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

Qingshui Village belongs to Jiangyang County, and the two places are about twenty miles apart. The group did not stop on the way and arrived at the county town at noon.

Jiangyang County was much more prosperous than Huangmei Town, with cars and people coming and going at the city gate. After paying the fee to enter the city, the few people, led by the village chief, first found a scholar to write a petition, and then went to the county government office.

Li Yu knew that the villagers were afraid of officials, so he pointed to a teahouse not far from the county government office and said, "I am grateful to all the uncles and brothers for helping me along the way. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't be able to get here by myself. I won't bother you anymore. I will beat the drum to see the county magistrate later. You can have some tea and snacks in the teahouse first."

After saying that, Li Yu took down his bag, took out five packages of meat and put them on the empty cart. "I don't have any cooking skills, but I've improved my stewing skills a little bit. I'll treat all the uncles and brothers to a meal today."

Then he took out a small piece of silver and gave it to the village chief, "Village chief, please take us to the teahouse."

She was so polite that everyone felt a little embarrassed. They just followed her all the way and didn't make any effort, but she invited them to drink tea and eat meat. Li Yu's braised meat was not cheap. They all knew that a bag of this would probably cost thirty cents.

"I'll take the meat, but I won't drink the tea." Han He said, "I finally pushed the cart to the county town, so I'll take this opportunity to buy some things to bring back. So just do your thing, I'll go for a walk on the street. After we finish shopping, we'll meet at the county town gate."

With the first one, others followed suit and said, "Yes, yes, we are finally here, let's go shopping."

Li Yu looked at the village chief.

"Just listen to everyone." The village chief said in a deep voice: "I will go with you later. I know your family's situation well, and I can be a witness when the time comes."

Li Yu had no choice but to take back the silver, and secretly said to himself that he would put a few more copper coins in the red envelope when he returned.

The four people who were traveling with them quickly pushed the cart away, leaving behind Li Yu, Li Dali whose mouth was blocked by cloth, and the village chief.

When Li Dali saw Li Yu braising meat for other people, his eyes were red with anger. Li Yu would rather give the meat to outsiders than to him. Damn it!

He wanted to curse, but unfortunately he couldn't speak and could only be furious.

Li Yu didn't care about him and decisively struck the drum to report the incident.

After a stick of incense, Li Yu, Li Dali and the village chief stood in the lobby of the county government office.

In the hall, the county magistrate was majestic and asked, "Who is here? What's the important matter?"

Li Yu took a half step to the middle and knelt down, telling Li Dali everything about his attempt to poison him, and presented the testimony that the village chief's son had given him before he left, that Li Dali had bought rat poison from the town's pharmacy. Li Dali probably thought that Li Yu knew nothing and didn't even know how to disguise himself when buying medicine, so the people sent by the village chief easily found the pharmacy where he bought the medicine.

"How could there be such a vicious person?" The county magistrate looked at it carefully and slammed the gavel. "Li Dali, do you have anything to say?"

Li Dali was sweating profusely: "My Lord, I...I am innocent. I bought the rat poison...to poison my own rats."

The county magistrate didn't believe it at all and just wanted to bang the gavel to intimidate others. Suddenly, he saw Li Yu out of the corner of his eye.

He thought for a moment and pointed at Li Yu, "It's possible that he bought the rat poison for other purposes. Do you have any evidence to prove your statement?"

"Yes." Li Yu looked at the village chief and said solemnly, "The man who broke into my house with Li Dali at night has been found. The villagers heard his conversation with Li Dali's wife Liu Yu. He said that he wanted to put rat poison in the braised meat I made. Sir, you can send someone to capture that man and Liu, and we will know the answer after asking them."

Before Li Yu and the others came to the county town, Liu Yu hurried home. When she was running, she was seen by Aunt Wu. Aunt Wu was afraid that she would make the next move, so she secretly followed her for a while.

It was also a coincidence that Liu Yu ran into the man who did bad things with Li Dali as soon as he walked out of the village.

Hiding behind a tree, Aunt Wu heard the conversation between the two. But she was alone at the time and did not dare to catch them. She just hurried back to the village to tell everyone about it.

