Yan Qingqing was relieved to learn from Eunuch Yue that the Emperor still valued Xiao Mochen quite a bit.
The emperor sent many people to search for him, but Xiao Mochen himself refused to return to the palace and kept hiding from all sides.
Now the emperor has sent Xiao Mochen's maternal uncle to find him, which shows that he truly cares about Xiao Mochen as his son.
Yan Qingqing chatted with her father-in-law for a while, and then Li Xiangping hurried back.
Li Xiangping went to change his clothes first, while A-Da prepared an incense table.
Then Eunuch Yue began to read the imperial edict, and everyone in the Li family, including Yan Qingqing, knelt down in a rush.
The gist of the sentence is that since becoming an official, Li Xiangping has always been diligent and conscientious in his duties, devoting himself to the Great Yan Dynasty and serving the people wholeheartedly. He is hereby promoted to a seventh-rank agricultural official.
Next came the emperor's reward to Li Xiangping.
Although the gifts weren't many or particularly valuable, they were bestowed by the emperor, which gave them a different meaning. In other words, it was an honor, one that not everyone could receive.
After Eunuch Yue finished announcing the imperial decree, Yan Qingqing had A'da lead him to rest.
Because he had more time this time, Grandpa Yue didn't rush to leave and stayed at the Li family's house for a few days.
I also got to experience the local customs and culture of Canghe Village.
Xiao Mochen knew that someone from the palace had come, so he hadn't shown up for the past few days.
Xiao Mochen didn't return until Grandpa Yue left Chengyang County.
Busy days always pass quickly, and before we know it, the end of the year is here again.
Thanks to a year of hard work, the Li family's various industries are developing very well.
The food processing workshop not only added a vermicelli processing workshop, but Li Xiang'an also opened a branch workshop.
The address was set in Wangjia Village, which made Village Chief Wang very happy. Although he was usually tactful, he was genuinely happy this time and worked even harder than Village Chief Yang.
Li Xiang'an felt embarrassed by all the running around.
Of course, the policy that Li Xiang'an gave to Village Chief Wang was the same as the policy that Yan Qingqing gave to Village Chief Yang.
Not only did they promise that villagers from Wangjia Village would be given priority when recruiting workers, they also promised a managerial position in the Wang family. Of course, the prerequisite was that this person was capable of managing the workshop well.
Village Chief Wang, always thick-skinned, knew this was an opportunity, so he volunteered to work as a manager in the workshop.
Li Xiang'an was speechless when he heard this. At least Village Chief Yang knew to be modest and chose his own son.
Although the position of manager was originally intended for the Wang family, Li Xiang'an never expected that the Wang family would choose him.
Yan Qingqing thought it was a good thing after hearing about it.
Village Chief Wang's personality is well-suited for dealing with visiting merchants.
She's both smooth-talking and shameless; you'll never find a salesperson as good as her.
Moreover, he had also served as a village chief, so his vision and knowledge were better than the average person.
After listening to Yan Qingqing's words, Li Xiang'an also felt that they made a lot of sense, so he agreed to Village Chief Wang's request.
However, Li Xiang'an insisted that Village Chief Wang follow the workshop's requirements in everything. He had to learn the necessary management and accounting methods perfectly.
Village Chief Wang was naturally willing to earn money and learn new skills at the same time, especially since he was younger than the other village chiefs. He found the learning process quite easy.
Although the food processing workshop in Wangjia Village has been built, it will not be able to officially start production until after the New Year.
The closer it gets to the end of the year, the busier Yan Qingqing becomes.
In addition, several new projects were added to the family this year, so the account books on Yan Qingqing's desk were piled up to almost as tall as a person.
Looking at these accounts, Yan Qingqing felt both a headache and a great sense of accomplishment.
Every single account here represents a sum of money.
Yuan Huiniang also felt sorry for Yan Qingqing, and would come over to help sort out the accounts whenever she had free time.
It took the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law more than half a month to sort out all the accounts.
This year, the family's total profits amounted to 450,000 taels.
The food processing workshop earned 170,000 taels, the washing and chemical workshop earned 100,000 taels, and the mushroom cultivation workshop earned 60,000 taels. The income from the several gardens plus the flower tea was about 30,000 taels.
The remaining 80,000 taels went to the organic orchard, two shops, and income from the self-service restaurant.
Of course, this doesn't include the income from the embroidery workshop or the harvest from the crops in the fields.
The embroidery workshop belongs to Yuan Huiniang and her two sisters-in-law, and Yan Qingqing will not take it back no matter how big the business becomes.
Of course, the portion that falls under the public purview must be handed over.
Most of the grain in the fields was stored away, but the grain that could be used by the embroidery workshop and the food processing workshop was transported directly there. We never calculated it so precisely.
However, the Li family also had considerable expenses over the past year, including social obligations, the family's living expenses, and tips, which amounted to more than 60,000 taels of silver.
Therefore, after deducting all expenses, there was a net profit of 390,000 taels of silver for the year, which Yan Qingqing was quite satisfied with.
If this were 390,000 taels of silver, it would take up so much space.
Yan Qingqing became happier and happier as she thought about it. This amount of silver would make her one of the wealthiest families in the prefectural city.
Even among the prominent families in the capital, it's not certain that they could come up with so much silver all at once.
However, Yan Qingqing never imagined that the money she had worked so hard to earn would disappear before she could even warm it up.
Of course, compared to those aristocratic families, their family's foundation is still far inferior.
However, such a foundation likely requires the accumulation of several generations.
Overall, the Li family reaped considerable rewards this year.
Yan Qingqing and Li Xiangping were promoted, and Li Xiangan's business grew bigger and bigger.
Li Yueniang also managed the embroidery workshop very well, and Yuan Huiniang's position as the young mistress of the house was as secure as Mount Tai.
Li Xiangkang also passed the imperial examination and became a scholar.
The only downside is that Li Xiangjian has been out of the public eye for quite some time.
Since sending a letter home through someone in June, Li Xiangjian has never written back.
His family was quite worried about him, after all, it was a battlefield, and swords have no eyes.
However, Xiao Mochen said that Li Xiangjian was doing well at the border, which reassured Yan Qingqing and the others that their families didn't need to worry.
Yan Qingqing sealed the account books on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Yan Qingqing felt unusually cold this year for some reason.
She had a heated kang bed and a stove burning in her room, but she still felt a little overwhelmed.
Yuan Huiniang and the others seemed to have noticed it too, so there were always people trying to get some warmth in Yan Qingqing's room every day.
Especially since Li Xiangyang and Li Jinqian were too young, Yan Qingqing arranged for their respective wet nurses to take them to live in their own rooms.
That day, Yuan Huiniang was making knots in Yan Qingqing's room, while Li Xiangyang and Li Jinxiu were teasing Li Jinqian.
Ruyi hurried in and said, "Madam, Magistrate Ling has arrived and says he has urgent business to discuss with you. He is waiting in the flower hall now."
Yan Qingqing's heart skipped a beat when she heard this.
Although Magistrate Ling was sometimes unreliable, he was never careless when it came to important matters.
The fact that she's still coming to see him so close to the end of the year means something serious must have happened.
Thinking of this, Yan Qingqing didn't care how cold it was outside. She put on a cloak and hurriedly went to the flower hall.
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