Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 308

Later, Zhong Ruyi heard that Zhang Mingzhu was called back by her mother to help clean up the pig manure in the yard. She was very curious and wondered whether she had gone back.

"No!" Zhang Mingzhu frowned. This matter was caused by her brother, so why should she go back to clean it up?

Didn't Zhang Mingcong always say that it was his home? He said that they were all going to get married and were just staying at home temporarily.

Since it's his house, he should be the one to handle any problems. What does it have to do with them, the temporary residents?

Didn’t you see that she hasn’t come home to visit for almost a month since she returned to town?

Seeing that she was serious, Zhong Ruyi couldn't help but tease her, "The New Year is coming soon, aren't you going back home for the New Year?"

"This..." Zhang Mingzhu was speechless for a moment. She was an unmarried girl, and if she didn't go home for the New Year, she would be drowned in the saliva of gossips.

She sighed in frustration, never wishing more than she did now that she was her uncle's child or that her parents were less partial.

But the New Year was approaching anyway, and the only thing that made her feel better was that the egg cakes on her stall were selling very well. Five women had placed orders with her for a certain quantity for the New Year, which was much more than she usually made.

Some people have already started selling New Year goods on the street, and there is still half a month to the New Year.

Chen Dongzhi and Zhong Laosan also started to get busy, frequently escorting goods to various places.

Sun Tao brought the dishes out. The New Year was coming soon, and Wei asked for leave today saying that she wanted to make sausages and bacon.

So the job of serving dishes was given to her and Xiaoqin. As soon as she came out, she saw the Wuzhou merchant who had said he would pay her ten taels of silver again.

But this time he is not looking for me. After I rejected him last time, I let it go.

Later, the Wuzhou businessman bought some chili sauce and maybe it tasted good, so he came back to buy more from the boss.

At this moment, the two were negotiating at an empty table in the corner, but the topic between them was always fixed on the price of chili sauce.

Zhong Ruyi was so thirsty from talking that she poured a cup of tea for both of them, then picked up her own cup and drank it all in one gulp.

Boss Zhao from Wuzhou has such an over-sized appetite, and he has also kept the price of his canned food very low.

The price of the canned food she sold to the Yu and Fang families was set at 150 coins per can, but Boss Zhao immediately cut the price to 100 coins, a reduction of one third.

You should know that the price she quoted at the beginning was two hundred coins, and the one hundred and fifty coins she mentioned later was based on the prices offered by the Yu and Fang families.

"Boss Zhao, it's not that I don't want to sell it to you, but you see, last time you took a thousand cans of chili sauce from me, didn't we agree on a price of one hundred and fifty coins? At that time, I said that even if you wanted more later, I would still pay the same price. How can you go back on your word?"

She squeezed out the thousand cans of chili sauce from the orders from the other two companies, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to get them all.

She had heard that Boss Zhao was not honest. He did not ship the thousand cans of chili sauce back to Wuzhou. Instead, when passing through Nanzhou, he sold them to local merchants at a price ten cents lower than that of the Fang family.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt sorry for Madam Yu and the Fang family. Zhong Ruyi said sorry in her heart, but she still had to do business.

In the end, the price of one hundred coins was not negotiated, and Boss Zhao insisted on the price and refused to budge.

Zhong Ruyi did not agree to it. If she really agreed, the Yu and Fang families would definitely make a fuss.

And how can she make money by keeping the price so low?

Doesn’t labor cost money?

Aren’t raw materials free?

Do you really think she's doing charity?

After seeing the guests off, Sun Tao had just finished his work and came over to ask how the talk went.

Zhong Ruyi curled her lips, and seeing that the man had already left without a trace, she began to curse him, "One hundred coins! How dare he say that?"

"If I really agreed, I would be crazy!"

Although Sun Tao didn't know much about business, she knew the price of canned food. The small cans in the canteen were priced at this price, and the large cans cost another three hundred coins!

When he heard that Boss Zhao had pushed the price so low, he began to feel dissatisfied and muttered, "The richer people are, the more stingy they are!"

