A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 166 Apprenticeship

After all the things were loaded onto the carriage, Zhang Cheng took the other two carriages and stopped at the door of his house.

Zhang Cheng got off the carriage, walked into the yard, and shouted to Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xinghao in the main hall:

"Yueyue, Xiaohao, have you packed? The goods have been loaded onto the carriage, which will be parked at the door, waiting for you."

Zhang Yunyue responded: "Second uncle, my second brother and I have packed up and can leave."

After saying that, the two of them carried a small bag and left the house with Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xinghao boarded the carriage driven by Zhang Cheng, and the three carriages drove towards the county town.

After arriving at the county town, Zhang Cheng went to the hot pot restaurant first and unloaded the pickled peppers and some crispy peppers at the door of the hot pot restaurant.

Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xinghao also got off the carriage at the hot pot restaurant.

"Yueyue, you two can have lunch at the hot pot restaurant later. After we unload the goods at the food store, we can treat the two drivers to some noodles there."

"Okay, got it, Uncle."

After saying that, Zhang Cheng drove the remaining chili oil in the carriage and the other two carriages to the food store.

When we arrived at the food store, we asked two drivers to help us unload the goods into the store.

After unloading the cargo, it was already noon and everyone was hungry.

Zhang Cheng called the waiter in the store to bring a bowl of noodles to each of the three of them.

After everyone finished their noodles and Zhang Cheng paid the remaining carriage rental fee, the two coachmen drove the carriage back to town.

Thinking that Yueyue still had to settle the accounts in the afternoon, she directly got the account books for the past few months from Song He and returned to the hot pot shop.

The hot pot shop is over here.

Just as Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xinghao were about to step into the store, the waiter greeting customers at the door recognized Zhang Yunyue.

He stepped forward and said hello: "Boss, you haven't been to the county town for a long time? How come you have time to come today?"

"It's the end of the year, I came to the county to settle accounts, and then I'll prepare New Year gifts for you. I'll give you the New Year gifts and year-end red envelopes tomorrow. Oh, and there are pickled peppers and crispy whistles delivered today at the door. Have someone move them in."

When the waiter heard Zhang Yunyue say that New Year gifts and red envelopes would be distributed tomorrow, he immediately became happy and excited, and felt more motivated to work today.

"Then I'd like to thank you first. Please come in, I'll arrange for someone to move the things into the kitchen."

The waiter welcomed Zhang Yunyue and the other person into the store.

"Shopkeeper, the boss is here."

After calling the shopkeeper, he went to find another waiter to move the goods.

Li Wenyu, who was counting the bills, heard the waiter say that the boss had arrived, so he looked up towards the direction of the voice.

Then he saw Zhang Yunyue walking towards him with a boy of similar age.

Li Wenyu put down the abacus in his hand, walked to Zhang Yunyue, bowed and saluted: "Boss, you are here, who is this?"

Zhang Yunyue introduced Li Wenyu, "This is my second brother. Just call him Second Young Master. Second brother, this is Li Wenyu, the owner of the hot pot restaurant."

"Second son."

Zhang Xinghao responded with a smile: "Hello, Manager Li."

Li Wenyu: "Boss, Second Young Master, you have arrived in the county at this time, and you probably haven't had lunch yet. I will arrange for the waiter to cook a few dishes for you. Please go to the second floor box and sit for a while."

After saying that, he looked at the door again and asked in confusion, "By the way, didn't the second master come this time? Maybe he went to the food store to deliver the goods."

Zhang Yunyue: "Second uncle is here too. He is at the food store now. You can arrange the meal first. But there are still seats downstairs. We can just sit on the first floor."

"Okay, Master, you two can take a rest."

After saying this, Li Wenyu went to call a waiter to prepare meals for the two of them.

Li Wenyu returned to their table.

Zhang Yunyue raised her hand and motioned Li Wenyu to sit down and talk.

"Boss, we came to the county town to settle accounts this time."

Zhang Yunyue nodded: "Well, I'll prepare holiday gifts for the employees. I'm back now, and I won't be back before the New Year, so I thought I'd give them the holiday gifts first."

"Okay, boss, the food will be here soon. I'll go prepare the account books for the past few months. After dinner, I can take a break and then check the accounts."

"Okay, thank you for troubling Shopkeeper Li."

Li Wenyu went back to the counter to sort out the account books for the past few months. Although the hot pot restaurant had only been open for a few months, business was good, so there were still a lot of account books.

The food was served. Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xinghao were hungry, so they started eating right away.

Zhang Xinghao discovered as soon as he entered the store that the decoration inside the store was more beautiful than any other store he had ever been to, and the paintings on the walls must have been painted by Yueyue, because there were quite a few such paintings at home.

Since there was no one around at this meeting, he started talking to Zhang Yunyue:

"Yueyue, your hot pot restaurant is really big. The paintings you drew look really nice on the wall. There are so many customers in the restaurant, and the dishes are delicious."

Zhang Yunyue smiled and said, "Second brother, second brother, you keep praising me. Aren't you hungry? Come on, eat. Come on, eat."

Zhang Yunyue felt a little embarrassed by the praise from his second brother Zhang Xinghao, so he quickly interrupted him and told him to eat quickly.

After the two finished their meal and put down their chopsticks, Zhang Cheng came out from the backyard.

"Dad, did you eat enough at the food store?"

"Have you eaten enough?"

"Yeah, I'm full. The food in Yueyue's restaurant is delicious."

"That's good, Yueyue. I've got the account book from the food store and put it in my room. You can take a look at it after you finish eating and take a break. By the way, Yueyue, have you thought about what to prepare as a festival gift?"

"Uncle, this is what I think. During the Chinese New Year, every household has to fry a lot of things. How about we give each employee 5 jin of vegetable oil, jin of pork oil and chili peppers, and jin of crispy whistles. These are all edible. As for the red envelopes, we can talk about it after we settle the accounts in the afternoon."

"Okay, Xiaohao and I will go to the oil mill to buy the vegetable oil later, and you just need to be in charge of the accounting today."

"Yeah, second uncle."

The three of them chatted for a while in the lobby and felt that they had rested enough.

Zhang Cheng then took Zhang Xinghao to buy cooking oil, and also bought a ceramic jar to hold the cooking oil so that it would be convenient to store it when the time came.

Zhang Yunyue went to the backyard and prepared to move the food store account book from Zhang Cheng's room to her own room.

As soon as she walked into the backyard, Hu Cailing saw Zhang Yunyue in the yard.

She shouted happily, "Boss, why are you here? I'm baking some snacks with the chef. I'll bring you some."

"Master? Cailing, are you taking Aunt Fang as your master?" Zhang Yunyue asked doubtfully.

"Yes, Master, I really like making snacks with Master, and then Master asked me to become his apprentice."

"Then you should study hard. If our hot pot restaurant opens a branch in the future, you can go there and be a dim sum chef, okay?"

"Okay, thank you, Master. I will definitely learn from my master. I will go and bring you some snacks and tea right away."

Zhang Yunyue thought, although she was full now, she had to settle the bills of two stores today and would not be able to come out. It was a good opportunity for Hu Cailing to bring some snacks and tea. She could just eat a little when she was thirsty or hungry, and it would not waste time.