Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 126

Although she had only returned after a month, Zhong Ruyi could still see that her room had been cleaned when she opened the door.

The second sister-in-law's voice sounded behind her, "Little sister, don't worry, we often come to clean your room, and the quilt and pillow were just dried yesterday!"

Zhong Ruyi smiled happily. It was really good to feel that her family cared about her.

She looked at her second sister-in-law's belly with some curiosity, "Second sister-in-law, how many months are you pregnant now? Why is your belly growing so fast?"

Liu Yu Niang touched her belly with a gentle smile on her face. "It's been more than four months. The last time I asked the doctor, he said I should give birth around the end of July next year."

At the end of July, it’s the summer confinement period, which is so painful.

"Second sister-in-law, can I touch it?" She was a little curious when she looked at her second sister-in-law's belly.

Liu Yu Niang directly pulled her hand and placed it on her belly.

"Oh! It's a little hard!" Zhong Ruyi was surprised. Even if she just touched it lightly, even through the clothes, she could feel that her second sister-in-law's belly was a little hard.

She touched her belly again; it was soft. Although she was not fat, her belly had the most fat on her body except for her butt and breasts.

Every time she took a shower, she couldn't help but touch it, especially when she was sitting, with the fat on her belly hanging down, the feeling was simply amazing.

I went to a hot spring with my roommates before. They said that it would be easier for people like them to lose weight if they were fat, but it would be difficult to lose weight if their flesh was hard.

She has never lost weight, so she doesn't know whether this is true or not.

Liu Yu Niang was amused by her expression and said with a smile, "You will know when you get married and have children. When I was pregnant with Xiao He, I often touched my belly and it felt hard too."

She smiled reluctantly, "I didn't understand at the time. After I got pregnant, I often touched my belly. Later, when Xiaohe was born, I had a difficult labor. The midwife said it was because I touched my belly so often that the fetus was in an abnormal position after a long time."

Zhong Ruyi was so scared that she quickly retracted her hand.

"It's okay. The doctor said it will be fine as long as you don't touch it too often." Liu Yu Niang said with a smile.

Mother Zhong's voice came from outside, "Isn't it just a few more words? Look at your sullen face!"

Then came the voice of Zhong's father, "It's so cold today, and you're still sitting outside chatting in the wind. Be careful not to catch a cold!"

"Okay, okay! Thank you for your concern! That's enough."

When Zhong Ruyi went out, she saw the old couple talking to each other non-stop.

"Dad!" She ran forward, hugged Father Zhong's hand, and said with a smile, "My mother and my second brother have been so busy lately that they have lost weight!"

Mr. Zhong's expression became a little worried. "Old lady, you look really thin! Why don't we let the third child go? Otherwise, it will be too tiring!"

Mother Zhong waved her hands, looking nonchalant, "You don't understand. Although I'm exhausted during this period, I still earn a lot," she gestured as she rubbed her fingers together, "I still make a lot of money!"

Her eyes lit up. "Come, come, I made you a new dress. Come to my room and try it on to see if it fits!"

The two went back to their room to try on clothes.

No one knew where Cuicui had gone, and there was no one in the yard.

Suddenly a small cannonball ran towards her.

"Tiedan! Where did you come from?" She hugged Tiedan and it took a lot of effort to lift him up.

Tiedan rubbed his head against his aunt, "Aunt, Brother Shitou bullied me!"

Zhong Ruyi held him for a while, but couldn't hold him any longer, so she quickly put him down.

"Why did he bully you? Did you two have another fight?"

At this time, Shitou, who was hiding outside the door, ran in and said, "Aunt! I didn't bully him, he was the one who bullied me!"

As soon as Tiedan saw Shitou coming, he immediately started quarreling with him, and Zhong Ruyi only understood the whole process.

The three boys in the family each had a new slingshot, which Chen Dongzhi had made for them.

Shitou is a child who takes good care of things. No matter what comes into his hands, he will keep it well.

Tiedan is different. Maybe because he is too young, he has no awareness in this regard. Since he was a child, all the toys made by his family, including the leftover toys from his older brothers and sisters, have been destroyed by him.

It can be said that once this toy has touched Tiedan, it will break within three days.

