mtl008 Chapter 684 Business is coming
Chapter 684 Business is coming
With the matter of the person resolved, the body was left to Xu Dazhuang. After Du Mingxian and Ling Silang greeted the Xu family, they hurried to leave the county before the city gates closed.
An'an is still at home, and Du Mingxian is really thinking about it. If she had An'an with her, she might have stayed at the Xu family's house tonight and not gone home.
On the way back, Du Mingxian asked, "Why don't we buy a house in the county too? My second sister-in-law and her husband will be in the county often in the future, and they're always running back and forth, which is exhausting."
"Buying is fine, but my mother and the others might not like coming to the county. Besides, the distillery is still in the village."
"What's wrong with that? Anyone who wants to live in the county can live there. We bought the courtyard in the county just for everyone's convenience. If you don't want to go back, you can stay in the county. If you want to go home, you can go home."
"Alright, I'll go back and tell my family, and see what they think."
"it is good."
When the two returned home, it was already dark. Du Mingxian hadn't eaten, and Xiao Zhou was very worried about her. As soon as she saw them return, she rushed to the kitchen to cook for her.
The meal was served in no time. Du Mingxian felt sorry for Xiao Zhoushi and said, "Second sister-in-law, you've been working hard all day. I can eat anything. There's no need to make anything special for you."
"I love cooking for you. Eat up, or I'll keep thinking about it."
Seeing her like this, Du Mingxian joked, "Oh no, Second Sister-in-law, you can't live without me. What will you do when your husband goes to the capital for the imperial examination next year? You'll miss me every day."
"No, no, no, take me with you next time you go somewhere, and I can cook special meals for you."
"What about our restaurant? It's our family's only source of income right now."
“You said you were going to take on apprentices. I’ll have them work hard, and they’ll be trained in no time. It’ll make no difference if I leave.”
"Okay, then good luck, Second Sister-in-law."
Next time we go to Beijing, whoever in the family wants to go can go.
The reason she said this was because Xiao Zhoushi handled everything herself and didn't trust others to do it, otherwise she would be exhausted. With the trip to the capital keeping her hanging on, her second sister-in-law would definitely delegate the work as soon as possible.
By the time we leave the capital, the training here should be almost complete.
After dinner, everyone settled their accounts at home today, and it turned out to be a full 120 taels more than yesterday.
"All this extra money is for wine. Those people have really bought a lot of wine just to buy soap."
Du Mingxian knew everyone was after the soap. "Don't worry, it's good if it sells. Tomorrow is the last day to deliver the soap. The day after tomorrow, we won't need to prepare as many vegetables. There might be some left over."
"Okay, I'll remember that." Ling Erlang got off. Now he was in charge of serving dishes and buying pigs in the restaurant, and he was also in charge of the accounts.
He's definitely the head steward, and he has to do everything.
In order to keep accurate accounts, Ling Erlang put in a lot of hard work and studied how to read. Now he can write most of the simple characters, especially the characters in the names of dishes.
"Second brother, second sister-in-law, our family is doing business in the county now. Sometimes we have to rush back home when it's late. There's no place to stay in the backyard of the restaurant. I was thinking, why don't we just buy a small courtyard in the county? If it's late and we can't come back, we can just rest in the county and won't have to travel back and forth, which will save us some time."
Ling Erlang had actually had this idea when he saw his wife looking exhausted and walking back home earlier today. Now that Du Mingxian brought it up, it was exactly what he was thinking.
"Okay, okay, no problem. After these three days are over, let's see how much we can make and buy a small courtyard as a temporary place to stay."
"It can't be too small either, in case the whole family is here, it has to be big enough to accommodate them."
"it is good."
Ling Silang then spoke up, "Second brother, I'll go look at the house. I'm free tomorrow, so if I see a suitable one, I'll make a decision right away."
Ling Erlang knew that Ling Silang had money, but the family's previous debts were all paid off by his fourth brother. "Then you can tell us how much money it is, and we'll pay for it."
Before Ling Silang could speak, his father said, "Silang, you can pay for the house first. Your mother and I will share the profits from the restaurant. Once the profits come in, we will pay for it. It will be more convenient for you to live together then."
Since the children have separated from the family, it's not appropriate for anyone to pay for the expenses. It would be best if he paid, so that everyone can stay together.
Du Mingxian didn't feel anything was wrong. A house in the county doesn't cost much. Of course... that's only not much for her. For others, it's still a lot of money.
“Father, Mingxian and I will pay for this money. When I was sick before, no one abandoned me. Now that I’m better, this is my way of repaying everyone. Anyone can stay here from now on.”
Before Ling's father could say anything more, Du Mingxian said, "Father, let's listen to our husband."
"Alright." Ling's father didn't say anything more.
"Third Sister-in-law, the soap business is doing well. You've been thinking about hiring more people these days. The workshop needs to be built as soon as possible. I'm afraid big business will come your way soon."
Mrs. Liu nodded hurriedly, "Okay, okay."
She's been busy with the soap business these past two days and didn't go to the county with them, but judging from the news they brought back, the soap is extremely popular.
Once everything was arranged, everyone dispersed.
Business was still booming on the third day, and even more people were buying alcohol. Some were so happy because they could get soap as a bonus with their alcohol purchases that they bought quite a lot.
One person even came directly to buy goods and ordered sixty jars of wine.
Ling Erlang politely declined, saying he didn't have that much wine, so the man ended up buying only ten jars of wine, taking some soap with him, and leaving happily.
That very afternoon, someone came to discuss a soap business.
The woman selling soap in the restaurant these past two days is the same accountant who was chosen for the soap workshop. When someone mentioned wanting to source their soap from here, the accountant couldn't make the decision and immediately brought the person to Du Mingxian.
Du Mingxian was quite surprised when she heard the other party's purpose, and directly led the person to a private room in the backyard to talk.
"Where are you from?"
"I'm a merchant from Nanzhou City. I was just passing through and didn't expect to see a new store opening. I thought I'd come in and have something to eat, but I didn't expect the soap you gave me to be so useful."
"That's when I had this idea: I thought I'd bring some back with me; they'd definitely sell well."
Du Mingxian was delighted to hear that he was a businessman from out of town. “Sure, but the price of the soap is different.”
She carefully introduced all the soaps she had on hand, and finally said, "We have prices here, but if you buy a lot, we can give you a discount."
“Okay, no problem.” The man readily agreed, clearly eyeing the potential sales of the soap. “I’d like to take two thousand dollars worth of each item first.”
Du Mingxian was somewhat shocked; there were now five types of soap, costing ten thousand yuan…
"Isn't that a bit too much?"