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But this change is welcome. Dong Su does not have such a pampered view. In order to preserve her childhood memories, she uses her power to prevent any changes in her hometown.

Even if we want to preserve the 'Queen's Old Residence', it would be enough to keep these two cabins.

Well, the place where she fell into the water was also preserved, but a wooden pier was built to make it convenient for villagers to draw water and wash clothes.

When passing by there, she deliberately slowed down her pace, but she no longer felt the strange sensation at the palm print on her shoulder, nor did she feel any fear or sadness in the depths of her soul. It seemed that the original owner had truly rested in peace.

The only person in the world who knew her origins was Father Shen. She could feel that after returning to Shenjia Village, the way Father Shen looked at her was different from when they were in Youzhou.

No matter how celebratory the occasion was, no matter how cheerful others were, only Shen's father, when he occasionally made eye contact with Dong Su, revealed a hint of sadness that no one else could detect.

Dong Su sighed in her heart. No matter how well she did as a daughter, Father Shen would still miss the original owner.

She once heard Shen Linzhong say that during the Qingming Festival, his father offered a bowl of river water as a sacrifice for some reason. When everyone asked him what he was offering, he remained silent.

It’s better this way. There must be someone in this world who still cares about the original owner, otherwise the little girl who died in vain would be too pitiful.

Another interesting thing is that because Wanshu Pavilion promoted the "one-li children's education" policy, ten villages formed one li, and there must be an enlightenment school in each li.

As for the size of the school, it is determined by the town based on the population of the village.

When our new village head Shanshan discussed with the villagers the location for the children's school, all the villagers expressed their preference for Shenjia Village.

Because Shenjia Village has good feng shui, Grandpa Shen is naturally proud of it and will not refuse. In this way, the primary school was built in Shenjia Village, and the winter vacation has not yet begun.

The school was not suspended, and County Magistrate Lu Zisong accompanied Ling Moxiao to take a look, and Dabao and Xiaobao also went with them.

The two little guys left in high spirits, and when they came back they were no longer smiling, even though Shanshan repeatedly said that our primary school was the best in the county.

But in the eyes of Dabao and Xiaobao, the room was very cold, with no floor heating and no charcoal fire; the younger students used sand boards to practice calligraphy, while the older students used bamboo paper; they sat on cold benches, and there were dozens of students crammed into one class.

Even though they knew the Emperor and Empress would be coming today, the teachers reminded the children in advance to dress nicely, but there were still many children who wore ill-fitting clothes and shoes that exposed their toes.

Lu Zisong said without hiding anything that many people were willing to send their children to school, not expecting their children to be able to learn, but simply to save on lunch rations.

The school provides meals at noon. The money is not paid by the government, but is donated by Grandpa Shen specifically to the village school.

Dong Su was well aware that there was a long and arduous task to be done in grassroots education, and that many provincial capitals had not even completed the task of building primary schools in their towns.

The reason why Yizhou was completed so well is that it was the emperor's former fiefdom and the empress's hometown.

She originally wanted to take the children to stay at the Shen family for a few more days, but for some reason, after seeing the changes in Shenjia Village and the changes in the Shen family, she didn't want to stay any longer.

The enthusiasm and excitement of going home seemed to disappear as soon as I arrived home and set foot on the ground.

Moreover, they lived in the village, with nearly a thousand imperial guards and palace servants stationed there. Although everyone in the village felt proud of it, they had to be very careful for fear of colliding with the emperor's team.

Ling Moxiao also said that living in the Shen family had many inconveniences. After discussing, the couple decided to have dinner and return to the palace.

Anyway, it’s close and I can come back anytime.

The children took a nap in the cabin, which also fulfilled their wish to live in their mother's childhood house.

After a day of seeing and hearing in the village, the two little guys have realized that their mother’s childhood was much harder than they thought.

The news that the emperor and empress stayed in their fiefdom of Yizhou to celebrate the New Year soon spread throughout the world, and the couple was very busy in the days that followed.

Ling Moxiao had to review memorials submitted to the emperor. In addition, officials stationed in the Central Plains also took the opportunity to come and pay their respects and discuss local development matters with the emperor in person.

