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

Li Yu looked at Pei Ming with a smile.

At first I thought it was admirable that she came out to earn money to support her family at such a young age. Now that I know she is a girl, I think she is even more extraordinary.

Pei Ming was relieved to see that Li Yu didn't look angry, and whispered, "My name is Pei Mingzhu."

Mingzhu? It's a nice name. Her parents must love her very much.

Li Yu led her forward and asked as they walked, "Why did you choose to do this job?" Even if the family is poor, women nowadays generally do not choose to be bricklayers. Not to mention other things, the rule of strict separation between men and women is enough to discourage people.

"Because I can earn more money building houses for others." Pei Mingzhu said honestly: "Other things are too slow, I can't wait."

"Aren't you afraid that people will talk about you behind your back?"

"Don't be afraid." Pei Mingzhu said, "No one knows that I am a girl. My parents and I moved here from other places, and everyone in the village thought I was a boy."

Li Yu understood.

"Boss Li, will you look down on me?" Pei Mingzhu asked nervously, "Will you think I am not decent?"

"No." Li Yu gave an affirmative answer, "You are a good one."

The two of them were talking and before they knew it they had arrived home.

Li Yu shouted, "Xiaomei, there are guests at home, boil some water."

Inside the house, Han Xiaomei quickly pushed Qi Yue to hide, "Hurry, hurry, lie down on the bed first."

Qi Yue took off his shoes obediently. Han Xiaomei pulled down the curtain, patted her chest, and went out to respond to Li Yu.

*

Li Yu wanted to find a comfortable set of clothes for Pei Mingzhu to change into, but considering that she was now a boy in front of outsiders, he found a set of clothes he wore when working for Pei Mingzhu to wear. The clothes were yellowish brown and similar to men's clothes. Unless you looked closely, you would never find any flaws.

After changing clothes, Li Yu gave Pei Mingzhu some physiological knowledge. Pei Mingzhu was stunned and felt lucky that she hid after she found the blood on her pants, otherwise if others knew about it, she would definitely not be able to build a house again.

Because Qi Yue was at home, Li Yu was afraid that something might happen and be exposed, so when Pei Mingzhu proposed to leave, Li Yu did not try to keep her.

*

In the afternoon, Li Yu continued to braise the meat and make skewers. The rice for making rice cakes needs to be soaked for a day, so there is no rush today.

In the yard, Han Sheng had been pounding meat for half an hour and was now sitting under the eaves to rest. Li Xiangyun and Aunt Wu were chopping vegetables and stringing them together, with an orderly division of labor and quick movements.

After stringing together the ten potatoes she had just cut, Aunt Wu said, "Something was wrong in town this afternoon."

Li Yu put the skewered vegetables into a clean bamboo basket and asked casually, "What's wrong?"

Aunt Wu turned her head to look outside and whispered, "There are more than a dozen strangers."

The hand holding the bamboo stick paused imperceptibly, and Li Yu asked, "Is he from another place?"

"They looked alike. They were wearing the same clothes, holding knives, and walking very fast. They looked scary. I didn't dare to go to the town these days."

Li Xiangyun felt uneasy after hearing what she said, "I won't be going there recently, Xiuwen wife, why don't you close your shop for a few days and wait until those people leave before reopening it."

Li Yu: "In broad daylight, how could they kill someone with knives? I think they are here to do something, but they are armed with knives, so they look scary."

Aunt Wu: "What you said makes sense, but I think we shouldn't take risks. It's better to be safe than sorry."

Li Yu gave her a soothing smile: "I understand. I will go to the town tomorrow to check the situation. If there are any problems, I will close the shop for a few days."

*

After seeing off the three helpers, Li Yu returned to the house.

Inside the house, Qi Yue sat at the window at a loss. When he heard footsteps, he turned his head instantly: "Sister Li, it must be those people who are chasing us. They are coming to find me."

Li Yu patted his shoulder gently: "Don't be afraid, don't panic. I'll go ask around tomorrow to see who it is. Maybe those people have nothing to do with you. They're just ordinary outsiders."

Qi Yue shook his head, "It must be them."

"Don't be afraid even if it's them." Li Yu squatted down and looked at him seriously. "You haven't been out these days. When you were in town, you only showed your face on the Lantern Festival. No one will remember you. They won't find any clues even if they turn the town upside down."

This was the truth, and Qi Yue's worries faded a little. Then, he thought of his mother, and his heart was lifted again.

He didn’t know whether his mother and Nanny Chen had escaped the pursuit. He really wanted to see them.

*

Han Zheng had to go to school the next day. Li Yu was not sure about the situation in the town, so as usual, she asked Han Xiaomei to go to the street with her to sell braised meat.

Before leaving, she kept reminding Qi Yue: "Don't go to the yard this morning. Try to stay inside the house. If you hear any strange noises outside, quickly hide in the hole under the bed."

There is a hole about one meter long, wide and high in the house where Han Zheng lives. It is under the bed. They found it on the day they moved in. It should have been dug by the village chief's family to avoid disasters, and this time it can be given to Qi Yue to use.

Qi Yue nodded heavily, indicating that he would definitely listen to her.

*

Li Yu pushed the cart towards the town.

Seeing the pedestrians on the road, she wondered if Aunt Wu was being overly sensitive. Those people holding knives might be from a certain escort agency. Although Huangmei Town was small, it was next to the official road, and many escort agencies would stop by the town on weekdays. The standard equipment for escort agency personnel was uniform uniforms and knives.

But she quickly rejected her idea.

It’s not that Aunt Wu is sensitive, it’s that those people are too high-profile.

Walking from the town entrance to Li Ji Food Store, Li Yu heard at least five people talking about those people with knives. When she arrived at the door of Li Ji Food Store, the owner of the sesame cake, Wei Songwei, also talked to her about those people.

"Boss Li, they are not easy to deal with. You have to be careful." Wei Song's eyes were full of worry. "They went to several shops yesterday and rummaged through them without saying a word. They almost scared people to death."

Li Yu: "What are they looking for?"

Wei Song said: "It seems to be a child."

Li Yu's heart suddenly jumped up, but his face showed no strange expression: "Why did they come to our town instead of looking for their children at home?"

"I don't know. I heard that it's a very important child. They gathered all the little beggars in the town yesterday. Looking at them one by one, it's really scary. I don't know what they want to do?" Wei Song sighed, "The mayor is not in the town, and no one is taking care of them."

Li Yu forced a smile and said, "Don't worry about them. It has nothing to do with us anyway. Let's just do business as usual."

Wei Song nodded, but at the same time he was still frightened. Just a quarter of an hour ago, a man with a knife came to him and bought some pancakes. He was almost scared to death, fearing that the man would suddenly draw his knife and kill him.

*

Li Yu put the meat and skewers on the table, cooked the porridge, and started to do business. When the sun rose completely, she wiped her hands and asked Han Xiaomei and Han Xiaocao to look after the shop.

"Sister-in-law, are you going out?" Han Xiaomei asked.

Li Yu lied casually: "I'm going to buy some things." In fact, he was going to check the situation of that group of people. He didn't tell the two children about such a dangerous thing to avoid scaring them.

Li Yu untied her apron and prepared to go out. But as soon as she took a step forward with her left foot, she saw a group of people with knives walking towards Li Ji Food Store.