Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 285

Seeing Liu in front of her with a flattering smile on her face and saying such confusing words, Zhong Ruyi felt a little confused. Who gave her this illusion?

Not to mention Shopkeeper Ding and Boss Wu, even her second brother and sister-in-law would give her a share of the monthly profits from the braised food they sell.

How did Liu get the nerve to let her give her the braised food recipe for free?

"My second sister-in-law didn't explain it to you clearly, did she?" Zhong Ruyi simply explained to her patiently, wanting to see if she would say anything weird after she said that. "My stewed food recipe costs money. Do you know Manxianglou? Although they got their recipe from me, we signed a contract and they have to give me a share of the profits from every sale. Why do you think I would give you the recipe for free?"

"Ah?" Liu was a little dumbfounded. She said anxiously, "Little sister, if you give me the recipe, I will definitely repay you when I make money!"

Zhong Ruyi didn't have time to talk nonsense with her. This person was really whimsical and wanted to get her braised food recipe for free.

Even if she didn't want to get it for free, it was hard for her to have any good impression of her based on her performance at the full moon party.

Not to mention giving her the braised food recipe for free.

Just forget it just for her verbal promise to do so after she makes money.

She turned and walked away, taking Cuicui to the small stall selling silk and velvet flowers that she wanted to see.

"Boss, how much is this silk flower?"

Liu stamped her feet anxiously. She thought Liu Yu Niang was already very difficult to talk to, as she was reluctant to give her a prescription.

She thought about asking Liu Yu Niang's sister-in-law for it, but the girl was too shy to refuse her.

Who knew that these two people were more difficult to deal with than the other.

She just wants to make some money, why can't these people help her?

Don't think she doesn't know how good the braised food shop run by Liu Yu Niang is. I heard that it now even contracts to prepare some dishes for banquets, such as braised pig's trotters and braised spareribs.

Thinking of the huge sum of money, she gritted her teeth and followed the two people to the stall selling silk flowers.

Zhong Ruyi took a light yellow velvet flower and pinned it on Cuicui's head. After doing so, she looked at it carefully and felt that the velvet flower matched the light green dress the little girl was wearing today.

Cuicui was a little shy. She reached out and touched the velvet flower on her head, and asked expectantly, "Aunt, does it look good?"

"It looks good!" Zhong Ruyi nodded heavily.

The vendor was very considerate. He immediately took out a bronze mirror and handed it to Cuicui. "Little girl, take a look. The color of this velvet flower sets off your skin and makes it look fair!"

Cuicui took it and looked at it. The bronze mirror was not as clear as the glass mirror. She could only make out the human figure vaguely, but could not tell whether it was white or not, and could not tell whether it was beautiful or not.

She reached out and touched it. Seeing that she wanted it but was still hesitant, Zhong Ruyi said directly to the vendor, "Boss, I want this velvet flower. Cuicui, pick a few more and your aunt will buy them for you."

"No, no, the one on my head is enough." Cui Cui shook her head and refused.

"No, we only come here once in such a long time, how can we not buy more flowers? Choose quickly! Auntie has money!" Zhong Ruyi patted the back of her hand gently, motioning her to choose by herself.

Cuicui bit her lip. She really liked the velvet and silk flowers on the stall, but she was afraid of spending too much money.

She was hesitant to buy, so the vendor cleverly selected a few elegant velvet flowers for her, held them in front of the two of them and said with a smile, "Sir, take a look at these. The colors are very beautiful. Wearing them will make your skin look whiter and you look better."

Zhong Ruyi looked at Cuicui, "Do you like them? They all look beautiful to me."

Finally, after some persuasion from the vendor, the girl picked four flowers and also picked two for Zhang Mingzhu.

After paying the bill and preparing to leave, they saw Liu following closely behind them.

"Little sister, what do you think about what I just told you? I'm not trying to take advantage of you, but I don't have any money right now. How about this, can I write you an IOU? Just consider it as a loan from you, and I'll pay you back when I make money."

She looked eager, as if to say, this is already the biggest concession I've made, you can't refuse it.

Zhong Ruyi looked at her strangely. Was it written on her face that she was being cheated?

Why are they targeting her alone? Is an IOU that big of a deal?

Isn't it still freeloading?

She waved her hand and said, "Sister Liu, please go back. I can't give you this recipe for free. I'm a businessman and I can't do such an unprofitable thing."

"How could that be?" Mrs. Liu was a little anxious. "We are all family. If you give me the recipe, I will give you five taels out of every ten taels I earn in the future! In short, you must give it to me!"

Zhong Ruyi had finished what she was saying and didn't want to argue with her any more, so she pulled Cuicui straight back to the restaurant, leaving Liu alone there, stamping her feet in anger.

Zhang Mingzhu didn't come back until almost evening. It was getting dark, and the three of them couldn't rush back to the village, so they could only sleep in the store for the night.

The next day, Zhong Ruyi went to the braised food shop to ask her second brother if he knew that her second sister-in-law's eldest sister-in-law had asked her for a braised food recipe.

"She came to see you?" Zhong Laoer was originally wiping the tables in the store. When he heard his younger sister ask this, he quickly realized that it was Liu who came to see her.

"No," Zhong Ruyi shook her head, "We just met on the road, and then she pulled me aside and talked for a long time, but I ignored her and left."

She looked at her second brother curiously, "Did she mention this to me last time when you and my second sister-in-law went back to her parents' home? She said my second sister-in-law didn't agree."

Mother Zhong was sewing clothes at the side. When she heard this, she stopped what she was doing and listened to the conversation between her son and daughter.

As she listened, she frowned and cursed, "Shame on you!"

"You are really shameless. You want to get my braised food recipe for free." Zhong Ruyi also nodded in agreement.

But thinking about how Liu asked for the braised food recipe so confidently, could it be that Liu's father, mother and eldest brother agreed?

Zhong Lao Er saw the suspicion on his sister and mother's faces and explained, "No, Brother Yu Niang and my father-in-law and mother-in-law all disagreed. They said that this is a way for my husband and I to make money, so how could we just give it to her."

After thinking about it, he decided to tell them what Liu said after he and his wife refused, saying that she wanted to adopt their second son.

"Brother Yu Niang and my father-in-law and mother-in-law are all furious. If she wasn't injured, Brother Yu Niang would have beaten her."

Mother Zhong curled her lips and said, "Liu was a crazy person before, and now she is even crazier."

"Mom, wasn't my second brother and his wife's business not doing well before? She wasn't jealous when they didn't make much, but now that they make a lot she's become jealous and wants to get a piece of the pie. If she can't get a share, she even wants to adopt a son to my second brother to share the family property. What's wrong with this person?" Zhong Ruyi thought about it and felt that Liu was quite smart. It didn't matter if she couldn't get the braised food recipe for the time being, she could adopt a son to her second brother first.

Now that he is adopted, how can I not show the braised food recipe to my son?

In this way, I can get the recipe for braised food, and I can also get a part of the family property when my second brother and his wife get old.

"Yuniang's sister-in-law is always proud of having three sons," Zhong's mother shook her head. "She married into the Liu family for two years before she had no children. It was not until the year your second sister-in-law married your second brother that she got pregnant and gave birth to a son. She even said privately that your second sister-in-law was unlucky for her, so she felt better when your second sister-in-law got married and was not at home. She asked your second sister-in-law to come back to her parents' home less often during the holidays to avoid affecting her."