Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 141

Zhong Ruyi walked over to take a look. Her father had already grown the seedlings long ago. He planted them years ago and took care of them every day. They grew lush and green, and were as tall as her arms.

After she finished watching and went back, someone called her from behind. She turned around and saw that it was Xiaoxue. She was a little surprised.

"Sister Ruyi!" Xiaoxue walked up to her with a smile, holding a basket in her hand.

Zhong Ruyi asked her, "Xiaoxue, have you had lunch? Why are you still in the fields at this time?"

She looked in the direction she came from and felt as if she saw Chen Dongzhi, but because the land of the two families was a bit far apart, she couldn't see clearly.

Xiaoxue smiled and said, "My brother and mother went to the fields to weed today. I just brought the food over."

She pointed to the land several houses away and said, "My land is right there."

Looking in the direction of her finger, I saw Chen Dongzhi and Aunt Chen.

The two talked for a while, and then Zhong's father called her back to eat.

"Sister Ruyi, you should go back and eat first. It's already noon. I also need to go collect the dishes that my mother and the others have eaten from and wash them."

After the two separated, Father Zhong was still cursing. She listened carefully and found out that when she left just now, Aunt Tian said something that made her father unhappy. Even though Father Zhong retorted, he was still angry.

Zhong Ruyi had no choice but to persuade him, "Don't get angry and get sick. No one can help you. Dad, just treat her as a fart. Don't worry about her. It's not like I will do anything if she says anything about me."

When Mr. Zhong thought about this, he calmed down and said with a touched look, "My daughter is good at talking and comforting people, but your three brothers can't even say a word."

Zhong Ruyi smiled, took her father's arm and hurried home for dinner.

The seventh day of the New Year soon arrived. In the morning, Zhong's mother had already packed the things to take to town. It rained yesterday, so my sister-in-law took the children to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots and mushrooms.

The sun came out soon after the rain, so my sister-in-law dried the bamboo shoots and mushrooms and asked them to take them with them.

In the afternoon, Zhong Ruyi entrusted his rabbits to several children at home, and promised to give each of them twenty cents when the rabbits were well-raised.

The red envelopes collected during the Chinese New Year were only passed through their hands once. Except for Cuicui, Shitou and the other two, theirs were taken away by the eldest and second sister-in-law. The reason was that they were afraid that they would spend them recklessly, so they kept them for them first.

So twenty cents was a huge sum of money for these children. Shitou boasted, "Aunt! When you come back next time, these two big rabbits can be grandparents!"

Zhong Ruyi thought it was funny and nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, Shitou. You must help Aunt take good care of them. Aunt will buy them some delicious food when the time comes!"

Tiedan's teeth were still hurting, and half of his face was swollen. He said incoherently, "Dandan, Dandan too!"

Xiao He also raised his hand, "I can, too!"

Mrs. Zhong’s hair was all messed up from all the work, but the kids were still making trouble. “Go away! Get out of the way! If you can take good care of this rabbit, it’ll be fine. But if you don’t, I’ll beat you up!”

After packing up their things and it was almost time, the three of them pulled the cart and set off for the town.

It got dark early, and when the three of them arrived at the town, it was already completely dark. Zhong Laoer quickly opened the door and pushed the cart in.

The tea shop next door was still closed, but the other shops in the same alley were already open and greeted them when they saw them come back.

"Hey, Aunt Zhong, you guys are back? I was just saying this the other day. I missed your braised food so much after not having it for a few days!"

"Can you open the shop tomorrow? Your sign says you'll open on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. We live in town and you've been away for so many days. I really miss you."

When other people in the same alley saw them pulling the cart back, they all started saying auspicious words and greeting them.

Zhong Ruyi and others replied with a smile, saying Happy New Year and yes, the business will open tomorrow.

Zhong Ruyi thought that he felt happy to return to the village, and also happy to return to the town to do business.

When they arrived at the yard, Zhong Ruyi went to boil some hot water first, while Zhong's mother and second brother unloaded the things from the cart.

The two stoves were burning at the same time, and soon two large pots of hot water were ready. Pour them into the bathtub for washing first.

After washing, Zhong's mother sat on a stool in the yard and sighed, "I'm really old. It's really tiring to travel this distance."

Zhong Ruyi also felt a little tired, but she was still young after all, so she just needed to rest for a while. Seeing her mother was so tired, she said, "Mom, I'll just make some noodles for you to eat, and you can go to bed early after that."

However, he didn't let her do it. Zhong Laoer asked them to rest and he would make the noodles. After all, he used to sell wonton noodles, so this was not a problem for him.

Soon three bowls of steaming noodles were served on the table. The three of them ate one bowl each and then went to rest. They had to get up early tomorrow to pull the pigs back from the water, so they had to start being busy again.

He went to bed early at night and woke up full of energy the next day. As usual, Zhong Laoer pulled the cart to pull the pigs back from the water.

After the three of them got back together, Zhong's mother said, "Second brother, why don't we buy something that can be walked back? Pulling a cart every day is too tiring, and you can only carry this much at a time."

Zhong Laoer was also a little tempted when he heard what his mother said, "I'll ask the pork shop owner to help me find out, he has a lot of connections."

"Okay! Let's buy a donkey. It's convenient! It will be convenient for your wife to come to town when the time comes. We don't have to travel a long way to do anything at home."

Let me put it this way, please ask the pork shop owner to keep an eye out, it will definitely be much more convenient to buy a donkey.

It was almost noon, and when the door opened, there were guests holding badges outside.

As soon as they saw the door open, everyone was extremely excited.

"It's open, it's finally open. I've been thinking about this during the New Year holidays!"

"Who said it wasn't? I finally waited for them to open the store, I have to buy more!"

"I can't buy more even if I want to. Each person is limited to two spoons. Fortunately, there is no limit on other braised dishes."

Zhong Ruyi took the food box handed over by the guest, "Two spoons of pork offal, two spoons of braised chicken, and one spoon of braised tofu?"

"Yes, yes, give me more soup. I can use the soup to soak the rice after I finish eating. It won't be a problem to have another bowl!"

Zhong Ruyi smiled and poured him half a spoonful of stewed soup and a stewed egg. "Today is the first day of business, the stewed egg is free."

The guest happily took his food box, said thanks, and couldn't help but eat a few pieces of braised offal on the roadside. After finally satisfying his craving, he took the food back home.

The customers behind were also very happy to hear that there were free braised eggs. It was quite cold waiting in line, so they felt happy even though they were freezing.

Holding food boxes, they bought spoonfuls of food, saying, "This is the last time you sold braised food before the New Year. I saved it and took it to my father-in-law's house on the second day of the New Year. It tasted so good!", "I'm different. We ate all the food I bought the other day. I was thinking about it now." "Me too, me too. I haven't had it for more than ten days. I'm so hungry."

As there was a lot of buying, several pots of braised food were sold out very quickly, and the free braised eggs were gone too. Only a little braised tofu was left. People who came to buy later complained when they saw that the pots were empty and there was nothing left.

"I came so early and still couldn't buy any! Boss, why don't you make more? You don't even have enough to sell."

"Yes, my wife specifically asked for your braised food today. What should I do now that it's out of stock?"

“Everyone really likes delicious food. It depends on luck every time you come here!”

Zhong Ruyi told the later customers that it was sold out and took away all the wooden basins. They could keep the remaining braised tofu for themselves as it was not enough for a spoonful and could not be sold.