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

The gifts that children can think of are nothing more than those: hairpins, rouge, earrings, handkerchiefs or embroidered bags.

Just by looking at the shape of the box, Li Yu could probably guess what Han Xiaomei and Qi Yue's gifts were, but she still pretended she knew nothing and tried hard to guess.

"Rouge and handkerchief, perhaps?"

"No." Han Xiaomei shook her head. This is something that her second sister-in-law can use every day.

"Is it a hairpin and an embroidered bag?"

"That's right." Qi Yue said anxiously, "There's another one, Sister Li, guess again."

Li Yu looked at him and said slowly, "Is it the grease used to wipe your hands?"

"That's right!" Han Xiaomei jumped up, "Second sister-in-law, you are really amazing. You guessed it all."

Li Yu smiled and touched her hair.

*

What Han Xiaomei gave was a hairpin, also made of silver, with three plum blossoms inlaid on the head, which formed a perfect set with the bracelet Han Zheng gave.

Qi Yue gave Li Yu a hand cream. As soon as Li Yu saw the label, she knew it was a product of Huarongfang in town, and it was the most expensive one.

"I couldn't go out, so I asked Sister Xiaomei to buy it for me." Qi Yue sniffed and said, "I have been safe and sound these past few months because of Sister Li. I have always wanted to give Sister Li a gift."

Li Yu touched his head and said, "Thank you. I will definitely use it every day."

Qi Yue hummed, and suddenly started to cry.

Li Yu knew that he was missing home, so she squatted down and hugged him to comfort him.

I don’t know what happened. Three months have passed, the assassins who were chasing Qi Yue have all left, but no one has come from the capital.

They seemed to have forgotten Qi Yue.

She could support Qi Yue. According to the prices in Huangmei Town, the one thousand taels left by Qi's mother would be enough for her to support Qi Yue for many years. But Qi Yue was a child after all. He was only seven years old this year. He always missed home and sometimes had nightmares in the middle of the night and cried secretly. She felt sad when she saw this.

Otherwise, try to find someone to inquire about it? In a few days, Li Yayi will arrive in Huangmei Town. Then ask him if there is any incident in the capital.

*

Although the noodles made by Han Xiaomei were a bit salty, Li Yu still finished them all without leaving a single bite.

As for the gifts they gave her, she never took them off after putting them on. When other people saw them and asked about them, she directly answered that they were given by Han Zheng and Han Xiaomei.

The villagers were very envious and praised Han Xiaomei and Han Zheng for being sensible.

There were jealous people who secretly made up stories, saying that Han Zheng and Han Xiaomei were spendthrifts, and that they didn't know how expensive food and fuel were without managing the household, yet they gave such expensive gifts just for a birthday.

As soon as I said it, I was blocked by someone.

"You want to receive it, but who gave it to you?"

"That's right, do you dare to say that you don't want the hairpin and bracelet?"

The man was speechless and ran away muttering.

*

As for the rice cakes, Aunt Wu, Li Xiangyun and others made rice cakes in many different shapes according to Li Yu's suggestions.

The next day I carried it out to sell and it was really popular.

In a corner of Huangmei Town, a dozen children surrounded Li Xiangyun's bamboo basket.

"I want this little birdie."

"I want a kite."

"Mom, I want to eat some fish."

"Girls should eat flowers. I want one in the shape of a flower."

The children were chattering, but Li Xiangyun was not annoyed at all. This was all business and she was very happy.

The situation in the village is similar to that in the town.

Today, Aunt Wu, Zhou Qinghe, the village head's wife, Han's mother and Liu Guilan went to the surrounding villages to sell.

When the imitators saw them, they mocked them for selling their products at high prices and saying that no one would buy them, but they were slapped in the face soon after.

Those who had bought rice cakes from them yesterday ignored them today and instead gathered around Aunt Wu and the others' bamboo baskets.

"Our rice cakes are only three cents and two pieces, come and buy them!" they shouted, trying to attract customers with low prices.

But the kids ignored them.

In just one morning, the rice cake business recovered and was even more popular than the previous two days.

*

Li Yu went back at noon and listened to the situation from the village head's wife, and asked them to continue to work calmly.

"Everyone just needs to pay more attention from now on. If you see those people also imitate us to make with molds, then we will add color. I will teach you how to extract the color later."

Liu Guilan rushed to speak: "Okay, let them learn if they want to. I'm not saying that even if they learn, their business won't be as good as ours. Today, several people who bought rice cakes from me said that they don't taste good."

Zhou Qinghe: "Me too."

The village chief's wife: "Me too. I was really worried for nothing yesterday. Except for the price, they can't compete with us in other aspects."

The success in the morning gave everyone a lot of confidence. Li Yu felt that this was not a bad thing and did not say anything else.

*

After five or six days, imitators followed suit and made rice cakes in the shapes of fish and birds, and some even made them in the shape of leaves.

This time, without waiting for Li Yu to speak, the village chief's wife and several others took the initiative to change their strategy and started making colored rice cakes.

Because of the extra manual process, the price of rice cakes increased from two cents per piece to three cents per piece, and then to two pieces at five cents per piece.

Those imitators were feeling smug about themselves for having imitated the shape of the rice cakes, but they were only happy for one day when Li Yu and her friends came out with colored rice cakes, and their rice cakes became hard to sell again.

Moreover, compared to before, colored rice cakes are more expensive and sell better.

Not to mention children, unmarried girls and women also like it.

Some families even buy some specifically for visiting relatives.

"This rice cake is exquisitely made and beautiful. It will be very decent to give as a gift." A woman said with a smile.

When the imitator heard this, he almost overturned the bamboo basket of rice cakes.

Seeing that the rice cake business was in a mess, they had no choice but to learn how to make colored rice cakes.

In order to succeed, they asked someone to buy Li Yu and her friends' rice cakes, trying to find a way to add color to the rice, but after searching for seven or eight days, they found nothing.

It was clear that the kite-shaped rice cakes had a tea scent, but they tried using tea leaves but were simply unable to make them.

There were also fish-shaped rice cakes with a pumpkin scent. They tried adding pumpkin to the rice paste, and the steamed rice cakes had some color, but were far less beautiful than those made by Li Yu and the others.

The color is not good, let alone the taste.

Seeing that all the trouble was useless, several imitators simply gave up and went back to making the ordinary rice cakes they had made at the beginning.

They tried to win again by offering low prices, but the food they made didn't taste good and wasn't soft enough, so their business was getting worse day by day.

The other few were unwilling to be outdone by Li Yu and the others, so they kept on working on it. After half a month, they finally came up with two colors, red and yellow.

But when they put out the new colored rice cakes, Li Yu and her friends' rice cakes had more fillings.

In addition, Li Yu and her friends also introduced new snacks with soft and sticky skin, which they were even less capable of making.

Imitator: "..."