Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

When Chen Dongzhi woke up in the morning, his mother had already prepared breakfast and placed it on the table in the living room. Seeing that he had just finished washing up and was about to go to town without having breakfast, she hurriedly called out to him, "You haven't had breakfast yet. Don't rush to go. Eat breakfast first and then go."

When they sat down at the table to eat, Chen Xiaoxue was surprised to find that her eldest brother actually started to pay attention to his image. He used to have a full beard, but now he has shaved it. You know, her mother asked her to shave her beard before, saying that it would be easy for him to get lice with a beard, but her eldest brother didn't listen at all. No wonder her eldest brother came to borrow a mirror before going to bed last night, it turned out that he wanted to shave by looking at himself.

Chen's mother also felt that the sun rose from the west today. Why did she ask him to shave so many times so that he would look more energetic, but he never agreed? Why did he suddenly change his mind after one night?

Seeing that his mother, sister and brother were all looking at him at the table, Chen Dongzhi coughed softly. He felt a little embarrassed but did not show it on his face.

He used to think that men didn't need to dress up too carefully, and no matter how good-looking a face was, it couldn't be used to make a living.

This thought stopped yesterday, when Zhong Ruyi was shopping and saw a decent-looking guy. She secretly told Zhong Laosan that girls nowadays like him. He then took a look and felt that the guy looked frail, with a weak and feeble look on his face. It was obvious that he couldn't lift or carry anything. Is there really any girl who likes him?

The next second he turned around and helped a girl down from the carriage that had just gotten off, and the two of them were in a very intimate posture.

He was shocked at the time. He didn't expect that the girls nowadays all liked these pretty boys. The third brother Zhong next to him was also shocked because he had to work in the fields every day. His skin was tanned and he had a mouthful of white teeth when he smiled. The three brothers in his family all looked like their father Zhong, with a square face and a righteous look.

Compared with his other two brothers, Zhong Laosan looks more like Zhong's mother, and according to his parents, Zhong Ruyi looks like his grandmother who passed away many years ago.

After arriving in the town and buying salt and sugar for the family, he should have gone back home, but his steps uncontrollably walked to the door of Zhong Ji. He pretended to glance casually and saw Zhong Ruyi standing next to her second sister-in-law, helping to pass bowls or collect money. He found a corner to hide and watched secretly. He didn't know why he did this.

He looked at her, smiled and talked to the customer, took the bowl from the customer, his eyes curved slightly when he smiled, the smile overflowed from his eyes, his skin was white and his face was rosy, he blushed as he looked at her, but he didn't notice it. It was just that the passers-by saw that his action of lying against the wall was a little strange and looked at him a few more times, and as a result, he suddenly blushed, which made people think he was even more strange.

After closing the shop, Aunt Chen from the tea shop next door came over and said, "Yu Niang, when I came out just now, I saw someone standing in the corner over there, looking at you. He didn't look like he wanted to buy braised food, otherwise he would have come up and joined the queue if he saw so many people queuing up."

Mrs. Zhong looked in the direction of Aunt Chen's finger, and the person Aunt Chen was talking about was no longer there. But she had a clue in her mind: her family's business had been getting better and better recently, and it was inevitable that there would be jealous people who wanted to do bad things.

After thanking Aunt Chen, the two chatted for a while. Aunt Chen said that her second grandson was going to be sent to a private school. The second sister-in-law was surprised, "Is Xiaolin old enough to go to a private school?"

Aunt Chen nodded and said, "He will be seven after the Chinese New Year. I asked the teacher at the private school and he said he can be sent there after the Chinese New Year."

After saying that, he sighed, "In a few years, Xiao An can go too. By then, it will be a considerable expense for the two of them to study together."

The second sister-in-law comforted Aunt Chen and said, "If one of them gets into high school in the future, your family will enjoy a good life. I think Xiaolin and Xiaoan are both smart children, so don't worry too much."

Aunt Chen could only say that she hoped so, and then asked if Xiaomei Zhong would be seventeen after the Chinese New Year and would be able to find a good family.

"There's no rush for our little sister. My parents-in-law love her very much and hope to keep her for a few more years."

After the two chatted for a few words, Aunt Chen was called away by a customer who came into the store to buy tea.

The second sister-in-law went back to the store and told the second brother what Aunt Chen had told her. The second brother thought about it and said hesitantly, "It can't be that family."

The family that the second brother mentioned is the family of Zhong's father's sister. Grandma Zhong only gave birth to two children, Zhong's father and Aunt Zhong. The Zhong family did not start to love daughters from Zhong's mother's generation. For several generations of the Zhong family's ancestors, there were more boys than girls, and there were almost only one or two girls in a generation.

By the time of Grandma Zhong's generation, there were two boys and one girl. Father Zhong was the eldest, and he had a boy, but he died of illness when he was young.

Grandma and Grandpa Zhong loved their daughter too much, which resulted in Aunt Zhong becoming very selfish and taking advantage of others when she grew up.

Even so, Grandma Zhong still loved her and found a family for her. Although the family was poor, the young man was very motivated and hardworking. However, Aunt Zhong felt that Grandma Zhong was cruel and deliberately wanted to marry her to such a poor family to make her suffer. However, she refused to marry and secretly got married to a man in the town and became pregnant.

Grandma Zhong was so angry that she fell seriously ill. Aunt Zhong insisted on getting married. At that time, Grandpa Zhong had just passed away not long ago. Grandma Zhong felt exhausted by seeing her own daughter being so ignorant.

Grandma Zhong asked someone to inquire about the family that Aunt Zhong was going to marry. She heard that the son of this family was not a good person. He was idle all day long and did not work. His mother was also mean. It was said that she often beat and scolded her daughter. Whenever someone came up to persuade her, she would say, "You are so troublesome. How about I marry my daughter to you and you give me a dowry of 100 taels of silver?"

After it happened so many times, no one cared anymore. People living nearby stayed away from his house for fear of being stuck with him.

Knowing that her own daughter was going to marry such a family, Grandma Zhong was so angry that she cried all day long and threatened that if Aunt Zhong really wanted to marry, she would sever the mother-daughter relationship. Aunt Zhong was not afraid at all. Instead, she felt that Grandma Zhong was asking her to jump into a fire pit by asking her to marry that poor family.

In the end, Aunt Zhong packed up her clothes and pretended to be married. Before leaving, she said some harsh words to anger Grandma Zhong.

After Aunt Zhong got married, Grandma Zhong's health became worse and worse. Father Zhong wanted to take money to buy medicine for Grandma Zhong, but found that the money was gone. He suddenly remembered that Aunt Zhong came to his room to look for him the day before she passed away. At that time, she kept looking around and spoke to him perfunctorily. Finally, she said she was thirsty and asked Father Zhong to get her a glass of water.

When she left the room, she told him to take good care of Grandma Zhong. He thought his sister had a change of heart, but she came to steal his money.

Aunt Zhong took the money from Father Zhong, and Grandma Zhong's money was still there, but Father Zhong wanted to ask Grandma Zhong for money to buy medicine. Grandma Zhong knew that Father Zhong's money was stolen by Aunt Zhong, and she became even sicker. The medicine didn't get better, and she finally passed away. During the funeral, Aunt Zhong never came back once. Father Zhong was so angry that he said that he would treat this sister as if she didn't exist, and would never even look at her no matter what happened to her.

The second sister-in-law shook her head. "It's probably not someone from her family. Aunt Chen has seen her son causing trouble before. If he comes again, Aunt Chen will recognize him. Anyway, it's good to be more careful."