Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 213

Chen Dongzhi first went to the restaurant he usually went to, knocked on the door, and waited for a long time before someone came to open the door. The person who came was a waiter who had asked him to sell roe deer at Yu Mansion last time.

Seeing that he was pulling something covered with dry straw behind his cart, but couldn't see what it was, the boy wrinkled his nose and asked, "What are you pulling?"

Chen Dongzhi showed the things on the back of the cart. The boy walked over to take a curious look and even reached out to touch it. It was cool. "What is this? Winter melon?"

I saw green striped or black-skinned melons lying on the cart, adding a bit of coolness in this hot weather.

Zhong Ruyi also came along. Some of her melons were placed on Chen Dongzhi's cart, and some were taken to the market by her third brother to set up a stall.

Seeing that the boy didn't understand, she said, "Hey, boy, these are the water melons we grew ourselves. See if you want to harvest them. If not, we'll go ask the next store."

"Water melon?" The young man had never heard of it, but this man had come many times. Every time he brought over deer or wild pheasants or roe deer, the boss would take them.

He thought for a moment and said, "Wait here for me, I'll go in and ask."

"Okay." Chen Dongzhi responded and pulled the cart to the side to avoid blocking the road.

"Brother Dongzhi, do you think no one will want this melon?" Zhong Ruyi turned around and glanced in the direction of the boy. The two of them waited for a long time but no one came.

Chen Dongzhi didn't know either, but he had eaten this melon before. It was very sweet. It would be very comfortable to eat a piece or two in such hot weather.

He said uncertainly, "It shouldn't be that no one wants it, it's just that more people want it than less."

In the lobby, Mu, the head clerk, had just straightened up after seeing off a wealthy businessman when he heard the waiter whisper in his ear that someone was pulling a cart of water melons in through the back door.

Water melon?

Manager Mu frowned and thought, there would usually be water melons in the restaurant, all brought back by the people on the boat.

It's only the beginning of May and someone is already selling watermelons?

He didn't quite believe it.

He had to have people wait at the dock to buy a few water melons, so how could someone come to his door to sell them now?

But he thought about it and gave the boy one or two taels of silver, "Go, buy one of the water melons they are selling and bring it back for me to see."

The young man took the silver and rushed to the back door, fearing that the two men would leave if they waited too long.

Zhong Ruyi and the other person waited for a long time, and finally the waiter came back and only asked for one.

She was a little frustrated, "Brother, you just want one?"

The waiter raised his chin slightly and said, "Yes, our boss said that if we only want one, and if it doesn't taste good, we will ask you to pay for it."

Zhong Ruyi was confident then. He carefully picked one for the waiter and asked Chen Dongzhi to give it to him. "Two hundred coins!"

She didn't care how much others sold it for. She would just sell the big ones of about 20 pounds for 200 coins, and the smaller ones of more than 10 pounds for 100 coins.

She also told the villagers about the price issue this morning. It's their business whether they listen or not. It would be embarrassing if the price is too high in the future and no one buys. You will have to lower the price again. How would those who bought it at a high price feel when they see you lower the price again?

It is better to sell at a cheaper price at the beginning to avoid difficulty in doing business in the future.

The young man didn't know whether the price was expensive or not. The boss gave him one or two taels of silver, which seemed to be too much for him to spend.

When he was walking away with the watermelon in his arms, Zhong Ruyi greeted him, "Brother, if you think it tastes good, you can go to Xinghua Village to buy some. We grow a lot of them in our village."

The young man was holding a melon weighing more than ten pounds. He waved his hand reluctantly and ran away with the melon.

After losing the first battle, Zhong Ruyi was a little depressed.

Chen Dongzhi comforted her in a deep voice, "If the restaurant doesn't buy it, then I'll set up a stall at the market, and I'll be able to sell it."

Zhong Ruyi thought that this was the only way, "Then I'll go with you."

Meanwhile, the waiter returned to the lobby with a melon he had never seen before. The manager had just seen off an old customer and was leaning against the counter talking to the accountant about this month's revenue.

"Boss! I bought the melon, and this is the remaining money!" The waiter put the melon on an empty table with a flattering smile on his face, and diligently got a knife.

Manager Mu looked at a large emerald green melon on the table and frowned slightly. The melon did look very similar to the water melon he had bought before, but the color of this melon was more beautiful and green.

He took the knife handed to him by the waiter, aimed it at the middle of the melon, and cut it with one stroke.

The knife was just gently inserted into the melon and it cracked with a snap.

When the guests at several tables nearby saw this, they came over curiously and saw that the whole melon was cut in half with a knife, revealing the red flesh.

Manager Mu was quite surprised. The flesh of this melon was redder than the ones he bought before. Would it be sweeter too?

At the urging of the guests around him, he cut a small piece to try it first.

It is sweet and juicy when you put it in your mouth, and melts in a sip. It is much sweeter than the watermelons that people used to fight for at the docks!

Without having time to spit out the black seeds mixed in the red flesh, he ordered the confused waiter, "Go stop the man selling melons and buy all the melons he has for me!"

With the way he behaved, how could the guests around not know that this melon was delicious?

They all shouted at him to bring the melon over. They wanted to eat it. They were all rich people, so they ate it if they wanted.

Manager Mu smiled and said, "Please wait for a moment, my dear guests. I will ask someone to buy it right away."

Then he told another waiter to distribute the cut melons to the guests present.

The young man who was ordered by Manager Mu to stop the two melon sellers, was dumbfounded when he saw the street full of people except for the two melon sellers.

What should I do?

He had finally gotten this job, was he going to lose it just because he didn't help Manager Mu do his job well today?

The young man suddenly remembered what the young girl had just said, where did they plant a lot of them?

I racked my brains for a long time before I figured out what kind of flower village it was. Was it Peach Blossom Village or Lotus Village?

Afraid that Manager Mu would have to wait too long, he hurried back to the restaurant without thinking for long.

Seeing that he had nothing in his hands and the two people who were said to be selling melons were not behind him, the headmaster Mu looked gloomy. "What's going on? Didn't I tell you to call them back? Why don't they want to come?"

The young man could only honestly convey to Manager Mu what the couple had just said to him.

"Taohua Village?" Manager Mu stroked his beard and made a decision in his heart.

He called the purchasing manager and asked him and his assistant to go to Taohua Village to buy fifty water melons.

The buyer followed the boy in a daze and set out on the road to Taohua Village. Halfway through the journey, he remembered that he hadn't brought the cart. How could he bring back the fifty watermelons?

The two looked at each other, and finally decided to wait and borrow a cart from the villagers.