The whole family traveled through time and became doctors, raised children and farmed in ancient tim

Xie Wanxing made a giant package of ingredients for his father according to the proportions of the package she bought, and enlarged it several times. After boiling it, she added ice cubes and stirred it. With her discerning taste as a modern person, she could indeed feel the change in taste. However, after Xie Songlin invited Old Lady Shen and the village chief and his party to taste it, as Xie Wanxing expected, they could not taste any difference. Ancient people were indeed not so sensitive to those subtle changes in taste.

Zuiyuelou's business became even more popular with the addition of sour plum soup. Manager Yang added an order for ten barrels a day. Xie Songlin took Xie Songyang to deliver goods to Zuiyuelou for a few days. As the number of times increased, he was completely familiar with the route. Moreover, during these deliveries, Xie Songyang and the people who received the goods at Zuiyuelou also became familiar with each other. He could finally hand over the delivery job to Xie Songyang with confidence, and let Xie Yong, the second son of Xie Songbai, take his place. This kid may not be good at other things, but he has plenty of strength.

The work of setting up stalls at the dock was handed over to the eldest brother Xie Songbai. Xie Songlin also asked his eldest brother's son Xie Yuanlai to replace Cheng Hui. Xie Songbai and his family of three worked together and could earn sixty cents at the dock in just half a day. Even if they had to pay half of it to the government, they could still save thirty cents every day.

With Cheng Hui "retiring" from her job setting up a stall at the dock, they finally had some free time and could stay at home together to calculate how much money they had earned recently.

Xie Songlin counted the silver he had on hand, and found that he already had forty or fifty taels. He planned to use part of it to build a house first. Although there was no formaldehyde pollution in ancient times and people could move in immediately after building a house, he still had to start planning early.

Most of the houses in the village were made of adobe bricks. Only the village chief and a few relatively wealthy families used blue bricks. Xie Songlin certainly wouldn't use adobe bricks. He wanted to build a good one once and for all. He had previously asked Xie Songbai to inquire about the price of blue bricks. One penny a brick was within his means.

The thatched hut they live in now is also the land of Xie's ancestors. Xie Songlin planned to expand his family a lot, so he asked Old Lady Shen about the ownership of the surrounding land. He was surprised to find that this place was located at the back of the village, surrounded by wasteland, and naturally not worth much money. However, Old Man Xie took a fancy to these wastelands next to the back mountain and bought them all. This dilapidated thatched hut was also built by Old Man Xie.

In this way, the land problem was easily solved. Old Lady Shen accompanied Xie Songlin to the village chief and changed the name on the land deed. Old Lady Shen originally said she didn't want money, but Xie Songlin insisted on giving her the current price, so she had no choice but to accept it.

He thought about it for a long time and drew a rough sketch, planning to build a two-story courtyard.

The whole house was divided into two parts: the front yard and the backyard. Four bedrooms were built in the backyard, two for each of the four boys, and a separate room for their daughter and the couple. They also planned to build a new shower room and a storage room in the backyard.

The kitchen was expanded in the front yard, and a workshop and warehouse were built next to it. Xie Songlin also marked the location of the cowshed according to Xie Wanxing's suggestion, and added chicken and duck sheds at Cheng Hui's request. He planned to raise some chickens and ducks at home in the future to provide some cover for taking out chicken and duck eggs from the space.

Xie Songlin bought paper and pen and drew a rough sketch. Although he was not very good at using a brush in modern times, the original owner of this body was a boy. With all his memories, it was natural for him to hold a brush. However, his painting skills were really limited. He could only draw stick figures and blocks. He could only ask his daughter who had studied painting professionally to polish his sketch.

It was indeed a little inconvenient for Xie Wanxing to hold the pen in her small hands to draw, but it was just a rough drawing of a house and did not require much detail. However, when her finished product was unveiled, Xie Songlin felt that the money he had spent on enrolling her in interest classes when she was a child was not wasted.

Speaking of enrolling in classes, Xie Wanxing remembered something.

"Dad, please find a way to send my eldest brother and the others to school. Now you are the most educated person in the family, while mom and I are illiterate."

Xie Songlin slapped his head as if he had truly forgotten about this matter: "Indeed, indeed, this is Dad's negligence. Our great doctor is now illiterate. I have to think of a way to deal with this."

"Hurry up and find a school and send the three brothers there first, so that if they come back during the day, they won't have to look for me while I'm squatting in the space." Xie Wanxing had a headache. She didn't like taking care of children very much. Although the eldest brother Xie Lan was very steady, Xie Lin and Xie Heng, who had liberated their nature, were still a little noisy.

"Don't worry, don't worry. Dad will find a way to deal with this right away." Xie Songlin touched his daughter's head and went out with the sketch. "Let Dad arrange the house construction first, and you can hide in your room with peace of mind."

In his memory, the village chief's son Xie Dachun was a good house builder.

Xie Dachun has been very close to Xie Songlin recently. Because he loves to drink sour plum soup, he comes to Xie Songlin to buy a pot almost every night. After going back and forth for half a month, he sees that Xie Songlin is now doing business steadily and making a living. Not only have they put aside their past, but they have even become as close as brothers. When he heard that Xie Songlin wanted to build a house, he agreed without hesitation. He not only wanted to help him plan the construction of the house, but also took care of the whole series of work such as buying bricks and finding people.

Xie Dachun, an experienced bricklayer, was immediately impressed when he saw the blueprint Xie Songlin had provided. He carefully examined it, quickly sketching out the house's appearance in his mind. He roughly estimated that it would require around 18,000 bricks, or 18 taels of silver. Fortunately, Xie Dachun knew someone who specialized in selling bricks, and since they often worked together, he was confident that he could help Xie Songlin lower the price.

Xie Songlin was very grateful after hearing Xie Dachun's words. He knew that building a house was not an easy task, and Xie Dachun's help undoubtedly made it much easier for him.

Without hesitation, Xie Songlin took out twenty taels of silver and handed it to Xie Dachun. He said sincerely, "Brother Dachun, take this money. Three taels of it is for your wages for helping me build the house. The rest can be used to buy bricks, materials, and recruit more people. You will also be responsible for arranging the wages. I trust you."

Xie Dachun was shocked by the silver he handed to him. He widened his eyes and looked astonished: "Songlin, why do you want so much money?" He usually went out to build houses for others, and the maximum he could earn for a construction period was two taels of silver.

"Yes, Brother Dachun, I really don't have any particulars when it comes to building a house, so I'm sorry to trouble you to keep an eye on it for me."

"Don't worry. I'll keep a close eye on you." Xie Dachun was moved by Xie Songlin's unwavering trust. "I'll find workers in the village. I know there are a few with good skills. Find them there, let them earn some money, and change their impression of you."

"No problem, just arrange it as you see fit. You decide the wages."

Xie Dachun took the money and the task and started to get busy. He had a lot of work to do to build the house, so he had to get the manpower together first and then buy bricks.

Xie Songlin also planned to find Old Lady Shen and ask her to arrange for his two sisters-in-law to come to his house to cook for the helpers. This would kill two birds with one stone. On the one hand, it would solve the problem of food for the helpers; on the other hand, it would also provide the two sisters-in-law with an extra income to supplement the family expenses.

By the way, it was time for him to take Xie Yao home. Although the child was only one year old, it was not good for him to be raised by his third sister-in-law all the time.