The children needed blankets to sleep in at night, so the teachers took out their old blankets for the children to use. At that time, even old blankets were a rare and valuable item for keeping warm.
With so many more people joining at once, we need to prepare more food. During the Lunar New Year period, the academy purchased a lot of ingredients, so there is no shortage of food.
Seeing that all the children were settled, the village headman finally felt relieved and returned home.
At this time, Zhao Xian's old house was bustling with activity as Zhao Xiaoshan and Liu Xuan returned home from Qing'an Prefecture to celebrate the New Year.
This year, the restaurant and its franchise stores have generated very good profits, bringing Zhao Xian an income of several hundred thousand taels of silver.
Including sales during the past few months and the Lunar New Year period, Zhao Xian's net income reached more than two million taels of silver.
Zhao Xian calculated that he currently had a surplus of over four million taels of silver, and was only a few hundred thousand taels short of the five million taels needed for the system upgrade.
At this rate of earning money, I only need one or two months to accumulate enough silver for the system upgrade.
I'm not in a hurry to upgrade the system right now. I'll need to spend a lot of money after the new year. Just the final payment for the two projects alone will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
However, these are all small sums of money now. Once all his workshops are in operation, earning tens of millions of taels of silver a year will not be difficult.
At this time, Zhao Yue and Li Nan were already able to walk. Although they couldn't speak yet, they liked to follow Ouyang Nan and Ouyang Xiaoyu around and play.
Gradually, the sound of firecrackers in the village began to increase, and every household began to eat their New Year's Eve dinner.
For Zhao Xian, this year's New Year's Eve dinner was very special. The birth of his son meant that he had traveled to this dynasty, established himself, and had a successor.
The New Year's Eve dinner was held in the workshop's restaurant, with three large tables set up.
This year, Li Chun'e became a grandmother. According to past practice, she has to give everyone lucky money, and this year's red envelopes are bigger than in previous years.
After the Lunar New Year, the weather remained fine and seemed less cold than during the twelfth lunar month.
For several years, people from the surrounding villages and towns have come to Shuixian Village to play during holidays, especially during the first month of the lunar calendar.
There is an ancient temple on the east side of Shuixian Village. Two years ago, the village head renovated the temple. Due to its open terrain, it has undoubtedly become the best place to hold temple fairs.
As a result, the village's market and the temple fair at the east end of the village became the most attractive places, where there was plenty of food, drink, and entertainment, and the area was brightly lit even at night.
The villagers, who have been busy all year, rarely have such a leisurely time, so they all go outdoors to enjoy the fun that the Spring Festival brings them.
At Wufang Academy, Yu Jie was not idle. He was framing his old paintings in preparation for an exhibition in two weeks.
Several elderly gentlemen did not go out to play; instead, they came to help Yu Jie. In particular, Mr. Fang and Mr. Fang were skilled in mounting calligraphy and paintings, and with their help, the mounting speed was greatly improved.
Yu Jie's high-level calligraphy and paintings amazed the elderly gentlemen. They had never imagined that Yu Jie could create so many works, each one a masterpiece.
They were very careful when mounting the calligraphy and paintings, afraid of damaging them.
The children taken in by the academy were very sensible. Although it was very fun outside, they didn't go out but stayed at the academy, finding things to do.
During this time, Nguyen Phuong and her husbands took great care of them, and the children were very touched.
At the academy, they were no longer cold and hungry, but they worried that they would be sent away after the New Year.
All they have to do now is work quietly and do more. If the academy can keep them here, they are willing to do any kind of hard or tiring work.
Ruan Fang saw all of this; these children were all homeless orphans.
If they were to leave the academy and continue wandering, their very survival would be in danger. I must help them.
From now on, the academy will begin preparing for the art exhibition. Ruan Fang has selected several adjacent empty rooms to serve as exhibition halls.
Ruan Fang gathered the children together and assigned them tasks.
The children were overjoyed; they were more than happy to have Chief Ruan give them work to do.
First, the exhibition hall is cleaned and the furnishings are arranged. Then, the framed calligraphy and paintings are displayed.
The design of the calligraphy and painting exhibition hall is also particular, as most of the calligraphy and paintings are hung on the wall.
Several elderly gentlemen were very experienced in this area. In order to showcase Yu Jie's exquisite paintings, they arranged the paintings from various angles, even taking into account the effects of light and shadow.
In Ruan Fang's view, preparing two exhibition halls would be enough, but Yu Jie has a lot of exquisite paintings, and Ruan Fang wants to display as many of these works as possible and hold a high-level art exhibition.
Since there were many empty rooms in the academy that could be used as exhibition halls, Ruan Fang prepared a total of five exhibition halls.
Now the children have something to do: in addition to cleaning and arranging the exhibition hall, they also have to move the paintings and calligraphy.
With the sudden influx of people into the academy, the kitchen became bustling with activity, and Du Yi's wife and mother went to help out.
Since coming to the academy, the old lady's chronic leg pain has greatly improved, thanks to the special medicine that Zhao Xian provided for her.
To help with the treatment, Zhao Xian also brought the old lady a set of cotton-padded clothes. With these thick clothes, the old lady was no longer cold, and her chronic leg pain improved a lot.
After the first day of the Lunar New Year, people can go out to visit relatives. Li Guang had already made preparations and planned to return to the capital to visit relatives on the third day of the Lunar New Year.
Li Guang's return to the capital this time was of extraordinary significance. In the past, he would only pass through the capital on business, but this time it was different. He made a special trip back to the capital to visit his family during the Spring Festival, and he was with his family of three.
Li Guang had always kept a low profile, but this time was different; he was going to make a high-profile return to the capital.
Meng Yaoyao is the young master of the Nanyi tribe in the ancient castle, and she needs to have a respectable life in the Central Plains.
There was another purpose to this: to show that the royal family of the Northern Dynasty was friendly to the Southern Yi people and respected Meng Liang.
The entourage that escorted Li Guang back to the capital consisted of a hundred people, and Zhao Xian also prepared a large number of gifts, enough to fill several trucks.
These items were extremely valuable at the time, and even those with money could hardly buy them.
After Li Guang left, Zhao Xian devoted himself to his own work, preparing to complete all the finishing touches on the workshop and dock during the first month of the lunar calendar.
More than ten days later, Li Guang's family visit team finally returned to the capital, where Li Xue and Li Ru, along with many members of the royal family, greeted them at the city gate.
Upon meeting, Li Xue immediately embraced Li Nan. Having not seen him for over a month, Li Xue missed her nephew dearly.
After entering the city, Li Guang did not go directly to the palace, but went to Zhao Xian's Marquis's mansion. Li Xue had already arranged Li Guang's accommodations beforehand.
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