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

Zhou Shun's missing arm was a huge shock to Su Yijia, causing her to forget to avoid him for a moment and look at Zhou Shun unconsciously from time to time.

Su Yuanyuan walked to Su Yijiajia's side and blocked Su Yijiajia's sight.

Su Yuanyuan didn't want others to see Su Yijia acting abnormally like this. There were outsiders at home today. If someone with ulterior motives saw it and spread some bad words, it would be bad for her aunt.

Su Yijia, whose vision was blocked, finally regained her composure when she saw her little niece standing in front of her and smiling at her. At this moment, she also realized that she was wrong and stopped looking in Zhou Shun's direction.

After the banquet, the villagers who were good at handling things helped clean up. Old Mrs. Su was also very generous and shared the leftover food with the people who helped.

Don’t underestimate these leftover dishes. In the eyes of the villagers, they are all good things, and they are meaty.

There are only a few families in the village who can have enough food to eat. This is also the reason why the Su family has been cautious and dare not show it.

Things are different now. Su Anton has passed the imperial examination and become a scholar. From now on, the Su family can be exempted from 50 acres of land tax and corvee labor.

They all say that the scholar is poor, but this poverty depends on who you compare him to. Of course, he cannot compare with the rich, but compared with these villagers, he is more than enough.

The Su family's status is now the same as that of the villagers. Most of the villagers will only flatter them. No one would offend someone more powerful than themselves for no reason.

After seeing off all the villagers and cleaning up the house, Old Lady Su said, "Everyone is tired after a day's work, go back to your rooms and have a rest! We can talk tomorrow if you have anything to say."

After a day of hard work, everyone was really tired. They all said good night to Old Lady Su and went back to their rooms to rest.

However, Su Antong and five others who lived on both sides of the main room held a small meeting.

During this period, Su An Dong and his companions did not dare to do anything big, partly because Su An Dong, the scholar, had not passed the imperial examination yet.

The status of a scholar is not very important, but it can indeed fool people.

Su An Dong spoke first: "You say, why don't we buy a shop in the county? Anyway, we have enough money at home. We can also open a restaurant, which happens to be what we are good at."

Old Lady Su: "We'll talk about whether to buy or not later. Let me first talk about my premonition of the weather. I have a stronger and stronger feeling that this winter will be extremely cold. Now it's summer, let's see if this summer will be hotter than previous years as I expected. If it is as I expected, I'm worried that there will be a snowstorm this winter, and I'm afraid it will be very inconvenient to travel. I wonder if it's still feasible to buy a shop and open a restaurant under this situation?"

When Su An Dong heard what Old Lady Su said, his face became serious: "If it is really as you said, then we can't buy this shop, and the restaurant can't be opened for the time being. If there is a snowstorm, it will be difficult to travel, and who would go out to eat in such a cold weather. In that case, I'm afraid the shop we buy will also drop in value, so it's not cost-effective for us to buy it now."

Su Yuanyuan: "Then let's not consider buying a shop or opening a restaurant this year! I think we can continue raising rabbits. We can use rabbit fur to make warm clothes, hats, gloves and the like. If this winter is as cold as expected, I think these things should be able to sell for a good price. As for rabbit meat, I think I can ask my mother to teach the restaurants in the county how to cook rabbit meat, so that the rabbit meat can be sold, and maybe the recipe can be worth some money."

Su Zhihao agreed and said, "I think Yuanyuan is right. Let's not consider buying a shop for now. And I don't know what the situation is like in the south. Although grandma said it will rain, it's hard to say how big a problem this rain will solve, and whether the weather will get better in the future. I always feel that there are still many unstable factors."

Su An Dong and his wife nodded in agreement, and the matter was settled.

Old Mrs. Su continued to talk about her plan: "I am thinking of building a kang after the autumn harvest, otherwise I am afraid that this winter will be difficult. Then I will teach the villagers how to build a kang. We can't just tell people that this winter will be very cold, but we can give some guidance!"

Su An Dong: "Mom is right. I will find a way to give some guidance when the time comes. Teach the villagers how to make kangs, and then they can go out and make kangs for others, and then they can make some money for the villagers."

Several people nodded in agreement, and the matter of building a kang was settled.

Zhou Huilan expressed her thoughts: "There are no peppers here, but I guess there must be some, but they are in the flowerpots of some rich family. Let's all pay attention, especially you, Su An Dong, if you see them when you go out, you must bring them back."

Su An Dong understood what his wife meant. Chili peppers were a huge business opportunity. Whether it was cooking or hot pot, this seasoning was a profitable business.

Su An Dong promised: "I will pay attention to it."

Su Zhihao had a new idea and said, "If this summer is as hot as grandma predicted, let's start making charcoal! We can use traditional methods. Although we can't make good charcoal, we can still use it ourselves. When the weather gets colder, we can probably sell it for money."

Su An Dong clapped his hands and said, "Yes, if Zhihao hadn't said it, I would have almost forgotten about it. We can indeed unite these friendly and good people to burn charcoal. Burn more and we can always sell it when it gets cold in winter."

Everyone nodded, and the matter of burning charcoal was settled. After the matter was settled for the time being, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

The next day, when Li Chunsheng came to the Su family, Su Yuanyuan took the old lady Su aside and talked to Li Chunsheng about rabbit nitrate skins.

Su Yuanyuan was afraid that as a child, if she talked about money with Li Chunsheng, people would think she had no say.

Su Yuanyuan was wrong. In Li Chunsheng's mind, she had the final say on raising rabbits. He felt that Su Yuanyuan was not an ordinary child, but an extremely smart one.

Li Chunsheng also learned the skill of saltpetering animal fur from an old hunter.

Old Lady Su: "Chunsheng! Can I give you 10 cents for each skin? If so, I will give you all the rabbit skins in my house from now on."

When Li Chunsheng heard that it was 10 cents, he stood up from his stool and said, "No, that won't do. Just give me the nitrate, no need to pay."

Old Lady Su: "If it's one or two, I won't give you the money. But you can see that we have more and more rabbits. We plan to keep raising more rabbits. So the amount of nitrate will naturally increase."

Li Chunsheng waved his hand and refused: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if it's more, I won't charge you."

When Mrs. Su saw him like this, she frowned and said, "If you don't take the money, I can't let you do it. Since you don't agree, I can only find someone else."