Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

When he returned to Fang's house, he brought along three aunts who cooked and did laundry.

Qin Bingrui insisted on having a fat aunt, saying that only if she cooked delicious food could he get fat.

Luo Yu asked for a thin one. After all, people who can eat fat are not picky, so the food they cook must taste average.

Finally, I asked for someone who was neither fat nor thin, so that if there was any mistake, I could use this aunt to coordinate.

The three aunts spent a total of thirty taels of silver. Labor was too cheap in that dynasty.

It was getting late, and Qin Bingrui drove the carriage to pick up the three young masters. Tomorrow, he planned to let Bai Lingyi drive the carriage to school by himself.

When Mrs. Bai Fang saw them coming back, she pulled Luo Yu aside and said, "Chu'er, tomorrow you have to accompany me to the government office to register your household registration. From now on, our eldest branch of the Bai family will be residents of Liangzhou City."

"No problem, I also want to meet the Liangzhou governor."

"What did you see him do?"

"Let's get to know each other first. I'll need his help to get a pass to Qianzhou later!"

"Chu'er, when are you planning to leave? I want you to be mentally prepared."

"No rush, mother. We have plenty of time. I want to revitalize our Fang family first."

As he was speaking, a strange voice came from outside the main hall: "Who wants to revive our Fang family? You are so arrogant, not bad!"

This person was none other than Fang Kunru, the eldest son of the Fang family, who had not returned home for several days and was Fang Yunjiao’s biological brother.

When Bai Fang saw her brother, her eyes turned red and tears immediately welled up in her eyes.

"Big brother!"

"Oh, my dear sister, I was planning to pick you up in person. Why didn't you give me any advance notice and came back?"

Fang's eyes were red, and she didn't dare to tell her family about her betrayal by Ma San and the encounter with bandits on the road, so as not to worry them.

Originally, they had planned to wait for their eldest brother to pick up the three of them and take them back to Liangzhou City, but Ma San said that he could guarantee their safety. Thinking about it now, Fang realized how naive she was in the past.

Luo Yu held his mother's hand and told her not to dwell too much on the grief of the past.

"Hello, uncle! Chu'er greets you."

"Chu'er, my dear nephew, you have grown so tall and beautiful, why are you so thin? Too thin. I will go buy you a chicken and some eggs right now to make up for it."

Luo Yu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Don't rich people all eat bird's nest and ginseng to nourish their bodies? Only this lovely uncle was really down-to-earth.

"Uncle, don't bother me. We have everything at home. Our Bai family's eldest branch still has some wealth."

"How can we use the Bai family's..." My uncle was so angry that he was fuming. The Bai family made him most angry in his life.

"This is the wealth Dad left us. It's not the Bai family's, but Mom's. Uncle, don't feel any psychological burden. From now on, Mom, my brother, and I are all members of the Fang family. We earn money as a family and spend it as a family, right?"

The uncle nodded with tears in his eyes. This Chu'er from his sister's family was really smart and kind, and was much more sensible than his eldest son. Oh, forget it. If he wanted to rely on his son to revitalize the Fang family, he might as well work harder himself.

The eldest son of the Fang family is about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old and has a good appearance. His originally fair skin has begun to turn red due to the recent wind and sun exposure. With a small mustache, he looks much more stable.

Seeing her husband looking exhausted, Gao felt very distressed. She served him tea and handed him a handkerchief to wipe his face.

"Husband, have you sold out all the goods this time?"

"Yes, I sold it, but I didn't make much profit. The Bai family kept lowering the price of the goods after they arrived. I was afraid that there would be too much goods and I couldn't sell them, so I also lowered the price. In the end, I only made about 20% profit."

After saying this, he handed the silver bag he was carrying to Gao.

It's hard to make money. Although a lean camel is bigger than a horse, there is a blood-sucking bat that is almost sucking their camel dry.

"Uncle, don't sell goods anymore. You come and be my manager."

"Ah? Chu'er, what are you going to do?"

"Uncle, I want to be the biggest business in Liangzhou City and become the biggest and most powerful businessman. Do you have the confidence to help me become stronger and bigger?"

"Okay, okay, uncle will always support Chu'er. Even if you want to become the number one uncle in Rong Dynasty, I still believe in you."

Regardless of whether it was true or false, he certainly couldn't spoil his niece's fun, after all, the Fang family were all daughter slaves.

Fang and Gao looked at each other and burst out laughing. The uncle and niece were in unison, and the atmosphere was harmonious. No matter what happened in the future, the ease and joy at this moment was wonderful.

After a while, Luo Yu showed the title deed of the five-story building to his uncle, and told him his initial idea. His uncle's eyes widened into big copper bells.

"Chu'er, although your uncle supports you, all of this Phoenix Street belongs to the Bai family. What should we do to stand out?"

"Uncle, this is of course thanks to Chu'er's brains! Besides, the money was given by my best friend, so he won't feel bad if he doesn't use it."

Luo Yu deliberately relaxed his tone, wanting to see whether his uncle was reliable or not.

"Chu'er, I have something to say to you. Since this is your friend's money and she gave you the deed, she must have trusted you. How could you say such a thing just now? You don't feel bad about losing her money, do you? How can you make your business bigger and stronger if you run a business like this? Moreover, how can you live up to your friend's trust in you after losing money? I will never allow you to deceive your friends."

"Uncle, since I dare to ask for his money, I must be 100% sure. Don't worry, I will bear the losses myself, and I will give him the lion's share of the profits. In the future, our whole family will work hard together and work for my friend to make the business stronger and bigger. How about that?"

"Work?" Although he didn't understand, Chu'er's words didn't sound too shameless. His uncle also expressed his full support. "As long as Chu'er is honest and trustworthy, of course your uncle will support you. As long as we can squeeze out the Bai family, anyone can be the first."

Seeing Chu'er's eyes drifting towards him, he immediately changed his words.

"Of course, our Chu'er must be number one."

After dinner, Luo Yu worked overnight to draft the latest plan.

At noon on the second day, the yard was already bustling with activity.

Luo Yu couldn't sleep in, so he got up and walked to the front yard to see Qin Bingrui leading ten caregivers to start doing exercises, and the ten little guys followed behind, not daring to slack off.

Bai Lingyi came over and called her to have breakfast.

Luo Yu seemed to remember something and asked, "Xiao Yi, how are the books you buy now printed?"

"It's direct printing through engraving or carving, but there are also many handwritten copies, which are all done by poor students with good handwriting."

"I see."

Luo Yu nodded, guessing that movable type printing had not yet spread to the world in this dynasty. This dynasty seemed to be during the Song Dynasty, and many developments were similar to those of the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps some inventions already existed, but were not promoted?

She had to hurry up and get inventions and creations moving quickly.

"Sister, why are you asking these questions? I came back too late last night and saw you busy doing something, but I didn't dare to disturb you."

"By the way, Xiaoyi, can you draw?"

"I know a little, but not very well. Cousin Fang is good at drawing, although his academic performance is average."

"Is that so? Then ask him to come over and let me see his masterpiece."

Qin Bingrui just ran a circle and stopped to let others continue running.

"Sister, what are you going to do?"

"Our library must have all kinds of books, especially comic books."

"Sister, you are excellent!"