Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 124

Zhong Ruyi ran very fast and arrived at the door of Zhongji in a moment. Her second brother happened to be sitting at the door doing something. When she got closer, she saw him fixing a stool in his hand.

"Second brother!" She came to her second brother breathlessly, gasping for breath from exhaustion.

Mr. Zhong was holding a stool in his hand. When he was sweeping the floor at noon, he found that its legs were a little loose. After he fixed it, he took a look at the other stools and found that the legs of several stools were shaky.

He then sat down at the door and started hammering away at the stools. Before he could put down the hammer on the last stool, the little sister who had gone out came back.

He reached out to hold his sister, who was running and sweating, and asked with a frown, "What happened? Why are you running so fast?"

Zhong Ruyi didn't bother to speak and pointed behind him.

Now Zhong Laoer understood why his sister ran so fast.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, pulled his sister behind him, and faced Zhang Mingcong who was running towards him with a ferocious face.

When Zhang Mingcong ran closer, he saw the sadness on Zhang Mingcong's face and felt something was strange. When his gaze shifted to the branch of a tree that looked like a wintersweet in his sister's hand, he understood.

I guess it was because of beating Zhang Mingcong that my sister was able to get rid of him and run back.

Thinking of this, he was extremely angry. This damn Zhang Mingcong thought he had learned his lesson and would not dare to provoke them again.

I didn't expect that he would set his sights on my little sister! How shameless!

Zhang Mingcong finally caught up with Zhong Ruyi. He originally wanted to teach her a lesson, but he didn't expect that Zhong Laoer was standing at the door.

He did not forget what Zhong Laoer's brother-in-law had said before. If he came to Zhong Laoer's store to cause trouble again, he could not guarantee that he would not suddenly lose an arm or a leg while walking on the street one day.

Zhang Mingcong was frightened, but he also felt that Zhong Laoer's brother-in-law worked for the government, so how could he bend the law for personal gain?

So after learning that Zhong Laoer was selling braised food very well and making a fortune every day, he plucked up the courage to come over and ask for money.

But he certainly couldn't ask Zhong Laoer for money directly, so after he found out that there was someone in Zhong Laoer's shop who was suspected to be his cousin whom he had never met, he thought of taking a roundabout approach and asking his cousin for some money to spend.

Girls are always more gullible and easier to talk to. When the time comes, all you have to do is pretend to be pitiful to win her sympathy, and things will naturally be much easier.

So he looked for many opportunities to meet his cousin by chance, and then find a topic to tactfully tell her that he was short of money recently.

With his face and his sweet words, he didn't believe that his cousin could be so heartless.

But he didn't expect that this cousin who was so well protected by her uncle actually had such a tough temper and would hit anyone she wanted!

She really doesn't have the gentle temperament of a girl! She was spoiled by her uncle!

But when he met Zhong Laoer's murderous eyes, he suddenly became timid again and smiled awkwardly, "Cousin Daxiang, what a coincidence! I just happened to meet my cousin on the street, so I wanted to send her back. It's even better if you're here. I've already sent her back and I'm leaving now, so you don't have to send me back!"

He took two steps at a time and jumped out of the door he had just entered.

Zhong Ruyi was originally hiding behind her second brother, wanting to see what Zhang Mingcong was going to do, but she didn't expect that this guy would become so cowardly when he saw her second brother?

Just leave like that?

She couldn't believe it.

She stuck her head out and saw that Zhang Mingcong had indeed walked some distance away.

He turned back as he walked, gave a polite yet awkward smile, and then walked faster.

Zhong Lao Er snorted coldly, "You're really fast!"

He turned around and looked at his sister, his tone becoming gentler, "Little sister, don't be afraid, he's gone. You don't have to be polite if you run into him again next time! This guy is a scoundrel! Tell me if he dares to come to you again!"

Zhong Ruyi nodded, looked at the wintersweet in her hand, and felt it was a pity.

I was too heavy-handed just now. These wintersweets are no longer attractive to look at. They still smell fragrant, but the petals have been torn to pieces.

It would be a pity to throw it away, so she decided to find a jar and pour some space water into it to soak it.

Mother Zhong came out rubbing her eyes. She had just taken a nap in the bedroom when she was woken up.

She yawned and asked, "What's wrong? Why do I seem to hear someone else's voice?"

Zhong Ruyi told Zhang Mingcong how he stopped her on the street and refused to let her leave.

Mother Zhong was furious and was about to go find Zhang Mingcong to settle the score. "What a courageous dog! I thought he had calmed down, but I didn't expect that he would set his sights on you! Is he picking on the weak?"

She grabbed a branch of wintersweet placed aside and was about to rush out. As she pulled it over, she was still muttering how this wintersweet had been destroyed like this?

Zhong Ruyi stopped her, "Mom, don't go. He didn't do anything to me. He just kept following me and saying some nonsense. I was so angry that I hit him twice with the wax plum."

Her mother was still angry, but seeing that her daughter really didn't look like she was in any trouble, she could only say hatefully, "I'll break his legs next time!"

Mother Zhong held her daughter's face in her hands with a distressed look, "You've been attracting too many bad people lately. When I have time, I'll go to the temple and get you a talisman to carry with you."

Zhong Ruyi also felt that she had been attracting too many bad people recently. It might be because her luck was too bad recently.

I hope my mother can get her a more effective talisman.

She took the wintersweet from her mother's hand, found a clay pot, put the wintersweet in it, and kept it there for the time being.

She told Zhong Laoer about Zhou Yuru's situation. Zhong Laoer didn't say anything, but her mother kept sighing.

"I can't tell whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. I just hope that this girl will be fine." Don't come to her third brother again. I just don't know if the third brother can get over it.

The Chinese New Year is only half a month away, and now more people are smoking sausages and bacon.

Several butchers in the town slaughter a few more pigs every day. The store that Zhong Ji goes to buy pig offal from every day has more than ten buckets of pig offal to bring back every day recently.

Originally, Zhong Laoer was worried that he would bring too much back and his younger sister and mother would not be able to cook so much braised food, so he wanted to refuse the pork shop owner.

But when he went back and told her mother, she agreed. "It's only recently that we have money, so we can make some money while the New Year is approaching. What's the big deal about being a little tired? Won't it be tiring to go back and farm?"

Zhong Ruyi also nodded, "Yes, if Second Brother earns more money, he can send a few children to school next year. The baby in Second Sister-in-law's belly will also cost money to give birth!"

My mother and younger sister both agreed, so there was nothing much for me to say. It would only take half a month before the New Year anyway.

I work from dawn to dusk every day. The braised goods that I could usually only sell in the morning can now be sold until the afternoon. I have one trip in the morning and another trip at three or four in the afternoon.

In this way, time passed quickly and the New Year arrived.