Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

"Village Chief! Why did I hear someone say that someone from the capital is coming? Are they here for the water melons in our village?"

Zhao Ganwei silently carried the two picked melons to the edge of the field, paying no attention to the person who was speaking.

The person who came was Wang Laizi, who heard a few women talking about it while strolling in the village these days.

Seeing that the village chief ignored him, he went around to the other side and asked, "Village chief, are you serious? If so, I will plant a few more acres next year!"

Wang Laizi was extremely lazy. Although each watermelon could be sold for two hundred coins, his family only planted one acre of watermelon. The rest of the land was either empty or planted with rice to pay taxes.

This year, every household planted water melons, some planted more than ten acres. Wang Laizi had no money to spend, so he went to help those families who planted more water melons pick watermelons. Not only could he earn dozens of cents a day, but he could also have a meal.

Zhao Ganwei was so annoyed by him that he snorted, "I think you'll die of laziness sooner or later!"

Wang Laizi didn't like to hear this. His family of three were not hardworking people. Every day when others were working in the fields, they were still sleeping in bed. When others were working hard, they were resting comfortably at home.

Isn’t it just that you don’t have any money saved?

Those who work all day and all year round don’t necessarily live a good life?

Everyone has their own way of living!

He pouted and said unhappily, "Village Chief, I think what you said is wrong!"

"No?" Zhao Ganwei glanced at him, "Tell me what's wrong?"

Wang Laizi raised his chin and said, "Look, didn't someone die from overwork a few years ago? Have you ever heard of someone dying from laziness? No, right?"

Zhao Ganwei felt that this statement actually made some sense, but it was a fallacy and he could not agree with it.

He frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense. You can plant as many watermelons as you want. Why do you care about other people's business?"

Wang Laizi felt wronged. "I heard it from my aunts. Even if it's true, my family can't grow so many melons. I'm just asking."

"You are the only one who has many things to do!"

The chopped bamboos were tied with a few discarded rags of clothing. Chen Dongzhi, Ji Jiang and Zhao Gouxiong were walking back and forth in the orchard holding bamboo poles, trying to drive away the birds that came to peck at the fruits.

The fruits on the branches have already turned a little red. It would be a pity if they were pecked by birds.

"winter solstice!"

I don’t know where Zhong Laosan’s voice came from, I only heard the voice but didn’t see the person.

After a long while, someone came up to him and asked him with a smile if he wanted to go collect wild honey.

Chen Dongzhi waved away a bird that had just landed on a branch without even turning his head. "No, I don't have time."

"You're not going? If you don't go, I'll go by myself. Don't be greedy for the honey I harvest when the time comes!"

Seeing that he really didn't have time, Zhong Laosan didn't say much. He took Zhao Zhongsheng from Aunt Zhao's family with him, and the two of them went to the cliff where the wild honey was.

When they came back in the evening, they both had a few small red spots on their faces.

Zhong Laosan divided the harvested honey into two halves, he and Zhao Zhongsheng each took half.

He divided his half again, giving two jars to his younger sister and keeping two jars for himself.

Zhong Ruyi was not at home at the moment, so Zhong Laosan went to her house but found nothing. Even his brother-in-law was not at home.

"Why are they all not here?" He scratched his head and decided to take all the honey back home and bring it back tomorrow.

But the next day his face was swollen like a pig's head. Huang Ying was shocked. She went to dig herbs for him to apply on his face with her seven-month-old belly. "I told you not to go, I told you not to go! Is it better now? Can you show your face to others?"

Zhong Laosan cried out, his face itchy and painful, but seeing his wife was sweating from anxiety, he quickly called her back, "Wife, don't go. Zhongsheng has also been bitten. I'll just go get some from him and apply it on."

Huang Ying's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and she really didn't dare to run around recently. After she calmed down after hearing what he said, she couldn't help laughing at his pig-headed face, "Then go ahead."

Zhong Ruyi, who had just returned from a restaurant, was confronted by a pig-like face. She was so scared that she almost dropped the basket in her hand.

