The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

Mrs. Lin, who was praised for her generosity, bargained with the shopkeeper before paying, and finally persuaded him to give three more headscarves to each of them.

With the headscarf, they no longer need chef hats. As for masks, she would sew them for them once she had finished making the clothes and had some leftover fabric.

The three of them held the clothes and couldn't let them go.

Looking at their appearance, it seemed that what they were holding in their hands were not clothes, but something fragile.

"On odd-numbered days like one, three, and five, wear gray to work. On even-numbered days like two, four, and six, wear black. We should try to dress in the same way in the future, okay?" Lin Zhi ordered.

"Got it." x3

After returning to the yard, the three people's work enthusiasm reached a new level.

All the students are going to the college today, so the stall opening time should be delayed a bit, otherwise if it’s too late, the students will have nothing to buy.

But seeing that the three people had almost finished their work, Lin Zhi decided to set up the stall early.

However, they don’t sell braised food at the earlier time, only grilled tofu and egg pancakes.

Lin Zhi asked Lin Chong to continue the unfinished preparations at home. Acai was responsible for frying tofu and egg pancakes, and Sun Laidie helped Acai fill the bowls.

The people outside the house were very happy, thinking that they could eat braised food in advance again today.

But when they finished lining up, they found out that there was no braised food today, only grilled tofu and egg pancakes.

"Boss, are there no braised food today?" Someone saw Lin Zhi and immediately started shouting.

Lin Zhi smiled and explained: "The marinated food needs to be soaked for a while so we have to wait a while. If you are hungry, you can try the tofu and egg pancakes first."

Those who had some money in their pockets actually obeyed and bought tofu and egg pancakes.

Those who are short of money will think twice and continue to wait for the braised food to be sold.

Lin Zhi stood outside and took a few looks. After making sure that the two could handle the situation, he went back, leaving Daya alone to collect the money.

"We need to teach them to count when we have time. Otherwise, there will always be one more person standing there to collect the money. Why is that?"

Lin Zhi took this matter to heart and planned to get it done tomorrow.

Half an hour after the stall opened, the braised food began to be sold.

Sun Lai Di and Daya returned to their original workstations, while Lin Zhi went to A Cai's stall.

She was not very close to the stall, but was just upwind from the stall, collecting money. She would only lend a hand when Ah Cai was too busy.

Today's sales were the same as usual. When the time came, everyone packed up and went home.

The turnover has not changed, but the expenses have increased a lot.

In addition to Duoacai's salary, there is also money for work clothes.

Clothes from this era are actually quite valuable, after all, they can be recycled in stores.

Lin Zhi did what he said and started training the three employees on how to collect money the next day.

The three of them were not stupid, they were adults. After combining theory with practice, they had mastered it proficiently in less than three days.

Lin Zhi almost never needs to go to the stall anymore. Only Daya goes over to help when the braised food stall is too busy.

With enough free time, Lin Zhi quickly made her new clothes and also made masks for the three workers.

Originally, Lin Zhi was thinking of making Daya's clothes as well, but Daya said she wanted to keep it for herself to practice, so he gave up the idea.

After making her own clothes, Lin Zhi went to buy cloth and made two new sets of clothes for each of her brothers.

Previously, their new clothes were bought ready-made and didn't fit them well.

Also, since I was studying in college, having only two sets of clothes was not enough, so I made two more.

I have been doing needlework for more than half a month, which only made Lin Zhi scared.

She decided that in the future, in addition to buying a cook, she would also have to buy a cook maid.

The two brothers were very happy to receive the new clothes.

But at this happy moment, Lin Zhi poured cold water on them: "I almost went blind from making your clothes. If you don't achieve fame, you should just wear ready-made clothes in the future."

The two brothers knew the difference between ready-made clothes and homemade clothes. After all, the clothes they wore in Beijing in the past few years were all tailor-made.

In order to be able to wear comfortable clothes, the two of them studied extra hard.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

At the end of the month, when the two brothers were on vacation, Lin Zhi paid the wages to Lin Chong and the other two.

"You will have a day off tomorrow. You can use this time to buy some new clothes or other things for your family."

The three of them thanked him repeatedly before leaving the yard.

As for Lin Zhi's words asking them to buy new clothes, they simply pretended not to hear it.

"Let's post a notice and tell our customers that we will be closed for the next two days!" Lin Zhi instructed the two brothers.

Although they had already informed the diners of this notice when they opened the stall today, were they afraid that some customers might not know about it?

Dalang followed the order and wrote the news that "the boss has a happy news, so the business will be suspended for two days."

This time, the message was written on red paper that Lin Zhi had specially bought, which attracted a lot of attention.

If a customer hadn't complained that Lin Zhi used white paper to write the job notice, which was too easy to ignore and made him miss the opportunity to find a job, Lin Zhi would never have thought of buying red paper.

In the evening, while Lin Zhi was taking a shower, the three kids counted the sales.

Lin Zhi took out her little account book and recorded it.

The monthly income, including the income from Fumanlou, was a little over six taels of silver, and the total monthly income reached a little over two hundred taels of silver.

It seems like a lot, but after deducting the cost, there is almost nothing left.

Various ingredients cost about two taels of silver every day, which is nearly sixty taels a month.

Then there is the wages of the three workers, which cost six hundred coins, and four hundred and fifty coins for firewood, which totals to about one tael of silver.

Next was the spices for the braised dishes, which cost me fifty taels twice, totaling one hundred taels in total. The daily seasonings and raw materials cost me about five taels of silver.

After this reduction, only about thirty-five taels of silver are left out of the two hundred taels.

That’s before taxes are factored in.

The imperial court’s tax rate on merchants was very high, at around 10%, which was 10% of the business income, which means that Lin Zhi had to pay 20 taels of silver.

No matter which dynasty, Lin Zhi is an active taxpayer. She will not evade this money, so she will definitely pay it.

So in the end, after working hard for a month, their family's net profit was only fifteen taels of silver.

"Come and have a look. This is our family's income this month."

The two brothers were educated and could read. Daya also started to recognize words after moving to the county town. She might not recognize all the other characters, but she could still understand the numbers.

The account book made by Lin Zhi is somewhat different from those made by people of this dynasty, but it is simpler and clearer than those made by people of this dynasty.