bayedsolid Chapter 234
Chapter 234
Chen Dongzhi was holding a large backpack, which was filled with all the strange things he saw when he was out escorting goods, and he just brought them back.
"...The person who sold it to me said that if you take a handful of this grass and boil it in hot water for about 35 minutes, and then the water turns black, wait for it to cool and solidify, and add sugar or honey to it, it's delicious. It's a specialty snack in Nanzhou."
Zhong Ruyi took the handful of dry grass he handed to her. She couldn't tell what it was, but after hearing what Chen Dongzhi said, it felt very much like the black jelly in the grass jelly we eat today.
"I brought a few of these red-heart fruits home to plant. They say they are very easy to grow. Just stick them in the soil and water them. If I wasn't afraid that the red-heart fruits would rot, I would have brought them back."
He kept on talking about the same thing.
Zhong Ruyi felt that if he had a mobile phone, he would probably take a photo of her wherever he went and send her a message to share the local characteristics.
After the two finished talking, Chen's mother, who had just returned from the new house, saw the two of them, one squatting on the ground and the other sitting on a chair, and asked curiously, "What are you doing? Dongzhi, why did you leave things everywhere?"
"Aunt, Brother Dongzhi is showing me the things he brought back from outside." Zhong Ruyi explained.
Chen Dongzhi put all the things back into the backpack, and said to his mother while holding the backpack, "Mom, I have to go out for something."
Zhong Ruyi also followed, "Aunt, I'll come to see you again when I have time."
Mother Chen muttered, "Didn't you just come back? Why are you going out again?"
But seeing the two figures walking away, she became happy again, and was very happy thinking that her son would get married at the end of the year.
Zhong Ruyi found two carts, laid straw on them, and asked Chen Dongzhi and Zhong Laosan to help move the chili sauce on.
"Brother Dongzhi, you can just take it directly to Yu Mansion. I already told their people yesterday to take the chili sauce over first today."
Yesterday, Mrs. Yu brought her grandson over and was very satisfied to see that their main room was filled with freshly made pork jerky and other items.
He just said he would ask someone to come over, but Zhong Ruyi waited for the whole morning but no one came.
It just so happened that Chen Dongzhi and the third brother came back, so why not use this free labor?
Zhong Laosan muttered, "I didn't even see you ask Third Brother if he had any problems getting used to being away from home. You only have Chen Dongzhi in your mind!"
The tone was extremely sad and angry.
"Okay, okay, Third brother, I'll make you something delicious when you come back!" Zhong Ruyi hurriedly comforted her third brother who was exuding a resentful air.
"This is so true!"
If most of the young and middle-aged men in the village had not gone to the Chen family's new house, Zhong Ruyi would not have been able to find anyone to help transport the goods for a while, and he would not have called the two people who had just returned to work as coolies.
Just as the two of them had stacked the jars and were leaving the village, they saw several horse-drawn carriages coming on the loess road.
Chen Dongzhi didn't look up when passing by the two people, but Zhong Laosan looked at them curiously. However, he didn't know whose house they were visiting.
Zhong Ruyi returned home after seeing the two people walking away. She turned over the large backpack that Chen Dongzhi had just brought to her and found a handful of grass that was suspected to be grass jelly.
I grabbed a handful, washed it with clean water, and threw it into a big pot to cook.
When Chen Dongzhi and the third brother came back, the food had just been cooked and solidified. We checked to see if it was the same as the modern grass jelly.
After finishing, she was about to go to the small courtyard to see how many jars were left, but she didn't know how long she would have to wait as Mrs. Yu said she would arrange for someone to come and collect them.
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Li Guihua ran in breathlessly, "Little sister, there are five carriages coming to the small courtyard. Four of them are the ones that Madam Yu ordered yesterday to bring canned food, and the remaining one is Butler Fang."
"Butler Fang? Why is he here?" Zhong Ruyi was a little surprised, but thinking that a businessman has the most sensitive sense of smell, he probably noticed something about Madam Yu and the canned food she ordered.
The two of them hurried to the small courtyard. As soon as they entered, they saw Madam Yu sitting on a bench in the courtyard, while Butler Fang had a faint smile on his face and was saying something.
No one knew what he said, but Mrs. Yu's expression became a little angry. But when she saw Zhong Ruyi coming over, the expression on her face reluctantly eased.
"Ruyi, you're here at the right time. Butler Fang just had his men carry the jars that you and I ordered onto his own carriage without any regard for the consequences. Do you think this is justifiable?"
Zhong Ruyi frowned slightly. Why was Butler Fang so unstable compared to the first time he came?
"Uncle Fang, these canned goods were agreed upon by Madam Yu and me. How could you rob them? Even if you wanted them, you should have gotten my approval. You see, even Madam Yu waited until I arrived before asking people to load the cans into the car."
After she said this, Butler Fang did not feel guilty at all. He just smiled and said, "Miss Zhong, I was just joking with Madam Yu. Look how serious you two are."
"It's best to joke, but it's best not to have the idea of robbing. Our business is based on integrity. I have already agreed with Madam Yu that I will make everything she wants and give it to her next month. If you rob it, won't it make me lose my integrity in front of Madam Yu? We can't do this."
The words were both soft and firm, meaning that even if you want it, you have to wait until Mrs. Yu finishes this batch.
Butler Fang did mean to joke just now, but his actions were a little too exaggerated and made Madam Yu angry.
He apologized with a smile, and when he saw Mrs. Yu rolled her eyes and stopped talking, he knew that she had let the matter go.
Zhong Ruyi thought that the two of them would no longer argue about what happened just now, so he stopped talking and turned to ask Butler Fang, "Uncle Fang, how come you have time to come here today? We have already picked all the watermelons, so we have to wait until next year."
Of course Butler Fang knew that the water melons had been sold out a few days ago, and Zhong Ruyi had someone tell him about it long ago.
He came here today just to listen to his subordinates say that the Yu family and Zhong Ruyi had reached some kind of cooperation. Anyway, he came here today just to get some information.
"I know. I just came to see you today. I happened to meet Madam Yu on the road, so we came together."
It would be strange if Zhong Ruyi could believe it. Seeing that his eyes were always glancing towards the kitchen, she wanted to go in and get a can, open it and let him taste it.
But Mrs. Yu couldn't wait any longer, so she asked the people who came with her to move all the canned food in the main room into the car.
She suddenly had no mood to open the cans, so she could only say to Butler Fang, "Uncle Fang, please sit down for a while. I'll move the cans for Madam Yu. Cuicui! Come and pour tea for the guests!"
Cuicui was busy in the kitchen with Li Guihua. She came out as soon as Zhong Ruyi called her, holding two cups of tea in her hands. She gave one cup to Butler Fang and one cup to Madam Yu. After serving the tea, she ran back into the kitchen.