Traveling to the ancient harem

Since Li Youbao had a son, his business was getting better and better, and the two of them finally lived a comfortable life. When Wansheng was three years old, someone came from his hometown.

The visitor was the clan leader's son. It turned out that since Li Youbao left without saying goodbye, the family had no one to work. The eldest couple were used to being lazy, and they would never be able to work if asked. The old couple had no choice but to go to the fields to work at their old age. The couple were sweet-mouthed but bitter-hearted, and forced the old couple to hand over their money, shouting that since the second son had run away, they would have to take over the family. The old couple could not argue or fight, and died within two years of being tortured.

The clan leader's son didn't come to tell them about this. It turned out that there were clansmen from that village who came to Taiyuan Prefecture to work. As Li Youbao became rich and famous, someone told the clan about it. It happened that at that time a large piece of land around the clan's ancestral tomb was for sale, so the clan members gathered together to discuss buying it, which would become the ancestral property in the future, and keep the proceeds as the maintenance costs for the expansion of the ancestral hall and family temple.

The problem now is that the clan has no money, so they have set their sights on a few clan members who are doing well outside. The clan leader's son came over and, to put it nicely, hoped that Li Youbao would donate money to buy a grave for the clan. To put it bluntly, he was asking for money.

Li Youbao was not too sad to hear that his parents were gone. The key point was that his parents had almost worn out the affection for him over the years. After the restaurant business got on track, he also thought about going back to visit, but when he thought about the character of his family, he didn't dare to go back. That family was like blood-sucking leeches. Once you get on with them, you can't get rid of them. By then, even the current business might fail, so he gave up the idea.

Hearing what the clan leader's son said, Li Youbao thought that as a clan member, it was his duty to do his part for the clan. He took out a hundred taels of silver note and handed it to the clan leader's son. This was also the largest sum of money received in this donation. You know, one hundred taels could buy a decent small courtyard in Taiyuan Prefecture.

Wansheng grew up gradually, and Li Youbao sent him to a private school. He was very smart in studying, because he grew up in a restaurant and was influenced by it. He was also good at accounting, and he calculated quickly and accurately. After school, he became a good helper to his father.

Good times always pass quickly. When I was eleven years old, a disaster happened in a restaurant. The only son of a family was having a meal in the restaurant. He suddenly fell to the ground and died after a few convulsions. The family was a local tyrant. They robbed and smashed the restaurant, and reported to the officials to have Li Youbao arrested and put in jail. Zhang sold the restaurant and real estate to redeem Li Youbao. Because of the severe torture in prison, Li Youbao became sick and confused when he came out. Zhang paid all her silver and had to sell some worthless jewelry to treat him intermittently. He endured like this and died not long after.

Zhang was no longer able to cry and had no money to bury the body, so she had to sell all the valuable clothes she had brought with her and raise enough money to deposit the body in a charity cemetery, hoping to buy a piece of land and bury the body when she had more money in the future.

After arranging Li Youbao's affairs, the remaining mother and son were left with nowhere to go. Thinking of the favor of the one hundred taels of silver, they thought that returning to the clan might be a way to survive.

So the mother and son almost begged all the way back to the town and found the clan leader's house. The clan leader didn't ignore them, but no one was willing to take them in. The head of the family even threatened to break their legs if they dared to go back.

Huang Ye looked at the mother and son with pity. Although they were begging, their clothes were clean and their hair was neatly combed, showing that they were well-educated. Especially Wansheng, who had experienced so much hardship, but his eyes were still clear and without resentment or hostility. He just comforted his mother in a low voice.

Huang Ye was thinking in her heart, her family ran a hotel in her previous life, and she learned her cooking skills in the hotel. When she was very young, because the food was not tasty, she came up with the idea of ​​opening a restaurant. This mother and son both have experience in running a restaurant, and she can give them a hand, which may be useful in the future.

Huang Ye said to Zhang: "Auntie, what you are doing now is not a solution. I have a suggestion. It depends on whether you are willing to do it or not."

"That's right." Huang Ye made a quick decision. She was afraid that if they delayed too long, it would be difficult to travel on the road. "I can give you some money. You two can go back and buy a piece of land to bury your uncle. Then you can go to the capital. I will write a letter to my family. You can take it with you. Go to the capital and find the residence of Minister Huang. I will write you the address later."

It was a bit tiring to say so much in one breath, Huang Ye took a breath and continued: "Someone will arrange for you when you get to the mansion. I will continue to study. As for the future, I will arrange it after I return to the mansion. What do you think?"

Zhang pulled me down to kneel, kowtowed in gratitude, "My lady, I am willing to sell myself as a slave to repay you for your kindness."

"You don't have to sell your bodies." Huang Ye was not used to this. It was good that Hongdou hadn't signed a contract to sell her body. "As long as you work hard in the future, it will be considered as repaying me."