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

Li Yu now has a shop in town!

On the day when the villagers began to harvest late rice, everyone in Qingshui Village knew that Li Yu was going to sell braised meat in his shop in the future.

Those who thought Li Yu was amazing admired her even more, praising her with all the good words they knew, while feeling sorry for Han Xiuwen. If he were alive, he would be living a very comfortable life now, but unfortunately he was unlucky and died at a young age.

Those who didn't like Li Yu, such as Qian and Yang Qiuyue, had red eyes of jealousy, especially Qian, who even forgot what Li Yu had just done to her and did her best to slander Li Yu.

"What's the point of being good at business? She is just a widow with no children. A woman who can't have children will have no one to worship her after she dies!"

"She can only make a living by selling her smiles. When she gets older and loses her beauty, she won't be able to make a living."

"Luckily Xiu Wen is dead, otherwise I would be pissed off by her for showing up outside all day long and not being a good wife!"

A few people were whispering to each other, and Aunt Wu and Wang Dafu's wife Li Xiangyun, who were passing by, heard them and slapped them in the face.

The sound of slapping hands was particularly pleasant to the ears.

The Qian family members were stunned by the sudden slap. When they reacted, they reached out to grab Aunt Wu and Li Xiangyun, "You hit me!"

"What's wrong with beating you? You guys are talking nonsense behind my back. I didn't call Li Yu over, which is already giving you face." Aunt Wu shook her hurt hand and looked at them with contempt. "You have no ability, but you spread rumors about others. It's really a disgrace to our Qingshui Village."

Qian: “…”

Aunt Wu snorted, "If I hear you making up stories about Li Yu again, I'll call Li Yu over and she'll send you to jail. Don't regret it!"

Aunt Wu has been in contact with Li Yu more frequently recently, and has also learned some of Li Yu's aura. Although she is shorter than Qian and Yang Qiuyue, she has an aura of superiority at this moment. Qian and Yang Qiuyue are intimidated by her and dare not say a word.

After a while, Qian said with a lack of confidence: "Why are you so proud? Li Yu made money without taking you with her, so you helped her in vain."

"How do you know that Li Yu asked Aunt Wu and I to help out at her house?" Li Xiangyun blinked and smiled, "Li Yu's business has grown, and she and Xiao Mei are too busy to handle it. So, she asked Aunt Wu and I to help out after we harvest the late rice."

Qian's heart seemed to be soaked in acid water, but she still said stubbornly, "She made you work for nothing, and you are still proud of it. You are really stupid."

"Who said we were working for free?" Aunt Wu raised her voice when she saw other people coming over: "Li Yu said that if we help out every afternoon, we will be paid eight cents for half a day."

Wow! Only eight cents for half a day, so I can earn more than two hundred cents a month, which is enough for the basic monthly expenses of the family. If I am frugal, I can't even spend two hundred cents a month.

The other villagers surrounded Aunt Wu and said, "Old Wu, will Li Yu hire anyone in the future? I'm good at work, so I can go."

"I can do anything, too."

"Me too."

Aunt Wu smiled proudly at Qian and the others, then said to everyone, "Li Yu said that the business is still small now, so Xiangyun and I can do it."

Everyone was disappointed.

Some people who are quick-witted smiled and said, "Aunt Wu, Li Yu is a capable person. Her business will definitely grow bigger and bigger. When she needs more people in the future, please help me put in a good word and ask her to hire me as well."

When everyone saw this, they hurriedly warned Aunt Wu, fearing that the job they had gotten would be snatched away. Those who followed Qian and Yang Qiuyue in saying bad things about Li Yu regretted seeing everyone trying to curry favor with Aunt Wu, but it was too late. Li Yu was the most vengeful, and even if he expanded his business in the future, he would not let them help him.

After all, there was still rice in the fields, so everyone went back to work after they finished talking.

The crowd dispersed, and Aunt Wu and Li Xiangyun also left together.

The two men walked briskly, and Qian clenched her teeth in anger when she saw them.

*

Li Yu was also harvesting rice.

When the family was divided, she and Han Zheng were given eight mu of paddy fields and four mu of dry land. Excluding the fallow land, there were four mu of paddy fields that needed to be harvested.

Four acres of rice is not a lot, but she has never harvested rice before. Han Zheng and Han Xiaomei are both young, and Han Zheng is prone to illness. For convenience, she simply hired someone to help.

There are six helpers in total, and they can harvest and transport all the rice today. Li Yu doesn't plan to waste too much time on harvesting rice. After Han Xiuwen passed away, these acres of paddy fields were left unattended, with many weeds and low yields. It is estimated that there will not be much left after paying taxes. In this situation, instead of spending a lot of time harvesting rice, it is better to sell more braised meat.

In the fields, Li Yu and Han Xiaomei carried rice onto the cart one batch at a time, and then slowly pushed it back home.

Han Zheng, who was on holiday during the late rice harvest, was watching over the family to prevent anyone with ulterior motives from stealing the rice.

Li Yu was pushing the cart and greeted the villagers she met on the road as usual, but today everyone seemed much more enthusiastic than usual and they all smiled when they saw her.

Li Yu didn't understand and smiled back.

*

After a long time of hard work, before nightfall, only short rice stalks were left in Li Yu's paddy field. In contrast, the small courtyard was filled with rice.

Li Yu paid everyone their wages, closed the door and took a rest.

Compared to someone who had to bend over all the time to cut rice, her job was easy, but at the end of the day, her body was still so tired that it seemed like it was falling apart.

Farmers in ancient times had a hard life. Modern times are better, with machines, work is much easier. Li Yu half-lay on the chair, once again missing modern technology.

"Second sister-in-law, you won't be setting up the stall in the next few days." Han Zheng brought a bowl of warm water and placed it next to Li Yu.

Seeing her pale face, Li Yu stood up with the help of a chair and said, "Don't go out for the next two days. Wait until the rice is harvested. You must be hungry. I'll go cook."

Han Zheng's eyes were calm, "I've already prepared it, I'll bring it over now."

Li Yu: "..." Han Zheng cooking? It turned out that the smell of rice she smelled when she walked in was real, not an illusion caused by her being too hungry!

*

Han Zheng cooked for the first time and he did it quite well.

The porridge was not mushy, the vegetables were cooked, there were no eggshells in the scrambled eggs, and he did not use sugar instead of salt.

Although it tasted a bit bad, his behavior was worthy of praise. Li Yu was so relieved that he ate an extra bowl of porridge.

Han Zheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she didn't despise him.

I usually see my second sister-in-law cooking with ease, but I didn’t expect it to be so difficult to do it myself. You have to be careful when cutting vegetables and pay attention to the heat, otherwise you will mess it up if you are not careful.

Fortunately, he remembered his second sister-in-law's cooking steps and managed to prepare a meal.

*

With Han Zheng's help in cooking, Li Yu and Han Xiaomei stored all the rice in the granary in four days.

It is called a warehouse, but in fact it is just a few wooden baskets woven with wicker branches, with sacks placed inside to prevent moisture and water.

The rice harvested from four acres of land was not much, barely 750 kilograms.

Among them, 150 kilograms must be used for tax. In this dynasty, grain tax is paid per capita. Anyone over the age of six must pay 50 kilograms of grain per person per year.

The remaining 600 kilograms may seem like a lot, but she wants to sell porridge. If business is better, these 600 kilograms will not last long.

Let’s take a step first and see one step at a time!

After putting the last bag of rice into the wicker basket, Li Yu dragged his tired body back to the house.

The shop is almost done with decoration, I will take another day off and then continue to do business. I haven't been setting up the stall recently, so I don't know what's going on in the town.