Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 215

The two stood there for a long time and had planned to return the same way, but they happened to meet villagers from Xinghua Village who were happily returning to the village after selling water melons.

At first they thought they were just a group of villagers going to the market in town, but what they said as they walked over made the two of them prick up their ears and listen.

Aunt Wu threw the cart carrying the watermelons to her eldest son, and she and Aunt Zhao walked in front, arm in arm.

"How are you? How are the ten or so water melons you picked this morning selling?" Aunt Wu asked. In fact, this sentence was just nonsense. After all, the villagers picked the water melons to sell, and now there were no water melons on the cart except for some meat and cloth. It was obvious that they were selling well.

Aunt Zhao was obviously happy to show off. She smiled reservedly and said, "Business was not good when I first went to set up the stall this morning. Later, Zhongsheng suggested cutting one and putting it out for customers to see. Maybe someone would buy it. Sure enough, after I cut one, more people came to buy it. I also cut some small pieces for customers to try, and more people bought it."

She was very happy and thought her son's idea was a good one, otherwise no one would buy it.

The two exchanged prices in a low voice, "How much do you want for one?"

Aunt Wu glanced at the other people behind her without leaving a trace, stretched out her hand and made two gestures, a large one for two hundred coins and a small one for one hundred coins.

Aunt Zhao nodded, indicating that her price was the same.

The two of them don't set up their business in the same place, so they can't see how the other business is doing.

They didn't know how the prices were set by the people who followed them, but they just sold at the price Ruyi said.

The buyer and the waiter decided to follow these people after hearing the word "water melon". As a result, they heard even more after following them.

It turned out that the village that grew the water melons was Xinghua Village instead of Taohua Village. The purchasing agent glared at the boy fiercely, and the boy lowered his head guiltily.

Fortunately, fortunately I met these people, otherwise getting scolded when I go back would be a small matter, but having my wages deducted would be a big matter.

The villagers found the two strangers a bit strange, but they thought they might be relatives visiting, so they ignored them and let them follow them all the way to the village.

Among the villagers who went to set up stalls today, except Aunt Wu and Aunt Zhao, all the others quoted high prices. They were very confident at the beginning, but after half a day, no one came to buy. They just asked the price and left, so they started to panic.

He asked other people to watch the stalls, and then ran to Aunt Wu and Aunt Zhao's stalls. He saw that most of the water melons on their stalls had been sold, and there were many people gathered around to buy water melons, so they had no more supply.

After asking, I found out that their prices were different from mine, and Aunt Zhao’s stall also had a water melon that was cut open for customers to see.

After asking, they gritted their teeth and lowered the price from one or two taels of silver. They also cut one in half and put it in front of the customers, just like Aunt Zhao did.

That’s how their business started to pick up.

There are many rich people in the town, but they are not stupid. This water melon, which looks completely different from the ones you have eaten before, is actually sold for one or two taels of silver each. It’s okay to just look at it, but if you really buy it, then you are a real stupid person with a lot of money.

But when the villagers cut the water melons and found the price was much cheaper than the previous one or two taels of silver, they looked at the red flesh that seemed to be juicy enough to make their hands full of juice if they pinched it, and they began to be tempted.

When the first person bought a water melon, the situation was officially opened up. After the person who came to buy the water melon took it home, cut it and ate it, he actually came back in a hurry and bought two more.

The onlookers asked the villagers if they could buy only half.

The villagers agreed. If they could sell one, they could certainly sell half.

So the dozen or so water melons I brought were sold out, and the sales were much better than when I first went to sell them in the morning.

They simply couldn't bear to think about it. If they hadn't gone to see Aunt Wu and Aunt Zhao, and they were still selling them at one or two taels of silver each as before, then when would they be able to sell them?

All the water melons were sold out, and everyone in the town knew about it. They wondered which village had actually grown the water melons.

In the past, people who went on boats didn’t bring much water melon with them, because it was heavy and many people who had bought it said it didn’t taste good. So they brought less water melon with them, and sometimes they had to go to the dock to grab some if they wanted to eat it.

The local water melons are now famous for being sweet, juicy and cheap. Eating a piece of it in this hot summer is simply a happy moment in life.

When Zhong Ruyi and Chen Dongzhi were taking Manager Ding back to the village, they saw a familiar-looking person. She nudged Chen Dongzhi with her elbow and pointed at a young man walking in front of them, "Brother Dongzhi, do you think that person looks familiar?"

Chen Dongzhi looked in the direction of her finger, thought for a moment and said, "He was the waiter at the first restaurant where we went to sell melons."

Shopkeeper Ding was extremely anxious. "Don't worry about who it is. Take me to your melon field!"

Fine.

Zhong Ruyi didn't care whether it was true or not, and took Manager Ding to her own melon field. On the way, she met several villagers who were coming back from selling water melons and greeted her cheerfully. She also smiled and greeted them.

I originally wanted to ask how the melons were selling today, but Shopkeeper Ding couldn't wait any longer, so he asked for the direction of the melon field and went over to take a look.

She couldn't just talk and ignore Shopkeeper Ding, so she quickly followed him.

Shopkeeper Ding stood in front of a melon field, looking at the big round melons, his heart was filled with joy.

He looked excited. Before he came, Zhong Ruyi sold all the melons on the cart at the door to him. Now, looking at the melons in the field, he felt even happier.

Zhong Ruyi randomly picked a ripe melon and asked Chen Dongzhi to split it open with his hands to reveal the red flesh inside.

"Uncle Ding, don't worry! This melon can't be wrong!"

Shopkeeper Ding laughed and stroked his beard, "Okay, okay! Ruyi, I'll send people to pick the melons starting tomorrow!"

After looking at the melons in the field, the three men were walking back with the melons that had just been split, and they happened to meet the young man and the purchasing agent.

When the young man saw her and Chen Dongzhi, he ran over with the shopping as if he had seen his own parents.

"Girl! Girl! You made it so hard for us to find you!"

He had a warm smile on his face, and he bent down slightly, saying with a smile, "I went back to the back door to look for you, but you had already left. We heard that you were from Xinghua Village, so we came here to look for you."

Zhong Ruyi knew that they would definitely come back to find her after eating her own melon, but she didn't expect it to be so soon.

She cast a smug look at Chen Dongzhi, and received a doting and helpless smile from him.