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

Aunt Wu and a few others held a small meeting without Li Yu's knowledge.

The main content is about the distribution of rose cakes.

They all agreed that the rose cakes this time could not be divided according to the previous distribution.

The roses were bought by Li Yu, the land for growing the flowers was provided by Li Yu, and the recipes, methods, and all the ideas were provided by Li Yu.

Although they also did pruning and planting flowers, patrolling and supervising before picking flowers, and cleaning and processing flowers after picking, these jobs were very easy and not worth that much money.

*

"Xiu Wen's wife, you gave us too much. We feel uneasy accepting it," said Li Xiangyun.

Han's mother nodded in agreement, "Yes, we didn't do anything this time."

Liu Guilan: "Please take back the silver. If you take more this time, we can just give a few taels to each of us."

"Look, now we ask for a few taels of silver. We didn't dare to say that before. At that time, our family was not rich and we wanted to spend every penny carefully." Zhou Qinghe said with emotion: "Xiu Wen's wife, everyone has not contributed much this time, so you should give less."

Li Yu looked at the others and saw that their expressions were genuine. He thought for a moment and said, "I understand the intentions of the aunts and sisters-in-law, but since we have signed the contract, we should follow it.

Moreover, the aunts and sisters-in-law have made great efforts in this event. If you had not arranged for your families to watch over the fields all day long during the blooming period of the roses, our roses would have been picked by those dishonest people in the village, and we would not have been able to make rose cakes and dried roses.

So you should take what you deserve, and don’t feel unworthy or anything, because these are what everyone deserves.”

Several people:"……"

Li Yu stood up and stuffed the silver into the hands of several people, "In the future, I will make a lot of money with you all. This silver is nothing. Aunts and sisters-in-law, take it."

A few people looked at each other, and finally accepted it together.

*

The rose business came to an end, summer arrived, and the Li Yu family began to dig a well.

There are many people digging wells this year. After she came back from Nanzhou Prefecture, she went to look for well diggers and the queue has been going on until now.

The place where the well was dug was in the braised meat restaurant. There was a larger area and more water, so it was more convenient there.

The groundwater level at this time is relatively shallow, and a dozen meters is enough for use.

So it didn't take too long to dig a well. At the end of May, Li Yu officially started using the well water.

*

It's really hot.

The jelly was put back on display. In order to cater to the aesthetic tastes of the ladies in the county, Li Yu took out some dried roses. When selling them, he crushed the petals and sprinkled them on the jelly, which looked very beautiful.

In addition, lotus seeds and peach cubes were added as side dishes.

Guests can choose freely, and different prices are available for adding different accessories.

In addition to jelly, there is also sour plum soup.

In fact, Li Yu wanted to make iced watermelon juice, but there were no watermelons in Jiangyang County, so he couldn't make it.

As for milk tea, it is not easy to store in summer. In addition, there is very little milk in Jiangyang County, so it is impossible to get it.

I can only give up!

Fortunately, the braised meat could be changed. Seeing that the weather was too hot, Li Yu removed the meatballs and asked Han Sheng, who was still willing to help, to follow them to the shop to work every morning.

He is responsible for moving things, or helping to sell snacks and braised meat. If he has nothing to do in the afternoon, he can go chop firewood.

In terms of meat varieties, she added mouth-watering chicken and Bobo chicken.

Both of these dishes are spicy. Those who love spicy food will praise them highly, and those who don’t like it will not mind it because there are other options.

*

In mid-June, the weather is getting hotter and you can sweat just by moving a little.

That day, after Li Yu finished selling the braised meat, he sat in the lobby and chatted with the customers.

Just as we were talking about the fact that there was less rain this summer than in previous years, a few people in tattered clothes appeared at the door of the shop.

"Ladies and young ladies, masters and young masters, please have mercy on us. We haven't had a full meal for many days."

The leader was a middle-aged man. Next to him stood an old woman with a hunched back, a middle-aged woman about his age, and two children, a boy and a girl.

It should be a family of five.

They looked pale and thin, and it was unknown how long they had been hungry.

Li Yu stood up, found the few uneaten sesame cakes he had bought in the morning, and took out a few snacks and handed them to them.

When the man saw the food, he pulled the child beside him and knelt down without saying a word, "Thank you, madam, you are a good person, and you will live a long life."

Li Yu asked them to stand up and handed the food to them, "Eat."

The man took it, walked away with his family, and shared it with everyone.

Li Yu noticed that he gave the easy-to-swallow snacks to the old woman and two children.

"Boss Li has a kind heart, but you can't always help these beggars. Otherwise, after a long time, they will think that you should be nice to them and complain about you. This is what is meant by "a little kindness is repaid with a big grain of rice." A woman who often comes to the store to buy spicy chicken kindly reminded.

Li Yu understood this principle and smiled at the woman, "Don't worry, I understand everything."

"But have you noticed that there are more beggars in the county recently?" said a man.

As soon as this topic came up, everyone started talking.

"So you've noticed it too. I was saying that there seem to be more beggars on the streets."

"There are relatively few beggars in the county, but there are more outside the county. On the road west of the county, there are beggars coming and going every day."

"I saw there were so many of them, so I didn't dare to ask, and I didn't know what happened."

"I did hear some rumors that it hasn't rained in Qingzhou Prefecture to the west since last summer. The weather is too dry and crops can't grow, so some refugees have fled to our place."

"Oh, they won't steal our food, will they?"

Li Yu listened and frowned unconsciously.

If it's really like what everyone says, we have to be careful during this period.

Why don't we go down and ask Li the yamen runner to see if it's true? The increase in the number of beggars means the government must be taking some action.

*

For fear of missing out on important information, after the guests left, Li Yu made some thousand-layer cakes and went to the county government office to find Li the yamen runner.

After listening to Li Yu's explanation, Li Yayi looked around and saw that there was no one else, so he said, "I was just about to remind you, Boss Li, you should be careful recently. There is chaos in the west, and there are refugees running towards us. Be careful not to let them hurt you."

Li Yu: "Is it because of the drought?"

"Almost." Li Yayi said, "Those refugees are mostly poor people. The county magistrate is trying to find a way to settle them."

Li Yu understood.

After thanking Li the servant, she prepared to leave.

But at this moment, someone called her from behind.

Li Yu turned around and saw that it was the county magistrate's wife.

"I have something I want to ask you, Boss Li. Please come in and talk with me."

Li Yu looked at Li the servant.

Li, the yamen runner, shook his head, indicating that he had no idea what the county magistrate's wife was thinking.

Li Yu smiled at the county magistrate's wife and followed her in.

*

There was a small pavilion behind the county government office. The county magistrate's wife invited Li Yu to sit down in the pavilion. After they each drank a cup of tea, the county magistrate's wife finally spoke.

"Boss Li, I think you know about the refugees. I have a way to settle them. I want you to help me see if it works."