This time, each person had a slingshot. Shitou's and Xiaohe's were still in good condition, but Tiedan's was broken by him.

After breaking the toy, he would think of his two brothers. Xiaohe was easier to talk to, and would let him play with it after a few coaxes. Even if he broke the toy, Xiaohe would not get angry or scold him as he was such a gentle person.

Tiedan broke two slingshots in a row, and then he turned his attention to his brother Shitou, begging him to lend him one to play with.

If it were when Tiedan was still young and his destructive power was not so strong, the stone might have been lent to him.

But ever since Tiedan broke his wooden horse and windmill twice before, Shitou stopped lending him toys to play with. It was obvious that the toys he borrowed would not last more than three days in Tiedan's hands.

Zhong Ruyi said seriously, "Tiedan, why are you like this? You didn't take good care of the things someone lent you and you broke them? If it were me, I wouldn't let you play with it either."

Tiedan didn't expect that his aunt would not support him but instead talked about him. He pouted his lips and pretended to cry.

Zhong Ruyi pinched his mouth and squeezed him into a little duck.

Stone clapped his hands and cheered, "You broke Xiaohe's slingshot, and now you want to break mine?"

The eldest sister-in-law came over and said in a reproachful tone, "Shitou, how can you talk to your brother like that? It's just a slingshot, isn't it? Why are you talking to him like that when you don't let him play with it?"

After hearing this, Zhong Ruyi put her hand down a little embarrassedly.

But she still said, "Sister-in-law, Tiedan is still young, this bad habit still needs to be corrected for him, otherwise it will be too late to change it when he grows up."

The eldest sister-in-law just smiled and waved to Tiedan without saying anything, "Come here, we don't want to play with your brother."

Zhong Ruyi watched her sister-in-law take Tiedan away, leaving Shitou with a look of grievance.

She wanted to say something but was afraid that her sister-in-law would think she was meddling too much. However, it was wrong for her to educate the children in this way.

Shitou was originally happy, but ended up feeling aggrieved because of his mother's behavior.

When Zhong's mother came out after helping Zhong's father try on clothes, she saw Shitou with a pursed mouth, looking like he was about to cry. She asked what happened.

Shitou's tears began to fall, and Zhong Ruyi hurriedly wiped his tears.

Mother Zhong frowned and asked, "How old are you? Why do you still cry so much?"

"Mom, please stop talking." Zhong Ruyi quickly interrupted Zhong's mother, lest Shitou feel more aggrieved by the words she spoke.

She told him about how Shitou and Tiedan had just had a tantrum and how her sister-in-law came out to protect Tiedan and only said things that Shitou did wrong.

Mother Zhong frowned even more. She sighed and said to Shitou, "Alright, alright! Stop crying! It's hilarious that a child this big starts crying when someone says something to him!"

She knew that her eldest daughter-in-law was somewhat partial to her younger grandson. She had also mentioned this several times. Several times before, Tiedan had secretly taken Shitou's toys, broke them, and put them back, and when Shitou found out, the two children had a big fight.

It was obvious that Tiedan was wrong, but I don't know if the old man was out of his mind or what? He insisted that Shitou was teasing Tiedan with toys, which caused all these problems.

Shitou was so angry that he ignored his mother for several days. Finally, it was Zhong's father who fixed the repair for him, and Shitou finally calmed down.

Having too many children is a problem, and it is not good to favor any one of them.

Shitou was sandwiched between his sister Cuicui and his brother Tiedan, so he was inevitably ignored.

Cuicui was the first child, and although she was a girl, everyone in the family loved her. The eldest daughter-in-law valued her even more and rarely let her do any work.

After Shitou was born, the eldest daughter of the family had passed that rare feeling and was not as concerned about Shitou as Cuicui, but she was not too partial to him either.

It was not until several years later that Tiedan was born. The eldest daughter-in-law was already in her early thirties when Tiedan was born, so she naturally favored this late-born son.

Sometimes Shitou would quarrel with his mother and cry and say, "Don't bother me. You don't like me anyway." Mother Zhong felt aggrieved when she heard this.

Mother Zhong criticized and scolded her in private, but Mrs. Zhong didn't think she was wrong.