At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

On the way home, Su Linger curled up in the corner of the donkey cart, looking at Ren Hao from time to time, with both expectation and fear in her eyes.

"Don't be afraid, when you get home you will see your mother and sister." Ren Hao smiled.

Su Ling'er is ten years old this year, about the same age as Qian'er. It is not difficult to see that she is also a beauty.

Hearing Ren Hao's words, Su Linger nodded obediently, and then hesitantly said: "Sister...brother-in-law..."

"Huh? What's wrong?" Ren Hao looked at his obedient sister-in-law.

"I... I heard that Hu Sanyan wanted the formula for the paper you made..." Su Linger said.

"Oh?" Ren Hao's eyes flashed, and he thought to himself that it was indeed so.

Moreover, his lies did not fool him. Instead, he figured out from clues that the paper was made by him and he even coveted his recipe.

"This Hu Sanyan is quite cunning." Ren Hao smiled.

"How is it? Did Guo Qian bully you?" Ren Hao asked.

Su Linger shook her head.

Ren Hao immediately felt a lot more relieved, but he had anticipated this situation. Guo Qian was in poor health and didn't even have any offspring, so even if he wanted to, he probably wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

Driving the donkey cart, we headed straight to Caixu Village.

As soon as they arrived at Xu Hu's house, Su Wan'er ran out from the yard and hugged Su Ling'er.

The two hugged each other and cried.

Upon hearing this, Su's mother hurried out and asked questions repeatedly. Su Linger also told the story of how she was sold to Fatty Chen's house. The three of them, mother and daughter, hugged each other and cried again.

At dinner time, the whole family gathered together happily.

After Su's mother came, she took care of all the cooking chores, which made Su Wan'er and the little girl Qian'er's life a lot easier.

After finishing his meal and taking a break, Ren Hao was in a dilemma.

Originally, Xu Hu's house was not big, so when Qian'er came, they could still make do with a wooden bed in the kitchen.

But after Su's mother came, Ren Hao had no choice but to live on the donkey cart.

With Su Linger coming, the narrow broken bed could barely accommodate three people.

"I'll go to the kitchen to sleep and let these two little girls squeeze in with you." Su's mother suddenly said.

Ren Hao couldn't help but be stunned. He let Su Ling'er and Qian'er live in his bed? Is this reasonable?

Mother Su waved her hands: "What's there to worry about? It's not like we can't sleep if we squeeze in."

Ren Hao looked at Su Wan'er, and Su Wan'er nodded without hesitation and said, "Husband, I think it's feasible. Otherwise, I can't let you sleep outside again."

"Okay!" Ren Hao nodded helplessly, feeling a little anxious. He would go to the construction site tomorrow to check the progress.

At night, the two little girls huddled inside and fell asleep exhausted.

Su Wan'er hugged Ren Hao, her face slightly red, and a voice as subtle as a mosquito rang in her ears: "Husband...thank you..."

"What are you thanking me for?" Ren Hao asked with a smile.

"Of course I had to redeem Ling'er, otherwise I don't know how much suffering she would have to endure..." Su Wan'er said with some fear.

"You're welcome. Go to bed early." Ren Hao smiled and just patted her on the back.

Su Wan'er blushed and gently hooked her arms around Ren Hao's neck.

Ren Hao's breathing tightened, and he looked at the two little girls who were already sleeping inside, and he couldn't help feeling a little excited.

"I will always serve you well..."

……

The next morning, Ren Hao got up early.

But to his surprise, Su's mother got up earlier than him and was already fetching water to prepare dinner.

After Ren Hao told her to do more, he went to the construction site near Xiaoji Mountain.

At the construction site, everyone is already in place.

The reason why they came so early was because the sun was too strong during the noon and afternoon hours. Working under the scorching sun would not only be inefficient but also prone to heatstroke. Ren Hao would rather have them come to work earlier than to risk any lives.

According to ancient Chinese law, whoever kills someone must pay with his life! Even if he didn't kill anyone, it had something to do with him, and he didn't want to cause trouble for himself.

The entire construction site is now covered with a layer of pebbles brought from the river.

These were all brought back from the river by the villagers and spread on top.

Originally, it would have been best to use stones, but quarrying rocks is a huge project and it is also quite dangerous. If an accident like a rolling stone occurs, it could result in a lawsuit involving loss of life.

So Ren Hao had to settle for pebbles.

The next step is to mix loess with water and fill it in. Finally, go to the county town to buy stone slabs to pave them. Only then is the foundation completed.

Next to the construction site, in a yard separated by piles of stones, the main frame of a wooden house has been built.

"How long will it take to build my house?" Ren Hao asked Yang Si beside him.

Yang Si wiped the sweat off his face and said, "It will probably take about ten days. We have a lot of people, so we can work faster."

"So long?" Ren Hao frowned. Squeezing in with the two little girls always made him feel something was wrong.

After all, sexual intercourse between husband and wife is a private space for two people.

Yang Si smiled and said, "If we just want to live here, three days will be enough. We still need to build the kitchen and living room."

"Now the four bedrooms are almost done. In another three days, they will be completely ready for living. We can finish them later."

"Okay." Ren Hao nodded.

At last, they had a place to stay and no longer had to crowd into Xu Hu's house.

Besides, Xu Hu's wife is about to give birth, and it would definitely be inconvenient with so many people.

After giving Yang Si some reminders, Ren Hao returned to Xu Hu's house.

At this time, Su's mother had already prepared the meal, and everyone else had also gotten up one after another.

Ordinary people in ancient China seldom ate breakfast. Most of the time they ate once at noon, because this was the time when they were most likely to be hungry and when they needed to work. Only some slightly wealthier families would eat in the morning and then have another meal at noon. After noon, they would not eat again until the evening.

This is what is called not eating after noon.

However, the saying of not eating after noon only applies to ordinary people. Rich and powerful people just don't have a full meal after noon, but they still have tea and snacks, and some will also have some midnight snacks.

So in fact, not eating after noon is only feasible if you have money.

The breakfast is not very rich.

Each person had a bowl of white porridge, an egg, and a plate of pickles.

It is not easy to prepare such a simple meal. After all, ordinary people simply cannot afford to eat eggs.

After dinner, Su Wan'er and Su Ling'er learned to read from the little girl Qian'er.

Ren Hao was very pleased. No matter which world you are in, you can be without a diploma, but you cannot be without culture. At the very least, you must be able to read and write so that you can make progress.

Xu Hu was sent by Ren Hao to be a supervisor. As Ren Hao had no one available at the moment, he had to get bamboo himself, and started grinding and soaking it to make paper.

It took Ren Hao a whole day to finally dry the paper.