Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 205

Zhong Ruyi had heard that some people had special physical constitutions, or should I say, poor physical constitutions, and that pregnancy was extremely uncomfortable for them, sometimes so severe that they needed to be hospitalized to preserve the fetus.

"Before I got married, there was a sister-in-law in the village who was pregnant. She was really miserable. She ate and vomited all day long. She had no choice but to eat because she was worried about the baby in her belly. She didn't gain weight during her pregnancy, but lost a lot of weight. The only thing on her body was her scary-looking belly! A group of girls who played well with us were scared when we saw this. We went home and told our parents that we didn't want to get married and have children, but we were scolded!"

Li Guihua laughed non-stop when she talked about these things, and then sighed twice, "I wonder how they are doing?"

Girls are like dandelions, blown everywhere by the wind. Once the wind scatters them, it's hard for them to get together.

The strawberries and cherries that Zhong Ruyi secretly took out were all eaten by her elder and younger sisters-in-law while they were chatting.

The eldest sister-in-law also lamented that it would be great if she could grow these fruits at home so that she wouldn't have to go to the town to buy them. She still thinks that these fruits were bought by Zhong Ruyi and brought back from the town.

Liu Yu Niang lowered her head and smiled secretly.

Yes, Zhong Ruyi suddenly thought, why not dig a few fruit trees from the space and plant them in your own yard, and eat them whenever you want, just like planting watermelons.

Then let's move a few out and plant them tomorrow.

She pretended to ask casually, "Sister-in-law, which of the fruits I bought do you think is more delicious?"

Li Guihua's eyes lit up when she talked about this. "They are all delicious! I think the green one is pretty good! These we ate tonight are also delicious, all delicious! There is nothing bad."

Isn't it? How can the fruit grown with space water not be delicious?

But I don't know if I can plant it outside. If I plant it alive, will the fruit it grows be the same as in space? I have to try it to know if it works.

In the morning, Zhong Ruyi followed his father to the fields. The peppers had already grown fruits, but they were still green and tender.

The most surprising thing is that the watermelons have begun to bear fruit. There are three or four watermelons on one vine. Some are the size of a fist, and some are the size of a child's head. They are growing well. Mr. Zhong sometimes pinches one or two off. "It's not good if they grow too densely. We still need to thin them out so that they can grow better."

Father Zhong has been farming for so many years, so he naturally knows more than Zhong Ruyi. Zhong Ruyi does whatever Father Zhong says.

The father and daughter were busy all morning. In the afternoon, Zhong Ruyi secretly ran up the mountain when her family was not paying attention. She did not go too deep and just stood in the woods outside for a while.

When she came back, she was carrying two grape stumps and two cherry saplings.

"Sister-in-law, ask Aunt Zhao if she wants one. If she does, I'll give her one. If not, I'll ask Brother Dongzhi."

Li Guihua went to ask and came back, "Aunt Zhao said she wanted grape stakes, but not cherries, because her yard couldn't grow any more."

"But where did you get all this, little sister?"

Zhong Ruyi blinked and lied to her sister-in-law, "I asked someone to bring back the seedlings from outside. I asked him to deliver them to the village if there were any. It just so happened that I met him delivering them when I was strolling outside at noon."

"So that's how it is." Li Guihua nodded in agreement. "Why don't you ask them to come in and have some tea before leaving? It's not easy for them to come here in such hot weather!"

"He didn't just give me a ride this time. He also had other people ask him to help carry something so he left right after delivering it."

Several people worked together to plant the two seedlings. The eldest brother even built a rack for the grapes that had not yet grown. This was what he had just heard from his younger sister: grapes need to climb vines.

Zhong Ruyi sent the remaining cherry seedling to the Chen family. On the way, she took advantage of the fact that no one was around to move out a grape stump.

She knocked on the door and it was Xiaoxue who opened it. She was very happy to see her and called out "Brother!" twice into the room.

Soon Chen Dongzhi came out and saw Zhong Ruyi standing in the yard.

The expression on his face softened, "Is the store not busy?"

Zhong Ruyi nodded and said with a smile, "Aunt Sun and Jiang Rong are in the store, so I'm going back to the village to rest for two days."

She handed the two seedlings in her hand to Chen Dongzhi, "These are the two seedlings I asked someone to bring for me. I have already planted them at home. These two are for you."

Chen Dongzhi took the two seedlings and looked at them in his hand. They were unfamiliar seedlings, but since they were given by Ruyi, he was happy to accept them.

I found some tools and dug two holes beside the courtyard wall and prepared to plant.

"Brother Dongzhi, plant one here and one on the other side." Zhong Ruyi said, pointing to the grape stake and showing him, "This one is for climbing vines. If you plant two together, one of them will be blocked by the sun and won't grow well."

"Then plant this one in this corner, and I'll plant the remaining one in the opposite corner."

Chen Dongzhi was very quick and planted the two seedlings with great dexterity.

While Chen Dongzhi went to fetch water, Zhong Ruyi secretly watered the two seedlings with some spiritual spring water. She didn't dare to water too much for fear of being noticed.

After planting the trees, Zhong Ruyi was about to go back, but Chen Dongzhi suddenly called her and asked her to wait in the yard. He went into the room and said he wanted to get something for him.

When he came out, Chen Dongzhi put his hands behind his back and asked her to close her eyes.

Zhong Ruyi closed her eyes obediently and waited for him to say "Okay, you can open your eyes now". As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw his own face.

Or rather, it's my own face in the mirror.

...

Is this a glass mirror?

That foreign peddler who sells glass mirrors for twenty taels of silver?

Zhong Ruyi couldn't hold back her smile, but Chen Dongzhi hadn't discovered it yet, and looked excited as if he had found a treasure. "I saw this on a small stall in town. There was only one left. I thought I'd never seen it before, so I bought it for you."

So the twenty taels of silver that Zhong Ruyi saved was spent on Chen Dongzhi.

Finally, Chen Dongzhi discovered that the expression on her face was a little strange. It was hard to tell what expression it was, and it didn't seem like she was unhappy, just a little weird.

He felt a little panicked. Could it be that Ruyi didn't like it?

The hanging heart finally died.

But Zhong Ruyi felt both soft-hearted and cute when she saw Chen Dongzhi's cautious expression. She couldn't help but reach out and hug him, but quickly let go.

Chen Dongzhi was stunned. Does she like it or not?

But thinking that she hugged him, she must like him, so the smile on his face deepened, and he said while holding the mirror, "This is the first time I've seen a mirror that can reflect a person so clearly. It's much clearer than Xiaoxue's mirror."

The last time he was stung by a bee, he used Xiaoxue's mirror to look at his face.

Now if I compare Xiaoxue's mirror with the one I just bought, it's simply unbearable to look at.

Zhong Ruyi accepted the mirror and said, "I like it very much!"

Chen Dongzhi was very happy to hear this, and thought to himself that next time he met that vendor, he would take a look at what else he was selling on his stall, maybe he would find something that Ruyi liked.