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

The bookstore owner also wanted to co-sign.

Because of the joint venture, the sales of all the storybooks under Mr. Zhu Yu's name increased this afternoon, especially "Feng Yue Hua", which sold forty or fifty copies in just two hours.

However, the power to sign a joint agreement is not in his hands. If you want to sign a joint agreement, you must find Mr. Zhu Yu.

The bookstore owner said in embarrassment: "It's not that I don't know what's good for me, but the story book was written by Mr. Zhuyu. You have to talk to Mr. Zhuyu."

An impatient restaurant owner said, "In that case, you can call Mr. Zhuyu over and we will talk to him."

The bookstore owner said: "But Mr. Zhuyu is not in the capital now. He just left yesterday." And even if Mr. Zhuyu was in the capital, he would not be able to find him because he had no idea where Mr. Zhuyu lived.

He had only met Mr. Zhuyu once, and that was two years ago. That was the first time Mr. Zhuyu asked him to read the manuscript and they signed the contract. After that, Mr. Zhuyu never came to the shop again. It was always his servant who came over.

"Mr. Zhuyu didn't say where he was going, so I really can't do anything about it. But the gentleman who wrote other storybooks is in the capital. Do you want to co-sign with other storybooks?"

The people who came looked at each other hesitantly.

"Whose storybook is more popular than Mr. Zhuyu's in Beijing now? Can it be co-branded with other storybooks?"

No one answered.

Today was the first time they knew about the collaboration and they could not predict the outcome, but in the end a few of them stayed and discussed other collaborations with the bookseller.

They should give it a try, maybe they will succeed.

*

Another company that also wanted to collaborate with Xie Youlan on her novel was Huang Shangshu’s teahouse.

After several days of investigation by the Ministry of Justice, Shangshu Huang's teahouse was finally cleared of suspicion of murder and the seal was removed.

Now it is open as normal.

In order to attract former customers back, the teahouse also started selling milk tea.

Unfortunately, the time when the teahouse started selling milk tea coincided with the time when the Dongxue Milk Tea Shop held a joint event.

As a result, the teahouse only sold five bowls of milk tea throughout the day and business was slow.

When the news reached the Minister of Revenue's residence, Minister Huang was so angry that he smashed the cup again.

"Father-in-law." Ji Shuo glanced at Minister Huang and said carefully, "Since Dongxue Milk Tea Shop has launched a joint venture, our teahouse can also do so. I heard that Mr. Zhuyu has written many storybooks. Why don't we also choose a famous one?"

Huang Shangshu suddenly stopped and said after a while: "You are right. I will leave this matter to you. Remember, you must get the teahouse back to business as soon as possible."

Ji Shuo bowed his head and said, "Yes, I will go back tonight to prepare and go find Mr. Zhuyu tomorrow."

Only then did Minister Huang show a look of satisfaction.

*

Li Yu was recuperating at home when he learned that Ji Shuo's people had gone to the bookstore to ask the owner for a co-signature.

She accidentally caught a cold yesterday and felt dizzy today, so she had to rest for a day.

Lu Xuan and Si'er went to get the medicine for her as the doctor requested. On the way back, they saw Ji Shuo and his attendant going to the bookstore. Thinking that Li Yu might want to know about Ji Shuo's situation, Lu Xuan asked Si'er to take the medicine home first, and he followed and stood at the door of the bookstore until he had listened for almost everything.

"Ji Shuo's tone is firm. Even if he hasn't met Miss Xie, he will probably directly sign the co-signed letter." Lu Xuan whispered.

Li Yu gathered his cloak and said, "You are right. They will do it directly."

“Do you want to stop it?” Lu Xuan said, “The milk tea shop’s joint venture has just started. If they come, it will inevitably have an impact.”

Li Yu shook her head: "We can't stop them unless their teahouse can no longer operate. Don't forget that behind Ji Shuo and Huang Shangshu is King Hui. Even if Miss Xie didn't fake her death, it's not easy for her, a noble lady, to refuse such a thing."

Lu Xuan pondered, “Should we find something else to do for their teahouse?”

Li Yu: "An incident just happened in the teahouse. Minister Huang must be very alert now, so we can't do anything. So, find a chance to pass the news to Mr. Xiang today and let him and the prince make a decision."

*

Lu Xuan had long been accustomed to Li Yu's calmness, so after he agreed to what she said, he said no more. Instead, he found the whetstone and sat aside to sharpen the knife.

Li Yu sat at the door and watched his movements. After Han Xiaomei and Mu Niangzi finished boiling the medicine, he took the medicine and went back to his room to rest.

Her illness came and went quickly. After taking a dose of medicine, she was almost recovered when Han Zheng came back in the evening.

After lying down for most of the day, Li Yu felt pain all over his body, so he decided to go out for a walk after dinner.

Han Xiaomei and Han Zheng were both fine, so they decided to go with her.

After the three of them went out, Lu Xuan and Si'er naturally followed, in addition there were the guards who had just arrived home - Miao Da and Miao Er.

However, the two of them did not get too close to Li Yu and the other four, but kept a distance from them.

After Li Yu spent money to buy these two, they quickly adapted to the rhythm of Li Yu and his group. Now, like Fang Erya's family of three and Madam Mu, they know how to act and when to advance and retreat, which is very good.

*

Li Yu did not wander around the inner city, but went directly to the outer city.

Although it is cold in winter, there are still many people on the streets and stalls on both sides of the road.

There is a grilled sausage seller every few blocks of the road. They all followed suit after seeing that Li Yu's grilled sausage business was doing well. So far, their starch sausages are very different from Li Yu's, and people don't buy many of them. The crispy meat sausages are better, but there is still a certain gap compared to Li Yu's.

Li Yu just observed and didn't say much.

Following trends and imitating others has always existed. She can't stop others from imitating, so she can only try her best to do her best.

*

"Second sister-in-law." Han Xiaomei took Li Yu's hand and pointed to a stall selling pearl flowers on the roadside, "I want to go there and take a look."

Li Yu smiled and went with her.

The one selling the pearl flowers was an old woman. Besides pearl flowers, there was also rouge on her stall.

Li Yu picked up a rouge box and couldn't help but think of He Mengyan who was far away in Jiangyang County.

The last time she wrote to He Mengyan was in September. Normally, her reply should have arrived soon.

"Second sister-in-law, I want this." Han Xiaomei picked up a small hand-woven pendant and showed it to Li Yu.

"Buy it if you want it." Li Yu took out his purse and gave the money to the other party.

The old woman hurriedly thanked him.

*

The group walked around for about half an hour. Li Yu felt tired and prepared to return.

Just as he was about to talk to Han Zheng and the others, the crowd suddenly became agitated.

Then Li Yu heard the sound of horse hooves and people shouting, "Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly."

People walking in the middle of the street quickly dispersed, leaving a path.

Li Yu looked carefully and found that it was the carriage from Prince An's mansion, and Qingbi was sitting outside the carriage.

It seems that the person sitting inside is Princess Jianing.

But something was wrong today. Princess Jianing always traveled casually and would not ask anyone to clear the way in advance.

An idea immediately flashed through Li Yu's mind - Princess Jianing was acting for King Hui's people again.