Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 143

"Young man, have some tea and sit for a while. Since the house next door has been rented, I can look for somewhere else." Zhong Ruyi poured a cup of tea for the young man.

"No, no, I have to go back first. If there is a vacant store, I will come and let you know." The young man waved his hand and left without even drinking his tea.

They are also very busy. They have to check on some empty stores and houses frequently to clean them or be careful not to let beggars go in to sleep.

After sending the boy away, Zhong's mother looked a little worried, "I thought we could rent it if we wanted to, but it seems we are too late."

"Mom, let's go ask in a few days if there is another place. I also want to rent a bigger one, preferably one that can accommodate more people."

In this way, the people who were recruited could stay in the store, and she could also stay there or go back to Zhongji to sleep.

The next day, Zhong Ruyi saw many people coming in and out of the house next door. They should be doing some repairs, after all, it had been empty for such a long time.

Aunt Chen brought a bowl of food to them and ate while looking at them. "I don't know what this next door is rented for? Such a big deal."

After finishing their lunch, she and Zhong's mother stood at the door, watching, whispering a few words from time to time.

I lost interest in the next few days. Anyway, I can always see it when it opens, so there is no need to rush.

These two days, Zhong Ruyi and her second brother went to see Brother Yang to look at stores again. There were a few vacant stores that had not been rented out yet, but Zhong Ruyi was not very satisfied after seeing them.

Either it is too small, with only four tables in the lobby, or it is too dilapidated. If you rent it, the cost of repairing it will be quite high.

Brother Yang promised her that when a suitable person was found, he would send someone to notify her to take a look.

On the way back, the second brother asked her, "The one I just saw is okay, but it's a little far from Zhongji. But it's still much better than the two we saw before."

Zhong Ruyi shook her head. "Next to it is Manxianglou, and a little further is Jixiang Pavilion. With these two restaurants around, wouldn't it be boring for me to open a restaurant there? If it's far away, I won't even consider it."

Manxianglou and Jixiangge are both on the street just now. They are high-end restaurants. It would be very uncomfortable for someone like me who wants to open a small restaurant to be squeezed in the middle.

"Let's wait a few days and see. Hopefully there will be something better." This was all she could do to comfort herself.

When she arrived at the market, Zhong Ruyi bought some salt and saw a small stall selling all kinds of things, so she walked over to take a look.

There were round fans, paper fans, and some things that looked like seeds. What was even more outrageous was that she saw two pots of chili peppers on the stall.

The vendor looked a bit exotic, and a bit like a classmate from Xinjiang who lived in the same dormitory with her in her previous life.

"Sir, if you like it, you can pick it up and have a look." The vendor saw someone coming and quickly stood up.

Zhong Ruyi looked at the peppers for a few more times. The vendor thought she was interested, so he started to introduce them, "This is from the capital, it's very popular, many people buy it back home as a bonsai, it's very pretty, sir, look at this one, a little green among the flowers, and this one, a little red among the green, how fresh and pretty, would you like to buy one and put it in the hall?"

The corners of her mouth twitched as she listened to the vendor boasting about the two pots of peppers in a fancy way. It was obvious that one pot was mostly red peppers and the other pot was mostly green peppers, but the vendor insisted that there was something like a little red and a little green.

"Is this flower popular in Beijing? Can I take it back and grow it as a bonsai?" asked a young man next to her.

Seeing another potential customer coming, the vendor started boasting again, "Sir, I just came from the capital before the New Year. These two pots are what I sold left. Look at the color and the leaves. After so long, I just watered them and they are growing so well. You don't have to water them every day when you buy them back. Just water them every few days. It doesn't take much time or effort."

"Look at this pot of red flowers. It's so beautiful. If you run a business, buy it and your business will surely prosper!"

Sure enough, the young man was moved by his boasting and immediately asked for the pot of green among the flowers.

The peddler happily accepted the two taels of silver.

Yes, that’s right. He sold the things that grew on half a hill in Xinghua Village for one or two taels of silver.

The Zhong siblings stared at the transaction in amazement, finding it extremely mysterious.

After sending away the customer he had successfully fooled, the peddler looked at Zhong Ruyi and the other man with burning eyes.

"How is it? Sir, this bonsai is very easy to sell. I brought down more than a dozen pots, and only the two I just brought are left. Look, I sold another pot this time. Do you want to buy this last pot?"

Zhong Ruyi laughed dryly, picked up a few packets of seeds on the stall, and asked casually, "What kind of seeds are these, green vegetables or radishes?"

"Oh, these are foreign tomatoes, they come from the West, and here are some." He picked up a packet of black seeds, "These are water melon seeds, they are very valuable! Water melons are tribute, usually sent from the Western Regions to the capital."

Tomatoes? Aren’t those tomatoes?

As for the water melon, she had never heard of it, but she knew it as soon as she saw the seeds. The appearance is very similar to the seeds of watermelon. Considering that watermelon is indeed juicy, it is normal to name it water melon.

There are a lot of watermelons in her space, including a lot of seeded and seedless watermelons. If she bought these seeds, she could exchange them for the better varieties in the space.

This would be a clear path forward. Even if someone doubted her, she could say that she grew the seeds from the town.

"How do you sell seeds like this?"

The vendor was obviously disappointed, but he still said, "Do you want all these seeds? If you do, I'll give you a discount of 100 coins."

Anyway, he has had this seed for a long time. He has tried to plant it before, but it didn't grow. He doesn't know if there is something wrong with the seed.

One hundred coins get you a total of seven or eight packets of seeds, two packets of watermelon seeds, two packets of tomato seeds, and three packets of unknown seeds. You can just exchange them for whatever you have in the space when the time comes.

Zhong Ruyi bought all the seeds. The vendor was quite disappointed with the money given by his second brother. "Sir, look at this little red flower in the midst of green. Don't you really need it?"

She shook her head firmly. Not to mention the peppers on the mountain, her father had planted an acre of peppers at home. Was she still afraid of running out of peppers?

The vendor tried to sell the seeds in a bundle, "Sir, how about this? If you buy this pot of green, I won't charge you for the seeds."

Zhong Ruyi still didn't want it. There was really no need for her to spend money to buy something she already had.

But this vendor is quite good at business and even thought of bundling sales. Unfortunately, she doesn't need it.

She went back happily and told Zhong's mother about the vendor selling chili peppers, which made Zhong's mother laugh.

"He definitely doesn't know that the hills behind our village are full of this stuff!"

After chatting for a while, she told the story of the watermelon and tomato seeds.

Mother Zhong hesitated for a moment and said, "When someone asks you, just say you bought it from this vendor and you don't know anything else."

Zhong Ruyi nodded, "You can take the seeds back to plant for Dad. Mom, didn't you say you wanted to eat this watermelon in the summer?"

"Yes!" Mother Zhong's eyes lit up when she heard this.