Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Zhong Ruyi felt that this was not a solution. It would become chaotic over time, so she had to think of a solution.

Or I can ask my second brother to ask a carpenter to carve some wooden signs. Then the people who want both will have different signs from those who only want the same. Two pots of braised offal and one braised chicken will be prepared every day, so the number of wooden signs distributed must be kept constant. Those who come early to line up will get the wooden signs first. After getting the signs, they can go back first and come back at noon when the braised food is out of the pot.

Today's braised offal sold the fastest, while the braised chicken was a little slower but was also sold out. Zhong Ruyi left six or seven braised eggs in the pot and asked her second sister-in-law to take them to Aunt Chen's house later.

After closing the shop, Zhong Ruyi told his second brother and his wife about carving the wooden sign. They thought it was a good idea as it would avoid so many people lining up every day and then complaints from customers who couldn't buy their products. It was also not good to have so many people blocking the store entrance every day, so it would be better to make the wooden sign earlier.

After closing the shop and having lunch at noon, the second brother went to look for the carpenter, and the second sister-in-law went to chat with Aunt Chen next door. Zhong Ruyi was alone in the shop.

Although the shop was closed, only the door panels and other things were installed, and one door was still open. Zhong Ruyi was just sitting there thinking about something when he saw someone acting suspiciously at the door.

He didn't come in to buy anything. Instead, he was looking around. When he found that Zhong Ruyi saw him, he ran away immediately.

Zhong Ruyi wanted to go closer to take a look but she didn't have time. She was suspicious, thinking that someone who also ran the food business was jealous of her business and wanted to come and cause trouble, but the man ran too fast and she didn't have time to see his face clearly. She only saw the outline of his figure.

When her second brother came back with a bunch of finished wooden signs and a new cart, she told him about someone peeking at the store door in the afternoon.

Seeing that her second brother and his wife looked a little solemn, she didn't dare to ask. She was only told not to confront him head-on if this man came to the house again next time, so as not to hurt herself.

Zhong Ruyi nodded. She knew that her second brother and his wife were doing it for her own good. If that person was really sent by someone else to cause trouble, there was no need for her to fight with them just for a little food. She herself was the most important thing.

In the evening, Zhong Ruyi was cooking, and her second sister-in-law asked if she could make the spicy and sour chicken offal that they had eaten at home before, because the chicken liver was not added when the chicken was braised in the morning.

Zhong Ruyi didn't expect that her second sister-in-law liked it so much, so she made it for her. She also fried some spicy and sour potato shreds, a cold cucumber salad, and steamed some steamed buns. The shredded potatoes would be delicious when sandwiched between the buns.

After finishing their meal, everyone went back to rest.

At noon, Chen Dongzhi watched the backs of the people walking away from a distance. When he could no longer see them, he went to the Zhong family to find Zhong Laosan and said, "Let's take the deer to the town to sell it tomorrow."

Zhong Laosan was unwilling to go, thinking that his injuries had not healed yet, and there was no need to rush to take the deer over to sell it. "Brother Dongzhi, why don't we wait a few days before going? Your injuries haven't healed yet, and we are still an hour away from the town. There's no rush."

Seeing that Zhong Laosan was really worried about his injuries, Chen Dongzhi had no choice but to give up. He went home carrying the firewood he had picked up in the mountains that morning.

Chen's mother was still cooking in the kitchen. Xiaoxue took an axe and started chopping wood. He quickly took it and started chopping wood himself. He saw that his elder brother looked unhappy.

Xiaoxue asked him, "Brother, what's wrong with you? Didn't you go to the mountains to chop firewood this morning? What happened?"

Chen Dongzhi took the axe and chopped it hard several times before slowly stopping. "It's nothing, I'm just a little upset. It will be fine after a while." He reached out to touch his sister's head, but remembered that he had not washed his hands since he came back, so he put his hand down.

Chen Xiaoxue smiled and said, "Brother, if you have any troubles that you can't tell others, you can tell me. Our family has been getting better and better since you came back. If you have any difficulties, just discuss it with our family."

Chen Dongzhi pursed his lips and wanted to tell his sister that he had met a girl. Every time he met her, he felt something was wrong and couldn't help looking at her. But when he thought about how his sister was only about ten years old and how she could understand these things, he decided to give up.

Seeing that her brother was unwilling to say anything, Chen Xiaoxue did not force him. She only told him to speak out if he really encountered any difficulties so that the family could find a solution.

When they sat down to eat, Chen's mother got angry when she saw her son's face. No matter how good-looking he was or how much he resembled his dead father, it was useless. There were many young men of his age in the village who didn't have many children. Now only he and Wang Laizi hadn't married. Did Wang Laizi not want to marry? He just couldn't.

As for him, he had a good-looking face, but he refused to marry and refused to be introduced to any girls.

The atmosphere at Chen Xiaoxue's table was not good, so she quickly said a few words: "Mom, I heard from Cuicui that her aunt and her second brother and second sister-in-law sell braised food in town and can earn several hundred coins a day."

When Chen Dongzhi heard this, he paused with the chopsticks in his hand. Chen Xiaoxue was sitting opposite him and saw it at a glance.

Thinking that her elder brother liked to hear about business, she picked up some of the things Cuicui had said to her and told her about the peddler from the neighboring village who carried his load to every village to sell things and could make a lot of money in a day. But then she saw her elder brother continuing to eat with an indifferent look on his face, not at all as interested as he was when he heard about the Zhong family just now. She was confused, but didn't know what was wrong.

The next morning, the second brother went to the water with the newly made cart. When Zhong Ruyi got up, the second sister-in-law was still asleep. She went over to check and saw that she was still sleeping, so she didn't call her. It happened that the second brother came back with the pigs. The newly made cart was different. It could hold six barrels, so three large pots could be made.

As a result, the two stoves in the kitchen were not enough. The two pots of braising liquid and one pot of braised chicken were already very intensively used on the stove. Now adding another pot would not be enough, and another stove must be set up.

First put in one pot of stewed chicken and another pot of stewed chicken, and when these two pots are ready, put in the remaining two pots. But it's also good this way, now that the door panel is removed, there must be a queue outside.

As expected, as soon as I opened the door and went out, there was already a long line outside. My second brother stood in front of the crowd and said, "Dear guests, the braised food is not ready yet. We have developed a new method and made some wooden signs. I will distribute them to the guests according to the queue. When the time comes, the guests can come back with the wooden signs to buy. They don't have to spend the whole morning queuing here. In the future, let the guests who have the wooden signs buy the braised food first. The later guests who didn't get the signs can buy if there are any left. If there are no left, then they are sold out."

When the people in the queue heard that they didn't have to wait here all morning after getting the tag, they all praised it. It made them feel more relaxed. As long as they came early to queue up and get the tag, they wouldn't have to worry about not being able to buy it if they came late.

The second brother said, "This is also for the convenience of everyone. If someone counterfeits the Zhongji wooden sign or sells it to a middleman at a high price, then this sign will have to be cancelled and people will have to queue up to buy it as before."

Everyone nodded in agreement, saying that they would definitely keep an eye on the appearance of the person in front of them and would not let anyone take advantage of them.