Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 247

After entering the house, Zhong Ruyi looked aggrieved, "Dad, do you want to have another daughter?"

Father Zhong quickly expressed his loyalty, "In my life, besides your three sisters-in-law, I only have you as my daughter. Your three brothers cannot be compared with you!"

"That's good. Dad, you must not be soft-hearted. You can only have me as your daughter." Zhong Ruyi leaned her head on her father's shoulder and rubbed it gently.

She really didn't expect that someone would come to snatch her parents away. It was really speechless.

The father and daughter were talking affectionately, and Zhong Ruyi felt that Zhang Mingzhu would definitely come again.

Just wait and see, if she really comes again, I won’t show any mercy.

The next day, Zhong Ruyi didn't wait for anyone to come and quickly forgot about the matter.

Now the workshop produces dozens of canned food every day, and the cooperation between the Yu Mansion and the Fang Mansion has been very stable, with both families receiving thousands of canned food orders every month.

These canned foods were transported to Jinzhou in the south, and many spicy food restaurants were opened thereafter.

If you run a spicy food restaurant, you will use even more cans of chili sauce.

As a result, the workshop needs more peppers. Some people in the village have already started growing peppers, and the wild peppers picked from the mountains can no longer meet the needs of the workshop.

The grown and picked peppers were then sold to Zhong Ruyi, or dried and bought by the Fang and Yu families and then sent to Jinzhou in the south.

Just half a month later, the Zhong family was having lunch. Chen Dongzhi was there too. Mother Zhong was taking a break and called him over for lunch.

"Is life looking good now?" Zhong's mother asked him.

Chen Dongzhi nodded and said, "Okay, we can move in in twenty days."

The new house has been built for a month and all the furniture in the house has been prepared. After a month for the smell to dissipate, we can move in on an auspicious day.

Zhong's mother was very happy. After her daughter got married, she would be able to live in the new house which was close to home. If she missed her daughter, she could ask her to come back and stay for a few days or she could go with her.

Every time she came back, she would go over to take a look. The new house was big and grand, every brick and tile was new, and the shiny look made people feel warm inside.

While the two were talking, someone knocked hard on the door.

The visitor knocked on the door so urgently that the padlock on the door clanged.

Li Guihua got up and opened the door. "Who is it? Are you here to wait for someone to come over for dinner?"

It's really annoying. Who is so tactless as to come over when others are having dinner? Are they here to eat for free?

As a result, when she opened the door, she saw several slap marks on Zhang Mingzhu's face and her face was covered with tears. The words of complaint that Li Guihua wanted to say were stuck in her throat.

She was a little surprised, "What's wrong with you?"

In the main room, seeing that Li Guihua had not returned for a long time, Zhong's mother got up and went out to see who had come.

Standing at the door was a young girl named Zhang Mingzhu, with her clothes torn into a mess and several slap marks on her face.

Mother Zhong frowned. Before she could speak, Zhang Mingzhu knelt down first, crying pitifully, "Aunt, please save me. My mother wants to marry me to an old man as a concubine! I risked my life to escape!"

All the family members came out to see what was going on. Zhong Ruyi also frowned. Was he really beaten?

Didn’t you expect Zhong Mei to be so cruel?

Or is this a self-torture trick played by the mother and daughter?

Although Zhong's mother didn't like the Zhang family, she couldn't bear to see a girl who was almost the same age as her daughter kneeling in front of her with wounds all over her face.

I could only bring her in and find her some clothes that belong to my daughter to change into.

After cleaning up, Zhang Mingzhu sat at the table, lowered her head shyly under the gazes of everyone, and then repeated what she had discussed with her mother when she came.

Seeing that everyone seemed unconvinced, she quickly rolled up her sleeves to reveal the bruises on them. "My mother has been looking for men for me since she brought me home that day. I didn't want to get married, so she beat me. This is all caused by her beatings."

Her tears were about to fall again, "Uncle and aunt, I beg you to take me in, I will work hard, I don't want to marry an old man..."

Zhong Ruyi frowned. Her injuries didn’t look fake, but would someone really injure herself with all these injuries just to work for someone else’s family?

She saw that Zhong Mei didn't seem like a cruel mother when she spoke to her two daughters, but she actually was willing to use such harsh measures.

No one spoke in the room, only the humming sound of the baby Lanlan. The second brother hurriedly took his precious daughter from his wife and carried her outside to play with her.

Finally, Mr. and Mrs. Zhong softened their hearts and agreed to let her stay for a while and come back to visit Zhang's family in town after some time.

She was arranged to stay in Zhong Laosan's room first. Zhong Laosan had gone out on a escort mission with the escort company and had not been here for the time being.

Zhang Mingzhu lowered her head slightly, and a not-so-obvious smug smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, but it was fleeting and disappeared quickly before anyone could see it.

Under the tree at the entrance of the village, Zhong Mei's figure was hidden. She had already agreed on this when she came.

If Zhang Mingzhu had not come out, it would mean that her second brother and his wife were soft-hearted and let her stay.

She waited until it got dark before she felt relieved. It seemed that her second brother had indeed softened his heart.

After having dinner and watching a play at Zhong's house, Chen Dongzhi was ready to go back. Before leaving, he whispered to Zhong Ruyi, "I have to go to Qingyun Township to help deliver a batch of goods tomorrow. Do you want to go with me?"

He spoke in a low voice, close to Zhong Ruyi's ear. The Zhong family was already used to it.

But Zhang Mingzhu didn't do that. She came here just to please her uncle and aunt and make them treat her as their own daughter so that she could get a share of his family's business.

More importantly, she had her own little thoughts. She had fallen in love with this taciturn man as early as the first few contacts.

Even if my uncle and aunt don't care about me, it doesn't matter as long as I can be with them.

But what do you see now?

These two people were chatting and behaving in ambiguous ways in broad daylight. What if someone saw them and misunderstood them?

She opened her eyes wide, looking ignorant, "Cousin, how could you be so, so..." with a man? She didn't finish her words, but looking at her expression it was as if Chen Dongzhi and Zhong Ruyi had done something shameful in public.

Zhong Ruyi ignored her. When she heard Chen Dongzhi asking her if she was going to Qingyun Township, her eyes lit up and she asked excitedly, "Can you bring someone with you?"

Chen Dongzhi nodded and reached out to touch her head. "Sure, if you want to go, I'll come to see you tomorrow morning."

"I want to go!" Zhong Ruyi was so happy. This was the first time in more than a year that she was going to take the farthest step away from the town.

The two agreed to get up early tomorrow and go with the escort agency's goods.

No one paid any attention to Zhang Mingzhu standing aside, and the expression on her face changed from innocent and pitiful to embarrassed.

For some reason, no one told her that the two were engaged and would be getting married in a few months.