Su Jiudong remembered that he had inadvertently mentioned to Li Yangtou about building a new house. Unexpectedly, his casual resignation was actually told to the Lei family by Li Yangtou, so the Lei family was so anxious to show goodwill to Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng under the pretext of thanks.

Lei Jingyun came uninvited, and in addition to sending silver, he also brought a group of people and materials to the door.

Su Jiudong wanted to refuse, but seeing that the group of strong men were already disassembling the wood and stone, and were about to do a big job, Su Jiudong couldn't make a noise to make them stop.

"Young Master Lei, I appreciate your kindness. Saving lives and helping the wounded is what people like us who practice medicine should do, and I also took the initiative to mention the preparation of medicinal food for Mrs. Lei. Old Madam Lei recovered her body as she wished, but I still couldn't accept this thousand taels of silver. ”

Su Jiudong repeatedly refused, but did not dare to accept Lei Jingyun's gratitude.

If it was one hundred taels, maybe she would have taken it, but one thousand taels of silver was too much. The wealth is not exposed, Lei Jingyun deliberately let people carry a thousand taels of silver at the door of her house, and there are villagers watching around her.

"Miss Su is being too polite. Since you don't accept it, Jingyun can't give it away forcibly. Since Miss Su refused to accept the gratuity, but about the matter of building a new house, Miss Su still agreed, and it was not in vain that Jingyun brought people and materials over. Lei Jingyun waved his hand to let the silver box go down, and the greeting foreman stepped forward to discuss in detail.

In the end, Su Jiudong agreed to Lei Jingyun's help, and decided to build a small house next to his yard that could accommodate three people, so that Liu Yunniang, Su Ting'an and Ah Rong could move in, and he and Wen Yiheng continued to live in the original room.

Lei Jingyun asked the foreman to lead the labor force to start construction according to Su Jiudong's requirements. More than 20 workers are responsible for the food and accommodation of the Lei family, and they have never bothered Su Jiudong's family, and they work extremely hard and seriously, and dare to slack off for half a point.

Wen Yiheng did not hide from the Lei family's flattering move of taking the initiative to ask for help in building a new house, but he did not appreciate it.

That day in the Lei Mansion, after Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng both made it clear that they refused to contribute to the promotion of Lord Lei, the Lei family still came to the door with a cheeky face, Wen Yiheng only felt that the Lei family's plan was bigger, and there might be more than just a promotion that Wen Yiheng needed to help.

Su Jiudong also didn't care much about this matter, and only devoted himself to the research of medicinal diets.

Approaching the time of the handover of the store, Su Jiudong had to speed up. So only Liu Yunniang, Su Ting'an and A Rong were excited about the new house that was about to be built, and they ran to the construction site from time to time to watch.

The Lei family is responsible for the food of the workers, so Liu Yunniang only occasionally makes some snacks and sends them to comfort the workers who work day and night.

Flowing fire in July, Weiyang in August, and clothing in September. The scorching summer has passed in a hurry, and it has entered the gradually cooler September season.

The project of building a new house was in full swing, and early in the morning, Su Jiudong bid farewell to his family and rushed to the county seat with Wen Yiheng to talk to Li Yangtou about the shop. Li Yangtou waited for the door of Xiangyun Tea House earlier, and led the two of them to collect the shop.

Unlike the last time I came to inspect the damaged and old, the entire Erjin courtyard has been renovated.

The façade has been renovated and repaired like a brand new Putou, and then going inside, the houses are like the new ones, the tables and chairs that have been replaced are all brand new, and even the dry well in the second courtyard has been opened up, so that you can get water directly in the yard, and you don't have to go far to the street to get water.

"The entire yard was repaired in just one month, and the trouble of getting water was solved for us, Li Yangtou must have been quite troubled, it was really hard for you." Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng inspected the entire courtyard and took the key to the house from Li Yangtou.

"Miss Su has won the prize, these are small things. It is the honor of the villain to be able to share the worries of Miss Su and Master Heng. This is the master key and the spare key of the house, and it will be yours for the next year. Li Yangtou carefully took out the key from his arms and handed it to Su Jiudong, flatteringly pasted it beside the two, and refused to leave.

The three looked at each other and smiled awkwardly at each other. Su Jiudong was too lazy to pretend to be with Li Yangtou again, and directly sent off the guest, and led Li Yangtou out of the door: "Thank you Li Yangtou, you bothered about this courtyard, then I'll take a look at it myself, I won't bother you, you, please." ”

"No hurry, no hurry." Li Yangtou stopped at the door and asked Su Jiudong in a sly manner: "Since Miss Su has taken over the shop, then the problem of manpower should be considered next, right?" The villain has a lot of resources in his hands, not only a rented shop, but also a middle-aged person who wants to find a job to make a living. ”

"Miss Su, do you want to pick a few people from the villain to help in the store? They are all young and strong young men, and they can do any dirty work, so I guarantee that Miss Su is satisfied. ”

Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng glanced at each other, and Wen Yiheng came forward to refuse: "Thank you Li Yangtou for your kindness, thank you for your trouble." Although the shop has been accepted now, there are still some things that are not ready to stop, so I am not ready to open the shop for the time being, so the matter of finding people is better to push it back first. If we really want to recruit people in the future, we will find you again. ”

Li Yangtou's staff must be people who work under the Lei family, if they are really recruited into the shop to run errands to help, wouldn't their every move be equivalent to being exposed to the Lei family's eyeliner?

