Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

The banquet was a great success and it was already late at night when it ended. People from each village went back home together.

All the gifts brought by those who came to the banquet today will be placed at Zhao Ganwei's home and will be distributed after everyone gets up at noon tomorrow.

Maybe it was because of the alcohol, Zhong Ruyi felt that her sleep quality was excellent last night.

"How about I ask Uncle Huang to teach me how to make plum wine?" Chen Dongzhi asked her while having breakfast in the morning.

Zhong Ruyi wrinkled her nose. "Even if we want to make wine, we have to wait until next year, right? It's already August. Where can we get plums to make wine?"

That's true. Chen Dongzhi secretly kept this in mind. Since he couldn't make wine, he decided to buy some plum wine from Uncle Huang to save himself the trouble of making it himself.

At noon, one person from every household went to the village chief's house to distribute gifts.

Zhong Ruyi didn't want to go, but Li Guihua came to join her.

"Then let's go and see what we can get. I saw someone bring some nectar yesterday, and I kind of want it."

The aunt and sister-in-law arrived at the village chief's house. As soon as they arrived, Zhao Ganwei waved for Zhong Ruyi to come over, "Ruyi, take a look and see if there is anything you want. Take it first."

Others had no objections. After all, they all relied on Ruyi to get to where they are today, so what was wrong with letting her choose first?

Zhong Ruyi looked around and saw the jar of honey in the corner. She took it away and said, "Uncle, I want this. You can divide the rest among yourselves."

Zhao Ganwei frowned and looked at her, then he took out a palm-sized jar in her hand. He bent down and rummaged through the pile of gifts, and found a piece of brightly colored cloth. "Take this too."

"No, I don't want it." Zhong Ruyi shook her head. She was not someone who knew how to make clothes. Usually, she bought ready-made clothes for herself and Chen Dongzhi from clothing stores. It was too difficult for her to make clothes by herself.

This piece of cloth is really good. It is two meters long, which shows that the person who gave the gift put a lot of thought into it.

She didn't want it, but there were naturally many people who did, and in the end, the cloth was won by Zhong Qingqing.

On the way back with her, Zhong's mother said, "My daughter, what's the point of just holding a jar of honey? Look at your aunt Tian, ​​Aunt Zhao, Aunt Wu, who all carried baskets to share the honey? Only people in our family are honest and only dare to take one thing each."

"They are all food, either eggs or cakes and dried fruits. I don't really want to eat them." Zhong Ruyi told the truth. She really didn't see anything she wanted. She only liked this jar of multi-flower honey.

"That's true. You're just not a foodie! Unlike your third brother!" Zhong's mother curled her lips. Her youngest son just took two old hens and a basket of eggs. The villagers watching around started to make a fuss, saying that he took too much.

Zhong Laosan touched his head embarrassedly and said with a smile: "I am really sorry, everyone. My wife will give birth in two months. I will raise this old hen until she gives birth, so I can kill it to nourish her. I also let her eat two eggs a day. Thank you all for your modesty."

I don’t know whether the aunts were humble or not, but they were deeply moved by his deep love for his wife.

One of the aunts even gave him an old duck that she had been allocated. Although the other aunts were not as generous, they also gave him all they could.

"Oh, Mr. Zhong really loves his wife! I should have introduced my niece to you earlier. But Huang Ying is a capable girl, she is perfect for you!"

"That's right! I think Xiulan is so lucky. Her son and daughter are so successful!"

Everyone praised him, and Zhong Laosan accepted all of it without any modesty.

On the third day after the banquet, the four agricultural officials who had been relaxing in the town finally arrived.

All four of them were wearing long robes, and one of them was actually a girl, probably in her early thirties.

Zhao Ganwei was worried when he saw their clothes, and secretly asked Mr. Fang who sent the agricultural officer over, "It's not easy for the agricultural officer to go to the fields in this outfit, what should we do?"

Master Fang looked at him strangely and said, "The gentlemen are all approachable. If you feel that the robes are not easy to work with, you can tell them directly. They won't be angry."

Wouldn't you be angry? Zhao Ganwei scratched his face, and after Master Fang left, he made an awkward bow and said softly, "Sir, if you want to go to the fields, this dress is a bit restrictive. Can you change into something lighter like the shorts I'm wearing?"

The agricultural officials were all very easy to talk to. The female official smiled and said, "We didn't think it through. We will change our clothes tomorrow."

Is he really that easy to talk to? Zhao Ganwei was surprised.

After exchanging names, the female agricultural officer asked, "Uncle Zheng and I have been assigned to be in charge of apples. Would it be convenient for Village Chief Zhao to have someone take us to the orchard to take a look?"

"Okay!" Zhao Ganwei nodded quickly and asked his grandson Tieniu to take the two agricultural officials to the orchard to find someone. "Tieniu, send the two adults to your aunt Ruyi."

Tie Niu led the two people to the orchard. On the way, the female agricultural officer Yu Wei asked him where the apple trees in the village came from and why no one had planted them before.

"This fruit tree was bought by Uncle Dongzhi from another place, but I don't know exactly where it came from." Tie Niu is not stupid. He can hear that Lord Yu is testing him, but he really doesn't know where this fruit tree came from.

I only remember that when the fruit trees were transported back, many people in the village were recruited to plant trees. He didn't go to see them because he had to work at home. Later, the fruit trees survived after being planted. The whole hill was full of them, and they bloomed twice a year. Since the orchard was built, the children in their village have never lacked apples to eat.

Not getting the desired result, the two agricultural officials looked at each other and said no more.

"Master Yu, Master Zheng, right?" Zhong Ruyi was directing Chen Dongzhi to carefully take down a beehive on a fruit tree. When he turned around, he saw Tie Niu bringing two strangers over.

After introducing themselves to each other, the two looked at the movements of the people in the tree curiously. It was the first time Yu Wei saw it, so she couldn't help but feel a little scared. The buzzing of the bees was very scary.

Zhong Ruyi saw her backing away, smiled and said, "This bee is not bad, it's not the kind that stings people. If you encounter a hornet, you will have no choice but to run for your life."

Yu Wei pursed her lips and smiled.

The nest of bees was quickly cleared out, and there was no need to worry about workers getting stung when picking apples.

The two agricultural officials were each looking at an apple tree. The apples on the trees had grown to the size of fists, with slightly reddish skin, and it was obvious that they could be picked in about half a month.

"Although this orchard belongs to me, I usually just come up to take a look. The ones who are actually managing it are my two workers." Zhong Ruyi said with a smile. She really didn't understand these things, and usually she just cheated by using space water. The ones who really took care of it were her cousin Zhong Dabao and Uncle Ji.

"Can you call them both over to discuss with us?" Unexpectedly, Zheng Feng spoke politely and courteously, and did not act arrogantly just because they came from Beijing specifically to study the fruit tree.

Zhong Ruyi thought, of course you can! Why can't you do that?

But today only Zhong Dabao and Zhao Xiaozheng were there, while Ji Jiang and Zhao Gouxiong were on night shift.

She apologized, "There's only one person today, and the other one won't be working until tonight."

"Why do we have to work at night?" Yu Wei asked in surprise.

"My orchard has been robbed before, so I asked two people to come and guard it at night."

The two said that it would be fine for Zhong Dabao to come first, and Ji Jiang could wait until next time. Anyway, they would be staying in Xinghua Village for a year or so, so there was no rush for just one or two days.