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

There were fourteen men with knives in total, wearing the same black tights and shorts, and they marched into the food store. After checking all the places, one of the men walked to the chopping board and said, "Give us a few pounds of braised pork belly, fourteen bowls of porridge, and one hundred of these skewers."

The man had a muscular build, a rough face, and a scar on his eyebrow, which made him look like a bandit in a play. Han Xiaomei and Han Xiaocao were so frightened that they were speechless when they saw such a scene for the first time.

Li Yu pulled the two of them behind him and greeted the man with a smile: "These two children have never seen the world. Please forgive me for being rude."

The man raised his eyelids and glanced at the two of them without saying anything.

*

Li Yu quickly cut the meat the men requested and brought it to the table personally.

When she put down the meat and was about to leave, a man with a missing index finger called out to her, "Boss, have you ever seen a seven-year-old child?"

Li Yu played dumb and laughed, "Sir, are you kidding? There are so many seven-year-olds in this town. How could I not have seen them?"

"He's wrong, it's this child." A man with a notch on his right ear took out a piece of paper and unfolded it. It was a portrait of Qi Yue.

Li Yu walked closer, lowered his head and looked carefully, and after a while, shook his head.

She wanted to say that she had never seen him, but the man holding the paper suddenly said, "Someone said that they saw you with this child at the Lantern Festival a while ago."

Li Yu's heart skipped a beat and a puzzled expression appeared on his face. He then bent down and stared at the painting again.

Guessing that the man was getting impatient, she stood up and clapped her hands fiercely: "I remember now, I did see him. On the Lantern Festival, he said he was lost and insisted that I take him to find his family. I felt sorry for him as a child, so I helped him."

The group didn't expect that Li Yu really had a clue. Some of them stood up anxiously and asked, "Where is he now? Tell me quickly!"

Li Yu showed an incredible expression: "I helped him find his family that night and he left. He even said he would send me a thank-you gift the next day, but he never came. Sir, do you think I know where he is?"

There was no flaw in this statement. The man slammed the table angrily and said, "He's just a kid. Where can he run to?"

Li Yu pretended to know nothing and asked, "Sir, what happened to the child? Why are you looking for him?"

"It has nothing to do with you." The man with the notched ear glanced at her coldly, "Don't meddle in other people's business."

Li Yu said "oh" and stepped back to the chopping board.

*

This group of people probably thought that people in the town didn't dare to talk nonsense, so they talked about their mission without restraint during the meal. From the time they entered Li Ji Food Store to the time they left, Li Yu heard a lot of useful information.

It turned out that Qi Yue's mother had returned to the capital, but she was seriously injured and was currently recuperating. In addition, the Duke Dingguo's Mansion had sent people to Huangmei Town to pick up Qi Yue. As for this group of people, their mission was to find Qi Yue and kill him before the people from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion arrived in the town. If they failed to complete the mission, they would be severely punished.

"I just don't believe that a child like him could just disappear into thin air. I'm going to turn this town upside down." The man with the missing finger said, "Let's check on those little beggars later. If a child like him wants to stay in the town unnoticed, he can only hang out with the beggars."

"I'll go look for him in the surrounding villages." The man with the notched ear said, "Maybe he was adopted by someone."

This is also a possibility, and the others agreed.

Just then, a dark-skinned man asked, "Boss, why does the master want us to kill that kid?" When he said the word kill, he gestured on his neck.

Li Yu held his breath, wanting to hear their reasons, but the man with missing fingers tapped the table and directly refused to answer.

"Don't ask too much about the master's affairs. Just know what work the master assigns you."

There was a hint of anger in these words, and the others immediately fell silent.

*

The group of people spent nearly half an hour eating.

When paying the bill, Li Yu gave them a large change and thanked them profusely, "Goodbye, dear customers. I will give you discounts when you come to our store next time."

No one responded to her, and they continued to look for someone in a hurry with swords in hand.

At noon, Li Yu returned home and told Qi Yue what he had heard.

Qi Yue cried with joy. He had been so worried that something had happened to his mother, but luckily she was fine.

"Your family has already sent people over, and I think you'll be able to see them soon. But before they come, you need to try harder to hide."

Li Yu frowned as he spoke. Those people had already started searching in the villages surrounding the town. Their village was not far from the town, so it would be their turn sooner or later.

Qi Yue fully understood the current situation and took the initiative to say, "I won't go out until they leave. I will stay in the room so that they won't find me. Sister Li, don't worry, I will protect myself."

*

Li Yu estimated that the group of people would not find Qingshui Village until tomorrow, but they were much faster than she thought.

In the afternoon, they broke into the yard with knives.