"The stove is set up. It needs to dry for a few days before it can be used. Then I will light the fire and see if there are any problems with the stove."
"Thank you, master. How much does it cost?"
Qi Benyan stopped Jiang Ning with a voice.
"You don't have to pay for this stove. It's built in the shop. Even if you don't rent it anymore, it still belongs to the shop. If you don't need to pay for it, I should be the one to do it."
Jiang Ning didn't expect Qi Benyan to be so smart, so he was naturally happy to have some money left over.
After making an appointment with Jiang Ning to come back next time, Qi Benyan took the craftsmen to say goodbye and left. Jiang Ning also ushered in the peak flow of people in the afternoon.
"Lu Yuan, eat the cake first. When the new stove is ready, you can cook porridge."
After Lu Yuan and Jiang Ning had eaten, they went to the front hall to exchange for Lu Ping and Lu Sheng when they came back to eat.
The four of them hurriedly waited until the city gate was locked before leaving, catching up with the last oxcart.
Lu Ping, who was the last to enter, looked left and right at the door. After making sure no one was there, he closed the door and pressed a stick against the door bolt.
Jiang Ning poured all the coins on the table.
"Come on, count how much you earned today. This heavy sum must be more than what you earned yesterday."
Lu Ping and Lu Yuan still counted ten coins in a pile. Lu Sheng was good at counting and could already do the math by himself.
"Lu Sheng, how much is yours?"
Lu Sheng pushed his coin to Jiang Ning.
"Mom, I'm only two thousand three hundred and seventy-two."
The three boys all looked at Jiang Ning, very curious about how much they earned today.
"This is 3,659 copper coins. We sold a total of more than 6,000 copper coins today."
The three cubs covered their mouths tightly and did not dare to cry out, but their excited eyes revealed their joy at getting rich.
"Mom, we are so good, we sold so many cakes." Lu Yuan looked at Jiang Ning with bright eyes and said.
"No, do you know how fierce they are in selling? Today I said there is no limit, and one person bought twenty-two cakes at once. People in the county are really rich." Lu Sheng said and gestured.
Lu Ping couldn't hold himself back any longer and joined his younger siblings' group chat.
"Yes, I remember that person. He ordered more than twenty at once, and I ran out of all the frying stock. I didn't dare to stop for a moment."
Jiang Ning let them be happy for now, and when the excitement subsided a little, he planned to settle the accounts for them and let them understand how the shop was going to be run.
"You have all worked hard today. It's still early. Let me tell you about the business of our shop."
The three boys sat down and stared at Jiang Ning, waiting for her to continue.
"We made the most money today, but we have to deduct the costs of this money. Meat, noodles, oil, seasonings, etc. are all costs, so half of them have to be deducted."
Jiang Ning paused and waited for the three children to react before continuing.
"Now we are using firewood brought by ourselves. You have also seen the business today. When we sell more in the future, the firewood will not be enough. We will have to add the money to buy firewood."
"Mom, you don't have to worry about firewood. I'll get up early in the morning and come back early in the afternoon. I'll go to the mountain to pick up branches to burn."
In the past, Lu Ping went to the mountains to cut firewood for his family. In order to prepare for the winter, Lu Ping had already prepared the firewood that he would burn at home.
It was originally enough to burn their family for the whole winter, but now that he had opened a shop, he realized that there was not enough firewood.
Jiang Ning has not been up the mountain since coming here, but the basic logic is still there.
People in the village will prepare firewood for the winter in advance. It is getting colder and colder now, and it is difficult to pick up small branches, mostly from big trees.
"It's this time, can we still pick up firewood on the mountain?"
"The wood outside the mountain should be gone. I'm going to walk into the mountain." Lu Ping had even thought about where to go.
"No, brother." Lu Yuan stood up anxiously.
"There are wolves in the mountains. They are short of food in winter. Last year, someone went to the mountains to look for firewood but didn't come back. Mom, you can't let your brother go."
Jiang Ning agreed very much with what Lu Yuan said.
"When this batch of firewood is burned out, let's find someone to buy some. Firewood is a necessity for our shop, just like rice, flour and oil."
When Lu Yuan sat down, Jiang Ning continued to explain the arrangements to them.
"I visited the shop a few days ago. Now that I have some spare money, I have to improve our lives. I plan to make four more quilts and four new cotton jackets."
"Sew the quilt cover with rags, wash the old quilt, and when it gets colder, you can cover it with two layers."
"Just one cotton-padded jacket for each one. I will make new clothes for you to wear outside the jacket during the Chinese New Year. Is there anything else you want?"
The three cubs all shook their heads to express that they had nothing more they wanted.
"Mom, we all obey your arrangements." Lu Ping said obediently.
Hearing this, Jiang Ning suddenly remembered Lu Ping from before and looked at him teasingly.
"Mom, why do you look at me like this? What's wrong with me?"
Lu Ping felt a little guilty.
"It's not wrong, I just remembered how someone said before that I spent money to rent a shop."
Lu Ping slowly blushed under the gaze of the other three.
"What about that, Mom? I seemed to have forgotten to close the door when I came back just now. I'll go take a look again."
