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

Li Yu planned to wait for Han Zheng to come back in the evening and then ask him if there was anything he wanted so that she could help bring it. However, she didn't know that Han Zheng not only had to go on June 16, but also had a heavy task with him.

In the small classroom of Mingtong Academy, Mr. Su sat at the head of the class, resting his forehead on his hand. A breeze blew in through the window, and his half-white beard and hair fluttered in the wind, giving him a kind of immortal air.

Suddenly, the sound of a cicada was heard, and Mr. Su opened his eyes abruptly.

When he realized what had happened, Mr. Su patted his waist, yawned and stood up.

After walking to the side and pouring a glass of water, Mr. Su slowly walked to Han Zheng's side and lowered his eyes to read the policy paper he wrote.

After a while, he said, "You are more talented than your senior brothers. Stop after you finish this article and have lunch first. By the way, what did you bring today?"

As soon as Mr. Su opened his mouth, Han Zheng knew what he was going to say. Now that it had been confirmed, he didn't want to talk anymore.

This gentleman looks like a great scholar, but in fact he is just an old man who loves to eat and talk.

Ever since she found out that her second sister-in-law was the owner of Li Ji Food Store, she would ask him for food every day at noon.

The reserve, maturity and politeness of ordinary gentlemen are not seen in him at all.

Knowing that the old man would never give up unless he took out his lunch, Han Zheng had no choice but to put down his brush and walk aside to take out his lunch box.

He started bringing lunch from home in April, which consisted of one portion of rice, vegetables and meat.

It’s been hot recently, so my second sister-in-law put a piece of ice in the lunch box to ensure the food is fresh.

Han Zheng opened the food box and took out the meat.

Mr. Su's eyes suddenly lit up and he reached out to take it.

Han Zheng dodged by moving sideways. "It's cold. I need to warm it up."

Mr. Su was dissatisfied: "In summer, we should eat cold food."

Han Zheng remained unmoved and put the plate on the iron pot on the small stove outside the door.

Mr. Su glared at him, "You are so boring."

Han Zheng: “…”

"If you do this again next time, I will go directly to your second sister-in-law and ask her for food every day."

Han Zheng: "Second sister-in-law will also let you eat hot food."

Mr. Su: “…” What a traitor!

*

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, the meal was heated up. Han Zheng put it on the table and shared it with Mr. Su face to face.

Mr. Su ate and talked at the same time, "I heard that there will be a temple fair in Huangzhu Town on the 16th of this month. My legs and feet are not convenient and I can't walk far, so I won't go. But I want to buy some things, so you can buy them for me when the time comes."

After saying that, he listed a bunch of food, some of which Han Zheng had never even heard of.

Han Zheng: "...Don't you have any books or other things you want to buy?"

Mr. Su waved his hand and said firmly: "No." Nothing else is as important as food!

Han Zheng: “…”

*

In the evening, Li Yu couldn't help laughing when she heard Han Zheng talk about this.

She met Mr. Su for the first time in March, when he had just arrived in Huangmei Town. She and Han Zheng visited him together under the introduction of Mr. Shen. At that time, he was sitting in the hall, serious and unsmiling, just like a solemn old scholar.

Later, when Han Zheng told her about the school, she discovered that Mr. Su was actually a little old man who loved to eat.

"Buy him whatever he wants to eat." Li Yu said with a smile. It was rare for Han Zheng to meet such a teacher, so she would naturally try her best to meet his requests.

Although Mr. Shen didn't say it, she could see that Mr. Su was a man of extraordinary ability.

It would be beneficial for Han Zheng to study under him without any harm.

*

In addition to Li Yu, Aunt Wu and the other six people were preparing for the temple fair in Huangzhu Town.

On June 15th, the six people rested in the morning, started working in the afternoon, and stayed up all night. By the morning of June 16th, they had made several hundred rice cakes and twenty bowls of jelly.

After removing the six pots that were sold, the two pots were given to Pei Mingzhu, leaving two pots for each person.

Everyone plans to make some extra money at the temple fair.

While they were doing this, Li Yu was not idle either. He boiled mung beans and red beans in his own pot overnight, prepared some brown sugar water, and distributed it to several people early in the morning.

*

After arranging everything that needed to be arranged and having breakfast, Li Yu called Han Xiaomei and Han Zheng to go out together.

The family's cart was lent to Aunt Wu, so the three of them only took their purses.

The road was full of people going to the temple fair. When they saw Li Yu, they greeted him one by one.

Families with girls took this opportunity to come up to Han Zheng and talk to him, and some even brought their daughters to greet him.

Han Zheng was able to pass the imperial examination at the young age of thirteen, which showed that he was gifted in study. With time, it would be no problem for him to pass the imperial examination. If they could marry him, they would become a wealthy family in the future.

These people are very smart and keep saying nice things for free. They call Han Xiucai all the time and are extremely attentive.

But Han Zheng has always been cold in front of outsiders, especially when he meets someone with ulterior motives, he won't even look at the other person.

Some people talked for a long time but didn't get a nice response, and finally they became discouraged and left reluctantly.

There are still some people who are not giving up. Seeing that Han Zheng is not cooperating, they talk to Li Yu and try to get Li Yu to respond.

Li Yu decisively refused, "Han Zheng is Han Zheng, and I am me. He should make his own decisions about his own affairs. I won't interfere." She would never be the kind of feudal patriarch in operas and storybooks.

Seeing that nothing worked, these people had to give up temporarily.

*

With the lesson learned from the previous incident, those people with ulterior motives did not disturb Han Zheng for the rest of the journey, and the three of them arrived at Huangzhu Town in a good mood.

As expected, it was the largest temple fair in Jiangyang County. Before reaching the entrance of the town, Li Yu saw many people selling things, and the sounds of shouting and bargaining were endless.

"A stool, a solid stool!"

"Dried dates, fragrant and sweet, three cents a pound."

"There's a hole in this cloth. Can you give me five cents off? If you can, I'll take it!"

"Sir, I'm a small business, and I don't make much money, so I'm sorry, I can't give you a discount."

Li Yu looked around curiously. It was her first time to visit an ancient temple fair, and everything she saw was new to her.

Han Xiaomei and Han Zheng followed her closely.

When they reached a corner, Han Xiaomei pointed to the woods not far away and said, "Second sister-in-law, there's a donkey for sale over there."

Li Yu looked carefully and saw that there was indeed one. He immediately turned to the place where the donkey was sold.

The man selling the donkeys was an old man, and there were seven or eight donkeys tied up in the woods.

Li Yu took a look and saw a donkey that was about two or three years old. It had big, bright eyes, erect ears, a long and broad neck, a straight back, and straight limbs.

"Shopkeeper, how much is this?" she asked, pointing at the donkey.

The old man originally looked down on Li Yu, thinking that a teenage girl like her wouldn't know how to choose a donkey. But she chose the best of all the donkeys. The old man immediately put aside his contempt and gestured with his fingers carefully: "Eight taels of silver."

Li Yu had learned about the price of donkeys in advance, and knew that a good donkey would cost about this much, but he still asked, "Can it be cheaper?"

The old man shook his head and said, "It's not cheap. My donkey is carefully raised and has a high cost. If you want, I can give you two ropes to tie up the donkey."

Li Yu thought about it and said, "Deal!"

Han Xiaomei didn't expect her to buy it directly, and pulled her sleeve anxiously, "Second sister-in-law, should we look at other things?"

Li Yu said: "It doesn't hurt to buy it first."

The main reason is that she really likes this donkey. If she goes to see another one and this donkey is gone when she comes back, she would regret it.