Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 320

"I asked around for a few days and found out that Boss Zhao is quite famous in Wuzhou."

When Chen Dongzhi came back from washing the dishes, he saw his wife waiting for him eagerly. Reluctantly, he pulled a stool over and sat down next to her and told her everything he had heard.

"He is famous not because he is a good man, but because he is actually a treacherous villain. He does whatever he wants by relying on the fact that his distant cousin married the prefect of Wuzhou as a concubine."

Zhong Ruyi's eyes widened, and he calculated in his mind what rank this prefect should be.

As if he could see what she was thinking, Chen Dongzhi answered her doubts, "Fourth rank."

Fourth rank?

This is a high-ranking official.

Zhong Ruyi was somewhat surprised that Boss Zhao turned out to be quite influential; no wonder he always spoke with arrogance.

Thinking she was worried, Chen Dongzhi comforted her, "Don't worry, he can walk around freely in Wuzhou, but he has to be cautious outside, otherwise his brother-in-law, the prefect, won't be able to protect him. Besides, the prefect of Wuzhou may not know that someone is taking advantage of others under his name."

"I'm just worried that he might play dirty tricks." Zhong Ruyi expressed her concerns. "He doesn't look like someone who can take a loss. Last time he tried to lower my price but I didn't agree. So he went back and opened his own workshop to make canned food just like ours. But when the result was different, he stole the recipe. People like him are always watching you in the dark. It's as disgusting as walking down the street and someone might come out from a corner and throw dog shit at you."

Now that we know about the existence of this person, we should do our best to guard against him and prevent him from doing anything to us.

Chen Dongzhi pursed his lips and said, "How about I put a sack on him and beat him up?"

Zhong Ruyi chuckled, "Beating people is not a good way to solve the problem. Now we can only take one step at a time and see if he will do something naughty later. If he is satisfied with the prescription, then that's good. If he still wants to do something naughty, I won't let him succeed so easily."

When enemies come, we will fight them; when water comes, we will block it with earth. Everything depends on what Boss Zhao wants to get from her in the future.

The 4,000 cans of food ordered by the Fang family were not delivered in time, and there was still a shortfall. Butler Fang said nothing, paid the remaining money, and took the goods back.

The busy farming season has passed in the village now. Those who grew peppers picked them and sent them to the workshop, which bought them for five cents per pound.

Grandma Ji took Ji Xiaoyu to the villagers' fields to help pick peppers. She could earn two cents for picking peppers at a rate of five cents per pound, and could earn more than ten or twenty cents a day.

The three of them settled in Xinghua Village. After asking the village chief for help to sort out the household registration, they were allocated land. Now they are just waiting to save money to build a house. Although the village is not as big as the town, it is no problem to live in the village and grow some vegetables and raise a few chickens.

Unlike in town, where drinking water costs money, you have to dig a well yourself, but the money from digging a well is enough for a family to have drinking water for most of their lives.

Although Ji Jiang had some disabilities in his feet, Zhong Ruyi privately asked his cousin Zhong Dabao at the beginning.

I learned that although this person has some physical defects, it does not affect his work. He walks a little slowly, but he is diligent and capable, which is good.

Upon hearing this, Zhong Ruyi kept the person after the three-day probation period. Now it has been more than a month, and she knows that she made the right choice in hiring this person.

At night, the village was quiet, with the occasional barking of dogs heard from afar, and two figures walking stealthily on the path.

"Third brother, do you think there is no one guarding this workshop? What if someone finds us?" The young man looked around and asked in a low voice.

The man called Lao San turned around and slapped him, "Bah! Don't say such discouraging words! You just wait outside, I'll go in with the sacks and fill them with more canned food, and then take them to town to sell in the morning!"

He had heard that the canned food produced by this workshop was sold for two hundred coins per can.

If I can successfully steal more canned food tonight and sell them for some money, I won't have to worry about food and drink for at least a month.

The two men walked around for several times but failed to find the workshop. Instead, they were chased by a dog across half the village. They hid in a tree in a panic and dared not move.

"Third brother, what should we do? There are two dogs waiting for us to go down." The young man hugged the tree trunk tightly in fear, fearing that he would accidentally slip and be bitten by the dogs.

Under the tree were Xiao Huang and Xiao Huang's mother. The two dogs stared at the two people in the tree with fierce eyes.

This was not a solution, so the third brother came up with an idea, "Youngest brother, you go down and lead the dog away. I'll go find the place, and then I'll find you when I find it."

The young man immediately shook his head in horror, "No! There are two dogs here! If I go down there, I will be bitten to death!"

"What are you afraid of?" The third brother pushed him. "At worst, we can steal a few more cans and sell them for the money, and you can get a bigger share!"

Wang Wang Wang!

Xiao Huang started barking loudly, and the sound attracted other dogs in the village to howl as well.

Seeing this situation, the two became even more anxious. If they attracted more dogs, tonight's event would be ruined.

The young man finally climbed down the tree tremblingly under the coercion and inducement of the third brother. When he was almost reaching the ground, he gritted his teeth and jumped down. The moment Xiao Huang and Xiao Huang's mother bit him, he jumped out. He wanted to scream but was afraid of attracting the villagers, so he could only cover his mouth tightly, dared not look back, and ran away.

Seeing that the two ferocious dogs under the tree were led away by the youngest one, the third one slowly came down.

After walking around, I finally found the workshop.

The youngest brother hadn't come back yet, so he had to prepare to sneak in by himself.

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Zhao Dazhuang and Ji Jiang's family of three live in the workshop.

Da Zhuang was originally invited to look after the workshop. After sleeping during the day, he would be full of energy at night.

There was an oil lamp lit in the room. He was holding a knife in one hand and a stick in the other, carving something into shape.

Suddenly there was the sound of a dustpan falling to the ground in the yard, and he immediately pricked up his ears to listen.

But after a while the sound disappeared again. I thought it was blown down by the wind and didn't take it seriously.

The wood chips in his hand fell to the ground bit by bit. He sat alone on the bed, feeling a little bored. He wondered whether he could ask Tie Niu to borrow his jigsaw puzzle tomorrow to play with and pass the time?

Bang!

The wooden rack outside that held the dustpans suddenly collapsed. Da Zhuang immediately stood up alertly, holding the knife he had just used to sharpen a wooden stick.

Ji Jiang next door was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed. There was another bed next to him separated by a curtain.

The sudden loud noise woke him up instantly, and he stood up and looked out.

Then I saw a figure jumping down from the courtyard wall.

There's a thief!

Ji Jiang immediately opened the door and went out. He was not afraid of being defeated since there was only one person coming.

Da Zhuang and he pushed the door open at the same time and saw two wooden racks collapsed in the dark yard, and a figure standing in the middle of the fallen dustpans, trying to pick up the dustpans that had fallen on the ground.

The third brother originally wanted to steal the things and leave as quickly as possible, but he didn't know the layout of the yard, so he kicked over two wooden racks as soon as he came down, and the dustpans on the racks also fell to the ground.

He tried to pick them up in a hurry, and after picking up two, he heard the door open. He was startled and looked up to meet two pairs of eyes glowing in the dark.