Chapter 191 is about immediate upgrades.
Ning Xuan gave Wang Shulan a pair of teleportation array disks, instructing her to set up one teleportation point in Shangjing and one in Xuzhou Prefecture when she had time, so that she could easily travel between the two places in the future.
Although she needed to remain invisible and couldn't travel back and forth openly and quickly, it was enough for her to check the ledgers and secretly supervise and examine her subordinates.
With the teleportation array plates given to her by Ning Xuan, Wang Shulan had a clearer plan for her next move. She needed to buy a house in the capital first, which would make it easier to place the teleportation array entrance.
Properties in the capital are still in high demand. Fortunately, she has both money and connections. With the help of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion, Wang Shulan quickly bought a suitable house for herself. Moreover, it was located in the inner ring of the capital, among the houses closest to the palace.
Next came the purchase of a shop, which was also assisted by the Duke of Dingguo's mansion. Wang Shulan then began preparing for the shop's preparation.
She used a puppet to pretend to be sick in the capital, and then used a speed talisman to return to Xuzhou Prefecture and set up the teleportation array. This way, he could not only come back to check on his business, but also continue to grow the herbs and spiritual plants he needed for alchemy in the prefecture.
After all, this piece of land is really good and secluded, and she also placed a confusion array here, so she could get here quickly from the county princess's mansion using a speed talisman.
When her cultivation level is higher in the future, she can also learn sword control and other skills, which will save her some talismans.
Wang Shulan's skincare and beauty shop in ancient times is being prepared in full swing.
In the modern era, Lin Yuhan's daily chemical factory has also opened for business, all production lines have started operating, and she has almost finished preparing her shop.
They are still using the pills that Yunxi gave them, but the good news is that Ning Xuan has finally succeeded in refining pills. Although they look like they are of low quality, she believes that she can improve with practice and will refine them better in the future.
They can now supply their own spiritual herbs and elixirs, so Wang Shulan and Lin Yuhan can open their shops.
Ning Xuan plans to open her own shop as soon as it reopens. Right now, all she needs to do is master the alchemy technique.
During the day, she would show up at the chicken farm to finish her work, then take out the puppet and go inside to refine pills and cultivate.
Then set aside half an hour to an hour each day for studying.
I'll go to the commune again in ten days or half a month to reconnect with Jiang Xiaohong and Liang Jingyi.
Life is quite fulfilling and not boring at all.
Another aspect is the transactions within the system. She should act as an intermediary. Fortunately, during this period, she needed to deplete her spiritual energy and replenish it after refining pills. Inadvertently, she tempered her dantian and meridians, making her cultivation even more solid.
Spring comes and goes, and in the blink of an eye, it's autumn harvest time again in 1976. After the brigade's harvest work was completed, the chicken farm expanded its recruitment again, hiring a total of 10 people this time, so Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia had helpers in their work.
Lu Xun and his team have also opened up the market in the provincial capital. They have found buyers for both eggs and chickens, and signed contracts with various factories and companies. All they have to do is deliver the goods to them on time every month.
This is largely thanks to the fact that most factories nowadays place great importance on employee welfare. Even if resources are scarce, the factory and company canteens will try to improve the meals for employees every few days. If there are no sliced meat, they will at least make some dishes with minced meat.
The fact that the Hongxin Brigade's chicken farm could sell adult chickens and eggs was a great help to them, so when Lu Xun and Zhou Zhipeng went to explore the market, it went very smoothly.
Although 10 people were recruited this time, more than half of them were original members of the brigade. There were only two educated youths: Liang Qingqing and another male educated youth. Zhao Yulian did not pass the exam.
In fact, if only the written test is considered, educated youth would have made up more than half of the spots this time.
However, considering that the probability of educated youth leaving after taking the college entrance examination next year should not be low, Ning Xuan discussed with Zhou Jianguo and decided to use a system where the written test and the usual performance score each account for half of the recruitment of employees.
The written test was a written exam, while the work performance score was based on the daily work performance, including the number of work points and work attitude. Local team members had a great advantage in this aspect, and they eliminated several educated youths who had good written test scores but low work performance scores. Zhao Yulian was also eliminated because her written test score was slightly lower.
Although it was a pity for Zhao Yulian, there was nothing Ning Xuan could do. She still preferred that the proportion of local team members be higher. She also understood that in the past, some modern jobs tended to hire local employees because they felt it was more stable.
Ning Xuan and the others knew that next year was a crucial year, and if nothing unexpected happened, they should all be able to pass the exams and return to the city. So they began to consciously train the employees who would take over their jobs, teaching them everything they had learned without reservation.
Huang Xiaomei did not take the recruitment exam for the chicken farm this time because she gave birth to a daughter before the autumn harvest. She was still in her postpartum period during the harvest and the exam, and her daughter was still young. The young couple had no one to help take care of her here.
Moreover, Liu Jun's family has a strong preference for sons over daughters, so it's impossible for Huang Xiaomei to send her daughter back to Liu Jun's family to be cared for by them, and she wouldn't feel comfortable doing so either.
Huang Xiaomei planned to take care of her daughter herself. When the farm reopened next year, her daughter would be a few months old, and she could carry her to work. As a result, she missed the recruitment exam for the chicken farm.
Liu Jun also scored average in both the written test and his usual performance, and was thus eliminated.
After Huang Xiaomei gave birth, Ning Xuan and the others also visited to deliver gifts. However, Ning Xuan felt that Liu Jun's attitude seemed a bit off. She suspected that Liu Jun was sexist, since they had heard from Huang Xiaomei about Liu Jun's family's preference for sons over daughters. If it weren't for Liu Jun's clever sister getting married quickly, it would have been her sister who went to the countryside instead of Liu Jun.
However, Huang Xiaomei was in her second postpartum period, and based on that, Ning Xuan thought she might have misjudged her. Maybe she was just tired from taking care of the baby, which made her seem to have a bad attitude.
The Red Star Brigade has started hibernating again, while Ning Xuan still insists on checking in at the chicken farm every day and going deep into the mountains to refine pills and cultivate.
She can now consistently refine high-grade pills, and occasionally a batch will yield one or two top-grade pills, which gives Ning Xuan a great sense of accomplishment.
That day, Ning Xuan traded the pills she had just refined to Lin Yuhan, and then a strange yet familiar electronic voice suddenly echoed in her mind.
It feels unfamiliar because I haven't heard it in a long time, yet familiar because it's so unique; once you've heard it, you can't forget that tune.
[Congratulations, host, you have accumulated 5000 transactions, meeting the upgrade requirements. Do you wish to upgrade immediately?]
Ning Xuan was momentarily dazed. Because leveling up to level 6 required accumulating a lot of transactions, she hadn't paid attention to the system homepage for a long time. How could she have leveled up so quickly?
What are you waiting for? Upgrade now!
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