Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 547 Preparations before opening 2

But there is no rush. Radishes are very watery and need to be pickled and dried. It will take at least half a month. The store will not be able to stock them when they open. So there is no rush. It doesn’t matter if it is a day earlier or later.

Lu Chuan nodded, indicating that he understood. "Well, let's follow our plan and go to the county town after breakfast tomorrow. I have asked Han Qi to deliver the letter today.

When Han Qi came back, he said that Li Wen had already bought the cows and equipped the ox cart, and they could start transporting things to the county town tomorrow.

Grandpa Zhao, who had been listening for a long time, finally had a chance to interrupt, "Is one ox cart enough? Our boat is very big, and we can transport a lot of things in one trip. I don't think it can fit."

Lu Chuan took a sip of the soup and said, "Don't worry. Xiaohan told me about this yesterday. I will send a message to Li Wen today and ask him to go to the livestock market tomorrow to rent a few more ox carts to transport the goods. By the way, we should also transport the mountain products and other things we need to transport to the shop at once."

Xu Han also nodded and continued, "I thought that instead of transporting things one by one with our own ox cart, it would be better to spend a day to directly transport all the things we sell. After all, renting an ox cart alone is not cheap, so it is better to spend a day to transport everything."

The Taoist priest said, "That's fine. We can transport all the goods in one day. It won't take much time to go back and forth by water. Let's have someone move all the goods to the small dock tomorrow. After that, we won't have to delay our work."

Lu Chuan said, "We will go to the county town tomorrow. We will not be back for at least ten days or half a month. When the time comes, I will trouble the Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao to take care of the things in the valley."

Grandpa Zhao glared at Lu Chuan and said, "What are you talking about? How can a family be so distant?"

Xu Han chuckled and said, "Don't be shy, Taoist priest, first watch them build the house in the valley, and then take them to repair the road. Once the shop opens, the oxcart will definitely be used frequently. If the road is uneven, it will be easy for eggs and cans to break when transporting them."

"Don't worry about that. With 30 or 40 people, won't it be fast to build the road? We will definitely build it for you before you open your wine shop."

"Hahaha, that's great! I'll cook you a big meal when I come back and reward you both."

The Taoist priest didn't hesitate and started ordering food. "Okay, I want barbecue."

Grandpa Zhao was not to be outdone, "I want to eat hot pot."

Xu Han waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, let's all have barbecue hotpot."

Everyone had a lively dinner together. At night, the two children knew that they would not be able to see their father and mother for a long time, so they insisted on sleeping with them.

Of course Xu Han would satisfy this small request, and Lu Chuan rarely raised any objections.

The family of four huddled on the warm earthen kang, talking and laughing until very late. If they hadn't considered that they had to get up early the next day, they would have probably been having a crazy night.

Lu Chuan urged, "Alright, alright, you two should go to sleep. Your mother has to get up early tomorrow morning to sort out the goods. If you keep making such a fuss, she will definitely not be able to get up."

After hearing this, the three of them reluctantly fell silent, wrapped themselves tightly in their quilts and went to sleep.

The next day, Xu Han was woken up by Lu Chuan. When she opened her eyes in a daze, she found that she was the only one left on the kang. It was just dawn, but the father and his two sons were already up.

Xu Han thought to herself, "It's not that I'm too lazy, it's all because they got up too early."

Because they have to get up early to practice, they get up at about four o'clock every day before dawn, no matter if it is windy or rainy, or spring, summer, autumn or winter, they do this all year round, and it has long become a habit.

Xu Han woke up and wrapped herself in the quilt. It was already winter and the weather was really cold. She didn't want to get up at all. What should she do?

Seeing her like this, Lu Chuan didn't urge her. It was because he knew she was dawdling that he called her earlier and reserved the time for her dawdling before calling her.

As Xu Han was thinking, she suddenly thought of a very serious problem and immediately sat up in shock. "Lu Chuan, there are no kangs in the houses in the county. What should we do? We will freeze to death in such a cold day."

Seeing that Xu Han finally thought of this, Lu Chuan also wanted to tease her, "What can we do? It's really hard to live without a kang."

Xu Han thought about it seriously and said, "I remember that we still have charcoal from last year. Let's take it all with us. There is a charcoal basin in the house, which will at least keep us warm.

But the remaining charcoal is not enough for us to use, so let's find a time to ask the Taoist priest to burn some more charcoal and send it to us."

Lu Chuan knew that Xu Han was really afraid of the cold, so he stopped teasing her and said, "Okay, okay, rich people know how to enjoy themselves, how could they freeze themselves in the middle of winter? There are floor heating in the rooms, and when the time comes, we can turn on the floor heating, it should be warmer than in the mountains.

But it is time to burn some charcoal. There is not much charcoal left at home. If we don’t burn it now, it will be useless.”

Xu Han looked at Lu Chuan in disbelief. "Are there really earth dragons? Are you kidding me?"

Lu Chuan took a piece of clothing and put it on Xu Han's back and said, "Really? When have I ever lied to you? Don't worry!"

Xu Han was skeptical, but when she thought about how big the house she bought was and how it was previously occupied by rich people, she stopped saying anything. Rich people are not like ordinary people, so it is normal for them to have underground dragons.

Seeing Xu Han in a daze, Lu Chuan asked, "Are you ready to get up?"

"Get up. We need to take inventory of the goods later. It's better to get up early." Then he turned to Lu Chuan and asked, "It's daybreak now. Have the cabinets and other things been transported?"

"I asked Han Qi to take them there. We only have one ox cart and one donkey cart at home, so we can't deliver much in one trip. We still need to make more trips."

Xu Han put on her clothes and got off the kang. "Then I'll go count the goods and have them carry them over later, so they don't have to wait for the ox cart. Anyway, they are just some dry goods and mountain products, which are not heavy. At most, they can be carried a few more times."

"Okay, go ahead. I think someone will be coming over from the valley soon."

After Xu Han finished washing up, someone happened to come over from the valley. Xu Han quickly ordered, "Let's go to the warehouse first to pack up the things. Put the same things together so that we can count them later."

After hearing the request clearly, everyone started to act. Xu Han saw that they methodically moved out the things he had just mentioned and put them away one by one. He turned back to the room and soon took out a notebook and a charcoal pencil to help him remember the quantities and names of the items.

The things here haven't been moved yet, and the person who just went to deliver the cabinet has already come back.

Xu Han pointed to the items that had been counted and said, "You guys move these things over first. They have all been counted."