Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 233

When Aunt Wang returned home, the meal was not yet cooked, and the whole family was waiting for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to come back and cook.

She was a little angry, and Mrs. Wu was very sensitive to it. She quickly fried a few dishes and served them on the table without letting her mother-in-law get involved.

But they were not in the same place. Wu was making meat floss. Meat floss was not like chili sauce. It had to be stir-fried all the time. Even though she was used to doing farm work, her hands were still shaking after a day's work.

When they sat down to eat, Aunt Wang adjusted her mood, forced a smile at her youngest son who was concentrating on eating, and said, "Da Zhuang, your sister Ruyi asked if you are willing to help her. She will give you 80 cents a day. In the morning, you will go to the town to buy food, and in the evening, you will go to the small courtyard over there to keep watch."

Zhao Dazhuang was feeling depressed because he was the only young man in the village who had been idle at home these days. Everyone else, including his mother and sister-in-law, now had work to do, paying eighty cents a day.

But now, when he heard that Sister Ruyi asked his mother to ask him if he was willing to work for her, he agreed without hesitation.

"I do! Mom, I do!" he said repeatedly.

Zhao Ganwei and his eldest son Zhao Dali were equally happy. In this way, except Tie Niu and Zhao Ganwei, everyone else in the family would have an income.

He just sold watermelons last month and made some money. This month, the Chen family was building a house, so Zhao Dali went to help, earning eighty cents a day.

Aunt Wang and Mrs. Wu went to work in Kashgar yesterday, also earning eighty cents a day. Even if they only work for a month, it would be a considerable income!

The whole family was delighted. Even Aunt Wang, who came back and saw that her family was still waiting for her and her mother-in-law to cook, was happy.

However, "Your sister Ruyi said that if you work for her, you have to be responsible! If you can't do it, she can always replace you, so you must pay attention."

Aunt Wang tried her best to educate her youngest son. The child was tall and strong. At the age of fifteen, he was a head taller than his father and eldest son.

She was really afraid that her younger son would mess up this good job.

Zhao Dazhuang promised, "Mom, don't worry! I will definitely work hard!"

After dinner in the evening, Aunt Wang took Zhao Dazhuang to the Zhong family to find Zhong Ruyi.

Zhong Ruyi felt really pressured when she saw this fifteen-year-old boy who was almost two heads taller than her when he stood up.

"Da Zhuang, your mother told you everything, right?"

Zhao Dazhuang patted his chest, making a loud clapping sound. "I said, Sister Ruyi, I'm willing to work for you!"

She nodded, and fearing that Aunt Wang hadn't explained it clearly, she repeated what she should do, "You have to get up earlier than us in the morning and go to town to buy food. After buying, you can go back and rest. You don't have to watch over the small courtyard. Wait until we get off work in the evening and you can come and watch over it. I'm not asking you to sleep here, but to watch over the things in the small courtyard to make sure they are not stolen. So you'd better rest during the day so that you can have energy to watch over it at night."

"I know, Sister Ruyi. I will go back to sleep after buying the ingredients and come back in the evening." Zhao Dazhuang already understood these words.

Aunt Wang explained it very clearly to him yesterday, and she was afraid that he would quit after only two days.

This requires watching things in the yard at night. Although it doesn't require any physical work, it is mentally taxing.

Since he had been told clearly what he was here for, Zhong Ruyi didn't waste any words and directly gave him twenty taels and the key to the small courtyard. "Here, this is the money for this month's purchases. You need to buy fifty kilograms of pork a day. If you need more, I'll tell you. Put the things in the small courtyard after you buy them, and you can go back and rest when the people come."

Zhao Dazhuang took the twenty taels with trembling hands. This was the first time in his life that he had received so much money. Although it was not his, it was still very exciting.

After taking the money, Aunt Wang took the silly Zhao Dazhuang back home.

Before leaving, Zhong Ruyi reminded him again, "You must go to town early, okay? Otherwise, the good meat will be picked up by others."

"Okay! I will get up early tomorrow."

The next day, when Zhong Ruyi went to the small courtyard, Zhao Dazhuang was chopping wood. When he saw her coming, he smiled foolishly and said, "Sister Ruyi, you're here so early."

She nodded and went to take a look at the pork they had bought. They had picked out good parts of the pork, and it was obvious that the child had put a lot of effort into it.

"Go back and rest, and come back in the evening."

Zhao Dazhuang put down the knife in his hand and said, "Then I'm leaving, Sister Ruyi."

When everyone was at work, they heard Aunt Wang talking about it and found out that Zhong Ruyi had asked her youngest son to do the shopping and keep watch over the night.

After hearing this, several aunties whose families had young and idle grandchildren at home felt it was a pity. If they had known that Ruyi would need someone to come and watch over the night and buy ingredients, they would have recommended their own sons and grandchildren.

It's a pity that such a good job was taken by someone else.

Zhong Ruyi doesn't care what they are thinking. She just speaks out whatever opinions she has in mind. She can recruit whoever she wants without getting anyone's consent.

If they don't do their job well and make any mistakes, at most I will give them another chance for the sake of being from the same village, but no more than that.

We looked for them because they are from the same village and live close to each other. If we looked for people from other villages, we might attract some monsters or demons.

Making meat floss is much more tiring than making chili sauce and pork jerky, so Zhong Ruyi always asks them to make meat floss for two days and chili sauce for one day to give them some time.

Ten of the twenty large winnowing baskets that I ordered from my sixth uncle have been delivered, so I can also start preparing pork jerky.

The villagers had just finished harvesting wheat and were selling watermelons. Then the Chen family needed to hire people to build a house, and the Zhong family wanted to make soy sauce. In the entire village, no one was idle.

Except for Wang Laizi's family, it can be said that every household has something to do and can make money.

But Wang Laizi didn't think there was anything wrong with this. He looked at the villagers busying around, and then touched the few taels of silver he had earned from selling watermelons, and felt very satisfied.

Just when the main hall of the small courtyard was filled with jars of dried pork, meat floss and chili sauce, Chen Dongzhi and Zhong Laosan returned from their escort mission.

Chen Dongzhi had just arrived home and before he had time to look for Zhong Ruyi, Zhong Ruyi came to his door first.

After the two exchanged pleasantries and asked about each other's well-being, Zhong Ruyi directly asked him if he could help deliver a batch of goods to Yu Mansion in town.

"Okay, how much?" Chen Dongzhi didn't ask any more questions and agreed directly.

Just as she finished talking and was about to leave, Chen Dongzhi quickly grabbed her.

"Sit down for a while, don't leave in a hurry."

This was the first time they sat down and talked face to face after they got engaged. The last time they looked at the homestead, they went their separate ways after they finished talking, and then Chen Dongzhi went out to escort the caravan.

Zhong Ruyi was in a hurry to leave just now, but after being pulled to sit by Chen Dongzhi, he was no longer in a hurry and asked him what he had gained from this trip to Nanzhou.

Speaking of this, Chen Dongzhi suddenly stood up and said, "Wait a moment, I'll go in and find something for you."