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

This is the first time that Li Yu has celebrated the New Year with his family in many years.

In modern times, her parents divorced when she was three years old and each had their own family. She spent the New Year with her grandparents. After her grandparents passed away, she spent the New Year alone.

If you count carefully, she hasn't celebrated the New Year with her family for eight years.

Li Yu plans to prepare well this time.

After the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month, the town becomes particularly lively, with all kinds of stalls filling up both sides of the road. The shops selling dried goods even have seafood that is rarely seen in normal times.

Li Yu took Han Xiaomei for a stroll and after understanding the general market situation, they started to take action.

Dried yellow croaker and dried squid, buy them! Although the price is a bit expensive, Han Zheng and Han Xiaomei have never eaten seafood before, so they must try it no matter what.

Dried fruits, candied fruits, melon seeds and peanuts, buy! When there are guests at home during the Chinese New Year, you always have to entertain them.

Needless to say, meat was a big deal. Beef was a rare sight in the butcher shop, so Li Yu decisively bought five catties. She also bought five catties of mutton, which was delicious whether it was cooked in soup or hot pot. Since none of the three of them liked fish, they only bought two fish, hoping for a good omen of abundance every year. They bought a little more chicken and pork, which were the main meats for the New Year.

Li Yu was not in a hurry to buy vegetables. Old Lady Wang was from their village, so it wouldn't be too late to buy them in the two days before the New Year.

As for fruits, Li Yu bought some oranges and apples. The entire Nanzhou Prefecture where Huangmei Town is located does not produce apples, so apples are extremely expensive, costing six cents each. Li Yu bought fifteen.

In addition to food, Li Yu bought some new cloth and prepared to make a new set of clothes and a pair of new shoes for Han Zheng and Han Xiaomei respectively. Of course, she also had some. It would look good if the whole family wore new clothes together.

The two of them pushed an empty cart in, and when they came out the cart was already piled with things. This situation would definitely attract attention under normal circumstances, but it was the New Year holiday and many people had more things in their cars, so they were not noticeable among them.

Covering the cart with a cloth, Li Yu took Han Xiaomei home.

When I met fellow villagers who were also out shopping for New Year goods, I would smile and say hello to those I knew well, and greet those I didn’t know well with indifferently. As for those I didn’t know well, I would just ignore them.

For example, Yang Qiuyue and Han Xiuwu.

After giving birth to twin sons, Yang Qiuyue was very popular in the village. After all, Qingshui Village had been established for decades, and she was the only one who gave birth to two at once. Those who wanted to have a son would run to their house with their things to ask for advice. Yang Qiuyue felt that she was very powerful and bossed people around.

In previous years, Yang Qiuyue would walk to buy New Year's goods, but this year she instructed Han Xiuwu to rent a cart for her.

When Li Yu ran into her, she was sitting in a stroller with a child in her arms, and she kept showing off to others: "Sons are precious. You can't just give birth to one if you want to. How can someone with a weak body give birth to a son?"

Medical care was backward in that era and the villagers didn’t understand anything, so when she was right, they kept agreeing with her.

Yang Qiuyue became more and more proud, and when she saw Li Yu, she opened her mouth to make trouble. But when Li Yu raised his eyes, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

Li Yu was a lunatic who would send people to the government office at any time. She decided not to say anything for now. Otherwise, what if Li Yu brought the yamen runners over again? It was said that after she brought Li the yamen runner to Liujia Village, Aunt Liu Yan was so scared that she didn't dare to go out for several days!

Seeing the fear in Yang Qiuyue's eyes, Li Yu felt calm.

Sure enough, it was a good idea to take Li Yayi to Liujia Village. Not only did he intimidate Aunt Liu Yan, but he also intimidated Yang Qiuyue, who always wanted to cause trouble for her.

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As time goes by, the festive atmosphere becomes stronger and stronger.

Li Yu planned to close the shop on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. After being busy for several months, he had to take some time to prepare the things for his family's New Year. Of course, he also had to take a good rest after the New Year and reopen the shop after the Lantern Festival.

To prevent people from leaving empty-handed, Li Yu put a sign in front of the food store, announcing the closing times before and after the New Year.

As a result, this release caused problems. Those who wanted to add a plate of braised meat to their dinner table during the Chinese New Year originally planned to buy it in the last two days, because the meat was so fragrant. If they bought it too early, they would have to eat it before the Chinese New Year. As a result, Li Yu closed its store from the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Fearing that they would not be able to buy it if it was too late, these people rushed to buy meat, so much so that Li Yu almost fainted from exhaustion during the last few days of opening the shop.

The number of people buying braised meat doubled compared to usual, so she gave up making skewers and cooked meat until midnight every night, and continued cooking before dawn to barely make enough to serve.

Fortunately, although it was a bit tiring, I made a lot of money.

*

At noon on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Yu called Li Xiangyun, Aunt Wu, Han Xiaocao, and Han Sheng to his own courtyard.

Because these people worked hard, she had no worries when making braised meat, so everyone received a red envelope worth one month's salary during the Chinese New Year.

Han Xiaocao received 150 coins, Li Xiangyun and Aunt Wu received 240 coins. Han Sheng hardly worked after the twelfth lunar month, and he had only been here for a short time, so he was given 225 coins for half a month. In addition to the copper coins, each person received two catties of braised pork belly and three catties of braised vegetables.

For several months, Uncle Wu helped to fetch water every day, so he also received a red envelope. Just like Han Xiaocao, it was 150 coins, including meat and vegetables.

Carrying heavy bags of money and braised meat and dishes, the few of them couldn't suppress the smiles on their faces.

Especially Li Xiangyun. During the time that she worked for Li Yu, some people kept making up stories about her, saying that she was working in vain and that Li Yu would not treat her as one of his own.

Now we have finally slapped those people in the face.

Li Xiangyun was carrying the meat and deliberately stopped in the village. When she saw someone, she said loudly without waiting for anyone to ask, "This is the New Year gift from Li Yu. I originally wanted to buy two kilograms of braised meat for the New Year, but she gave it to me directly."

Some people were dissatisfied and said sarcastically: "It's just two kilograms of meat and a few kilograms of vegetables. Is it worth showing off like this?"

Li Xiangyun looked at the person who was speaking with a smile, "Of course it's worth it. Besides, have you ever heard of an employer giving out meat as a New Year gift during the Chinese New Year?

The man was speechless.

Li Xiangyun laughed twice and then went back.

She didn't mention the red envelopes. Money is tempting, and at the end of the year there are always some people with ulterior motives who take advantage of the busy times to commit petty thefts. She didn't dare to bring trouble upon herself.

But Li Yu is so good to her, she will definitely work hard for her next year. In the past two months, because she can earn money, her status in the family has been improved, and she can't lose this job.

The others had similar ideas to Li Xiangyun and were determined to work hard with Li Yu next year.

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On Li Yu's side, after seeing everyone off, he called Han Xiaomei.

"This is yours." Li Yu put a brand new purse in Han Xiaomei's hand, "There are more than five taels of silver in it. Take it and spend it when you need it."

Han Xiaomei declined, "Second sister-in-law, this is too much, just give me some pocket money."

Li Yu held her hand and said, "This is for you, just take it. Girls should always have some money to keep around."

Han Xiaomei: "Then I'll keep it for now. When my second sister-in-law needs it, ask me for it."

Li Yu hummed.

After distributing the year-end benefits, Li Yu changed his clothes.

Mingtong Academy is on holiday today. Mr. Shen asked Han Zheng to notify her yesterday. It’s getting late, so she can leave now.