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

Li Yu said it decisively, and in fact, she was indeed prepared to do so.

Han Jiang is an extreme person, and Lin Chunniang also has ulterior motives. The correct thing to do is to stay away from them.

He had made clear what he wanted to say, and seeing that it was getting later, Li Yu discussed with the village chief and asked everyone to disperse.

"It's time to disperse." The village chief coughed lightly and ordered people to take Han Erqian and his wife away.

Before the village chief said this, Han Erqian had never taken Li Yu's words seriously. He had always been a rogue in the village and was not afraid of anything. He had done so many wrong things in the past and some people had said that they would send him to see the authorities, but in the end, nothing happened.

But this time it was different.

Seeing others grabbing him and walking away, Han Erqian finally panicked and shouted, "You can't catch me."

He struggled and tried to escape, but he was tied up and couldn't move at all, and the two men dragged him away easily.

As for Han Erqian's wife, she, a woman, could not cause any trouble and was dragged away in no time.

Han Erqian's parents couldn't bear to see their son and daughter-in-law suffer, so they stepped forward to stop them.

The village chief was prepared and ordered several young men to hold them back.

Seeing that this trick didn't work, Han Erqian's mother immediately collapsed to the ground and threatened loudly: "You can't take Erqian away, or I will die in front of you!"

The village chief was annoyed and said angrily: "Your Erqian made a mistake, can't we punish him? If you are not satisfied, you can go to the county government to sue us."

Han Erqian's parents kept silent. Even if they had ten times the courage, they would not dare to go to the county government office.

Seeing that they were scared, the village chief snorted and walked away.

*

Li Yu took Han Zheng and Han Xiaomei home.

Han Xiaomei walked in front with a lantern, and Li Yu and Han Zheng followed side by side.

"You must be very tired from running today. Are you feeling unwell anywhere?" Li Yu asked.

When she found Han Er, Qian and two other people pulling up rice seedlings today, she didn't think too much about it. She just felt that she should find someone to catch them quickly.

After Han Zheng walked away, she realized that she shouldn't have let Han Zheng go to call for help. His health was not the same as that of ordinary people. Although he was not sick much, he still had to be careful.

Han Zheng didn't expect that she was still thinking about this, and hurriedly shook his head, "It's okay, don't worry, second sister-in-law."

Seeing that he was in good spirits, Li Yu believed what he said.

*

The next day, Li Yu got up early in the morning and, together with the village chief and a few men who came to help, sent Han Erqian and his wife to the county.

Except for Li Yayi, who had a personal relationship with Li Yu, the county magistrate and other Yayi officials all remembered Li Yu. After all, she was the only one in the entire Jiangyang County who had sued several times in half a year. She was too conspicuous and it was hard for them to forget her.

This time, the county magistrate listened to her as usual and then lowered his head to read the petition.

This time he took a look, he found something different from the previous two times.

He read the contents of the petition carefully, then looked up and asked, "Who wrote this petition?"

Li Yu told the truth: "He is my uncle."

The county magistrate looked at the petition, then looked at her: "What's your uncle's name?"

Li Yu: "Han Zheng."

The county magistrate: “…” He said, how could it be such a coincidence, the handwriting on the petition is exactly the same as the handwriting on the first case in the county case, it must have been written by him.

Li Yu didn't understand what the county magistrate meant and was a little confused.

The county magistrate covered his mouth and coughed, "Nothing."

After saying this, he couldn't help but think of Han Zheng during this year's county examination. There was no one calmer than him in the entire examination room, so much so that he immediately noticed his difference when he was inspecting.

No wonder, it turns out that he and the person in front of me are from the same family. Their personalities are really similar, but I don’t know who influenced whom.

The county magistrate couldn't help but become curious. Thinking that Li Yayi often went to Huangmei Town, he decided to ask him later whether he knew about Han Zheng and Li Yu's situation.

But the most important thing at the moment is to solve the case.

Because the evidence was conclusive and there were both witnesses and evidence, Han Erqian and his wife were sentenced to compensate Li Yu for the loss of rice seedlings, and were given 20 strokes of the cane and jailed for half a month.

Han Erqian and his wife cried bitterly and begged the county magistrate to forgive them, but they were guilty of obstructing spring ploughing. This dynasty attached great importance to agriculture, and the acts of obstructing agricultural production had always been punished severely. The current sentence was already considered light.

Not wanting to hear what the two men had to say, the county magistrate ordered his men to block their mouths and drag them out to be beaten with a stick.

Li Yu watched the two being dragged away like dead dogs, and bent down to thank the county magistrate.

"It is my duty to judge cases. You don't need to thank me. But I really want to ask you something."

Li Yu said respectfully: "Please ask."

The county magistrate looked at her and said, "From September last year to now, you have sued three times. The first time was your eldest brother, the second time was your grandparents' family, and this time it was your clansmen. You sue your relatives every time. Aren't you afraid of being scolded by others?"

Li Yu saw that he seemed to be just curious, and said, "Don't be afraid. I sued these people because they did bad things, and they should be sentenced according to Dayu's laws. I abide by the law and have a clear conscience.

As for saying they are my relatives, if any relative steals things and harms others, I don’t recognize such a relative.”

Every word, every word, speaks loudly.

The county magistrate had a complicated expression after hearing this. This woman's mind was really clear, and I didn't know where she learned it from.

After thinking about it, he said nothing more and let Li Yu leave.

*

After leaving the county government gate, the village chief looked back and said, "Why do I feel like the county magistrate wanted to say something?"

Li Yu felt the same as him, but since the county magistrate didn't say anything, it meant that those words were not important, and she didn't need to think too much about it.

Waving his hand, Li Yu called the other men who came with him and invited everyone to go for tea together.

At this time, in the county government office, the county magistrate called Li the yamen runner and asked him if he knew Li Yu and Han Zheng.

"Of course I know." Li Yayi thought he could perform well in front of the county magistrate, so he immediately told the county magistrate everything he knew about Li Yu.

"She is very famous in Huangmei Town. Everyone knows the owner of Li Ji Food Store..."

The county magistrate originally thought that Li Yu was just a woman who was a little better than others, but after listening to what Li the yamen runner said, he realized that he had underestimated her.

She became a widow just after getting married. After the family split up, she took her younger uncle and sister-in-law to do business, sent her younger uncle to school, and built a new house this year... every single thing she did was better than what a man would have done.

What a pity! If she were a man, she would have gone further.

"As for Mr. Han, he often goes to school and is a diligent and studious person. Sir, that's all. Is there anything else you want to know?"

The county magistrate shook his head, then nodded: "Next time you go to Huangmei Town, bring me a few pounds of braised meat and stewed dishes." I have eaten the braised meat of this lady Li once before, and it is indeed delicious. Now that I know where she sells it, I can buy a few more to try.

*

On the way home, Li Yu deliberately took a detour to visit his own paddy fields.

Han Er, Qian and the other two were determined to cause trouble for her yesterday. They pulled out almost one and a half acres of rice seedlings out of the four acres of land.

Standing on the roadside and looking over, the areas without rice seedlings are particularly obvious.

"Xiu Wen wife, we have prepared the rice seedlings. Don't worry, we will plant all the seedlings today and will not delay you at all." Han Jiang's parents saw Li Yu and stepped forward to apologize embarrassedly.

Li Yu nodded, then asked Han Xiaomei to go to the field to watch over it while she and Aunt Wu started making rice cakes.

Spring ploughing is over and the rice cake business can begin.