Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 108

After dodging people all the way, she finally arrived at Xinghua Village and went straight to the Zhong family.

When she was almost at the Zhong family's house, she saw someone at the door. It was a young girl and two children playing at the door.

She was shocked. She wanted to tell Zhong Laosan what Zhou Yushou was going to do, but she must not be seen by anyone, otherwise, if the matter was exposed, Zhou Yushou would not let her go.

There happened to be a tree blocking the view of the people at the door, so she quickly hid under the tree and watched them.

Zhong Ruyi brought Tiedan and Xiaohe to the door. Tiedan insisted on showing her his slingshot and vowed that he could hit the tree in front as long as she designated a leaf for him.

She looked at him with admiration, "Dandan! I haven't seen you for so many days. Are you so good now?"

Tiedan held his head high, chest puffed out, chin lifted high, "Aunt, Shuisheng said that one day you don't see someone, you should look at them with new eyes, do you understand what I mean?"

Zhong Ruyi almost laughed out loud, but she held it back. She winked at Xiaohe, and Xiaohe immediately understood what she meant.

Xiao He asked, "Dandan, what does 'look upon someone with new eyes' mean? I don't understand."

Tiedan shook his head and said, "You don't understand this, right? Actually, I didn't understand it at first either. Shuisheng told me this. He said that this sentence means that a long time has passed, and when you meet again, you can't look at this person with the same old eyes."

Zhong Ruyi and Xiaohe applauded him. Zhong Ruyi smiled and said, "Our Dandan is really amazing. He can say idioms and understand the meaning of this sentence. How about I ask your parents to send you to a private school?"

The last sentence was meant to tease Tiedan. Such a young child is at the age when he loves to play, and he would definitely not be happy to go to a private school.

Unexpectedly, Tiedan's eyes lit up, "Really? Am I going to a private school? Can I study like Shuisheng?"

Zhong Ruyi didn't expect him to react like this. Could it be that this child really loves reading?

"Dandan, studying is very tiring. You see Shuisheng has to get up before dawn every day to recite his lessons. When he goes to the private school, he has to go to school with his classmates. He can't just go when he wants to and not go when he doesn't want to. When he gets home from school, he has to complete the homework assigned by the teacher. He can't just think about playing every day. If he doesn't complete the homework assigned by the teacher well, he will be slapped on the palm of his hand. Do you still want to go?"

Tiedan was originally happy, but when he heard that he had to get up before dawn to go to the private school, and had to memorize and do homework, and would be beaten if he didn't do well, he became scared.

"Aunt, Shuisheng said that he went to a private school and his family paid a lot of money. Why did he get beaten even though he paid the money?"

Zhong Ruyi was choked by what he said, "Dandan, you also said that your family paid a lot of money for Shuisheng to study. If he doesn't cherish it, wouldn't it be a waste? Grandma Zhao and the others saved money to let him study, not to let him play. If the teacher beat him, it was because he did something wrong. Ask Shuisheng, if he does well in his studies, will the teacher praise him?"

"And why does Shuisheng want to study? Why do you want to study too?"

Tiedan was speechless, and Xiaohe beside him took over and said, "Aunt, I know why Shuisheng wants to study!"

Zhong Ruyi looked at him and said, "Okay, then Xiaohe, why do you think Shuisheng wants to study?"

Xiaohe said, "Shuisheng said he wanted to be an official and do good things for the people. Grandma Zhao said that you don't have to be an official to do good things, but Shuisheng said that being an official has great power and can do more good things."

Zhong Ruyi didn't expect Shuisheng to have such great ambitions. She nodded and looked at Tiedan.

"Dandan, did you hear that? Shuisheng wants to study because he wants to do good things for the people and become a good official. What about you?"

Now Tiedan was in a dilemma. He was only three years old, and it was good enough for him to understand the meaning of "look at someone with new eyes". But he didn't understand anything more profound, after all, he was still young.

Seeing that he was about to cry with his lips pursed, Zhong Ruyi quickly hugged him and said, "Of course! Studying doesn't necessarily mean you have to become an official. As long as you can learn a few more words, when you do business with others in the future and they show you their account books, you won't be unable to understand anything, right?"

