Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 228

Before a month had passed, Zhong Ruyi had already made the pork jerky and meat floss that Madam Yu wanted. Only with the help of Sun Tao and Wei could she have done it so quickly.

Sun Tao originally thought it would be very tiring, but Wei was always very active in her work and would rush to help with any work assigned to her, so after actually doing it, Sun Tao actually felt it was much easier than the previous times.

Mrs. Yu drank a sip of tea and sat in the store watching her employees load one hundred cans of pork jerky and fifty cans of meat floss into the truck.

"If it sells well, I'll ask for more than this amount next time." She looked very pleased, while Baoyue, the maid beside her, fanned her with a fan.

Zhong Ruyi certainly had no reason to turn down a deal that was delivered to her doorstep, so she smiled and said, "I hope Madam Yu's business will flourish and that she will take good care of my small business."

Madam Yu glanced at her and said, "Your business is still considered a small one. I heard that you sold the watermelons to the Fang family for 200 coins, and the Fang family shipped them out and sold each for 2 taels of silver. They made a lot of money, right?"

This matter was mentioned by Master Fang when he invited Master Yu to have tea. At that time, Master Fang said with a smug look on his face, "If it weren't for you, Brother Yu, looking down on this small business, I, Fang, wouldn't be where I am today. Thank you so much, Brother Yu."

Master Yu gritted his teeth in anger, but he couldn't lose his temper as he was still outside. Once he returned home, he had no more restraints and started cursing.

"This old bastard always competes with us for the watermelons every year. This year, we don't know what kind of shit luck he had, but he got the first chance to take the melons. If we hadn't found out too late, he wouldn't have been so proud!"

The maid brought a plate of sliced ​​watermelons. Master Yu looked at the watermelons, which tasted many times better than in previous years, and felt both love and hate for them.

He hated himself for knowing it so late and not purchasing it in time, but he loved that the melon tasted so good. He could imagine that when he sold such good melons next year, wouldn't his pockets be filled with wealth?

Zhong Ruyi had long known that the Fang family made a lot of money from watermelons. This was told by the workers who came to the village to pick watermelons.

It seems that the village needs to plant more next year. Although it is not possible to plant all the land, it is still possible for each family to plant ten or eight acres.

After making so much pork jerky and meat floss, Zhong Ruyi can finally relax for a few days.

Three days later, Chen Dongzhi and Zhong Laosan returned with the goods.

The engagement is about to begin.

Ever since Chen's mother knew that her son asked her to find someone to propose marriage to the Zhong family, there has been a constant smile on her face.

The matchmaker asked the woman if she knew that she would be coming today. Chen's mother smiled and said, "Yes, I know. Thank you so much for troubling you."

"It's not a problem. It's a good thing!" The matchmaker waved her hand and explained the rules.

"This wedding etiquette sounds complicated, but in summary it is nothing more than three books and six ceremonies."

"The three books refer to the engagement letter, gift letter and wedding letter. The six ceremonies are the betrothal letter, the name letter, the good news letter, the date letter and the wedding letter."

"First, the man invites a matchmaker to go to the woman's home to propose marriage. If the woman agrees, the man will bring a pair of wild geese as a gift to formally propose."

After proposing marriage, he would ask a matchmaker to inquire about the woman's birth date and horoscope to find out if they are compatible with the man's. If they are compatible, he would inform the woman and then make proposals, and then send gifts to seal the engagement.

Generally speaking, they are compatible and both parties like each other. There are only a few cases where they are not compatible.

After the engagement, the man sends the betrothal gifts and informs the woman of the auspicious date for the wedding, and she chooses one.

Finally, they get married on the appointed auspicious day.

After sending the matchmaker away, Mr. Zhong sat blankly in the main room, looking outside without moving his eyes.

Mother Zhong is fine. She felt bad before, but now she has come to terms with it.

She reached out and patted her husband, "Well, our two families live so close, if you miss your daughter, you can see her when you turn around the corner when you go out."

"Oh, it's so easy for you to say it. I'm not mentally prepared yet." Father Zhong sighed, looking melancholy.

"Come on, the birth date has already been given out. If you really can't bear to part with it, then go find your daughter and plead your pity for her, and ask her to choose a later date to get married."

Mr. Zhong's eyes lit up and said, "Yes, then let's delay it a little longer. The marriage has been decided anyway, so it's okay to get married later, right?"

He found his daughter making shoe soles under the grape vines with a look of despair on her face, and walked over with a shameless smile.

"What about the soles?"

Upon hearing this, Zhong Ruyi looked up at his father, then lowered his head and struggled with the sole of the shoe in his hand.

Who could tell her why she was asked to make a pair of new shoes for Chen Dongzhi after the engagement? She originally thought it was such a simple thing.

As a result, her hand started to hurt in less than half a day, and the palm of her hand was swollen where the needle was pressed.

Father Zhong felt distressed when he saw this, and he took the needle and the sole from his daughter's hand, "Dad will help you, I am very strong."

Being strong is a good thing, but it is not a good thing when Mr. Zhong broke a very thick needle.

He hid the needle feeling guilty, but where could he hide it?

"This needle is not good. Dad will ask your mother for another one."

Zhong Ruyi really wanted to buy a pair of ready-made shoes directly, but her elder and younger sisters-in-law said that it was better to make them herself, as they had also encountered the same situation.

Li Guihua said, "It's okay, you just give me a few injections first, and I'll help you with the rest. Anyway, you've started, so this is what you do."

What did Zhong Ruyi say at that time? Oh, she said there was no need for her sister-in-law to come, she could do it herself, it was just a pair of shoes, right?

Now she regrets it so much that her intestines turn green.

Why didn't Chen Dongzhi make shoes for her? Why did she have to make shoes? She couldn't bear the hardship.

So when the two of them got engaged and Chen Dongzhi came to see her for the first time, this pair of shoes with the soles not yet sewn was in his hands.

"Look at my hands. They are swollen from making a pair of shoes for you." Zhong Ruyi raised her hands in front of him and showed them to him.

Chen Dongzhi was naturally distressed, "Don't do it, can't you just not do it?"

Zhong Ruyi curled her lips and said, "No."

"Then I'll do it. It's what I want to wear anyway," said Chen Dongzhi.

I've been waiting for you to say this, so after the two of them finished talking, Chen Dongzhi went back with a pair of unfinished shoes in his arms.

Seeing her son staying in the room without coming out, Chen's mother knocked on the door and said, "Dongzhi, why are you staying in the room every day? Didn't you say you were going to ask the village chief about the homestead?"

The door was pushed open, and Chen's mother seemed to inadvertently see that there were other things on her son's bed besides the quilt, but the door closed too quickly for her to see clearly.

Chen Dongzhi went to the village chief's house. The village chief smiled and asked, "Dongzhi, when is the date for you and the daughter of the Zhong family?"

The good news between the two families was also known by the villagers after the matchmaker came to their door and saw it. It has been spread everywhere in the past few days.

"It's not decided yet." Chen Dongzhi took the teacup handed to him by the village chief, "Village chief, I want to build a new house."

Zhao Ganwei was a little surprised. "Isn't your house still in good condition? Why do you want to build a new one?"

Chen Dongzhi shook his head. "The original room should be left to Xiaoman. There is no need to wait for him to grow up before building a new one. I also want to give Ruyi a better life. Just building a new house is not a big deal."

The village chief smacked his lips. This is nothing. Wouldn't it cost dozens of taels of silver to build a new house?