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

He Mengyan came to the capital.

Li Yu looked at the person standing in front of her, and after confirming that it was not an illusion, she quickly pulled her into the yard.

After a while, the two of them sat down together in the main hall of the east wing where Li Yu and Han Xiaomei lived.

Li Yu poured a cup of tea for He Mengyan, and after she finished drinking it, he asked, "When did you come?"

He Mengyan: “The day before yesterday.”

Li Yu raised his eyebrows, "So you've been staying at the inn these days? Didn't I write my home address in the letter I wrote to you?"

"I'll be in the capital for a long time, so it's inconvenient for me to bother you for a long time." He Mengyan said, "I found an inn where you can stay for only three taels of silver for a month. It's pretty good there."

Li Yu: “…”

After pouring herself a glass of water, she said, "From what you said, you plan to stay in the capital for a month?"

He Mengyan nodded, and then felt a little embarrassed. "Since the end of last year, I have not been able to make rouge smoothly, so I thought about going out to see more and learn how to make it from others. It just so happened that I also wanted to see you, so I came to the capital."

Li Yu: "How did you get here? Did you find the escort agency, or something else?"

He Mengyan: "On the day I set out, it happened that Mr. and Mrs. Han from your village came to Nanzhou Prefecture. They knew me, so they asked me to go with them. After arriving in Nanzhou Prefecture, I followed the escort team to the capital. The people in the escort team knew the county magistrate's wife, and they took good care of me along the way."

She told the story slowly, and Li Yu listened, looking at He Mengyan carefully.

I remember the first time I met He Mengyan. She was the unfavored daughter of the He family. She was bullied by her stepmother, acted indecisively and was a little timid. But now she can actually run to the capital by herself.

Not bad!

After telling He Mengyan about the recent situation, Li Yu said, "Since you want to live outside, I won't stop you. You just need to have a meal at my house today. If you want to go to the capital next, just tell me and I'll go with you."

He Mengyan didn't intend to trouble Li Yu too much, but she didn't say it directly at this moment, just nodded in agreement.

*

Han Zheng went to the Hanlin Academy to be on duty today, so Li Yu asked Madam Mu to go to the store and call back Si'er, Lu Xuan and Han Xiaomei.

At noon, Li Yu cooked a meal himself. Several people moved the table and chairs to the yard and ate while talking.

Li Yu asked about the county. "I have been communicating with the county magistrate's wife, Aunt Wu, and you. Every time you only report good news, I really don't know if it is true. Since you are here today, tell me the truth. Are all the people in the county who are close to me okay?"

"Of course everything is fine." He Mengyan said: "The county magistrate is a good man. With him around, no one in the county dares to cause trouble. Several aunts and sisters-in-law in your village are also living well. Last month I heard that they were planning to buy a big yard in the county, and then make snacks in the county and sell them on the spot.

Besides, they all bought houses in the county. Knowing that I was coming to Beijing, they asked me to bring some things to you. I didn’t bring them today, but I will bring them to you tomorrow.”

Li Yu: "How is your Yidianhong Rouge Shop?"

He Mengyan nodded and then shook her head. "When you left last year, you brought me a box of roses. I used them to make lip balm and rouge, which were very popular. Later, I went to your village to buy some dried roses and made a few more batches.

Other rouge shops in the county saw that I was selling well, so they also bought dried roses to make. Jiangyang County is so small, and there are so many people making it, so this thing is not rare, and I can't make much money, but the shop is my own, and I can still get the rent from the braised meat shop every month, so I can make ends meet."

Li Yu nodded and asked, "The people from the He family and your aunt didn't cause any trouble, did they?"

"But no, the county magistrate's wife often comes to my store to buy things, and you are the sister-in-law of the top scholar. With the support of you two, they dare not..."

*

The meal took almost an hour.

After dinner, Li Yu arranged for Mu Niangzi and the others to look after the house, and then took He Mengyan to check out the hot pot restaurant and the barbecue restaurant.

He Mengyan thought that since Li Yu had gone out, she took her to her place first and took out the things that Aunt Wu and the others had brought for Li Yu.

There was a jade pendant and three hundred taels of silver.

The silver note was the share of last year's snacks, and the jade pendant was obtained by the village head's wife and Aunt Wu from the temple. They said that a great master had blessed it and asked Li Yu to wear it to ward off disease and avoid disaster.

In addition to these two items, there was also a stack of paper with words on it and several packets of seeds.

"These are all written by students from the private school you run. Your village chief said that you spent money to benefit the village, so they should let you see the results and not let you waste the money in vain."

Li Yu read through the pages one by one. Those who wrote included the great-grandson of his second great-grandfather, Li Jingliu from the village chief's family, and the children of Liu Guilan, Li Xiangyun, and Zhou Qinghe.

It can be seen that the children wrote carefully, their handwriting is neat, without any typos or ink spots.

Turning to the end, Li Yu saw the names of Aunt Wu and Li Xiangyun.

"Several aunts and sisters-in-law in your village have also learned to write. They said that if they want to do business with you, they must know some words." He Mengyan explained.

Li Yu was quite satisfied with the papers and put them away carefully.

*

Finally, there are those packets of seeds.

Aunt Wu bought these from a merchant who passed by Jiangyang County. The merchant said they were flower seeds.

Aunt Wu originally planned to plant the seeds herself first and then tell Li Yu when she was successful, but the seeds were a little scarce and she was afraid that she would not plant them well and waste them, so she asked He Mengyan to bring them to Li Yu.

She felt that Li Yu could grow it.

"The merchant only said it was a flower seed, but he didn't specify what it was. I'm afraid we'll have to plant it to find out."

Li Yu poured out a few flower seeds, looked at them, put them back and said okay.

*

After successfully handing the things over to Li Yu, He Mengyan felt relieved.

After resting for a while, they got up and prepared to go to the hot pot restaurant and barbecue restaurant.

Before leaving, Li Yu took a look at the situation in the inn. Seeing that the room where He Mengyan lived was clean, he felt relieved.

But before leaving the inn, she said a few more words to the innkeeper.

The shopkeeper recognized Li Yu. In fact, everyone in the capital knew Li Yu. Knowing that Li Yu had a good relationship with Princess Jianing, he was happy to do Li Yu a favor and assured Li Yu that nothing would happen to He Mengyan if she lived with them.

Li Yu bowed, thanked him, and left.

*

Li Yu rarely talked about her situation in the capital in her letters, and He Mengyan just guessed that she was doing well.

But seeing it with my own eyes, I was still a little shocked.

She is actually doing well in the capital!

He Mengyan was filled with admiration, and her eyes lit up when she looked at Li Yu.

But her gaze was too strong for Li Yu to ignore, so he could only turn around and explain, "I also benefited from Princess Jianing's help."

He Mengyan: "Princess Jianing is willing to be friends with you, which shows that you are a good person."