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

Li Yu invited the county magistrate, the town mayor and the village chief to the yard to talk and drink tea. Among the three, Li Yu had the least contact with the town mayor, but the town mayor was an upright person and had helped her when she first started her business, so she was not afraid of him.

Several people were happily chatting about Han Zheng and the imperial examination. Outside the courtyard, the villagers gathered together, looking at the courtyard wall of Li Yu's house with envy.

"This Xiuwen wife has one of the highest status in the town. Zheng Ge'er passed the imperial examination, and she will be his sister-in-law in the future. Even the mayor has to give her face."

"Who would have thought that Han Zheng was so powerful? Before they separated, I didn't realize he had this ability at all."

"At that time, Yang Qiuyue and Han Xiuwu didn't let him study at all. What do you think?"

"Speaking of Yang Qiuyue and Han Xiuwu, they must be regretting it so much. There were clearly two golden babies in their family, but they didn't catch either one."

"And the Han family insisted on splitting up last year. Now they've missed out on a juren scholar! If I were the ancestor of the Han family, I'd be so angry that I'd curse them in my dreams in the middle of the night!"

"The Han family's affairs have little to do with us. I feel lucky now. From the time Xiu Wen's wife married into our Qingshui Village until now, although I haven't helped her in any way, I haven't offended her either."

Speaking of offense, the villagers who had never offended Li Yu looked at those villagers who had caused trouble for Li Yu.

It didn't matter that they took a look. They found that several people who had offended Li Yu had gathered together and were looking at Aunt Wu and others who had a good relationship with Li Yu.

*

Aunt Wu, Li Xiangyun, Han's mother and others were helping to arrange for the musicians to play wind and percussion instruments.

Just as she handed a musician a cup of tea, Aunt Wu's clothes were suddenly grabbed by someone.

She looked back and saw a woman looking at her flatteringly.

It was none other than Wang, who tried to steal Li Yu's marinade package, but was caught by Li Yu and sent to the county jail for a few days.

*

Aunt Wu hated Wang, so she didn't look kindly at her. She asked coldly, "What do you want?"

Wang was a little angry at being treated like this, but she didn't dare to show it. She smiled and said, "Sister Wu, I was ignorant before and offended Xiu Wen's wife. Can you help me say a few good words so that she won't bother with me?"

Aunt Wu immediately understood what she meant. She was afraid again after seeing Zheng Ge'er pass the imperial examination.

Behind Wang stood those who had also caused trouble for Li Yu, and each of them had a look of regret on their faces.

Aunt Wu suddenly felt very happy. These people deserved it. They took advantage of their family connections to cause trouble for Xiu Wen’s wife. Now, they are scared!

Seeing that Aunt Wu refused to give in, Wang said anxiously, "Aunt Wu, for the sake of our being from the same village, please help us."

"Yes, Mrs. Wu, I know I was wrong. I will never say bad things about Xiu Wen's wife in private again."

Aunt Wu then said, "Xiu Wen's wife is not like you. She is the most open-minded person. After you hurt her and she seeks justice for herself, she will not take the grudge between you to heart."

When several people heard her say this, they all looked happy.

Aunt Wu changed the subject at this time, "But Xiu Wen's wife is not a pushover, she can see clearly who is really good to her and who is not.

If you don't want to cause trouble for your family, just live your life quietly and don't stare at her all day. As long as you don't rush to cause trouble, Xiu Wen's wife won't cause trouble for you."

*

Only after seeing off the county magistrate and the mayor did Li Yu learn about what was happening outside.

Aunt Wu said, "Daughter-in-law Xiu Wen, I think I'm right."

"No." Li Yu smiled. Aunt Wu's words were exactly what she wanted to say. She didn't want to have much contact with those fence-sitters in the past, nor did she want to have much contact with them in the future. Aunt Wu just happened to help her.

"By the way, Xiu Wen's wife, Han Zheng's success in the imperial examination is a big event in our village. You should treat the villagers to a banquet." The village chief's wife reminded.

Li Yu said: "Yes, I have decided to treat everyone to lunch the day after tomorrow. However, there is no one at home, so I will still ask the aunts and sisters-in-law to help."

"Don't worry, it's just a small matter." Zhou Qinghe and Liu Guilan said happily.

Last year, when the Han family split up, they and Han Shui and Han He decisively chose to be grouped together with Li Yu and Han Zheng.

Now that a scholar has emerged in the clan, they are proud of it.

*

Han Zheng passed the imperial examination and Li Yu invited him to dinner. The village was bustling with activity and everyone who was invited was extremely happy.

Those who were not invited, although unhappy, did not dare to say anything. Han Zheng was already a juren, and they dared not offend anyone in his family.

But there are also people who refuse to give up, such as the Han clan members who insisted on splitting up with Han Zheng and Li Yu.

Now that they saw Han Zheng had passed the imperial examination, they shamelessly went to the Second Great Grandfather who had a say in Li Yu, and said that they had chosen to split the clan out of evil will, and now they regretted it, and hoped that the Second Great Grandfather would reunite the clan for the sake of the older generation.

When the second great grandfather heard that Han Zheng had passed the imperial examination, he guessed that this would happen, and he quickly found several young men from his clan to guard the gate. So those shameless people were beaten out with sticks before they could finish their words.

"The Han family will never be united again, so give up on this idea!" The second great grandfather cursed angrily. These people only had calculations in their minds and no emotions. Now they proposed to unite the family just to use Zheng Ge'er's name to gain benefits. As an elder, he would not let them come back to hold Zheng Ge'er back.

*

In the entire Huangmei Town and even in Jiangyang County, Han Zheng was the only one who won the title of Jieyuan in the past thirty years. So in addition to the villagers and those who had a good relationship with Li Yu who sent gifts, some wealthy families in the town and the county also sent gifts to Li Yu. They were more generous than each other. Some sent gifts from shops, some from yards, some from gold and silver jewelry, and some even sent maids, under the pretext of asking them to take care of Han Zheng's food, clothing and daily life.

Li Yu was not familiar with these people, so she refused them all on the grounds that Han Zheng was not at home and she could not make the decision for Han Zheng.

Those people tried several times, but seeing that Li Yu refused to listen, they had to give up.

*

The house was lively for a while, but gradually became quiet as time went by.

Li Yu sells braised meat as usual.

When estimating that the autumn harvest was only five or six days away, Li Yu called the village head's wife and Aunt Wu and others home and told them that he was planning to go to the capital.

The smiles on their faces suddenly froze.

After a while, the village head's wife said, "Xiu Wen's wife, are you serious?"

Li Yu looked at the few people and smiled slightly, "It's true."

Aunt Wu's eyes turned red: "You won't come back in the future?"

"Of course I have to go back. I just want to do business and take care of Han Zheng. He is still a child. I don't feel comfortable leaving him alone in a place like Beijing."

"Then how do you arrange it? There are so many things to do at home." Li Xiangyun asked.

Li Yu took out the written paper and told them about his plan.