The first-class set meal is rice with four dishes and one soup, which can be eaten by four people and is priced at one tael of silver.

The second-class set meal is rice with one meat, one vegetable and one soup, enough for two people, priced at [-] renminbi.

Class C set meal is rice plus a meat dish and a complimentary side dish, priced at [-] cash.

The Ding and other set meals are two steamed rice mixed with japonica rice and millet, plus a vegetarian dish and a complimentary side dish, priced at [-] Wen.

This price was strictly determined after discussion among all the people.

A, B, and C are for guests, and D and so on are for servants.

The village head originally thought that green vegetables were worthless, and the price should be set lower.

But Li Laoer insisted that he would rather give more side dishes as gifts than reduce the price.

Because once the price is set, winter vegetables are more expensive, but it is not easy to increase the price.

On the contrary, as a form of gift, no matter how much it is, it will make the guests happy, and Sui Jintan can still gain a reputation for generosity and hospitality.

Soon, Li Laosan bought the vegetables back.

Seeing that there was nothing missing, Tao Hongying immediately led the women to start steaming rice, while the mischievous ones ran around to count how many set meals they needed.

They have learned writing and arithmetic from Li Lao Er intermittently for more than a year, and now it can be regarded as coming in handy.

Quickly reporting the name of the dish and settling the price with a quotation surprised the guests again.

But there are also customers who dislike the simple dishes. The second brother Li has given instructions, and the boys laughed, "Because it is the first day to welcome guests, there must be some shortcomings. I hope the guests will forgive me, and it will get better in the future. And Our chef's skills are excellent, and guests will not be disappointed when they keep them."

The guests didn't just talk about it, but they didn't want to hold on to it.

Even some people who just got acquainted, they got together and ordered the first-class set meal when they were happy.

But then there is a problem, who pays and how much?

In short, all kinds of small problems emerged one after another, and finally they were all brought to Li's second place.

Li Laoer also frowned. He had worked as an accountant before, but it was also the accountant of Buzhuang, so it was not so trivial.

Jiayin has never managed a hot spring bath, but she has never eaten pork, and she has always seen pigs walking.

After thinking for a while, she took out the little mare in her purse, and shook it at the second uncle, "Second uncle, my pony also eats grass, please write it down and ask him to pay for it."

Li Laoer couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, he hugged his niece and kissed her, but suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, his eyes lit up very brightly.

He didn't have time to put down his niece, so he called Li Laosan, "Lao San, Lao San, come here quickly!"

Li Laosan was helping to light the fire, so he hurried forward, "Second brother, what's the matter?"

"Yes, yes! Go find a few pieces of wood, carve some signs out, don't use any patterns for the time being, just write simple serial numbers. For example, the number of which yard is the number, or the number of individual guests. Who will have extra expenses in this way? Show the sign to keep accounts, and settle the bill together when you leave."

Li Laoer became more and more excited as he talked, "When you're free in the future, it's best to carve some unique marks on the back of the sign for easy identification."

Li Laosan was only reticent, but he was very smart and liked carpentry. He immediately took up the job, went back to the village and asked a few young men to help him, and then he got busy.

On the other side, Tao Hongying brought the women to fry and cook, and soon the aroma drifted into the valley.

The guests climbed ashore one after another, changed their clothes and prepared to eat.

After all the set meals were sent in, the guests nodded and praised after eating, and Li Laoer and the others felt exhausted.

In the afternoon, the guests who booked the wooden house and the small courtyard went back to take a lunch break, and the individual guests left after playing until the sun was setting.

It was unavoidable that there would be another mess, and even the mule carts were dispatched to see off the guests.

Because some individual travelers hired a carriage to come here, and there was no carriage when they went back, so they couldn't walk.

After finishing all this work, I prepare dinner for the overnight guests...

After everything was done and the moon was in the middle of the sky, and people were left to guard the valley, Li Laoer and the others returned to the village with tired steps.

And the village head and most of the villagers are waiting in the yard of the Li family. Everyone wants to know how the valley is doing today.

Li Lao Er drank a bowl of water before announcing with a smile, "Today we collected more than 330 catties of grain and more than 60 taels of silver."

Everyone looked at each other in a daze, this was beyond their expectations.

After reacting, everyone cheered!

"That's too much! There are more than 300 catties of grain a day, which is enough for our whole village to feed for three days."

"There is still silver, more than 60 taels, won't it be paid back in two months!"

The village chief also had a big smile on his face, and he knocked on the table with his pipe and pot to signal everyone to be quiet, "Keep your voice down, and you won't be afraid of people making jokes if it spreads. Calculate the cost and the wages of everyone's work!"

Li Laoer also nodded and smiled, "It is true that the capital has not been deducted, but the profit is at least 40 taels. Similarly, there are a lot of problems, and they must be solved slowly."

The village head coughed dryly, and called Jiaren to take a pen and paper, "The business has opened while everyone is here. Let's make a charter tonight!"

Everyone nodded quickly and moved forward.

The village head clicked on Li's second child, "Let me say it again, on the day I die or get old, the second child in our village will be the village head. No one will object to this?"

"No objection, we obey the second child and obey him!" The villagers almost responded in unison.

Li Laoer can write and count, has been a shopkeeper, and is also smooth in his actions. Now he is even provoking the business of Hot Spring Valley.

No one can replace him in this pile of piles!

Then the village head said, "The wandering around in and out of my village these days has divided our village's work into several large parts, hot spring valley, river beach, two hills, and the village. Our village is in a group, and no one divides it into any mountain. Whose family owns the land, whose family owns the river beach, they all work together, and they all bear the responsibility together.

"But you can't do your work in a daze. If you do more, you get more. If you do less, you get less. No one should take advantage of it. From now on, our village will divide the work into different classes, such as Hongying and Lao Er, who do a lot of work. Those who suffer a lot, even first-class jobs, get more work points. For example, light work such as sweeping the streets and watching crops, the work points are less."

Someone couldn't help asking, "Uncle, how much is the work point for shoveling and weeding, and how much is a work point?"

"What are you in a hurry for? Listen to me slowly." The village chief squinted his eyes and suppressed the impatient young man.

He added, "I just want to tell everyone that there is such a thing, how many work points are there for specific tasks, and when you are free, the heads of each family will study with me, so that everyone can't suffer."

Li Laoer also heard a few words from the village head in advance, and now he said, "What I mean to the village head is that in the future, the whole village, hot springs, mountains, and river beaches will be counted, and half of the income will be used for work. Half of the money is taken out, and dividends are distributed according to the investment of each family.

"For example, if the entire village earns 1000 taels a year, then 500 taels will be distributed as dividends, and the remaining 500 taels will be [-] taels of work points for the whole village. That work point will be [-] Wen. Your children will go to see Guadali, three work points, that is, thirty cents a day."

Everyone finally understood, they all nodded their heads heavily, and they all understood that the Li family and Mr. Ye were making a profit.

After all, the two of them invested the most money, and if more than half of the proceeds were distributed as dividends, they would receive even more money.

Someone asked, "Village Chief, everyone has taken advantage of this matter, should you ask Mr. Ye to make a decision?"

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