Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 290

The smile on Ji Jiang's face disappeared instantly. After taking the soup handed to him by Zhang Mingzhu, he returned to the place where he had just squatted to eat without saying a word and continued to drink the soup mouthful by mouthful.

The people who came were two middle-aged men, both of them had malicious smiles on their faces. They watched Ji Jiang walk to the corner holding the bamboo tube.

After exchanging glances, they followed with a wicked smile.

It was the first time that Zhong Ruyi encountered such a situation and she was at a loss as to what to do.

The three of them were not very close to the stall and could only hear a few words intermittently.

She listened for a while with a frown on her face, and slowly realized that these two people were co-workers with the guest just now, but the relationship between the three of them was not good, and could even be considered terrible.

"How is it? Ji Jiang, we do the same job and can earn three taels a month. Are you envious? I heard that your salary is only one and a half taels?"

"Why would he be envious?" One of them laughed and bumped into the other's shoulder, saying deliberately, "I don't care. After all, he looks down on us!"

Both of them were mocking Ji Jiang in their words, but the person being mocked just drank his soup in silence, not paying any attention to them.

Finally, the two couldn't stand the neglect anymore and started pushing him.

Ji Jiang was pushed to the ground, but he kept the bamboo tube in his hand well protected.

One of them smiled and squatted down, looking at him with contempt, "Are you a beggar? You are still thinking about food even in this situation? Were you the reincarnation of a starving ghost in your previous life?"

After saying that, they both burst into laughter, as if something funny had happened, and they laughed so hard that tears came out.

After verbally humiliating Ji Jiang, the two men walked away with a smile.

Only then did Zhong Ruyi dare to walk over and help the man up, and carefully asked him what was wrong.

Ji Jiang's expression was calm. He shook his head, smiled slightly, and returned the bamboo tube to her. After saying thank you, he walked away slowly.

After the people walked away, Zhang Mingzhu patted her chest with some lingering fear. She asked blankly, "Why did those two people bully that guest? He was just eating, why did they come over and scold him and push him?"

Zhong Ruyi shook her head. She had no idea what was wrong with the two guests, but she could see that the guest was already accustomed to this situation.

She had just heard the two men say that they did the same work, but their wages were very different.

I guess there must be a lot of dirty things going on inside their dock. I just don't know why the customer is unwilling to change his job even though the wages are so different but the work is the same.

Everyone has their own difficulties, and she can't interfere in other people's affairs. She just focuses on selling her own bamboo tube rice.

The two of them set up stalls at the dock for half a month in a row, until there were fewer people at the dock and the boats left, and then they stopped setting up stalls.

Before Xiao Hai got on the boat, he asked her to buy ten jars of chili sauce, saying that there was nothing to eat at sea, so he bought some to use in cooking so that they could also satisfy their cravings.

On this day, Zhong Ruyi hid in the space and made a cake. Zhang Mingzhu pestered her for several days before she agreed to make it.

When I finished cooking and took it out, I saw a carriage coming to the door of the restaurant, and a middle-aged man with a big belly got off the carriage.

Wei quickly led him to sit down and asked him what he wanted to eat.

The middle-aged man said, "Let's serve your signature dish. I can't eat too much by myself, so two will be enough."

"Okay, please wait a moment." Wei went downstairs to tell Sun Tao what dishes the guest wanted.

Zhong Ruyi didn't notice the middle-aged man's gaze at first. It was Zhang Mingzhu who whispered while eating cake, "That man seems to be looking at you all the time."

She looked over and saw the man smiled at her. He stood up and walked in front of them. "Excuse me, are you Miss Zhong, the owner of the canteen?"

"Ah? Oh, it's me, it's me. What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Zhong Ruyi didn't expect that he was really here to see her. After a moment of silence, she quickly pulled out a chair for him to sit down.

After the middle-aged man sat down, he said, "I came here once before, but Miss Zhong was not here, and I was in a hurry to go back, so I had to wait until now."

Seeing his eyes fall on her cake, Zhang Mingzhu tactfully cut a piece for him.

"Sir, please try this. This is what my cousin just made. It's delicious."

"Thank you." The middle-aged man took the plate and put it down without eating. He only wanted to talk about business with Zhong Ruyi and had no interest in this kind of sweet and greasy pastry.

"Ms. Zhong, my last name is Wang. I'm here for the grapes. I think your workers should have told you that I bought all your grapes from your store before."

When he said this, Zhong Ruyi quickly remembered what Jiang Rong had told her before, that there was a customer who wanted to buy grapes from her and then transport them back to their Jixiang Town to sell.

I considered it at the time, but since grapes cannot be stored well, it would take three days to get to Jixiang Town and back, and one and a half days just to transport them there. If there was a delay of one or two days on the way, the grapes would have gone bad.

Thinking of this, she shook her head apologetically at the middle-aged man, "Boss Wang, I'm really sorry, it's not that I don't want to sell this grape to you, but it really can't travel far."

"This..." Boss Wang had thought about it, but the grapes he brought back last time were in a hurry, so the journey was shortened by half, so they were still in good condition when he brought them back, just a little wilted, but still delicious.

So he didn't think too much about it and just wanted to develop this business.

He really can't accept giving up now.

Boss Wang said repeatedly, "Don't worry about this, Miss Zhong. I will arrange for people to transport it back as quickly as possible, as long as you can guarantee me a certain amount."

Zhong Ruyi smiled awkwardly. There were indeed some plants, but they were all in her space. In reality, there were only two plants planted in her yard, plus she had given a few plants to people in the village to plant.

She declined politely. "Boss Wang, you can focus not only on grapes. Look, the store also sells apples, tomatoes, etc. These are easy to store."

"Apples?" Boss Wang was confused. Last time he didn't notice anything else in the store and was only attracted by the grapes.

"Cousin, go to the yard and get some apples and tomatoes for Boss Wang."

Zhang Mingzhu happily ran errands and quickly brought out a few apples and tomatoes, which she smartly washed before bringing out.

Boss Wang took an apple, wiped the water droplets on it with his hand, and took a bite under Zhong Ruyi's smiling gaze.

Then his eyes burst into an amazing light, crisp and sweet, juicy, sweet and crisp

Before he could say anything, he took another bite, and finished the whole crisp and sweet apple, wiping his mouth with the remaining core, still unsatisfied.

"Is this an apple?" he asked in surprise.

Zhong Ruyi nodded. She had a lot of apples in her space, so she could rent a hilltop and move some out to plant there, but grapes were not so easy to grow.

If possible, she still hopes that Boss Wang will want the apples, so that she can go back and plant them now. Although there won't be many fruits in the first year next year, as long as she takes good care of them, the amount of fruit will gradually increase.