Cao Gang went to the town early in the morning to bring back the small stone mill that he had asked someone to make. He placed the stone mill in the yard. Everyone looked at the stone mill with smiles on their faces. The children shouted and jumped happily at their feet. They were very happy.

After cleaning the stone mill, they began to grind rice. The milky white rice slurry rolled down from the stone mill and fell into the bucket. Cao Xiangnan demonstrated it once, and Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian next to him learned it and started to work. He was no longer needed later.

Cao Xiangnan carefully handed over each process to Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian, and Cao Gang next to him also learned it seriously. He was not worried that Sun Bailian and Cao Gang and his wife would start their own business after learning the technique. At least for now, none of them could live without the other. If one of them went out alone one day in the future, it would be their own business.

His goal was not only here. Now it was just a beginning for him. A good start would indicate a good start, and everything would go more smoothly in the future.

For dinner, they had the first rice noodles they made together. Both adults and children had a big bowl of rice noodles with pork offal. It tasted delicious and everyone was very satisfied.

"Go back and go to bed early."

"Okay, you should go to bed early too."

Qi Wanfeng sent Sun Bailian and her family away, and the two agreed to meet tomorrow morning.

As soon as it got dark, they took a shower and went to bed. Cao Xiangnan was very excited all day, and this excitement continued until he lay in bed at night. His whole mind was still very active, and his mind was full of thoughts about tomorrow.

Qi Wanfeng coaxed the child to sleep, turned around and looked at his husband who was not asleep yet. He knew that his husband was happy, and he was happy too. The two of them lay face to face, and they just looked at each other like this. Qi Wanfeng said with a gentle smile in his eyes, "Husband, go to sleep. You have to get up very early tomorrow."

The money earned from making snacks is a kind of early-rising and greedy money, but in order to live, they have no choice but to work harder.

Cao Xiangnan reached out to hold Qi Wanfeng's hand and said, "When we make money, we will build a big yard. What do you think?" "Okay." Qi Wanfeng replied with a smile.

No matter what her husband said, he thought it was good.

Before the next winter came, Cao Xiangnan thought he had to build a big tiled house with green bricks, otherwise when winter came, they would still live in this dilapidated house and it would be very cold. The baby in Wanfeng's belly would be born by that time, and Cao Xiangnan thought they had to be prepared for the arrival of the baby, so the only thing they could do now was to work hard to create a better life.

The sound of talking in the house gradually disappeared, and the two people on the bed fell asleep in each other's arms.

"Knock knock--" Someone knocked on the door of their courtyard. Qi Wanfeng, who was grinding rice in the yard, went to open the door. Outside the door came Sun Bailian's family of four, and the little son in his arms was still sleeping.

"An An is still sleeping in the house. You can bring the child over to sleep with you." Qi Wanfeng saw that the child in Sun Bailian's arms was still sleeping, and hurriedly asked him to bring the child into the house to sleep. He didn't wake up the child even after getting up. It was still early, so let the child sleep a little longer.

"Well, I'll bring the second boy in to sleep." Sun Bailian didn't hesitate and took the child into the house.

Seeing Kang Kang following his father, Qi Wanfeng asked, "Kang Kang, do you want to sleep with your brothers for a while?"

"Kang Kang doesn't want to sleep. Kang Kang has to help with the work." Cao Yikang stood beside his father, pursing his little mouth and looked very much like his father.

Qi Wanfeng smiled when he heard this and said, "Okay."

Cao Gang reached out and patted his son's head. Cao Yikang looked up at his father, and the father and son communicated with each other in this familiar movement.

A small oil lamp was lit in the kitchen, and they started working inside.

One by one, the rice noodles were lifted out from the dustpan, plump and hot, and then cut into thin strips and put into the pot. The pot of rice noodles was soon full, so another pot was replaced.

They did not plan to make too much rice noodles on the first day of opening. Qi Wanfeng and his friends were worried that they would not be able to sell them all. But Cao Xiangnan had his own strategy here. He was not worried about not being able to sell them all. What he wanted was not enough to sell.

The soup in the pot was ready, and the aroma of the pig offal stewed with spices filled the air.

The two children in the house were still asleep, and there was no way they could be taken care of if they were brought over. They already had four adults, so after some discussion, Qi Wanfeng agreed to stay at home to look after the three children and did not go with them. From now on, everyone would take turns to let one person look after the children at home.

"Don't worry, Mom, Kang Kang will help take care of his brother." Kang Kang was sensible and did not make a fuss about going with them. He listened to his mom and stayed to take care of his brother, and promised his mom with a serious face.

The sky outside was still gray, so they got on the ox cart to Fenshui Town and slowly set off.