Ang Lee racked his brains to come up with these ideas for the golden needles.
Speaking of golden needles, Ye Yunniang thought of Grandpa Chu Nan. She had said she would go to pay her respects, but she hadn't yet.
"Are you still going to work as apprentices at Chu's Pharmacy?"
“We don’t need to go starting tomorrow. Master said he’s taking my senior brother and me out to gather herbs,” Li An said, explaining Gu Cundong’s arrangements.
"Where are we going? Is it dangerous?"
"If there's no danger, we'll go to the fields on the outskirts of the city and dig up some common medicinal herbs."
Although Li An said that, Ye Yunniang was still worried and planned to arrange two servants who knew martial arts to take care of Li An.
As they were talking, Tong Tiemei came over; she had arranged to meet Zhong Zhaoli.
Ye Yunniang followed Tong Tiemei away from Xiaocaiji and arrived at the teahouse.
Zhong Zhaoli arrived first and waited for the two in the private room.
As soon as Tong Tiemei sat down, she told Ye Yunniang what she wanted to do.
Zhong Zhaoli was very interested after listening and wanted to participate.
A plan was quickly developed.
Zhong Zhaoli planned a women's college, similar to a traditional academy, with departments and classes.
The departments are divided into engineering, mathematics, medicine, and physiology.
Each subject has multiple classes.
Crafts: textiles, embroidery, cooking, pastries, etc.
算: basic arithmetic, accountant, steward, etc.
Medicine: medical skills, herb gathering, massage, etc.
Appearance: combing hair, washing face, making rouge and face powder, etc.
Ye Yunniang was very impressed after reading it. Zhong Zhaoli didn't focus her attention on Tong Mo, which was really impressive.
Zhong Zhaoli, who runs a shop, understands that giving things away for free can make people arrogant, and that things that come too easily are not appreciated.
Two learning methods are proposed.
One option is to pay tuition fees monthly, similar to an academy.
Another option is to sign a contract stipulating that after completing the program, one must work for 10 years in a shop under the academy's name to repay the tuition fees.
If you don't do well in school, you'll be expelled and have to pay your tuition.
The students produce goods to sell in the Zhong family's shop. Upon graduation, the girls have priority access to work in the Zhong family's shop.
Zhong Zhaoli's list is very comprehensive.
Ye Yunniang couldn't see any problem with the plan, so she took it home and showed it to Jiang Mingzhe, seeking his opinion.
After reading it, Jiang Mingzhe raised many questions.
If the academy relies entirely on the Zhong family's shops, it will fall into a very passive state.
Does the Zhong family's shop accept all students, or only some? What happens to students who can't attend?
There's still a plan that hasn't been written. How much will the three people contribute to the establishment of the academy?
Who should be the head of the academy? When the three disagree, who makes the final decision?
Who will manage the inflow and outflow ledgers? ...
Jiang Mingzhe compiled a list of questions.
Looking at the list, Ye Yunniang's initial hesitation grew significantly.
She originally only wanted to run a small embroidery workshop.
She's so big now, it scares her.
The plan requires a large area, a large building, and a large number of people, resulting in a significant expense.
If it gets done, that's good.
If something goes wrong in the middle, you'll lose money.
Ye Yunniang would feel very guilty, since she was the one who suggested it first.
"Go ahead and do it. The children and I will always support you."
"Hmm, let me think about it some more."
When Jiang Mingzhe mentioned the children, Ye Yunniang remembered that Li Ping hadn't come home yesterday.
Li Ping is preparing for the opening of Xiaoyanglou Restaurant, and he is living and eating there.
"Did Pingping come back today?"
"No."
Upon hearing that Li Ping had not returned, Ye Yunniang became very worried and wanted to go and check on him.
Jiang Mingzhe accompanied her to Xiaoyanglou.
Upon arrival, I found that all seven shops in a row were under renovation. Xiaoyanglou was almost finished, while the other six were just starting.
"These six families wouldn't be the ones?" Ye Yunniang said softly.
"My wife is intelligent," Jiang Mingzhe praised.
Ye Yunniang looked at Jiang Mingzhe's slightly meaningful smile.
"Did Pingping buy all six shops?"
"My wife guessed correctly."
Ye Yunniang didn't know what to say; these two, father and son, were really fighting endlessly.
"Pingping is still young, don't always bully him."
“My wife’s words are biased. It was the brat who gave it to him willingly.” Jiang Mingzhe was unwilling to be wronged.
“Pingping doesn’t do business to make money himself, but gives it away voluntarily. Is he stupid?” Ye Yunniang thought that Li Ping would not do a losing business.
"He's very shrewd."
Looking back now, giving away six shops was a loss. But these were shops that six princes were going to run.
After the six princes finished running the business, Li Ping took over. Using their names to attract customers drew many curious onlookers.
"What if the prince doesn't return the shop?" Ye Yunniang worried. The shop was doing well and making money. The owner was unwilling to let go.
"Then let that brat learn a lesson from this." Jiang Mingzhe was delighted with this idea.
"You didn't remind Pingping of this."
"That brat, he's got his head on the spot now, he won't listen to anything I say."
"Were you two enemies in your past life?" Ye Yunniang couldn't help but ask, as the father and son wanted to see each other make a fool of themselves.
Jiang Mingzhe smiled and said, "That's possible."
"What do you mean, 'possible'? You stinky daddy, are you talking bad about me again?" Li Ping walked over.
“Pingping,” Ye Yunniang frowned, “You can’t speak to Father so bluntly.”
"Mother, I was wrong," Li Ping apologized immediately.
"You shouldn't have told me." Ye Yunniang gave up her seat so that Li Ping could apologize to Jiang Mingzhe.
"Dad, I was wrong. I shouldn't have called you stinky."
Jiang Mingzhe accepted Li Ping's apology.
The father and son tacitly maintained a peaceful demeanor in front of Ye Yunniang.
Ye Yunniang pulled Li Ping aside and looked him over carefully, saying with great heartache.
"You've lost weight."
"Mom, I haven't lost weight, I've actually gained weight." Every day, she and Wen Nuan taste-test dishes together, eating eight meals a day.
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