Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 81

Zhong Laosan originally wanted to pick up a piece of meat, but his hand slipped and picked up a potato instead. The habit of the Zhong family is to eat whatever they pick up, and no one wants to eat the saliva on your chopsticks.

Forget it, potatoes are just potatoes.

But as soon as he put it in his mouth, he felt something was wrong. The potato tasted strange. He wanted to spit it out, but he was afraid that his mother would scold him for wasting food, so he had to swallow it.

He frowned and said, "Mom, are these potatoes bad? Why do they taste wrong?"

Mother Zhong coughed lightly, "Oh! I went to the toilet while cooking just now, and the potatoes were a little mushy when I came back."

I see. That makes sense. My mother has been cooking for so many years, there is no way she would burn the food, except in special circumstances.

When Zhong Ruyi mentioned braised peanuts, the second brother's attention was immediately attracted.

"That's fine too. I'll stew half a pot tomorrow. Some customers who bought from me today are asking about it. I told them that it will be available tomorrow. The guy might not come back to buy from me this morning, and he didn't ask us to leave it for him."

After discussing the braised peanuts and finishing their meal, the second brother went to wash the dishes, while Zhong Ruyi was taken away by her mother to continue embroidering.

The day passed quickly. Before going to bed at night, Zhong Ruyi asked her mother if she wanted to eat fruit. If so, she would take some out from the space.

Since arriving in the town, Zhong Ruyi seldom enters the space. She could go in a few times occasionally at home before, but now since she started selling braised food, she has no time to go in at all. She feels that this space is just a decoration in her hands.

Unlike other time-traveling women who have become successful by relying on their spatial powers, she still has to move forward step by step like an ordinary person.

It’s just that she has a lot more modern knowledge in her mind than the people here, such as this braised food.

However, according to the clever minds of the ancients, even if she hadn't taken out the braised food, they would have thought of it, it would just be a little later.

Mother Zhong thought about the grapes she had eaten at noon. She was about to go to sleep, but she felt like eating some more.

Seeing her expression, Zhong Ruyi flashed into the space and picked a bunch, washed it under the spiritual spring and took it out.

The mother and daughter shared a bunch of grapes. Zhong Ruyi thought of her second brother who was living alone in the empty room next door. She always felt that it was not good for the two of them to eat alone here, but there was nothing she could do; she could not tell anyone about it.

After eating, I rinsed my mouth and went to bed quickly. I had to get up early to do business tomorrow, and I wouldn’t be able to get up if I went to bed late.

In the morning, Zhong Ruyi yawned and went to open the door for her second brother to go out. She was shocked to see three people standing at the door.

"What are you doing here?" She was a little angry, as anyone would be if they were scared after opening the door so early in the morning.

When she saw clearly who the three people were through the oil lamp lit in the store, she was even more speechless. It was the young man who came to line up early yesterday morning, and two young men who came with him for the second time to carry the braised peanuts back.

As soon as Xu Xiaohu saw the store door open, he hurried forward, but he didn't expect that this would scare people, so he quickly backed away.

He apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry to scare you, Miss Zhong."

When buying braised goods yesterday morning, Xu Xiaohu already knew that this girl was the sister of the boss of Zhongji.

Brother Zhong was still waiting for his sister to remove the door panel, but the panel was not removed and his sister was talking to someone, "Little sister, who is it?"

Could it be a customer? Another customer lining up so early?

Putting down the cart he was pulling, the second brother curiously poked his head out, and when he looked over, he saw that this was the boy from yesterday. Why was he here again?

"Good morning, Mr. Zhong." Xu Xiaohu quickly greeted the boss of Zhongji when he saw him.

Brother Zhong nodded as a greeting, then turned around and worked with his younger sister to remove the door panel, pulled it onto the cart and left.

Xu Xiaohu looked at the two people busy and didn't feel comfortable to get closer, so he stepped aside with the two young men who followed him and waited quietly.

Zhong Ruyi ignored them. He had already told him when he first came yesterday morning that the cards were issued according to time. It was not given to whoever came earlier, but to whoever arrived first at the hour of Chen.

After her second brother drove the cart away, she went straight in. Mother Zhong had already prepared breakfast and was waiting for her.

While eating steamed buns, Zhong Ruyi casually said that the guy from yesterday came again, and he brought two young men with him.

When Mrs. Zhong heard this, she took three steamed buns and went out to fill their stomachs. But this time, the boys learned their lesson and knew they had to come and wait early, so they brought their own cakes and steamed buns.

After thanking Mrs. Zhong for her kindness, the three of them only asked for the water that Mrs. Zhong brought out and did not ask for anything else. They felt embarrassed as they came to Zhong Ji to sell braised food after all. How could it be wrong to eat his breakfast every day?

Zhong Ruyi wondered if the young man wanted to buy braised peanuts today like he did yesterday. She went out to ask him and got a positive answer. She thought that when her second brother came back, she would discuss with him whether the braised peanuts today could not be braised in half a pot as he had said yesterday.

Otherwise, if this guy buys them all, other customers who want to buy some to try won’t be able to buy any. And just now when Zhong Ruyi asked, the guy said that all the braised peanuts today must be bought.

Brother Zhong had already thought of this when he went to pull the pigs out of the water. The pot of braised peanuts from yesterday was packed by this guy, and he came again today.

When he returned, his younger sister mentioned this matter, and he said in a deep voice: "Then let's stew one pot, no, add another half pot."

At most, the whole pot will be given to that guy, and the remaining half pot will be left for the customer who asked for it yesterday. We can't give it all to that guy.

The peanuts we brought were only in a sack, and they were gone after just a few days of pickling.

When the Chen hour arrived, Zhong Ruyi went out to distribute signs, and there were already quite a few people gathered at the door.

The first one was Xu Xiaohu and the two young men who came with him. Each of the three of them received one piece.

Today's signs were taken out very quickly. Even if those who didn't get one regretted coming late today, there was nothing they could do, after all, some people arrived at four o'clock before dawn.

A few customers who came later came up to ask, "Boss, are the braised peanuts you mentioned yesterday still available today?"

Zhong Ruyi nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, I said yesterday that it will definitely be there today!"

After receiving a positive response, the customers who didn’t get the tags finally felt relieved. Maybe they could come earlier and buy other braised goods.

After handing out the signs, Zhong Ruyi went into the yard and found his second brother still eating breakfast.

Now there is also a stove in the yard and two in the kitchen, and both sides need someone to watch. Mother Zhong watches the two in the kitchen, and Zhong Ruyi watches the one in the yard.

Zhong Ruyi took out the small stool from the kitchen and placed it behind her mother, then rolled up her sleeves and began to clean the pig offal. She had just taken the time to hand out the labels, and now after handing them out she had to come back to wash the pig offal, and she would also have to come over to help after her second brother finished eating.

Zhong's mother did not sit on the small stool that was taken out, but squatted to clean the drain. Zhong Ruyi remembered that she had heard someone say that a relative of hers had to squat to do work when she was young, and when she got old, her uterus fell off and she could not have surgery, so she had to keep it clamped.

"Mom, please sit on the stool. Don't squat all the time. It's not good for your health." Zhong Ruyi advised her mother. Although she didn't know whether it was true, it was better to take precautions.

Mother Zhong didn't want to sit because it was inconvenient to work while sitting. Besides, she had been squatting for so many years and there was no sign of her health being unwell.