bookcurios Chapter 56
Chapter 56
Brother Zhong had a serious expression on his face. "Take it. You came up with the recipe for this stew and you did the work. Why should I only get one-third? You should take half!"
Liu Yu Niang also persuaded her to accept it, "Little sister, you don't know, your second brother and I used to sell wontons here, and we didn't make much money in a month. If it weren't for the recipe you thought of, we might have closed the shop and returned to the village to work in the fields."
Zhong Ruyi was very embarrassed. In her opinion, this braised food recipe was something she learned in modern times, and when it was applied to ancient times it became her own idea, which really made her feel embarrassed.
The second brother said, "Take it, little sister. This is what you deserve. Now your second sister-in-law is pregnant and can't do heavy work. You have worked hard."
Zhong Ruyi had no choice but to accept it shamelessly. It was fine this way, as she wanted to open a restaurant next door, and the more money the better.
Of the remaining ten taels, Second Brother Zhong gave seven taels to Mother Zhong. Mother Zhong was also very excited. Before, her second son and second daughter-in-law could only earn three or four taels a month working in the town, and that was when business was good. When business was bad, getting two taels was already considered good.
Mother Zhong took out another two taels and only took five taels. "You can keep the rest for yourselves. You can use it to buy yourself new clothes or new jewelry."
After calculating the accounts and receiving the money, everyone had a happy face. Mother Zhong said she would go back in a few days. Zhong Ruyi knew that she was still worried that her third brother was cheated by that Miss Zhou, so she wanted to go back to check the situation.
Before going to bed at night, Zhong Ruyi told her mother that they wanted to rent an empty store next door and open a restaurant.
"I remember that your second brother and his wife rented this store for ten taels of silver a year, and they paid three years' rent in one lump sum. The store next door was more expensive than ours. When your second brother and his wife came to rent it, the oil seller hadn't moved out yet. I asked around and they said it cost eleven taels of silver, and the reason it was expensive was because there was a well inside."
There is a well? That means it is very convenient to use water. Usually, it takes my second brother half an hour to fetch water. If there is a well in my yard, it will be much more convenient. "Then I have to work hard for another two months and I can rent the house next door."
"Mom, when I have money, I will buy a big yard for you and dad to live in and provide for your old age, okay?"
How could Zhong's mother say no? This was a token of her daughter's love. While eating the cake her daughter had drawn, the mother and daughter fell into a deep sleep.
At the Chen family dinner table, Aunt Chen recently heard that the youngest son of the Zhong family was very close to a girl from Yangliu Village. Aunt Chen asked her son, "Is the third son of the Zhong family going to get married? Why haven't I heard his mother mention this?"
Chen Dongzhi didn't expect that this matter had already been known by the villagers, but when he thought about it, it made sense. The two of them made an appointment to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and catch rabbits every day, and the villagers could see it as long as they were not blind.
"Mom, this girl has nothing to do with Aji. It's just that she sprained her foot before, and Aji and I took her back home, so the two of them became closer."
"Really? Then why did I hear that someone saw them holding hands on the mountain?" Aunt Chen didn't believe it. Although she didn't see it with her own eyes, many people in the village saw it. Her son and Zhong Laosan were good friends, so how could she not know?
Chen Dongzhi said in a deep voice: "Mom, don't listen to what the villagers say. It's impossible for Aji and this girl to be together. Next time you hear someone say that, just tell them directly and ignore them."
Aunt Chen curled her lips and said, "Okay, I know. If you say there is no, then there is no. Then can you at least tell me why?"
When asked this, Chen Dongzhi became like a saw-mouthed gourd again, refusing to say another word and just asked her to stop asking.
Before going to bed at night, Xiaoxue asked Chen Dongzhi whether he had delivered the honey last time.
Chen Dongzhi's face was a little red, but luckily it was not noticeable in the dark sky. Xiaoxue nodded with satisfaction. A few days ago, her elder brother brought back a large piece of honeycomb. When Chen's mother saw it was so big, she said she would take some to the Zhong family to eat.
Chen Dongzhi said he wanted to give it as a gift, so Chen's mother did not give it to the Zhong family. However, she certainly did not expect that the beehive would eventually be given to the Zhong family, but to Zhong Ruyi.
I didn't expect that my eldest brother would remember what I casually said about drinking more honey water being good for the skin, and picked a large piece and brought it back. After Chen's mother finished speaking, she went to cook.
She asked her elder brother carefully, who is the beehive for? She was shocked when she heard Sister Ruyi's name from her elder brother.
But it's normal to think about it. It's normal for her elder brother to have a girl he likes at his age. She just didn't expect it to be Sister Ruyi. In her impression, her elder brother and Sister Ruyi have only had a few contacts. Why is her elder brother so interested in Sister Ruyi?
When she asked her about her elder brother, he didn't say anything at all. She was really worried that with her elder brother's personality, could he really get married?
After doing business for a few days, Zhong's mother, who could sleep until chenshi every day due to the slack season in the past two months, gradually got used to getting up at yinshi. On this day, she was yawning and wiping the table with a wet cloth. Halfway through, she heard someone outside the door calling "Auntie".
She turned her head and saw a skinny young man.
Seeing her looking over, he smiled a little embarrassedly, "Aunt, I want to ask if this is Zhongji?"
Mother Zhong nodded, not sure what the man in front of her was doing. His smile made her feel uncomfortable, so she didn't want to talk to him much. But she was afraid that he was here to sell braised food, so she could only say, "We have just sold out our braised food today."
Before she finished speaking, Zhong Ruyi walked out of the courtyard and said as she walked, "Mom, didn't you say you would be back the day after tomorrow? Let's go shopping. I want to see if there is anything interesting to buy back for Cuicui and the others."
Mother Zhong noticed that the man's eyes started to light up the moment Zhong Ruyi walked out, and he kept staring at her daughter. That look made her feel uncomfortable, as if her daughter was being looked up and down by this man without any clothes on.
Zhong Ruyi also noticed the look in this man's eyes. This man looked good on the outside, but the way he looked at people was greedy and gave people a vulgar and obscene feeling. Zhong Ruyi just thought that this man was inexplicable.
"Customer, our braised food has been sold out. If you want to eat it, please come early tomorrow!" Zhong's mother suddenly stood in front of her daughter, blocking the man's gaze.
The man cried out, and after his view was blocked by Zhong's mother, he tried to stretch his neck to see Zhong Ruyi who was also blocked by Zhong's mother, saying, "Then I'll come again tomorrow, come again tomorrow." After saying that, he walked away reluctantly, looking back as he walked.
Zhong Ruyi stopped her mother who was standing in front of her and asked, "Mom, is this man a lunatic? Why does he look abnormal?"
After the man left, Zhong's mother pouted and said, "Don't pay attention to him. He must have drunk too much in broad daylight and gone mad!"