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

He Mengyan gladly accepted Li Yu's arrangement.

It takes twenty days to get from the capital to Jiangyang County, as the mountains are high and the waters are long. But with Si'er and Miao Da accompanying us along the way, at least we won't be bored.

Although he is not familiar with Miao Da, he is a member of Li Yu's family, so his character must not be bad.

After talking to Li Yu for a few more words, He Mengyan and Si'er Miao Da left together.

*

Watching He Mengyan's car drive away, Li Yu turned around and went home.

Today is also the day when Mrs. Wei holds a flower-viewing banquet, so she has to go to the Wei family.

After tidying up the house and estimating that it was about time, Li Yu carried a few things and went over with Lu Xuan.

After arriving at the place, Lu Xuan followed the servants to tie up the carriage, while Li Yu carried the gifts and followed the Wei family's maid into the yard.

The Wei family's house has four courtyards and two large courtyards.

The maid must have been arranged by Madam Wei to be very respectful to Li Yu.

Li Yu casually asked who else was there today besides her.

The maid said, "There are Madam Pei, Madam Su, Madam Su Er Shao's wife, the wife of the Minister of Works, and Princess Jianing..."

The maid mentioned seven or eight people in one breath.

Li Yu raised an eyebrow, "Madam Su and Madam Su II are..."

She wanted to ask if these two were the ones she knew, but before she could say anything, two familiar voices came from behind her.

"Girl Li."

"Li Yu!"

*

Li Yu turned around and saw Madam Su and Ruan Xinming walking side by side.

She immediately stopped to greet the two of them.

Madam Su pulled Li Yu to look at her carefully while she kept mumbling, "You haven't been out lately. I've been worried that you're too tired. I was just about to go see you, but I didn't expect to meet you here. You look pretty good now."

Li Yu smiled and said, "Madam, don't worry. I'm not the kind of person who would mistreat myself. But I'm almost done with my work. I'll go see Mr. Su in two days. Han Zheng said he wanted to eat the food I cooked. It just so happens that I've learned a new dish these days, so I'll cook it for him then."

Madam Su curled her lips and said, "Why do you care about him? He is so old and greedy. Aren't you afraid that others will laugh at him?"

Ruan Xinming stood aside and looked at them with a smile.

Her mother-in-law likes Li Yu, and she is not jealous at all. In fact, she likes Li Yu very much too.

Who wouldn’t like a smart, capable, and good-natured woman?

*

Mrs. Wei invited more than a dozen people, all of whom were kind and low-key people in the capital. Most of them had eaten at Li Yu's hot pot restaurant and barbecue restaurant.

So when Li Yu arrived, no one looked at her strangely.

Li Yu was very satisfied with this. Within a quarter of an hour, he started chatting skillfully with the ladies.

When Princess Jianing arrived, the ladies had already started to pull Li Yu aside, asking her if she would like to attend their flower-viewing banquets in the future.

Princess Jianing came this time mainly for Li Yu. She was worried that she, a merchant girl, would be bullied here. After all, the flower-viewing banquets held by the ladies of the capital city have always been full of tricks, with bickering, quarrels, and frame-ups everywhere.

Seeing Li Yu handling it with ease at this moment, I felt completely relieved.

*

Mrs. Wei prepared some food, and after admiring the flowers for a while, everyone went into the house to drink tea and have snacks.

During this time, a maid passed by the door holding a box and accidentally dropped the box to the ground.

The maid quickly knelt down and apologized.

Madam Wei waved her hand and said gently, "Pack your things quickly and don't be rude in front of the guests."

The maid nodded repeatedly, but just as she packed her things and prepared to leave, Madam Wei called her again.

"wait a moment."

She said this out of the blue, and the maid was stunned, then frightened.

Could it be that she had done something bad again and made the lady angry?

The maid was uneasy, however, Mrs. Wei just wanted to see what she had picked up.

It was a box made of mother-of-pearl.

Madam Wei pinched it out, her eyes sparkling, "This is..."

"This is lip balm." Seeing Madam Wei's interested face, Li Yu took the initiative to step forward and said, "I bought it from a lady. I used it once before and thought it was pretty good, so I bought it as a gift for you. It's not very expensive, so please don't dislike it."

Mrs. Wei waved her hand. "How could I dislike it? Gifts don't matter how expensive they are. Besides, I particularly like this box."

Regardless of what was inside, at least the box was very much to her liking.

*

As she spoke, Mrs. Wei opened the box.

A scent of roses wafts into my nose.

Mrs. Wei attended a rose banquet hosted by Mrs. Su last year, and also bought dried roses sold by Li Yu at the barbecue restaurant, so she immediately recognized the scent of roses.

She originally thought that no matter what the contents were, she had to act as if she liked them, so as not to embarrass Li Yu.

But right now, she really likes this thing.

The scent of the rose was so overbearing that everyone else present could smell it and came closer to take a look.

It’s not that they have never seen lip balm before, but it’s the first time they have seen one with the scent of roses.

*

In addition to lip balm, Li Yu also brought rose-scented rouge and astragalus cream.

Mrs. Wei took them all out and showed them to everyone.

This was not enough, so she asked the maid to bring a mirror and applied some lip balm directly on it.

Those who came today were all people with whom she had a good relationship, so she didn't think her behavior was inappropriate, and neither did anyone else.

Li Yu added a little color to the lip balm, not too heavy or too light. After Mrs. Wei applied it, her lips had a little bit of inconspicuous but solemn red, which made her already good complexion even better.

Everyone except Li Yu and Princess Jianing: "..."

Madam Wei looked at everyone: "What do you think?"

As a junior, Ruan Xinming took the initiative to reply, "It looks good. Aunt Wei, I like this thing Li Yu gave you."

Princess Jianing nodded and said, "It's really good."

Mrs. Wei was very satisfied.

The other ladies looked at him, and the next moment, they all turned to look at Li Yu.

Madam Su spoke first: "Li Yu, where did you buy this? Tell me quickly, I want to buy some too."

Mrs. Pei agreed: "I want to buy some too."

The other ladies nodded in unison.

Li Yu smiled and said, "The lady I know is elusive, but she is planning to open a shop in the capital. How about this, I'll go back and look for her first, and if I can find her, I'll buy some and send them to everyone."

"This is feasible." Madam Pei said, "But since these things are well made, the price shouldn't be too low. Madam Li, how much are these things worth? Tell us and we'll give you the silver first."

Li Yu immediately refused: "This is nothing, Madam Pei, please don't be polite, otherwise I won't dare to attend the next flower viewing banquet."

Seeing her sincerity, the ladies had no choice but to give up.

But at the same time, they thought to themselves that they must go to the hot pot restaurant and barbecue restaurant more often in the future to show their support to Li Yu.