Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 138

Zhong Mei was also very sad. She was convinced that it was all her good second sister-in-law's fault. Otherwise, how could her second brother, who loved her so much before, suddenly change?

When she just entered, she saw that the clothes worn by her second brother, second sister-in-law and niece were of no worse material than those of their family. In fact, the clothes worn by her niece were much better than those worn by her daughter.

It's obvious that he made money by doing business in town.

They are all family, and she also wants to have a piece of the pie in such a good business. When she opens her own shop and makes money, she will be grateful to her second brother and his wife.

She gritted her teeth and said fiercely, "Let's come a few more times. Your second uncle is a soft-hearted man. He will agree one day."

Chen Dongzhi frowned. The woman just rolled her eyes at him for no reason. He thought to himself, what an impolite person she is.

Seeing him frowning and looking in the direction of the Zhang family, Zhong Ruyi asked him what was wrong.

"The woman in the white dress just rolled her eyes at me." He looked aggrieved.

"Rolling eyes?" Zhong Ruyi leaned out to look. Zhang Mingzhu had already helped Zhong Mei walk away, so she didn't see any rolling eyes.

She comforted him, "Maybe she has eye cramps, don't worry about them. Brother Dongzhi, why did you bring so much honey so early in the morning? Did you go up the mountain again?"

Yes, that's right. The big clay jar in Chen Dongzhi's hand is full of wild honey. No one knows where he got it so early in the morning.

"Take it back and make some water for Xiaoxue and the others to drink. There's still some left from what you gave me last time."

Chen Dongzhi shook his head and said in a gentle voice, "I cut this in the mountains this morning. I put it in two cans. My mother asked me to bring one over to sweeten your mouth."

Zhong Ruyi looked worried, "Why did you go up the mountain after drinking last night?"

"I can't sleep." Chen Dongzhi looked at her steadily, and they both thought of the kiss last night.

The two of them hugged each other last night, and of course she could feel the changes in Chen Dongzhi. If Cuicui hadn't suddenly appeared, who knows how the situation would have ended.

She coughed lightly and said, "You'd better drink less, otherwise you will be the one who suffers."

"I'll do whatever you say." Chen Dongzhi's ears turned slightly red, but he still said this.

Both of them blushed. Zhong Ruyi glared at him with a red face. They haven't even gotten married yet, but he's still saying sweet words.

"My daughter, let Dongzhi come in and sit for a while. I'm making lunch now. Let him stay for dinner." Mother Zhong's voice came from the kitchen.

"Let's go. My mother is cooking. You can stay for dinner." Zhong Ruyi reached out and pulled him in.

Chen Dongzhi shook his head. "No, I'm going to the town now. I'm going to take the wild pheasants and roe deer I caught yesterday to see if anyone wants them."

Several pheasants had already died, and his mother had smoked them and hung them up. The few remaining ones were now a little wilted, so he thought it would be better to take them to the town to be collected by someone.

Zhong's mother came out with a basin to pick vegetables, but when she heard him say that he didn't want to eat here anymore and wanted to go to town, she said, "No, you can't not eat now. It's too tiring to travel for an hour. How about I make some egg pancakes for you to eat on the way?"

After saying that, he stopped picking the dishes and hurried into the kitchen to make omelettes.

Mother Zhong made out a dozen egg pancakes at once and filled his water bag with water mixed with honey.

"Have you told your mother when you got home? Tell her not to keep any dinner for you tonight. I have already prepared it for you. You can come to my place to eat when you come back in the evening."

Seeing Chen Dongzhi walking away with a roe deer and a few pheasants in a backpack, she couldn't help but sigh, "It's Chinese New Year and he's still so diligent."

After lunch, Zhong's mother took her needle and thread and went to visit Chen's family.

The Chen family is now living a much better life than in previous years. Chen Dongzhi goes up the mountain to hunt every day. A row of smoked rabbit, pheasant, sausages and bacon are hung under the eaves.

Aunt Chen was still very surprised to see her. "I was just about to say I would go look for you. My son just came back and took some roe deer and pheasants away. He said he was going to sell them in town. I was thinking of bringing him some pancakes, but he said you had already made them for him."

She smiled and poured a glass of honey water for Zhong's mother. The two had a good relationship before. Although Zhong's mother was a little strong-willed, she was a kind-hearted person. In the past few years, she always gave food to her family.

She has it all in mind. Now her son and her daughter are together. Maybe they will get married in a while, and she will be able to hold her grandson next year.

The two of them pulled chairs and sat under the eaves to talk. Xiaoxue took Xiaoman up the mountain as well, saying they wanted to see if the wild vegetables had grown. Chen's mother told them not to go too far.

"...Really? Will it taste good with this?" Chen's mother asked in surprise.

"Of course, you should add some sugar to enhance the flavor so that it will taste better." Mother Zhong put the thread to her mouth and bit it off.

She held up the finished clothes and looked at them carefully. This was the third set she had made. Two more would be enough. Clothes for little dolls didn't waste much fabric.

Mother Chen looked at the small clothes in her hands with envy. The second child of the Zhong family is a few years older than her Dongzhi. Xiaohe is seven years old this year, and the second child's wife is pregnant with another baby.

She doesn’t know when her son and Ruyi’s marriage will be put on the agenda. She already wants to have grandchildren.

Take advantage of the fact that you are still young and can take care of your children. Otherwise, it would be a pity if you can’t even hold your grandchildren when you are old.

Mother Zhong picked up a torn piece of clothing that Father Zhong had worn out and patched it up, saying as she sewed, "Aunt, I'll ask Dongzhi to come to my house for dinner tonight."

"Forget it. You're thoughtful, but the food we made on New Year's Eve hasn't been finished yet. If we leave it alone, it will go bad."

Mother Chen was worried. She didn't know why, but the children in the family didn't want to eat the food she cooked. It was fine before her eldest son came back.

After the eldest son came back, he went to the kitchen a few times. From then on, Xiaoxue and Xiaoman began to dislike the taste of the food she cooked.

It tasted delicious before, but now it doesn’t taste good no matter how I cook it.

She sighed, "Somehow the kids at home haven't had a good appetite lately. They can't even eat a few bites of food."

Mrs. Zhong was thinking in her heart, is it that they have poor appetite or that the food you cook is not tasty?

She was too embarrassed to say it directly, and just comforted Chen's mother, "Now that life is good, children are picky. Aren't the children in my family the same? Tiedan has a toothache from eating too much candy. Think about it, can life be bad?"

In the past, when the economy was bad, a child would be considered lucky if he could eat a piece of candy once in a year or two. Who would be like Tiedan, who ate candy early in the morning and late at night, and damaged his teeth?

I couldn’t sleep last night because of the pain and kept crying.

Mother Chen curled her lips, and suddenly thought of something and said, "How about you teach me? My family went to your house for dinner a few times during the winter solstice and they always said that you are a good cook. I was thinking that if you teach me, I can also cook a few more dishes that they like."

Mother Zhong knew that her cooking skills were not good. She had eaten at Chen's house once before, and she had never eaten at Chen's house since then.

I don’t know how she cooks the dishes, they are either too salty or too bland. When she makes an egg drop soup, you can even find a piece of egg shell in it.

"Okay! I'll teach you when I have time!" Mother Zhong agreed, mainly because she was afraid that her daughter would not have good food to eat if she really married into the family.