CHAPTER 238: CHAPTER 238: INCREASING INCOME

Gu Nian’s eyes flashed, and she said, "Second Brother, if a lot of people ask, just tell them our family meatballs aren’t for sale right now, but they can join the Hundred Flavors Inn."

"Forget it, forget it, let’s wait a few days until business stabilizes, and when people see the benefits, I’ll write a sign and hang it up. It’ll save those interested from missing out on the opportunity." Gu Nian rambled on.

"What’s this ’joining’ thing again?" Lin Sanshui, having heard new terms from Gu Nian from time to time, was quite used to it, "Niannian, you won’t be up to something again, will you?"

Gu Nian smiled, "I do have an idea, but it’s still being planned. I’ll tell you when I have it figured out. Anyway, if someone asks for now, just answer like this!"

Gu Nian was still a child, so she naturally couldn’t stay at the inn every day. Once Hundred Flavors Inn stabilized, she was content to hand it over to Dahu and became a real hands-off shopkeeper.

Meanwhile, the farm, originally planned to start actions next spring, had to start operating ahead of time due to the large supply demand from Hundred Flavors Inn.

At the break of dawn, Gu Nian pulled Cuihua out the door.

At the village head’s doorstep, they happened to meet the village head who was about to leave.

"Village head uncle, are you going out?" Gu Nian approached with a smile and asked.

The village head was in a good mood, turned back and said, "Yeah, the weather’s been nice these days, gonna take a walk. Why? Little girl, you looking for me for something?"

"Yes, it’s a bit of business, the family has been quite busy lately, so it’s just me coming to talk to the village head uncle."

Previously, Gu Nian would let Lin Sanshui come talk, because after all, she was adopted and still a girl. But now, the village head had been in contact with their family quite often recently and knew her status in the family, naturally wouldn’t look down on her.

Thinking this, Gu Nian said, "It’s like this, the village head knows about our family’s inn; the business is good, and we need to consume a great deal of ingredients daily. I was thinking, folks in our village are hardworking, and each family saves quite a bit of dried wood ears and dried mushrooms. Instead of buying these from elsewhere, why not buy from our village, also providing everyone with another source of income. What does the village head uncle think?"

"That’s a great idea! How much can your family collect? I’ll notify the clansmen later, letting everyone take turns delivering goods to your family. Just don’t collect too much at once that can’t be used and ends up spoiling!" The village head’s eyes lit up immediately.

He said, in the clan, as long as one person can get prosperous and lead others, the rest more or less can share some benefits.

See, isn’t this opportunity just appearing now!

Now it’s just dried mushrooms and dried wood ears, but what about later?

The village head’s mind worked very quickly, almost instantaneously coming up with an idea, "Girl, since your family’s inn opened, the people in our village have also gotten quite a bit of benefits. The pigs and chickens and ducks were bought here in the village. But now that it’s almost New Year, there are still quite a few pigs left in the village. Everyone’s waiting to sell the pigs to have a prosperous New Year. Go and ask your dad how many pigs you can take next. I’ll have the villagers keep them for you, and you can pay a deposit, settle the rest when you use them. What you can’t buy, sell to others, still gotta sell them, otherwise this New Year might not work out."

"I mainly came to discuss this with the village head uncle." Gu Nian looked at the village head seriously and said, "I’m planning to start the farm on the mountain. Village head uncle, you can notify the villagers that starting today, all livestock they want to sell can be sold to our farm."