Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

While Chen Miaomiao had been eating dried sweet potatoes for several days, Xiaoxue was going to get married in ten days.

For this purpose, Zhong Ruyi had already ordered a set of jewelry from a jewelry shop in town. It should be ready and available for pick up in the next few days.

"Miaomiao, do you want to go to town with your mother or go to the fields with your father? Or should I send you to grandma's house?"

The naive Chen Miaomiao hugged her mother's thighs and looked in the direction of her father, "Da da da!"

I don't understand, but since he has thrown himself into my arms, I will just treat it as a child who wants to follow me.

Zhong Ruyi gave a few instructions and asked Chen Dongzhi to go over to the orchard after he finished his work in the fields. Ji Jiang came over yesterday and said that two beehives were found on the mountain, but he didn't know what kind of bees they were and was afraid they might sting someone to death, so he asked him to go over and take a look.

"Okay." Chen Dongzhi responded, and hugged his daughter for a while before sending them away.

When going out, we took the villagers' donkey cart. The carriage could seat six or seven people, and the fare was ten cents per person.

Zhong Ruyi sat in the middle holding Miaomiao, surrounded by people talking at the same time.

“Is it time for the baby to start teething?”

A younger woman in the same carriage saw Miaomiao sucking her fingers and asked in a kind manner.

Zhong Ruyi reluctantly pulled the finger out of her daughter's mouth and said, "Yes, she has two teeth growing down there, and she wants to bite things all day long, and she won't listen to me."

The woman nodded in understanding, and talked about the scene when her child was teething, "...Luckily I was careful. I thought the child was so quiet all of a sudden, but when I turned around, he was grabbing the chicken manure on the ground and was about to put it in his mouth!"

Several other women also started talking about the embarrassing things that happened to their children when they were teething. After hearing this, Zhong Ruyi felt that Miaomiao's love of chewing the tiger-head doll didn't seem to be a big deal.

At least other children almost used chicken manure, dog shit and stones to grind their teeth. Wouldn't it be too cruel for me to hide all the tiger dolls? Or should I let them out when I get home?

Listening to the women sharing their parenting tips along the way, Zhong Ruyi said she had learned a lot.

They soon arrived at Liuyun Town and went straight to the braised food shop. Zhong's mother and her second brother and his wife were all there. They were a little surprised to see her bring Miaomiao with her.

"How did you get here in such hot weather?" Mother Zhong reached out and held her granddaughter. She hadn't seen her daughter and granddaughter for a long time and missed them very much.

Zhong Ruyi drank the tea that Liu Yu Niang poured, and finally felt better. "I came here in the donkey cart of my sixth uncle's grandson. His donkey cart is pretty good, and I can earn a hundred coins a day."

After she finished drinking it herself, she poured half a cup and fed it to her daughter. The little girl only drank two sips and stopped drinking. When she was on the donkey cart, she fed her daughter the water in the water bag once, and the entire water bag was half empty.

"Mom, Miaomiao will stay with you in the store. I'm going to Duobao Pavilion."

Zhong's mother also felt sorry for her granddaughter being taken out to run around at such a young age, so of course she wouldn't let her go out if she could just stay in the store to cool off.

She waved her hand and said, "Then go ahead. I'll take care of Miaomiao."

My daughter's sister-in-law is going to marry into the Zhao family at the end of the month. I guess she came here to add some makeup for Xiaoxue.

Miaomiao was eating the watermelon that her second uncle had cut for her. Xiaopang's hands were covered with red juice. She lowered her head and sucked her fingers.

Taking advantage of this gap, Zhong Ruyi tiptoed out of the braised goods shop and went straight to Duobao Pavilion.

As soon as we explained our purpose, the shopkeeper took out two wooden boxes from behind the counter.

He opened it with a smile and said, "Miss Zhong, the set of twelve red gold filigree plum blossom-style pearl headpieces you ordered from our store last month is ready. Please take a look."

Zhong Ruyi reached out to take it. When she opened it, the first thing that caught her eye was a hairpin inlaid with dozens of natural pearls. Each pearl was full and round, with a translucent color, and it was obviously of excellent quality at first glance.

