Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 316

Tian Er's injuries were not serious, and Aunt Tian took him back to the village that day.

He had fifty taels of silver given by Boss Zhao in his pocket. Logically, Zhong Ruyi should not give him any more money, but she felt bad because he was beaten for helping her to trick Boss Zhao.

So the next day after Tian Er returned to the village, he went to the town and bought two pork elbows and a few pounds of sugar for him. "Brother Tian Er, if you feel unwell, go see a doctor. I will reimburse you for the medicine."

Fearing that he might have internal injuries, Zhong Ruyi specially soaked a few slices of ginseng in space water, told him it was good for the body and asked him to drink it all in one breath.

After getting the recipe, Boss Zhao studied it for a long time but still couldn't understand what some of the ingredients looked like.

He gave the recipe to a steward who was accompanying him. "Show this recipe to the people in the workshop when you go back. See if they can figure out what's in it. Also, go to the store and buy some pork jerky and meat floss. If you can't figure it out, try them all. Maybe you'll know what's in it after tasting a few more."

The butler folded the prescription and put it in his clothes on his chest, and continued to tell everything he had just found out:

"That Miss Zhong does a lot of business. It is said that last summer, watermelons were planted in their village. The watermelon seeds were brought back by Miss Zhong. She also sells tomatoes, apples and grapes."

"The Yu and Fang families in the town have started canned food business with her. Her second brother has also opened a braised food store in the town. His business is very good and he has cooperated with Manxianglou and Lao Wu Tavern."

Boss Zhao became more and more interested as he listened. He stroked his chin and asked, "Last time you said she was a fool? Did she get better after an illness?"

"Yes." The steward bent over and nodded in response.

"It's really interesting. After being stupid for so many years, he can actually do business after he recovers?" After thinking about it, Boss Zhao put the matter behind him. The most important thing now is to figure out the prescription.

Canned food is a good thing. Some people have already sold it to Beijing. Some people also want to try to make the same thing, but the taste is always different.

The same was true for the workshop he opened in Wuzhou. The canned food it produced didn't taste very good and was not very popular in the market.

The best-selling items now are the canned foods produced by Zhong Ruyi's workshop. In this small town, the Yu and Fang families are making a fortune from these three kinds of canned foods.

He also wanted to get a piece of the pie, and it would be best if he could take over Zhong Ruyi's workshop and hold it in his own hands.

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After Zhong Ruyi gave out the prescription, she waited for a few days and nothing happened.

When I came out of the convenience store, I saw Zhang Mingzhu and a man who looked familiar talking at the door.

Cuicui was wrapping a few egg cakes with oil paper for an aunt while the two of them hadn't finished their conversation.

She narrowed her eyes. Why does this boy look so much like someone from the escort agency? His name seems to be Dafeng?

Not understanding what the two were doing, she turned around and went back to the restaurant.

It just so happened that she came to the town today to meet Boss Wang, and wanted to take him to see the apple trees planted on the hill, and by the way, post a job recruitment notice at the door of the restaurant.

We are looking for a strong man to look after the orchard. The monthly salary is three taels of silver, including lunch.

Boss Wang was waiting in the restaurant. After Zhong Ruyi finished interviewing several middle-aged men who came for the interview, she came to find him.

He was smiling and didn't become impatient at all after waiting for too long.

Zhong Ruyi sent the interviewer away and said to him apologetically, "Boss Wang, I'm really sorry for not coming here today. I'm a little busy here and can't leave. How about we put the fruit tree inspection off until tomorrow?"

Boss Wang agreed readily. He came here just for the fruit trees, so it didn't matter if he waited a few more days.

To express her apology, Zhong Ruyi wanted to treat him to a meal, but he refused. He smiled and said, "Miss Zhong, you should go and do your work first. I'll go around for a walk first."

After saying this, he left with the two servants beside him.

After seeing them off, Zhong Ruyi continued to answer questions from people who came to ask about the job opening notice at the door:

"Yes, three taels of silver a month, to fertilize the fruit trees, weed the trees, and protect them from birds and thieves while the fruits grow. During the three-day trial period, I can provide a place to live, but there is only one room, so you can't bring your family with you."

A man in his forties asked, "Your wages don't seem high for one person to watch over such a large mountain!"

Zhong Ruyi glanced at him. He was tall and strong, so he should be able to guard the orchard against thieves. She smiled more enthusiastically, "There's more than one person. There's another person up there. There are two of us watching."

She clapped her hands and said loudly, "On January 3rd and 4th, we give out New Year gifts during the Chinese New Year and other festivals."

The men standing at the door looked at each other. Although they were tempted, they also had to consider that only one lunch was included and they had to cook two meals a day.

Although the wages are high, there are only two people guarding a hill, so the workload is still quite heavy.

After hesitating for a moment, all the men standing at the door left, leaving only a man who looked somewhat familiar standing at the door.

Zhong Ruyi never thought that he could recruit people in one go, and this was only the first day.

Fortunately, my elder brother and father are watching over the mountain, so I have to take advantage of this period of time to recruit people.

Seeing that there was only one person left, she was not discouraged and asked with a smile, "Uncle, do you have anything else to ask?"

After asking, I felt that this man looked very familiar, as if I had seen him somewhere.

Ji Jiang no longer had any hope. He was fired from the dock and lost his job. Now if he still couldn't find a job, the three of them would have to starve.

After a lot of effort, he saw a job recruiting place. He stood there and listened for a long time and finally decided to give it a try.

Zhong Ruyi finally remembered who this man was. She had met him before when she and Zhang Mingzhu went to the dock to sell lunch boxes. He was bullied by his co-workers.

"...Girl, I, I want to ask if I don't want such a high salary, can I bring my mother and children with me instead?"

It's not that he hadn't thought about leaving his mother and daughter in the town, but they would always suffer some contempt and grievances without him around. As far as he knew, Lin, who lived in the same yard with them, often bullied his mother and daughter when he was away.

Therefore, he still wanted to keep both of them with him as much as possible. After all, the job notice said that the job was to be done in the village, not in the town.

Zhong Ruyi was a little embarrassed. The place she was talking about was one of the two rooms in the workshop, which had been rented to Zhao Duoyu's family of three. Now they had built a mud house and moved out, so naturally there was an empty room left.

There is another room for Da Zhuang to rest when he is on night shift in the workshop, and it is where the workers eat and rest during the day.

"Uncle, you see, the place I live in is just an empty room. You said you want to take mother and child with you, I think it will be difficult." She expressed her dilemma, saying that it was not that she didn't want the three of you to be reunited, but the place was just too small.

Ji Jiang originally thought that he would have to spend some time talking. What did it matter if he squeezed a little? What he wanted was for his family to be together.

He quickly said, "It's okay. To be honest, the place we live in now is not very big. The three of us sleep together, so the small place is not a problem for us."

Since he said so, Zhong Ruyi also felt that it was understandable for people to want to live together as a family, so she agreed. However, "Uncle, I have a three-day probation period. I have to wait until the probation period is over. If I am not satisfied within these three days, I will pay you three days' wages and replace you with someone else."

"Row!"

"I happen to be going back tomorrow. You can go with me first. After the three-day trial period is over, you can ask your family to move in with you."