the evening, Xu Han and Juxiang were very surprised when they checked the accounts. They thought that since it had just rained, not many people would come to sell sweet potatoes, but they did not expect to collect so many in just one day.
"We harvested quite a lot of sweet potatoes today, and I expect there will be even more tomorrow."
Xu Han smiled and said, "That's for sure. Now you guys will be busy again."
Everyone laughed when they heard this. They were all happy to have work to do and no one complained of being tired.
Li Wen also reported the business of the Xiashan Goods Shop as usual. After the opening, the income of the shop gradually stabilized, with an average of eight or nine taels of silver a day, which was considered very high.
The bean sprouts and tofu sold in the shop now are all made by Mrs. Li and Xu Han in the house.
Li Wen's father usually has nothing to do. He just watches the door at home and helps clean the front yard. It's a very leisurely job.
The temporary workshop has been busy in recent days, so he helped out in the workshop. When he had nothing to do, he worked as a doorman. He had plenty of time, so Xu Han taught him the skill of growing sprouts.
Growing sprouts is relatively simple. Apart from changing the water and soaking the beans daily, there is not much else to do. The shop does not use a lot of sprouts, so it is easy and time-saving.
After Xu Han taught him several times, he can now do it well on his own.
As for the tofu, I gave it to the two maids in the house to make, and they were not allowed to make too much. Now that the weather was cold, they could just make it one day in advance.
However, in the later period, Xu Han did not plan to continue selling it. Making tofu was too troublesome. It was a bit strenuous for the two old women to make it. There were no young and strong people left in the house to help, so the two of them could not do it.
Of course, they can do it now because they have help. Half of the people from the mountains have come, and among them are many strong laborers. When making tofu every day, everyone can help out.
Let's just forget about it in the later stage. It's more profitable to let them stay in the mountains to work. We can stop selling tofu and just sell sprouts. We can still make a lot of money in a day.
After listening to the two people's reports, Xu Han nodded with satisfaction. "The mountain goods store has gradually gotten back on track, and the income is becoming more and more stable. If nothing unexpected happens, the daily turnover will be almost the same. In the future, you don't need to report the accounts to me every day. Just show me the accounts once every two weeks."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Li Wen and continued, "You can start preparing for the opening of the wine shop. Later on, you can slowly hand over the mountain goods shop, and you will mainly be responsible for the wine shop.
Compared to a mountain goods shop, if you run a wine shop well, you will make money much faster, so you must pay more attention to this matter.
The wine shop will be our family's main source of income in the future, so we can't be careless."
Li Wen nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, Madam, don't worry. As for the mountain goods shop, I have been working with Li Feng recently. He has worked in the shop before and is very good at it. Now there is no problem with the accounting. Madam, you can check it at any time.
The storefront and other items needed for the opening of the restaurant have also been purchased one after another recently, and everything will be ready in two or three days at most."
Xu Han had told Li Wen early on that the mountain product shop should be handed over to someone else to manage. At that time, Li Wen recommended Li Feng to her, and Xu Han had no objection.
First of all, Li Feng does have the ability, he is lively and capable, but because of his young age, he may not be so thoughtful in doing things.
During this period of time, he has been learning from Li Wen, and has grown a lot. His temperament has become more stable, and he does things in an orderly manner. Xu Han is therefore confident in handing the shop over to him.
As a young person, you should exercise more.
In addition to Li Feng, Xu Han also asked Li Wen to help teach other people. Zhu Chuntian and several other young people all followed Li Wen to learn.
Xu Han was training someone who could take charge of things for himself, and Li Wen was not shy about teaching them all equally.
At least that's what happens on the surface. As for whether he hides his true feelings in private, she doesn't know.
However, Xu Han was not afraid that Li Wen would not teach them diligently, and the others could also have direct contact with Xu Han.
Whether it was Xu Han, Lu Chuan, or the Taoist priests, they all gave these young people some pointers.
Xu Han asked Li Wen and Juxiang to train the young men and girls in the family respectively, and she often asked about this matter. Li Wen and Juxiang knew her intentions and taught them very attentively.
Since both of them saw through Xu Han's intention, they didn't dare to hide it. Rather than hiding it and letting the master know, it would be better to teach her now so that the master would still remember them.
They can still distinguish between what is more important and what is less important.
Xu Han did this so that there would be someone to take care of various matters at home in the future so that she wouldn't have to worry about everything.
Let each of them be responsible for different things, and form healthy competition among people, which can not only promote their progress and loyalty, but also make them feel oppressed.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t do the job well, just replace someone else and there will naturally be a large number of people waiting to do the job.
In this way, the people in power will not dare to slack off, and they will be loyal and efficient in their work, and most importantly, they will be very capable.
Having said that, Li Wen and Juxiang still hold a slightly higher status in Xu Han's heart than others, at least for now.
As long as they work hard and don't have any bad intentions, Xu Han will not treat them unfairly.
We have strayed off topic, let’s get back to the opening of the tavern.
Xu Han continued, "Well, you need to put in more effort. The opening date of the shop has been set, the second day of December, there are only a few days left, you should prepare well in these few days, and it is best to create momentum for the opening of the wine shop.
Our main customers this time are wealthy people. The items in the shop are priced high and ordinary people cannot afford them.
So how to make those rich people willingly pay money depends on you."
Li Wen said that he was under a lot of pressure, but he would try his best.
Xu Han waved her hand and said, "Just do it boldly. If you have any questions, just come to me directly.
Spend the money where it counts, and if you need any help from others, just come to me."
With his wife's promise, Li Wen became more confident.
After saying a lot of things, he said, "Madam, this is what I think. Let me tell you my thoughts first. It happens that everyone is here today, so you can tell me any good suggestions you have.
There are so many of us, so they must have better ideas than me.”
Xu Han nodded, motioning him to continue. Li Wen swallowed his saliva and began to speak again, "I was thinking that the things sold in our shop are expensive, and the last method would definitely not work, but we don't have the connections with the wealthy families in the county.