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

The Jade Canteen was in deathly silence.

After a while, someone said, "Sir, you must have made a mistake. Is this your recipe?"

The man stood up straight and shook off the non-existent dust on his clothes. "This is mine, please have a look." He opened the cover of the book, revealing the title page.

There were only a few big characters written on the title page: Bai Wangbai. There was also a seal next to the name.

"This is my grandfather's name." The man said, "I also have my grandfather's seal in my hand. I can print it for you to see."

After seeing the name on the title page, basically no one doubted the man's words, so no one asked him to prove himself again.

Instead, everyone looked at Shopkeeper Li.

*

Shopkeeper Li's face turned pale.

He thought he was hiding well, but he didn't expect to be found by this person.

The gazes cast upon him were as sharp as knives. Manager Li's body was shaking and sweat was pouring out of his head. This was a predicament he had never encountered in many years. He was filled with resentment, worry, and fear, and all these emotions made him unable to utter a single word.

"Shopkeeper Li." The man stepped forward, eyes full of anger: "I trusted you so much, but you stole my recipe. You really disappoint me."

"I didn't expect that it was really Shopkeeper Li who stole it. He usually looks like such a nice person, but I didn't expect that he would steal other people's things behind their backs."

"Isn't his kindness all fake?"

"Besides this time, has he ever stolen before? Especially..."

"Enough!" An angry shout stopped everyone's murmuring.

Shopkeeper Li faced everyone and smiled bitterly: "I didn't steal the recipe, I just took it by mistake. Fellow villagers, our Yu Shi Lou has been open for decades, and you have all known me for decades. Have I ever done anything bad?"

After he said this, some people immediately remembered the good things about Shopkeeper Li. "That's not the case. I've never heard of him stealing anything."

"Maybe I really took the wrong one this time. Those books and papers all look the same, so it's normal to take the wrong one."

"that's right."

Seeing that Shopkeeper Li's reputation would be restored in just a few words, the man was anxious: "If you took the wrong one, why did you put the recipe in the interlayer of the cabinet? If it was an ordinary book, couldn't you just put it there?"

Shopkeeper Li: “…”

The man pointed at Shopkeeper Li and cursed: "You stole it, it's no use pretending to be a good person!"

Manager Li suddenly sighed, "I didn't put it in the mezzanine on purpose. I was just reading a storybook and I was worried that the younger generation at home would see it and laugh at me, so I put it in a more secretive place."

Rather than having everyone call him a thief, he would rather have everyone laugh at him for reading a storybook.

Shopkeeper Li's calculations were very shrewd, and many of the onlookers believed him.

After all, the man was from another place and had only been there for a short time, while Shopkeeper Li was a native of Huangmei Town and had enjoyed a good reputation over the years, so everyone subconsciously favored Shopkeeper Li.

*

Li Yu frowned slightly.

This Shopkeeper Li is indeed a man of great talent. He turned the situation around with just a few words. Most people cannot do that.

It's her turn.

Shopkeeper Li was not a good person. If she didn't hit him hard this time and let him see how powerful she was, he would probably continue to destroy her business and cause trouble for her in the future.

When Li Yu was about to say this, a woman suddenly rushed into the shop from the backyard of Yu Shi Lou.

The woman was dressed simply, thin and tall. She was none other than Shopkeeper Li's wife, Fang.

Seeing that it was her, Shopkeeper Li was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "Madam, you don't have to worry about me. The matter has been resolved. I will take care of everyone. You can go back and continue making snacks."

Fang looked at Manager Li deeply, then fell to her knees with a plop, "Everyone, save me, I beg you. This Li guy is a devil, he's almost beating me to death."

After saying that, Fang kowtowed three times.

Some people had already wanted to leave, but when they saw this, they retracted their feet and looked at Fang in confusion.

Next to him, Shopkeeper Li's face changed drastically when he heard Fang's words.

He walked forward, grabbed Fang's arm, and tried to pull her out, but Fang struggled like crazy: "Everyone, save me, save me, this Li guy is not a good person, he has beaten me for more than ten years."

Shopkeeper Li smiled and said, "My wife has been in a bad mood recently. She keeps talking nonsense. Please forgive me for making fun of her."

Fang was weak and could not defeat Manager Li. She felt herself retreating little by little, feeling extremely desperate. Just when she was about to be pulled back, she saw a man.

Her eyes suddenly lit up, "Brother Zhang, do you still remember the recipe for the sweet-scented osmanthus cake that you lost? It was stolen by a man named Li. In addition to your sweet-scented osmanthus cake, he also stole many other people's snack recipes."

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Yu noticed that a man in his forties in the crowd was stunned.

He was stunned, then realized something, rushed forward to stop Shopkeeper Li, and stared at Fang without blinking, "Are you telling the truth?"

Seeing that things were turning around, Fang said hurriedly, "It's true. That year you got a recipe for sweet-scented osmanthus cake and told Mr. Li that you would make some according to the recipe and sell it to make some money. Unfortunately, you lost the recipe before you made it. You thought you accidentally put the recipe and waste paper in the stove and burned them. In fact, that was not the case. Mr. Li stole the recipe when you were not paying attention, but in order not to arouse your suspicion, he launched the sweet-scented osmanthus cake two months later."

"Brother Zhang, what she said is false, don't believe her." Shopkeeper Li said anxiously. People might not believe what other people said, but someone would definitely believe what Fang said, after all, she was his wife.

The man named Zhang raised his head, his eyes deep, "If you didn't do it, don't be afraid of what she says."

After saying that, he lowered his head and said, "Can you guarantee that what you said is true?"

"I can swear." Fang said loudly, "If I tell even one lie, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death."

The ancients were superstitious and would not take a heavy oath if it was a light oath. So when Fang said this, everyone believed it to about 70%.

*

Seeing that everyone was looking at him strangely again, Manager Li almost wanted to beat Fang to death on the spot. He never expected that the one who hit him hard was Fang.

Taking a deep breath, Shopkeeper Li winked at his stunned son Li Qing, asking him to persuade Fang to leave.

Li Qing looked at his mother who seemed like she was going crazy, his eyes suddenly became firm. He took a deep breath, walked out of the counter and stood in front of everyone.

"My fellow villagers, my mother has not been in a good mood recently."

Shopkeeper Li nodded with satisfaction, then glanced at Fang with disdain. This person wanted to escape from his grasp, dreaming! When everyone left, he would beat Fang half to death.

Shopkeeper Li imagined the feeling of beating someone up. The next moment, he heard Li Qing say, "But what my mother said is true. My father is violent in private. Both my mother and I are often beaten by him."

Li Yu: “…” She suddenly realized that she could choose not to say what she had prepared. After all, what Manager Li’s wife and son had revealed was enough to ruin Manager Li’s reputation.