Wen Yiheng didn't want the Lei family to know his whereabouts, and Su Jiudong didn't want to be watched by the Lei family all the time, so he bluntly rejected Li Yangtou's recommendation.

Sending away Li Yangtou, who was unwilling, Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng discussed business matters in the shop.

"You and I have no experience in business, and we are not familiar with many things in opening a store, so it is better to invite someone who knows how to make a living and has experience to be the shopkeeper, you and I will first hide as a behind-the-scenes owner, and let the shopkeeper come forward to solve it, and we will check the accounts from time to time to see the business situation."

Wen Yiheng was the first to express his opinion.

made a fortune in a muffled voice, he suggested that Su Jiudong should not come forward to operate first, and the shopkeeper should be responsible for the purchase and shipment of interpersonal communication. Moreover, there are still three rooms of the Su family living in the county, and Su Jiudong can avoid attracting the entanglement of the Su family if he does not come forward.

Su Jiudong agreed with Wen Yiheng's idea. She is only familiar with medicinal herbs and medicinal diets, and she does not understand anything about business and livelihood. Instead of taking care of the stumbles yourself, it is better to hire someone to help you manage it, avoid detours, and avoid unnecessary trouble.

Su Jiudong's medicinal diet recipe is not enough to open a medicinal diet restaurant, and it will take some time to open a shop and other preliminary preparations for recruiting, purchasing, arranging, etc., so the two decided to wait until the winter moon is almost winter before opening.

Another month passed in the blink of an eye.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, more than 20 workers worked day and night to build, which took almost two months.

The workers first built a three-person blue brick house that Su Jiudong liked, and then built two more brick houses. It was also expanded along the wall line of the original house, and a new courtyard wall was built, including the three new rooms.

The new yard and new houses have been built, with red bricks and green tiles, which are tall and beautiful compared with the fragile thatched mud houses next to them.

Under the envious and jealous gaze of the villagers, Su Jiudong moved into the new house with his family.

Su Jiudong became a "wealthy person" in the eyes of the villagers, with three brick houses, two thatched mud houses, and a courtyard twice as large as before.

The workers helped Su Jiudong's family move all the furniture to the new house and put it up, and also set up a new earthen stove inside and outside the house, which is very convenient to make a fire, an earthen stove is responsible for cooking meals on weekdays, and an earthen stove is used to boil medicine and decoction, so Su Jiudong will no longer have to "grab" the stove with Liu Yunniang in the future.

Su Jiudong and his entourage advanced the first three-point house that was built at the earliest.

The room is divided into three rooms, the middle is used as the main hall of the living room, and the other two rooms are just for Liu Yunniang and Ah Rong to live in.

Wen Yiheng and Su Ting'an lived in the second largest room with two rooms in the west, and Su Jiudong lived in the smallest new house, which was also divided into two rooms, one as a bedroom and one as a study.

A few people went back to their rooms to tidy up their outfits and then prepared for dinner.

Liu Yunniang found a familiar wooden box from a pile of luggage in the side room. She thought it was Su Jiudong's wooden box for books, so she called Wen Yiheng to help carry it to Su Jiudong's house.

"Jiu Dong'er, this is your bookcase, right? The workers were carried into my house by mistake. Do you have enough space in your room? Why don't I let Heng Gongzi carry him to your study? Liu Yunniang saw a few bookcases piled up at Su Jiudong's door, and estimated that Su Jiudong's room might not be enough to put this big box anymore.

"Jiudong, how many books are you in this box? It's pretty heavy. Wen Yiheng struggled to carry the box to the door of the study, and was about to move in, but was stopped by Su Jiudong.

"Wait a minute, don't move in yet." Su Jiudong stepped forward to check, opened the box and saw that it was full of Pudong silver, and finally understood why she felt that this box was very familiar.

It was that day when Lei Jingyun came to the house to give a gift and put on a box of 1,000 taels of thanks. Su Jiudong flipped through it slightly, and found that only a layer of silver ingots was neatly placed on the surface, and there was a thick stack of silver tickets with small denominations underneath.

Su Jiudong clearly refused to accept the gift that day, and Lei Jingyun did not force her to accept it. thought that everything was fine, but when Su Jiudong saw this wooden box again, she understood that the Lei family was still a thief, and insisted on sticking it up to please her and Wen Yiheng.

"Huh? Wasn't this sent by Mr. Lei that day? Liu Yunniang was excited and panicked when she saw so much silver before, but now that she saw it again, her heart calmed down a little, but her words still revealed joy.

At that time, Su Jiudong refused to accept the silver taels, and Liu Yunniang still felt a little regretful in her heart.

She thought that this was obtained by Su Jiudong relying on his own medicinal diet to recuperate Mrs. Lei's illness, and it should be accepted, how could there be any reason to bother others.