The Little Lucky Girl.

In more than two hours, more than a dozen tables of food were ready and placed on the table!

"Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long!" Su Qing said.

"It's okay, Princess! It's because there are too many of us that we are disturbing you!"

"Everyone, sit down and eat quickly! Don't let anyone go hungry!"

Everyone was already starving, so they started eating with relish!

Su Qing then arranged for the housekeeper to bring some people to pick some watermelons and apples...

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they prepared to say goodbye and leave!

Su Qing gave each village chief and elder a bottle of sorghum wine and a box of cakes! He also gave them some watermelons and apples! He told them to take them back and share them with the villagers!

Before leaving, Su Qing said, "You can sell your paddy ducks and duck eggs to me! Ducks are ten cents a pound, and duck eggs are three cents each. You can arrange to have them delivered to me when you return."

"Okay, thank you, Princess! We were just about to ask you that!"

"Okay, let's go back! Be careful on the road!!"

The village chiefs and elders of each village said goodbye to the princess and drove back in their full ox carts!

Su Qing returned to the yard and quickly asked the housekeeper to arrange for someone to clean out a room in the workshop, ready to make salted duck to sell!

Su Qing went to the village chief again and said, "Grandpa Village Chief, please recruit some more villagers for me. Ten men and ten women! Honest and hardworking people! The probation period is one month and twenty cents a day. After the probation period, if you become a regular employee, the monthly salary will be one ounce of silver!"

"So many! Leave it to me. I promise to find you someone who's honest and hardworking, not one who's cunning or treacherous!"

"Okay, thank you, Grandpa Village Chief!"

"Qingbao, do you think I can do it?"

"Grandpa Village Chief, if you're busy enough, you can be the manager of this salted duck workshop! You'll need to keep accounts and oversee the workshop's sanitation, because the food must be clean! And some other miscellaneous tasks..."

"Okay, I'll do it!"

"Grandpa Village Chief, I'll give you three taels of silver a month!"

"That's too much! Qingbao!"

"Not much, there are a lot of things to do!"

"Then I will do it for you! I won't embarrass you!"

"Grandpa Village Chief, I'm going back now! Everyone needs to be in place tomorrow!"

"Okay, Grandpa will arrange the personnel in place in a moment!"

When Su Qing returned home, the housekeeper had already had the workshop cleaned up! Su Qing then asked the veterans to build a few large pots in the workshop! In half a day, the pots were ready!

Su Qing prepared all the utensils needed to make salted duck! She was just waiting for everyone to arrive tomorrow to start training!

Su Qing then instructed the housekeeper about collecting ducks from each village! "Uncle Li, the ducks from each village are ten cents per pound, and duck eggs are three cents each! You must keep a separate account. Show it to me once a month! Here are two thousand taels of silver notes for working capital! If it's not enough, come back for more! You must also keep a good account of the salted ducks sold!"

"It's a girl!"

"Okay, Uncle Li, go get busy!"

"Yes, young lady, I'll take my leave!"

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The next day, all the salted duck workshop staff arrived. Su Qing first had everyone sign a confidentiality agreement! Then, everyone put on their work clothes, gloves, and disinfected thoroughly. Training began on the entire salted duck production process! The male workers were responsible for killing the ducks and plucking their feathers!

The first step is to have male workers kill a few ducks and pluck their feathers! Then they collect the feathers, wash them, dry them, and sterilize them!

The second step is to clean the duck and hang it up to dry!

The third step is to fry the salt (the women do this now). Add star anise, ginger, bay leaves, and Sichuan peppercorns to the salt. Once the salt is done, let it cool. Evenly spread the salt all over the duck, rubbing it into every part until it bead. Similarly, rub the salt evenly into the duck's abdominal cavity, working from the outside in.

Apply evenly and marinate for an hour and a half. Boil water in a pot and add ginger slices, scallions, white wine, bay leaves, cinnamon, tsaoko, nutmeg, star anise, cloves, and cumin. Add some salt. Once the water is boiling, blanch the duck to allow the skin to shrink. This way, the duck won't break when cooked.

Cooking duck at the right temperature is crucial!

After the duck is blanched, put it in the pot, bring the water to a boil again, turn to low heat and cook for 15 minutes! The brine should not be boiled. Take the duck out every 15 minutes so that the water in the duck's belly is at the same temperature as the water outside, and the heat is even!

After 25 minutes, turn off the heat and soak the duck for another 15 minutes. This will make the duck more flavorful. After soaking for 15 minutes, let the duck cool down!

Finally, vacuum pack it and label it with today’s production date!

We won’t package the duck today. We’ll cut it into pieces later for everyone to taste!

After the duck cooled down, Su Qing cut it into pieces and asked everyone to take a piece to taste!

After everyone tasted it, they all said it was delicious! It must be a big seller! After Su Qing tasted it, it tasted just like the salted duck from a certain Beijing brand in her previous life! "Yeah, it was a great success!"

Now it was up to everyone to make it! After several rounds of experimentation, everyone finally mastered the technique and made salted duck that was almost as good as Su Qing's!

In this way, the salted duck workshop officially started operations!

Su Qing then arranged for the housekeeper to go to the county town and buy another shop! He also hired someone to speed up the renovations! He gave the housekeeper two thousand taels of silver! The housekeeper took the order and got to work!

Another seven or eight days passed, and Su Qing's Princess Mansion was finally completed! It had taken over six months! Today, Su Qing invited the Ministry of Works and the workers involved in the construction to Yunkelai for a feast! He gave everyone big red envelopes! The Ministry of Works also returned to Beijing to report! Su Qing gave everyone some Maotai liquor, watermelon, and other things to thank them!

Su Qing quickly found someone to make furniture!

The busy schedule lasted until the eighth month of the lunar calendar. The three-yearly Autumn Examination, also known as the Autumn Examination or the Autumn Joint Examination, began again. The Joint Examination was held on the ninth, twelfth, and fifteenth days of the eighth lunar month, also lasting nine days, divided into three sessions, each lasting three days.

Fortunately, Yun'an County was not far from the city, only a two-day journey. Su Zhiyuan and several of his classmates who were taking the imperial examination together, led by the dean and the teacher, were scheduled to leave for the city on the fourth day of August!

The autumn harvest season is coming up soon! So Su Qing is very busy! Daddy is going to the capital to take the imperial examination, so he quickly prepared food and supplies for Su Zhiyuan to take the exam!

Because the exam was held in a small space and they had to eat and sleep there, and it was autumn and there were still a lot of mosquitoes at night, Su Qing prepared mosquito repellent cologne and mosquito repellent sachets for Su Zhiyuan.

I also prepared instant noodles and ham sausage, so I could soak them in hot water and eat them warm! Su Qing filled the water bag with spiritual spring water and added some brain-stimulating pills. I rubbed them on my temples and forehead, and my mind instantly became clear...

Su Qing took out a small quilt from the space again! At night, unzip it and it becomes a quilt to cover yourself! During the day, fold it up and zip it up to become a pillow!

Su Qing gave all the prepared items to Su Zhiyuan and taught him how to use them!

Su Zhiyuan was very touched! He hugged his daughter and kissed her for a long time!