Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Fifty immature chicks were running around in groups, either sweeping away leaves and pecking at bugs in the soil, or squatting on the ground together and taking a nap.

Boss Wang gently pulled down a branch of an apple tree, which was covered with a dozen apples, plump and smooth-skinned. The air was filled with a strong fruity aroma and a faint smell of chicken manure.

His face was full of surprise, "I didn't expect much, but I didn't expect it to be so good!"

Zhong Ruyi picked one and handed it to him, "Boss Wang, just wipe it and you can eat it. Try it, the taste will definitely not disappoint you."

Boss Wang took it with a laugh, wiped it on his body and took a bite. The sweet and crispy taste was crispy in the mouth, the juice oozed out through the gaps between teeth, and a very strong sweet fruity aroma instantly filled his entire mouth.

His eyes lit up and he finished the whole apple in one bite.

"I'll send someone over tomorrow. How much can you pick in a day?"

Zhong Ruyi didn't expect him to make up his mind so quickly. She narrowed her eyes slightly with joy. "There are about 280 mature fruit trees now. One tree can produce about 300 kilograms of fruit, and some can produce 400 kilograms. If we pick the fruit manually, one person can pick two trees a day. But I think we should pick 1,000 kilograms first, so that we don't have to worry about losing money if it's hard to sell."

Each apple tree in the space can bear eight or nine hundred kilograms of fruit. Every time she goes in, she can see that the trunk of the tree is bent by the fruits, and it is full of fruits.

If she had been more diligent and watered the apple trees on the hill with more space water, they would have grown so well. However, she didn't have time to come up every day and only came to water them occasionally.

Boss Wang pondered for a moment and felt that there was really no need to collect too many fruits at one time. It would be embarrassing if he really couldn't sell them.

"I've brought a team here. When can you deliver the goods tomorrow? I need to arrange for someone to go back and find the right stores to deliver the goods to."

"It will probably be ready by 9:00 pm tomorrow." She went to gather people now and start picking the fruits at midnight tonight, so that they can be ready before 10 o'clock tomorrow.

"Okay! I'll go back to town first. If you need to talk to me about something, just go to Fulai Inn. I'll be here during this period of time." Boss Wang waved his hand, indicating that she didn't need to see him off, and left with a few subordinates behind him.

After the others walked away, Zhong Ruyi immediately said to Zhong Dabao and Ji Jiang who were following them, "Brother Dabao, Uncle Ji, you two should hurry up and eat and sleep now, because you have to get up and work at 3:00 am tomorrow!"

The two nodded and returned to their respective homes.

Zhong Ruyi went down the mountain to find the village chief. Now it would be best to ask the village chief who is free at home.

"How many people are needed?" Zhao Ganwei asked with a frown, while turning his head to talk to the person behind him, without relaxing his hands from cooking.

"Let's have two more people. We haven't picked many now. If Boss Wang takes them back and they sell well, we can pick more later."

Zhao Ganwei waved his spatula and a stir-fried vegetable was ready. He waved his hand and said, "I'll find someone for you after lunch. Have lunch at my house and taste my cooking skills."

"No, no! I have something to do now, so I won't bother you anymore. I'll trouble you to find someone for me!"

Zhong Ruyi took one look at the plate of green vegetables whose leaves had turned black from being fried and decisively refused, and ran away.

At four o'clock in the morning, the two villagers who were recruited and Ji Jiang, Zhong Dabao and the other three were already waiting.

Zhong Ruyi put down a pile of bamboo baskets, said hello, and told them the general precautions for picking. Each person was given a few bamboo baskets and they went out to pick the fruits.

In fact, the few people were not far from each other. The more than 200 apple trees were planted in a concentrated area, and the fruit trees planted on the other side were those that would mature in August and September.

It was still dark, and the people picking the fruits moved very gently, for fear of scratching the surface of the skin and affecting its appearance.

Basket after basket of apples were placed in front of the thatched hut, and the day gradually brightened.

I picked up half a basket of apples and weighed it with a scale. It weighed about 40 kilograms. If it was full, it would be over 80 kilograms.

There were 1,000 kilograms of apples in 14 baskets, about 100 kilograms more than expected. She took some of the extra apples out and distributed them to the workers, and also took some home.

The people Boss Wang called have already arrived at the foot of the mountain, and now they are just waiting for them to pick all the apples down.

Ji Jiang and his companions each carried a shoulder pole and two baskets of apples, and soon they carried more than a dozen baskets of freshly picked apples to the foot of the mountain.

Boss Wang also came over. When Zhong Ruyi was going down the mountain, he happened to see him looking down at the apples in the basket with an excited look on his face.

"Boss Zhong, I'll take these fruits back first. If they sell well, I'll ask people to come back. I'm sorry to bother you this time!"

After watching the three carriages go away, Zhong Ruyi was about to go back, but suddenly he thought of asking someone to guard the garden at night to prevent any ignorant people from sneaking in to pick apples.

But there are only two people in the orchard, and it is still not enough for rotation.

She glanced at the two villagers who came to help pick apples today. One of them was the village chief's nephew, and the other was Aunt Tian's eldest son.

The harvest is next month, but apples are only harvested this month. You can ask them if they are willing to come to the orchard to work for a month, so that it won’t affect the harvest next month.

Hearing this, the village chief's nephew Zhao Gouxiong agreed, but Aunt Tian's eldest son refused with an embarrassed look on his face, "My family planted five acres of water melons this year, and I have to take care of them, otherwise they will be abandoned."

Aunt Tian's eldest daughter-in-law works in her workshop. If she invites Aunt Tian's eldest son to look after the orchard, there will be no one to work in their family.

After realizing this, Zhong Ruyi waved her hands apologetically, "I didn't think it through. I'll ask someone else."

After that, she paid the two men their wages, a total of two hundred coins, one hundred coins each.

After receiving the money, Aunt Tian’s eldest son went back first, but Zhao Gouxiong was still standing there.

Zhong Ruyi glanced at him, then continued to talk to Ji Jiang Zhong Dabao, "It's about this month. It's still the beginning of the month, so there's no need to worry about the busy farming season. So you two can discuss who will take care of it first for half a month, and take turns."

"Let me go first. I'll guard it for half a month, and then it will be Dabao's turn next." Ji Jiang said.

"Okay, then you go with Bear, and I'll find someone else to go with Brother Dabao later."

Zhong Dabao nodded without any objection.

Zhao Gouxiong, who had stayed behind to wait for them to finish talking, came over immediately and said, "Sister Ruyi, I have someone I want to recommend to you. Can you please give me a recommendation?"

Zhong Ruyi put the money for the apples that Boss Wang had just paid into her sleeve and said, "Who is it? Don't be too young."

"No, no!" Zhao Gouxiong shook his head hastily, "He is a good brother of mine. He lives in the west end of the village. He is nineteen years old this year."

Nineteen years old, a grown man now.

It should work. Zhong Ruyi did not agree immediately, but said, "Then ask him to come to my house after lunch. Both of you come, and I will see if it works."

Zhao Gouxiong immediately smiled with his big white teeth showing, "Okay! Then I'll go tell him now!"