"Third, Third Brother?" Zhong Ruyi was shocked. "How did you become like this?"

Zhong Laosan was a little embarrassed. He scratched his cheek with his fingers and said, "Yesterday, when Zhongsheng and I went up the mountain to collect honey, we were stung by a bee."

Okay, no wonder the face is so swollen.

Zhong Ruyi didn't have the courage to ask him, "How dare you go out with such a swollen face?"

The brother and sister looked at each other in bewilderment on the road. Zhao Zhongsheng's wife Zhou Xiaohua, who was passing by with some herbs in her hand, thought the two of them were very strange.

Instead of going back with Zhong Laosan to get the honey he had harvested, Zhong Ruyi went straight home. She stayed in the restaurant all day yesterday. Wei had asked for leave, so she had to wash the vegetables, prepare the food and serve it. She was very busy.

She couldn't help sighing when she thought of Wei's poor sister-in-law. Wei had already taken several days off for this matter. When she came back to work today, she was obviously not in good spirits, but she was holding on.

But soon she no longer had the heart to think about these things. Huang Ying fell when Zhong Laosan went out to get herbs. Although Zhong Laosan came back quickly and found it, she still bled from her lower body.

"What's going on?" Zhong Ruyi and Li Guihua were waiting in the yard. Uncle Huang was also there. Doctor Zhong, Aunt Huang, and Mother Zhong were in the house.

As soon as Mrs. Zhong came out, the two of them hurried over to ask.

"Fortunately, fortunately, both the adults and the baby in the belly are fine." Zhong's mother came out and clasped her hands together and bowed, then told them the result.

"Your sister-in-law was lucky. The quilt blocked her fall. Although she fell, she is not seriously injured. She just needs to stay in bed for a while."

Hearing that no one was hurt, Uncle Huang breathed a sigh of relief. His clothes were in disarray. He knew that he was working in the fields when his niece fell. After hearing this, he dropped his hoe and ran over.

The honest man didn't know how to say nice things. When the doctor came out with the medicine box, he just stuttered and asked how to take care of his niece's body and whether she would have any problems in the future.

"No, no!" The doctor waved his hand. "Just stay in bed for a month and make sure you're in a good mood. You can make some fish and chicken soup every three or four days to replenish your body."

Uncle Huang thanked the doctor repeatedly and sent him out.

Zhong Ruyi and Li Guihua went into the room where Zhong Laosan and his wife were sleeping to see what was going on.

Huang Ying was lying on the bed with her eyes closed. Zhong Laosan was guarding her beside her. His eyes were bloodshot. Although his face was badly swollen after being stung by the bee, it was still obvious that he looked very depressed.

"Third brother." Zhong Ruyi called him softly.

Huang Ying on the bed just closed her eyes but was not asleep. When she saw the two of them coming in, she wanted to sit up, but Zhong Ruyi stopped her, "No need to get up, Third Sister-in-law, just lie there and don't get up."

Zhong Laosan also held her shoulders to prevent her from getting up. Huang Ying could only lie on the bed and talk to the two of them. She felt a little embarrassed. She wanted to eat honey, so she asked her husband to go up the mountain to cut it, but he got stung by a bee. When she went out to get herbs, she was thinking about making a wooden cart for the baby in her belly. She didn't pay attention and stepped on a stone and accidentally fell.

She heard what her mother-in-law said to her husband just now, and she felt very sorry.

Seeing that her elder sister-in-law and younger sister came to see her, Huang Ying kept saying that it was her greed that led to what happened today.

"You're pregnant, so it's only natural for Daji to buy and find whatever you want to eat. Don't think like that, your health is more important!" As soon as Li Guihua heard this, she knew that her sister-in-law was blaming herself, and she hurried to comfort her.

"Yes, Third Sister-in-law, don't take it to heart. The most important thing now is you and the child." Zhong Ruyi added.

Worried that she was not in good spirits, the two chatted for a few minutes and then left.