At the dinner table.

Gazing at the table full of sweet potato porridge, sweet potato cakes, golden corn cakes, stir-fried green peppers with pork tripe, spicy and sour shredded potatoes, vinegar-dressed cucumbers, and other dishes they had never seen before, the Yang family listened intently as Yang Mengchen introduced each dish and explained their health benefits.

They were all so excited they could hardly contain themselves, but they all sensibly kept the knowledge to themselves.

With the Ceramic Glaze Factory completed, Yang Mengchen arranged for Engineer Luo and other craftsmen to go to Wu Family Village to build a meat processing plant. She also purchased the piece of land to set up a breeding farm and, after signing the contract with the villagers of Wu Family Village, quickly sent over lots of piglets, lambs, chicks, and ducklings.

For the villagers who had been working as laborers alongside the craftsmen, Yang Mengchen didn't let them rest; she selected a group who were diligent, honest, and skilled to form a construction team called the 'Hope Project Team,' and signed contracts with them, appointing Chen Mu and Yang Zhengquan as the chief and deputy stewards.

As for the rest, they went to help Feng Gong build the academy.

Considering that the village houses were all thatched cottages, which provided no warmth in the winter, Yang Mengchen asked the construction team to start by building houses for the factory workers' families. She would pay half the cost, and the workers' families would pay the other half. It was both a benefit for the workers and a way to train the construction team's skills.

Yang Mengchen also asked the village head and Lizheng to let the villagers know that anyone who wanted to build a house should find Chen Mu and Yang Zhengquan. They could buy cement and bricks on credit and pay back when they had the money.

The villagers were grateful to the point of tears when they learned the news, and the workers were wholeheartedly devoted to their work.

Seeing the households in Yangliu Village not only gradually improving but now also starting to build new homes, people from other villages were both envious and covetous.

This was especially true for the Huangsha Village folk. Seeing the quick improvement in the lives of the people in Stone Village and Wu Family Village with the support of Yang Mengchen, many became restless and approached their seventh great-uncle, clan leader, elders, village head, and the newly appointed Lizheng, unanimously requesting to go to the Yang family to apologize to Ninth Sister Yang.

They dared not approach the Shen family, firstly because they were ashamed and secondly because they knew Ninth Sister Yang cared a lot about the Shen family; if they heard that they had gone to ask the Shen family for mediation, she would certainly be unhappy.

Unfortunately, the seventh great-uncle was determined to teach the village children, and he firmly refused to meddle in the affairs of the village any longer.

Although the clan leader and the others were inclined to act, they dared not rush into anything. After all, they were indeed in the wrong last time, and they didn't have the face to meet Ninth Sister Yang.

Yang Mengchen was unaware of the thoughts of Huangsha Village's people and, even if she knew, she wouldn't care.

She was busy directing the pharmaceutical factory workers to make granules and liquids, guiding Yang Chaoyi and the workers to make ceramic glaze, overseeing oil factory workers in refining various oil products, and occasionally checking on the progress of the commercial street in town, so busy she hardly had time to set foot on the ground.

As soon as the ceramic glaze was ready, Yang Mengchen had the windows of the house and factory all fitted with glaze, and then also installed it for the Xiao and Luo families.

Xiao Hongtao and Doctor Luo, husband and wife, couldn't stop smiling, exclaiming that they were truly blessed by the heavens to have Yang Mengchen, the thoughtful little cotton-padded jacket in their lives.

In seven days, the imperial examinations for young students will take place, with Yang Chengyou, Liu Zijun, Shen Yuzhe, and Wu Licheng all set to participate. Yang Chengbin and Wu Lishan were still young, so Old Hai and others decided to let the two participate the year after next.

Watching Fourth Brother and the three cousins study day and night, Yang Mengchen instructed Qiao Niangzi to prepare medicinal meals every day to supplement their nutrition and strictly required the four to maintain physical exercise, asking Xiao Hongtao for help in retrieving past examination materials for their studies.

Mengchen also shared some techniques based on her past life's examination experience, which greatly benefited them. Even Old Hai and others praised Yang Mengchen's methods as clever.

When the Yang family and the servants passed through the courtyard, especially Zhaoyou Garden, they nearly held their breath, not daring to make the slightest noise, for fear of disturbing Yang Chengyou and the other three as they focused on their studies.

The day before the examination, Yang Mengchen and others arrived at the Luo family's sideyard, where Lady Luo had already had the rooms cleaned.

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