Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 219

Originally, the two were talking about clothes, but someone suddenly changed the topic to lifelong events.

Mother Zhong asked Sun Tao, "I remember that Xiaorong is the same age as Ruyi in our family, right? Is it time for her to meet her in-laws?"

Sun Tao just said that she would listen to her child. "Since she is the one getting married, she has to find someone she likes. What if she doesn't like the family I introduce her to?"

That's true. On this point, Zhong's mother agrees with Sun Tao's idea.

"You're right. That's how it should be. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. If we worry too much, we will be complained about. It's better to do less thankless work."

Zhong Ruyi couldn't get a word in, so she put the half-finished ball of thread aside and prepared to go to the convenience store.

When they arrived at the store, Jiang Rong was sweeping the floor while Jiang Yun took down the bottles and cans and wiped them one by one with a wet cloth.

The two sisters were very happy to see her coming.

There were many jars on the wooden cabinet in the store, with pork jerky in one row and meat floss in another.

Large and small jars of chili sauce were also placed in a row.

There is also a wooden box at the door with a few watermelons in it.

"Are these the only water melons left that Jiang Qin sent today?" Zhong Ruyi asked.

Jiang Rong nodded and said with a smile, "Water melons are the best-selling item in our store recently. Before we had water melons, pork jerky and meat floss were the best-selling items."

While the two were talking, another person came.

"Little girl, help me pick a watermelon. I want one that's ripe and sweet."

Jiang Rong hurried forward to help the customer pick one. The customer looked at the one in her hand, then looked at the remaining ones in the wooden box and felt that this one was a bit small.

But he comes often, and sometimes, not to mention the small ones, if he comes too late, he can’t even buy the small ones.

"Then let's take this one. Please cut it in half for me and I'll take it back."

The customer paid the money and stood aside, waiting for Jiang Rong to cut the watermelon for him and put it in a bamboo basket to take away.

During this time, another customer came to buy watermelons. He was very unhappy when he saw that only two small ones were left.

"Boss, why is it that every time I come here, your watermelons are gone and only one or two small ones are left?"

Zhong Ruyi explained, "Our melons are shipped from the countryside early, so they sell quickly. If you need them, you can pay a deposit of ten cents, and I'll have someone reserve a big, sweet one for you!"

Upon hearing this, the customer not only bought the remaining two small watermelons, but also paid a deposit of twenty cents for two watermelons for the next day.

The first customer also gave a deposit of ten cents, "I want one too. You must pick the biggest and sweetest one for me. I will take it back to my parents' home tomorrow."

"Okay." Zhong Ruyi agreed and put the money into the small wooden box on the counter.

I will take out more watermelons from the space tomorrow. Maybe it’s because of the water in the space, the watermelons in the space always grow better than those outside, and are sweeter.

Of course, all this is inseparable from Grandma Wu and other researchers who allow them to eat melons freely.

The next day, the two guests arrived early. Zhong Ruyi was also in the store. He gave them all the watermelons they wanted and collected their money.

Jiang Qin had not left after delivering the watermelons. He walked over to Zhong Ruyi and said, "Sister Ruyi, Dafu said someone went to the village to find him yesterday and wanted to order some watermelons. They were going to deliver them to another county."

"Brother, do you agree?" Zhong Ruyi sprayed some water on the watermelon, making it look more juicy.

Jiang Qin shook his head. "No, Dafu said he would wait for you to come back and take a look. There aren't many watermelons left in the field. They will probably be gone in about ten days."

It was because the number of plants was small that Boss Zhong did not agree. Moreover, although the water melons were grown by the Zhong family, the seeds and the cooperation with the two restaurants all belonged to Zhong Ruyi, so Boss Zhong said that he had to ask Zhong Ruyi's opinion first.

Zhong Ruyi nodded, "Then I'll go back at noon."

When they got home, their eldest brother was still working in the fields and had not returned yet. Father Zhong was not at home either. Only their eldest and second sisters-in-law, Tiedan and Cuicui were at home.

