Shen Dashou slapped the boy on the back of the head: "What kind of books do you want to read? You just want mooncakes and pastries, don't you?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

After laughing, Shen Qingyu explained, "Perhaps some people don't understand: the bookkeeping is much easier than the manual labor, so why do they get an extra share?"

"But everyone should think about this: there are plenty of people in our village who can contribute a lot of strength! Even the villagers who have just settled down from various places can easily spare two or three tenths of their strength."

"How many of them can read, do math, and keep accounts?"

"Only those skills that cannot be replaced are the most valuable and can earn more wages."

After Shen Qingyu finished speaking, she called out the name of Guan Tao, who had just arrived in Shenjia Village not long ago.

Guan Tao didn't come, but Guan's wife was there because she needed acupuncture treatment and happened to be watching the commotion in Shenjia Village.

She was a little embarrassed and explained in a low voice, "He's working upstairs and hasn't come down."

“He’s someone I hired to make chili sauce jars, so of course he has some too. This is for your family, you can come and collect it on his behalf.” Shen Qingyu smiled and handed the mooncakes and pastries to Madam Guan.

Lady Guan blushed and was too embarrassed to accept it, but the village head forced his daughter-in-law to give it to her.

The newly taken-over Yuexiu troupe also received a mooncake and some pastries each.

Some people got it, and naturally some people didn't.

Although the people of Shenjia Village had made some money by growing sweet potatoes, peppers, soybeans, and the like, they still felt the pinch when it came to spending money on Laifuji's dim sum. Even if they did buy some, they only dared to buy the smallest ones.

Seeing that others have free Lai Fu Kee mooncakes and pastries to offer to their ancestors, those who paid money to buy them feel very envious.

Everyone had their own thoughts and dispersed.

The village head's family received four awards this year.

Because his son and daughter-in-law both worked at Shen Qingyu's house, they each received one share. Erli Zhengshu received double the share because he helped manage the sweet potato flour workshop.

He said no, but Shen Qingyu grabbed his hand and stopped him from pushing away, saying, "You don't need to be so polite. Even if your family has enough to eat, you still have relatives and friends to send you gifts for the holidays. How can you not need them?"

That's true.

Sending mooncakes and pastries from Yongfuji as festive gifts is a very prestigious thing to do.

The crowd dispersed, and everyone was deep in thought.

Uncle Village Head gained both face and substance, and returned home beaming, only to be followed by many people.

Some said their children needed to go to school, others said their relatives wanted to work in the workshop…

One after another, they were practically dragging the village head into it.

"Hey, hey, hey! Stop arguing! Speak one at a time..."

Uncle Lizheng was carried into his house with his feet practically off the ground.

Shen Qingyu ignored them and, behind closed doors, discussed the recent profits with Zhao Yuzhu and Qi Yunxiao.

You won't believe it until you calculate it, and you'll be shocked!

Soap workshops are the most convenient to transport and have the widest range of applications, making them the most promising option.

Although it hasn't been long, the profits have already exceeded a thousand taels.

Then there's the sweet potato starch workshop.

Since the sweet potatoes at the sweet potato starch workshop have all been harvested, the production of sweet potato starch is now in its final stages.

With the last batch of sweet potato starch finished and dried, it will be transported to various prefectural cities in three days.

With the production of this batch of sweet potato starch, the villagers earned money from selling sweet potatoes. The highest-earning family made more than ten taels of silver, while the lowest-earning family made three to five taels. Those who worked in the sweet potato starch workshop earned wages, and everyone made a considerable amount of money from this batch of sweet potato starch.

Shen Qingyu naturally earned the most; she calculated that she had earned over a thousand taels from this alone!

The bean sprout business has always been good, but unfortunately, due to transportation difficulties, it can only be sold in the prefectural city and two nearby prefectural cities. Production has been increased twice, but it is still in short supply.

The bean sprouts actually earned more than four thousand taels!

The business of making braised food and braised meat may seem insignificant, but it actually makes a lot of money, earning over a thousand taels of silver...

Even just selling glutinous rice earned them over a hundred taels of silver.

During the height of summer, the weather was too hot, so things were suspended for a while. Shen Qingyu was taken to the capital, and things were also suspended for a while there.

Seeing that she was always busy, Shen Qingyu simply taught the recipe to Liu Cuixi.

Now it's Liu Cuixi and her husband who are making and selling it.

Although Shen Qingyu paid them, Liu Cuixi and her husband were truly honest and hardworking. They didn't cheat or do anything because they were envious of their employer's higher earnings.

During this time, many people asked them for the recipe for making glutinous rice, but they insisted that they didn't know it and just sold it without ever having any ulterior motives.

This made Shen Qingyu look at her in a new light.

Few people can stay true to themselves when faced with huge profits.

After taking stock, Shen Qingyu simply called Liu Cuixi over: "You are now making and selling this glutinous rice. Do you have any thoughts on it?"

Liu Cuixi was so frightened that she shook her hands repeatedly: "Boss, we have no other intentions. We are just happy that you let us work here and pay us wages."

Shen Qingyu laughed: "I'm not saying I won't ask you to make it anymore. I just wanted to discuss with you whether you'd be willing to pay for this recipe?"

"Huh?" Liu Cuixi said, not understanding.

Shen Qingyu explained, "You all know that this glutinous rice sells well. But you also know that if you sell it outside the local area, the location is quite limited. It can't be transported over long distances. It can only be run as a small business."

“My idea is that you go home and discuss it with your family. If you want to buy this recipe, your family can then legitimately sell this glutinous rice in other places.”

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