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

The Crown Princess was Xie Liyu's life-saver.

"If you hadn't noticed something was wrong at that time, I would have been in great danger. It was you who saved my life." The Crown Princess said solemnly, "It's inconvenient for you to be on the road now. When you return to the East Palace, I will definitely reward you handsomely."

"It is our duty to save the Crown Princess. If others find out today, they will surely take action as well." Li Yu said respectfully.

At that time, she really didn't think about anything else. There was only one thing in her mind, which was to save the Crown Princess.

Not only because she had developed a fondness for the Crown Princess during their brief time together, but also because nothing could happen to the Crown Princess.

If anything happened to her, those who were accompanying her would be subject to strict scrutiny.

That would be too much trouble.

*

Before leaving for the palace, the Crown Princess had been attracted by the fact that Princess Jianing had a crush on Li Yu. After spending a few days together, her favorability towards Li Yu increased. Now that she had gone through some twists and turns, she felt that Li Yu was even better.

She smiled at Li Yu and said, "That's true, but you're the only one who noticed it out of all the people. Even I didn't notice anything wrong, so you've done a great deed today. No matter what, I'll reward you. By the way, is there anything you want? As long as I have it, I'll satisfy you."

Li Yu thought for a while and said, "I haven't thought of what I want yet. Crown Princess, can you keep it for now? When I think of it, I will come to you to fulfill it."

The Crown Princess was surprised: "Are you serious?"

Li Yu nodded.

The Crown Princess raised her lips slightly: "Okay. Then let Jianing be the witness. I owe you a promise. When you have a request in the future, you can ask me to fulfill it."

Li Yu thanked him respectfully.

*

Back in the carriage at Prince An's Mansion, Princess Jianing asked Li Yu what he wanted.

Li Yu said: "I haven't thought about it yet."

What she wanted most was "power that was not important but could be used to impress others", which the Crown Princess definitely could not give her, so there was no need to tell her.

As for the rest, she really couldn't think of it for the time being, so she simply let the Crown Princess owe it for now.

*

After noon, the carriage finally arrived in the capital.

Everyone first sent the Queen, the Crown Princess and the other princes' wives into the palace, and then dispersed.

Princess Jianing didn't want to go back to the palace for the time being, so she said something to Princess An and took Li Yu to Taiping Street first.

"I haven't eaten yet at noon, so I went to a hot pot restaurant to eat hot pot."

Li Yu smiled and said yes. She hadn't visited the store for a few days, so she had to go and take a look.

Halfway through the journey, due to the rain at night and the slippery road, their carriage accidentally hit a carriage from another mansion.

Just as Li Yu was about to apologize, the curtain of the carriage was lifted. A familiar-looking woman apologized to Princess Jianing repeatedly, then called her coachman and drove away quickly.

Li Yu: “…”

Princess Jianing sneered, "The wife of the Duke of Qi is keeping a low profile this time." In previous years, she tried her best to get close to the Queen, the Crown Princess, and her mother, but this year she did nothing. During the few days she went to the palace, she quietly hid in inconspicuous places.

Li Yu said: "They are probably afraid that Princess An will mention their fourth son."

"Cao Ao? His arm hasn't healed yet, he deserves it!" Princess Jianing said, "If it weren't for the red seal and iron certificate in the Duke of Qi's mansion, and the old Duke of Qi's great achievements, Cao Ao would have died many times ago."

Li Yu: "What the princess said is true."

The reason Cao Ao is still alive today is all thanks to his family.

But I don’t know whether it was because of Duke Qi’s intervention or because Cao Ao had changed his mind, but he didn’t go to the hot pot restaurant to cause trouble again this year.

This is exactly what she wants!

*

Taiping Street.

Han Xiaomei stood at the street corner, looking anxiously. The hot pot restaurant was temporarily closed, so she had time to run here and wait.

Han Rong stood aside and talked to her.

"They said the carriage had entered the city a long time ago, why hasn't it come back yet? Sister Han Rong, please accompany me to Prince An's Mansion." Han Xiaomei said, holding Han Rong's hand.

Han Rong looked back in the direction of the hot pot restaurant, thought for a moment, and said, "Do you know the location? How do we get there?"

She was also a little worried.

When Han Xiaomei heard that she was willing, she jumped a little, then pulled her to another road, "I know the location, let's go to the front and call a bullock cart. Do you have copper coins?"

Han Rong touched her purse and said, "I have about twenty cents here."

"That's enough." Han Xiaomei said, "Let's go stop a car."

*

There are often some ox carts carrying goods on the streets of the capital, and they also carry people. If the place they are going to is similar to the destination of their goods, they are willing to take the goods with them for three or five cents.

But not many people went to Prince An's Mansion. Han Xiaomei stopped four or five of them in a row, but none of them wanted to go there.

There was only one person who went to a place closer to Prince An's Mansion, but seeing that Han Xiaomei and Han Rong were young, he asked for ten cents as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Are you going or not? If not, I'll leave." The middle-aged man who was pulling her stared at Han Xiaomei, his eyes rolling around.

Han Rong noticed and blocked Han Xiaomei behind her, "We...we won't go."

"Really?" The middle-aged man wanted to threaten him, but the voice that Han Xiaomei was thinking about came from not far away.

"Xiaomei, Han Rong."

*

Han Xiaomei's body stiffened, and after a moment, she slowly turned around.

Li Yu stood beside the carriage, looking at her with a smile.

Han Xiaomei screamed and rushed over, but the road was too slippery, she didn't pay attention, stumbled, and fell to the ground.

Li Yu hurriedly took a few steps to help her up, "You must be hurt."

She lowered her head to see if Han Xiaomei was injured, but was suddenly hugged by her.

"Second sister-in-law." The little girl's voice trembled as she spoke, "I miss you so much."

She was extremely scared, fearing that her second sister-in-law would offend someone and get hurt.

Li Yu touched the back of her head and said, "I'm fine. Hey, our Xiaomei is a big girl now. Don't cry!"

Han Xiaomei hummed a few times, rubbed her eyes, and finally stopped crying.

Han Rong also walked up to Li Yu at this time, "Sister-in-law Li."

Li Yu held her hand and said, "Thank you for taking care of Xiaomei these days. Let's go back together."

*

When Li Yu, the other two, Princess Jianing, and Qingbi arrived at the hot pot restaurant, all the helpers in the restaurant surrounded them.

Knowing that Princess Jianing wanted to eat hotpot, Li Yu personally took her to the private room and only spoke to other people after making all the arrangements.

She first asked about the situation in the store in the past few days.

After learning that there was no problem, he said, "Everyone has worked hard these past few days. Let's take a day off tomorrow. After closing tonight, don't go home yet. Let's have a hot pot and barbecue before leaving."

As soon as the boss came back, he treated the helpers to delicious food. The helpers' smiles became bigger and bigger, and when they went to work again, they were more energetic than each other.

*

After saying that, Li Yu went upstairs to eat with Princess Jianing for a while. After Princess Jianing left, she turned to the hot pot restaurant.

Cheng, Zhu, and Lu Xuan were all excited to see her come back.

It was the afternoon break, so the four of them found a private room to sit down and talk.

As the manager, Lu Xuan first talked about the revenue and basic situation in recent days, and then Cheng and Zhu talked about the status of the helpers.

Li Yu wrote down everything one by one, and finally said, "It seems that nothing is wrong. You have worked hard. Let's all rest tomorrow."

Cheng sighed, then thought of something and said, "Recently, several stores in Beijing have started selling starch sausages and crispy meat sausages."