I traveled back to ancient times, but I was able to lie down and relax.

Although this house doesn't have many rooms, the open space in the yard is quite large.

Therefore, Liu Nanjia planned to build another house on the left side of the courtyard as a classroom for Liu Yanxi to teach there.

After all, with the current room layout, if the children are to be taught, the classroom can only be in the central hall, with their own bedrooms on either side. The children are coming and going, and it's too close to them.

There's still money in her room; you can't be too careful.

Therefore, a separate classroom needs to be built.

The kitchen also needs to be expanded. They make a living by cooking, so the kitchen naturally needs to be improved. We need to build more stoves and two more ovens to increase efficiency.

Liu Nanjia also plans to build a bathroom. With a bathtub, there must be a place to take a bath, otherwise it would be too troublesome to carry the bathtub in and out of the room.

The bathroom is connected to the kitchen, making it convenient to boil water.

And the toilets... the toilets nowadays are so rudimentary. Liu Nanjia is always on edge when she goes there. They need to be improved.

If you calculate it this way, there are quite a few things to do, and the five taels of silver I took out might not be enough, but there's no rush, I can earn more every day.

Liu Nanjia roughly drew a diagram according to her own ideas, and then gathered the rest of the family together.

He first explained the diagram, then said, "Take a look, what do you think? Feel free to share your thoughts."

Liu Sirou and Liu Yanxi were both staring at the picture in thought, while Song Chen was looking at Liu Nanjia with a somewhat surprised expression.

Liu Nanjia wondered what he was surprised about, but then she realized what he meant.

Indeed, she had previously told him to leave once he recovered from his injuries, which explains why he has been more silent than usual these past two days.

However, over the past month or so, she has had a pretty good impression of this boy who suddenly arrived. Ever since he was able to get out of bed, he has been quietly helping them with their tasks.

Although it was clear that he wasn't used to life here at first, he never complained or showed any disdain, but instead tried his best to adjust.

In addition, considering the fact that he saved Sirou, she had already accepted that there was such a person in her family.

Moreover, if you really think about it, she didn't arrive here much earlier than Song Chen. She was the first person who didn't have any impression of the original owner of this body and only got to know her after she became Liu Nanjia.

So he said, "At first, I told you to leave once you recovered from your injuries, but back then I didn't know you well and I was afraid you might be a bad person. Besides, given our situation at the time, we really couldn't afford to support another person. But now it's all good. We have money now, so supporting you is no problem at all. In fact, if you think about it carefully, we should thank you for those few taels of silver, which gave me the confidence to start my business."

"Besides, it's been so long and I haven't heard any news about looking for you. Your matter should be over. I was planning to have my brother stay home to teach for a while and you come help me with the business. Otherwise, I can't manage on my own, and Sirou is too young. Or, do you have any plans? Is there anywhere you want to go?"

She remembered Song Chen saying that his parents were dead and that he was being hunted down because of a family tragedy. He should have nowhere to go now.

"I... have nowhere else to go."

Song Chen pursed his lips and said in a low voice.

"Then why don't you stay here? Or are you just not used to life in this poor, remote place?" Liu Nanjia teased him.

"No! Life here is great. If you hadn't saved me, I might have died long ago," Song Chen quickly replied.

“That’s right. If you leave, my brother will start teaching, and then there will be no one to do the housework.”

"Brother Song, are you leaving? Please don't go!" Liu Sirou overheard their conversation and came closer to Song Chen, pleading with him.

Ever since Song Chen rescued her from human traffickers, the little girl has trusted him a lot and thinks this big brother is very capable.

"Yes, Brother Song, I won't have time to do business with my sister anymore. You can go in my place, otherwise I really won't feel comfortable leaving her alone."

Although Liu Yanxi would secretly be jealous of Song Chen because he was taller and more capable than him, he had no complaints about Song Chen himself. He also felt that having another person in the family would be much better, as they could each take care of one of his two younger sisters.

Song Chen was very touched. His foot injury was almost healed, and he had been worried about where he would go after he recovered. According to their original agreement, he was supposed to leave after he recovered, but he really had nowhere to go.

He should have been dead by now. Those familiar places and people were absolutely off-limits to him. He was afraid of being reported, and he was also afraid of implicating them.

For him, the fact that his three siblings were willing to let him stay here is the best possible outcome.

"Since you don't mind, I'll shamelessly continue to stay." Song Chen was a little embarrassed, but at the same time, he felt relieved.

"Don't worry about staying here, I'm counting on you to do my work!" Liu Nanjia patted Song Chen's arm casually.

Song Chen felt a little uncomfortable being photographed, but after spending time together, he realized that Liu Nanjia was just different from the other young ladies he had met before, and that she meant nothing by it.

Liu Nanjia had truly forgotten how strict the separation of men and women was in ancient times. She would naturally be careful not to bring modern habits to outsiders, but she was much more relaxed at home.

She simply treated Song Chen the same way she treated Liu Yanxi.

Liu Yanxi did notice that his sister's interactions with him had changed recently; she was much more casual with him now. However, he simply assumed that his sister was getting closer to him and was secretly pleased.

With a weight lifted from Song Chen's heart, she became more cheerful and quickly joined in the discussion among the three siblings about how to renovate the house.

However, the general direction of Liunan and Jiading has not changed; the main discussion is on some details.

For example, Song Chen is currently living in a room that was originally a warehouse, which is small and has no windows.

Since the decision has been made to build new classrooms, let's renovate the main hall and partition off another room for Song Chen, so that the warehouse can still serve its original purpose.

For example, the classrooms were built on the original courtyard wall and placed in a corner of the courtyard, with a front door so that children could get to the classroom without having to enter the courtyard.

Another back door was added, leading to the courtyard, for Liu Yanxi to enter and exit.

If you don't want the children to come into the yard, just lock the back door.

The courtyard is also divided in the middle; one part is their own activity area, and the rooms are all in this part.

The other part is actually an area set aside near the classroom for children to play in.

The main reason is that they need to make fried chicken and bread at home, and the recipes need to be kept secret. If the children are allowed to run around freely in the yard, they could easily be tricked.