Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

For such a big happy event, my second brother went to my second sister-in-law’s parents’ home to announce the good news. It happened to be in the town. After closing the shop, my second sister-in-law would also go back to her parents’ home to visit, since it was close anyway.

Zhong Ruyi asked her second sister-in-law to sit down and not to work. The second sister-in-law was made to laugh and cry by her, "Are you so squeamish? When I was pregnant with Xiaohe, I also worked frequently. It's okay."

Seeing her younger sister's cautious look, she couldn't help but smile again, "You'll know when you get married. It's okay. If you're really worried, I'll go light the fire. I won't do any heavy work."

The second sister-in-law sat on a small stool in front of the stove, the firelight reflected on her red face. Amid the crackling sound of the firewood burning, the second sister-in-law added another piece of firewood.

When the second brother came back, the first and second pots of braised food were ready. He said he had already told his parents-in-law about it, and they were very happy and said they would come to see his second sister-in-law tomorrow.

Zhong Ruyi asked her second brother to take the two pots of braised food out and pour them into the wooden basin, and leave the pot behind to continue braising the remaining pot of braised offal and chicken.

By the time the two new pots of braised food were almost ready, people started coming to the door.

The first one to come was Zhang Sheng, who was holding the wooden sign number three. As soon as he arrived, he asked for two spoonfuls of braised offal, one spoonful of braised tofu, one spoonful of braised chicken, and seven braised eggs. The braised chicken and braised eggs were made by Zhong Ruyi.

My second brother is responsible for braising the offal and tofu, and my second sister-in-law is responsible for collecting the money. That's how it will be from now on. When my second sister-in-law's belly gets bigger, I guess we'll have to hire someone or ask Zhong's mother to come over to help.

People came one after another, including the couple who owned the noodle shop. Each of them held a wooden sign in his hand and each of them poured two spoonfuls of braised offal and two spoonfuls of braised tofu. The noodles with braised tofu could be sold for a few more cents. Anyway, braised tofu was cheap, so they could make a little more money.

The customers holding the wooden signs had all bought their food, and there was still one pot left. The passers-by had been staring at it since the person holding the wooden signs came, and finally waited until the customers holding the wooden signs had finished buying their food.

He was the first to rush over, "Boss, I want two spoonfuls of this, this, and this!"

Zhong Ruyi looked over and thought, hey! Isn't this the customer who came to ask in the morning? He's still waiting. As expected, delicious food can keep a person's heart. He's been waiting since this morning.

Zhong Ruyi and his sister skillfully served the customer the braised food he ordered. Seeing that he bought a lot, Zhong Ruyi gave him an extra braised egg. The bowl they used was from the store. As it was the man's first time here, he didn't bring a bowl, so they told him to bring the bowl back the next time he came tomorrow.

Today we have an extra pot of pork offal, and the shop closes just a little later than usual.

After closing the shop, the three of them were finally able to sit together and talk.

"Second sister-in-law, if mother had known you were pregnant a few days ago, she would definitely not have let you come this time and would have insisted that you stay at home to recuperate." Zhong Ruyi said.

The second sister-in-law felt that her younger sister was right. If she had known about the pregnancy before returning home a few days ago, her mother would not have allowed her to come to the town with her after returning home. However, the doctor did say that this pregnancy was not easy for her and suggested that she should rest more.

I still need to tell my family about my pregnancy so that they don't worry, but I may have to wait until the next time I go back to tell them.

"By the way, aren't Third Brother and Brother Dongzhi coming to town in a few days? Let Third Brother and Mom know when the time comes." Zhong Ruyi suddenly remembered this. The deer belonging to Chen Dongzhi and Third Brother was still tied in the yard at home.

The second brother said, "Yes, then let the third brother tell the family that you will have to work hard during this period. The doctor told your sister-in-law not to lift heavy objects and to rest more."

Zhong Laoer felt very guilty. His younger sister followed them to the town to do business, and he was unable to take good care of her, and instead made her suffer.

