Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 32

The days passed by in such a dull manner. A few days later, a small sign was hung at the door of Zhongji: The boss will go home tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. He will launch new products when he comes back in two days. Thank you for every customer's love.

As soon as the sign was hung up, the customers who lined up early every day wailed, especially the couple who owned the noodle shop. Their business has stabilized recently thanks to Zhong Ji's braised food, and they can sell more than 30 servings a day. If Zhong Ji is closed for a few days, that would mean a few days of loss.

Fortunately, when the store opened today, the boss said that in order to avoid customers wanting to eat but not being able to eat, his family went to a butcher shop far to the west to buy four buckets of pork offal, and also bought some tofu and dried tofu for the stew.

One pot of braised tofu and dried bean curd, four pots of braised food, today there is no limit on the spoon, but only today. The weather has been cold recently, and the braised food you buy more than you can eat can be stored. When you want to eat it, just heat it up in the pot.

There is no limit on the number of spoons. The owner of the noodle shop bought ten spoons at one time. She wanted to buy it last time but didn't, but this time she finally bought it. She also bought two more spoons of braised tofu to take home. When they heard that the owner of Zhong Ji would be back for two days, the people in the queue basically bought two more spoons than usual.

All were sold out in less than half an hour. The shop was closed, the pots and pans were washed, and the things that had been packed last night were put on the cart. Lunch was bought by Zhong Ersao in the morning. She bought a lot of sesame cakes. Zhong Ruyi loved the sesame cakes from this shop. Her second sister-in-law bought them several times. The proprietress was also familiar with her second sister-in-law, and sometimes they would go to Zhongji to buy braised food.

I arrived at the village before dark. Every household had already lit up the oil lamps. I knocked on the door and heard Zhong's mother's voice from inside, "Who is it?"

"Mom, it's me, Ruyi. We're back." Zhong Ruyi shouted through the door.

When Mrs. Zhong heard the voice, she knew that her daughter, son and daughter-in-law had returned, so she quickly asked Cuicui to open the door.

As soon as she opened the door, Cuicui hugged her aunt and was so happy, "Aunt, you're back. I missed you so much!"

The two of them were blocking the door. Zhong Ruyi quickly pulled Cuicui aside and let her second brother, who was pulling a cart behind him, come in first. After her second brother pulled the cart in, her second sister-in-law locked the door.

Cuicui quickly and obediently called out, "Second Uncle, Second Aunt."

The second sister-in-law nodded, touched Cuicui's head and said, "Have you grown taller recently? Our Cuicui is already a big girl now."

Cuicui was so happy to hear this, but also a little shy, "Grandma made bone soup for us every day, saying that drinking it will make us grow taller."

Zhong Ruyi understood. Before, her mother used to stew bone soup every day at home, saying that boys would grow taller if they drank it, and girls would become whiter if they drank it.

At this time, Zhong's mother, who had just locked up the chickens before it got completely dark, came out from behind the house with wet hands.

"I thought you wouldn't be back so soon when the third brother went over to get some clothes last time."

After saying that, he asked everyone to wash their hands and prepare for dinner.

Everyone at the dinner table was in high spirits. It was dark in the yard just now and Zhong's mother didn't see her daughter's face clearly. But when she entered the main hall and was illuminated by the oil lamp, she thought that she hadn't seen her daughter for so many days and wondered why she had lost so much weight.

She picked up some meat from the plate and put it into her daughter's bowl again and again, and said with concern: "Eat more, eat more, look how thin your face is." As she said that, she picked up a few pieces of meat and put it into her second sister-in-law's bowl and said, "Yuniang, you should eat more too."

Zhong Ruyi looked at the pile of fat in her bowl, and met the distressed eyes of Zhong's mother and Zhong's father, who also looked distressed. "Eat more. Look at how thin you are." Zhong's father turned his head to the second brother Zhong, "Didn't I ask you to take care of your little sister when I left? How did you let her become so thin?"

