Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

After Aunt Chen left, Zhong Ruyi asked Mother Zhong who had returned, how were the people who received the pig offal that was given out yesterday eating?

Mother Zhong was extremely happy. "It's fine. Your Aunt Zhao came to me early this morning to talk about it. Other families also came to talk about it. They asked me implicitly if I wanted to use this to make a living. They all praised how delicious it was. If I did, they would come to take care of our business."

Zhong Ruyi was also very happy to hear this. It seemed that selling it in the village was feasible. As long as the price was not set too high, people would come to buy it. After all, it was a fresh food and the price was not expensive, nor was it as expensive as meat, which could only be bought once in a while to satisfy one's hunger.

Pig offal is cheap, and you may not be able to make it taste as good if you buy it yourself, and it is also very troublesome to clean up. The Zhong family is really good at cooking, and they can make something as pickled and smelly as pig offal so delicious. As long as the Zhong family sets the right price, there is no need to worry about not having business.

Now that you have decided to make a living in the village first, you need to start preparing.

After lunch, Zhong Ruyi decided to teach Zhong's mother and the others how to make hot sauce. Wash the peppers, scoop them up and put them on a dustpan to dry. After they are dry, remove the stems to prevent water from getting into the peppers, which would make them difficult to preserve. After they are dry, chop them into pieces and put them in a large wooden basin. Add chopped garlic, salt and white wine and mix well.

Mother Zhong was afraid that it would be difficult to stir with chopsticks, so she just used her hands to mix it evenly. This is the chopped pepper, which is more durable without oil.

Put it in a ceramic jar that has been washed and wiped clean in advance, cover it with wax paper, tie the mouth of the jar with a rope to seal it, and open it when you want to eat it.

Mother Zhong made chili sauce with bare hands, and her hands were so spicy that Zhong Ruyi sneaked into the space and took out ice cubes from the refrigerator to apply to her hands. Mother Zhong was shocked, "My daughter, isn't this ice cube? Where did you get it?"

Zhong Ruyi didn't know how to explain it, but seeing that Zhong's mother's hand was in pain from the spiciness, she couldn't just turn a blind eye. She could only hug Zhong's mother and act coquettishly, saying that she would know later. Although Zhong's mother was a little confused, she chose not to ask.

At noon, my second sister-in-law made dumplings. The filling was picked wild vegetables and minced pork. It was especially sweet and juicy.

After eating, Zhong Ruyi told Zhong's mother and others that they wanted to plant some chili peppers in the field behind the house. This would make it easier to make chili sauce and they could save the seeds, so they wouldn't have to run up the mountain to eat chili peppers.

Brother Zhong had already gone to buy the pork offal this morning.

Wang, the butcher in the village, raises pigs at home. He also buys pigs from other people and slaughters them. People from several neighboring villages come to buy pigs and then take them back to his own village to sell. The price is the same. He kills several pigs early every day and saves the offal. If he can't sell them, he keeps them for himself.

When Zhong Erge came to ask if he could keep all the pig offal for him, Wang the butcher was surprised, "Why do you need so much pig offal? Aren't you doing business in town? Why, you're not doing business anymore and are selling pig offal instead?"

Brother Zhong smiled and said, "My little sister has come up with a new dish made with pig offal. I'll give you some tomorrow to try."

The last big bucket of pig offal was bought by Brother Zhong at the price of fifteen cents per bucket, and it was agreed that the price would be the same in the future.

Zhong Ruyi felt that it was not a good idea. She would sell the braised food in the village in the future. A bucket of pig offal was so cheap. What if the butcher Wang thought the price was too low and refused to sell it to them?

Seeing that Zhong Ruyi was worried about this problem, Zhong's mother comforted her, "Do you think Wang the butcher cares about this little bit of pig offal? His family raises pigs. I don't know how much money they have made from raising pigs over the years. The last time you and I went to his house to buy meat, you saw that he had built a row of houses with blue bricks and tiles, and there was another row of houses behind them for raising pigs. You think they are poor, but they are actually very rich!"

Zhong Ruyi felt that this was not the way it should be said. She would ask her second brother to make it clear to Wang the Butcher when he went to buy the water tomorrow, so as to avoid any entanglements in the future that would damage the feelings of the villagers.

She continued to pour the remaining stewing ingredients from last night into the pot. The pork offal would only become more fragrant the more it was stewed.

When cleaning, Zhong's mother wouldn't let her use flour. "You are so wasteful. How can you use something as precious as flour to wash the pig's offal? I asked your third brother to get the ash from under the stove. You can just use that to wash it."

Turning back, he said to his elder and second sisters-in-law who were also squatting and processing the pig offal, "Don't be like her and just use flour to wash it."

The eldest and second sisters-in-law were both laughing and said "OK".

Zhong Ruyi was dissatisfied, "Mom, I didn't use much. Wouldn't it be cleaner to wash with flour?"

Seeing her like this, Zhong's mother glared at her and said, "Do you know that in the past when there was a famine, people even gnawed on tree bark? Although we don't have to endure such hardships in this life, what about others? If someone saw you washing pig offal with flour, you don't know what people would say behind your back!"

Seeing that Zhong's mother was serious, Zhong Ruyi quickly said that she would not dare to do it again. The eldest and second sisters-in-law also persuaded Zhong's mother, saying that they would definitely keep an eye on their younger sister and not let her be so extravagant in the future.

After dealing with the drain, put it aside and braise it early tomorrow morning. Mother Zhong washed her hands and went into the house. The eldest sister-in-law gave her a wink, and Zhong Ruyi immediately understood and washed her hands and followed her in.

When I entered, I saw Zhong's mother sitting on the bed in a daze, "Mom." Seeing Zhong Ruyi come in, Zhong's mother waved her hand and asked her to sit down next to her, with a melancholy look on her face.

"My daughter, do you think your mother is too fierce?"

Zhong Ruyi put her arms around her mother's waist and rubbed her face against her shoulder. "How could that be? I know mother is doing this for my own good."

Mother Zhong lifted her daughter's chin and looked at her carefully. Suddenly, her eyes turned red. "Mom never thought that you would call me one day. You were foolish and silly before. Although mom always comforted herself that you were like this, as long as you were healthy, your father and I could always support you, but I always couldn't help but wonder if I had done something wrong and it was retribution for you."

"You're fine now. It's not like before when I took you out and people talked about you behind your back without you even knowing it. I don't want others to gossip about you. You are the best in my heart."

Zhong Ruyi hurriedly wiped her mother's tears, "Mom, don't cry, don't cry. The mouth is on other people's bodies, they can say whatever they want." As she said this, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.

The Zhong family treated the original owner very well, especially mother and father Zhong. In modern times, some parents would abandon their children if they gave birth to a child with a disease and did not want to raise the child or were unable to afford it.

But in this dynasty, no one in the Zhong family, including Mr. and Mrs. Zhong, had ever despised the original owner for being a fool or a burden. Even the youngest Tiedan knew that when eating eggs, he should give the yolk to his aunt.

The mother and daughter were hugging each other and talking. Father Zhong's voice came from outside the house, telling them to stop being so affectionate. It was probably because the eldest sister-in-law thought that Zhong Ruyi came in to coax Mother Zhong, so she started to act coquettishly. Unexpectedly, Mother Zhong started reminiscing about the past, and became sad as she was reminiscing.

The mother and daughter wiped each other's tears, and couldn't help laughing when they looked at each other.