The same thing went for Dong Su. All the officials or managers of the female officials' agencies in the nearby prefectures of Yizhou came to ask for a meeting.

The first person to arrive was of course Chef Jia, who came with Ding Yun and his children. Dong Su treated them to a family dinner.

Chef Jia's belly has become even bigger. If he wears a fur-collared coat in winter, he looks like a big black bear from a distance.

Ding Yun has become much plumper, brighter and more beautiful. Raising a wife is like raising a flower. Chef Jia raises her like a blooming peony.

Dong Su talked to her about Ding Qi and Gou'er. Because of Feng Wensheng's matter, Ding Qi came home once and the siblings met, but Ding Yun had never seen his nephew.

Chef Jia focused on the hot pot restaurant. He said that he had tried to join a brand before, but found that other businessmen deceived customers in order to make money after joining.

He immediately took over the franchise rights. He would rather we train the chefs and store clerks and open branches slowly than let unscrupulous businessmen ruin our reputation.

This is the Queen’s hot pot restaurant!

Every time Chef Jia came, he either brought something or cooked hot pot for them. He even specially made the sweet and sour soup base for Dabao and Xiaobao, which the children liked.

The second most frequent visitors are the Jiang family. Not only Dong Su, but also the Shen family and the entire Guangzhou have many industries cooperating with the Jiang family.

Not to mention the old businesses such as perfume and craft wine, all the tea exported from Gwangju overseas is collected by the Jiang family.

The Jiang family came to ask for an audience with the Queen. In addition to giving gifts, they only asked for one thing, which was to hope that the Queen would relax her authority and open more banks in several states.

Due to the shortage of manpower, Dongsu first opened bank branches in large cities. Some small cities temporarily only had a transfer station, providing only two services: deposit and withdrawal.

Since the bank was opened, merchants have discovered how convenient "state-owned money houses" are for merchants, especially large merchants like the Jiang family. This time, the prefectures they came to seek support from are Beijiang County, Lingnan, and Minzhou.

Dong Su could only tell them that there was no need to rush. It would take at least a year before banks could be opened in these three provincial capitals. As for a small county like Guangzhou, it would take at least five years to have a bank stationed there.

There is no way. There is a serious shortage of manpower and it takes time to train professional talents.

Brother Dayu also rushed back from Jiangnan, mainly to discuss with Dongsu about opening a branch of the Women's Medical College in Jiangnan.

Yangzhou has received instructions from the court and is selecting a location for a branch. Brother Dayu comes to talk to Dongsu about various issues related to the opening of the branch.

Dabao and Xiaobao were used to their parents being very busy, so after they finished their classes at the Third Teacher and their homework, they were left with housekeeper Liu, Xiaoman, and the accompanying guards.

To experience the pre-New Year festival in the countryside, people actually start preparing for the New Year in the twelfth month, but Butler Liu saw that the young masters were curious.

The palace prepared New Year's goods in advance and took them to see Grandpa Shen's fish pond to fish. Grandpa Shen and Qingniu were also there, and they had a great afternoon.

He watched the whole process from fishing to air-drying, pickling and frying the fish. Grandpa Shen said that if the fish was not eaten during the New Year, he would take it to Youzhou and give it to my uncle and others.

Next, ducks and geese are killed, and their feathers are classified and collected by merchants. The feathers from the wings are used to make ornaments, and the down is used to make warm clothing.

The blood is used to make blood tofu, and the duck and goose are air-dried for preservation.

The two children then realized that every part of the duck and goose was useful.

Then they make glutinous rice cake, glutinous rice cake blocks and glutinous rice balls, slaughter the New Year pig and sheep, stuff sausages, and make various cured meats.

They went to watch Granny Hu brew rice wine. Dong Su usually didn't allow them to drink rice wine, but Granny Hu made an exception and each person had a bowl of egg drop rice wine. The sweetest food of the original owner's childhood was passed into Dabao and Xiaobao's childhood.

Dong Su let Xiaoman take the two of them to play and run around without worrying about it. The palace servants were still worried that they would get sick in the cold weather, but it turned out that the two children were not only very strong, but their appetites also increased greatly.

It turns out that children who are raised in the countryside grow up well. Although they are semi-free-range and have a group of people following them wherever they go, they are still much freer and happier than in the palace.