Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

Chi Linghua had just taken a step when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps on the stairs and stopped quickly.

I saw a man coming down from above. He was not tall, wearing a half-worn blue cloth, and was slightly fat with a round face. He smiled before speaking when he saw people. He was very friendly.

It turned out to be the shopkeeper Lin from Hui'an Tower.

But at this moment, his face was gloomy. He hurried downstairs and took a closer look, and found that half of his clothes was wet.

When a few people saw it, they knew roughly what had happened upstairs.

"Shopkeeper Lin." Du Wenxiu called out. The door to the restaurant was not fully open and the light was dim. They were facing away from the light, so at first glance, they could not see the face clearly.

Shopkeeper Lin squinted his eyes for a moment, then hesitantly asked, "Who are you?"

"Shopkeeper Lin, it's me, Madam Du from Taohua Village." Du Wenxiu said with a smile.

"Oh, it's Madam Du. I haven't seen you for a long time. How have you been?" Shopkeeper Lin came forward hurriedly and bowed. Only when he got closer could he see the person clearly.

After a few pleasantries, Chi Linghua introduced Yue Niang to Shopkeeper Lin, and then they heard another burst of "crackling" sounds coming from upstairs.

Shopkeeper Lin looked back helplessly and sighed deeply.

"Shopkeeper Lin..." Du Wenxiu called him. Shopkeeper Lin smiled bitterly and shook his head, then stretched out his hand to move them aside.

"It's time for dinner now. Why don't we go to Shunfulou and sit down to talk while eating." Yue Niang suggested.

Shopkeeper Lin was somewhat stunned: "Madam Du and Madam An, did you come to see me on purpose?"

"That's right. I need Manager Lin's help with something, so I came here specially." Du Wenxiu said with a smile.

Chi Linghua also stepped forward, and with a few words, Shopkeeper Lin followed them to Shunfulou.

"Oh, isn't this Shopkeeper Lin? How come you have time to come to our Shunfulou? You are a rare guest."

When the waiter at Shunfulou saw Shopkeeper Lin, he subconsciously spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"Don't be rude." Chi Linghua's face turned serious and he scolded in a deep voice.

Although he is a businessman, he has been in a high position for a long time and has countless servants in his house. He has his own majesty, which is not comparable to that of a mere country waiter.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the waiter immediately stopped talking and led them to the private room upstairs to sit down.

With Chi Linghua taking the lead, Du Wenxiu and the others felt relieved. After ordering the dishes, they were happy to just be a background and join in with him.

After hearing what Chi Linghua said and feeling the sincerity of the three people, Shopkeeper Lin smiled bitterly and said:

"Since my father's generation, our Lin family has been the shopkeeper of Hui'anlou. Before his death, my father asked that if Hui'anlou continued to operate, our Lin family would continue to be the shopkeeper."

"I didn't expect that it would end in two generations. My heart feels like it has been stabbed by a knife so many times. It hurts so much."

As Shopkeeper Lin spoke, he began to choke up, and once the tears started, he could no longer hold them back. For a moment, tears streamed down his face, and even Yue Niang and Du Wenxiu were moved.

"If the boss hadn't insisted on exchanging your pickles for Wu's Pickle Shop, and hadn't gotten caught up in the small profits and forgotten the basics, how could Hui'anlou have ended up like this today?"

"But doesn't Hui'anlou have another branch in the capital? Even if this one is closed, it won't necessarily hurt the foundation." Du Wenxiu thought of his previous conversation with Manager Lin.

Shopkeeper Lin shook his head and said, "The Hui'an Tower in the city is managed by the uncle of the boss. Over the years, he has completely sidelined the boss. By the time he discovered it, it was too late."

"So just now, the owner of Hui'an Tower was throwing things?" Yue Niang asked hesitantly.

Shopkeeper Lin sighed and said, "It's my fault that I didn't check the pickles properly, so I gave others the opportunity to smear it, causing Hui'anlou to never get up again."

"It's just that the pickles have been changed to smaller jars, and they are all sealed when delivered, so it's not convenient to open them for inspection." Shopkeeper Lin felt aggrieved.

"Maybe it wasn't done properly when the jar was sealed." Since it wasn't his own pickles, Du Wenxiu couldn't be too sure.

However, he had made up his mind that he would ask Madam Mo to strictly control the quality when he got back to prevent such a situation from happening again.

"Manager Lin, do you know what the scale of Wu's Pickle Shop is now?" Since the topic was brought up, he asked casually.

Shopkeeper Lin said angrily: "At that time, it was not only the batch from Hui'anlou that had problems, but other stores also had problems every now and then. Gradually, they stopped accepting goods from there."

He hesitated for a moment, then continued, "But I heard that the young lady from the Wu family seems to have gotten into trouble with the law, and the situation is not good."

"We came here this time to invite Manager Lin to be the manager of Zang Ya Xuan, but I wonder if Manager Lin is willing to do so?"

Seeing that the topic they were talking about was getting more and more off-topic, Chi Linghua had no choice but to speak up to bring the subject back and asked directly.

Shopkeeper Lin was stunned for a moment, looked around at Du Wenxiu and Yue Niang, and was very hesitant.

"Well, I've heard that Zang Ya Xuan mostly receives scholars and poets. I'm an uneducated person like me, and I'm afraid I can't bear such a heavy responsibility."

"Manager Lin, you're worrying too much. We are just about to give Zang Yaxuan a facelift and a new style." Du Wenxiu said with a smile.

"That's why the three of us took a long time to drive to Hui'anlou to invite Manager Lin."

Du Wenxiu and Yue Niang talked to each other and told the whole story.

But Shopkeeper Lin was still hesitant. "Hey, does the chef at this restaurant have any specialties?"

Du Wenxiu and Yue Niang smiled at each other. Du Wenxiu leaned forward and asked, "Manager Lin, do you still remember the method of selling the wood ear salad in Hui'an Tower?"

"Of course I remember." At the beginning, the crisp and refreshing black fungus attracted some customers who loved black fungus in Hui'anlou.

But later the chef left and brought the method of cooking black fungus to other restaurants, so it was naturally no longer an exclusive business.

"That's the simplest recipe from Madam Du's exclusive recipe. If Shopkeeper Lin comes to our restaurant, I'll ask you to try the new dishes first. I guarantee you won't regret it."

Yue Niang boasted a lot, but Shopkeeper Lin was a little skeptical.

Chi Linghua smiled faintly and said, "Manager Lin, please be at ease. Whether this restaurant is good or not depends on the dishes and the manager. That's why we took the trouble to come to Shihe Town to invite Manager Lin. We are impressed by his ability."

Shopkeeper Lin quietly sat up straight.

"When it comes to doing business, you can't win even if you fight. Fortunately, my Chi family has a strong financial foundation and can withstand the hardships. Unlike some restaurants, if there is a slight mistake, the whole business will be lost."

"The financial resources of our Chi family are still worthy of supporting the two of them."

After he said this, Shopkeeper Lin became even more conflicted.

"If Manager Lin is willing to help us, even if our grandson goes to school and needs to find a teacher, our family will follow him and settle down there, and we don't have to worry about anything."

"Nowadays, the teachers in the best school in the city love our pickles the most. A few days ago, Madam An's nephew even transferred from the private school in Shihe Town to the school in the city."