Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 277

Before going to bed, Li Guihua suddenly remembered what Jiang Qin had told her at noon. She quickly told Zhong Ruyi, "Xiao Qin said that the customer had gone back first and would come back in a while. He asked if you could give him a lower price for the grapes. He wanted to ship them back to Jixiang Town to sell."

Zhong Ruyi was stunned. She had forgotten about this matter. Jiang Rong had mentioned it before and she remembered it at that time, but later she forgot about it because of the things happening in Jiangjia Village.

but.

"How far is Jixiang Town from us?"

Li Guihua had never been there and didn't know how far it was. She just shook her head to indicate that she didn't know either.

"I'll ask Third Brother or Dongzhi Brother tomorrow. They've been there when they were escorting people."

The next day, when Chen Dongzhi was helping to lay bricks in Zhong Laoer's new house, Zhong Ruyi went to Chen's house to find him, carrying two cans of oily chicken mushrooms that she had made yesterday.

But since no one was around, Chen's mother happily accepted the fried chicken mushrooms brought by her future daughter-in-law, and said worriedly, "I dug some chicken feet mushrooms a few days ago, but because I came back late, I didn't cook them until the next morning. As a result, they turned sour and were inedible. It was a waste of so much oil."

Xiaoxue took some sugar chestnuts and placed them in front of Zhong Ruyi, smiling and saying, "I told my mother that we should make it that night, but she said it was too late and we should wait until the next day. I guess the reason why it turned sour is because the mushrooms were not fresh after being left overnight, so it didn't taste good."

Zhong Ruyi felt that what she said was right. Zhong's mother had told her the same thing before. It is best to cook the chicken-foot mushrooms that you dig up on the same day. Otherwise, they will be stale after waiting for a day or two and will not taste good.

Chen's mother went to the kitchen and took out the fried chicken mushroom she had made for her to try. Zhong Ruyi took a bite and found that the taste was indeed not right. Not only was it sour, but the taste was also a little bland. But it was still edible. The main thing was that even if the chicken mushroom was cooked badly, it would not be too bad.

After talking for a while, Chen Dongzhi didn't come back, so Zhong Ruyi didn't wait any longer and went to find him directly.

When Chen Dongzhi was squatting in the corner plastering the wall, Zhong Ruyi happened to come over.

"Brother Dongzhi!"

He looked up and smiled, "As you wish."

He then stood up, walked straight over and wanted to reach out to pull her, but gave up because his hands were too dirty from being smeared with mud.

Zhong Ruyi handed him the basket she had brought with her. "Go wash your hands first. I'll wait for you at the door."

She brought strawberries and chicken mushroom oil. When she was at Chen's house just now, she had already given two cans of chicken mushroom oil to Chen's mother, and also took out half of the strawberries for them to eat.

There are still a dozen strawberries left in the basket, which I leave for Chen Dongzhi to taste. If he likes them, I'll give him more next time. There are plenty of them in the space anyway.

There are also strawberries on the mountain, but they are wild and very small, most are as big as a thumb.

The two of them found a place with few people, avoiding other people's eyes, eating strawberries and talking.

"Tomorrow is your birthday, this is for you." He swallowed the strawberry in his mouth and took out a sachet from his arms.

Zhong Ruyi took it and looked at it. She felt that it didn't look like something bought in a store, but more like something she made herself.

But it was definitely not made by Xiaoxue, the stitches are crooked and Xiaoxue's craftsmanship can be sold in a store.

She asked hesitantly, "Brother Dongzhi, you didn't make this yourself, did you?"

Chen Dongzhi nodded seriously, then smiled a little embarrassedly, "I've been doing this for a month, and I can only sew a few stitches when I have time, so I'm not doing a very good job."

Although the stitches were a little crooked, the sewing was very solid. Zhong Ruyi took it in her hand and squeezed it. She unexpectedly felt a hard object inside. She took it out and saw that it was a fist-sized piece of jade.

The jade is green in color, cool to the touch, well-proportioned in shape, with clear surface texture and without a single flaw.

Although she couldn't tell the quality of jade, the piece of jade in her hand looked good.

"Why is there still jade?"

Chen Dongzhi touched his nose a little embarrassedly, "I told you not to be angry."

Zhong Ruyi nodded, signaling him to speak directly.

"When I was delivering goods in Nanzhou before, I happened to see someone selling jade. There were also whole stones. After buying, they could help open them on the spot. No matter whether they were good or bad, they could take them away. I bought a piece, and this is how it was opened."

He didn't say that the vendor regretted his decision after he made the announcement and said he would not sell the product to him anymore and wanted to return his money.

When the peddler saw that he was unwilling to take the money back, several strong men came out from behind him and surrounded him.

Judging from the reactions of the people around him, this is not the first time he has behaved like this.

As long as a customer found good jade at his stall, he would return the money and keep the jade.

If the customer is unwilling, he will be beaten and not allowed to leave until he is willing.

But this time he ran into a tough guy named Chen Dongzhi.

Before those sturdy men could even touch Chen Dongzhi's body, their eyes blurred, and then they fell to the ground with a wail.

The method that had always worked successfully suddenly failed today. The peddler looked at the several strong men who were as strong as bears, and was so frightened that his hands and feet became weak. He could only watch Chen Dongzhi take away the jade he had opened.

Zhong Ruyi didn't know about this, but seeing her carefully playing with the jade, she knew that she must like it very much.

Chen Dongzhi said, "I originally wanted to find someone to help me carve words on it, but the person said that this jade is good and it would be a pity to carve words on it, and it might also damage it, so forget it."

"It's okay. Although it's a little big, I can hold it while sleeping in the summer." She put the jade back into the sachet.

Seeing that she really liked it, Chen Dongzhi felt relieved.

"By the way, Brother Dongzhi, do you know how far Jixiang Town is from here?"

"Jixiang Town?" Chen Dongzhi thought for a moment and said, "About a day and a half. What? Do you want to go?"

It took a day and a half. Zhong Ruyi originally thought that if the place was not far away, she might be able to transport the grapes there to sell, but it took a day and a half to get there.

During the day and a half on the road, the grapes all went bad, and this couldn't be transported using cold chain like in modern times. Forget it, she shook her head and dismissed the idea.

"No, there was a customer who wanted to buy grapes from me. I asked him where he was from, and he said he was from Jixiang Town. Although I'm not responsible for the delivery, it's obvious that the grapes he bought were spoiled when he brought them back. I don't think this business can be done."

Moreover, she only planted two grape plants, which were in her yard. Although they had begun to bear fruit, it was the first year so not many were grown. They were enough for the family to eat and some to give to relatives, but the rest was gone.

Zhong Laosan heard the worker say that his sister was coming. He looked around and saw his sister and Chen Dongzhi talking in the corner. He didn't go over to disturb them. After taking a look, he went back to work. Zhong Laoer was not at home, so the family had to pay more attention to the house matters.

On the way back, Zhong Ruyi suddenly remembered that she had to go to the mason's place, so she took the basket home and was about to call Li Guihua to go with her.

But Li Guihua was still in the workshop at this time and probably couldn't leave, so she had to go alone.

Zhang Mingzhu popped up from nowhere and asked, "Where are you going? Can I come with you?"

Zhong Ruyi had no objection, "Okay, let's go together."

The two of them traveled for a few quarters of an hour to reach Yangliu Village and went to the mason's house.

The mason's wife was talking to someone at the door. When she saw her coming, she came over with a smile and asked, "Ruyi, how come you have time to come here?"