Tiedan sobbed twice, "Do I have to get up so early to go to the private school? What if I'm sleepy?"

"How about you go to the private school with Shuisheng? What should we do if Shuisheng gets sleepy?"

Xiao He said, "Aunt, I also want to go to a private school."

Zhong Ruyi was a little surprised, "Does Xiaohe also want to be an official like Shuisheng?"

Xiao He shook his head and said, "I don't want to be an official. I just want to learn to read and write so that I can do business without being cheated."

"You want to do business?" Zhong Ruyi was even more surprised. Seeing Xiaohe nodding seriously, she couldn't help but touch his head.

"Then I'll go back and ask your parents. Maybe they want to send you there too!"

As they were quite far away, Zhou Yuru could only hear a few words intermittently. Just as she was about to stretch her neck to listen, she heard the sound of the door opening.

Then, Zhong Laosan's voice sounded, "Little sister."

She was suddenly a little excited and almost couldn't help running out, but she forced herself to hold back, wanting to wait until they finished talking and Zhong Ruyi left before going out.

But she was too far away to hear clearly what they were saying. After waiting for a long time and hearing no sound, she stuck her head out to see. There were only two children left at the door, and Zhong Ruyi and the other person were gone!

She was so angry that she stamped her feet and quickly came out from behind the tree and ran to the door of Zhong's house.

Putting on a smiling face, he asked the two children, "Excuse me, is this Zhong Daji's home?"

Xiaohe and Tiedan were still fiddling with the slingshot when a big sister came running over.

Tiedan was still a little confused and was about to nod when Xiaohe pulled him back.

Xiao He looked alert, "Who are you? What do you want from him?"

Zhou Yuru resisted the urge to roll her eyes and smiled, "I'm from Yangliu Village next door, and I came here to see him for something! Is he home? Could you please call him out for me?"

Xiao He had never seen this person before, and remembered that his family told them that if a stranger came to talk to them or give them food, they must not talk to them or ask for their food.

In the past, there were cases where children in the village were abducted by kidnappers, so the family members always taught the children in detail.

In Dazhao, if a kidnapper was caught, he would be sentenced to death. Kidnapping children was a heinous crime in any era.

Xiao He pulled up Tiedan who was still fiddling with the slingshot, "I don't know! Don't ask me! We don't have this person here!"

After saying that, he pulled Tiedan and ran home.

Before Zhou Yuru could react, Xiaohe had already pulled Tiedan away.

In the courtyard of the Zhong family, Zhong's mother asked in confusion, "Xiaohe, what's wrong with you? Why did you come back with your brother in such a hurry? Did you fight with Niu Dan and Shi Hou again?"

Xiao He was relieved when he saw the adults at home. He said nervously, "Grandma! Just now, a woman I don't know outside asked me if this is my uncle's home. I ignored her and brought Tiedan back!"

Looking for the third child? Zhong's mother wondered, a woman?

"What does she look like? Is she a young girl?" asked Zhong's mother.

"She's kind of good looking!"

Xiao He told the truth. He did think that the older sister was pretty, as pretty as his younger aunt. But he was afraid that she was a kidnapper and would kidnap him and Tiedan. What would he do then?

But if you ask him to describe what is so good about her, he can't say it. Anyway, she is a little good-looking!

Mother Zhong thought of Zhou Yuru, so she quickly opened the door and looked out.

no one.

Xiao He said behind her, "Grandma, she said she came from Yangliu Village!"

Yangliu Village? Although she didn't see anyone, Zhong's mother was almost certain that the person who came was Zhou Yuru.

The third brother didn’t know anyone else in Yangliu Village. Who else would come to see him except Zhou Yuru?

I just don't know what Zhou Yuru wants to do by looking for the third brother? Did she know that her brother wanted to do something bad to her daughter, and she went to the third brother to tell him about it?

But there was no one there now, and Zhong’s mother couldn’t just go up and ask. What if the person didn’t come to talk about this? Wouldn’t that expose her?