After discussing their business, the mother and her two children went about their own business.
Three days later, Yan Qingqing came up with a renovation plan and then called A Da to deliver it to Village Chief Yang.
Ah Da asked with some curiosity, "Madam, are you planning to have Village Chief Yang help with the renovation? But Village Chief Yang doesn't have any experience in this area. It would be more suitable to let Third Master do it."
Although Ah Da was a servant, he was now the head steward of the household. Yan Qingqing also encouraged him to dare to express his own ideas.
Yan Qingqing nodded and said, "The decoration of the cleaning shop is very simple. It's just that the floor is made smoother and the doors and windows are made bigger so that it can be brighter."
Furthermore, we're used to whitewashing our walls when we renovate, and there's still plenty of natural plaster on the back hill. We can just have Village Chief Yang arrange for people to use the materials available locally.
Your Third Master is used to doing this kind of thing, so it's most appropriate for him to step in. How could I not understand that?
However, I plan to let him take over the food processing plant later, so I can't assign him any more of these miscellaneous tasks.
Otherwise, he would never be able to stand on his own.
Besides, I've given this matter a lot of thought before handing it over to Village Chief Yang.
This is also a good opportunity to win people's hearts and minds.
I have promised Village Chief Yang and others that they will have a managerial position once the chemical processing plant is completed.
Now, if I entrust the renovation of the chemical processing plant to him, do you think Village Chief Yang will be extremely grateful to me?
"If something happens in the future, will his heart be on our side?"
Yan Qingqing had made her point very clearly. Although she had discussed the merger with the village chiefs of several villages, it still required the approval of Magistrate Ling.
Furthermore, the territory of Dayang Village is different from that of Canghe Village.
A village chief can accomplish many things, but he can also ruin many things.
It all depends on how this person is used.
Ah Da felt he had learned something new after listening to Yan Qingqing's words.
So he quickly accepted the renovation plan given by Yan Qingqing and then went to Dayang Village in person.
When Village Chief Yang met A-Da and learned of his purpose, he was deeply moved.
Holding Ah Da's hand, he said emotionally, "Go back and tell Ming Zhaoshuo that I, Yang Tiezhi, will definitely handle this matter perfectly and will never let her down."
Having received Yan Qingqing's instructions, A-Da naturally chose to say the most flattering things, replying with a smile: "We, the people of Mingzhaoshuo, built the washing and chemical workshop in Dayang Village precisely because we trust Village Chief Yang's character and ability to get things done."
To be honest, Wangjia Village was the most suitable place, but Ming Zhaoshuo valued Village Chief Yang and insisted on building the workshop there.
This is something you should keep to yourself; please don't tell anyone else.
Ah Da's few words almost brought tears to Village Chief Yang's eyes, evoking a sense of loyalty and righteous indignation.
Seeing that the time was right, Ah Da happily drove the carriage home.
Yan Qingqing trusted the people she used, and since she had entrusted this matter to Village Chief Yang, she was naturally at ease.
But she wanted to handle the recruitment herself.
Given the current scale of the detergent shop, she plans to hire 200 people, half male and half female. She will give priority to villagers from Dayang Village, but she only plans to hire one worker from each family at the moment.
Moreover, there are age restrictions. A cleaning and chemical workshop is different from a food processing workshop. Food processing workshops have many positions that require strong people.
The cleaning and cosmetics shop requires more meticulous work, and Yan Qingqing plans to keep the age between sixteen and thirty-five.
This will eliminate a large number of people.
At the same time, the villagers in other villages also need to be taken into consideration, otherwise it will cause dissatisfaction among the villagers in other villages.
Yan Qingqing picked up a pen and wrote several job postings. The requirements and benefits were clearly stated in them, and then she had people post them in several nearby villages.
In the following days, long queues formed in front of the Li family's house every day.
Despite the large number of applicants, the event was not chaotic at all.
The first round of interviews was conducted by A-Da, and after he made his selections, Yan Qingqing would conduct the second round of interviews.
After six or seven days of this process, 210 people were finally selected to work in the chemical cleaning workshop.
Those who were selected were naturally overjoyed, while those who were not selected were not discouraged, thinking that they would have another chance when the Li family recruited workers next time.
Following Yan Qingqing's instructions, Li Xiangping planted late wheat on all 3,000 mu of land and then set up a special site to study organic fertilizer.
He would occasionally come to ask Yan Qingqing for advice.
To be honest, Yan Qingqing only knew the general process, but she didn't really know the specifics. So, apart from giving Li Xiangping a prescription, she couldn't really help much.
Seeing that Yan Qingqing had become a hands-off manager, Li Xiangping could only work day and night on his research.
There was no other way; he had planted over 3,000 mu of wheat. If he couldn't apply fertilizer, not only would the yield of this batch of wheat be greatly reduced, but he might not even be able to break even.
Li Xiangping felt like his heart was bleeding whenever he thought about this possibility.
But he didn't dare blame Yan Qingqing, since she had only said she knew the recipe for organic fertilizer, not that she knew how to compost it.
Fortunately, more than a month later, Li Xiangping finally produced fertilizer, which made him extremely happy.
He immediately went home and wanted to ask Yan Qingqing to go to his composting plant to see if it met the standards.
Yan Qingqing was talking to Yuan Huiniang when she suddenly smelled a foul odor.
They both glanced at each other awkwardly, but the tension only grew stronger.
Yan Qingqing sensed something was amiss and frowned as she looked outside.
Just then, Li Xiangping rushed in excitedly from outside.
The closer Li Xiangping got, the stronger the smell became.
Yan Qingqing suddenly shouted, "Stop! Don't move!"
Li Xiangping was startled. Yan Qingqing had never spoken to him so sternly before, so Li Xiangping was momentarily stunned.
Upon seeing this, Yuan Huiniang quickly explained, "Husband, what's that smell on you? It's so stinky!"
Li Xiangping lowered his head and sniffed his clothes, and suddenly he couldn't stand it either.
He was so busy showing Yan Qingqing the results of his composting that he forgot he had just come back from the composting site and was covered in the smell.
So he quickly left Yan Qingqing's room, then stuck his head out and said, "Mother, I wanted to ask you to go to the composting plant to check if the organic fertilizer I'm composting is up to standard."
I didn't expect the smell to be so strong that it bothered my mother.
I'll go wash up now and come back later.
After saying that, Li Xiangping ran out.
Upon seeing this, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law exchanged a glance and burst into laughter.
Yan Qingqing sighed, "Our family's life is really good now. This organic fertilizer is just a bit too strong in smell, I can't even stand it."
Back in the day, my daughters and I did all sorts of dirty and tiring work.
Two years ago, we even cleaned the pig offal ourselves.
Hearing Yan Qingqing's words, Yuan Huiniang also fell into memories, especially those before they separated their families.
Although only a few years have passed since then, it feels like a past life to them now.
Yuan Huiniang never dared to imagine that she could live the life she has now.
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