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

Li Yu was not worried about being retaliated against.

When she came here today, she dressed up. Not only did she blacken her face, but she also put many spots on it. In addition, she drew her eyebrows thicker and wore five layers of clothes. Now she looks like an ordinary-looking man.

When she gets back later, she will wash her face and change into new clothes, so she will definitely not be recognized.

Thinking of this, Li Yu looked back.

The carriage was waiting for her not far away, and she left later when everyone was waiting for the results of the sixth pair's judgment.

After competing for so long, she is no longer worried.

Jinyulou currently has two draws, two wins and one loss. It will not lose no matter what. The worst case scenario is a draw with other restaurants.

*

In the competition arena, the cheese cakes from Jinyulou and the cheese cakes from Zhuyunju were placed together in front of several judges.

Everyone stared at them intently, including the managers of several restaurants.

Seeing this, Li Yu turned around and left quickly while there were few people on his side.

She trotted and reached the carriage before the people in the tavern noticed.

The guards of the Eastern Palace received her order and drove the carriage at full speed as soon as she got in.

Thanks to the fact that everyone was gathered there to watch the competition, there were not many people on the road and the carriages could move smoothly.

When the waiter at the restaurant noticed that Li Yu was missing, the carriage had already run fifty or sixty meters away.

They were horrified and hurriedly drove their own tavern's carriage to chase after it, but they were too slow and when they reached the street, the carriage was no longer visible.

It’s not that they can’t see them, but the streets are full of carriages, and every carriage is similar in size and color, so they can’t find the one that Li Yu is riding in.

*

The car drove all the way and carried Li Yu back to his residence.

After getting off the car, Li Yu went back to the house, got a basin of water to wash her face, then combed her hair and changed her clothes.

This time she wore women's clothes, but in order not to be recognized by others, she put on some makeup and drew some small red spots on the right side of her cheek.

After packing up, she put on a veil and went out with another guard.

This time they did not take a carriage, but walked. They did not go to watch the competition again, but just wandered around the street.

Li Yu had been in Beizhou Prefecture for a few days but hadn't had a good time shopping, so he decided to take the opportunity to go shopping.

The guards who followed her couldn't understand her thoughts and couldn't help asking, "Madam Li, don't you want to know the result of the competition?"

"I want to." Li Yu smiled. "But even if we go now, we won't be able to make it in time, right? Why don't we just wait for others to send back the results?"

The guard thought about it and felt that she was right, so he stopped talking.

*

At this time, the competition was taking place at the shore of Yun Lake.

Mr. Ye was talking to a few women with a smile on his face.

Just half a quarter of an hour ago, the judging results of the sixth pair came out. Their cheese pancake was supported by Mo Changlin, Ge Huiyan and Bao Shu, and defeated Zhuyunju's cheese cake.

They won this competition.

"Everyone has worked hard. Go back and have a rest later. Take a rest tomorrow as well. We will open again the day after tomorrow."

When the women heard that they could take a rest, they smiled and thanked him one after another.

Mr. Ye: "Why are you thanking me? I should thank you. Because of you, our Jinyulou doesn't have to move out of Beizhou Prefecture. I will give you red envelopes when we get back."

The women became happier.

*

"You are all losers. You can't even beat a few women." On the other side, the chefs who failed in the competition were scolded by their steward.

The chef who made cheese cakes stammered, "I've only made cheese a few times, and I lost to that woman so badly..."

He didn't say the word "normal", but everyone guessed it.

The manager of Zhuyunju felt ashamed and cursed: "I think that woman has only done it a few times, how come she can do it well but you can't?"

The cook pursed his lips and said nothing.

"In fact, we were wrong this time." The steward of Wanghailou stepped forward and said, "We were too arrogant. Just based on the signature dishes of Jinyulou, we thought that their chefs were not good at making sea cucumbers, scallops and cheese."

In order to make Jinyulou lose miserably, they chose these three ingredients, but forgot that their chef was also not good at handling them.

So their loss this time was entirely due to their strategic mistake. If they had chosen common ingredients that their chefs were good at, they might not have lost.

"It's really embarrassing. If we had known that we couldn't drive Jinyulou away, we might as well not have had the competition. Now that we have a competition like this, Jinyulou's business will definitely be better." The manager of Beizhou Yipinju said, "Who on earth is the person behind Jinyulou? Why did they open a store in our Beizhou Prefecture for no reason?"

The other managers said nothing.

The competition is over, and they still have to do business in the future.

Jinyulou was in the limelight, and they could not compete with them for the time being, nor could they drive them out. After all, the people of the whole city were watching, and if they acted too harshly, it would be detrimental to their reputation.

Next, in order to make money, they have to find a way to surpass other restaurants.

There are so many people in Beizhou Prefecture, and Jinyulou can only accommodate a small part of them. It depends on their abilities which restaurant the rest of the people choose to eat in. If they can't be the first, being second or third is also good.

Thinking of this, the looks the managers gave each other changed.

They almost forgot that they were also rivals to each other.

*

Li Yu knew the final result three quarters of an hour after the competition ended.

She smiled comfortably.

Now that the matter has been resolved this time, those restaurants should not cause trouble again in the short term, and Jinyulou is safe for the time being.

She can prepare to return to the capital.

*

In the evening, Mr. Ye and Li Yu sat together for dinner.

During this time, Li Yu talked about several other stores.

In addition to Jinyulou, hot pot restaurants, milk tea shops and barbecue restaurants have also opened in Beizhoufu. The business of these restaurants is also good. But unlike the capital, the hot pot restaurants and barbecue restaurants did not use the two words "Li Ji", but randomly chose two surnames. The hot pot restaurant is called Zhao Ji and the barbecue restaurant is called Li Ji.

In this way, when people who know Li Yu and Li Ji see the store, they will only think that they are imitating Li Ji, and will not think of Li Yu. This is good for Li Yu and ensures safety to a certain extent.

"There is something I'm very curious about." Li Yu said, "The hot pot restaurant's business is obviously good, why do those restaurants only target Jinyulou and ignore the hot pot restaurant?"

Mr. Ye took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "The hot pot restaurant was an accident. You know the Mo family, the royal merchant family. The old man of the Mo family loves hot pot the most and goes there every few days. Those restaurants wanted to take action, but they were afraid of offending Old Master Mo, so they didn't dare to cause trouble."

Li Yu: “…”

An unexpected explanation that she had not expected at all.

After thinking for a while, Li Yu said, "In the future, we can have more contact with the Mo family. They are a prominent family in Beizhou Prefecture. Even the prefect has to be respectful in front of the Mo family. If they can provide support, Jinyulou will have fewer troubles."

Mr. Ye: "I know, I will try it next time."

The two chatted idly. After an unknown amount of time, the guard ran into the room and said someone was looking for Li Yu.