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

Li Yu went to the town to find Li, the yamen runner who had helped send the Huang family to the county government office last time.

The magistrate of Jiangyang County was a man who cared about the lives of the people. Every year when it snowed, he would arrange for yamen runners to patrol various towns. Yamen runner Li was in charge of Huangmei Town, and he came on the day it snowed.

Li Yayi lived in a small courtyard specially prepared for yamen runners like them. When Li Yu went there with braised meat and snacks, he was just about to go out.

Li Yu stepped forward, handed over the braised meat and snacks, and then explained his purpose.

Her intention was simple, which was to let Li Yayi go to Liujia Village with her.

"You just want me to wear my yamen uniform and go to that family and say some harsh words?" This was the first time that Yayi Li had encountered such a request and he felt it was strange.

Li Yu handed over the red envelope that he had prepared in advance: "That family is restless. I am afraid that they will make trouble, so I want to use your majesty to scare them away."

This was really pleasant to the ear, and considering the many benefits Li Yu offered, Li Yayi readily agreed.

*

Liujia Village is a larger village than Qingshui Village. It takes more than ten minutes to walk from the south to the north of the village.

Liu Yan's family lives in the south of the village, and Liu Yan's aunt lives in the north of the village. When Li Yu arrived, he went straight to Liu Yan's aunt's house.

Aunt Liu Yan was collecting firewood at home. When she saw Li Yu, she thought she had changed her mind, so she put on a cold face and prepared to scold her.

However, he swallowed the words back before he could say them out loud and became panic-stricken.

Li Yu actually brought some yamen runners with her. Could it be that she really wanted to put herself in jail?

For a moment, Aunt Liu Yan was lost in thought, her face was pale, and she looked so pitiful.

Li Yu had seen enough of her performance and turned to give Li the servant a wink.

Li Yayi understood what he meant and coughed heavily, "I heard that you have been harassing Boss Li repeatedly in the past few days."

Aunt Liu Yan was so scared that she was shaking all over. "No...no, Your Excellency, I...I just went to ask Boss Li...Boss Li for marriage. Since Boss Li doesn't want to, I will never...never go again."

Li Yayi took a step forward and drew the sword from his waist. "I hope you will do what you said. If you go to see Boss Li again, don't blame me for being rude!"

The blade was right in front of her. If Li Yayi made a random cut, her neck would be cut open. Aunt Liu Yan fell to the ground in fear: "I dare not, I dare not."

Li the servant snorted and put the sword back into the scabbard.

Next, Li, the yamen runner, gave a few more warnings. He had been a yamen runner for several years, and he could really intimidate people when he showed his power. Aunt Liu Yan was so scared that she could only say "yes".

*

Li Yu's problem was solved, but Han Sheng ran into trouble.

Liu Yan forced him to get engaged to her.

The reason she gave was that Han Sheng had touched her, and if Han Sheng did not marry her, she would die and make it so that Han Sheng would never be able to marry.

"Have you touched her?" Li Yu asked Han Sheng.

"No." Han Sheng was so panicked that he didn't know what to do. "I have nothing to do with her."

His mother taught him that a woman's chastity was very important, and he had to be careful when interacting with women so as not to damage their reputation. So since meeting Liu Yan, he had never done anything inappropriate.

"That day, Han Sheng and I braved the heavy snow to go to Liujia Village and explained clearly to them the cancellation of the engagement. Because we were the ones who changed our minds, I even gave them two taels of silver as compensation. But after just a few days, they changed their minds again." Han's mother was exhausted. She just wanted to find a wife for her son, but she didn't expect to encounter someone like this. It would be better not to find one.

"Don't worry." Li Yu comforted him, "I have a way, maybe we can try it."

*

The sixth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Early in the morning, shrill cries were heard from Qingshui Village.

The villagers who were preparing to eat breakfast were all shocked. After a moment, they all stuck their heads out of the door and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

"It sounds like the voice of Han Sheng's mother."

"No way, it's so early in the morning, it looks like someone has died."

"Would you like to go take a look?"

"Go and see!"

The villagers walked together and soon gathered at Han Sheng's door. Some of the villagers who were closer and arrived earlier told the later villagers what had happened.

"Han Sheng fell this morning and couldn't stand up after that. The doctor came to see him and said that he had done too much heavy work in the past and injured his leg. After falling like this today, he will never be able to stand up again."

"Why can't you stand up for no reason? Did the doctor make a mistake?"

"I've consulted three doctors, and they all said that I can't survive and can only walk on one leg from now on."

"It's really pitiful that such a thing happened out of nowhere."

In the yard, Han's mother cried miserably, "What should I do? If my son can't walk after he's born, how will Xiaocao and I survive?"

"Han Sheng's mother, if you ask me, you should stop crying now. Finding a wife for Han Sheng is the right thing to do. That way, there will be someone to take care of him in the future." Aunt Wu shouted in the crowd.

Mother Han's crying suddenly stopped. After a while, she got up as if she had just woken up from a dream and said, "You are right. I will go to Liujia Village now."

Everyone in the village knew that Han Sheng and Liu Yan were seeing each other. Those who wanted to watch the fun followed Han's mother to Liujia Village.

*

Liujia Village.

Liu Yan stood in front of the window drawing her eyebrows with charcoal.

Her mother sat aside, eating melon seeds, leisurely and at ease, "The Han family is an honest family. After you marry, you should take control of the housekeeper first, without saying anything else."

"Mom, I understand." Liu Yan looked down at her reflection in the basin and felt that she was unworthy of Han Sheng because of her looks.

"If it weren't for the fact that Mr. Li's business was doing well and he had some future with Mr. Li, I wouldn't be willing to marry him." Liu Yan said.

Mother Liu agreed, "If he was just a woodcutter, I would not agree even if he knelt at the door of my house."

As the mother and daughter were talking, they were suddenly disturbed by voices outside.

"What's going on?" Liu Yan stuck her head out and looked outside.

As soon as she finished speaking, Han's mother and her group appeared in her sight.

Liu Yan subconsciously thought that she had brought someone to propose marriage, but the next moment she realized something was wrong. Han Sheng had not come, so it was not a betrothal gift.

Before Han's mother could open her mouth, Liu Yan asked directly, "What are you doing?"

Han's mother burst into tears before she could say anything.

Aunt Wu stepped forward at the right time and said, "This must be Miss Liu Yan, right? We have met before. I am here today to propose marriage to Han Sheng. Han Sheng cannot walk, so he asked his mother and the villagers to come here."

Mother Liu immediately realized that something was wrong with the words, opened the door and stood in front of everyone, "What do you mean Han Sheng can't walk?"

Aunt Wu looked at Han's mother and said in embarrassment: "Mr. Han is lame."

Mother Liu's face changed drastically.

"My dear, I know Liu Yan likes Han Sheng, so she will definitely get engaged to Han Sheng, right?" Han's mother said flatteringly, "Although Sheng'er is lame, he can still do some work. As long as Liu Yan marries him, we will definitely not treat her unfairly."