Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 136

At night, Chen Dongzhi tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He didn't know whether it was because he ate too much venison or drank too much alcohol.

After tossing and turning again, I still couldn't fall asleep, so I simply sat up and put on my clothes, thinking of going outside to get some fresh air.

As we walked, we arrived at the Zhong family's courtyard. It was already late, and I guess everyone in the Zhong family must have gone to bed.

He put his hands on the wall, wondering what he was thinking.

At this moment, voices suddenly came from the yard.

"Aunt, wait here for a while. I'll be ready soon."

Cuicui and Zhong Ruyi slept together tonight. In the middle of the night, she suddenly wanted to go to the toilet, but she didn't dare to get up alone, so she had to wake her up quietly and ask her to come with her.

Zhong Ruyi was squatting under the courtyard wall, writing with a stick, when he suddenly heard a bird cry.

She wondered where the birds came from in the middle of winter. She stood up, opened the gate, and looked outside.

What she found was a person standing in the corner.

When she came to her senses and looked carefully, wasn't this Brother Dongzhi?

What are you doing standing here so late at night?

Could it be that he is feeling uncomfortable because he drank too much?

She walked over with some concern, "Brother Dongzhi, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Chen Dongzhi watched her approaching and thought he was hallucinating, until he didn't respond and she grabbed his hand.

When he felt the warmth on his hand, he realized that it was really her and not his illusion.

The night was like water, gently spreading over the two of them. Looking at her worried eyes, he finally couldn't help but reach out and hold her in his arms.

"I'm not feeling uncomfortable, I just can't sleep, so I got up and walked around." He said in a muffled voice.

Zhong Ruyi also reached out and hugged him. After the two of them hugged each other, she felt the warmth and heartbeat coming from each other, with a smile on her lips.

After holding him for a while, she estimated that Cuicui would soon be well, so she patted his back gently and said softly, "Okay, go back and rest quickly. I should go back to bed too."

Chen Dongzhi lightened his hold on her, looking at her bright face in the moonlight and her pink lips that seemed to be tempting him, he got excited and kissed her.

As soon as I touched him it was like fireworks went off in my mind, so soft and sweet.

He closed his eyes and deepened the kiss.

Zhong Ruyi didn't expect him to do this suddenly. After she realized what was happening, she reached out and hugged him tightly.

The two hugged each other and kissed, as if they were the only ones left in the world.

Until Cuicui's voice came from the yard, with a bit of panic.

Cuicui came out of the toilet and didn't see her aunt. Her aunt was not in the room either. She went out and saw that the gate was open. She was so scared that she plucked up the courage to go out and take a look.

She carefully stuck her head out and happened to run into her aunt coming back from the courtyard gate.

"Aunt, why did you run outside? I was so scared. I thought you were taken away by a wolf."

Cuicui pouted, she was terrified. There was no wolf in the yard or in the room. When she was a child, she heard the adults in the village scare the children, saying that the wolves in the mountains would come and take the children away during the New Year, and told them not to run around, otherwise they would be terrible if they were taken away by the wolves.

Zhong Ruyi's lips were red and her eyes were watery, but fortunately Cuicui didn't notice.

She smiled and said, "I just heard a bird singing, so I went out to take a look."

As he said this, he closed the gate. While closing it, he secretly stretched his head out to glance at the corner. Fortunately, the person had already left.

She pulled Cuicui, who was already yawning, back to her room to sleep.

But the sleepiness she had felt had now disappeared. Fortunately, she had sharp ears and heard Cuicui's voice, otherwise she would have been seen by Cuicui.

She turned over, and couldn't help but smile when she thought about what happened tonight.

Finally, she couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep with a smile on her face.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, my eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law went back to her parents' home with their children and gifts to pay New Year's greetings.

There were suddenly several fewer people at home, and it became much quieter. Mother Zhong didn't go back. She had long since cut off ties with her parents' home and had never been back in all these years.

She was using needle and thread to make clothes for the unborn baby in her second daughter-in-law's belly. It was a small piece of clothing, but Zhong Ruyi thought it was adorable.

Mother Zhong scratched her hair with a needle a few times and said, "This year, I asked your sister-in-law and the others to take an extra piece of venison home. If they dare not treat you well after taking advantage of you, I will beat them!"

