The whole family traveled through ancient times to start a new business

Zhou Huilan and Su Yuanyuan had just been lying on the kang for a while when there was a knock on the door. The sound was not loud, but loud enough for the people in the room to hear. It was Su Zhihao who jumped into the yard and knocked on the door, deliberately controlling the strength.

When Su An Dong and his son left, they told their family that they would come back at night and would not make any noise to avoid attracting the attention of others.

In the past few days, if anyone in the village asked about the whereabouts of the father and son, the Su family would unanimously say that Su An Dong took Su Zhi Hao out to visit someone. Even if the seven families who came with the Su family guessed something, they would not tell the villagers.

So when they heard the sound of the door, the Su family knew that it was Su Anton and his son who had returned.

Su Anyuan reacted the fastest. It must be said that as a person who has served in the military, his reactions are faster than others.

As soon as Su Anyuan opened the door, he saw Su Zhihao in the moonlight outside.

The brothers of the Su family had a tacit understanding and did not communicate too much. They just quietly drove the carriage into the courtyard and carried the grain to the cellar. The women also had a tacit understanding and did not say anything, but quietly lay on the kang waiting for the men to finish their work.

Except for an oil lamp in the cellar, the few people outside did not use any lighting, and worked in the dark. Fortunately, the moonlight was very good today, and even without lighting, it was still clear. If it was a pitch-black sky, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to do anything without lighting.

After carrying all the grain into the cellar, they all went back to their rooms to sleep. The women in the other room heard them returning to their rooms, and they felt relieved and went back to sleep.

On the second day, Su Anton and his son drove the carriage out of the village again and returned it to the carriage shop.

After returning the carriage, the father and son went to the brick kiln to order bricks and tiles. Su An Dong planned to use bricks and tiles to build a vermicelli workshop. Su An Dong thought that it would be better to build a place for food as clean as possible.

In addition to the vermicelli workshop, the Su family plans to build several brick and tile houses.

The main reason was that Old Mrs. Su felt that it was not a good idea for the couple to always sleep in separate rooms, so she planned to build a few more brick houses.

Su Yuanyuan's plan was to build a two-in-one courtyard house for the Su family, and she even drew a blueprint for everyone to see.

Everyone in the Su family liked it very much, and Mrs. Su was also very satisfied. There were enough rooms in such a two-entry courtyard. Even if Su Anyuan and Su Zhicheng got married, there was no need to worry. As for the other grandchildren getting married, there might not be enough rooms, but there was no need to worry about that, because Mrs. Su felt that Su Antong would pass the imperial examination in this time.

According to Su Yuanyuan's drawings, the Su family plans to build a row of houses first, and then build the rest next year.

This row of houses has two doors, and each door leads to three rooms. The middle room can be used as a reception room or study, and the two rooms on the left and right are bedrooms. In this way, there are six rooms and four bedrooms.

Each bedroom has a kang, and the walls inside the house are also built with fire walls, which makes it convenient to keep warm in winter.

After ordering the bricks and tiles, the father and son returned home and joined the autumn harvest team.

The villagers were somewhat surprised to see Su Xiucai working in the fields with others. In their opinion, scholars should not do such things.

Su An Dong was not the kind of scholar they thought he was. In his eyes, scholars still had to do what they were supposed to do. Studying was not an excuse to do nothing, nor was it an excuse to turn a deaf ear to the world outside. If one studied like that, he would not be able to write a good essay for the imperial examination, let alone do anything else.

The next day, the school started. Su Anton could tell from the homework they handed in which students had done their homework and which ones had not.

Su Anton didn't say much. He had already said everything he needed to say. It was up to them to decide what to do. He would not interfere too much.

A few days later, the Su family harvested the sweet potatoes and potatoes in the fields.

After harvesting the land, the Su family started to prepare to build the house. They had to hurry up, mainly because they couldn't dig the foundation after it froze, so it would be difficult to build. It would be better to finish the construction as soon as possible while the weather was suitable.

The Su family hired people to build the house, and they specially found a bricklayer from outside. In addition to the bricklayer, they also hired a few people in the village, all of whom were acquaintances.

The vermicelli workshop has specially paved brick floors, but the house at home does not have brick floors. I plan to do that later.

The vermicelli workshop was built on the wasteland on the east side of the Su family's homestead. The Su family also dug several cellars near the vermicelli workshop to store the harvested potatoes and sweet potatoes.

The Su family built a wall with adobe bricks around the outside, enclosing the vermicelli workshop and the cellar. The wall was very high, two meters high, and branches were tied up vertically on top. This was done to make it difficult to climb over. Su Anton thought that if he came across someone selling broken porcelain pieces in the future, he would buy some and stick them on the wall.

After the vermicelli workshop was built, the Su family began to recruit workers, all of whom were people from the same seven families.

The seven families were very happy when they found out about this. They knew that it was always right to follow the Su family.

Su An Dong knew that the production process of vermicelli was very simple, and it would be difficult to keep it secret. He didn't intend to keep it secret forever, but now was not the right time.

Su Anton recruited the workers and signed confidentiality clauses and contracts with each worker, and everyone signed them.

Don't underestimate this piece of paper. People in this era care a lot about what's written on paper. This piece of paper is really binding in law. If they violate the terms, they can be asked to pay the money according to the price stated in the document.

Su An Dong stipulated that the compensation was 200 taels of silver, which was a huge sum of money for them. But even so, the seven families signed it without hesitation, because in their hearts, they had never thought of betraying the Su family from beginning to end.

Su Andong's ability is there! With the friendship of fleeing famine all the way, it is always right to follow him. Moreover, they think that Su Andong will definitely pass the exam in the future, and they really don't want to offend Su Andong.

Even though they all signed the contract, Su Anton still let each person be responsible for only one step and did not allow them to cross-learn.

Su Andong also hired people to work the night shift, which were Zhou Ping and his wife, who were from the same clan as Zhou Li. After such a long period of observation, Su Andong still believed in the couple.

Zhou Ping is a man in his thirties. He is not only a good person but also very smart.

Moreover, Zhou Ping had an inexplicable admiration for Su Andong. When facing Su Andong, Zhou Ping was like facing his idol. In his eyes, Su Andong was a very powerful person.

It was Su Yuanyuan who pointed out Zhou Ping's starry eyes when he looked at Su An Dong. If Su Yuanyuan hadn't said it, she wouldn't have thought so. After Su Yuanyuan said it, Old Lady Su and the others observed and found that it was true. This kid has a built-in filter when he looks at Su An Dong!