Zhong Ruyi felt that this was true, how stingy!

The deal didn't go through, and the New Year was approaching, so she had to buy New Year's goods.

"Mom, how did you make the sausage last year? Please teach me. I'll make more this year and send some to my mother-in-law."

Zhong Ruyi entered the braised food shop and saw Zhong's mother smoking bacon in the yard.

"You don't have to do it. Mom has already made it. The store was closed for two days a few days ago, and I came back just to make sausages."

Without even raising her head, Zhong's mother spread some green pine needles on the fire. After covering it for a long time, a large amount of smoke came out of the fire, which was very irritating.

"Come on, go out quickly, let it smoke overnight first."

When they arrived at the store, Zhang Sheng's wife and several other aunts came to look for Zhong's mother.

"Aunt, are you guys still taking a break on the 28th like last year?"

Mother Zhong nodded, knowing that they came for the braised pig's trotters, and said with a smile, "Yes, if you want braised pig's trotters, you should tell the owner of the pork shop first. If you go too late and can't buy them, you will have to wait!"

Zhang Sheng's wife held up four fingers and said, "Aunt, I'm going to braise four this year. Two are for my sister-in-law from my mother's family, and two are for us to eat at home."

The other aunts who came to order braised pig's trotters also started talking at once. Mother Zhong nodded and handed Zhong Ruyi a small notebook, "Ruyi, help me write it down. Your sister-in-law Zhang wants four, and Aunt Wu wants two... Oh, and your Aunt Chen wants four, too."

Zhong Ruyi took out a small notebook and confirmed the quantity with the aunts and sisters-in-law who ordered the braised pig's trotters one by one before writing it down.

Pig's trotters are not bought from the braised food store. People who want to help braise the pig's trotters have to buy them themselves and bring them to the braised food store. Then they can ask someone to take them back after they are braised.

Mother Zhong and second brother Zhong only collected money for the spices, which was divided equally among everyone, and each person only got a few cents.

Although it doesn't make money, everyone is a neighbor living in the same alley, so they are still willing to help with this small favor.

Sun Tao, Jiang Rong and others were looking after the restaurant and the convenience store. Zhong Ruyi was planning to go back to the village to take a look. She didn't know if her mother-in-law needed anything, so she could just buy some and take it back.

I was thinking about making steamed cakes for the New Year, so I might as well buy some flour.

When you get home, put your things down first.

There were not many branches or fallen leaves in the yard, and the rooms were very clean. It seemed that someone had come to clean the house during the days when the two of them were not at home.

After taking the things to be sent to Chen's mother, Zhong Ruyi closed the gate.

At the Chen family's side, Xiaoxue was preparing to put a lot of unused dishes and chopsticks into a wooden basin and wash them with water, so that they could be used when guests came during the New Year.

"Xiaoxue, why don't you see mother?"

As soon as Zhong Ruyi entered, she saw the little girl putting the washed dishes back into the wooden basin and preparing to put them back into the kitchen.

"sister in law?"

Xiaoxue was very surprised. Yesterday her mother said she didn't know when her brother and sister-in-law would come back from town, but today her sister-in-law came back.

When she heard her sister-in-law asking where her mother had gone, she pointed to the rabbit house and said, "She went to feed the rabbits grass. It's been cold recently, so the rabbits don't eat much grass, so she stayed there all day to watch over them."

"Then I'll put the things here and come back later." Zhong Ruyi put the things she bought into the main room, gave a few instructions, and then went back to her parents' home.

In the evening, before it got dark, around four or five o'clock, she went to the Chen family's old house to prepare cooking.

Chen's mother was killing a chicken in the yard. When she saw her coming, her eyes narrowed with smiles. "Ruyi, come in and sit for a while. I'll clean the chicken and steam it until it's cooked."

"Okay." Zhong Ruyi responded, and went straight into the kitchen without going to the main room.

Xiaoxue was lighting a fire inside, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll cook."

She didn't go out, but moved a stool and sat with Xiaoxue.

Now that the weather is cold, it's really comfortable to be warmed by the fire.