Chapter 294: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
### Chapter 294: Shameless and Violent Solution (2)
"Yan'er, what... what is this?" Mo Qingze was the last one to get off the carriage. Seeing his daughter holding a black shadow even larger than Xiao Hua, his heart skipped a beat, and even his voice changed.
Mo Yan explained, "Dad, this is Da Bai. You've seen it before. It's the one that led us to find Xiao Hua last time."
Mo Qingze quickly remembered and felt relieved. But he couldn't help but worry. Their home was either visited by a giant python or a wolf. Was this really a good idea?
Da Bai glanced at Mo Qingze, then nudged Mo Yan's hand with its nose, moistening her hand with its coolness.
As the evening fell, everyone was hungry. Mo Yan quickly made a large pot of noodles and served a few appetizers, which were also delicious!
Little furball also ate noodles, served in a small basin. It happily gobbled them up.
Xiao Hua and Da Bai lay nearby, their wolf eyes gleaming as they looked at Mo Yan. They were looking forward to another night of delicious food in the space!
After dinner, Mo Yan, Mo Qingze, and Li Zhong went to the study to tally up the accounts and earnings for the day.
Li Zhong opened the account book, which was densely filled with records of today's sales in the shop. He carefully calculated with the abacus, totaling the various grains and eggs before reporting a series of figures.
"Rice sold the most, a total of 3,620 catties, sold at 4 wen per catty, totaling 14 taels, 4 qian, and 80 wen; followed by glutinous rice, sold 610 catties at 6 wen per catty, totaling 3 taels, 6 qian, and 60 wen; corn flour, 325 catties at 5 wen per catty, totaling 1 tael, 6 qian, and 25 wen... Eggs sold 300, totaling 450 wen. Today's total earnings in the shop amounted to 20 taels, 5 qian, and 75 wen."
After reporting, Li Zhong handed the account book and abacus to Mo Qingze for rechecking.
"No need, Uncle Li, your arithmetic skills are much better than mine." Mo Qingze smiled faintly and pushed the account book and abacus back.
Mo Yan took the account book and glanced at it, then said happily, "It's great that we sold so much grain on the first day! Although we didn't earn as much as selling vegetables, as long as the business in the shop can continue throughout the year, selling 3,000 catties of grain per day in the future won't be a problem."
The grains in the space didn't incur any costs, except for the processing fee for pounding the rice, which could be almost ignored compared to the profits.
Li Zhong chuckled and said, "Yan'er's method is indeed good. Letting those customers taste the rice before buying has indeed attracted quite a few buyers. Unless they're particularly thrifty, those customers who bought rice today will surely come back sooner or later."
"This method is indeed effective, much better than just talking about it," Mo Qingze said lovingly, looking at Mo Yan. He couldn't hide his pride.
Mo Yan smiled and accepted their praise, then poured out the money pouch onto the table and began counting the silver.
Most of the coins on the table were small pieces of silver, with only a few hundred copper coins. They were counted in no time. Perhaps due to the rush earlier, there was a discrepancy between the actual silver and the accounts, off by a few dozen wen.
Mo Yan felt regretful, "I can't believe we made a mistake. Forty or fifty wen could buy two and a half catties of pork."
Mo Qingze and Li Zhong couldn't help but cry and laugh. They knew she wasn't really upset about those few dozen wen, but seeing her expression, they couldn't help but comfort her.
Mo Yan smiled apologetically and said seriously, "The customers who bought rice today liked our rice, so they might tell their relatives and friends. There will probably be just as many customers buying rice in the next two days. After two days, when the promotional activity ends and the price of rice goes up, there will be fewer buyers. During these two days, we should continue to steam rice to attract as many customers as possible. Even after the promotion ends, we shouldn't stop steaming rice. We should steam a pot every day and give it to nearby beggars or families who can't afford to eat their fill."
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