Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Mr. Hu's friend's surname is Mei, and his ancestral home is Jiangyang County. A few years ago, his restaurant business was doing well, so his family moved to the state capital and opened another restaurant in the state capital. The old restaurant in the county was taken care of by relatives.

Boss Mei was in her thirties, wearing a long silk gown. When she saw the linen clothes on Li Yu, she showed disappointment and disgust in her eyes. Old Hu praised Boss Li like a flower. He thought she was such a stunning woman, but she turned out to be a country girl. He really didn't know what to say.

Li Yu inadvertently caught Boss Mei's eye and her smile faded.

Boss Mei didn't notice Li Yu's change. After entering the teahouse's private room, he directly asked about buying the recipe. "Boss Li, I think Lao Hu has already told you about the situation. What do you think?"

Without waiting for Li Yu to answer, he continued, "My Delicious Restaurant is one of the best restaurants in the prefecture, and all the customers are from wealthy families. Normally, I shouldn't buy your recipe, after all, pig offal is not good enough for tabletops, but Old Hu praised you so highly that I had to accept it reluctantly."

Li Yu: “…” Does he mean that it is her blessing that he bought the braised pork recipe?

Boss Hu, who was listening, felt that something was wrong with what Boss Mei said, so he said, "Mei San, what are you talking about? Didn't you say that Boss Li's braised meat is good, so you wanted to buy it?"

Boss Mei sat up straight, looking arrogant. "Old Hu, some of my words are just polite words, you don't have to believe them all. Let me be frank, I am willing to buy Boss Li's recipe because of your face. Otherwise, do you think that pig offal is worthy of my delicious house? The state capital is not a small town. Only the lowest-class restaurants sell these dirty things."

Boss Hu didn't expect that when he was kind enough to help him buy the formula, Mei San would stab him in the back. His face suddenly changed like an overturned color palette.

Restraining his anger, Boss Hu looked at Li Yu, "Boss Li, I'm sorry, you see..."

"Boss Hu, I know you are helping me out of kindness, so you don't have to say anything more." Li Yu smiled and then turned to Boss Mei, "Boss Mei, I understand what you mean."

Boss Mei glanced at her and said in a neutral tone, "I'm glad you understand. It's important for people to know themselves. In this case, I will still buy your recipe, but I will only give you thirty taels."

Boss Hu stood up suddenly, very angry: "Mei San, you are too much. If you don't want to buy, just leave now. Why are you insulting me with words here?" He only gave thirty taels. Boss Li can earn thirty taels a month. Why does he need his money? !

Boss Mei looked down upon Boss Hu's expression and said, "Old Hu, the recipe belongs to Boss Li, not you. Boss Li might agree to it. Boss Li, what do you think?"

"Boss Mei is right." Li Yu smiled. "Braised pork offal is not worthy of your Delicious House, so I won't sell the recipe. Consider it as me treating Boss Mei to tea today. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

After saying that, Li Yu left without looking back.

Boss Mei: “…” This guy still thinks thirty taels is not enough. He is indeed a country boy and is insatiable.

When Boss Hu heard Li Yu say he would not sell, he felt relieved and stood up and said, "Mei San, I am really disappointed with you today. Let's have less contact for the time being."

Boss Mei: “…”

*

All the braised meat and dishes at the stall were sold out. Han Xiaomei had already packed up her belongings and was sitting on a chair eating a sesame seed cake.

Li Yu hadn't had breakfast and was hungry now, so he went to the stall next door, bought a sesame cake and two bowls of wontons, and sat next to Han Xiaomei to eat.

After the meal, I returned the wonton bowl and pushed the cart to go shopping.

Today I still bought two sets of pork offal, two pig heads, and more ribs and pork belly.

Passing by a fruit stall, Li Yu saw fresh oranges and suddenly realized that it was already late autumn and it was time to put on thicker clothes.

There happened to be a fabric store not far away. Li Yu thought about it and asked Han Xiaomei to watch the car while she went into the store with her purse.

The shop owner recognized Li Yu and greeted him warmly, "Boss Li, what kind of cloth do you want to buy? I'll find it for you."

Li Yu looked up and looked around. The shop looked inconspicuous from the outside, but it was OK inside. There were many kinds of cloth. Li Yu did not ask the shopkeeper to help him choose. He chose three pieces of cloth by himself, two pieces of fine linen and one piece of cotton. One piece of cloth could make two pieces of clothes, so three pieces of cloth were just enough for two pieces for each of the three of them.

When it comes to dressing, Li Yu doesn't want to treat herself badly. Medical care was not well developed in ancient times, and she doesn't want to get sick because of wearing too little clothes.

Cotton cloth cost 350 wen per piece, and fine linen cloth cost 200 wen per piece, for a total of 750 wen. Li Yu bought a lot, so the boss gave him a small piece of cotton cloth, which could be used to make two pairs of shoes.

Before leaving, Li Yu asked the boss where to buy quilts. Winter was coming, and not only did she need thicker clothes, she also needed thicker quilts. The braised meat business was good, and she had earned nearly twenty taels recently, so she was not afraid to spend money.

When the boss heard that she wanted to buy a quilt, he became more attentive. "My sister is the best at making quilts. If you want to buy one, I'll go ask her for the price. Do you want a thick or thin quilt?"

"Something thicker."

"Okay, I'll go ask when I'm not busy, and I'll tell you the price when you come to town again tomorrow."

Li Yu nodded.

Outside, Han Xiaomei was surprised to see Li Yu carrying three pieces of cloth. "Second sister-in-law, why did you buy so much cloth?"

"It's getting cold, let's make two sets of clothes each."

Han Xiaomei opened her mouth wide, and in a moment, she smiled widely, "Thank you, second sister-in-law."

Before the family split up, the second brother would buy new clothes for her and the third brother every winter. Whenever this happened, Yang Qiuyue would secretly curse the three of them, saying that the second brother was a spendthrift and didn't know how to save money but would spend it recklessly; that the third brother was a sickly person who never went out and it was a waste to make clothes for him; that she couldn't do much work but only knew how to enjoy herself, and that she had never seen a girl wearing new clothes every winter.

Now that I’m with my second sister-in-law, there’s no more abuse and everything is so beautiful.

Han Xiaomei was extremely grateful that she stood up when the family split up. If she had chosen to continue following Yang Qiuyue and the others, she would have suffered from the cold this winter.

*

Inside Mingtong Academy.

On Han Zheng's first day at school, he attracted the attention of all his classmates. First, he was young, only twelve years old. Before he appeared, the minimum age for the scholar class was fourteen. Second, he did not have the status of a student.

Since he had not passed the examination for students of higher learning, but was able to enter the class of scholars, people could not help but have all kinds of speculations in their minds.

As the first class in the morning was about to end, several people gathered around Han Zheng's desk. The leader was Qin Siran, the young master of the Qin's Bank, the largest bank in town.

"Hey!" Qin Siran raised his chin, "Are you Mr.'s relative?"