Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

"Do you want to settle down in Xinghua Village?" Zhong Ruyi asked.

Yu Da touched his head a little embarrassedly, "Yes, I think Xinghua Village is very good, so I want to settle here with my mother and my brothers and sisters. Do you think it's okay?"

Zhong Ruyi waved his hand quickly, "You have to go find the village chief and ask me if it's okay."

Yu Da went to find the village chief, and his four younger brothers and sisters and his mother waited for him to come back at Zhong Ruyi's house for the time being.

Soon Yu Da came with Zhao Ganwei. Looking at the family, young and old, he thought for a moment and asked the Yu family to stay temporarily in an uninhabited house in the village, and move out when they had the conditions to build a new house.

The family went to the house carrying their few belongings. The villagers warmly told them to ask for help if they needed anything. Now that everyone was from the same village, it was only natural for them to help each other.

In this way, Yu Da and his family settled down.

Chen Dongzhi, who had just returned for a few days, received another assignment to escort goods to Qingyun Township. Most of the people in the escort agency had been assigned to go out, leaving only three or four people who could not form a team and stayed in the escort agency to handle some miscellaneous matters.

Zhong Ruyi packed some clothes for him. The man took the small bag, hugged her, and left in a hurry.

This month he has not stayed at home for more than two days at a time. He is often called away the next day after returning home. He comes and goes in a hurry.

But she is also very busy. Recently, more and more people come to study, even those from faraway villages. It is not convenient to come and go because the distance is too far. Zhao Ganwei can only arrange for people to stay in some uninhabited places in the village until they have finished their studies.

Originally, some people came here to learn how to grow watermelons, but ended up setting their sights on growing apples and running workshops.

Zhong Ruyi frowned as she looked at the woman who was leaning on the wall and looking inside. "Auntie, I won't be responsible if you fall down!"

The woman lying on the wall was watching intently, but was startled by such a sudden sentence. She lost her balance and stumbled and fell down.

She angrily got up from the ground and turned around, wanting to curse at the person who made her fall, but when she turned around, she saw the workshop owner looking at her leisurely with his arms folded across his chest.

Zhong Ruyi raised an eyebrow, not missing the fear and guilt on her face, "What? Still want to curse?"

"No, no!" The woman smiled guiltily, pretending to be calm as she tidied up her messy clothes and said, "I just happened to be passing by. I just took a look and I'm leaving now."

Watching the woman's back as she hurriedly left, Zhong Ruyi felt it necessary to tell the workshop and other people in the village to pay attention to certain people from other villages, so that they would not eat too little and not know who did it.

After catching the woman sneaking around the workshop and peeking for the third time, Zhong Ruyi could no longer bear it and went to find the village chief and asked him to communicate with the woman's village chief.

"She's always hovering around, either leaning on the wall to watch or leaning on the door to listen. Do I need to tell you what she's thinking?"

After hearing what she said, Zhao Ganwei immediately went to find the village chief who brought the woman here. He knew that these people had bad intentions. They said they just came here to learn, but instead of learning how to grow watermelons, they came to the workshop to cause trouble?

Soon the woman was replaced and another person took her place.

After filing the complaint, Zhong Ruyi took the newly recruited Yu Ermei and Yu Simei to work. The two girls were not very old, but they were very efficient at their work.

A few days ago, no one could be hired to pick apples. Yu Ermei volunteered to bring her sister over and said that they could also do the job. After letting the two of them work for a whole morning with a try-it attitude, Zhong Ruyi decisively hired them.

"Second sister, take fourth sister over there. I remember the fruit trees there were ripe the day before yesterday. It's just right to pick them today."

She took two bamboo baskets with her and went to the other side. In the afternoon, the three of them loaded more than a dozen baskets of picked apples onto the horse-drawn cart.

"Here, this is three hundred coins. It's your wages for today." Zhong Ruyi took out the money she had just received from the Yu family for the apples and gave it to the two of them, telling them to come back tomorrow so that she wouldn't have to look for them again.

Yu Ermei held three hundred coins in her hand, her eyes sparkling, while Yu Simei, who was a head taller than her, was also smiling happily.

The two sisters returned to the house they were staying in temporarily, "Mom, we are back from work!"

Mother Yu was cooking dinner in the kitchen. When she heard her two daughters’ voices, she came out to check and asked, “Did you cause any trouble for Boss Zhong?”

"No!" Yu Ermei shook her head vigorously and gave the copper coins in her hand to her mother. "This is what my fourth sister and I earned. Mom, take it!"

Yu Da, who happened to be working outside, came back with his two younger brothers. When he saw that the meal was ready at home, the fatigue on his face was wiped away, leaving only happiness.

*

Boss Wang frowned and looked towards the distance. It was his negligence today. He didn't expect that someone would follow him.

Just in the direction where his eyes fell, Zhong Ruyi was talking seriously to the man who followed Boss Wang.

"...Yes, yes, there is really no other way. If you plant more, the price I can give you can be lower, but you see, I have to pay a hundred and fifty yuan a day for a worker, and I have to hire six or seven people a day. I also have to buy chicken manure to fertilize the fruit trees, otherwise the fruits will not grow well. Please understand."

The man's surname was Lu. He received news yesterday that Boss Wang might come out to transport goods today, so he was squatting at the city gate early in the morning, and as expected, he was caught.

Now, as a businessman, it is also necessary to bargain with the orchard owner. You can't just agree to the price right away, even if you are jealous of these fruits. You still have to bargain.

"Is there really no more bargains to be had?" Boss Lu asked without giving up.

Boss Wang, who was very unhappy, walked over slowly and mocked, "Old Lu, when will you change your habit of bargaining wherever you go? Old Shen is not like you, he will buy if people like it! If it were me, you should speak up if you don't have enough money. I still have more than ten taels of silver to help you make ends meet."

After being squeezed by him, Boss Lu, who had originally planned to only order a few thousand kilograms, ended up asking for two thousand kilograms. After saying that, he looked at Boss Wang with a provocative look, waiting for him to speak.

But Boss Wang didn't accept the offer. He just gave Zhong Ruyi a look without leaving any trace: Look! I have found another big client for you!

Zhong Ruyi understood what he meant and thought to herself, you two are competing with each other, but I am the one who took advantage, how can I refuse?

Soon the two thousand kilograms that Boss Lu wanted were put on the agenda. Zhong Ruyi was worried that he could not digest so much at once, so she suggested picking one thousand kilograms first and sending them back, and then waiting for three to five days before sending the remaining one thousand kilograms back.

Boss Lu was a businessman after all, so he naturally understood what she meant. After thinking for a moment, he agreed.