Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Zhong Ruyi only learned about Master Zhou's visit after work in the workshop in the afternoon. Li Guihua's face was full of joy, "Master Zhou brought two students here at noon and said that Shitou and the others were fine. They didn't come back because they stayed in Guangning Mansion to help!"

"What did Master Zhou say?" Zhong Ruyi looked at her.

"Yes! He came to our village at noon, and then went to Taohua Village and Qianniu Village. He said he had greeted every student's family!"

Zhong Ruyi felt relieved. Fortunately, Xiaoman and the others were fine, so even if Chen's mother knew about it, she wouldn't have to worry too much.

In the yard, Miaomiao was placed on a wooden cart and sitting there. Mother Chen was tearing the bamboo mushrooms she had dug up this morning into strips. While tearing, she was thinking about Xiaoman. After waiting for her daughter-in-law to come back, she quickly put down what she was holding.

"Ruyi, Ruyi, Xiaoman's teacher just came over and said that Xiaoman is helping out in Guangning Prefecture. He said there was a flood there. What's going on?"

She seemed to have figured it out but also seemed not to. Zhong Ruyi certainly didn't dare to tell her everything. She only said that Chen Dongzhi did have to go to Guangning Prefecture for something that day, and he happened to hear that something happened there, so he was able to bring Xiaoman and the others back on the way.

"I didn't mean to lie to you. I was afraid that you would worry, so I thought of bringing Xiaoman back first. And you see, didn't Xiaoman's teacher say that Xiaoman is fine?"

"Is that so?" Mother Chen still felt something was wrong. "I thought you knew about it a long time ago but kept it from me. We are a family and we should sit down and talk it out. There is no need to hide everything."

She was chattering away as she prepared a basket of bamboo mushrooms, but she didn't notice the guilty expression on her daughter-in-law's face.

Zhong Ruyi took her daughter out of the small wooden cart and encouraged her to go find Chen's mother. Sure enough, when she saw her granddaughter, Chen's mother instantly forgot what she had just said and hugged her granddaughter and played with her with a rattle.

After two days of sunshine, Tieniu came running over and said that the village chief asked everyone to go to the ancestral hall after lunch because he had something important to tell the villagers.

"Mom, are you going?" Zhong Ruyi put a light pink jacket on Miaomiao and gave her a small hat. Although the temperature has risen now, necessary measures to keep warm are still needed.

Of course Chen's mother had to go. When she was out for a stroll this morning, she heard from others that the village chief had brought back a dozen people, including men, women, young and old, who were said to have fled from Guangning Prefecture. She had to go and see.

The two of them, one holding Miaomiao and the other holding two small stools, met Zhong's mother and others on the way. "Mom, have you heard? Why did the village chief call us over today?" Zhong Ruyi leaned over and asked Zhong's mother.

"I've known this for a long time. How could anything happening in our village escape my eyes?" Mother Zhong was so proud that she whispered to her daughter.

On the way, other villagers also came out after lunch and walked towards the ancestral hall. Everyone knew that the village chief had brought back a dozen people, and now they were probably called over for this matter.

There were already quite a few people in the ancestral hall. Zhong Ruyi took Chen's mother and Zhong's mother to find a seat near the front, and the small stool they brought came in handy at this time.

Li Guihua brought two small stools from home and sat down next to them. "The village chief has gone to call people. Let's wait a while."

When most people had arrived, Zhao Ganwei came in with a dozen people.

In an instant, everyone in the ancestral hall looked at those people.

There were men, women, young and old. Their clothes were tattered, and their faces and other exposed parts were very dirty, as if they hadn't taken a shower for half a month, with dirt and sand stuck to their bodies.

Facing the gazes of the crowd, they seemed uneasy and kept their heads down, not daring to look at the villagers.

After Zhao Ganwei brought the people in, he didn't say anything more and directly explained the reason why he asked the villagers to come here today:

"As you know, it has been raining for a while. It's still relatively good here, as only some low-lying fields have been flooded. But it's different in Guangning Prefecture. There has been a disaster there, and many people are now homeless. They can only flee or wait for the government to arrange their whereabouts.

Look, I just received an order from the county magistrate yesterday to bring 15 people from Guangning Prefecture to settle in our village. From now on, they will be members of our Xinghua Village! I called you here today because I hope you can get along with them in a friendly manner. If there are any problems that cannot be communicated, just come to me and I will help you solve them! "

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Since the villagers who escaped were penniless, Zhao Ganwei could only arrange for them to live in old houses that were no longer occupied. Although they were a bit dilapidated, they were still habitable. When their financial conditions improved in the future, they could buy land and build houses or tear down the original old house and rebuild it.

As for the land, according to the Dazhao Law, paddy fields and dry fields were distributed between men and women. The better fields in Xinghua Village were all owned by owners, and the ones they were able to get were all farther away, but the best ones were also picked for them to choose from.

After arranging these things, Zhao Ganwei came to see Zhong Ruyi privately. He touched his nose a little embarrassedly and said, "Ruyi, uncle is shameless to tell you something. If you find it difficult to handle, forget it."

Zhong Ruyi saw that he came to her right after he finished talking about the refugees, and guessed that it must be related to them.

really.

"Look, there are a few young girls among the fifteen people. Do you think the workshop is short of people? Can you arrange some work for them?"

Zhong Ruyi glanced at him. This was not a difficult matter, but she didn't know the details of these people yet. Naturally, she couldn't recruit them directly to work in the workshop, but she could find them some less important work.

She thought for a while and said, "Then let them come to me tomorrow and I'll have someone take them."

It was good enough that she agreed. Zhao Ganwei was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. "Okay! Uncle thanks you on their behalf! I'll let them come to you tomorrow!"

After saying this, he left in a hurry again. Next, he had to take those people to choose a site and look at houses.

After seeing them walk away, Chen's mother asked, "Didn't the workshop say they wouldn't hire anyone for the time being? What did you ask them to do?"

Zhong Ruyi explained, "Our workshop is indeed full of people, but we still need a few more people to pick peppers and wash and dry them every day. The two aunts who did this job before, one asked for a long vacation and the other was transferred to the meat floss workshop by me, so two positions are vacant. And Dazhuang is doing the purchasing work now. I see that he is very busy every day and has to keep watch at night. Why not find someone to help him?"

There are other miscellaneous tasks to be done. If these people do a good job, she will keep them. If they don't, she will replace them with others.

The next day, Zhao Ganwei brought three cleaned-up young girls to see her, "Ruyi, the two younger ones are called Damei and Xiaomei, and the other one is called Aidi."

The village chief took the people away and left. The three women looked down nervously and did not dare to look up. Half a month ago, they had never thought that they would go through such a hardship, nor had they thought of leaving their hometown to live somewhere else.

Zhong Ruyi did not give them time to feel sad. She just asked out of curiosity whether the elder sister and the younger sister were twins. After getting a definite answer, she asked Zhao Eryue to take the elder sister and Aidi to pick peppers.

She entrusted the remaining little sister to Ji Xiaoyu, asking her to take the jars needed for cleaning.

She had told both of them to keep a close eye on them in case any of them acted dishonestly, and they both solemnly agreed and promised to keep a close eye on them.