Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 269

"Sir, this fruit is called apple. It is grown at home. If you like it, I can sell you some. We don't grow many at home, so I can only sell you a few." Zhong Ruyi said with a smile, and replenished the empty apples on the plate.

But the plate of apples that was added was soon eaten up by the guests, and the customer's expectant eyes were met.

Zhong Ruyi's smile froze, and she secretly complained, "Dear, you can't eat as much as you want, I'm selling all these for money!"

The customer knew that he had gone too far, so he quickly said, "Let me buy some. How much do you sell the fruit for?"

"Sold by the kilogram, ten cents per kilogram." Three fruits grown from the apple tree planted at home can weigh about one kilogram, while apples grown in the space weigh half a kilogram each.

There are about three in a pound of this kind, and two large ones in a pound. At ten cents it is not expensive.

"Then I want ten kilograms! This fruit is delicious, I'll give some as gifts!" The customer waved his hand and asked for ten kilograms directly.

The guests at other tables listened to their conversation with their ears perked up. After the guest asked for ten kilograms, they also asked for five or three kilograms.

"Boss, I want ten kilograms too! Please pick some big ones for me, and they must be sweet!"

"I want one too! I want three pounds to take back for my kids and wife to enjoy."

Zhong Ruyi took a small notebook and wrote down the quantity the customer wanted, smiling from ear to ear as she did so.

Soon the small notebook was filled to the brim with notes, weighing a total of sixty-three kilograms.

It was agreed that the customer would come to pick it up in the afternoon and paid a part of the deposit first.

After seeing the guests off, Zhong Ruyi turned back to her room and picked two baskets of apples from the space.

"Jiang Qin!" She called out to the boy who had changed into a set of shorts and was about to go to the martial arts gym to practice martial arts. Seeing that his clothes were a little short, she thought about buying some new cloth in a couple of days and asking Sun Tao to make a few more clothes for them when she was free.

"Help me deliver this basket of apples to your sister, and then go to the martial arts gym when you come back, okay?"

Jiang Qin nodded, moved the basket of apples to the store onto the cart and prepared to leave.

"Oh, by the way, tell your sister and Xiaoyun that this fruit costs ten cents per pound, and you can cut some for the customers to taste." She said after suddenly remembering it.

"Okay." Jiang Qin nodded and quickly pulled the cart away. He was anxious to go to the martial arts gym to practice martial arts. Yesterday, Director Gao said he would teach him new moves. He was so excited that he didn't sleep well all night.

It was almost closing time, and a few customers came and took away the apples they had ordered.

Wei and Sun Tao helped put the money into the baskets for the guests, while Xie Hai collected the remaining silver.

After all the customers who had ordered apples came to pick them up, there was still about half a basket of apples left.

Zhong Ruyi gave two to Xie Hai and Wei respectively. If they wanted to buy more, they could enjoy the employee discount, which would save them two cents.

Wei asked for two kilograms and happily carried the basket back.

Xie Hai wanted to buy something but didn't have any money. Zhong Ruyi was willing to let him buy it on credit. He said, "I'll come back tomorrow to buy it. Thank you for your kindness, boss."

Zhong Ruyi didn't force him and waved her hand to let him go home after get off work.

Seeing that everyone had left, Sun Tao came over while chewing an apple and said, "Boss, Xie Hai secretly told us yesterday that he was looking for a girl recently. He must have bought this apple to please her."

"What?" Zhong Ruyi was a little surprised. "He's not married yet? He doesn't look young anymore."

"He is only 24 years old. It must be that studying has made him old. He wanted to pass the imperial examination, but he failed several times. His family spent a lot of money to support his studies. He saw that his family lived frugally for him and were reluctant to buy him even a new piece of clothing during the New Year. They had to save money to buy him paper and pens, so he didn't want to study anymore." Sun Tao sighed. If Jiang Qin could also pass the examination, she would definitely sell everything she had to support his studies.

However, Xie Hai was unwilling to study, he must have his own considerations, the status of a scholar was enough for him.

Zhong Ruyi thought about it and said, "If he passes the imperial examination and becomes an official, will he be able to make a lot of money?" She remembered that the salaries of officials in ancient times were not too high, unless they were corrupt officials.

After Jiang Qin came back from delivering the apples, sisters Jiang Rong and Jiang Yun also came over to eat.

Seeing that there was still half a basket of apples left in the yard, Jiang Rong asked, "Boss, the grapes you asked Qin to deliver the day before yesterday have been sold out. A customer asked when we can get more."

The day before yesterday, Zhong Ruyi picked a lot of grapes from the space and sold them in the store for two days.

At first, the grapes were not sold for two days because they were too expensive. Until yesterday afternoon, a customer bought a bunch and then came back to buy all the grapes in the store.

Upon asking, I found out that this man was from Jixiang Town and came here to do business. He just happened to pass by the store that day and saw the fruits sold in the store that he had never seen before, so he bought a bunch out of curiosity.

But when he returned to the inn and asked the waiter to wash it and bring it to him, he was really shocked.

He bought Sunshine Rose, which had green fruits arranged in bunches. He liked it very much. Although the price was a bit expensive, he could afford it.

The fruit is sweet and juicy, and has a floral scent. More importantly, after eating it, you’ll feel all the fatigue in your body disappear and you’ll feel more refreshed.

As a businessman, he immediately realized that this was a lucrative business. He had never seen such a fruit before and it tasted so good. If he took it to Jixiang Town to sell, people would buy it even if the price was several times higher, as there were many rich people there.

He became excited just thinking about it. If it wasn't already dark, he would have rushed to the store and bought all the grapes.

When he bought them, he saw that grapes came not only in green color, but also in purple and black colors.

The next morning, as soon as it was light, he hurried to the store without even having time to eat breakfast.

When he arrived, the store was not open yet, so he had to go back and wait.

The store was not open until he went there after lunch. The two girls in the store saw a customer coming and greeted him with a smile.

"Boss, please help me pack up all your grapes. I want them all."

Sisters Jiang Rong and Jiang Yun were a little surprised. They looked at each other and confirmed, "Does the customer want all of them?"

"Yes, both."

Soon, the two sisters packed up the grapes the customers ordered, using the straw baskets they bought from Grandma Ji.

Originally, Zhong Ruyi thought that the guests would come to her house in the next few days, but she never received any.

And yesterday she heard from Chen Dongzhi that the government office would hear the case of Jiang Jie and Lin Zai the day after tomorrow, and asked her if she wanted to go and see it.

She must be the first one to do something like this.

Jiang Rong and her two siblings are still from Jiangjia Village. She thought about giving the restaurant and the convenience store a day off so that anyone who wants to see it can go and have a look.

Two days later, Jiang Jie, Lin Zai and other bandits were dragged out of the cell.

There was a crowd of people outside the court, and Zhong Ruyi thought he had arrived early enough.

But she underestimated the people's attention to this matter. There were many people who came earlier than her.

Unable to squeeze in, she looked around and saw a stool against the wall. She patted Chen Dongzhi's arm and motioned him to bring it over.

Soon, after standing on the bench, my vision became much broader.

She pricked up her ears to listen to the voices inside.

The gavel was banged, and the county magistrate asked with a cold face, "Since you said your son's mistake was unintentional, why did you trick Jiang Daniu and his cousins ​​away and sell them? Why did you pretend that your son Jiang Xiaobao was also kidnapped?"

"How could he use the money from selling children to build a new house and buy land as if nothing had happened after committing such a heinous crime?"