The other bracelets, earrings, long hairpins with flower ornaments, and hairpins are all in pairs, and there are several pairs of small hairpins and needles. This set of head ornaments is what she plans to give to Xiaoxue to wear on her wedding day, so it is naturally more expensive.

In addition, she also made a pair of love locks, one for Xiaoxue and Zhao Xiaozheng.

After seeing this set of specially customized jewelry, Zhong Ruyi readily paid the remaining silver, which together with the deposit totaled five hundred and eighteen taels. The shopkeeper gave her a discount, so five hundred and ten taels was enough.

Just as I was about to go back, my eyes were attracted by a pair of children's silver bracelets.

The bracelet is small, with two small silver peanuts hanging on it, which looks delicate and cute.

The shopkeeper followed her gaze and immediately smiled, "Miss Zhong, this is the best children's bracelet we sell in our store. We only have this last pair left."

Zhong Ruyi was quite moved, because Miaomiao at home had several pairs of bracelets, all of which were bought and given to her by Zhong's mother and Chen's mother.

What Miaomiao is wearing on her feet now is a pair of koi anklets that Chen's mother gave her when she was one month old. There are two koi fish and two bells on them, which jingle when they move. Miaomiao likes them very much and has never taken them off until now, even wearing them when taking a bath.

We have everything at home, but we never have too many clothes, jewelry and toys for children, and it’s not like we don’t have the means.

She thought about it and asked the shopkeeper to take it down and let her have a closer look.

The silver peanuts on the bracelet are carved vividly, and every line is clear.

"Please help me hold this pair. Do you have any other styles? Let me take a look."

The shopkeeper smiled happily and asked her who she was buying it for. When he found out it was for her daughter, he took out a set of ceramic nesting dolls.

"This is new in the store. They are all made in the shape of tigers. They look very cute. Miss Zhong, would you like to take a look?"

Miaomiao was born in the year of the tiger, so the clothes, shoes and dolls made for her by her family are all in tiger styles. Now there is this set of cute little tiger nesting dolls.

Regardless of whether the child likes it or not, Zhong Ruyi herself wants it after seeing it.

When she finally came out with her bags full of stuff, the shopkeeper smiled from ear to ear and escorted her to the door. Today's business was good! This customer was really easy to talk to and bought most of the things she recommended.

After shopping, Zhong Ruyi turned a corner and went to Cuicui's cake shop.

There are only a few people in the store right now. It is the busiest in the morning. The two of them are often too busy to handle the work and have to ask Jiang Yun to come over to help.

"Aunt!" Cuicui shouted in surprise and went forward to help her take the thing in her hand.

Zhong Ruyi stopped him. She was just here to help Xiaoxue pass on a message, "Xiaoxue is getting married at the end of this month. You have to go back then."

Cuicui counted the days, not expecting time to pass so quickly. She nodded vigorously, "I know, auntie. Sister Xiaoxue has already told me."

He told her that they would go to the braised food shop in the afternoon and have a meal together. Only after she agreed did Zhong Ruyi leave.

In the braised food shop, Miaomiao sat on a small stool bored, her two short legs couldn't even touch the ground and were shaking all the time.

A person walked in from the door, which made her big grape-like eyes light up instantly. She walked unsteadily, so she crawled directly to the door.

"Chen Miaomiao! I just changed you into new clothes when I went out!" Zhong Ruyi was furious when she saw this scene and immediately shouted to stop her.

But when Miaomiao heard her mother calling her name, she became even happier and crawled even faster. It was Zhong Laoer who quickly picked her up from the ground.

She put the things in her hand aside, took Miaomiao and brushed off the dust on her. Zhong Ruyi frowned and wanted to scold her, but when she saw her daughter's sweet smile, she softened her heart. She changed her mind and kissed her tender face with her lips.

On the way back, the mother and daughter met Chen Dongzhi who came to look for them. When Miaomiao saw her father, her legs jumped so fast that Zhong Ruyi almost couldn't hold him.

"Why are you here? Have you dealt with the orchard?"

Chen Dongzhi took the basket on her back and held his daughter in his arms. "After processing, they were all bees collecting honey, so the impact was not big, so I took down most of them and left the rest."

The two talked as they walked, and on the way they met their sixth uncle's grandson who was returning to the village, and they hitchhiked back with him.