It turns out that the story of his childhood sweetheart that Magistrate Ling told in front of Lord Mei's mansion somehow reached the ears of Madam Mei.
Madam Mei got angry and vented her anger on Old Master Mei.
No matter how Lord Mei explained, Madam Mei wouldn't listen. In the end, Lord Mei had no choice but to grab Magistrate Ling and make him explain to Madam Mei.
No one knows how he explained it to Madam Mei, but in the end Madam Mei got even angrier and insisted on divorcing Master Mei.
Knowing he was probably going to get a beating this time, Magistrate Ling took Yan Qingqing and fled overnight.
Once outside the territory of Xuancheng Prefecture, Magistrate Ling was no longer in such a hurry and traveled at a leisurely pace.
Yan Qingqing also remembered the pain she had suffered in her inner thighs when she rushed here, so she slowed down as well.
The group still had the leisure to appreciate the scenery along the way.
Magistrate Ling also talked to Yan Qingqing about the immoral things he did when he was young.
He thought Yan Qingqing would laugh at him for being ignorant and incompetent, but to his surprise, Yan Qingqing exclaimed that a young man who doesn't go crazy is not a true young man, and this is what a young man should be like.
Because they left the prefectural city too late that day, Yan Qingqing and her group did not return to Chengyang County until the next day.
With this round trip, plus the two days spent in the prefectural city, Yan Qingqing was away for a total of five days.
Looking at the familiar scenery before her, Yan Qingqing immediately felt a sense of warmth and comfort.
She missed Li Xiangyang, Yuan Huiniang, and Li Xiangping and the others.
With that thought in mind, Yan Qingqing bid farewell to Magistrate Ling and headed straight for Canghe Village.
The gatekeeper saw Yan Qingqing and Mu Xi riding back on horseback from afar and quickly sent someone inside to announce their arrival.
Soon everyone in the family knew that Yan Qingqing had returned. Yuan Huiniang was even more excited and quickly instructed the kitchen to prepare several dishes that Yan Qingqing liked to eat.
Then he personally went to the door to greet them.
As soon as Yan Qingqing dismounted, she saw Yuan Huiniang running out of the courtyard with a joyful expression, and she was also moved.
Whenever Yan Qingqing went on a long trip, Yuan Huiniang would be waiting for her at the door when she returned.
Yuan Huiniang ran up to Yan Qingqing with a smile and said, "Mother, you're finally back. How was your journey?"
Yan Qingqing nodded and said, "Okay, don't worry."
But you, you just gave birth less than a hundred days ago, be careful not to catch a cold. If that causes lasting health problems, it could be a lifelong issue.”
There's often some truth to what our ancestors left us. Especially regarding postpartum care, which is based on thousands of years of experience and is often something we have to follow.
Seeing that Yan Qingqing cared about her, Yuan Huiniang was even happier and repeatedly assured her, "Mother, don't worry, I always take care of myself."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked into the house while talking.
Yan Qingqing was relieved to learn that everything was alright at home.
Actually, she should trust Yuan Huiniang and Li Xiangping. They have grown up quickly in the past two years, and they can take good care of the family even when she is not at home.
When Li Xiangping and Li Xiangan heard that Yan Qingqing had returned, they all put aside their work and came back to have dinner with her.
Old Mrs. Yan and Li Yueniang also returned from the embroidery workshop.
After Li Yueniang hugged Yan Qingqing and acted coquettishly for a while, Old Madam Yan also pulled Yan Qingqing close and said with heartache, "Why do you look so thin after walking for so many days?"
Yan Qingqing laughed and said, "Mother, it's not that exaggerated. I've only been away from home for five or six days at most. How can you tell whether I've gained or lost weight?"
Grandma Yan disagreed, saying, "It's so obvious, how can you not see it? She's clearly lost weight."
Yan Qingqing knew that Grandma Yan was worried about her, so she didn't argue with her and changed the subject.
Li Yueniang was curious about Han Xiucai's affairs, so she started asking questions incessantly.
The others also looked at Yan Qingqing with curiosity, and Yan Qingqing explained the situation to them.
Everyone was furious upon hearing this, especially Li Yueniang, whose face turned red with anger. She said, "How could the Shen family be so wicked? And that Zhao Luming, he's supposed to be a scholar, but he has no scholarly demeanor at all. If someone like that were to become an official, he would be a parasite on the court!"
Yan Qingqing looked at Li Yueniang with surprise. This child is quite something. Not only does she know how to do business, but she also has some insights into politics.
However, for Yan Qingqing, this matter has come to an end.
In the following days, she resumed her business dealings.
The products delivered by the cleaning and cosmetics store a while ago have shown excellent results after testing. They are now fully ready for formal production.
Yan Qingqing then had A-Wu send a message to the cleaning and chemical workshop, instructing them to begin large-scale production.
Upon receiving the order, Yang Wensheng naturally dared not delay and quickly summoned several temporary supervisors from different workshops to discuss the matter.
Actually, they were all waiting, because the current situation was that they were doing far too little work. Although it was a good thing that there was little work but a lot of money, they were not at ease just taking the money without doing any work. They were only making a few hundred coins a month.
After formal production begins, the next issue is sales channels.
Yan Qingqing wasn't worried about that.
Because their workshop has stable customers, and these customers do a wide range of businesses.
However, many of the customers travel all over the country, and it may be difficult to get them to stay in one place. Therefore, it will be somewhat difficult for Yan Qingqing to do business according to the provincial agent model.
The best solution is to find another group of customers, the kind who specialize in the business of rouge and face powder.
However, this takes time; you can't get fat overnight.
If all else fails, she can start a pilot program in Chengyang County.
Thinking of this, Yan Qingqing had a flash of inspiration and remembered someone.
Lin Ning'er is quite suitable for this job, but it's unclear whether she's willing to do it.
Yan Qingqing still couldn't understand Lin Ning'er's situation. She should have been wealthy and her former status should have been quite high, but now she could only work in a brothel. Her situation was probably worse than Yan Qingqing imagined.
Lin Ning'er never mentioned her background to her, probably because her enemies were so powerful that they could hardly match them.
Yan Qingqing had always suspected that her enemy might be someone from the royal family.
If it were the emperor, this would be a real problem. Unless they rebelled and succeeded, Lin Ning'er would have no chance at all.
Thinking of this, Yan Qingqing sighed again. Xiao Mochen's matter hadn't been resolved yet, and now Lin Ning'er had come along. It was truly one problem after another.
However, after thinking about it carefully, Yan Qingqing realized that she was worrying unnecessarily. The situation was still uncertain, so she decided to just do it first.
So he asked A-Wu to send a message to Lin Ning'er, asking her to come to Canghe Village when she had time.
Lin Ning'er still came at night.
She considered Yan Qingqing a close friend, so she didn't want others to know about their relationship, fearing it would damage Yan Qingqing's reputation.
When Lin Ning'er, dressed in all black, stood in front of Yan Qing, Yan Qing teased, "Sister, you don't look like you're up to anything good in this black outfit."
Lin Ning'er pouted and replied, "You heartless bastard, who am I doing this for?"
"If you say one thing, I'll give up all my business and run around all night until my legs are about to give out."
Thinking of how good Lin Ning'er had been to her, Yan Qingqing quickly put on a smiling face and said nice things to Lin Ning'er.
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