Zhong Ruyi laughed. Seeing her second brother looking very sorry, she could only comfort him, "Second brother, we are one family and we should not talk behind each other's backs. The baby in the second sister-in-law's belly is our Zhong family's baby. So what if she has to do more work and be more tired?"

After dinner, Zhong Ruyi asked her second sister-in-law to go to bed early and sleep longer tomorrow. She could get up when the guests came to collect money. The second sister-in-law nodded, washed up, and went back to her room to rest.

Zhong Ruyi entered the space. She thought that maybe her second sister-in-law's pregnancy again was related to the water in the space. Since that was the case, she might as well secretly take out some fruits from the space for her second sister-in-law to eat. As long as she didn't tell anyone else, it would be fine.

She walked into the yard and saw rows of bright and juicy strawberries; there were also blueberries, which could improve the immunity of pregnant women and fetuses; there were bunches of grapes hanging down, which were also good for pregnant women. She picked some when she saw them, and also picked a few apples, washed them with space water, and would secretly give them to her second sister-in-law tomorrow when she got up.

The next day, the second brother only brought back four buckets of offal. The pork shop owner asked him why he only brought four buckets and whether business was not good. The second brother Zhong smiled innocently and said, "My wife is pregnant and can't do heavy work. There are only me and my younger sister in the shop. I don't want to tire her out, so I'll just bring four buckets. It's enough to sell."

When the second brother brought back the buckets, Zhong Ruyi felt strange. "Second brother, didn't you say yesterday that you could bring back six buckets every day? How come there are only four buckets left today?" But when she heard the reason given by the second brother, she was very touched but she felt that she could do it. "How about this, second brother, you still bring back six buckets tomorrow. If I feel tired one day, I will tell you. Can you bring back two less buckets then?"

Brother Zhong was very conflicted, but seeing that his younger sister insisted, he could only nod and agree.

After the two men finished processing the pig offal and killing the chickens, the second sister-in-law got up. When they killed the chickens, the yard had not been cleaned up yet and there was a disgusting fishy smell.

The second sister-in-law wanted to come over to help, but when she got close and smelled the odor, she almost vomited. She could only sit outside. The second brother wanted to go out to see how the second sister-in-law was doing, but the youngest sister stopped him and told him to go out and see.

"Second sister-in-law." After Zhong Ruyi went out, she whispered in her second sister-in-law's ear and asked her to go to her room. The second sister-in-law looked curious and followed her into her room.

Seeing Zhong Ruyi taking out plate after plate of things she had never seen before from the bed, she saw that she had seen and eaten some of the fruits. They were a kind of apple picked by her mother-in-law from the mountain. They were sour, sweet and crispy. She ate one and left the rest for the children at home.

But I didn't expect that my little sister still had it here, and there was a plate of red pointed fruits that exuded a refreshing fragrance.

"Little sister. Where are you from?" the second sister-in-law asked stutteringly.

Zhong Ruyi pushed the plate of strawberries in front of her second sister-in-law and said, "Second sister-in-law, I can't tell you where these come from, but you have to trust me that I won't hurt you. These are all fruits. Eating more of them is good for you and the baby in your belly. You can try it."

Seeing that her second sister-in-law looked a little hesitant, she thought that she was worried, so she picked up a strawberry and took a bite, "It's okay, second sister-in-law, look, it's very sweet and delicious."

"No, no, no! I'm not doubting that this thing is bad," the second sister-in-law hesitated for a moment and then spoke: "Little sister, I know that you have been different since you woke up. There are some things that we see through but don't say out loud, but people's hearts are changeable. No matter what it is, you should keep it in your heart and don't tell others, no matter who it is. Just like today, I know that you took these things out for my own good, but the second sister-in-law still hopes that you can protect yourself. Just hide the eye-catching things and just keep them to yourself." After saying that, she patted Zhong Ruyi's hand.