Seeing that Zhong's father and mother felt sorry for him and were about to be angry at his innocent second brother, Zhong Ruyi immediately said, "The braised food is also selling well in town. Two pots a day are sold out early. There is not enough to sell. Are the braised food at home selling well?"

The eldest sister-in-law smiled and said, "We make a pot of stew every day and it can be sold out every day. Occasionally, we keep the leftovers for our own consumption." After saying that, she also used chopsticks to pick up some meat and put it into Zhong Ruyi's bowl.

Zhong Ruyi was helpless. She stayed in the town for half a month. Although she got up early every day to deal with the sewage, she sold it early and could rest and have some free time. She was not very tired. Her family members were just making a fuss about nothing.

After dinner, the second sister-in-law took out the clothes she had made with the cloth she had bought before. Mother Zhong didn't expect that her second daughter-in-law had to do business every day, and would make clothes for her in her free time. She was immediately moved.

The second sister-in-law asked her to go into the room and try it on. She was making a jacket, and she saw that all the women in the town were wearing it, so she thought of making one for her mother-in-law.

Mother Zhong took the clothes in to try on, and the second sister-in-law picked up another one for Tiedan. Little Tiedan opened his big eyes and asked blankly, "Second Aunt, do you have any for Dandan too?"

The second sister-in-law smiled and touched Tiedan, then lifted him up and sat him on her lap and said, "One for Tiedan, one for Xiaohe, too. Can you two wear the same?"

Tiedan was so happy that his sister-in-law said, "Why make such good material for Tiedan? He plays all day and gets dirty all day. It's better to make it for yourself."

Tiedan couldn't stand it and immediately started to make a scene, shaking like a fish. The second sister-in-law couldn't stop him. The eldest sister-in-law quickly took Tiedan and scolded him: "You play in the mud all day. If you dare to do it again in this dress, I will pull your ears off!"

Cuicui and Shitou were holding things bought by their second sister-in-law. Last time, Cuicui had just received a head flower bought by her second aunt, and now her second aunt bought her two tender yellow ones, which made her very happy. Shitou was holding a Cuju in his hand. If it hadn't been dark, he would have definitely taken the Cuju out to play with it.

Only Xiao He was left. Seeing that he had a wronged look on his face and pouted, the second sister-in-law waved at him. Xiao He walked over shyly and leaned on his mother. The second brother reached out and pinched his face, but was slapped away by the second sister-in-law, who was afraid that his hand was too strong and would not be used lightly.

"Have you been eating well these days? I made you a jacket. Let me see if you have gained weight. If it is too small, I will alter it for you." The second sister-in-law took the jacket and tried it on Xiaohe. Afraid that the measurement was not accurate, she asked Xiaohe to take off his coat and put on the jacket. She found that it was a little big, but children grow fast, so it is okay if it is a little big. Tiedan's jacket was also a little big. After all, children grow up with the wind.

Mother Zhong was a little embarrassed when she came out wearing the coat, but the color chosen by her second sister-in-law suited her very well and she looked much better in it.

Zhong Ruyi stood up and looked around at Zhong's mother, then said, "Mom, this color is great. It makes you look younger!"

"Really?" Mother Zhong was very happy and reached out to touch the coat.

Several people surrounded Mother Zhong and praised her. Mother Zhong's face turned red, but she also thought the dress looked good. She turned around and asked Father Zhong, who was sitting next to her drinking tea, if the dress looked good.

Mr. Zhong looked back and forth very seriously. Mrs. Zhong was scanned up and down by his serious eyes. She thought that he thought it was ugly but was too embarrassed to say it, so her face fell immediately.

Unexpectedly, after seeing it, Mr. Zhong said it was very beautiful and said, "You should wear more clothes of this color since you have fair skin."

Mother Zhong's face suddenly turned red, and the rest of the people looked at each other, then tactfully found an excuse to leave.