Crossing the Unknown Country

Su He knew that everyone in the village was idle now, and only his family went to the town to sell things every day. Many villagers were jealous, but they didn't know how to make tofu and sprouts, so they could only envy them. This was not a good thing for a long time, so he simply made more while bean sprouts and tofu were selling well. Collecting beans from the village, he could also let them sell some money, which was more cost-effective than selling them in the town.

Su He even made dried noodles directly and let the adults at home practice making dragon beard noodles. Once this noodle was sold, the restaurants in the town bought a lot of it. Because of the experiment of making this noodle, Su He's family has eaten a lot of wide and narrow noodles recently. Several brothers were very happy, this is made of white flour, and the taste is good. Su He sometimes uses dried vegetables to make stew, sometimes just makes noodles with soy sauce, and sometimes makes noodles with oil. These brothers have eaten all the noodles that Su He knew in his previous life. They were all surprised that this noodle can be eaten in so many ways, such as mixed noodles, fried noodles, stewed noodles, etc.

Su He asked his father to buy some more white flour. The whole family worked together to make thin, thick, wide, thin, and thick noodles. Su He even fried some noodles. They were going to try in the county town to see if they could sell them at a good price. This noodle was also very easy to store. This time she was going to stay in a good hotel and sell the noodles to the merchants who were traveling. They could cook some noodles to eat when they were camping outdoors.

The family worked hard for a few days and were almost ready. She followed her parents and her second brother on the road. This was a quota that the second brother applied for after continuous protests. He had never been to the county town since he was a child, and he was determined to go this time. He even took out all the money he had saved to pay for his own toll. His parents couldn't stand his nagging and had to take him with them. The eldest brother also wanted to go, but he knew that someone had to stay at home to look after the house, and he had to let Su Pei and Su Che come to keep him company at night.

He concealed his envy and pretended to be indifferent, saying, "You all go! I'll stay at home to look after the house. Someone must stay at home to look after it."

Su He promised solemnly: "Brother will definitely take you there next time, and let mother and second brother stay at home to look after the house."

Su Heniang smiled and said, "I won't go there anymore. This time I mainly have to help negotiate the price with them. Next time I'll be familiar with the place and I won't have to go. You guys can go there."

Su He's family all wore their best clothes this time, and they had to make sure that they would not be looked down upon. They neglected it last time. This is not a town, so they just need to wear clean clothes. People in the county look down on the poor. Especially when doing business, they cannot be timid, and they must show their best appearance to others. This time they also made a canopy for the ox cart and asked Uncle Li, the carpenter, to make it. The family sat inside, holding homemade gloves and putting a charcoal basin, and they were not cold. Su He went to see the hand warmer, but it was made of copper and was very expensive, and he could not afford it. If he had money, he might as well buy a copper washbasin, which is very practical. His family used wooden basins to wash their faces, which were very heavy and easy to crack. When he has time, he will buy a porcelain one. They mostly use pottery now, and porcelain is also very expensive. In fact, nothing is convenient in this world, because transportation is not developed and many things are not distributed smoothly.

The more Su He went to the town, the more he realized that his family was really poor. Apart from the house, everything else was very lacking. They needed to earn more money to buy everything they needed. There were too many things missing at home. They had to buy some seeds in the spring of next year to make full use of their land. It would be best to open up some more wasteland. Anyway, their family was not short of fertilizers. They could produce manure and soil fertilizers. If they applied some fertilizers to the land, the wasteland could produce a lot in a year.

Su He thought that if he succeeded this time, he would come to the county more often in the future. After all, the town was full of permanent residents with low mobility and limited consumption. Unlike the county town, there were many merchants coming and going. Their county was named after stone, and many exquisite stone carvings came from here. Su He thought that with more people, there would be more business opportunities, and their family would definitely find a way to make a fortune.