Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

When they went to bed at night, Mrs. Zhong talked about this with Brother Zhong. Brother Zhong frowned and said, "Will it conflict with the second brother's business?"

Mrs. Zhong rolled her eyes at him. It seemed that he didn't hear a word of what they said at the table. He was just busy eating. "I have already discussed it with the second brother's family and my younger sister. My younger sister will go to the town to help when the time comes."

Hearing this, the eldest brother Zhong nodded. In recent years, the second brother's family has been doing business in the town, and they have taken all the money they earned back home. While the second brother is doing business, the family's land is cultivated by him, the third brother, his parents, and the money from the sale of the rice and wheat is in the hands of his mother. His mother will take out a part of the money and keep some for everyone. If they need to spend money and it is not enough, they can ask their mother for more.

"I thought that if I could do this business well and save more money, I could use it to send Shitou and Tiedan to learn to read in a few years, or save it for Cuicui as a dowry." Mrs. Zhong glanced at the children who were already asleep and said softly.

Mrs. Zhong smiled and put her arm around her wife's shoulders, then gave her a kiss on the face.

Mrs. Zhong was startled and pushed him away. She glanced at the children and saw that they were not woken up. She reached out and twisted Mr. Zhong's ears. Mr. Zhong grimaced in pain but dared not make a sound for fear of waking up the children.

Cuicui, who was sleeping in the innermost room, pretended to be asleep and talking in her sleep, then she turned over and laughed secretly.

The next day, when Zhong's mother had just finished feeding the chickens at the back of the house, the eldest daughter-in-law came over and said that Aunt Chen had come to visit. Zhong's mother washed her hands and hurried over. Aunt Chen was standing in the yard, talking to the second daughter-in-law.

"The braised offal is really delicious. It's not meat, but it's full of meat fragrance, tender and tasty, fatty but not greasy, and delicious!" Aunt Chen praised it.

Mrs. Zhong smiled embarrassedly: "That was all our little sister's idea. We didn't expect that this dish would become so delicious after being handled by our little sister."

Seeing Mother Zhong coming over, she chatted with her for a few words and then went back to work. In her hand was a rabbit that Aunt Chen had caught. She said that Chen Dongzhi had caught one when he went up the mountain today and she gave one to Aunt Zhao and one to her family.

When Aunt Chen saw Zhong's mother coming, her smile became even brighter. Over the years, besides Aunt Zhao, Zhong's mother and her family were the ones who had taken the most care of her family in the village. She reached out and held Zhong's mother's hand, and Zhong's mother took her to her room.

"You, after so many years of hard times, now that Dongzhi is back, the hard times for you and your mother are finally over. We have watched Dongzhi grow up since he was a child, and he has always been a good boy." Mother Zhong praised Chen Dongzhi repeatedly.

It is true that this child grew up in the care of the villagers and is a filial child. It was just that the imperial court recruited soldiers a few years ago, but it was voluntary and not compulsory.

Chen Dongzhi wanted to go at that time. It was normal for a man to want to defend his country. At that time, Chen's father was in good health. He was a hunter and often went up the mountain to hunt.

However, it was unexpected that not long after Chen Dongzhi left, Chen's father had an accident while hunting in the mountains and broke his leg. Since then, his health has been poor. Later, Chen's mother became pregnant. In order to save more money for Chen's mother to give birth, Chen's father kept silent about his illness.

His family used to be quite wealthy, but ever since his father was in poor health and could not go up the mountain to hunt, they could only rely on his mother and daughter Chen Xiaoxue to work at home. The family's source of income decreased, and they had to take medicine frequently.

In order to save some money to buy medicine for Chen's father, Chen's mother did not eat very good food at home. A sick person needs proper nutritional supplements, and Chen's father's illness was sometimes better and sometimes worse. Until one day when the weather was too cold, Chen's father caught a cold and finally died.

Mother Chen wiped away her tears, feeling emotional. If it weren't for the help and relief from the villagers over the years, she might not have lived to see her son return.

When Zhong's mother sent Aunt Chen back, Zhong Ruyi asked her mother curiously, "Mom, I heard from Cuicui that Aunt Chen has a son who went to the army."

Mother Zhong shook the wild peppercorns drying on the winnowing basket and said without looking up, "Yes, I came back a few days ago. Your Aunt Chen's family is finally getting better. It's not easy."

Zhong Ruyi nodded and thought of the Chen Xiaoxue siblings she had met before. Before, the Chen family had a hard time because there was no strong labor force in the family. But now that the eldest son of the Chen family is back, things will get better slowly, she thought to herself.

After lunch, Zhong Ruyi took Cuicui up the mountain again. She wanted to see if there were any good things on the mountain. The two of them went up the mountain carrying a backpack. Zhong's mother followed behind and reminded them to come back early.

On the mountain, Chen Dongzhi got up early today. He caught a few rabbits and pheasants in the morning and took them back to make food for his family. After lunch, he went up the mountain again to see if there were any larger prey to catch. The tools he carried with him were all left by his father when he was a hunter, and they were still in good use. Chen's father was a man who took good care of things.

He walked all the way to the depths of the mountains. Generally, few people go to the depths of the mountains because everyone is afraid of danger.

He walked and stopped along the way, stopping from time to time to listen, and finally when he came to a jungle, he heard the sound of water. When he carefully pushed aside the bushes, he found a stream. The gurgling sound of water came from here, and right beside the stream, a deer was drinking water.

He held his breath, carefully picked up the bow and arrow, and aimed at the deer. The deer seemed to sense the danger, suddenly stopped drinking water and raised its head to look around, but saw no danger, its ears trembled, and it lowered its head to drink water again.

At this moment, a sharp arrow suddenly shot out from the bushes and hit the deer's calf. It wailed and tried to lift its legs to escape, but before it could do so, the man who ran up to it put a rope around its neck and it fell heavily to the ground.

Chen Dongzhi put a rope around its neck and tied up its limbs with ropes. Then he cut down some trees and made a raft, which he tied with ropes in front so that it could be towed.

He pushed the deer onto the raft, untied the rope that was originally tied to its legs, and tied it around the deer's body to the raft. At first, the deer thought that Chen Dongzhi had untied the rope and it would have a chance to escape, but it didn't expect that it had just kicked its legs twice and before it could stand up, it was tied to the raft again and could not move.

This hunting trip took a bit longer, but fortunately he caught a deer. He will take it to the town to sell it tomorrow morning. There are many rich people in the town, and a live deer is more valuable than a dead one. Otherwise, he would have shot the arrow directly at the fatal part and saved so much effort.

When Zhong Ruyi and the other person were going down the mountain, Cuicui said she was tired, so she found a rock for the little girl to sit on. The seats where the two of them were sitting were blocked by the rock, so they could see others but others could not see them.

After sitting for a while, they saw a man coming down the mountain, pulling a vine on his shoulder, which was connected to a raft. When they approached, the man did not notice them. After they passed by, Zhong Ruyi found that there was a deer tied to the raft behind him.