Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 209

Zhong Laosan, who had been chatting and laughing with his younger sister, suddenly became expressionless. He then took big strides forward and put some distance between them.

He tried hard to isolate the two from talking, quickened his pace, and before he knew it he had left them behind.

Zhong Ruyi didn't notice her third brother's gradually increasing speed. She was talking to Chen Dongzhi with her head tilted, "Don't buy such expensive things next time."

Chen Dongzhi looked at her, "Don't you like it?"

"I like it, but if I have to spend so much money to buy a mirror, I won't like it." Zhong Ruyi honestly expressed his thoughts.

"But I want to buy it for you. This is a little gift from me. Don't feel any psychological burden." Chen Dongzhi glanced at her, his voice a little muffled.

Seeing him like this, Zhong Ruyi was afraid that he didn't like the gift she gave him, so she quickly tried to make amends, "I'm not saying that the gift you gave me is bad, I really like it!"

Her eyes sparkled, and she almost raised her hand to swear, "I would love it even if you just picked a flower for me on the roadside!"

"really?"

"Of course it's real! Even pearls are not so real!"

The depressed expression on Chen Dongzhi's face disappeared, "Then I'll buy it for you next time!"

Well, it’s useless to say that. I just hope he won’t buy such expensive things again.

When the three of them arrived at the store, there were several tables of people sitting inside. Jiang Qin was standing inside the door, waiting for customers to call him if they had anything to say.

He also had good eyesight. He saw the three people when they were still walking towards him from a distance. He came out and waved to them with a happy smile on his face.

It can be seen that the food has been pretty good recently. Jiang Qin has grown taller and fatter than when he first arrived. He has more flesh on his cheeks and looks more energetic, no longer looking depressed as before.

"Sister Ruyi! You're back!" Jiang Qin smiled and called Chen Dongzhi and Zhong Laosan, then turned around and talked to Zhong Ruyi about what had happened in the store in the past few days.

The business in the store was the same as before she left. Accountant Meng handed the daily account books to him, and he would only consider the account after he had checked them.

"Oh, by the way, a lot of people have asked us if we sell chili sauce these days, but you're not here so we don't dare to sell it."

Zhong Ruyi didn't expect that someone would ask about the chili sauce. "If they ask next time, I'll sell it to them."

"Then how much should we sell it for?" Jiang Qin asked.

There are two kinds of jars of chili sauce in the store. One larger jar is brought from home and can hold about four pounds of chili sauce. The other is bought in town and is smaller, holding about one pound.

She thought for a moment and said, "The big one is five hundred coins, and the small one is one hundred coins."

"Okay." Jiang Qin agreed and turned around to continue his work.

Zhong Laosan came in and looked around the store, but felt that he could not help much. "Little sister, I will go back first."

"Let me go with you. I still have to buy salt." Chen Dongzhi secretly pulled her hand, quickly let go, and caught up with Zhong Laosan who had taken two steps.

The two bought salt and sugar and were about to go back when they heard a woman's voice behind them, with some doubt, "Third cousin? Is that you?"

Zhong Laosan turned around and saw a young girl who looked somewhat familiar appeared in front of him. He thought for a long time but couldn't remember who she was, he just felt that she looked somewhat familiar.

But the young girl's attention was not on him at all, but on Chen Dongzhi beside him, and she glanced at him from time to time.

Seeing that Zhong Laosan was still silent, the young girl pursed her lips slightly and said softly, "Third cousin, I am your cousin Mingzhu."

Only then did Zhong Laosan remember that this was his aunt's second daughter, Zhang Mingzhu. His expression suddenly turned cold, "What can I do for you?"

Zhang Mingzhu pretended not to notice his cold expression, and her face was still gentle and lovely. "No, I just happened to meet you so I said hello to you, cousin." She looked at Chen Dongzhi, "I don't know who this person is?"

She actually knew his name, she just asked it to get his attention.

Zhong Laosan glanced at Chen Dongzhi beside him, and then looked at his cousin's face full of amorous feelings. What was there for him to not understand?

He glanced at her coldly, ignored the question she had just asked, pulled Chen Dongzhi over and left.

Chen Dongzhi never looked at Zhang Mingzhu directly from beginning to end. He still remembered that this woman rolled her eyes at him in front of the Zhong family's door.

The two men walked very quickly and disappeared in a flash.

Zhang Mingzhu stood there dumbfounded. She never expected that Zhong Laosan would be so disrespectful and just left without saying a word.

She wanted to chase him again, but the market was full of people and their figures had long been drowned out by other pedestrians.

She was so angry that she stamped her feet. Her mother didn't take them to Xinghua Village to visit her uncle these days, so she had no chance to see him again.

I originally wanted to go out for a walk today to relax because my mother had been nagging me at home for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet her by such a coincidence.

Is this the fate between the two?

I just don’t know when I will meet him next time. It’s all because of this third cousin, otherwise I would have been able to talk to him.

On this side, Zhang Mingzhu looked again and again in the direction where the two people left reluctantly, while Zhong Laosan pulled Chen Dongzhi and walked away quickly.

After they walked away, he looked back and saw that no one was following him. He then let go of Chen Dongzhi's hand and said, "If you meet my cousin in the future, ignore her."

Chen Dongzhi had no intention of paying attention to her, but when he saw Zhong Laosan looking at him with a strange expression, he continued, "I saw her eyes rolling around and I knew she had bad intentions! Be careful that she might get on with you someday!"

Seeing that he had listened to what he said, Zhong Laosan nodded with satisfaction. That was right. Chen Dongzhi was his future brother-in-law, and he couldn't have anything to do with other women and make his younger sister sad.

Zhong Ruyi asked Sun Tao to buy some pork. She was going to make more pork jerky. The wheat at home would be harvested soon. Half of the land at home was planted with rice and the other half was planted with wheat.

By then, except for my second sister-in-law, everyone else in the family will have to go to the fields to harvest wheat, and the braised food store and the restaurant will be closed.

Jiang Rong and Jiang Yun can go to Anning Street to sell pork jerky and meat floss first, while he, Sun Tao, Jiang Qin and others will have to go back to help.

After buying 20 kilograms of pork, Sun Tao was hesitant when he heard the amount, "Ruyi, if you buy so much, will it go bad tomorrow?"

The weather is getting hotter and hotter now, and meat doesn’t keep well.

She thought that the meat was to be sold in restaurants and had never considered that it would be made into jerky. So when she heard Zhong Ruyi say that it was to be made into jerky and sold, she started to cut the meat skillfully.

"How do you do it?"

After all the meat was processed, Sun Tao suddenly got stuck, as she had never done this before.