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

The sound came from the wooden boat. Li Yu paused, lifted the wooden boat and shook it.

This time she heard it more clearly.

That was the sound of paper scratching against wood.

After pausing for a while, Li Yu turned the wooden boat over.

She wanted to open the wooden boat to see what was going on with the paper inside, but the boat was so tightly assembled that she couldn't open it with her own strength.

No, we have to dismantle the wooden boat bit by bit.

Sitting in a different position, Li Yu found a piece of clean cloth, spread it out, and started dismantling from the mast.

She was very careful, trying her best to avoid damaging the boat, and moved very slowly.

After about half an hour, she finally removed the wooden boards under the cabin and saw what was inside the boat.

It was a slightly yellowed piece of paper.

The paper was not very big, not much bigger than the palm of your hand when fully unfolded, and on it was a map of a house, with several places marked.

Li Yu couldn't understand what the mark on it meant, but this piece of paper must be very important, otherwise the old man wouldn't have hidden it in the wooden boat.

I have to return the wooden boat, Li Yu thought.

After folding the paper, she asked the guard to stop.

"Let's go back."

The guard was surprised: "Madam Li, did you forget your things in the inn?"

Li Yu said: "My things are all here. I took someone else's things by accident. We have to return them."

Guard: "We have been walking for an hour, and that family has also been walking for almost an hour. If we go back, we might end up in Beizhou Prefecture. How about I arrange for someone to take us back? Let's continue forward."

There were other guards with them, walking behind them not far away.

Li Yu thought for a moment, looked at the wooden boat she had dismantled, and said, "That's fine. How about this? Go ask those people if they remember the girl who said goodbye to me this morning. If anyone knows someone, ask one of them to come over. I want him to help."

The guard sighed and went downstairs to look for other people.

*

Since he already knew the general structure of the wooden boat, Li Yu put the paper back into the boat and assembled it in a quarter of an hour.

Then she put it back into the bag and handed it to the selected guard outside.

"Be sure to give it to that girl. If you really can't find it, then bring the things back the same way you came. I will return them when I have the chance." Li Yu reminded.

Guard: "Don't worry, Madam Li, I will definitely hand the things over to her."

*

After the guards who delivered the things left, Li Yu and the others continued walking towards the capital.

Stay in a hotel at night and travel during the day.

Finally, at noon on the sixth day of February, the group returned to the capital.

The guards had to go back to the East Palace to report the situation to the Crown Prince, so they sent Li Yu to Boss Bai and left.

Li Yu got into Boss Bai's car and went to Bai's house as he did when he left, then climbed up the ladder from Bai's house back to his own home.

Although there were no spies outside, she might as well be careful in case someone passing by saw her.

*

There were only three people at home: Fang's mother, Fang's father and Mrs. Mu. Fang's mother was cleaning the house, Fang's father was chopping wood, and Mrs. Mu was sitting in the yard doing needlework.

Li Yu suddenly came out from the courtyard, and the three of them were startled. In the end, it was Madam Mu who reacted first. She put down her needle and thread, and ran to help Li Yu get things.

When Li Yu and Madam Mu walked into the house together, Fang's mother finally came to her senses and hurriedly poured tea for Li Yu.

Ah Fu rushed to Li Yu and threw himself at her madly.

Li Yuteng reached out and touched its head.

Ah Fu barked twice, and his tail almost shook out a shadow.

Madam Mu smiled and said, "The boss has been away for the past ten days, and Ah Fu has been very bored."

Li Yu rubbed Ah Fu's head vigorously and said, "It's a dog that understands human nature."

*

After washing his hands, Li Yu drank a cup of tea and asked a few people about their family situations recently.

"On the second and eighth day after the boss left, Mr. Su and Mrs. Su came and sat for an hour. Later, Princess Jianing also came, but because the boss was not there, she only stayed for half an hour before leaving. Lord Lu from the Hanlin Academy also came two days ago. They all said to the public that they were here to visit the boss."

Li Yu hummed.

She went out and told others that she was sick. If no one visited her during her illness, it would seem too fake.

These people just helped her to cover up her lie about being sick.

If she has time tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, she will go to see them.

"By the way, has Han Zheng sent any letter?"

"Yes." Madam Mu said, "The letter came six days ago. Miss Xiaomei has read it. It said that the master is doing well in Donghaizhou. It is more peaceful than imagined and there is no danger."

Li Yu didn't quite believe it. With so many officials dying in Donghai Prefecture all of a sudden, one could imagine how deep the water was.

Han Zheng was probably lying. He said that just because he was afraid that she would worry.

I don’t know when his next letter will arrive, let alone when he will come back. I’ll find a chance to ask Mr. Xiang again.

After resting at home for a while, Li Yu changed his clothes and went to the hot pot restaurant in the evening.

*

In a hotpot restaurant.

Han Xiaomei sat listlessly in front of the counter.

The second sister-in-law has been gone for more than ten days and no one knows when she will come back. She misses her.

Si'er stood beside Han Xiaomei and comforted her in a low voice.

At this moment, in an inconspicuous corner, Yue Ji kept looking at the two of them.

His sister Yue Xiang sat opposite him, happily eating mutton hotpot.

Seeing that he didn't move his chopsticks much, Yue Xiang asked, "Brother, why aren't you eating? What are you looking at?"

The Vietnamese Korean girl nudged her chin and said, "Didn't they say that Boss Li was sick? Why is this Miss Han still in the store? Shouldn't she be at home taking care of Boss Li?"

Yue Xiang turned to look at Han Xiaomei and said, "She took care of him. She was not here when I came to eat hot pot a few days ago. She only came these few days. Brother, are you overthinking it again? Didn't you say before that Boss Li had no problem?"

Yue Ji: “I said that, but…” But those words were just to evade her, in fact the doubts in his heart had not dissipated at all.

Especially these days, Li Yu has been claiming to be sick and not showing up, and his doubts are growing.

He wanted to send someone to investigate again.

Hiding his true thoughts, Yue Ji said, "I'm overthinking. Eat quickly."

Yue Xiang: "You eat too."

*

The brother and sister ate for half an hour, and after paying the bill, they went out together.

Yue Ji was just thinking about whether he should go check tonight to see if Li Yu was really sick, when Li Yu suddenly appeared a few meters away.

Vietnamese: “…”

Li Yu also saw Yue Ji. Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly adjusted her expression, "Mr. Yue, long time no see. I didn't expect you to come to my hot pot restaurant for dinner. You really make my hot pot restaurant shine."

Yue Ji looked at Li Yu intently for a few seconds and said, "I heard that Mr. Li was ill. I wonder if he is doing well now?"

"So everyone knows that I'm sick?" Li Yu pretended to be surprised. "It's not a serious illness. I was just too tired a few days ago and felt unwell. But now I'm all right. Thank you, Master Yue, for your concern."

She behaved very normally and Yue Ji couldn't find any flaws, so he had to leave temporarily.

Li Yu waited until he walked away before walking into the store.