The Little Lucky Girl

Zheng Huan nodded. "It's not easy to dig a road through the mountains. The villagers have put in so much hard work. If they only sell steamed buns and pancakes, the money they can earn is really limited. After a long time, I'm afraid they won't want to continue."

And maybe these people will never think of doing business again in the future.

Since they have given people ideas, we should help them when we can.

Ming Youyou asked in confusion: "Do we still have money?"

"If we don't make summer clothes first, we can still squeeze out the money."

She looked at the three of them, "I'm OK, but you've all grown taller, and your clothes are a little too short."

"It's okay. We can wait a little longer. After we finish copying the books we have, we will still have time to buy them." Zheng Huan said.

He looked at Lu Taifengxu again, and they both nodded, "We have no problem either."

The four people reached a consensus and immediately went back to tell Village Chief Guo and the others.

Village chief Guo had already started the candy business, and his mind had become much more active. He had always been tempted by this business on the official road, but after all, the cost was a bit high, and it was a bit difficult for his family to do it, so he wanted to join forces with his uncle's family.

Now his uncle has not expressed his opinion, but he feels embarrassed to ask him to use the money of several children.

"How about this, I'll try selling it first, and if it sells well, everyone can join in."

"You can keep this money. If the chickens are hard to sell, you can just give us half."

After saying this, an idea came to the minds of the four people. It would be good if there were a few left that couldn't be sold.

The uncle finally finished smoking his pipe, stood up and said, "Forget it, how can I let you children pay for it? My family will pay half of it."

He said to Ming Youyou: "This recipe is yours. You get 20% and the rest will be divided equally between our two families."

Then he looked at Village Chief Guo and said, "This lotus leaf chicken is made in my yard. The sugar you made is delicate, so don't let it taste bad."

"Go to my house later and catch two more chickens and kill them. Call the old people in the village and we'll discuss it together. Since we're really going to do it, let's do a big one."

He chuckled, "He's old now, and he's lost all the drive he had when he was young. In the future, it will be you young people who will have to make decisions."

"You are not old at all. You eat more than me at every meal." The village chief said quickly, "No one in our village has as much experience and knowledge as you. We can't do without you for big or small things."

Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming lively again, the four of them quietly withdrew and waited to eat chicken on the side.

Guo Ren walked around the village twice, invited several elders, and everyone sat down to eat.

Because the chickens came from the uncle's family, the Guo family did not share any with the children and put both on the main table.

Ming Youyou and the others were considered distinguished guests, so naturally they had to sit at the table. Seeing Guo Ren running and sweating profusely, she pulled him and brought him to the table.

The lotus leaf chicken conquered several other elders, and since the great uncle had already given his nod, everyone unanimously decided to sell more varieties.

Ming Youyou helped them calculate the cost. As she calculated, she felt like something was missing. She thought for a moment and said, "Oh, we haven't included the tax yet."

A table of old men who had never done business all stared in amazement, wondering if there was such a thing as paying taxes.

Village Chief Guo asked, "How much do I need to pay?"

Ming Youyou frowned and said, "Our shop charges 10% tax and 2% tax. I wonder how much the tea stall will charge."

Hiss, all the old men felt a pain in their hearts.

The uncle asked, "Is it calculated based on the selling price or the profit?"

Ming Youyou: "Calculate it based on the selling price. For example, if we sell it for 120 wen, the 20% tax is 24 wen."

They only earned 40 cents for each chicken, and now more than half of that was gone in one fell swoop. All the old men were not only heartbroken, but also felt very disappointed.

Village chief Guo even thought that it would be better not to build the road at all. It would be nice to just drive the ox cart to sell the goods quietly and come back quietly after selling them.

The amount of things sold in this way will definitely not be much, but every copper penny will go into your pocket.

It was the great uncle who recalled his enterprising self when he was young. He persuaded everyone and made the final decision: "Let's do what we have to do. If we want to do business, we should do it openly. We will report to the county government tomorrow."

The next day, Village Chief Guo went to see County Magistrate Tao with a large bucket of herbal tea and two lotus leaf chickens.

He was afraid that what he said was not comprehensive, so he specially brought Ming Youyou and a few others with him. They all rode on a ox cart and drove towards the county town.

Magistrate Tao was somewhat surprised that Ming Youyou had made two new products. He asked, "Doesn't your family make facial cream? How come you are so knowledgeable about food?"

Ming Youyou smiled at him and said, "Because I really wanted to eat it, I found a way to make it."

There are so many people who really want to eat it, but why haven’t I seen anyone else make it?

Lord Tao saw that she looked guilty and did not ask any further questions.

He turned to Village Chief Guo and said, "It's not easy to open up mountain roads, and you must be especially careful of falling rocks that might injure people. The government will send a master to your village later, and you can start the work after he has finalized the rules."

Village chief Guo was delighted. He could save the money of finding a capable person. He was so happy that he quickly stood up and repeatedly praised the county magistrate for his thoughtful consideration for the people.

Magistrate Tao smiled and said, "You can thank me together later. Maybe I can exempt you from the business tax."

Village chief Guo had never expected this to happen, and he was so happy that he was a little dazed.

You know, he didn't sleep well yesterday because of the tax issue. He was afraid that he would lead everyone to work hard, but in the end he wouldn't make much money and would be blamed in the future.

He hurriedly bowed to Magistrate Tao, "You are so kind, sir. It is a great blessing for us to have a county magistrate like you."

Seeing that the old man was about to cry, Zheng Huan hurriedly stopped him and turned to Magistrate Tao and asked, "Do you have any other conditions?"

Magistrate Tao gave him an approving look and said, "Yes, I do have a condition."

"But don't worry, this condition is not difficult for you." He asked Village Chief Guo to sit down again, "Your village can try selling for a month. After a month, if you think the business is good and you want to continue, how about repairing about a hundred steps of official road every month?"

A hundred steps is not very long, and the official road is already an established road, which is much easier than opening a new road.

Farmers are not afraid of working hard, and they are willing to use their work to pay taxes. Village Chief Guo quickly expressed his opinion: "Don't worry, sir, we will make this road solid, so that the carriage will not bump when running."