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

The little beggar was about the same age as Han Xiaomei and Si'er. His clothes were tattered and his face was dusty. He was lying on the ground, so cold that he had little warmth from his body.

After all, it was a life. Li Yu asked Lu Xuan to put him in the car, planning to take him to the clinic when they passed by.

As a result, the clinic was closed and no one answered the door.

Li Yu had no choice but to take him back to the courtyard.

There was an empty room in the yard, which was clean and had a small bed. Li Yu found a quilt and spread it out, then found a new set of clothes that she had asked someone to make for Si'er but had not given him yet, and asked Lu Xuan to put them on the little beggar.

Afraid that he would have a fever in the middle of the night, she made some ginger tea for him. Only when she felt his body temperature return to normal did she go back to the room to rest.

*

The next day, before Li Yu got up, he heard Ah Fu's barking.

She quickly put on her clothes, rubbed her eyes and opened the door.

The little beggar was standing at the door of the wing room, holding a shovel and confronting Ah Fu. He took off the new clothes she had found for him and put on his own tattered winter clothes again.

Ah Fu had grown into a big dog. When he stood up and faced people, he looked so majestic that the little beggar was frightened and trembled.

Li Yu called out "Afu", and Afu immediately ran to her, wagging his tail wildly.

She touched its head and said to the little beggar, "You fainted on the road last night. We were afraid that something might happen to you, so we brought you back."

Little beggar: "..."

"You don't believe it?" Lu Xuan also got up, holding the sleepy Xiaonan's hand and standing at the door. The little guy gradually got used to the days without Madam Yan by his side, and became more and more obedient.

The little beggar put down the shovel hesitantly and said, "Well...thank you very much."

Li Yu nodded and asked, "How are you? Do you feel uncomfortable?"

The little beggar shook his head.

Li Yu felt relieved, "That's good."

"I... I'm leaving." The little beggar looked at the room reluctantly. Last night was the most comfortable night he had spent since the beginning of winter. The quilt was very warm, and he felt like he was lying on cotton. And the clothes he was wearing, he hadn't worn such good clothes for a long time.

Unfortunately, this place doesn't belong to him, and the clothes don't belong to him either.

After saying that, the little beggar ran out. Lu Xuan wanted to chase him, but Li Yu stopped him, "Forget it, since he wants to leave, let him go."

*

Nothing happened at the hot pot restaurant last night and everything was normal.

Li Yu was not completely reassured. Cao Ao had said such strong things yesterday, and after being criticized by her, he would definitely not let the matter go easily.

She had to be prepared.

But she was not afraid. More and more dignitaries had come to the store in the past few days. If Cao Ao really wanted to cause trouble, he would have to think about these people.

What's more, she has Princess Jianing as her backer.

Li Yu asked Nanny Tian to keep an eye on the situation and went to the kitchen to continue frying the crispy pork.

When the store was about to open, Si'er came over.

Li Yu took the lunch box from his hand and put soup into the lunch box while asking him about Han Zheng's study.

Mr. Su has fallen in love with hotpot these days, but he has to teach Han Zheng and doesn't have much time to come over, so Li Yu asked Si'er to come and bring the base soup, fried dough sticks and crispy pork.

As for the dishes, Mr. Su has a cook who can cut them, so there is no need to bring any.

Considering that Mr. Su is old, even if he wants to eat spicy and oily food, Li Yu forced him to change it to a lighter mushroom soup. Even if it was a spicy hotpot, she changed it to a less spicy and less oily one.

Li Yu in the store also wanted to promote less spicy and less oily dishes, but those who come to eat hotpot want to eat the most authentic hotpot, so it is not popular. Only two people ordered it yesterday.

After seeing Si'er off, Li Yu continued to work.

*

At noon, everything that needed to be prepared was ready. Li Yu saw that it was not so busy anymore, so he went out the back door to get some fresh air.

Just as she stretched, someone came running in front of her. Li Yu lowered her head and found that it was the little beggar they rescued last night.

The little beggar looked up at her and stammered, "I can...can...help you deliver the food."

Li Yu: “Hmm?”

The little beggar licked his lips and said, "I...I saw someone taking the things out. I can help you with that."

An idea suddenly occurred to Li Yu, "Are you talking about Si'er?"

The little beggar nodded, "I can help deliver things to the guests. You helped me, so I want to... repay you."

In the morning, he did not run far away, but secretly followed them here. Finally, he found a way to repay his gratitude.

Li Yu stared at the little beggar for a while and said, "Do you really want to help me?"

The little beggar nodded heavily.

Li Yu smiled and said, "I will give you a food box tomorrow. Please help me deliver it to a place. But before that, you need to wash yourself and change into clean clothes."

The little beggar: “…” He could wash them, but he had no money and couldn’t buy new clothes.

Li Yu didn't let him feel embarrassed for too long, and said, "If you still want to do it, wait for me. Come home with me tonight, and I'll let you try tomorrow."

The little beggar pursed his lips, lowered his head and said okay.

After saying that, he ran away again. This lady is doing business, he is too dirty, it is better not to get too close to him.

*

Business was still good at noon. Li Yu was busy in the kitchen for a while and then went to the front lobby to take a look.

By chance, the coppersmith was looking for her.

As soon as they met, before they even spoke, the coppersmith gave her twenty taels of silver.

Li Yu: “?”

The coppersmith said, "Boss Li, after your hot pot became popular, many people asked me to make it. I have received many orders in the past few days, but the drawings of the hot pot were given to me by you. I feel uneasy if I don't tell you, so can I buy the drawings for twenty taels of silver?"

When Li Yu gave him the blueprint, he didn't think of asking for money. After all, the structure of the hot pot is not difficult and any ordinary craftsman can make it after just looking at it.

She declined.

But the coppersmith insisted on giving it.

Li Yu thought for a moment and said, "If you really feel embarrassed, how about doing me a favor?

I need to order another batch of hot pot. Since you feel uneasy, you should make the hot pot I ordered first, while ensuring that the others are delivered on time."

The coppersmith estimated it and said, "Okay, no problem."

Li Yu then ordered another twenty copper hot pots.

*

The two were talking close to the counter, so Aunt Tian heard everything and asked, "There are more than 20 unused copper pots in the backyard storage room. Why did you order these, Boss Li?"

Li Yu said: "I want to try takeout."

This was her original idea, but since the store had just opened a few days ago, she couldn't do this.

Now that the business is almost stable, we can start doing this.

The little beggar just now was the first "delivery man" she found.

*

Nothing happened all day.

Those who came to eat included ordinary people, unknown minor officials, and officials from the six ministries.

The hotpot was delicious and everyone was very satisfied.

Cao Ao came again until closing time in the evening.

In addition to the few people he brought yesterday, this time he actually brought a dozen guards.

Blocking the door, Cao Ao said, "I want your shop!"