Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 380

After having dinner at Chen’s house in the evening, the couple returned to their own house.

Chen Dongzhi was a little surprised to learn that Master Fang wanted to buy the land in the village. "I remember that Master Fang's land is in Qianniu Village. He rents it out to the villagers of Qianniu Village to grow crops every year. He doesn't charge money, but only some grain every year."

Zhong Ruyi flipped open the account book of the workshop that Li Guihua had sent over during the day and said casually, "He has changed his mind again. Now he wants us to sell all the melons and apples from our village to him alone, and he will then sell them to Boss Wang and Manager Ding."

Xu Ya helped to keep the accounts. Before Xu Ya was around, Li Guihua could only tell her verbally, and she would write down the accounts one by one.

Now, we have Xu Ya who can read. Even though she can't read many words, at least she can write down the expenses and income clearly.

Seeing that she was calculating seriously, Chen Dongzhi did not disturb her and picked up an account book which recorded the amount of labor cost for picking apples and started to read it.

Soon, the two finished reading the account books in their hands and turned off the lights to sleep. When they were half asleep, Zhong Ruyi suddenly remembered what she had thought during the day. If Tiedan still followed her in the future, he would not be able to sleep with her and her husband at night, unless she or Chen Dongzhi took Tiedan to sleep, but not when the two of them were together, for fear that the children would see something that should not be seen!

"Tiedan, don't sleep with us anymore in the future..." She said this despite her sleepiness, fearing that if she didn't explain it now, she would forget it the next morning.

Chen Dongzhi was almost asleep with his eyes closed. After hearing this, he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. He turned over and hugged the man tighter, saying vaguely, "Let Tiedan sleep alone and don't disturb us."

Soon, they both fell into a deep sleep.

After a few days of leisurely life in the village, Mrs. Yu came to the door and asked Chen Dongzhi if he was free and if he could take people to Wuzhou.

"So urgent?" Chen Dongzhi frowned. He had only been back for a few days and he had to go out again so soon.

Madam Yu spoke earnestly, "It's really urgent. The bezoar you brought back last time was not enough. I thought of asking you to go again and bring me more. Firstly, you are familiar with the people who have been there, and secondly, I am worried about other people. I can only ask you and Brother Dafeng to go again!"

Not only did she come alone, she also brought the strong wind with her, and a carriage with her.

This time they only needed one medicinal ingredient, bezoar, so the two of them set off lightly, driving a horse-drawn carriage.

Meeting Zhong Ruyi's resentful eyes, Madam Yu felt a little embarrassed. Her husband had only been back for two days and she had called him away again. She felt really guilty!

I talked to Zhong Ruyi for a while with a guilty conscience. She was really busy. She came and left in a hurry.

At the entrance of the village, Mrs. Yu's carriage passed by several other carriages, but she was resting with her eyes closed and did not notice.

The carriage stopped only after it reached the pine tree in the center of the village. The villagers around were already accustomed to the carriages coming and going in the village, so they were all gathered together talking and no one looked up at the carriages.

Zhao Ganwei, who hurried over, shouted in a low voice, "Come and pay your respects to the county magistrate!"

The villagers who were joking and gossiping suddenly became weak when they heard that the person coming was the county magistrate. They all knelt on the ground and dared not look up.

The county magistrate got off the carriage at this time, and Master Fang got off the carriage behind him.

"Greetings, Lord County Magistrate!"

"What a mandarin!"

"Shut up! Kowtow!"

The county magistrate ignored the villagers, but asked Zhao Ganwei to come over and told him to take him to see the melon fields and orchards.

Zhao Ganwei wiped the sweat from his forehead. This damn county magistrate only notified him after he reached the village entrance, which made him rush here in a hurry!

"Yes, yes! I'll lead the way right away!"

The group went to the melon field. It was now the end of June, and the melons were ripe in large quantities.

I saw the melons on the green fields, some with patterns and some completely black, lying on the ground cutely and obediently.

The county magistrate was very satisfied. He didn't get to eat the melon last year, but this year he was one of the first people to eat it. As soon as he put it in his mouth, he had an idea in his mind, but he just couldn't find a way to do it.

So after learning that Mr. Fang actually had a nephew who was an official in the capital, his previous indifferent attitude towards these businessmen made a 180-degree turn and he began to become friendly.

"Take good care of these melons! They are much more valuable than you!" said the county magistrate. In his eyes, the villagers who had just kneeled in front of him were far less important than the melons in the field.

Zhao Ganwei complained in his heart, where would these melons come from without them? You are such a lousy thing!

But he didn't show it on his face, and replied respectfully, "Yes!"

Mr. Fang frowned slightly. He really didn't like the behavior of this county magistrate.

Last time he clearly asked him to help find the village chief of Xinghua Village to discuss the matter of selling melons, but this person turned around and said that someone from his side wanted to buy all the land in Xinghua Village!

Not a word of truth came out of his mouth!

If I hadn't been smart and told the people in Xinghua Village about this, I would have been cheated!

After looking at the melon field, the county magistrate ordered Zhao Ganwei to take him to the orchard. "You should also call the owner of the orchard. Can you tell us how the fruits grow so well?"

Zhao Ganwei asked someone to find Zhong Ruyi again, "Tell her that the county magistrate has arrived and is about to go to the orchard to check it out, and ask her to come over."

When Zhong Ruyi arrived, there was no one at the foot of the mountain. She wondered if the county magistrate was in such a hurry? Had he already gone up?

As a result, after she walked forward for a while, she saw a lot of people surrounding the county magistrate, some fanning him, some wiping his sweat with handkerchiefs, and some holding water bags and asking him attentively if he wanted to drink water.

The county magistrate, who was surrounded in the middle, had a red face from the heat and his clothes had faint water marks on them.

On the other hand, Zhao Ganwei and Mr. Fang were both very calm and didn't look tired at all.

When Zhao Ganwei saw her coming, his eyes lit up and he told the county magistrate that the owner of the orchard had arrived.

Zhong Ruyi was about to salute, but the county magistrate waved his hand and said, "I will not go up. Master Fang, go and see if you want. I will go downstairs and take a rest first."

After everyone left, Master Fang spat, "You are a useless piece of shit! You are just a fat guy!"

Zhong Ruyi and Zhao Ganwei kept quiet and didn't dare to say anything. No matter how low the rank of county magistrate was, he was still an official, and they didn't dare to talk about him behind his back.

"Master Fang, are we still going up?" Zhong Ruyi asked.

"Let's go, now that we're here." Master Fang asked her to lead the way, and without the county magistrate holding them back, they quickly arrived at the orchard surrounded by a fence.

Zhong Dabao was filling chicken manure under the fruit trees, and Zhao Xiao was repairing a broken fence.

"Cousin!"

"Sister Ruyi."

When they saw Zhong Ruyi coming with people, they were a little nervous.

Zhong Ruyi waved her hand to indicate that she was just here to take a look and told them to get back to their work.

Mr. Fang was fascinated as soon as he entered the orchard. It was already the end of June and the early-ripening apples had been picked. The ones that were still ripe could not be picked until around September.

But small flowers have already appeared on the branches. The bloomed flowers are white, and the buds are light pink, which makes people happy, as if the flowers on the branches are made of silver.