Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 278

The mason's wife led the two men into the house, which was filled with many jars of different sizes.

After Zhang Mingzhu came in, she looked around curiously. After her clothes were pulled by Zhong Ruyi, she followed her obediently with her head down.

"Ruyi, these are the 4,000 jars ordered by Guihua. Your uncle can deliver them over when he is free in the next few days." The mason's wife pointed to the inner room.

There is also a separate charge for delivering the jars, twenty cents per trip, and if the order is large, several deliveries may be made per day.

Zhong Ruyi nodded without beating around the bush. She took the teacup handed over by the mason's wife, sat down and said straight to the point, "Aunt, I heard from my sister-in-law that you told her last time that the price of jars would increase, right?"

"Oh, yes, the price is going to go up." The mason's wife didn't expect her to be so direct. She rubbed her hands a little embarrassedly and said with a smile, "You see, it's not easy for your uncle to earn this money. We only give you two cents for a jar because you are a big customer and you want a lot every month. But you see, we have several mouths to feed at home. My daughter-in-law just gave birth to a big fat boy last month. Now the family needs to spend money, so we have no choice but to say that the price is going to go up."

Her words were sincere, not at all sarcastic as Li Guihua's.

Zhong Ruyi understood very well and was about to nod when she heard the mason's wife continue, "...and our jars are cheap, but the cans you make won't be cheap, right?"

Her expression was a little distorted, as if Zhong Ruyi had stolen something from her.

"I heard that you sell a can for several hundred coins. Look, even if we sell our cans for only ten coins each, you can still make a profit!"

Not only she, but even Zhang Mingzhu, who had been sitting silently on the side, heard something wrong when she said this.

So you raised the price because canned food is expensive, and you think this is unfair, right?

There was nothing strange on Zhong Ruyi's face. She picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea and nodded.

The mason's wife thought she agreed with what she said, so she spoke even more excitedly, "Ruyi, think about it, it's better for everyone to earn money together, right? I'm not a greedy person, so I'll sell the jar for ten cents each from now on, is that okay?"

She was very proud of herself. It seemed that the little girl had no idea about doing business. What was the point of making a lot of money? Wouldn't she just foolishly agree to it after being coaxed by someone?

but.

She looked at Zhong Ruyi twice in what she thought was a covert move. Her youngest son hadn't married yet, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to marry such an obedient money-making girl.

"Okay, Auntie. I don't have anything else to do. You can ask Uncle to deliver these finished jars in the next few days. I have something to do, so I'll go back first."

Zhong Ruyi put down the teacup, patted Zhang Mingzhu, and the two got up and left.

The mason's wife was left complacent, thinking that the price increase was settled.

On the way back, Zhang Mingzhu kept muttering, "That auntie is really too much. Why should the price of the cans go up just because you earn more?"

"She has said this, do you still want to cooperate with her family?"

Zhong Ruyi looked at her strangely when she heard this, "Didn't I say no?"

She is not stupid or rich. The jars that used to cost two cents each now want to raise the price to ten cents each because the mason sees that she is making more money.

She might as well find someone else to do the job with the money instead of wasting it.

Zhang Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, then she became happy again, "I don't like her. She just kept glancing at me, and I knew at a glance that she had no good intentions."

Zhong Ruyi knew that the mason's wife had been looking at them, but she didn't take it to heart. After all, the two families would not cooperate with each other in the future.

No need.

"But," she thought for a moment and said to herself, "I don't think I've heard of any masons in the nearby villages. I guess I have to look for one more. It doesn't matter if it's far away. At least, let's forget about doing business as unrefined as today's."

When they got home, Zhang Mingzhu was still pestering her to get the pearl cream she had given him last time, "I've used up my box, please give me another one."

Zhong Ruyi glanced at her and ignored her.

Seeing this, Zhang Mingzhu spoke even more excitedly, "I will buy it for you when I have money, but I don't have money now."

"Then when will you have money?" Zhong Ruyi asked her back.

Zhang Mingzhu pursed her lips. She wished she knew when she would have money.

The gate to the courtyard was ajar. After entering, I saw my second sister-in-law, who should be in the new house, moving things back and forth between the room and the courtyard.

When she saw them coming back, Liu Yu Niang smiled and said, "Your second brother asked me to move the things that I don't need over there first, so that I won't have time to move them later."

Zhong Ruyi glanced at the wooden bed where Lanlan usually slept, and didn't see the child sleeping on it, so she asked, "Where is Lanlan?"

"She was carried out by her father, and Tiedan went with him. Cuicui went to the workshop with her eldest sister-in-law."

Seeing her carrying out a box of clothes, Zhong Ruyi asked Zhang Mingzhu to go up and help, while she went over to hang up the washed clothes that had not yet been hung out to dry.

After moving all the things together, Liu Yu Niang wiped the sweat off her head and whispered, "Little sister, did you know that your third brother and his wife had a fight?"

Zhong Ruyi was a little surprised and asked quickly, "What's going on?"

Didn’t they just get married not long ago?

Liu Yu Niang covered her mouth and looked around. "Isn't your third sister-in-law making wine at home? There was a family in Yangliu Village who ordered some wine for a wedding. When your third brother and sister-in-law delivered the wine, the people in Yangliu Village saw it and talked about your third brother's past with Zhou Yuru. When your third sister-in-law came back, she had a quarrel with your third brother."

It turned out to be the case.

Zhong Ruyi wondered why.

But this is normal. Any woman would be angry if she heard others say that her husband used to be so attentive to another woman.

She laughed with glee, there is always someone better.

It is normal to have quarrels and then have good times. It would be really boring if two people lived their lives like a pool of stagnant water.

Because the next day was her birthday, Zhong's mother and second brother rushed back that night.

Early in the morning, Zhong's mother went to the chicken coop to get eggs, and made a bowl of longevity noodles for her daughter, with two eggs on top.

After eating the longevity noodles, Zhong Ruyi strolled out, wanting to find out if anyone had relatives who were bricklayers. If there were any, they could talk to him. If the price was right, that would be even better.

Until noon, when she returned home, she hadn't found out anything, but she did hear a lot of gossip in the village.

For example, Wang Laizi has recently become addicted to going to the town teahouse to listen to storytelling. He spends several taels of silver in the teahouse every month, which makes Wang Mu angry every day. "What's so good about these stories? Aren't they all made up by others to cheat people out of money?"

But Wang Laizi didn't care. He just liked to listen to stories about monsters and ghosts. After listening to them, he didn't dare to get up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night and had to be accompanied by his father.

However, the storytellers in the teahouse did not tell stories about monsters and ghosts every day. After they changed to the story of the scholar and the rich lady, Wang Laizi lost interest and stopped listening.

He went to town every day and would tell people about what happened there when he came back.

His voice could be heard under the trees at the entrance of the village.

When Zhong Ruyi walked over, he happened to hear him saying that today was the day that Jiangjia Village Villager Jiang Jie and his son Jiang Xiaobao would be executed.

"...Ouch! I didn't dare to look. I was hiding at the back. I heard from the people in front that the two people's heads were chopped off and the blood was all over the ground! I was so scared! I came back immediately and didn't dare to stay any longer!"

She stood and listened for a while, and then heard Wang Laizi say, "That bandit leader is restless. He actually snatched the knife of the guard in the middle of the night and injured two of the guards. Fortunately, General Jiang arrived in time and pinned him down. Otherwise, if this bastard escaped, we would be in trouble!"