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

Mingli Temple is an ancient temple with a history of a thousand years. After many renovations, it has now become the largest temple in the capital.

Today, several large wooden barrels are placed outside the temple, and the monks in the temple stand in front of different barrels to serve porridge to the pilgrims.

Han Xiaomei wanted to try the Laba porridge in the temple, but there were too many people, so they had to do other things for the time being. After the other things were done, if there was still porridge, they would line up again.

Li Yu's main purpose today is to pray for blessings and worship Buddha.

Because everyone was drinking porridge outside, there were very few pilgrims in the Buddhist temple. Li Yu lit incense and made wishes very freely.

The year is coming to an end, and she hopes that everyone will be safe and smooth in the next year.

Han Zheng, Han Xiaomei and Lu Xuan also made wishes.

Like Han Zheng, Lu Xuan and Li Yu, they all hope that their family members and those they are close to will be safe and healthy.

Han Xiaomei had more wishes. She not only hoped that her family would live a smooth life, but also hoped that the store would make more money, have a prosperous business, and that her second sister-in-law would have less worries.

*

After coming out of the main hall, several people wandered around the temple.

Because of its long history, there are several centuries-old trees in the temple, but now it is winter and the branches are bare, making it look a bit bleak.

Li Yu stood under the tree for a while, then took his people somewhere else.

Before they knew it, they were back at the gate of Mingli Temple.

There were still many people waiting outside to drink porridge. Han Xiaomei frowned and was about to tell Li Yu that she didn't want to drink the porridge anymore, when suddenly a woman bumped into her.

Han Xiaomei staggered and fell to the ground with the man.

Seeing this, Li Yu hurried forward to help the man.

*

The person who hit Han Xiaomei was a raggedy-clothed woman, about seventeen or eighteen years old. She was thin and had sunken cheeks, perhaps because she was sick or had no food to eat.

Han Xiaomei originally wanted to say that she didn't look at the road, but when she saw the woman's condition, she swallowed her words.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The woman lowered her head and apologized repeatedly.

"It's okay." Han Xiaomei patted the dust off her clothes and whispered, "Just be more careful when you walk next time."

Otherwise, if she meets someone difficult to deal with, she will suffer badly.

The woman didn't know whether she was sad or unwell, but she burst into tears as soon as Han Xiaomei finished speaking.

Han Xiaomei was flustered for a moment, but she didn't seem to say anything unpleasant.

She looked at the woman, then turned to Li Yu for inquiry.

Retracting his gaze from the woman's sleeves, Li Yu asked, "Girl, what's wrong with you?"

The woman's eyes were filled with tears. After a moment, she knelt down on the ground with a thud. "My dear lady, I have a sister, a brother, and a father and a mother at home. Please help us."

Li Yu: “…”

Han Xiaomei, Han Zheng, Lu Xuan: "......"

There were many people here, and when the woman knelt, she immediately attracted the attention of others, and everyone looked over at them.

Li Yu frowned and grabbed the woman's arm. "It's not convenient here. Come with me to a secluded place to talk."

The woman knelt motionless, looking at Li Yu with sorrow, "My dear, if no one helps me, my family will die."

Pursing her lips, Li Yu said, "I can help you, but you have to get up first."

The woman's lips trembled slightly: "Really?"

Li Yu: “Yes.”

The woman stood up quickly.

*

Under the gaze of others, Li Yu took the woman to a secluded corner of the temple.

Folding her arms, she looked at the woman and said, "How do you want me to help you? Buy you rice, flour, firewood, or give you silver?"

The woman glanced at Li Yu quickly, lowered her head and was silent for a few breaths, then said, "My lady, I see that you are dressed luxuriously, so I think your family must need servants. Can you let me work for you? I can do everything, from cooking to washing clothes to sweeping the floor and chopping wood. I can do it all."

Li Yu did not answer her directly: "Why, isn't your family poor? If I give you silver, you can buy firewood and food later, and you can even buy medicine. If you work in my house, you can get your wages to buy things during the New Year."

The woman didn't expect her to answer like that and was stunned with her mouth open.

After a while, she thought of something and lowered her head and said, "My family... Although my family is very poor, we have a few hundred coins now, which can support us until the New Year. If there is work, I can get wages every month, and my parents and my brothers and sisters will no longer have to go hungry."

Han Xiaomei, who was standing next to her, heard these words and felt that the woman was very insightful.

Giving money is temporary and it will be gone once it is spent, but if there is work to do, the woman can earn more money.

But their family is not short of people.

Han Xiaomei looked at Li Yu.

My second sister-in-law is kind-hearted and might let this woman help in the store.

Although there is no shortage of people in the store now.

Han Xiaomei was thinking about it in her mind, but unexpectedly, Li Yu's answer was completely different from what she expected.

*

Li Yu looked at the woman steadily. "I am very touched by your answer just now, but can you let me see the purse in your sleeve?"

The woman let out a cry.

Li Yu pointed at the cuff of her left sleeve and said, "Your purse is showing."

woman:"......"

Li Yu: "Why? Can't I? Your purse seems to be made of silk. If you sell it at the market, it can probably fetch about a hundred coins."

The woman's eyes darted around: "...I...the purse...the purse...I picked up the purse. There's nothing in it."

Li Yu curled his lips slightly, "Really? It would be better if there is no silver. I want to see this purse. Can you show it to me?"

The woman took a half step back awkwardly, "No."

"Are you afraid that I will snatch it?" Li Yu asked.

Woman: "No...No, I...I don't like others looking at my things."

Li Yu smiled: "Is that so? Then go find someone else to help you. You probably don't know that I don't like helpers who are not honest with me."

woman:"......"

Li Yu called everyone and left.

Han Zheng and Lu Xuan had already figured out what was going on. They knew that the woman came prepared, so they decisively followed Li Yu away.

Han Xiaomei was still a little confused, but she believed in Li Yu, so she quickly followed Li Yu's pace.

The woman stood there, confused.

Seeing Li Yu walk more than 20 meters away, the woman could no longer bear it and hurried over.

"Madam, please help me."

Not wanting to play along with this woman any more, Li Yu asked directly, "Do you really want to come home with me and work as a helper?"

The woman nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Li Yu: "Then tell me, who is behind you? Who sent you here?"

The woman's already bad complexion instantly became even worse.

After a while, she stammered, "How...how...how do you know?"

Li Yu: "If you really want to find someone to help you, the best place to go is the porridge distribution center. There are many people there, and today is Laba Festival. As long as you kneel down there, someone will definitely be willing to lend you a hand. But you insist on going to the temple, which is too strange. Of course, you can also say that you went to the temple to burn incense. As for whether I believe it or not, that's my business.

But in the final analysis, you still revealed the flaws.

When you bumped into my sister, I helped you up and felt something in your sleeve. That should be the silver in your purse. Let me guess, there are about ten taels of silver."

woman:"......"