Zhao Qianci gladly accepted his cousin's concern.

Regarding the scientific expedition, we still need to persevere. Even if we get injured, as long as we can get into the examination room, Zhao Qianci feels it's all worth it.

When the people of Zhao Family Village heard that Zhao Qianci had passed the imperial examination for the first degree, their astonishment was no less than if red rain had fallen from the sky.

The old folks in the village all knew about Zhao Qianci's bad luck in the exams.

So everyone came, some with crutches, some supported by their children and grandchildren, and some pushed in carts.

Each of them seized upon Zhao Qian's request to inquire about the transfer method.

It's one thing to vent to yourself, but it's a bit annoying to organize it into a discussion.

Am I supposed to share how my daughter-in-law and granddaughter scheme against me and cause me to bleed every day? Those memories are too painful to recall; it's better not to.

But all of them were elders from the village. What to do? Let's begin.

After Zhao Qianci finished telling the elders about his experience of taking the imperial examination, he became a story the next day.

The protagonist of the story is the unlucky guy Zhao Qianci.

Fine, whatever. Anyway, the story's been told, just to give them a laugh.

Knowing that five members of Zhao Qianci's family had passed the imperial examinations, the people of Zhao Family Village began to pay more attention to education, thinking they should also send their own children to school.

Education costs money. Zhao Qianci returned, and everyone remembered the Zhao family's teachings about feeding pigs.

Early in the morning, nearly half of the villagers gathered in front of the Zhao family's house.

I was quite startled when I opened the gate. After reflecting on it, I realized that we hadn't offended anyone.

Today is the busiest day for the Zhao family, as two copies of the signed documents are being prepared.

To be more formal, it should be in triplicate. One copy needs to be taken to the county government office for filing.

Except for a few people with different surnames, almost everyone in Zhao Family Village is of the same clan, so there wasn't much trouble involved, and two copies of the contract were drawn up.

Apart from Da Bao, all the other boys were busy copying contracts in the same format.

Zhao Qianci only needed to sign his name on it with a stroke of his pen.

The more people who sign up, the more income the family will have next year. This is truly something to celebrate!

I have never experienced writing for a day being more tiring than farming for a day. That night, the Zhao family's sons were so tired that they could barely lift their arms.

Seeing her children and grandchildren all exhausted, Madam Huang laughed rather unkindly.

Seeing that everyone was tired, what should have been a nice meal to reward everyone turned into a vegetable and lean meat porridge.

For no other reason than that it's convenient to drink porridge. After it cools down, you just pick up the bowl, look up, and drink it all.

What a wise decision!

Everything was moving in a positive direction.

During their return to the village, the Zhao family also planned to share sweet potato, yam, and corn seeds with everyone.

The condition was that the villagers would help the Zhao family farm for free, and of course, this process would also involve teaching the villagers how to grow these crops.

At harvest time, half of the harvest will be sold to everyone as seeds, at an extremely low price.

Of course, those who don't help are those who don't have seeds to buy.

Initially, a few narrow-minded people objected, but their attitudes immediately changed 180 degrees after they learned that the crops were all high-yield.

The Zhao family's land became a treasure for the whole village. In those days, what ordinary people cared about most was having enough to eat and wear.

Even an extra pound of rice produced from the fields can feed a family for one more day.

The village issue was resolved perfectly, and the family returned to town.

Having nothing else to do, Zhao Qingyan didn't go back with them. Instead, she wandered alone into the depths of the Daqing Mountains.

This kind of indulgent and unrestrained life is perhaps a special kind of enjoyment.

The women of the Zhao family have been quite impressive lately, having successfully created numerous delicious dishes based on the cookbooks provided by Zhao Qingyan.

Putting aside everything else, they have developed a lot of new products in the pastry sector alone.

In addition, he has completely mastered the essence of seasonings in cooking.

I also started researching how to make soy sauce, vinegar, and cooking wine.

The day after the Zhao family returned to Wufang Town, Manager Han from Wangyuelou Restaurant came to their door.

The one they sought was naturally the Huang family.

Without saying a word, he first gave a fawning smile. Huang knew then what this guy had come for.

She stood up, went into the inner room, and took out the magnetic tea set that Zhao Qingyan had given her earlier.

There is a very stable glass stand, and the bottom of the tea container on it has a protrusion with a metal ball inside, and a small stainless steel filter on top.

A small magnet is placed inside the handle of the teapot. Once the tea leaves are brewed, the handle of the teapot gently touches the lower protrusion of the teapot.

As the metal ball moves, the rich tea soup slowly flows from the teapot above into the container below.

The whole process is pleasing to the eye and perfect for gatherings with friends, where you can enjoy tea and conversation together. Brewing tea by hand is also a very enjoyable experience.

When the entire teapot set was taken out, Manager Han's feelings could no longer be described as shock. In addition to being precious, it also had a touch of ingenuity.

This tea set is beyond monetary value.

Zhao Qingyan had instructed that one shouldn't always try to take advantage of the same thing, and that this tea set shouldn't be taken in excess.

I only needed to collect two taels of silver from them.

In Manager Han's eyes, Zhao Qingyan's overcharging was indeed not excessive.

Putting everything else aside, this ingenious idea alone is worth a lot of money.

Adding to the value of the glass itself, this tea set could easily fetch 30,000 taels of silver with just a few resale.

Of course, the master has his reasons for handling it.

Huang refused to accept the silver notes from Manager Han, but instead told Manager Han to take the tea set with him first, promising to send him gold of equal value later.

This feeling of being trusted is damn good.

Manager Han never imagined that he was so trustworthy in the eyes of the Huang family.

If it were anyone else, let alone a transaction of 15,000 taels of silver, even 15 taels would probably be settled with a cash-on-delivery settlement.

Being trusted naturally makes you feel good.

They brought the tea set back to Wangyue Tower, properly stored it, and quickly exchanged it for gold to send to the Zhao family.

The owner of Wangyuelou had already received a message from the manager of the prefectural city via carrier pigeon, knowing that the Zhao family would sell him another set of glass teaware.

He had already decided on the destination of this rare treasure.

Manager Han was exceptionally fast; he delivered 1,500 taels of gold to Madam Huang that very afternoon.

Huang knew that Zhao Qingyan's favorite thing was gold.

Therefore, having acquired so much gold, it is essential to return it all to my granddaughter.

Zhao Qingyan had previously stated that half of the money from selling the glass cups would be given to the government. In the prefectural city, they had sold a total of 30,000 taels of silver, including decanters.

Including this one, there are two in total. According to the 50/50 split principle, Zhao Qingyan should get two.

Zhao Qingyan didn't take the 30,000 taels of gold from the prefectural city. So this time, Huang went to the money exchange and exchanged it for 750 taels of gold, which she then sent back to Zhao Family Village.