Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 568 An unexpected surprise

After saying that, he handed the account book that had already been prepared to Xu Han.

Xu Han took it and looked at it and was very surprised, "Not bad, not bad, today's number is actually higher than yesterday, this is a good thing.

This shows that they have gradually developed the habit of going to the store to buy groceries in the afternoon. This is really a pleasant surprise for us.

If this continues, our shop may not be so busy in the morning and empty in the afternoon.

But each has its own advantages. Everyone is used to buying vegetables in the morning. Those who are busy in the morning are no longer in a hurry. They can buy fresh vegetables at any time. This is also a good thing for them. After all, our shop is open all day long. "

In just three days, the profit of the shop alone reached 2 taels of silver. This result was beyond Xu Han's expectation.

She never thought that the mountain goods shop could make so much money in three days.

Of course, if there were only dried mushrooms and various dried vegetables and pickles, they would definitely not sell for so much money.

These mountain products are not expensive and cannot be sold for much money.

The main source of income for the mountain product shop comes from the wild game sponsored by the Taoist priest.

In addition, there are chickens, ducks and geese at home. If it weren't for the high prices of these meat products, the dried mushrooms, bamboo shoots and the like would only be sold for 50 taels of silver at most.

The shop has sold a lot of eggs these days. It is precisely because of these valuable things that the mountain product shop can make so much money in just three days.

After Xu Han finished reading the account book, she handed it to Lu Chuan who was sitting next to her, wanting him to take a look at it too.

Lu Chuan hated looking at these things the most. He took a few symbolic glances at them and then returned the account book to her.

Xu Han didn't care. He knew he didn't like it, so he didn't force it.

He continued to say to Li Wen, "The mountain goods shop has been busy for the past three days, and things will become more and more stable in the future, but we can't be careless, so you have to keep a close eye on it.

As for the matter of the fruit wine shop, I have already obtained the official documents. Please pay attention to the decoration of the shop. I estimate that the shelves and other items should be completed in the next few days.

When you finish decorating the wine shop, let me know in advance. It won’t be long before the Chinese New Year, so we need to open it early.”

In this era, private sale of alcohol was not allowed because the government had strict control over grain and did not allow people to use large amounts of grain to privately brew alcohol, which would affect the bottom-level grain prices.

If you want to sell alcohol, you need a document issued by the government before you can sell it.

Of course, because of her relationship with the Taoist priest, Xu Han got the documents very smoothly.

As long as she and Lu Chuan didn't do anything excessive in the county, with the Taoist priest protecting them, the government generally wouldn't care about them. They might even take care of their business and help watch over the store to prevent anyone from causing trouble.

In this life, Xu Han has personally experienced the feeling of being protected by someone. In her previous life, she would never have dared to even think about such a thing.

After resolving this concern, she was able to do her work more smoothly.

But the couple were not the kind of ignorant people. When the mountain product shop opened some time ago, Xu Han asked Li Wen to send some of his own mountain products to the county magistrate.

When the wine shop opens, some wine and canned food must also be given away.

The Taoist priest has established the relationship, but the subsequent maintenance of the relationship still depends on the couple.

After hearing Xu Han's words, Li Wen bowed and responded, "Yes, Madam. Please let me go. I will do my best."

Xu Han waved her hand. She hated hearing these words the most and interrupted him quickly.

Turning to ask Juxiang, "How many kilograms of sweet potatoes did we harvest today? Finally the number has been calculated."

Since the sweet potato seller left, Juxiang has been sorting out the sweet potatoes collected that day and the money settled according to the numbers on the slips.

She opened the account book and reported, "Today, we collected a total of 6646 kilograms of sweet potatoes, all of which were collected at the price of one penny for two kilograms, and a total of three taels, 323 coins were paid out."

Xu Han nodded. She was not surprised by the number. Although she was very busy today, the amount of sweet potatoes she actually received was not that many.

Most people delivered the goods on shoulder poles, and each time they carried only about 100 to 200 kilograms of weight.

There were also people who came with ox carts or push carts, but they were very few.

We can harvest so many sweet potatoes in one day, which is just enough to handle.

The reason why we haven’t finished processing today is because we don’t have enough tools, and the staff arrived late, so many things have not been processed in time.

Normally, there are 9 large iron pots in the shop, which are used to cook all day long. There is enough time, and under normal circumstances, all the sweet potatoes harvested that day can be cooked.

Of course, not all of these big iron pots were newly bought. Two of them were brought from the mountains, two were bought today, and the remaining five big iron pots were taken from the house.

The big iron pot in the house was specially used to boil bath water. There was one in almost every small courtyard. Xu Han asked people to pick up all the unused ones.

Since they are all clean and can be used anytime, why buy new ones? Isn’t that a waste of money?

There were still several large iron pots that could be used in the house. Considering that Wei Yan also used a large pot to cook, and boiling hot water for people every day was also a big project, all the remaining iron pots were not taken away.

If the iron pots in the shop are really not enough, I can pick them up temporarily and use them. Anyway, they are not far away. In short, it is impossible to buy them.

A big iron pot is not cheap. I don’t need it now, and even if I can borrow it when I need it, I will definitely not buy it.

If you really want to buy it, then wait until Xu Han has money. Anyway, I will definitely not buy it now.

Xu Han said to Juxiang, "Tomorrow there will probably be more people delivering sweet potatoes. Today, most of them are men delivering them, and the women are at home washing the sweet potatoes. Those who have fewer sweet potatoes will be able to wash them all in one day.

When the time comes, the women will surely come along and give away sweet potatoes."

Juxiang continued, "That's right. I heard several people say the same thing today. Some people are repairing their carts at home. I estimate that we will receive more sweet potatoes tomorrow.

Moreover, many people who live far from the county town are still washing sweet potatoes at home and have not come to sell them today. I estimate that they will be here by tomorrow.”

Xu Han nodded slightly. "Well, you should come here early tomorrow and wait. Some people came early, and we can't let them wait at the door in such a cold weather."

Juxiang leaned forward slightly and responded, "Yes, ma'am."

After giving all the instructions, she waved her hand and told them to go about their business.

She chatted with Lu Chuan for a while about what happened in the past two days. Seeing that it was getting colder and colder, Xu Han stamped her feet and said, "There's nothing for the two of us to do here. Why don't we go back? It's dark now and it's really cold."

"Okay, let's go."