Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

At night, Zhong's mother slept with Zhong Ruyi. Before going to bed, the second sister-in-law came to eat some fruit before bed.

When Mother Zhong saw Zhong Ruyi take out a plate of fruit in front of her second daughter-in-law, she was so shocked that her eyes widened. She tried to hide the fruits under the quilt, but failed.

Liu Yu Niang picked up the fruit plate handed to her by her sister-in-law and began to eat it with relish. While eating, she asked Zhong's mother if she wanted to eat. Seeing that Zhong's mother shook her head, she didn't say anything more and just buried her head in eating.

Zhong Ruyi was still worried that her second sister-in-law would get sick from being too full, after all, she had eaten a big pig's trotter for dinner tonight.

"It's okay. I've been eating a lot lately. I always feel like I can never be full no matter how much I eat. Sometimes I wake up hungry at night." The second sister-in-law ate without even raising her head.

Zhong Ruyi exclaimed, "Then I'll think of making some snacks for you to eat when you're hungry at night."

Liu Yu Niang wanted to refuse, but when she thought of her sister-in-law's cooking skills, her saliva began to secrete uncontrollably. She nodded embarrassedly and said, "Then thank you for your help."

When the second sister-in-law finished her bedtime fruit and went back, Zhong's mother pulled her daughter over and asked her, "What's going on? Did you tell your second sister-in-law about the jade pendant? How did she react?"

"No, no, I didn't tell my second sister-in-law. I just said that I have my own way." She conveyed to Zhong's mother what her second sister-in-law had said to her before. After hearing this, Zhong's mother had a complicated expression on her face, but didn't say anything else.

"Mom, don't you feel any changes in your body after drinking the space water? Don't you feel that you have become more beautiful?" Zhong Ruyi deliberately said some witty remarks to avoid being scolded by Zhong's mother later.

"You know what? When your father was young, he worked too hard in the fields and was always feeling unwell. After drinking your space water, I haven't heard him complaining about it anymore. He also said that sometimes he would not feel tired after working in the fields for half a day and drinking the water at home."

"And Tiedan too. He hasn't been sick much in the past two months. Before, he caught colds all the time and it took him a long time to recover. Maybe it's because he drank the space water."

Zhong Ruyi rubbed her head against Zhong's mother and said, "My second sister-in-law told me that after she gave birth to Xiaohe, the doctor told her that it would be difficult for her to get pregnant in the future, and her menstruation was always irregular. Since she drank the space water, her menstruation has been normal every month. She said that she would get pregnant again because she drank too much space water."

When Zhong's mother heard her daughter say this, she thought that the space was truly magical, but then she thought, she couldn't just take the things out of the space and feed them to her second daughter-in-law. What if the news got out and someone caught her?

As soon as she saw Zhong's mother's expression, Zhong Ruyi knew what she was thinking.

"Mom, eating more fruits is good for pregnant women and children, so I wanted to take some out for my second sister-in-law. I was wrong." She pouted, "But mom, I was also thinking about the children of our Zhong family. Please don't scold me, I want to cry." After saying that, she pretended to be sad and started crying.

Mother Zhong: ...

Mother Zhong said angrily: "I haven't said anything to you yet, but you're already complaining."

Zhong Ruyi buried her head in her mother's arms and smelled the sweet scent of wild bath beads. She couldn't help but laugh secretly when she heard her mother's scolding words.

The next day, Zhong's mother got up with her daughter. Zhong Ruyi asked her to sleep any longer but she refused, saying that she was not here to enjoy herself and sleep, and she got up quickly to wash up.

Second Brother Zhong brought back six buckets of pig offal. There was also a wooden basin on the cart, which contained the peanuts that Zhong Ruyi had specially braised last night. The peanuts were brought by Mother Zhong.

The braised offal was given to the pork shop owner to thank him for his care over the past month. The price was always twenty cents no matter whether Brother Zhong gave him one bucket of pork offal or several buckets.

Moreover, I know that his family makes a business out of pig offal, and they are doing very well. He doesn't feel like he's losing out by selling the offal at a low price. From time to time, he would ask his family to come over and buy a few portions to take home.

Hearing that the owner of the pork shop loved to drink, Zhong Ruyi specially braised a large pot of peanuts and gave half of the pot to the owner of the pork shop.

When the second brother came back from pulling the pig into the water, he said that the pork shop owner was so happy that he even pinched a few pieces for him to eat on the spot.

The color of the peanut sauce in the pot turned darker. It cracked when I squeezed it with my hands, and the sauce flowed all over my hands. The pork shop owner quickly handed it to my mouth - what a smell! Delicious!

The pork shop owner ordered a pot of braised peanuts on the spot. He said he wanted to give it to his father-in-law. His father-in-law also loved drinking, and these braised peanuts were the best way to go with wine.

After several people moved all the pig offal down, Zhong Ruyi and Zhong's mother dealt with it first. Second Brother Zhong went out to fetch water. It was still dark, probably around five o'clock. Second Sister-in-law was still sleeping. The fire in the kitchen had started burning, but it would take some time to finish processing the pig offal.

After the second brother came back from fetching water, he started to kill the chickens. After the chickens were killed, he began to deal with the pig offal. After all, there were six buckets of pig offal, so it would be best if more than one person could handle it.

By the time several buckets of pig offal were processed, it was already dawn. The second sister-in-law was sitting in front of the stove and making a fire. Mother Zhong was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable if she got up too early, so she asked her to go back and sleep for a while and there was no need for her to get up so early.

Liu Yu Niang shook her head. Although she was a little sleepy, everyone was working and she was the only one sleeping. She couldn't do that. If she really couldn't get up, she would just say it directly and wouldn't force herself.

Zhong Ruyi went to distribute the wooden signs, while Zhong's mother was talking quietly to her second sister-in-law, leaving her second brother alone to clean up things in the yard.

At noon, the customers who had received the signs came to buy braised goods one after another. When Zhong Ruyi was distributing wooden signs in the morning, she noticed that Manxianglou still sent four people to buy. She thought that the boss behind Manager Ding was not going to cooperate with them on profit sharing. Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, Manager Ding came again, this time to discuss profit sharing.

"Ms. Zhong, our boss wants to split the profits 20-80. What do you think..."

Zhong Ruyi smiled and said, "We're eight of you two?"

Seeing that the smile on Shopkeeper Ding's face froze, she said, "Shopkeeper Ding, the lowest price is 30% for us and 70% for you. After all, you are the ones who pay for the materials and labor, so we can give you a discount. But when you said 20% and 80%, I think you must be joking."

After haggling for a long time, the two finally agreed on a 30:70 split, with a term of ten years. Shopkeeper Ding breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Finally, it was agreed that someone would draft two agreements tomorrow, one for each person. After the agreement was signed, which would start tomorrow, Zhong Ruyi would hand over the cooking methods and proportions of ingredients for the braised food to Manager Ding. The money from the sale of each braised food in the restaurant would be divided into three parts for Zhong Ruyi and seven parts for Manxianglou.

Finally, the cooperation was agreed upon. Shopkeeper Ding breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed. He then picked up the teacup on the table to drink water. He glanced at the peanuts on the table. He curiously picked up one, peeled it and ate it. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. The peanuts tasted so good. The peanuts were plump and chewy, much better than the usual boiled peanuts.

Seeing that he liked it, Zhong Ruzhi smiled and said that there were still some more in the kitchen, and gave them to Manager Ding to take back to drink. Manager Ding shamelessly accepted them.