After discussing with the village chief, Li Yu decided to let the county magistrate send someone to deal with it. The man was from Lijia Village. Without the government's intervention, rashly arresting him would inevitably cause disputes between the two villages. He was different from Li Dali. Li Dali was caught doing something bad on the spot, and the people of Lijia Village did not dare to argue no matter how much they disagreed.

At this time in the court, Li Dali was completely panicked after hearing what Li Yu said, "Sir, sir, I will tell you everything, please let me go."

Next, Li Dali explained in detail how he planned, how he bought the medicine, and how he got to Li Yu's house.

In order to reduce his punishment, he revealed all the details of the man he was with.

*

Li Dali was eventually sentenced to 20 strokes of the cane and six months in prison, but because he failed to successfully poison the victim and did not cause any major incidents, his sentence was not long.

Li Yu understood that the verdict was reasonable and didn't say much.

When Li Dali was finally arrested, he cried bitterly and shouted that he was wrong and he would not dare to do it again and asked Li Yu to forgive him in the future.

Li Yu remained unmoved. After thanking the county magistrate, he left with the village chief.

Standing at the gate of the county government office, looking at the majestic lion, the village chief was shocked to find himself in a cold sweat. He turned to look at Li Yu, who looked calm, without even a sweat on her head.

The village chief couldn't help but admire her, "Xiu Wen's wife, aren't you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid." Li Yu said, "We have evidence, what are we afraid of?"

However, the character of the county magistrate was an important reason for not being afraid. On the way here, she was actually a little worried. The original owner had never seen the county magistrate, and all her impressions of him were heard from others. The county magistrate in other people's mouths was serious, punishing people at every turn, like a devil from hell. It was not until she arrived in the county and saw the satisfaction on the faces of ordinary people and the ease with which the vendors talked to the yamen runners that she knew that their county magistrate was not a bad person.

Li Yu didn't tell the village chief about this. The two of them stopped for a while and then walked back along the same path.

During the trip, they passed by various shops and Li Yu and the village chief bought some things respectively.

*

When they came, the cart was empty, and when they left, it was full of things. Fortunately, the men were all strong, so they took turns pushing it and didn't feel tired.

It was already evening when we got home. The village was full of people talking, and when they saw us returning, they all gathered around us.

"What did the county magistrate decide?"

"Is the court particularly scary? Did the bailiffs beat him with a stick?"

"What does the county magistrate look like?"

Everyone's eyes were burning, and Li Yu had no choice but to say briefly, "Li Dali was imprisoned and sentenced to six months. The court was terrible, the bailiffs beat Li Dali with a stick, and the county magistrate was extremely majestic."

"Wow! I said the county magistrate is majestic."

"Xiu Wen's wife, you are really brave. You dare to go to that place."

"I dare not speak to the magistrate."

The villagers were talking to each other, all showing respect for the county magistrate, but Li Yu just smiled and said nothing. She just wanted to let people know that the county magistrate was serious and she was not afraid of entering the county government office.

She wanted to make those who had similar ideas to Li Dali give up, such as Yang Qiuyue.

*

After asking the county magistrate, the villagers asked about the prosperity of the county town. Several men took off their bags and stood there to talk to everyone.

Villagers rarely go to the county, and some have never been there in their entire lives. So whoever has been to the county became the focus of the crowd, and people would ask about him wherever he went.

Li Yu was worried about Han Xiaomei, so he said goodbye to them and pushed the cart away.

She walked away, and a few nosy villagers touched Uncle Wu who followed her and asked, "What thank-you gift did Xiuwen's wife give you?"

Uncle Wu glanced at everyone and slowly took out an oil-paper bag from his bundle, "Give it to the braised pork."

Someone immediately envied them and said sourly, "All meat? Impossible, how could Xiu Wen's wife bear to part with it? Most of it should be vegetables!"

Han He, who was following, immediately retorted, "More than half a pound of pork belly, and some braised pork offal."

Han Shui, Wang Dafu and the village chief nodded, proving that they were telling the truth.

The scene suddenly became quiet.

After a while, someone laughed dryly, "Xiu Wen's wife is really nice. She gave such a big thank-you gift." If she had known earlier, she would have let her husband go as well. He missed the meat in vain.