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

Boss Mei has been in a very bad mood recently.

He tried every possible means to replicate Li Yu's braised pork recipe, but failed again and again. This was the first time he had encountered such a thing in all his years of business.

After the chef failed for the 38th time, Boss Mei decided to change his strategy. In short, no matter what, he had to get Li Yu's braised pork recipe.

In fact, the best way is to ask Li Yu to buy it. Not only is it fair and aboveboard, but it also avoids possible troubles in the future. But Boss Mei couldn't lower his head. He felt that cooperating with Li Yu was a loss of face.

After thinking about it, Boss Mei sent people to Lijia Village to investigate Li Yu. After learning that Li Yu was afraid of his grandmother Zhang Pozi, he decisively changed his name to Boss Huang and sought cooperation from Zhang Pozi.

After learning from the woman that the recipe for the braised pork had been obtained by Mrs. Zhang, Boss Mei breathed a sigh of relief: it had finally worked.

Carrying his purse, Boss Mei rushed to Mrs. Zhang's house in a hurry.

*

Boss Mei planned to pay the money and get the prescription as soon as possible, but unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhang turned against him.

She asked Boss Mei to give her another thirty taels.

In other words, she would only hand over the braised pork recipe if you gave her fifty taels.

Boss Mei said angrily: "You can't go back on your word."

"Boss Huang, you can't say that." Huang Dongyuan said, "My mother spent a lot of effort to get the prescription, you can't let us waste our efforts."

Boss Mei: "Twenty taels of silver is enough."

"Then Mr. Huang, please go back. We won't sell it for 20 taels of silver!" Mrs. Zhang said calmly, "We will only sell it for 50 taels, not a penny less."

Boss Mei couldn't bear to see them raising the price, but he really didn't want to give up the recipe. After thinking for a while, he said, "This time we need to write a contract, pay the money and deliver the goods.

"Naturally."

Huang Dongyuan could read, so he immediately took out paper and pen.

The two contracts were written in a very elegant manner, and the next step was to sign, pay the money, and put fingerprints on them.

Before signing and handing over the money, Boss Mei suddenly had an idea, "Wait, let me see the braised pork ingredients first. I need to confirm that it is real."

"Sure." Huang Dongyuan reached out to grab the bag of marinade, but Mrs. Zhang held his hand back.

"Mom!" Huang Dongyuan was puzzled. "What's wrong?"

Mrs. Zhang looked at Boss Mei and said, "Boss Huang, if you want to see the marinade, you have to pay half of the money first. Otherwise, if you don't buy it after you see it, won't we lose a lot?"

This old woman is really cunning! Boss Mei complained inwardly and took out twenty-five taels of silver and handed it over.

Huang Dongyuan quickly took it, and after Mrs. Zhang confirmed that it was real silver, she motioned for Boss Mei to come closer.

The gauze wrapped around the braised meat was tied tightly, and Mrs. Zhang had to take a lot of effort to untie it.

However, what was underneath the cloth was not the expected braised meat ingredients, but tree leaves.

Boss Mei's eyelids jumped, "How could it be a leaf?"

Mrs. Zhang didn't understand, so she made up a story: "Maybe this kind of leaves can..."

Before she could even utter the word "braised pork", Mrs. Zhang fell silent.

She thought the marinade was inside the leaves, but it turned out that there was no spice in the leaves at all, and they were filled with wood ash.

"How could this happen?!" Mrs. Zhang murmured.

"You've been fooled!" Boss Mei was furious and snatched back the twenty-five taels of silver that Mrs. Zhang hadn't had time to put away. "You want my silver for this thing? You're dreaming!"

*

"They will definitely come again." Han Zheng said as he served dishes in the courtyard.

"I was worried that they wouldn't come." Li Yu walked into the room with chopsticks in his hand. "I've already set up the plan. If they don't come, won't my plan be in vain?"

"But there are risks in doing this, second sister-in-law." Han Zheng frowned, "The Huang family is not a good thing."

"Li Dali is not a good guy either." Li Yu thought his little adult look was a little cute, and said with a smile: "I am not afraid of Li Dali, and I am even less afraid of the Huang family, so don't worry."

Han Zheng was worried and thought that he should not sleep tonight. This way, if there was any movement at night, he would be the first to know.

Li Yu saw what he was thinking and smiled and shook her head.

*

Late at night, two figures stopped stealthily at the door of Li Yu's house.

"Dad, I'll watch the main room door for a while while you go to the kitchen to find the ingredients for the braised meat." Huang Dongyuan covered his mouth and whispered.

Old Man Huang was old, and although Mrs. Zhang had sent them outside the village, his feet still hurt from walking this distance. He held onto the door frame and said, "I see. Jump over the wall first, then open the gate from the inside. Be careful, don't let them find you."

Huang Dongyuan nodded and groped carefully, looking for a low place in the wall.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Huang Dongyuan jumped into the yard.

*

Li Yu already knew that the Huang family had arrived. She patted Han Zheng's shoulder in the dark, and the two of them moved to the door of the main room together.

Huang Dongyuan moved the door bar stealthily and let Old Man Huang in.

One of them moved to the door of the main room, and the other went to the kitchen.

Afraid that Li Yu would lock the kitchen door, Old Man Huang took a piece of wire and tried to unlock it, but when he looked down, he found that the kitchen door was not locked.

With his heart filled with joy, Old Man Huang didn't care about anything else and pushed the door open.

With the light from the fire stick, Old Man Huang could see the furnishings in the house clearly. The first thing that caught his eye was two large pots with a full pile of firewood in front of them. About two steps away from the pots was a chopping board with various seasonings on it.

Old Huang didn't dare to delay any longer and went straight to the chopping board to search. Soon, he found the braised pork bun. This braised pork bun was about the same size as the fake braised pork bun that Mrs. Zhang brought back in the afternoon. Fearing that he would get another fake one, Old Huang opened it and took a look. After finding that it was indeed the seasoning inside, he put it away and put the seasoning bag in his arms.

As agreed beforehand, as long as they found the braised pork buns, they would run away. However, looking at the spices on the chopping board, Old Man Huang decisively put a few spices into his arms. Finally, he walked out holding the pottery jar filled with oil and carrying a half-pot of wine.

At the door of the main hall, Huang Dongyuan saw his father coming out, and hurried to take something from him. He was overjoyed to see that he was holding a glass of wine in his hand.

However, just as he was about to take the wine, a bright light suddenly appeared around them, and then several people appeared around them.

Huang Dongyuan was frightened and his grip loosened, causing the wine jug to fall to the ground with a crisp breaking sound.

"We are from the government. You two have committed theft. Please come with us." Facing Old Man Huang and Huang Dongyuan and his son was an older man wearing a yamen runner's uniform and holding an official token, looking very majestic.

Huang Dongyuan's hands and feet were trembling and he couldn't utter a word.

Old man Huang was even more timid than him. He rolled his eyes and fainted.

Everyone at the scene: “…” He is so bold as to steal things. He really doesn’t know his place.

*

"Thank you, brothers, and thank you, officials." Li Yu and Han Zheng walked out of the house together and thanked them.

She invited these people because she guessed that Mrs. Zhang would not give up, so she took some money and went to the town to invite two yamen runners to investigate the case. She also invited Uncle Wu, the village chief and Han Shui.

After dinner yesterday, these people waited in a hidden place in the yard and saw clearly the process of Huang Dongyuan and Old Man Huang committing the crime.