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

On this day, many women complained privately, scolding their men for not taking the initiative. They clearly went to watch the fun, but got nothing in return.

There were also people who complained about Li Yu, and Qian was the one who complained the most.

It was not yet dark, and Qian stood by the stone mill at the entrance of the village and talked to others, "We are all from the same village. Everyone has gone to help. She should give some to each of our families."

A woman felt that this was not right. They were not there to help, they were just there to watch the fun.

The woman wanted to fight back, but a voice suddenly interrupted, "Sister Qian helped this morning? I remember that Sister Qian was speaking up for Li Dali at that time."

Qian was stunned and turned to look at the source of the sound.

Li Yu stood by the road, smiling at Qian, "I have a good memory. I remember clearly who treated me well, and I will never forget who treated me badly. If Qian wants to eat meat, you can take the money and go buy it. We are all from the same village, so I will give you a discount."

After saying this, she called out to a woman standing behind Qian, "Sister Xiangyun, I'm looking for you!"

Wang Dafu's wife Li Xiangyun was stunned, and asked after a moment: "Looking for me?"

Li Yu smiled and said, "Brother Dafu has helped me a lot today. I don't have anything valuable here, so please accept this little copper coin."

As he spoke, Li Yu took out some copper coins and handed them over. There were quite a few copper coins, probably more than a dozen.

Li Xiangyun waved her hands repeatedly, "You have already given the meat, I cannot accept these copper coins."

Li Yu held her hand and forcefully pushed the money into her hand. "The county town is so far away, Dafu Ge can't make a wasted trip."

Li Xiangyun couldn't answer, "You are too polite. If there is anything you need help with in the future, just let me know. I will go with your rich brother to help."

"I remember that. Thank you, sister-in-law."

Li Yu talked to Li Xiangyun for a while and then turned to the homes of other people who came to help.

At the millstone, Li Xiangyun put the money into her purse, smiling, "You guys chat first, I'm going home to sleep."

Qian curled her lips and said, "It's just a dozen coins. You looked so happy. I thought you gave me more than ten taels!"

Li Xiangyun said, "What's wrong with a dozen cents? You can't even earn five cents a day." After that, he ignored her and walked away with a smile.

Qian looked at them and said to the others angrily, "Look at her. She took the bait with just a little favor."

The others laughed dryly and complained in their hearts that Qian was so jealous that her eyes turned red and she was scolding others in all kinds of ways. They really wanted her to go to the river to look at herself.

*

Li Yu gave money to each of the families who came to help. The village chief got more, thirty cents, and the others each got fifteen cents.

After delivering the money, I returned home. It was completely dark. I had dinner with Han Xiaomei and Han Zheng, then tidied up and went to bed.

The next day, Li Yu set up his stall as usual.

The man selling sesame cakes next door saw Li Yu and the other two from afar and the smile on his face got a little bigger.

"Boss Li, the seat is reserved for you."

"Thank you." Li Yu smiled and went over, set up the stall, and placed the meat on the chopping board.

Han Zheng took the initiative to buy three sesame cakes and three bowls of porridge, one for each of the three people. After eating, Han Zheng went to school while Li Yu and Han Xiaomei sold meat.

Because there was no stall yesterday, today's regular customers were particularly enthusiastic and asked what was wrong with Li Yu. Some of them who had connections at home even asked if he needed help.

Li Yu said what he could, and at the end he thanked these people for their kindness, but said that the matter had been resolved and no help was needed for the time being.

After selling for an hour, there was still some meat left.

After cutting two taels of pig intestines and wrapping them for a customer, Li Yu discovered that Boss Hu was standing not far away.

She greeted him with a faint smile.

Boss Hu stepped forward hesitantly and said, "Boss Li, I'm so sorry about what happened the other day." He thought he could introduce a good business to Li Yu and was secretly complacent about it, but ended up causing her to be ridiculed by Mei San.

Li Yu didn't take it to heart at all, and said, "Boss Hu, you don't need to say more. I understand what you mean. I can't thank you enough, so how can I blame you? The fact that I didn't make a deal with Boss Mei is inappropriate, and it has nothing to do with you."

Boss Hu then felt a little relieved. Seeing that there was still some meat on the stall that had not been sold out, he bought all of it immediately.

*

With no more food, Li Yu prepared to go home, but before leaving, someone stopped him.

"Boss Li, wait a moment."

The person who spoke was an old man dressed as a servant. He stroked his beard and said, "Boss Li, besides braised pork, can you cook other dishes?"

Li Yu quickly looked the old man up and down and said, "Yes. What dish would you like?"

The old man said, "I can't say exactly which ones I want. My master is going to host a banquet, so he wants to prepare some exquisite, novel and delicious dishes."

Li Yu understood that they wanted her to help prepare the banquet.

Of course she would make novel dishes, but she didn't know how she would be treated and whether it was worth making. She didn't want to cause trouble for herself by making a banquet.

After thinking for a while, Li Yu said, "I wonder what your master's name is?"

"Our master's surname is Qin, and he is the head of the Qin's Bank. I am the housekeeper of the Qin's house, and my surname is Zhao." The old man said, "If Mr. Li can do it, you can go back with me and try. As for the reward, Mr. Li, don't worry, our master said that as long as you can do a good job, you will be paid five taels of silver."

He is indeed a money lender, very wealthy.

Li Yu knew about the Qin family bank, and Mr. Qin had a good reputation in the town, so he said, "I know some new and unique dishes, you can try them, but I don't know what to do if Mr. Qin is not satisfied with the dishes I made."

"If the master is not satisfied, I will only give you a hundred coins."

One hundred coins is not a small amount. Li Yu nodded and said, "Then I'll try. I just need you to prepare all the ingredients first."

Li Yu thought of more than a dozen dishes on the spot, but Butler Zhao couldn't remember them all, so he borrowed paper and pen from a nearby letter stand and wrote them down, then prepared the ingredients according to the requirements.

Huangmei Town is located inland, so Li Yu did not mention any seafood, only those that can be found locally.

The next day, after Li Yu sold the braised meat, he took Han Xiaomei to cook.