Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 183

Zhong Ruyi sent him away with a few words. Just as she closed the door and continued to make the sauce, there was a knock on the door again. She thought it was the young man who had just come back, so she opened the door a little impatiently.

As it turned out, the person standing in front of her was a very tall and strong man. She didn't know how tall he was, but she had to look up at him.

She blinked and asked cautiously, "Big brother, what can I do for you?"

The sturdy man wrinkled his nose and said in a muffled voice, "What are you doing with the door closed? I just came back and I'm sneezing because of the fumes!"

After saying that, he sneezed three times in a row.

Facing such a tall and strong man, Zhong Ruyi didn't dare to be perfunctory like she had just been to that young man.

She swallowed and said, "Brother, I just rented this store and planned to do some food business. We closed the store to make sauce."

The sturdy man scratched his head and said, "I work for the escort agency next door. I've been out escorting these days. I didn't expect this teahouse to be sold out. Since it's serving food, I won't bother you anymore!"

After saying that, he walked into the escort agency on the right.

Although the burly man didn't do anything to her, Zhong Ruyi still felt quite nervous standing in front of him. However, she would not admit that it was because she was too short and the height brought her a sense of oppression.

She closed the door carefully, and after waiting for a while, no one knocked on the door again.

Mrs. Zhong saw that it took her a long time to come back, so she asked her who came.

"Aren't there martial arts schools and escort agencies on our left and right? They came over to see what we were doing and said it was irritating."

"what?"

Zhong's mother quickly asked, "They didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"

"No, I explained a few words to them and they left. They didn't seem like difficult people to get along with."

That's good. Mother Zhong was relieved and continued the previous topic, "... Ask your sister-in-law and the others to come and help. They will definitely be very busy in the first few days!"

Zhong Ruyi chuckled, "Mom, that's not certain. What if the guests think the food I cook is not tasty and they don't come again in the future?"

"Pah, pah, pah! Stop talking nonsense!" Mother Zhong glared at her. "After your Aunt Chen ate the dishes you cooked, she kept thinking about it. My daughter's cooking skills are no worse than those of the chefs in big restaurants!"

She turned around and asked Zhong Laoer and the Jiang brothers and sisters who were washing peppers, "Do you think I'm right?"

The Jiang brothers and sisters had already figured out the temperament of the Zhong family over the past few days, and knew that Mother Zhong liked to hear others praise Ruyi the most. At this time, they said in unison: "Yes!"

Zhong Laoer was a little slow in speaking, and was given a sharp look by Zhong's mother. He immediately lowered his head in guilt.

In the martial arts gym next door, Master Jing smelled the pungent smell and looked at the children practicing martial arts on the field.

I saw them doing horse stance, fighting with wooden swords, or engaging in close combat. Normally they were very serious, but recently they couldn't concentrate because of the choking smell coming from next door.

Just now he asked his disciples to go next door to see what they were doing.

How long has this been going on?

Why haven't you come back yet?

Just when Master Jing was about to go find the family next door himself, Si Jing came back.

"Master! Master!" Si Jing ran over in two steps, took a breath and said, "Someone has rented the house next door."

?

and then?

You mean the following?

After Si Jing said this, he looked at his master eagerly, waiting for him to ask questions.

The result was a slap in the face from the master.

"Ah!" Si Jing screamed, "Master, why are you hitting me?"

Master Jing gnashed his teeth. Why did he accept such an apprentice? !

"and then?"

Si Jing got up from the ground, holding his head in grievance, "The girl who opened the door for me said they were making sauce, and they would use it for cooking later."

"Also, she said that everything will be fine after they open in a few days, and the smell won't be so strong anymore."

Master Jing saw that he finally got to the point and reluctantly relaxed his frown that had been on his face for the whole day. "Did she really say that?"

"Really, Master! That's what she told me. If they still act like this at that time, we'll go find her again!"

Master Jing breathed a sigh of relief. "That's fine too. I hope it's really like she said. Go tell the other masters to be patient for a few days. Forget it. I'll go and talk to them."

The escort agency on the other side was also sneezing.

After waiting for a long time, Lao Duan who had gone to ask about the situation next door came back. He quickly went up to him and asked, "What's going on? Lao Duan, what the hell is going on next door? Who can stand this smell for so many days?"

