Chapter 134 Jiang's Restaurant
The people who framed the Jiang family were none other than Village Chief Yang and Yang Liu. The two stood at the back of the crowd, their faces increasingly grim. At this moment, the villagers were also full of resentment towards them. If they hadn't disobeyed Jiang Mi, things wouldn't have come to this.
The villagers dared not do anything to Village Chief Yang, but they could give Yang Liu the cold shoulder. Now Yang Liu's reputation in the village was not good. The villagers looked down on her and thought she was the culprit. If it weren't for her, they wouldn't be unable to afford food.
"Alright, stop here. If the villagers see you, they might get agitated."
Village Chief Yang chased Yang Liu away; after all, he was the village chief, and there was no way he could do anything to him.
Yang Liu walked away indignantly. Every time she finished serving Village Chief Yang, he would give her some benefits, so she still had a lot of grain in her hands and didn't need any help for the time being. However, her family always disliked her and planned to find another family to marry her off so that they could exchange her for some money.
Jiang Mi didn't show her face. Although she wanted to gain a good reputation, she didn't like such occasions. As long as everyone knew that she was the one who did it, that was enough. Besides, if she acted like she was very rich, others would only be jealous of her and wouldn't necessarily be genuinely grateful to her.
Many poor people harbor resentment towards the rich, and Jiang Mi, who has lived two lifetimes, is well aware of this.
Therefore, she does not intend to reveal her true wealth, or at least not to deliberately flaunt it in front of others.
The restaurant is opening in the next couple of days, and Jiang Mi is rushing to prepare to make peach blossom wine, but she only recently obtained the secret recipe and it will be difficult to make it in a short time.
The restaurant's name was given to Jiang Yan, since Jiang Mi had asked him to open it, so naturally he had to come personally.
Jiang Yan kept making excuses.
"I can't even read many characters, so what kind of name can I come up with? Why don't you let my second or third brother come up with one?"
Jiang Mi didn't care about these things: "A name is just a label, it doesn't mean anything. The main thing is that our products are good. Only when our products are truly good can we build a reputation."
Jiang Yan thought Jiang Mi was right: "Then let's call it Jiang Ji Restaurant and use our surname. If it does well and grows big in the future, it will be an honor for our Jiang family."
Jiang Mi thinks it's great; the name is grand and concise. She hopes it will really grow into a big company one day.
The plaque was immediately put to be made; tomorrow is the second day of the tenth lunar month, an auspicious day.
The whole family was busy, and Jiang Yan and Jiang Mi didn't get home until very late at night. The whole family was waiting for them to come home for dinner.
Jiang Mi said, "Mom, you, Dad, and your sisters-in-law can eat first. You don't need to wait for me. We'll just eat whatever we have when we get back."
Jiang's mother hurriedly served the food, saying, "Why don't you go first? You've all worked so hard, and besides, we're opening tomorrow, so we definitely need to have a good meal together tonight. Hurry up, it'll get cold soon."
Seeing such a warm and cozy side of her home, Jiang Mi felt a warm glow in her heart, and all the fatigue of the day disappeared. She felt that all her hard work was worthwhile.
Jiang Yan also started eating heartily. Jiang Mi ate a little and said, "Tomorrow morning, our whole family will go to town for the restaurant's opening. We all have to be there."
Jiang's mother exclaimed, "We don't know anything about this. Wouldn't we just be causing you trouble if we went? Let's just stay home and wait for good news."
Jiang Mi said coquettishly, "Mom, what are you saying? What do you mean by causing trouble? We still need your help. We've already found the waiters and everything, and my eldest brother personally oversaw the chef. Tomorrow, the price will be half off, mainly to attract people to eat here. The economy isn't good this year. If you don't help, who will come?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang's mother began to worry again: "That's true. What if no customers come? Wouldn't we lose money? You don't know, although some people outside praise our family for being lucky, many more are waiting to see us make a fool of ourselves. People's hearts are so complicated."
Jiang Mi was well aware of all this, but she didn't care at all: "We should just live our own lives. Why should we care about their opinions? They can't affect us in any way. Mom, tomorrow our whole family will be together at the restaurant, and my sisters-in-law will be there too."
Su Yindi said embarrassedly, "I haven't been to town for a long time. I don't know what it's like or what it has."
Jiang Mi said with a smile, "That's perfect, Second Brother and Third Brother will be coming tomorrow, so the sisters-in-law can also reunite with the brothers."
After saying this, Liang Lan and Su Yindi both felt quite embarrassed.
After dinner, Jiang Mi returned to her room and secretly brewed some more wine. The wine was good, but it needed time to mature; the longer it aged, the more fragrant it would become.
However, the recipes provided by the system are all excellent, and even without that much time, they are still very fragrant.
"Of course, the secret recipe I'm giving you is comparable to a century-old, mellow wine."
Jiang Mi has now gotten used to the system's voice and gradually gotten used to its narcissism. However, what the system said was true; this wine was indeed extraordinary.
"Then you have other good things, right?" Jiang Mi now knew that this system had a lot of good things that could make her live a prosperous life.
"Of course! You're only realizing how good I am now? I have plenty of good stuff to offer. As long as you do the tasks I give you well, you'll definitely get your share of the rewards."
Hearing his smug voice, Jiang Mi felt uncomfortable again. This system really wasn't humble at all.
The next day, the entire Jiang family got up early and changed into new clothes, dressing up in a very festive manner. However, Jiang Mi remained the same as always and did not treat it as something very important.
When Jiang's mother saw that Jiang Mi was still wearing old clothes, she quickly pulled her inside: "Go and change into something festive. It's such an important day, how can you dress so casually?"
Jiang Mi didn't want to go through all that trouble: "Oh, it's alright, Mom, let's hurry up and go, or we'll miss the auspicious time."
When the auspicious time was mentioned, Jiang's mother had to give up for the time being, since a good time could not be missed. So the whole family hurriedly rushed to the town in a borrowed donkey cart.
They got up early and didn't encounter many people on the way. When they arrived at the restaurant, the waiters and cooks they had hired were already there, and everyone immediately started preparing.
The plaque was covered with a red cloth. Looking at the red cloth, Jiang's mother said with emotion, "I never thought this day would come in my life. Really, Honey, how did you suddenly become so amazing? I've felt like it's all a dream for so many days."
Jiang Mi smiled and said, "Yes, it's like a dream."
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