nucmednet Chapter 567 Busy!
Chapter 567 Busy!
After she finished the work at hand, she turned around and went downstairs, leaving the rest of the work to them.
When she saw Li Wen, she didn't even have time to ask him about the business of his mountain goods shop that day. She was then called away to take care of other things.
Xu Han was so busy the whole afternoon that she was dizzy. Not only her, but others were the same.
Fortunately, by mid-afternoon, the people selling sweet potatoes gradually disappeared. They usually rushed to leave the city before the sun set. Although their homes were close to the county town, it was not easy to walk back on foot.
In this era, there are few people and a lot of land, and there is a long distance between villages. The so-called villages near the county town are not close in reality, but compared with the mountains, they are very close.
If we don’t leave the city early, we will have to go home in the dark at night. The county town is surrounded by mountains, and it is very unsafe to walk in the dark, so everyone chooses to go back early.
Now that there were no more people selling sweet potatoes, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
I sat down to drink some tea and take a rest, then joined the team processing sweet potatoes.
Let’s ignore the sweet potatoes in the house for now. Let’s see if we can catch up on the work tonight and try to finish processing the sweet potatoes in the yard first.
While everyone was busy, they talked and laughed about family matters, and time passed quickly.
When the sun set, Wei Yan brought his wife over to serve dinner to everyone. Xu Han took a look at the food and quickly asked everyone to come and eat first.
They consciously took turns to eat as they did in the morning. It wasn't that they had to rush to work, but the sweet potatoes in the pot were cooking and they couldn't leave without someone.
Except for the people who are watching the fire, everyone else can put down their work and come over for dinner.
After working for a whole afternoon, everyone was starving and began to wolf down the food in their bowls in big mouthfuls.
Wei Yan knew that everyone was busy, so he specially made shredded pork noodles. The noodles were eaten quickly and were delicious.
Fearing that they would not have enough to eat, he specially made some more pancakes and paired them with the small pickles sold in the store. Everyone enjoyed the meal very much.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Xu Han forced them to sit for a while before going back to work. Starting to work right after a meal would easily give them stomachaches.
Under her stern tone, everyone sat for a while, but it was boring to just sit there. What's more, looking at the many sweet potatoes that were harvested today, they were all anxious and wanted to go to work right away.
Many people sat for a while symbolically, then strolled back to work, feeling very stealthy.
Xu Han shook her head helplessly. It was really a blessing to have people like them.
I told them to take a break, but they just went ahead and did it themselves.
The others were also eager to try, fidgeting. Their eyes were signaling wildly, and everyone was looking at each other, wondering how to slip past.
Xu Han noticed everyone's looks and couldn't help but laugh, so she waved at them.
After getting permission, everyone ran away, completely ignoring everything else and only thinking about finishing the work quickly.
Lu Chuan found their actions very funny. He patted Xu Han on the shoulder and signaled him to ignore them and let them do whatever they wanted.
Xu Han said to Wei Yan who was clearing the dishes, "Take your wife back to the house first! When you go back, boil a pot of sugar-water eggs, two eggs per person.
There's no need to send it to them. When they go back, just let them eat in the kitchen themselves.
For breakfast tomorrow morning, I will prepare a boiled egg for each of them. At noon, I will go to the shop to get a few chickens and make a pot of winter melon stewed with chicken for everyone.
Everyone has worked hard these past few days, and we must ensure that they eat well and get enough nutrition."
Wei Yan agreed to all of them, and he thought the host was generous. Eggs were a rare commodity in this era, especially for ordinary farmers, it was not easy to eat eggs.
The lady is so nice. Each person has two eggs for a meal and some sugar water to drink.
Not only that, they also have to kill chickens for them to eat. Where can you find such a generous host?
Before leaving, Xu Han reminded Wei Yan, "Don't forget to boil a few more pots of hot water."
"I understand, ma'am. Don't worry, I will take care of it."
Xu Han waved her hand, and Wei Yan and Guo Daya drove the ox cart back first.
Because they had to deliver breakfast and lunch back and forth, they naturally had a lot of appetite, and their bodies had not yet recovered, so Xu Han simply asked them to deliver the meals by ox cart.
This way they don't have to push the cart, and the two of them can be responsible for going back and forth.
Xu Han looked at the people busy in the yard. With so many people working, there was no need for her to go. There was no place to stand, so she better not go over and cause trouble.
In the past two days, half of the servants in the house have arrived one after another. Except for some people who stayed at home to build the house and prepare supplies, all those who could be spared were arranged by the Taoist priest to come to the county town.
Xu Han roughly counted the people in the county town. There were a total of 16 people in the yard at this time, including the two in the mountain product shop, Wei Yan and Guo Daya, which means that there are a total of 20 servants in the county town.
There were 45 servants in the house, big and small, and half of them were here.
With Xu Han and Lu Chuan helping here, there are 22 people in total. There are more than enough manpower to handle all the current affairs in the county.
With so many people coming, the shop, which was originally deserted in the morning, became bustling with them the whole day.
There is strength in numbers. With their help, the first sweet potatoes harvested in the yard are almost processed.
Xu Han was not greedy. Today she just asked them to process the sweet potatoes in the yard. This was only the first day, so they couldn't be too tired, otherwise they would not have the strength for the next few days.
After a round of inspection, she saw that everyone was busy, so she waved her hand and called Li Wen and Juxiang over.
I haven’t asked about the situation at the mountain goods shop today. After a busy day, I finally have some free time.
As soon as Li Wen approached, Xu Han asked directly, "How is the mountain goods store today? Nothing went wrong, right? How is the profit?"
Xu Han asked three questions in a row, and Li Wen answered them one by one without any hurry, "Everything is normal at the mountain goods shop, nothing went wrong.
Because today is the last day of the opening event, there are quite a lot of people coming here, and everyone comes for the last day of the event.
Today's overall revenue is even better than yesterday, with a total turnover of 28 taels and cents for the morning.
But when I went there before dinner just now, I heard Li Feng say that the sales this afternoon were much higher than yesterday, and they sold 5 taels and 1 qian in the afternoon alone."