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

When she heard the words "the boss in town", Li Yu first thought of Boss Zheng who ran the food shop next door to hers.

This guy also sells dim sum, but his dim sum doesn't taste good and no one is willing to buy them. He used to be able to keep his business open by living off his savings, but recently, perhaps his capital is almost gone and his shop is in danger of collapse.

Li Yu suspected that Boss Zheng was causing trouble on purpose, because Boss Zheng had conflicts with her and knew that the dim sum business was related to her. But she changed her mind and felt that this was not necessarily the case. Boss Zheng was an extremely stingy man, and asking him to give money to others was tantamount to asking him to die.

Who could it be, then? The owner of another dim sum shop in town?

After all, the first to be impacted by the dim sum business are these shops. Although they don’t sell a lot, the town is so small, and ordinary people have limited spending on dim sum. After buying their dim sum, they will most likely not go back to the store to buy it again. These people earn less, so it is possible that they hold a grudge.

In a short period of time, Li Yu went through the names of many people in his mind.

"Boss Li, this is all I know. You can't tell anyone that I told you. Those hooligans are bastards. I don't want to have anything to do with them."

"Don't worry, I won't tell. By the way, what are the names of those bastards, and where are they usually during the day?"

The woman was shocked: "Boss Li wants to look for them?"

"Not really. Didn't you say they were bastards? I just want to avoid them."

The woman did not suspect anything and mentioned a few names. Then she said, "Those people were at the village entrance this morning, but they are gone now. They must have gone to the town to drink. Alas, these people have a terrible reputation in our village. No one wants to talk to them."

Li Yu knew that this was enough, so he took out a few coins and handed them to the woman, thanking her for providing the clue and promising to give her a discount next time she went to buy braised meat. The woman didn't expect to make money by saying a few words, so she was very satisfied and left with a big smile on her face.

*

Li Yu did not go back immediately, but continued to ask people indirectly.

Because they were afraid of causing trouble, there were not many people like the woman, and most of them just said a few vague words and let it go. But money talks, especially when you can earn a few cents by just saying a few words, there are still people who talk to her secretly.

In addition to the woman's village, villagers from another village also said that the people who stopped the man were hooligans who loved to steal, drink and gamble.

"They are all bastards. Last time they stole all three chickens from our family. I confronted them but they refused to admit it. I went to the village chief to argue with him but he couldn't do anything. Alas! Our village is unlucky because of these people." The villagers said angrily. It was obvious that they were very angry with these people.

Li Yu followed his words and said, "It's really not good. It's not easy for you."

*

After visiting several villages, Li Yu became more and more certain that someone was manipulating this incident, but at the same time, she was confident that she could find that person.

He is a gangster, likes drinking and gambling. These few pieces of information are enough.

The next day, after Li Yu sold the braised meat, she went to the restaurants and gambling houses in the town to check. After finding the traces of several gangsters, she returned to the village to find Uncle Wu and asked him to go to the town with her: "I have a clue, and I want to ask you to play a scene with me."

What Aunt Wu wanted to know most was why those gangsters stopped them from entering the village to sell rice cakes, so she answered on Uncle Wu's behalf without waiting for him to answer.

"Those damn people are destroying my business. Xiu Wen's wife has found someone. You have to help her no matter what you say."

Uncle Wu: "Of course I'm helping, but don't pinch me. Your strength is getting stronger and stronger."

Li Yu: “…” No wonder she felt that Uncle Wu’s expression was somewhat painful, this couple was really interesting.

*

After saying goodbye to Aunt Wu, Li Yu and Uncle Wu walked towards the town one after another.

On the way, Li Yu told Uncle Wu what he wanted to do.

"I would like to ask them myself, but they may not recognize me, so I can only ask you to help." Uncle Wu rarely goes to town. Even if he sells jars, most people go to his house to buy them. To those gangsters, he should be a stranger.

Uncle Wu understood what she meant and said, "Don't worry, I'll try my best."

*

Chen Er is from Chenjia Village and is a big gambler.

Today, Chen Er went to the gold and silver shop in the town to gamble with others as usual, but his luck was bad today. He gambled several times in a row and lost every time.

In less than an hour, his purse was empty.

He had no money left and couldn't play, so he had to leave saying dirty words.

"These two bastards won't let me win even once." He cursed bitterly, the bruises under his eyes made him look like a ghost.

Suddenly, a hand stopped him.

Chen Er lazily raised his eyes and saw an old man. He asked impatiently, "Why are you stopping me?"

Uncle Wu stared at Chen Er, his face full of surprise: "Brother, are you Liu San from Liujia Village? I am Lao Liu from Huangzhu Town. Don't you remember me? You helped me last time, and I always wanted to thank you, but I could never find you. I didn't expect to meet you here today."

After hearing Uncle Wu's words, Chen Er's eyes rolled around and he said, "So it's Old Liu. I'm Liu San. I helped you before, but it took a lot of effort and delayed a lot of things. You said you wanted to thank me, how are you going to thank me? Do you have any money?"

"I don't have any silver, but I have copper coins." Uncle Wu took out his purse and shook it in front of Chen Er.

Chen Er's eyes suddenly lit up and he reached out to take the purse.

Uncle Wu dodged quickly: "Brother Liu, I finally met you, I can't just do nothing, come on, I'll buy you a drink."

Chen Er hadn't drunk for a long time. When Uncle Wu mentioned it, he suddenly felt like drinking. He no longer wanted to gamble and followed Uncle Wu away.

There was a restaurant not far from the gambling house. Uncle Wu asked for a lower-class private room and invited Chen Er in.

He first persuaded Chen Er to drink more than half a pot of wine, and when he saw that he was getting drunk, he said, "Brother Liu, you have changed a lot after not seeing you for a few months. I wonder what you are doing now?"

Chen Er glanced at Uncle Wu and sat up straight with an arrogant look: "As for me, I'm just doing some small business. Anyway, I don't lack money to spend."

"Brother Liu is awesome." Uncle Wu gave him a thumbs up. "Unlike me, I'm not doing well lately. My previous business is gone, and I lost a lot of money. I heard that someone in your Huangmei Town makes delicious dim sum, so I came here specially, thinking of buying a recipe to make it myself. Brother Liu, do you know which dim sum restaurant in town makes delicious dim sum?"

Seeing Uncle Wu's eager expression, Chen Er said, "There are several dim sum shops in our town, but the best one is definitely Yu Shi Lou."

"I've heard of Yu Shi Lou. It seems to be the second largest dim sum shop in Huangmei Town. But they do such good business, they probably won't sell their house to me. Oh, how about I look for someone who is familiar with the owner of Yu Shi Lou and pay him to help me make some connections."

When Chen Er heard that there was something to gain, he immediately said, "I know... the shopkeeper Li of Yu Shi Lou. You might as well find me instead of someone else."

Uncle Wu looked at him in surprise: "Really?"

Chen Er burped as he got drunk. "Yes...Yes, I told you, Shopkeeper Li often asks me to help him. Yesterday morning, I even helped Shopkeeper Li a lot."

"It turns out you have such a good relationship." Uncle Wu smiled.

*

Uncle Wu got Chen Er drunk and left.

After going out, he told Li Yu what Chen Er said.

Li Yu: “…” It turned out to be Yushilou, I didn’t expect it.