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

Old Madam Su looked at her little daughter who was obviously in a low mood and said earnestly, "Yitong! There are many men in the world, and there are many good men. You can't confine yourself and you can't marry just for the sake of marrying. It's never too cautious for a woman to marry."

"If the man you marry treats you sincerely, then we should treat him sincerely as well. If he treats you falsely, then we should treat him falsely as well. You live your life for yourself, not for others to see. You don't have to rely on men to live your life. After you get married, you have your family to support you, and you will have children to take care of you in the future. It doesn't matter if you treat a man as a decoration. As long as you don't take it too seriously, he can't hurt you."

Su Yitong was opened to the door of a new world by what Old Lady Su said.

Old Mrs. Su looked at her little daughter with shining eyes and thought: I hope I have taught this daughter bad things.

Old Madam Su looked into her little daughter's eyes and continued, "Even if the worst happens and life becomes unbearable, so what if they divorce? The Su family has daughters who divorced before."

Su Yitong's heart, which had been somewhat unstable since the breakup of the engagement, gradually settled down because of what Old Lady Su said. She hugged her mother and said, "Mom, you are so kind."

Old Madam Su touched Su Yitong's head and continued, "There are some things that mother also wants you to know. With your third brother's ability, he will definitely do well in the imperial examinations in the future, and the Su family will live better and better."

Old Madam Su lifted up her little daughter in her arms. Since she had already said it, she might as well say everything she wanted to say at once: "Look, I am a farm girl who was born and raised in a farm family. Because I married into the Su family, because of your father's teachings, and because of the Su family's financial support, I was able to have a son who is good at studying and has a promising future. And what kind of family you marry into in the future, and what kind of family background you have, will more or less affect your child's future development. You have to know this. This is reality."

Old Madam Su gently pulled her little daughter, who had fallen into deep thought because of what she said, and brought her thoughts back to her. She continued, "You have to know that whatever choice you make depends on what you want. If you just want to be a leisurely rich man, you don't have to marry a scholar. So, you have to figure out what kind of life you want."

Su Yitong received a lot of information today. After thinking for a while, she said, "Mom, let me think about it."

"Okay, take your time to think about it, don't rush." ​​Mrs. Su knew that she had said too much today. She had to give her little daughter enough time to digest and understand.

Mrs. Su left her daughter thinking and slowly walked out of the room. She didn't know what effect her words would have on her little daughter. She was not sure whether it was good or bad.

But her mother's heart told her that she should say these words.

After walking out of the main room, Old Mrs. Su saw Su Yuanyuan sitting in a chair at the door in a daze. She wondered what this little girl was thinking about.

Old Mrs. Su looked at her granddaughter and couldn't help but worry about her future marriage because of what had just happened.

With Su Yuanyuan's personality, she would never marry someone she didn't like. Moreover, with modern education, she attached more importance to mutual affection and the fidelity of marriage, and would never allow a man to have three wives and four concubines.

It might not be easy to find someone who can catch her eye, like her, and only her. Although the little granddaughter is still young, thinking about this, Mrs. Su still feels a little worried.

Old Lady Su felt that in this place where having three wives and four concubines was legal and reasonable, it was best not to talk about so-called love with men easily. It was not that you couldn't be sincere, but you had to be cautious and it was best not to be the one who was moved first. But the child was young, how could he control his heart!

Su Yuanyuan noticed her grandmother, walked over to her and whispered, "Grandma, how long do you think it will take for the weather to get cold?"

Mrs. Su thought for a moment and said, "It will get cold in a month. The initial coldness is not so bad, about the same as the winter temperature in previous years, but it got cold earlier this year. But I have a feeling that it will get very cold in two months, and it will last for quite a while."

"Grandma, the autumn harvest is coming soon. Let's build the kang, fire wall, and stove first! Once they are ready, it will be just in time for the autumn harvest."

"Okay, that's what I thought. The sooner you finish it, the better off you will be."

"I was thinking that if we get it done early, we can use the kang when the weather gets cold. In this way, the villagers will see the benefits of the kang. And since it got cold so early this year, maybe more people will build kangs, and fewer people will suffer from the cold." Su Yuanyuan hopes that more families will build kangs. Even if a family only has one kang, heating it up when it's cold and sitting on it will always reduce the cold.

Old Lady Su touched her granddaughter's head, knowing that she wanted to help the people here, but she couldn't tell others the real reason. Even if they said that this winter would be very cold, they couldn't explain how they knew it would be very cold. Others would not believe them, and they might even question their purpose. They might even regard them as monsters. The ancients were still superstitious.

All they can do is take the lead in building a kang, try their best to publicize the benefits of the kang to others, and let more families build kangs.

After dinner, Mrs. Su told the Su family her plan, and everyone in the Su family had no objection.

The next day, the Su family began to build the kang. All the necessary materials had been prepared in advance, and the kang was built very smoothly.

In addition to the heated kang, the simple wooden planks used to separate the two rooms in the main hall were also removed and replaced with fire walls made of adobe. The side of the fire wall where the fire is burned is placed in the room on the shady side, which is very convenient for boiling water when it is cold.

Even the study room on the west side of the main hall had a kang, but it was smaller and not as big as the kangs in other rooms.

After the kang is built, it needs to be dried. The moisture needs to be completely dissipated before it can be used. It will take several days before people can sleep on it.

After the kang became usable, the beds were abandoned. Two relatively good beds were kept and placed in the warehouse. The remaining beds were old and made of poor wood, so they were no longer valuable. They were given to Zhou Lao Da, a carpenter, and he was asked to take all the beds that could be used.

Zhou Lizheng saw that the Su family had built a kang early and had prepared all the materials, so he followed suit and built his own kang.

The families in the village who were on good terms with the two families also followed suit when the two families were making adobe bricks. Seeing that the two families had built a kang, they took the initiative to tell the two families that they also wanted to build a kang, and asked to see how much the wages would be and help build one.

Not only did Su Anton not charge other people's wages, he also taught those who wanted to learn how to make a kang for free.

When the Su family was building the kang, they did not hide how to build it from the people who came to help. They also promoted the benefits of building the kang. They also told them that if they wanted to build the kang, they could go back and build it without the Su family's permission. If they didn't understand, they could come and ask.