He Changan still couldn't figure out what his men were thinking. He waved his hand and scolded with a smile, "I don't know that girl. I'm warning you, she's going to set up a stall at the pier in the next few days. You guys should be courteous. If you offend her and she reports you to me, I won't protect you!"

"Don't worry, boss. Don't you know what kind of people we are? When have we ever done anything we shouldn't have done in all this time? It's only because we brothers have reached the age of getting married, otherwise we wouldn't be asking about these things!"

"Yes! Boss! If you are not anxious, we will be very anxious!"

"Hahahahaha, if you had a face like that, you wouldn't be so anxious!"

Everyone was chatting and laughing, and He Changan didn't take it to heart. These things were not new. Whenever there were unmarried girls at the dock with their parents, brothers and sisters-in-law to set up stalls, these people would go around and hang out to get close to them. But nothing really happened, so He Changan just let them do as they pleased.

Li Mingxia walked out of the dock and went straight to the meat stall. She had basically decided what food to sell at the dock. Now she just needed to choose a pork vendor with whom she could have stable cooperation.

After comparing prices from three stalls, Li Mingxia picked a stall that sold the best quality pork and agreed to buy 30 kilograms of meat from the stall every day. Each kilogram of meat was supplied to Li Mingxia at three cents below the market price. In addition, Li Mingxia also needed five pairs of pig offal and ten large bones with a little meat on them every day. Because Li Mingxia bought a lot and no one wanted the offal when it was sold, he only charged for the large bones and gave the offal as a gift.

After paying the money, Li Mingxia went to the grain store and bought 50 kilograms of polished round-grained rice and coarse rice, 50 kilograms of cornmeal and white flour, and then bought some various seasonings.

He bought some cucumbers, eggs, duck eggs, mustard greens and leeks, and two large boards of tofu. After buying these things, Li Mingxia went to buy some cotton and five pieces of cloth. Only then did he hire a ox cart to go back with a sense of unsatisfaction.

Zhang's eyes widened as she looked at the mountain of things in front of her. "How much did this cost?"

However, seeing this situation, Zhang knew that the stall at the dock was settled, and she was still a little excited.

Li Mingxia did not tell anyone about the dock deposit. Given Zhang's personality, she would definitely be worried about the ten taels of silver. She could not read, and the receipt could not make her feel at ease, so it was better not to say anything.

"My plan is to set up the stall tomorrow. Our whole family will go. The manager there said that we don't need to prepare tables, chairs, stoves, etc. We have them all at the dock and can lend them to us."

Zhang nodded. "That does save a lot of trouble. Girl, what do you plan to sell these old things for at the dock?"

"Rice in broth."

"Meat soup rice? What kind of rice is that?" Zhang had never heard of such a thing.

"Sister, is this delicious?" Li Zhengde asked curiously.

"It must be delicious! There is meat and soup, how can it not be delicious?" Li Mingqiu said.

"We prepare various meat dishes with soup, and we serve whatever dish the customer wants and mix it with the rice. This is meat soup rice." Li Mingxia explained simply.

There is a stove on the dock. They only need to prepare charcoal and start the fire at any time. They prepare the dishes one day in advance. When guests come to order dishes, they just need to heat them up in the pot. It is simple, convenient and delicious.

"We also make a pot of this bone soup every day. I asked about the tea at the dock, and it costs two cents a bowl. We also sell this bone soup for two cents. It tastes like meat and is hot. We also prepare cilantro and chopped green onions. It will definitely make more money than selling tea."

"These offal and some of the meat are made into braised dishes every day, and customers can order them separately. A portion of offal costs 15 wen, a portion of braised meat costs 30 wen, and if it's half offal and half braised meat, it's 22 wen."

"I plan to make these cucumbers into pickles, the leeks into leek sauce, and the duck eggs into salted duck eggs. We can eat them at home or sell them at the dock. I plan to make fried eggs with these eggs. Anyone who wants one will get three cents for one."

Li Mingxia explained his plan in detail. Zhang and the others only understood half of it. What was the platter, what were the pickles, what were the fried eggs, how much was this, how much was that, they felt confused as they listened, and they couldn't remember anything that had been said before.

"My daughter, my brain isn't working very well. Just tell me how to deal with these things. I'll listen to you." Zhang took a deep breath, patted Li Mingxia on the shoulder, and told her to do the hard work and not to use her brain, as it was too tiring.

Li Mingxia narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Okay! Just listen to me. I promise that the money we can earn in these two months will be more than what we have earned before!"

After hearing this, Zhang became even more motivated, and started to work excitedly to figure out how to deal with Li Mingxia's cucumbers and leeks.

Li Zhengde, Li Mingqiu and Li Mingdong wanted to go to help but were stopped by Li Mingxia, "Don't worry, we'll go together later."

Li Mingxia took out the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone that she had secretly bought a few days ago from her room and gave the three little kids a surprise.

"Sister! When did you buy it? Why didn't you tell us?" Li Zhengde's eyes lit up immediately when he saw these things. He carefully picked up the brush and gently touched the hairs on it.

These things are precious things that only educated people can possess. Li Zhengde never dreamed that one day he would be able to touch them.

Li Mingxia touched his head and said, "Didn't I promise you that I would teach you how to write as long as you memorized the Three Character Classic? I'm going to write our menu later, so I can teach you a few simple characters. Do you want to learn?"

Li Zhengde was the first to come over and said, "Sister, let me grind ink for you. I've seen Brother Zhengxue grind ink before, so I know how to do it."

Li Mingxia nodded. Li Zhengde was very excited. He took the inkstone and ink block handed over by Li Mingxia, added a little water, and started grinding the ink excitedly.

Li Mingxia originally thought that when Li Zhengde said he could grind ink he meant he knew how to do it, but he didn't expect that he could really grind it so well. Although he already knew what kind of life they had lived in the past, at this moment Li Mingxia couldn't help but feel a little sorry for his sensible brother.

How many times did Li Zhengde sneak a peek at Li Zhengxue grinding ink without anyone knowing? What was he thinking each time? How envious was he?

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