Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Zhong Laosan had seen the two of them getting along before, but he had never felt something was wrong like he did just now.

Zhong Ruyi didn't think of hiding it, but she wouldn't say it out loud either. She would tell whoever asked.

"He and I are just as you see us."

She blinked, not knowing whether Third Brother could understand what she meant.

Zhong Laosan looked at the shyness on his sister's face, how could he not understand what she meant?

He was shocked!

"When did it happen? Why didn't I know?"

Zhong Ruyi rolled her eyes at him in anger, "Third brother, do you still have a sister like me in your eyes? You are obsessed with Miss Zhou all the time, what's the point of me telling you?"

"How could Brother Dongzhi do this? I treat him as a brother, but he likes my sister behind my back."

No wonder he refused to tell me who the girl he liked was even after I asked him so many times.

It turned out that he had set his sights on his own sister. Zhong Laosan felt like he had been struck by lightning.

Seeing his distraught face, Zhong Ruyi couldn't pretend not to see it.

She nudged him with her elbow, "Third brother, don't be like this, I really like him."

Zhong Laosan still looked as if he hadn't recovered from his shock. When he heard her words, he quickly stopped her and said, "How can a girl like you keep saying the word 'like'? It would be embarrassing if someone heard it."

Zhong Ruyi was not convinced. Her third brother and that Miss Zhou could be in love all day long, but she would be lectured if she said she liked him.

"Humph!"

"Forget it. Brother Dongzhi is a very good person except that he didn't tell me about this. If he dares to bully you in the future, I will beat him!"

Zhong Ruyi didn't want to hit him because he might not be able to beat Chen Dongzhi. Seeing that he was eager to protect his sister, she couldn't say anything else and could only nod obediently.

Apart from a few children, Zhong Laosan was the last one to know about this matter.

Mother Zhong told father Zhong, the second brother told the second sister-in-law, and the second sister-in-law told the eldest sister-in-law, so the last person in the family to know was the third brother Zhong.

Only then did he understand why Chen Dongzhi suddenly made slingshots for Shitou and the others. Damn it! The same thing happened with the bracelets he bought before.

He asked why the bracelet he saw yesterday looked so familiar, and it turned out to be the one that Chen Dongzhi bought.

Two days passed quickly, and on the afternoon of the second day the three of them set out for the town again.

There wasn't much on the cart this time, and Zhong Ruyi originally wanted to bring some pickled radishes over.

But when she opened the jar, she found that the pickled radish was gone, and she was very disappointed.

It turned out that my second sister-in-law had a poor appetite recently and liked to eat sour foods. The two jars of pickled radishes were eaten up without anyone noticing.

The second sister-in-law was very embarrassed, "Little sister, how about I go to Aunt Zhao's house and ask if I can ask for some?"

Zhong Ruyi quickly refused, "It's okay, when the radishes are ripe, let mom pickle more, so we won't have nothing to eat."

The three of them rushed back to the town. When Aunt Chen saw them back, she brought them noodles. Mother Zhong gave her half a jar of chili sauce she had made, which made Aunt Chen very happy.

"Sister Li, why have I never seen anyone selling this kind of sauce? I also haven't seen anyone selling the chili peppers you mentioned last time?"

Aunt Chen asked curiously while holding the half jar of chili sauce. She had asked once before, and Zhong's mother told her that it was made with chili peppers. Sometimes when she went to buy vegetables, she would ask the vendor.

But the vendor said he had never heard of such a thing and asked her to ask somewhere else.

"This is made from wild peppers I picked in the mountains. We don't have them here!"

Mother Zhong poured the noodles that Aunt Chen brought into her own bowl, and then washed the bowl that Aunt Chen used to hold the noodles before returning it to Aunt Chen.

"No wonder! I was wondering why we didn't see it here!" Aunt Chen muttered a few words.

"Do you have any at home? If you have a lot, sell some to me next time!"

Mother Zhong waved her hand and said, "If you want, I'll give you some peppers when they're ripe! It's free! We're not close enough to talk about money!"

Aunt Chen was delighted and smiled from ear to ear, "That's great! Thank you so much!"

The two chatted for a while, and Aunt Chen told her to hurry up and eat, and she left happily with the chili sauce in her hand.

Zhong Ruyi called her, "Mom, come and eat, the noodles are clumping together and won't taste good later!"

Zhong's mother quickly sat down to eat noodles. The noodles were good, chewy and smooth. The soup was made from bone soup, which was very delicious.

The mother and her two children each ate a bowl of soup, but the second brother was still a little hungry, so he took out a steamed bun to soak in the soup and ate three more buns before he was full.

After dinner, it was completely dark. My second brother went out to install the door panel and locked the door.

Zhong Ruyi was boiling water in the kitchen. She was tired from traveling all day, so she would take a hot bath so she could sleep comfortably at night.

She had just stuffed a piece of firewood in when she heard what seemed to be voices at the door.

When I walked out, I saw my second brother talking to the waiter from Manxianglou.

Before we cooperated with Manxianglou, this guy came to buy braised goods every day.

Zhong Ruyi was deeply impressed by him. This guy always smiled when he saw people. Even if someone cut in line, he would happily confront the person without using a single dirty word.

"Aniu, what are you doing here so late?" Zhong Ruyi walked over and asked curiously.

The waiter A Niu smiled and said, "Miss Zhong, the accounts for last month have been settled. Manager Ding sent me here to let you know. In two days, Manager Ding will bring the account book to you for your review."

Zhong Ruyi nodded. It had been agreed upon when signing the agreement that the beginning of each month would be the day for dividend distribution, and the payment would be made once a month.

"Okay, thanks for letting me know!"

The message had been conveyed, so Aniu went back to the restaurant.

The waiters of Manxianglou were allowed to stay overnight. The owner of Manxianglou bought a yard next to the building and specifically provided accommodation for those who worked far away from home in the restaurant. They had to pay one hundred coins a month.

This is almost like providing free housing. After all, if you rent a house by yourself, the rent would be more than a hundred coins a month.

The workers who signed the contract were paid one and a half taels of silver a month, which was higher than the wages of the officials in the yamen.

There are two types of waiters. One type is those who have signed a contract. The restaurant provides three meals a day and they pay a rent of 7 coins a month. Their working hours are from Chenshi (9 to 21 a.m.) to Haishi (23 to p.m.).

Another option is not to sign a contract, in which case the restaurant will not provide food or accommodation, and the working hours are from Chenshi (7am to 9am) to Xushi (19pm to 21pm).

The difference in wages is three hundred coins, so basically, those guys who live far away will choose the first option. The contract is for one year, and they have to sign it again after one year. If the performance is not good during this period, the restaurant will not consider signing it again.

After all, the restaurant owner did not open the restaurant just to do good things. If he does not do his job well, he will naturally be eliminated.

Those who have not signed the contract can be fired immediately if they do not perform well, and those who have signed the contract will be compensated with one month's salary if they are fired.

Therefore, most of the employees in Manxianglou signed the contract, but few did not. After all, everyone wanted to get some money after being fired.