Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 243

Aunt Wang heard the noise and came out to see what was going on. Seeing that it was Zhong Ruyi, she asked them to come in and sit down. "Ruyi, have you eaten yet? If not, I'll make you a bowl of noodles."

Zhao Ganwei, who was following behind, curled his lips. "You can cook for your boss, but you can't cook for us?" Humph! You old woman!

After they sat down, Zhong Ruyi looked at Wu's reserved expression and smiled slightly. She always felt like an elementary school teacher visiting her students' homes.

She didn't beat around the bush and directly stated the purpose of her visit, "Uncle Zhao, I think the yard I rented is a bit small, and if they come back one day, it will be difficult for me to move at the moment, so I want to build a new workshop so that I can hire a few more people in the future."

Zhao Ganwei was trying to cover up his embarrassment by drinking tea. Don't think he didn't see it! The looks in Zhong Hui and his wife's eyes were clearly mocking!

This is unfair to Mr. and Mrs. Zhong. Not to mention that Mr. Zhong also has to wash dishes and sweep the floor at home, even Mrs. Zhong often orders her sons to wash clothes and dishes, so the scene of Zhao Ganwei washing dishes is nothing in their eyes.

"...Ahem!" Zhao Ganwei coughed twice, trying to cough out the embarrassment. "It's good that you think so, but can you guarantee that there will always be people buying canned food from your small workshop in the future? If these canned food can't last long, then building a new house would be a waste of money, wouldn't it? Or should you think it over carefully?"

Zhong Ruyi knew that the village chief was doing this for her own good, so she did not argue with him. She only told him half of the orders from the Yu and Fang families.

"This is only part of it. They don't sell the canned food here. They are all shipped to Jinzhou in the south. There are also other merchants who buy from them and then ship to the capital or other places, so you don't have to worry about this, Uncle Zhao."

Zhao Ganwei was a little surprised. He had always thought that the Zhong family girl's business was just a small one.

But if it is really as she said, then this workshop will always need to recruit people after it opens, and the people in the village will definitely not have to go out to work. Maybe the workshop will become bigger and bigger, and the business will be better and better, and even people from other villages will come to their village to beg for food.

Just think about it!

"Then let's go and see which piece of land is suitable tomorrow!" Zhao Ganwei agreed directly.

Father Zhong glanced at Zhao Ganwei with some pride. "See, my daughter is so amazing! Are you envious? It's useless to envy you!"

Aunt Wang and Zhong's mother were chatting about the trivial things happening in the village recently. Whose chickens were stolen? Whose daughter was beaten by her husband's family?

*

The next day, Zhong Ruyi went with them to look at some good pieces of land. To be honest, the population in ancient times was not much larger than it is today, and basically every village had a lot of idle land.

Finally, she chose a piece of land near the foot of the mountain where there were no residents nearby and built a workshop there. If the scale of the workshop expanded in the future, she could just expand it next to it without worrying about the place being too small and being close to the villagers' houses.

The Chen family’s house has been built, and now it’s her turn to start working on her small workshop.

It’s the same as the Chen family’s, eighty cents a day, including one lunch.

After choosing a day, the workshop started to work. They would move to the small courtyard they had rented originally after the construction here was completed and the smell dissipated. Now they are still working in the original small courtyard.

A month passed quickly. Zhong Ruyi ran back and forth between the town and the village during this period. She did not lose weight, but instead gained some weight on her face, making her look rosy.

People coming in and out of the small courtyard were carrying cans in their hands and putting them on the carriage.

Zhong Ruyi stood at the door and talked to Butler Fang, "It's better to take a detour than to have your goods robbed and your life lost like before. Uncle Fang, you should tell the people in the caravan not to take the road over Baba Mountain just to take a shortcut. It's better to be safe than sorry."

Butler Fang nodded and said, "I have said this many times. If they are still as greedy as those retail investors and are murdered, then we can only say that they are destined to suffer a disaster!"

The people coming in and out of the room didn't dare to look up after hearing this, remembering in their hearts that they must not lose their lives for convenience.

Seeing that most of the cans had been moved, Butler Fang said goodbye and left with his men.

Several horse-drawn carriages rumbled towards the village entrance. It was lunch time, and many villagers came out with their bowls in hand to watch.

"The daughter of the Zhong family is really amazing. The business is getting bigger and bigger. Didn't a few carriages come a few days ago and take away a lot of goods? Why are there so many carriages coming today?"

"What do you think? The Zhong family is so lucky to have this daughter. People come to order canned food every day."

"Is your February helping out in the workshop now?"

A villager asked an old lady who was also eating a meal next to her. The old lady said with a fake smile, "Yes, both mother and daughter work in the workshop."

She was so angry that her teeth were itching. Both the second son's wife and the little girl she gave birth to were recruited to work in the workshop of the daughter of the Zhong family. She was happy at first, because now the two of them would earn four taels of silver a month, and she had to keep this money in her hands!

But when it was time to pay wages at the end of the month, these two shameless guys refused to take out their wages and even wanted to split up the family business.

My second mute son also said for the first time that he wanted to divide the family property, which made me so angry!

How is this possible? Who would be willing to split up the family for four taels of silver a month?

If she divides it up, the money won't fall into her hands! There's no way this family will divide it up!

As a result, the village chief and others came to the door that night and said that his second son had come to ask him to help testify that he wanted to divide the family property and live alone without his parents.

She was so angry that she fell backwards. She grabbed her second son's ear and slapped him, "Are you going to rebel? Who told you to say these things? Was it your bitch wife?"

Zhao Duoyu quietly let his mother's slaps fall on his face one after another without saying a word. He just let her hit him and let her vent her anger.

It was not until the old lady was about to reach out to grab her wife and daughter that his eyes moved and he stopped her, preventing her hands from touching them.

The other villagers who came with the village chief stopped the old lady and prevented her from continuing to hit people.

Seeing that she couldn't do anything, the old lady simply lay on the ground crying and cursing, "You damned broom spirit! Ever since the second son married you, you've been making trouble all day long, saying that I'm biased! How am I biased? This is how we got here. You have everything that the eldest and the youngest son have, so why are you blaming me for being biased?"

Zhao Duoyu moved his mouth but said nothing. He was determined to divide the family business.

Finally, under the persuasion of the village chief, the family was divided, but Zhao Duoyu only got six acres of wasteland, a few broken bowls and a torn straw mat.

He didn't get any of the iron pot and silver that he was supposed to get, and was kicked out that night after the division.

Before leaving, Zhao Duoyu stood at the door with the things allocated to him and took one last look at them.

What he saw was his mother standing at the door and cursing, his silent father, his smug elder brother and sister-in-law, and his indifferent younger brother.

He is redundant, the eldest brother is real gold, and the younger brother is called silver.

He is the only redundant person in the family.

After getting married and having children, there were two more redundant people.

They will live their own lives in the future, no matter whether their lives are good or bad, he will be willing to bear the bitter fruit himself.