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

The group entered the inn and asked for two adjacent rooms, which cost 100 wen each.

Su An Dong assigned rooms. To save money, there were no guest rooms with two beds. Each room had only one bed. In one room, Li Hongmei and Su Yuanyuan slept on the bed, while Su Ankang slept on the floor. In another room, Su Anyuan, Su Zhicheng and Su Zhihao shared a bed, while Su An Dong slept on the floor.

Su Anyuan was the first to raise an objection: "Third brother, I'll sleep on the floor! You are a scholar and you are weak."

"Uncle San, let me sleep on the floor!" Su Zhicheng also struggled to sleep on the floor.

"Stop arguing! Fourth brother, you are fighting with me for your current health. Wait until you get better!" After saying that, Su An Dong hit Su Zhicheng lightly again: "What good thing is this! You are fighting for it! Just sleep where I tell you to sleep, be obedient!"

He then called everyone together to discuss the next itinerary: "Second brother, I have already asked the driver. It is said that the most famous clinic in the city is Heng'an Hall. The doctors there have excellent medical skills and medical ethics. I already know where it is roughly located. I will take you to the clinic tomorrow morning."

"Okay!" Su Ankang felt that the third brother was a scholar and must have considered things more carefully than him.

"After seeing the doctor, we'll go shopping. Mother specifically told us to buy more brown sugar. She has her own needs. Tomorrow we'll go to different grocery stores and buy brown sugar in small quantities and multiple times. Don't buy too much at once to avoid attracting attention. Mother specifically told us not to let others notice us."

Several people nodded obediently, and Su Anton knew that as long as he mentioned his mother in everything, it would work and everyone would be obedient.

"And salt. Mother said we need salt at home, so let's buy some more salt." Su An Dong didn't plan to let them buy salt like they did with sugar. He only asked them to buy twice the normal amount, and the rest would be bought privately by him, Su Zhihao, and Su Yuanyuan when they bought sugar. When they bought it, they would put it directly into the space and not let them know.

"Da Lang, San Lang, you two go to a few bookstores tomorrow to find out the prices of pens, inkstones, and paper. Try to find out how these stores are doing. Don't show that you want to sell books. Be smart." Su An Dong already had an idea in his mind. This ancient book must meet someone who knows the value of it, otherwise it might not be sold at a good price. San Lang is not a real child, he can still see something.

"Okay, Third Uncle."

"Let's go! Let's go eat and then go to bed early. I'm afraid we'll be busy all day tomorrow."

Su Anton found a busy wonton stall, and the wontons looked delicious.

"Third brother, let's buy some dry food and go back! Or just have a bowl of clear soup noodles." For Su Ankang, wontons are a precious food, with noodles and meat. Last year's harvest was not good, and it was difficult for the family to have a full meal every day, let alone eating wontons with meat.

"Brother, money is not saved, it is earned. We brothers should work hard in the future and strive to make our family's life better and better. Mother also said that our life will get better and better. We are all out, so don't worry about the meal money for now. Even if mother finds out, she won't say anything to us."

Su An Dong was trying to get Su An Kang to slowly accept the changes in his family. First of all, it was about food. They couldn't eat the same food as they did before. Even if they didn't eat a lot of fish and meat, they had to be full anyway!

Su Ankang wanted to say: Let life get better and better, what does it have to do with eating wontons now? The money hasn't been earned yet! We should save it.

But seeing the expressions of Su Andong and the other children who wanted to eat so much, Su Ankang swallowed back what he wanted to say. Just eat! It was rare for the children to come out.

Su Anyuan originally wanted to say that he didn't want to eat wontons, but seeing that his second brother agreed, he didn't say anything.

The group sat at the wonton stall. Su Yuanyuan and Su Zhihao were very curious. They were curious about everything in the city. Looking at the pedestrians in ancient costumes, they felt that it was simply magical. But this was real, and they could see and touch it.

"Boss, seven bowls of wontons, please."

"Okay, sir."

Hearing the boss's reply, Su Yuanyuan and Su Zhihao laughed out loud.

Su Zhicheng asked curiously, "What are you laughing at?" The others also looked at him curiously.

"I'm not laughing at anything. It's just my first time in the city, and I find everything new and interesting." Su Yuanyuan replied.

A few people thought about it, except for Su An Dong who taught in the county and often went out, the others rarely went out. They also felt fresh about everything in the prefecture.

After a while, the wontons came up. They were just as delicious as I imagined.

Su Anton ate wontons while listening to the people chatting at the stall.

"I heard about it! It's been very dry in our south, and I don't think the harvest will be good this year."

"Who did you listen to?"

"My eldest brother-in-law's wife's brother-in-law is a businessman. He went to the south some time ago. He didn't come back for several months. He told me this when he came back."

"I don't know how serious the drought is, but I hope it's not serious. I hope it rains soon! Otherwise, the people in the south will be desperate and some will flee from the famine. If they come here, it won't be a good thing for us."

"That's right! I really hope that every year will be good weather and good harvest. These few years are just good, and I hope nothing else will happen."

"Who says it isn't?"

"The exam for the scholar degree will be held in three months. Will your brother-in-law take it this time?"

"Why not take the exam? I've been studying for so many years."

Su An Dong frowned as he listened to the idle chatter. If it was true as the two men said, it would not be a good thing. With refugees fleeing famine, life would not be peaceful. The price of grain would definitely rise. No, I had to earn money to buy grain as soon as possible.

Su Zhihao and Su Yuanyuan, who were standing nearby, also heard the conversation at the next table, and they both thought the same thing as Su Antong.

For those who come from a good society, any instability makes them feel uneasy. Only by stockpiling supplies as soon as possible can they feel safe.

After dinner, they returned to the inn. It was still early and Su Anton was not sleepy, so he began to think about Dalang.

"Da Lang, come and talk to Uncle San."

Su Zhicheng obediently walked to Su Andong's side and sat down: "Uncle San, you go ahead."

"Da Lang! Tell your uncle the truth about whether you want to study or not. Don't worry about the money. Just say what's in your heart. Do you want to study?" Su Anton looked at Su Zhicheng, not wanting to miss the expression on his face.

Su Zhicheng looked at his uncle's serious expression and decided to tell the truth: "Uncle, I also want to study hard like you, but I don't have the talent. When I was young, I didn't know much and just wanted to play. I missed the best age for studying. When I got older, I understood the benefits of studying, but I was not as smart as you and couldn't study well."

"Whether you are smart or not is another matter. Besides, there is a saying that hard work can make up for lack of talent. It is not too late to work hard as long as you are willing to work hard. In terms of age, you have indeed missed the best age for studying, but I thought, let you study with me for a while and try. If we can get into it, we will continue to study and strive to pass the imperial examination in the future. We don't expect to pass the imperial examination, but we can still pass the examination to become a scholar or a student, so that when we go out, others will look up to us. If we can't get into it, we can just consider it as understanding."

"Uncle San, this will delay your studies. That won't do. You'll be taking the exam for the scholar degree in three months. You can't waste your time."

"It's okay. When we get home, the kids at home will have to study. Teaching you will be a review for me. Besides, I'll assign you homework. If you don't understand something, come and ask me. It won't delay me."

"It's fine if it doesn't delay Uncle San's exam. Otherwise, you can teach us after the exam!"

"No, don't be lazy. I have to put the splints on you."

Su Zhicheng touched his head and smiled foolishly.

I don't know why. Su Zhicheng feels that his uncle is more approachable now than before.