Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

What happened in the village soon reached the ears of every household.

Mother Zhong came over with Lanlan in her arms, but her eyes fell on Chen Dongzhi who was chopping wood in the yard. She pouted at her daughter, "What happened this morning? Didn't you go to visit your aunt? How did you get involved with the daughter of the village chief again?"

As soon as she came over, Zhong Ruyi knew that she had heard the noise in the morning.

After washing a basket of strawberries and giving one to Lanlan, she said nonchalantly, "That little girl is still immature. She thinks she can win over a good-looking man when she sees him. Maybe she won't have that thought in a few days."

That's not the case. Zhong's mother felt that her daughter didn't take this matter seriously enough.

"You still have to keep a close eye on men. What if he gets too close and can't handle it? What if something happens?"

Zhong Ruyi teased Lanlan, gave her the strawberry and pretended to take it back, which made the little girl bury her head in Zhong's mother's arms and refused to come out. "If you change your mind, then change your mind. If there is no way to stop this kind of thing, then let's part ways amicably."

The voices of the mother and daughter reached Chen Dongzhi's ears. He paused in swinging the axe, but quickly covered it up.

When taking Lanlan back home, Zhong's mother tried to have a talk with her son-in-law, but was stopped by her daughter's disapproving look and had to leave with the basket.

Work resumed after the New Year, and there were people to help look after the workshop and orchard. Zhong Ruyi thought that she hadn't been to a restaurant for a long time, so she went over to take a look.

I gave Sun Tao and a few others red envelopes for the start of work. Although it wasn't much, it was considered a good omen.

Wei was so happy that she pulled her aside and said, "My mother-in-law came back home in disgrace before the Chinese New Year. Now she doesn't dare to raise her voice to my sister-in-law at home."

And because Zhong Ruyi's niece opened a shop specializing in selling egg cakes, she no longer has to get up early to make them and take them to the dock to sell. She can just go to the store to purchase the goods.

Zhong Ruyi has already told Cuicui to sell it to her at a lower price, as she is a regular customer.

The store hasn't been cleaned for more than ten days, and now there is a thin layer of dust on the tables.

Chen Dongzhi was wiping with a cloth, Xie Hai was sweeping the floor with a broom, and the others were washing dishes or preparing food.

There is strength in numbers, and we officially opened at noon.

Zhong Ruyi and Wei were talking in the backyard, and she was talking about the strange things her mother-in-law had done during this period.

Several tables of guests came to the restaurant to eat. Chen Dongzhi helped serve a table of dishes when he suddenly heard the guests say that the county magistrate had been dismissed from his post.

He paused and slowed down the process of serving the dishes, but no matter how slow the dishes were, they were served quickly.

Carrying the tray and walking to the backyard, he wondered if he should go and find out what happened in the town during the New Year.

"I'm going out for a while and will be back soon." Chen Dongzhi said to the people who were still chatting and went out.

"Buy some fine flour by the way, we'll go back to the village later!" Zhong Ruyi shouted behind him, but he left in a hurry, not sure whether he heard it or not.

"What are you running for in such a hurry?" she muttered, not taking it seriously.

Chen Dongzhi didn't go outside, but went straight to knock on the door of the escort agency next door.

Escort Master Duan came to open the door. When he saw him, he smiled, "Dongzhi! Why did you come back to live with us after you figured it out?"

Chen Dongzhi shook his head and followed him into the escort agency. As soon as he sat down, he asked about what he had just heard.

"What happened?" When Escort Duan heard Chen Dongzhi asking about the county magistrate, he didn't expect him to get the news so quickly. "It happened on New Year's Eve. The county magistrate was taken away. They said he was corrupt. How could ordinary people like us know the details? Madam Yu only mentioned it when she asked us to help deliver a batch of goods."

"Has he been fired?" Chen Dongzhi asked.

"Well." Master Duan said solemnly, "How can he not be dismissed if he is found out? I just don't know how much money he has embezzled that he was discovered?"

The two chatted for a while, and Master Duan mentioned that he should come back to work in the escort agency. "You don't know, Dafeng used to be very hardworking. He could go out for 29 days a month! Now that he has a wife, he is different. He doesn't go out if he can. Even if he is asked to go, he has to find a place close to home. Sigh! With you and Lao San gone, our escort agency is short of manpower again!"

He had a worried look on his face. During this period, the escort company had been relying on the hard work of him and Master Hu, otherwise they would still be on the road during the New Year.

After Chen Dongzhi left, he never thought about coming back. There were so many things to do at home. It didn't matter in the past, but now that he could finally help his wife, he couldn't just leave like that. He had to do what he wanted.

"Isn't Brother Hu's nephew here too? Why don't you bring him?"

Escort Master Duan immediately had a bitter face, "That kid? Stop talking about him! If my relationship with your brother Hu was any worse, I wouldn't want his nephew. I've never seen someone who has no sense of direction but still wants to escort the goods!"

Chen Dongzhi couldn't help laughing. He knew that Escort Hu had brought his nephew here, but he didn't expect that his nephew was a person with poor direction. No wonder Escort Duan went crazy.

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On his way back, he went out to buy fine flour as his wife had just asked for it. He should return to the village soon.

Zhong Ruyi glanced at the man who had returned from outside and asked casually, "Where did you go?"

Chen Dongzhi put the flour down, squatted down beside her, pulled a small stool over and sat on it, picked vegetables with her and told her what he had just heard.

"What?" Zhong Ruyi broke the vegetable stalk with one move. She looked at the man in doubt and asked, "How do you know about this?"

Chen Dongzhi was quite pleased with himself. "When the dishes were served just now, I heard the guests say a few words, so I went out to ask Brother Duan. This is true. Now the lawyer is temporarily taking over the position of county magistrate. He said that the higher-ups will send someone to take over the affairs of Liuyun Town in a while."

Zhong Ruyi didn't even bother to wash the dishes. She crossed her arms and analyzed, "Who do you think would report it? Would it be someone close to him? Otherwise, how would they know all this?"

"Maybe, it's hard to say. What if they were seen by someone while making a deal?" Chen Dongzhi felt that anything was possible.

While the two were talking, Wei brought over the dirty bowls, and the topic came to an end. They went back to continue.

After closing the shop, the two walked back to Xinghua Village.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw Zhao Ganwei talking to someone with his back to them. The person opposite was too far away at first so they couldn't see clearly. When they got closer, they saw that it was Zhuang Wenhua, the village chief of Qianniu Village.

When the two heard the footsteps, they immediately stopped talking and greeted them as if nothing had happened.

After they walked past, they started muttering to each other, but I couldn't tell what they were talking about.

Zhong Ruyi nudged Chen Dongzhi's waist with her elbow and said, "Do you think they are talking about the dismissal of the county magistrate?"

Chen Dongzhi's face was expressionless. His hearing was much better than that of ordinary people, so he naturally heard the two people talking. He said calmly, "No need to guess, they are talking about this."