Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 275

In the evening, Mr. Zhong just came from his second son's new house. As soon as he entered the door, he saw his precious daughter back and couldn't help but smile.

He was in a good mood until dinner time, but after listening to Zhong Ruyi's words about the incident in Jiangjia Village that angered everyone, he frowned, took a sip of wine, and stopped talking.

There are several children in the family, and they would not feel good to hear such things. When I heard from my daughter that those who were sold were six, seven, eight or nine years old, I felt even more uncomfortable.

Liu Yu Niang frowned and asked worriedly, "Can it be found?"

Zhong Ruyi didn't know either. She shook her head and said, "The county magistrate has already sent people to look for them, and the parents of those children have also gone there to look for them. The bandit leader only mentioned two locations and refused to say more."

"It's so abominable!" Li Guihua was furious. She had never thought that there would be someone in this world who could do such a cruel and cruel thing.

Except Tiedan and Cuicui, all the other children could understand what was said, and their young faces were filled with heavy expressions.

Although this matter is very infuriating, it is still somewhat funny to see the expressions of these children.

Thinking about the birthdays of several children that were mentioned during the day being combined together, Zhong Ruyi asked Cuicui, "Cui, I heard from your mother that you will have your birthday in a few days?"

Cuicui didn't have much reaction. The children in the family were not allowed to celebrate their birthdays. At most they were given a piece of candy to sweeten their mouths on their birthdays.

Zhong's mother said that children are still young and it is not customary to celebrate birthdays, only the elderly celebrate birthdays.

Xiao He raised his hand, "Aunt, I was also born in this month!"

He thought his aunt didn't know, so he went along with it and talked about it, but he never thought there would be anything fun in celebrating a birthday.

Mr. Zhong nodded, took another sip of wine and said, "The four of us in our family were born in the same month. Except for Shitou and Lanlan, your aunt and the three of you were all born in the same month."

"Dad, drink less. Mom will nag you when she comes back!" Zhong Ruyi couldn't help but say something when she saw him drinking one sip after another.

"I just haven't had a drink in a long time. Okay, okay, I won't drink it. I'll put it away." Father Zhong originally wanted to get a few more sips for himself, but when he met his daughter's eyes, he had to give in. He awkwardly asked Boss Zhong to help him pour the wine back in the glass and drink it again in a few days.

Ever since the third brother got married, whenever Zhong's mother was not at home, Zhong's father would run to his youngest son's new room to ask his daughter-in-law for wine.

Huang Ying didn't dare to disobey her father-in-law because she was a daughter-in-law, so every time Zhong's father came to ask for money, she gave it to him, but it was not much.

The reason why the jar is full now is that in order to enjoy drinking more at one time, Mr. Zhong saves the wine he gets from his daughter-in-law every time.

I have finally saved up a jar, so shouldn’t I drink it quickly when Mrs. Zhong is not at home?

"Dad, don't drink too much. Mom has told you so many times, but you always turn a deaf ear to it. I will tell Mom tomorrow! You are pretending to obey but secretly disobeying me!"

Father Zhong begged for mercy, "No! Dad won't dare to do it again. Please don't tell your mother, okay? Dad will give away all the wine tomorrow. Don't tell your mother, my daughter!"

"Then I'll go with you tomorrow to deliver it." Zhong Ruyi made the decision immediately, fearing that her father would play a trick of replacing the prince with a cat and just pick up a jar of wine and say it was delivered.

After talking about drinking, she turned around and asked the children who were going to celebrate their birthdays, "How about your aunt celebrate your birthdays together? It's in these few days. It just so happens that Shitou and Xiaohe Private Schools are also on holiday for two days. If you are happy, you can also invite your good friends to come over and play."

"Really?" Shitou and Xiaohe's eyes sparkled. They looked at each other and said in unison, "Then can we invite some classmates over?"

Zhong Ruyi smiled, "Of course you can. It's your birthday, so you can invite anyone you want to come. But if you want to invite classmates, you must get their parents' consent before they can come, understand?"

Cuicui didn't have any objection. She wasn't like Shitou and Xiaohe, who had classmates in the same class as them. Only two little girls in the village, Xiaohua and Xiaozhu, got along well with her.

It was agreed that they would celebrate their birthdays two days later, and Zhong Ruyi was just about to go to bed.

Li Guihua came to her room and talked about what happened in the workshop recently.

"...The mason, I went to order a jar last time, but he said he wanted to raise the price. Before, the price was only two cents, but now he wants three cents."

Zhong Ruyi frowned slightly, "Did he say why the price was raised?"

The clay used to make the pots is dug by the masons themselves. It requires no capital but only time and effort.

Two cents per piece was already considered expensive before, but he was the only mason in the nearby village, so Zhong Ruyi never thought of looking for someone else.

Moreover, every time she placed an order, it was in the thousands. For example, last time Mrs. Yu ordered 4,000 cans.

Four thousand jars, two cents each, this was a considerable income for a mason.

Li Guihua shook her head. "No, but I always feel that they give me a weird feeling. The last time I went there, their attitude was not as good as before. They spoke in a rather reserved manner."

This was not the first time she had gone there. The previous times she had gone there, the mason had spoken politely and served her tea and water attentively, obviously treating her as an important customer.

But when she went there a few days ago, the mason's wife not only offered to pour her a cup of tea, but she also casually reminded her, "Remember to mark the jar with a line."

With just these words, the mason's wife said sarcastically, "Hey, look at what you said. The price of our jars is already very low, and you still have so many requirements. Next time you want so many jars and want to draw lines on them, you will have to charge more!"

Li Guihua immediately frowned and said in a low voice, "Our boss also agreed on this when he first came to you to make the order. What do you mean by this? Are you going to go back on your word?"

The mason's wife also realized that what she said was wrong, and hurriedly said, "Alas! That's not what I meant. You must have misunderstood me. Come on, have some tea!"

If the two families didn't have to cooperate, Li Guihua really wanted to quit.

The couple, one spoke in a sarcastic tone, while the other kept silent and let his wife speak to the guests like that.

Zhong Ruyi frowned and said, "Go back to sleep. I'll go over there tomorrow and ask if the price increase is due to something wrong with the raw materials."

"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow and see how they have the nerve to say they want to raise the price!" Li Guihua gritted her teeth.

Before Li Guihua returned to her room, it suddenly started to rain outside.

"Oh, it's raining again. Tomorrow after we go to the mason's place, I'll ask Cuicui to go up the mountain to dig chicken-foot mushrooms."

Coprinus comatus is also known as chicken mushroom.

At first, Zhong Ruyi didn't know what it was. One time, Zhong's mother went up the mountain and dug up a lot of it and came back to make chicken mushroom oil. She put some of it in the noodles when mixing them, and it smelled so good!

"Sister-in-law, let's not go to the mason tomorrow. Cuicui and I will go dig chicken-foot mushrooms together, and then go find the mason after we're done!"

Zhong Ruyi called out to Li Guihua from behind, but fearing that she didn't hear clearly, she got out of bed and went out to say it again.

"Okay! You go back to sleep. I have to sleep too."