Old Duan, the sturdy man just now, found a table to sit down as soon as he came back. He poured himself a cup of tea and then spoke slowly, "The girl said that she wouldn't be so stinking in a few days. I'm not saying anything bad about you, Old Hu. You have to go out to escort for half a month every month, and you can't stay for long when you come back. Why are you making things difficult for the girl?"

Old Hu blew his beard and glared, "It's not that we are against her, but just smell this smell, who can stand it?"

Old Duan waved his hand, "Alright, alright! It'll only take a few days. The day after tomorrow I have to go to Guangning Prefecture to help deliver a batch of porcelain. You can ask Dafeng and the others to follow me. It's not far anyway, and we'll be back in four or five days."

Speaking of business, Lao Hu also put away his angry expression, frowned and thought for a moment and said, "Bring Shao Ping with you, let him follow and broaden his horizons. He can't stay in the escort agency as a mascot forever, right?"

"Okay!" Old Duan nodded in agreement.

Zhong Ruyi took Jiang Qin to Qianniu Village again.

The main purpose is to let him become more familiar with the terrain so that he won't get lost when traveling between Xinghua Village and Qianniu Village.

Several households in Qianniu Village have a farm. Some raise ducks and chickens. Zhong Ruyi also saw someone raising more than a dozen goats.

"Sister Honghong." From a distance, Zhong Ruyi saw a woman in coarse cloth walking in front of her carrying a wooden basin.

When she heard the voice, Zhong Honghong turned around and saw that it was Zhong Ruyi. She smiled and said, "Ruyi! Why are you here? Is your restaurant going to open soon?"

Zhong Ruyi walked up with Jiang Qin and said with a smile, "Sister Honghong, the restaurant will open the day after tomorrow. Can you bring your brother-in-law and children to support me?"

Zhong Honghong was naturally willing. Zhong Ruyi and their family ordered ten chickens a day. Ten chickens may not sound like a lot, but that would require three hundred chickens a month!

She was very happy and led the two of them towards her home. "Come in and have a cup of tea first. Your brother-in-law is out discussing business with someone now."

Zhong Ruyi praised her, "Sister Honghong, you two are really capable! All the restaurants and taverns in the town have cooperated with you. You have rented such a big mountain to raise chickens. You are really hardworking!"

Everyone likes to hear nice words, and Zhong Honghong is no exception. She grinned and said modestly, "It's okay, Ruyi, you're not bad either. You sell stewed food and run a shop yourself."

When she opened the door, she happened to meet her mother-in-law. The smile on her face froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal and asked with concern, "Mom, where are you going?"

Zhong Honghong's mother-in-law's surname is Qian, and everyone in the village calls her Mrs. Qian.

At this moment, she was carrying a basket covered with a cloth. You could tell at a glance that there were a lot of things in the basket, otherwise it wouldn't be so bulging.

Seeing her daughter-in-law coming back, her face also looked bad. She forced herself to say, "Your sister gave birth to a girl, and her mother-in-law doesn't like her. I have to go and see her!"

After saying that, he took the basket and ran away without even having time to say hello to Zhong Ruyi and the others, for fear that his daughter-in-law would see the eggs in his basket and snatch them back.

Zhong Honghong sighed, but said nothing in the end. She led Zhong Ruyi and Jiang Qin inside.

Zhong Ruyi looked at his nose and then looked at his heart, pretending that he saw nothing. Who doesn't have a difficult sutra to recite? They all got through it this way.

Taking the teacup handed over by Zhong Honghong, Zhong Ruyi looked around the yard and said, "Sister Honghong, why don't I see your two boys?"

Talking about her two boys, Zhong Honghong smiled again, "I sent them to a private school last month."

"Both were sent over?" Zhong Ruyi was surprised.

"No wonder you guys work so hard, it turns out the pressure is on those two guys."

If Zhong Ruyi hadn't gone to the bookstore to buy paper and pen for Shitou Xiaohe, she might not have known how much it costs to support a scholar.

Only after I went there did I realize that it was a considerable pressure.

At this point, Zhong Honghong also sighed, "Sister, you don't know, our chicken farm looks big, but in fact your brother-in-law and I have to put in a lot of effort. It is because it is too hard that we want to send the two boys to school, so that they can make a name for themselves in the future and don't have to suffer like us."