sjar Chapter 376 Chapter 376
Chapter 376 Chapter 376
Finally, it was decided that if what Mr. Fang said came true next year, they would do the deal with Mr. Fang. If not, it would be the same next year as it was this year, without any changes.
Mr. Fang vowed, "Just wait, the birthday of the one in the capital will be in two months."
It was already noon when they finished talking. Zhong Ruyi did not follow Zhao Ganwei and others back to the village, but went to a restaurant.
Tiedan, who came with her to the store in the morning, was serving food to the customers. The five-year-old child was carrying the plates with his short arms and legs, which made the customers smile. They reached out to take the food for him and even thanked him.
"Dandan, why are you so diligent?" Zhong Ruyi asked him with a smile.
Wei, who was also serving dishes, smiled and praised him, "Tiedan may have done it! He came to help me wash vegetables and dishes in the morning and now he is helping me serve the guests!"
Tiedan's face turned red due to the praise, and he ran to the backyard shyly.
Ah Hai and others who came to eat bought ten cans of chili sauce from her after finishing their meal, and said they would buy more next time the boat sets sail.
Zhong Ruyi was naturally willing to do this business and even gave them a watermelon.
"What is this?" Ah Hai asked in surprise, holding the watermelon she gave him.
"Watermelon! We grow it at home. Take it back and let uncle and the others have a taste."
Ah Hai had never seen such water melons before. Sometimes when they met other cargo ships on their ship, they would also buy some of their goods. Among them were ships from the ocean, loaded with fresh fruits and fine wines or cattle, sheep, horses, rare treasures and other things.
Water melons are also a commodity on their ship. It is said that they are shipped from foreign countries to Dazhao for sale. Basically, they are shipped to the capital first. Many times, the supply cannot meet the demand, and there is nowhere to buy them even if you have money in your hands!
Naturally, they had bought them several times. The patterns of the two were somewhat similar, but the one in their hands looked better.
After he took it back, he asked the cook for a knife to cut it open, and was immediately shocked:
How does this look like the watermelons I’ve eaten before?
All I saw was red juice flowing out on the chopping board after the melon was cut open. When the round melon was cut open, the red flesh inside was revealed, which looked very tempting.
There were several crew members around Ah Hai who heard that he brought back the watermelon and were ready to come over to try some, but when they saw how red it was when it was cut open, they didn't dare to touch it for a moment.
The fruit I ate before was not like this? It was just a little red and sweet. Why is this melon so different?
Seeing that no one dared to eat, Ah Hai thought that the lunch box owner would not lie to him, right?
It must be sweet if it's this red? Ah Hai thought so and tried to cut a small piece and took a bite. His eyes widened with amazement. Then he ran to his own cabin with the two halves of the melon in his arms without saying anything.
Seeing this, how could the others not know that this melon is delicious? They chased after him, and a group of people blocked the door of the cabin and shouted for Ah Hai to come out.
Ah Hai hid in the cabin and ate half of it before he opened the door reluctantly. Everyone rushed in immediately.
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Thinking that Chen Dongzhi had been away for seven or eight days and would probably be back in the next few days, she did not go back to the village but waited in the town.
Tiedan lived and ate with her for a few days. He was well-behaved and obedient, not at all like the naughty boy he was at home, teasing cats and dogs all day long.
Zhong Ruyi took him to visit Zhang Mingzhu's home. Zhang Mingzhu's mother-in-law liked Tiedan when she saw him. She pulled him aside and praised him in various ways. She also gave him a lot of cakes for him to take home to eat.
"You are good-looking, cute and smart." Zhang Mingzhu's grandmother held Tiedan and looked at Zhang Mingzhu's belly. "Grandma hopes that your cousin can also give birth to a child as well-behaved as you. I will love them both, whether they are grandchildren!"
She said this to Zhang Mingzhu, because when Zhong Mei came to see her daughter, she pulled her aside and said a lot of bad things to her, asking her to give birth to a boy so that she could secure her position in her husband's family. Otherwise, she would be like the girl from the Wei family on West Street, who was divorced and sent home after giving birth to a girl! Zhong Mei couldn't afford to lose face like this!
Although Zhang Mingzhu was annoyed by what her mother said, pregnant women always have some wild thoughts, which showed on her face. She couldn't enjoy her meals for the past few days.
It happened that when Zhong Mei said this, her mother-in-law heard it and knew what was in her heart. When her daughter-in-law's cousin came to visit today, she used Tiedan to tell her true feelings to her.
Afterwards, Zhong Ruyi said to Zhang Mingzhu, "Your mother-in-law is a good person. Don't be so depressed all the time. Go out for a walk more often when you have time, or come to my shop and sit down."
Otherwise, she would sell egg cakes for three days and rest for two days. Cuicui didn't want to work with her anymore. She made the cakes herself and sold them on the street. Her business was pretty good, and all the customers were the same customers who had bought from her before.
Zhang Mingzhu was originally frightened by Zhong Mei's words that she would be divorced if she gave birth to a girl. But after hearing what her mother-in-law said, she realized that she was comforting her. One was her biological mother and the other was her mother-in-law. They seemed to be the opposite of each other to her.
When they were at home, Zhong Mei always reminded her and Zhang Mingzhen that they should put her brother first in everything, and that they should marry into a wealthy family in the future so that they could help their brother more. This was the value of a woman. They only had one home, and that was their parents' home. In her words, women had no value other than getting married and having children.
After marrying into Dafeng's family, she was also worried at first, afraid that her mother-in-law and sister-in-law would not get along well, but after getting along with them, she found out: Ah, can mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along like this? Is it okay for her not to get up early to cook and wash clothes? Her sister-in-law would not be angry because she ate an extra chicken leg, and would not order her to do all kinds of housework just because she had just married in. She did everything by herself!
Her parents-in-law are kind, her sisters-in-law have harmonious relations, and her husband loves and respects her.
Zhang Mingzhu did marry into a good family, a family that treated her well, not a family that could help Zhang Mingcong.
Zhong Ruyi came back from Zhang Mingzhu's house and met Cuicui on the way who was coming back from selling egg cakes. The three of them walked back to the restaurant together.
"Aunt, will uncle come back tomorrow?" Tiedan looked up at her, worried that if his uncle came back, he would not be able to sleep and eat with her.
These days Li Guihua wanted to take him back, but he kept throwing a tantrum and made her go back.
Zhong Ruyi also missed her man. It had been almost ten days, why hadn't he come back yet?
At the same time, in a herbal medicine shop in Wuzhou City, Chen Dongzhi was bargaining with the shopkeeper, "Can't the price of bezoar be lower? When I went to Gao's herbal medicine shop to ask, the price they gave me was much lower than yours."
The shopkeeper greeted him with a smile, "Sir, you want a large quantity, so we can offer a lower price. However, you see, bezoar is hard to come by, and the bezoar in our store is of superior quality. We dare not compare it with other stores, but we still think that Gao's is better than theirs!"
Chen Dongzhi looked at the bezoars that the shopkeeper took out. It was not that he was a doctor and could not tell the good from the bad, but because the Gao family's herbal medicine shop was unwilling to sell it to them, he came to the Meng family.
However, although the Meng family's herbal medicine shop has a complete range of medicinal materials, the prices are higher.
The silver given by the Yu family was not enough to pay for the amount of bezoar he wanted. In the end, he only took 70% of the bezoar on the list and prepared to go home.