Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 382

"Why is the price different from the last time I came?"

Chen Dongzhi frowned and asked, "The last time I came here, the shopkeeper said that the price was already the lowest. Now the price is lower than last time. Could it be that he calculated it wrong?"

The shopkeeper glanced at him, then looked at the customers waiting to get medicine and whispered, "This is a little gift from our boss. It's a thank you for saving her. We'll give it to you at this price in the future."

However, this discount was not used for Chen Dongzhi and his team, but was given to the owner who helped them transport the goods.

It seems that this is not a kind gesture. The shopkeeper thought, if the young lady wants to repay them, wouldn’t it be fine if she gave them some money? Why should she give this favor to others?

But Chen Dongzhi thought it was feasible. When he went back, he had heard from Master Duan that Madam Yu was very dissatisfied with their delay and had decided not to cooperate with them. The escort agency had lost this important client.

If the price offered this time is suitable, and the person Mrs. Yu finds next time is different from theirs, then they might still have to cooperate with them.

"Thank you very much!" Chen Dongzhi didn't act pretentiously. After thanking him, he paid the bill, took his things and prepared to leave.

Meng Yuzheng watched them walk away, then turned around and went back to the Meng family.

After leaving the herbal medicine shop, Chen Dongzhi asked Dafeng whether he wanted to rest for a night before going back or leave now.

Dafeng was also eager to go home. He had a pregnant girl named Zhang Mingzhu at home, and he wanted to stay by her side all the time without leaving. But when Mrs. Yu came to his house, his wife kept saying that she was fine and that her parents and sister-in-law were at home, so he could go out and do his work without worry.

Now that things are done, of course the sooner I go back the better!

The two men had the same idea, so they went back to the inn, tied up the horses, and started on their journey with the bezoar and dry food.

One morning, the two dusty men appeared on the streets of Liuyun Town.

"Brother Chen, we're here." Dafeng spoke to Chen Dongzhi who was resting in the carriage. These past few days, one of them drove the carriage while the other rested inside. It took them five days to arrive without stopping.

Chen Dongzhi's voice was a little hoarse, he lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage.

There were people coming and going on the street, and there was always a constant stream of people in front of Yu's herbal medicine shop, some coming in and some leaving.

He went straight in to find the shopkeeper and said, "Excuse me, the bezoar that Madam Yu asked us to bring has been delivered."

The shopkeeper went out with him to check the goods. After confirming that they were correct, Chen Dongzhi handed him the remaining ten taels of silver from the purchase of bezoars. "Here is the remaining silver, a total of ten taels. Please return it to Madam Yu."

"Okay! Take care!" The shopkeeper smiled, and after the people left, he put the ten taels of silver into his arms.

The two of them went out on this trip to take private work, and the escort agency tacitly agreed that as long as there was no goods to be delivered, it was acceptable to take some private work privately. After dividing the money for escorting the goods, Chen Dongzhi hurried back to the village.

Tiedan, who was playing in the mud with his friends at the entrance of the village, saw his uncle coming back on horseback from afar.

He immediately dropped the mud in his hand and shouted to Chen Dongzhi who was getting closer and closer, "Uncle, Uncle!"

Chen Dongzhi stopped in front of them, and several children with mud on their hands and faces were looking at him eagerly.

"Uncle, you are so majestic!" Tiedan sighed sincerely and reached out to touch the horse.

Chen Dongzhi smiled, got off the horse, and gave the children a bag of cakes, "Share it."

He looked at Tiedan who was still looking at the horse, "Dandan, do you want to go back? Uncle will take you riding a horse!"

"Okay! Dandan wants to go home!" Tiedan immediately became happy, and regardless of his friends' attempts to keep him, Chen Dongzhi hugged him in his arms and put him on the horse.

The wind blew past his cheeks, and even just a short distance away, Tiedan was already very happy. After being carried off the horse, he danced with joy and ran happily back to the village entrance to show off to his friends, "I am the most majestic Tiedan!"

He ran and shouted, but his voice was blown away by the wind, leaving Chen Dongzhi holding the horse with a look of confusion on his face.

When Zhong Ruyi finished her work in the workshop and returned home at noon, Chen Dongzhi had already prepared dinner for her.

"Brother Dongzhi! Why don't you come to the workshop to find me when you're back?" She was a little surprised. Before going to bed last night, she had been thinking that he should be back in the next few days.

As a result, he was already home at noon! What a pleasant surprise! There was a hot meal to eat as soon as I got home, and a man warmed the bed when I went to bed at night. I was so happy!

Zhong Ruyi ate the spicy and sour chicken offal happily, taking a bite and eating a mouthful of rice, her heart was filled with joy.

When I woke up from my nap, the sun was high outside.

"Mom will call me for dinner tonight." Chen Dongzhi came in and said. The mom he was referring to was Zhong's mother.

Zhong Ruyi turned over and got up, "Okay, let's go over there!" It was a good opportunity that she didn't have to cook.

Mr. Zhong picked up a chicken drumstick for his daughter and a chicken wing for his son-in-law. "My daughter and son-in-law have worked hard. Eat some meat to replenish your body!"

"Thank you, Dad." Chen Dongzhi picked up the chicken wing and started eating. He didn't feel that his father-in-law was partial to him at all.

"Virtue!" Zhong's mother rolled her eyes and picked up a piece of braised pork for both of them. "Try it quickly. This is made by mother. I also killed the chicken. Some people do nothing but pick up food for others."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhong, who had done nothing, lowered his head silently and gnawed on the chicken butt in the bowl.

After dinner, while her son-in-law was drinking tea in the main room to digest his food, Zhong's mother pulled her daughter into the room to have a private chat.

"What's wrong, mother?" Zhong Ruyi was puzzled. Is there anything that cannot be said in front of everyone?

"Ahem! My dear..." Mother Zhong lifted the hair beside her ear to ease the embarrassment. "My dear, you have been married for a while, right?"

Ok?

Zhong Ruyi turned her head to look at her and quickly realized what the topic of the night was. She smiled and said, "What's the matter? Did someone gossip in your ear?"

Gossiping? Mother Zhong thought that it was that bitch Zhong Mei. When she met her in town some time ago, she mocked her, saying that her daughter had been married for so long and there was no sign of pregnancy, unlike Zhang Mingzhu who got pregnant less than two months after marriage.

"Is your daughter infertile? What's the point of making so much money? A hen that can't lay eggs will be killed and eaten sooner or later!" Zhong Mei looked at her with her chin up, looking like she deserved a beating.

Zhong's mother always beat her when she didn't like her, so the next second after Zhong Mei said this, she felt an intimate contact with a slap on the face.

The two sides competed in kung fu, and Zhong's mother won with her superb martial arts skills. In the end, they spat at each other, turned their faces away and left.

But I have to say that the words said by that bitch Zhong Mei still left a mark in her heart.

That’s why we are having this conversation today.

After hearing how Zhong's mother framed Zhong Mei, Zhong Ruyi laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her back.

Mother Zhong was a little anxious. "Stop laughing. Is there something wrong with Dongzhi? Otherwise, how could my daughter not be able to have children? Tell me, is it Dongzhi who is not able to have children?"

After wiping away the tears from laughing, Zhong Ruyi managed to calm down and told her that Chen Dongzhi was afraid that she would suffer too much when giving birth, so he secretly bought some medicine for her. "So we don't plan to have any more children in the next few years." Unless there is an accident.

Mother Zhong was so shocked that she couldn't say a word. She had only ever heard of men complaining that they didn't have enough children, but this was the first time she heard of one being afraid of having children.

She murmured, "This is crazy!"