The eldest sister-in-law was washing the sheets, cursing, "Ever since we planted watermelons at home, there has not been a single day that you haven't wet the bed! I have to wash it once in the morning and once at noon when I get up from my nap."

Zhong Ruyi looked at Tiedan who was eating a watermelon. This child was careless and didn't listen to his mother's words at all. He continued to eat the watermelon in his hand. After taking a bite, he handed it to her mouth and asked her to take a bite too.

She saw that it was covered with Tiedan's saliva and she couldn't bring herself to eat it.

After washing the sheets, Li Guihua hung them on the clothesline to dry. She turned around and snatched the watermelon from Tiedan's hand. Regardless of Tiedan's crying, she put it to her mouth and ate it in two gulps.

Tiedan opened his mouth: ToT

Ignoring Tiedan who was rolling on the ground and crying, Li Guihua pulled over a chair and sat down. "Your eldest brother told me yesterday to ask Jiang Qin to tell you that someone came to ask about the water melon. I guess you also know about it."

"I see. I came back today on purpose."

As the two were talking, Zhong's father and Boss Zhong came back, sweating all over.

After dinner, Boss Zhong asked Zhong Ruyi what she thought, "The first crop of melons in the field is almost gone, and the second crop is still growing. If we give the melons to them, the people from the restaurant won't be able to get any melons."

Zhong Ruyi hesitated for a moment, "I will talk to them tomorrow. I have a way, brother, you don't have to worry."

The next day, she went to the melon field early and saw that there were not many watermelons left, and some small ones had not yet grown.

She has a lot of them in her space, and they grow back as she picks them, so she doesn't have to worry about running out of food. But she's afraid of attracting attention if she takes out too many at once, so one or two is no big deal.

It would be nice if there was something to cover it. Or maybe I should just put the melons in the store myself and then ask someone to come and pick them up?

That should be possible. If someone asks about it, just say that you had someone bring it from the village at night.

Just then, a horse-drawn carriage came rumbling by.

Two people got off the carriage, a middle-aged man and a young man.

Boss Zhong was weeding, and when he saw someone coming, he immediately walked over to Zhong Ruyi and said, "This is the butler Fang I told you about who wanted to buy the water melon."

Boss Zhong had never seen the young man next to him.

He introduced Zhong Ruyi to Butler Fang, "Little sister, this is Butler Fang. Butler Fang, this is my sister. If you want to buy watermelons, you can talk to her in detail."

Butler Fang is a slightly plump middle-aged man. He has had a smile on his face since he got off the carriage.

However, Zhong Ruyi glanced at his and the young man's positions, and it seemed that the young man's status was higher than his.

Otherwise, Butler Fang would not appear so humble and polite when facing him.

"Miss Zhong, I believe Brother Dafu has already told you the purpose of my visit." Butler Fang said with a smile, and when he saw Zhong Ruyi nod, he sighed.

"We got the news too late. We also shipped watermelons to other counties to sell before, but the two ships that returned this year encountered stormy weather. Although the people were fine, all the goods were lost."

"It just so happened that one of our cooks went out shopping and bought some water melons from your store. That's when we learned that water melons are actually grown in Xinghua Village!"

He became more and more excited as he spoke, his face turned red and saliva flew everywhere.

The young man next to him had already run to the melon field. He was touching this melon and knocking that melon, looking very excited.

Zhong Ruyi pretended to be embarrassed, "Butler Fang, you know, we don't plant much, and you came a little late. The melons in our village have all been reserved by Manxianglou and Shiweige in town. Look at this..."

Butler Fang was immediately anxious, "No! Miss Zhong, can you share some of the money with them?"

"That's fine, but Butler Fang, how much do you want? If it's too much, I probably can't do it." Zhong Ruyi looked like he meant it, I'll help you this time.

Butler Fang rubbed his hands involuntarily and said with a smile, "How about 300 a day?"