In previous years, the mother would bring back a chicken, a piece of bacon, and a jar of wine to her parents' home, but this year, each person also brought a piece of venison.

Deer meat is a rare commodity. If you buy it, it costs dozens of coins per pound. They must take back at least three pounds.

"Mom, don't always say that. My eldest and second sisters-in-law are all very nice to me." Zhong Ruyi lowered her head, sorting the ball of yarn in her hands.

Mother Zhong asked, "If they were not good to you, would I let them take so many things back?"

Zhong Ruyi stopped talking. She also knew that Zhong's mother's requirement for marrying a daughter-in-law was that the Gu family treat her sister-in-law well. Whether she was diligent or not was another matter. Anyway, her son was capable.

But we can't bully her daughter. Fortunately, both sisters-in-law are easy to get along with. The original owner was only seven years old when the eldest sister-in-law married in. She was very nice to the original owner. She was also very nice to Xiaohe. The relationship between the sisters-in-law was good.

Ever since being scolded by both Mother Zhong and Father Zhong last time, he has paid more attention to the stones than before.

After sewing the small clothes in her hands was almost finished, Mother Zhong put down her needle and thread and went to prepare lunch.

Zhong Ruyi sat in the rocking chair and ate some persimmon cakes that her third brother brought her.

At this time, a woman's voice came from outside the door, "Second brother! Second sister-in-law! Are you there? Come and open the door."

Zhong Ruyi got off the rocking chair and hurried to open the door, but when she opened the door, she saw people she didn't know. One of the men looked very familiar.

She couldn't remember who it was for a moment, "Who are you looking for?"

The woman who called at the door looked her up and down and said with a smile, "You must be Ruyi, right? I haven't been back for many years, and I almost didn't recognize you."

Mother Zhong came out when she heard the voice. When she saw it was her, her face turned ugly. "What are you doing here?"

The woman smiled and said, "Second sister-in-law, what you said is wrong. Today is the second day of the Chinese New Year. Don't married daughters have to go back to their parents' home?"

Mother Zhong sneered, "You are such a forgetful person. I remember someone said before getting married that she would never come back, and she really hasn't come back after getting married for so many years. Why do you suddenly want to go back to your parents' home this year?"

She glanced at Zhang Mingcong who was standing behind Zhong Mei, "Could he be planning something bad?"

Zhang Mingcong smiled awkwardly, "Aunt, what bad ideas can we have? Didn't you say you haven't come to see my uncle for a long time? That's why I thought of coming to see him."

He wanted to push aside Mother Zhong and go in directly, but Mother Zhong was an expert at working in the fields, and the door was pressed hard by her hands, so it couldn't be opened at all.

"Take a look? No need!"

Zhong Mei was so angry that she said, "Second sister-in-law, I call you Second sister-in-law because you gave birth to several sons for our Zhong family. Don't be so shameless!"

"How shameless are you? So shameless that you'd run away with a man even if it made your own mother mad?" Zhong's mother looked at the silent man hiding behind Zhong Mei with disdain, "You even stole your mother's medical treatment money! How dare you come to my house?"

Zhong Mei was so angry that she shouted, "I don't want to talk to you! This is my second brother's home, and it's not your turn as an outsider to chase me away!"

Father Zhong's voice rang out from behind the door, "What your second sister-in-law said is what I said. You don't have to come here anymore. I will just pretend that I don't have a sister like you!"

Upon hearing Zhong's father's voice, Zhong Mei's expression changed, and her face was filled with tears. "Second brother, I know I was wrong, but your nephews and nieces are innocent. They have always heard me say how good you were to me in the past, and they have always wanted to come and see you. So I brought them here during the New Year."

As he said this, he pushed his son and daughter who were following behind him to the front and said, "Hurry up and call for help!"

Zhang Mingcong and his two siblings shouted in unison, "Second Uncle!"

However, Mr. Zhong did not intend to let them in. He said indifferently, "I understand. Go back. You are not welcome here."

Zhong Mei leaned against the door and cried, "Second brother, just because I did something wrong, you are going to ignore the nephews and nieces you haven't met yet? They have been traveling for an hour, can you at least let them in to have some tea and kowtow to you?"