Half an hour passed quickly, and most people had finished their embroidery, with only a very few not yet completed.
After a quick glance, Old Madam Yan already had a good idea of what was going on. After discussing it with Yuan Huiniang and the others, they finalized the list of selected candidates.
In the end, forty-seven people were selected.
Since Yan Qingqing has already handed this matter over to Old Madam Yan and the others, she won't ask any more questions.
However, the system and planning of the embroidery workshop still need to be formulated by Yan Qingqing.
The system mainly refers to the rules and regulations for employee management, including working hours, rest time, holiday benefits, salary and other benefits.
Regarding planning, Yan Qingqing made a long-term plan for the embroidery workshop.
At this stage, the main collaboration is with Jinshengge, and Yan Qingqing will provide the design drafts, which will then be done by the people in the embroidery workshop.
The next stage involves them providing the labor and materials themselves, and then turning it into a factory. Of course, Jinshengge won't be their only partner anymore, but that's a matter for the future.
Yan Qingqing had a signboard specially made for the embroidery workshop, with several impressive characters written on it: "Canghe Liji Embroidery Workshop".
Yan Qingqing decided that no matter what industry she started in the future, she would name it Canghe Li Ji. As long as the brand became well-known, people would accept any new products she launched much faster.
Starting today, Yan Qingqing's embroidery workshop has officially begun operations.
Before we knew it, winter had arrived. Xuancheng Prefecture is a place with four distinct seasons, and winter is especially cold.
Fortunately, when Yan Qingqing built her new house, there was a room with a heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) in each courtyard. Since her body was somewhat sensitive to the cold, she lit the kang early on. This made it easier to take care of Li Xiangyang.
Li Xiangping and his brothers probably took advantage of their youth; the heated brick bed in the house wasn't even lit.
During the day, Yuan Huiniang learned embroidery from Old Madam Yan at the embroidery workshop, while Jinxiu stayed by Yan Qingqing's side.
Yan Qingqing kept an eye on Li Xiangyang while taking care of Xiao Jinxiu. Fortunately, both children were very well-behaved.
After Li Xiangyang falls asleep, Yan Qingqing will also give Xiao Jinxiu some early education, teaching her some things that kindergarten children learn.
The little guy is quick to learn and has a high level of comprehension, so much so that Yan Qingqing sighed that it was fortunate that the child was not like her father, otherwise she really wouldn't have the patience to teach him.
Of course, in her spare time, Yan Qingqing would also research some random things, things she planned to do in the future but didn't yet have the ability to do.
Yan Qingqing enjoyed a relatively leisurely period, but the weather was getting colder and colder, and Chengyang County also welcomed its first snowfall of the winter.
Yan Qingqing was from the South in her previous life and rarely saw such heavy snow, so she was very excited.
So she forgot all about being a grandmother and started a snowball fight with Jinxiu and Yueniang in the yard.
Grandma Yan stood under the eaves, looking around with trepidation, and said, "You have to be careful. You're a grandmother now. What if you bump into something?"
Yan Qingqing, in a burst of childlike enthusiasm, ignored what Old Madam Yan was saying and replied with a smile, "Mother, don't worry, I'm still young."
After saying that, she threw another snowball at Li Yueniang, which hit her so hard that she cried out. Little Jinxiu clapped her hands and shouted, "Go, Grandma! Go, Grandma!"
Knowing she couldn't beat Yan Qingqing, Li Yueniang rolled her eyes and took a snowball, walking towards Jinxiu. The little girl was very clever; seeing this, she ran towards Yan Qingqing, but slipped and fell because the road was slippery.
The three of them were playing around in the snow, and this was the scene Li Xiang'an saw when he returned from delivering goods in the city.
When Yan Qingqing saw Li Xiang'an return, she smiled and said to him, "Erlang, would you like to come and play together?"
Li Xiang'an shook his head helplessly and replied, "Mother, your son is already several years old, and he's still playing such childish games."
Yan Qingqing: ……
This is a subtle dig at her, isn't it?
Li Xiang'an realized he had misspoke and quickly smiled apologetically, saying, "Mother, that's not what I meant."
Yan Qingqing waved her hand and said, "Alright, no need to explain. Mother isn't the kind of person who's petty."
"You must be freezing after coming back from the city. It's snowing now, so the roads must be hard to walk on. Hurry up and come inside to warm up." After saying that, he pulled Li Xiang'an into the house.
Finally, he turned back to Li Yueniang and said, "You two play by yourselves for a while. I'll come out and play with you later."
Yan Qingqing could switch between childlike innocence and maternal love with ease. Li Yueniang looked at Yan Qingqing, who had left them and gone into the house, and pouted. She had just been playing with her mother. She really didn't care about having a snowball fight in the snow, but her mother acted as if she had never seen snow before.
After Li Xiang'an entered the house, he handed over the seven taels of silver he had earned from selling braised offal that day to Yan Qingqing, who accepted it with a smile.
Since they increased their supply to Yuelai Home Furnishings, they've been earning at least seven taels of silver every day. That's over two hundred taels a month.
Although it's enough to cover household expenses and social obligations, who wouldn't want to earn more money?
After a long period of silence following the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yan Qingqing began to have ideas again.
So he asked with a smile, "You've been making this braised offal for so long, Erlang, do you have any new ideas?"
Li Xiang'an glanced at Yan Qingqing and felt that his mother was acting a little strange today, so he asked, "Mother, is there something on your mind?"
Yan Qingqing nodded and replied, "Yes, there are some, but Mother would like to hear your opinion first."
Seeing that Yan Qingqing insisted on asking, Li Xiang'an didn't hide anything and said, "Of course I want to earn more money. Although our family now lives in a big house, runs a braised offal business, has cattle and horses, as well as an embroidery workshop and an organic orchard."
However, the embroidery workshop belongs to the eldest sister-in-law and her family, and they also support dozens of embroiderers. It is just starting out and they can't earn much money.
Not to mention organic orchards, which even require additional investment.
The real source of income is still this braised offal business.
However, our family has many expenses, especially my fourth brother's schooling, which is a considerable expense.
Yan Qingqing listened to Li Xiang'an's analysis of the family situation and nodded repeatedly, because what he said was all true.
Yan Qingqing asked, "So Mother wants to hear what Erlang's plans are?"
Li Xiang'an scratched his head and replied, "Mom, I want to open a shop. I've already done some research. Our braised offal is very popular. Many people want to eat our 'Flipped Red' (a type of braised offal), but they can't afford to go to a restaurant. We can make a lot of money by targeting this group of people."
In fact, Li Xiang'an's idea coincided with Yan Qingqing's, but Yan Qingqing's idea of opening a shop was definitely not just about selling braised offal.
Yan Qingqing thought for a moment and said, "I currently have more than eight hundred taels of silver. I definitely can't buy a shop that's too big. When the weather gets better, I'll go to the county town with you to see if there's a suitable shop."
Li Xiang'an secretly admired his mother; look at her boldness! Eight hundred taels of silver must be all the silver she had.
However, Li Xiang'an really wanted to open a shop so he could earn more money, so he nodded in agreement.
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