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

When Li Yu and Jiang Chengze signed the agreement, they agreed that in the first five years of cooperation, the Jiang family would give Li Yu 10% of the profits from braised meat and dim sum every year.

Last year was the first year. Normally, Jiang Chengze should have given his share to Li Yu at the end of the year, but he was not in Beijing at that time, so he wrote a letter to Li Yu and agreed to give it to him when they met.

Li Yu agreed.

Today is the day to fulfill our promise.

*

The Jiang family does a big business. In the past few months, Li Yu has heard many people in the capital praise the delicious braised meat and snacks, so they should have a lot of money.

She thought it was at least two thousand taels, but it turned out that she didn't know much about the Jiang family's business. The braised meat alone cost three thousand three hundred taels.

The dim sum here is less, only over nine hundred taels.

"Last year, all of our Jiang family restaurants sold braised meat, and business was good. As for dim sum, our chefs didn't do a good job, so we didn't sell much."

Jiang Chengze said, taking out a stack of account books and handing them to Li Yu, "The top one is the account for barbecue, and the bottom one is the account for snacks. There are two copies. I have already saved one copy, and this one is for Boss Li. Boss Li can check it at will. If you think there is something wrong, just come to me."

Li Yu casually picked up the top account book and flipped through it, then put it down and said calmly: "Since I am working with Boss Jiang, I still have some trust in him. There is no need to look at these again."

Since Jiang Chengze dared to give it to her, there must be nothing wrong with the account book, so there was no need for her to go through all that trouble.

When Jiang Chengze saw her actions, he admired her even more. A woman who could manage a business to such an extent was better than many men.

He did nothing wrong by cooperating with her.

Thinking of this, he took out the silver note and handed it to Li Yu.

Li Yu took it and pointed at it. After confirming that it was correct, he put it away and continued talking to Jiang Chengze.

"I only knew that the Jiang family's business was big before, but I never thought it was this big."

She only took 10% of the profit from the braised meat and she had so much money.

Jiang Chengze kept smiling, "Boss Li is the best. Everyone in Beijing, from the emperor to the common people, knows about your hot pot and barbecue restaurants. I can't compare to them."

The two men praised each other's business and then signed a supplementary agreement for the new snacks.

*

Jiang Chengze had to go home, so he said goodbye and left after lunch.

He was a big and strong man, and when he walked on the road, he looked like a thug from a brothel. The villagers looked at his back and whispered to each other.

Li Yu listened to a few words and saw that they were all saying that Jiang Chengze didn't look like a businessman. No one said anything bad, so she didn't care anymore.

After the banquet was over, she called Aunt Wu, Li Xiangyun and others to go with her.

*

At home, Li Yu asked everyone to sit down first, and then took out the more than 900 taels earned from the snacks.

There were seven people in total who made snacks, and if divided equally, each person got more than 100 taels.

Li Yu kept his own share and passed on the others.

Aunt Wu smiled so happily as she held the newly acquired hundred taels of silver.

The others were equally delighted.

This is more than one hundred taels of silver for free, and anyone who gives it to him will be happy.

Li Yu looked at them, and with a smile took out the second thing that would make them happy: a gift for each person.

*

These two days she sorted out the things she brought back and gave everyone a copy. The contents were all similar, with no one getting more or less.

Each person received a portion of handkerchiefs, rouge, needle and thread and other small items. They were all the same. Except for the patterns on the cloth, everything else was exactly the same.

Every family has a jar of wine.

When the village head's wife saw so many things, she said, "You are spending too much, especially the wine. You shouldn't buy it. They stay in the village all day, how can they drink wine from the capital?"

Several others echoed, "If we take this wine home, they will definitely stare at the jar all day long."

"If we had known you were going to buy some wine, we should have written to you in advance to persuade you."

Li Yu listened and couldn't stop laughing.

*

After the three-day banquet, there were fewer people visiting the house, and Li Yu finally had some free time.

She first took a day off to have a good rest, and when she felt less tired, she went about doing other things.

She first went to the field with Aunt Wu and the village head's wife to look at the roses.

This year, most families in the village planted roses, some in their own dry land, and some in their own yards or at their doorsteps.

Qingshui Village is located in the south, and the rose flowering period has almost passed. Now only a small number of roses have not been picked.

Li Yu was walking on the path and saw people sitting in front of several rose fields.

*

"Although the price of roses is low this year, we can still make money. Everyone values ​​it." Aunt Wu said, "We didn't rent out your dry land, and we didn't move the roses planted on it this year. After they bloomed, we dried them together and stored them in the snack room." Aunt Wu said.

Li Yu opened his mouth.

The village head's wife saw that she wanted to speak, so she rushed to say, "Xiu Wen's wife, let me make it clear first, these roses are yours, you can't refuse them, and you can't give us money."

Li Yu: "...Didn't the pastry shop make rose cakes this year?"

"Yes." The village chief's wife said, "The six of us have also planted roses in our own fields, and that is enough."

Li Yu thought for a while and said, "Then I will collect these roses and take them to the capital in a few days. But if they bloom again next year, they will be yours."

The village chief's wife refused without a second thought, "Roses are easy to grow. You don't need to take care of them during normal times. You only need to take care of them for a few days when they bloom. How can you count them as ours?"

"But you..."

"Xiu Wen Wife, it's just a matter of roses, it's not a big deal for us. So you should just take it, don't think too much." Aunt Wu said: "You lead us to earn money, but we don't have anything to help you. It's not easy to help with roses, just let us do it."

Li Yu: "As for the snacks, you guys gave me a share, and I didn't contribute anything."

"The recipe is yours, you should get a share." The village chief's wife said, "The rose matter is settled, the roses on your dry land still belong to you."

Li Yu: "..." Since they are willing, then let's do it. She will compensate them from other places later.

*

I had originally planned to collect roses from the village, but after this incident, I don’t have to for the time being.

However, Li Yu specifically arranged for Aunt Wu and the others not to sell any dried roses other than those used to make rose cakes for the time being.

"I'll take the dried roses back to the capital first. If they sell well, I'll find a way to get yours to the capital as well."

When the time comes, we can sell it at a good price and everyone will benefit.

Aunt Wu completely trusted her and nodded, "We will all listen to you."

*

After seeing the rose, Li Yu went to take a look at the Han family’s sauce factory.

The sauce shop was built on the land of my second great-grandfather. It wasn’t as good as Li Yu’s braised meat shop, but it was not bad either, and it had everything it should have.

Li Yu went over to take a look. They had done a good job. The sauce was bright in color and rich in flavor.

"Boss Jiang, who is working with you, tasted our sauce last month and ordered thousands of kilograms of it. Merchants from other places also come to buy it. In general, everyone earns much more than before. Xiu Wen's wife, this is all thanks to you."

Li Yu waved his hand, and after coming out of the sauce shop, he told his second great-grandfather another thing.

After hearing what she said, the second great grandfather's eyes widened.