Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

A few days before the winter solstice, Chen got up early and went up the mountain to hunt, but apart from catching some pheasants, rabbits and the like, he rarely caught deer. Sometimes when he saw them, they would be scared away when he heard birds singing. They were a little timid.

Helplessly, he raised all the rabbits he caught, and when the rabbits gave birth, he would sell the grown-up rabbits.

Since he hadn't caught any big prey for several days, he decided not to go up the mountain for the time being. He stayed at home chopping wood, fetching water, feeding the chickens, ducks and pigs. Except for washing clothes and cooking, which were done by Chen's mother, he took care of everything else.

Early in the morning, Chen's mother was carrying a wooden basin and was going to the river to wash clothes when she met several aunts from the same village who were also carrying wooden basins and were going to wash clothes. When they saw Chen's mother going to wash clothes, they all greeted her.

On the way, an aunt who was traveling with him asked Chen's mother, "Mr. Chen, your family should be 22 after the winter solstice. It's time to find him a wife."

"Yes, if he hadn't been in the army for a few years, children in our village at Dongzhi's age could go fishing in the river. Dongzhi's mother, you should find him a wife as soon as possible."

Several aunts echoed Chen's mother, and she also felt that her son was old enough to get married. However, she said it several times and her son never responded positively. Sometimes, after being asked a few more times, he would run up the mountain and come back after dinner time.

Mother Chen sighed inwardly. Her eldest son had always had this kind of personality since he was young. He was taciturn and didn't like to interact with others. He was a dull person. Neither she nor her deceased husband had this kind of personality. She didn't know how he grew up to be like this.

When Chen's mother came home after washing clothes, she saw her son carving a piece of wood. When he saw Chen's mother come back, he looked up and called her "Mom", then lowered his head and carved the wood again. It looked like a small slingshot, probably for Xiaoman.

During the meal, the mother and son sat together, and Chen's mother brought up Chen Dongzhi's lifelong event again, "I heard from your Aunt Liu that her brother's daughter is seventeen years old this year. She's pretty and hardworking. Do you want to meet her?"

Seeing her son eating without talking, Chen's mother sighed, "You can't be single this way. You are a healthy person, and you are not Wang Laizi from the village. Wang Laizi was idle all day and didn't work, so he couldn't find a wife. What about you? You are such a good person, but you don't want to get married or find a wife. Do you really want to be single like Wang Laizi?"

Chen's mother was very disappointed with her son. She was happy in the first few days after his return, but now it has been a month, and the Chinese New Year is just over a month away. People his age already have several children, but what about him? He was unwilling to go out and meet girls, and he just ran to the mountains with his father's hunting tools all day long!

Seeing her brother eating silently with his head down, Xiaoxue could only wink at Chen's mother and ask her to stop talking. Chen's mother was puzzled. He was unwilling to contact girls. Could it be that her son was gay?

After dinner, Chen Xiaoxue went to find her mother. Seeing that she was depressed and seemed to be worried about something, she knew that she was still worried about her brother's marriage.

"Mom, my eldest brother is not interested in marriage right now. You should give him some time. After all, he just came back from the front line not long ago. Don't push him too much. I see that the third brother Zhong from Aunt Zhong's family is still unmarried. Aunt Zhong is not in a hurry for him to get married. You should relax. Maybe one day my eldest brother will come to his senses."

"Oh!" Chen's mother sighed. Although she didn't say it, Zhong's mother was also very anxious. Her youngest son was 20 years old this year, and Zhong's mother had recently been asking around for families with girls of the right age, and then asked if the two were willing to meet.

According to Zhong's mother, although the third son of the Zhong family is tall and energetic, none of the girls introduced by the matchmaker had any contact with him after they met him. The matchmaker secretly inquired and learned that the girls all disliked the third son of the Zhong family because he was too naive and would not please them.

Those families who want to marry off their daughters have all found out that although the Zhong family lives a good life, the Zhong family's parents favor their youngest daughter. Who knows if the Zhong family's parents will give all their savings over the years to the youngest daughter as a dowry when she gets married.

The second son of the Zhong family and his wife run their own business in the town. The two eldest sons of the Zhong family are good at making a living. They have been farming and selling food for so many years. I don’t know how much money they have saved. I heard that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhong family has recently started a braised food business, which she sells at home. It is said that her business is very good.

As for Zhong Lao San, he is good-looking, honest and capable, but no matter how capable he is, he is not as capable as his two older brothers in making money. Compared with his two older brothers, he seems too ordinary. When he gets married and the family is divided, what will Zhong Lao San get? His parents are partial to him, so how can they give the biggest share to Zhong Lao San? He has no money and no house, so it is useless no matter how good he looks!

At first, Zhong's mother really thought that her son was too naive, so girls didn't love him. But she didn't expect that the girls from the neighboring village who were looking for him not only failed to find the girl, but also spoke ill of her family behind his back. Zhong's mother was so angry that she was lucky that she didn't become a relative of them, otherwise she would be so upset!

Mother Zhong therefore temporarily put her plan of finding a wife for the third son of Zhong on hold. She estimated that it would not be easy to find a girl like the wives of the eldest and second sons, so she decided to take it slow. She couldn't marry a scheming woman for the third son, or else he might end up being sold and helping others count money.

In the town, Zhong Ruyi got up at daybreak, only to find that his second brother and sister-in-law were already up. His second brother had already pushed the cart out to pull out the sewage, while his second sister-in-law was in the kitchen making breakfast.

After washing up, Zhong Ruyi quickly went to the yard to take out several wooden barrels and basins that had been washed and put away yesterday. She had breakfast with her second sister-in-law first. When her second brother came back, she would take over cleaning the pig offal. Her second brother could also come to help after dinner.

After they had eaten their fill, the second brother came back. There were four buckets of pig offal on the cart, and there was no room for more. The second brother took down several buckets of pig offal and poured them into the wooden basin. Zhong Ruyi and the second sister-in-law squatted down to clean them, and told the second brother to hurry up and eat breakfast.

After washing and processing, blanch them in a pot, follow the steps step by step, light up both stoves, put lard in the hot pot, add sugar to stir-fry sugar color, wait until it melts, then add water, sauce and seasonings, then pour wine, and finally add water.

Four buckets of pig offal were just enough to process two pots. After putting the offal in the pots, they could finally sit down and rest for a while. Zhong Ruyi went to clean up the yard. The second sister-in-law asked the second brother to fetch water. She washed the bowls from the morning and hung up the clothes.

After cleaning up the things in the yard, Zhong Ruyi sat in front of the stove waiting. It had been cooking for more than an hour, and it was almost done. The second sister-in-law asked the second brother to take down the door panel. She took two wooden barrels and put them at the door of the store. The two pots of braised food could be placed on them when they were ready.

Unexpectedly, the second brother was startled when he opened the door. There were already several people standing at the door. They were all customers who came to buy yesterday. As soon as they saw him open the door, they hurriedly came forward and asked for a few spoons.

"Dear guests, our braised food is not ready yet. Please wait a little longer. We are so sorry." When the second sister-in-law saw this scene, she hurried out to explain that it took longer to process the four barrels of pig offal today than yesterday. It was already noon and it was almost time for dinner.

I had originally planned to remove the door panels first, and let my husband go buy some food to fill our stomachs, and then make something else to eat after they were all sold. But now it seems that we have to eat lunch and dinner together.