In addition to the heat, there are also many flies and mosquitoes in the summer, so Yan Qingqing asked the cleaning and chemical workshop to speed up the production of mosquito coils.
While other products are profitable, Yan Qingqing plans to market mosquito coils as a welfare product, making them a mass-market consumer good.
So they notified the cleaning and chemical workshop to work day and night.
When these suppliers heard that there were such high-quality and inexpensive products, they all rushed to place orders.
Every merchant wants to offer such benefits to their customers, both to win them over and to attract more customers.
Therefore, there are more customers waiting to buy goods in front of the chemical cleaning workshop every day than there are customers waiting to buy goods in the food processing workshop.
Village Chief Yang and Yang Wensheng were overjoyed to see this, because the better the business of the chemical processing plant was, the more stable the jobs would be for the people in their village.
Although the cleaning and chemical workshop has not been in production for long, it has hired workers twice, once through expansion and once through temporary workers, mainly responsible for loading and unloading goods for customers.
Although they weren't regular employees at the workshop, they were paid well.
Busy days always seem to pass by exceptionally quickly, and before we know it, summer is coming to an end, and the harvest season is just around the corner.
Li Xiangkang returned from Xifeng Academy, and Yan Qingqing almost forgot that he was taking an exam this year.
The first thing Li Xiangkang did upon returning was naturally to greet Yan Qingqing.
Yan Qingqing looked at her son, who was now as tall as her, and felt a pang of emotion. When she first transmigrated here, Li Xiangkang was thin and small, covered in dirt, and looked like a four or five-year-old when he was only six or seven.
After years of careful recuperation and studying at the academy, he has not only grown taller, but also exudes the air of a refined and cultured young man.
Not only has Li Xiangkang changed drastically, but the entire Li family has changed tremendously from top to bottom.
If you put them together now and compare them to them two years ago, no one would think they are the same person.
Li Xiangkang said to Yan Qingqing, "Mother, I have an exam this year. The teacher said the environment in the academy is too noisy, and told me to go home and study in peace."
In addition, the teacher assigned me some homework, saying that they were all questions from previous years' exams, and asked me to organize them.
If there's anything you don't understand, you can go to the academy to ask the teachers, or you can find a teacher yourself to ask them.
Yan Qingqing laughed and said, "That's easy. Master Song and Master Zhao in our village are both very knowledgeable."
If you wish to attend school during this period, you can go to the school in our village. If you do not wish to, you can stay at home.
"Besides, Mo Chen is also here during this time, so you can discuss any questions you have with him."
Although Xiao Mochen is not the emperor yet, he is very likely to be the emperor in the future. Once Li Xiangkang enters officialdom, he will definitely be Xiao Mochen's right-hand man. It would be best if they could start working together now.
Even if they disagree on political views in the future, their friendship today will be a beautiful story.
Of course, if Xiao Mochen doesn't become emperor, all their current efforts may ultimately be in vain.
Yan Qingqing had prepared for the worst, but she made the greatest effort.
Li Xiangkang thought for a moment and replied, "Mother, I want to study at home in peace, since I have never listened to the village teacher's lectures before."
Moreover, it's unrealistic to expect the teachers to disrupt their original study plans for my sake.
After I finish the homework assigned by my teacher, I can take it to ask Master Zhao and Master Song for guidance.
Yan Qingqing felt relieved to see that Li Xiangkang was now more decisive and organized in his work.
Li Xiangkang was indeed diligent. He would get up at dawn every day to exercise, then start his morning reading, eat breakfast, study, eat lunch, do homework, eat dinner, review his lessons, and then rest.
This happens every day; the self-discipline is almost frightening.
Finally, even Xiao Mochen couldn't stand it anymore and came to the study to find Li Xiangkang.
Li Xiangkang is practicing calligraphy, and his strong and vigorous handwriting already has a certain style.
Even Xiao Mochen was surprised when he saw his handwriting. He remembered that when he first came to the Li family, Li Xiangkang's handwriting, while not exactly ugly, was definitely not good-looking.
Now that his handwriting is almost on par with his, how could Xiao Mochen not be shocked?
Li Xiangkang was engrossed in writing when he learned that Xiao Mochen had arrived. He didn't stop writing, but said as he wrote, "Sit down for a while, I'll finish writing in a bit."
Xiao Mochen immediately nodded and did not disturb him. Soon, Li Xiangkang finished reciting a section of the preface to the Nanyang Collection.
This is a travelogue, a masterpiece written by an elder during his travels in Nanyang Prefecture. Li Xiangkang liked it very much and often used its contents to practice calligraphy.
After Li Xiangkang put down his pen, Xiao Mochen sighed and said, "It's only been less than two years, yet you've made such great progress in your studies. I'm truly ashamed of myself."
After Xiao Mochen revealed his age to Yan Qingqing, he always asked Li Xiangkang to call him "elder brother," and he was indeed two years older than Li Xiangkang.
Upon hearing this, Li Xiangkang pursed his lips and said, "You are a person of high status with many responsibilities, unlike me who only has studying to do. If I don't do well, wouldn't I be letting down my mother and brothers who have worked so hard?"
What Li Xiangkang said was true; Xiao Mochen was so busy that he was rarely seen and had no time to study.
Meanwhile, Li Xiangkang always felt that his mother and brothers were working hard for the family, while he was sitting in a bright and clean school, enjoying the fruits of their labor.
If he doesn't achieve anything in his studies, how can he face his mother, his brothers, and his sister-in-law?
Therefore, Li Xiangkang studied desperately from morning till night in the school. In addition, he was very intelligent and had a photographic memory. His progress was so fast that even the teacher was a little surprised.
With the exam approaching, the teacher was worried that he would be too stressed and it would affect his performance, so he decided to let him rest at home for a while.
But who would have thought that Li Xiangkang would work even harder at home than at the academy?
When Yan Qingqing found out, she just sighed and told the kitchen to prepare more nourishing foods and send them to Li Xiangkang.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Mochen was the first to be unable to stand it.
Xiao Mochen then said, "With your knowledge, passing the preliminary examination should be no problem for you. Don't push yourself too hard."
Li Xiangkang smiled upon hearing this, and then said confidently, "Of course I know I have no problem passing the preliminary examination, the key is that I want to pass the county-level examination."
Xiao Mochen was also taken aback when he heard this. Li Xiangkang had only studied for two years at most, yet he was planning to take the imperial examination to become a scholar.
But no one has stipulated that a short period of study disqualifies one from taking the imperial examination.
Moreover, Li Xiangkang's knowledge is indeed solid, so he might just pass the exam.
No wonder Li Xiangkang is working so hard; he's planning to take the county, prefectural, and provincial examinations all at once.
The Great Yan Dynasty had a rule that passing the county and prefectural examinations would earn one the title of "Tong Sheng" (a student who has passed the initial examinations), while passing the provincial examination would earn one the title of "Xiu Cai" (a scholar who has passed the final examinations).
Scholars who passed the imperial examinations had special privileges, including exemption from taxes and corvée labor, and were not required to kneel before officials. They were considered true scholars.
However, it was not easy to become a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the county-level imperial examinations). Some people never passed the Xiucai exam in their entire lives, like Li Daniu, who spent most of his life taking the exams but was still only a Tongsheng (a student who passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations).
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