Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Zhong Ruyi was cooking in the kitchen, and her second sister-in-law was helping her. "Little sister, did Brother Dongzhi say anything else today except talking about me?"

Liu Yu Niang looked at her with a smile. Zhong Ruyi was a little embarrassed but still said, "When I took the honey this morning, I said I would keep half for me and give the other half to Xiaoxue."

"What are you thinking? Do you feel that he might be interested in you?" asked the second sister-in-law with a smile.

"He's an okay guy, very hardworking and capable. He goes hunting in the mountains every day, and one hunt is enough for an ordinary family like us to earn half a year. But you're still young, so you can wait and see. When you get married, you should marry someone you like."

Zhong Ruyi nodded but said nothing. She still felt it was a little unbelievable. She and Chen Dongzhi had only met a few times, so how could he be interested in her?

After they prepared the meal and brought it out, they saw that Zhong's mother's expression was not very good, and Chen Dongzhi, who was sitting opposite her, also had a serious expression on his face. The two of them sat there without saying a word.

"Mom, let's go eat, brother Dongzhi, why don't I see my second brother?"

Mother Zhong forced a smile and said, "Your second brother said that since Dongzhi is here, we want him to help build a new stove, a bigger one. He just went out to buy materials, and he said we can build it after we have enough food. Wait four or five days, and when the ordered pot comes back, we can use the stove."

When Zhong Ruyi saw the expression on her mother's face, she knew that she had just asked Chen Dongzhi for more details, so her expression was so ugly. She didn't ask to avoid getting her angry again.

The second brother came back pulling a cart with bricks and mud on it. He had also ordered the pot from the blacksmith and agreed that he could pick it up in four days.

After everyone had finished their meal, Zhong's mother said she wanted to catch up on some sleep, and her second sister-in-law took out her needle and thread to do some work. Zhong Ruyi could only watch her second brother and Chen Dongzhi build the stove.

Seeing the two men working hard and sweating profusely, Zhong Ruyi ran over to pour them some water.

Chen Dongzhi took the teacup and said "thank you" softly.

Zhong Ruyi felt as if the thank you was spoken right into her ear, causing half of her face to feel numb and a little red.

After he took the teacup, Zhong Ruyi felt that she could no longer stay in this place and had to run back to her room. Chen Dongzhi looked at her fleeing back with a smile in his eyes.

When she returned to the room, Zhong Ruyi discovered that although her mother said she wanted to catch up on some sleep, she was not asleep at all, and she even sat up when she saw her come in.

"Mom, didn't you say you were tired? Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

Mother Zhong asked her to sit down next to her. Looking at her daughter's bright black eyes, she felt soft in her heart, "You are worried about your third brother, that brat. He is so old but still makes me worry."

Zhong Ruyi leaned her head against her mother's shoulder and whispered, "Just let him take his own course, mother. If the girl that Third Brother likes really has some bad intentions, then she will be exposed one day. She can't pretend for her whole life. If she can pretend for her whole life, it means that this person's intentions are not that bad."

Mother Zhong thought that the other party not only wanted our recipe, but also wanted you to marry his gambling son. Although she thought so in her heart, she didn't say it out loud. It would be useless to say it out loud. Anyway, she would never let her precious daughter marry into such a family. How could a family that would sell their daughter be a good family?

Zhong Ruyi asked Zhong's mother to continue sleeping, and if she couldn't sleep, she could go out with her to buy some food, as they had to entertain Manager Ding in the evening. Zhong's mother said that since she couldn't sleep anyway, she might as well go with her.

After a walk around the market and buying two rabbits and a piece of pork, she decided to make the cold rabbit and stir-fried rabbit with peppers that she had made before tonight, and add some stir-fried pork with peppers and garlic greens.

After buying groceries and returning, Chen Dongzhi helped his second brother build the big stove and was about to go back. But when he saw her coming back with two fat rabbits in her hands, he felt a little aggrieved. "Why didn't you tell me you wanted to eat rabbits? I brought half a cage of rabbits this morning. If I had known you wanted it, I would have given it to you."

Zhong Ruyi groaned, then realized that Chen Dongzhi was talking about the rabbit in the cage he left that morning. "It's okay, Brother Dongzhi, the rabbit is not expensive." Seeing him carrying the basket and the cage, she asked him again, "Are you leaving?"

Chen Dongzhi nodded, thinking that next time he brought rabbits to the town to sell, he would first bring them to Zhong Ji to ask her if she wanted them, and not take them away to sell.

Chen Dongzhi said goodbye to Zhong's mother, "Aunt, I'm leaving first. I will pay more attention to Aji. I will tell you if there is any situation."

Zhong's mother nodded, thanked him, and told him to be careful on his way back. Chen Dongzhi said ok, turned around and said to Zhong Ruyi, "I heard from Xiaoxue that drinking honey water is good for the skin. Make some when you have time. I'll bring you a few fat rabbits next time I come."

Why is this boy so concerned about his daughter? He even gave her honey to drink. Zhong's mother was a little suspicious. Could this boy have some thoughts about her daughter?

However, it is normal for someone to admire her daughter, a kind-hearted and beautiful girl, as long as she is not a gambler like the Zhou family's son. Anyway, even if they like her daughter, they may not look down on them.

She had watched Chen Dongzhi grow up. He was a decent person, and now the family depended on him to make a living. He was a hardworking guy and was barely worthy of her daughter.

But it doesn’t matter what she thinks. What matters is that her daughter likes it. If she doesn’t like it, then so be it.

Zhong Ruyi knew from her mother's expression that her mother must have noticed something, but she didn't really have anything going on with Chen Dongzhi. She felt guilty and pulled Zhong's mother into the store, pretending not to notice her mother's suspicious look.

"Mom, all the peppers on the mountain have been picked. I was thinking, how about leaving an acre of the field to plant peppers in February or March next year? I want to open a restaurant next door to us, and I'll need a lot of peppers." An acre of peppers should be enough.

"Growing peppers? Isn't one acre a bit too much?" Zhong's mother asked uncertainly.

"I don't think so. If there's too much, we can make chili sauce and sell it. I've found that there are still many people in our town who like spicy food. For example, Aunt Chen's family next door gave us half a jar of chili sauce last time, and she finished it in a few days."

Zhong Ruyi saw the market for chili peppers in this era, and people here knew about chili peppers.

For example, people in Xinghua Village used to pick the apples and eat them raw, but they were so spicy that they couldn’t eat them, and no one thought of using them to cook dishes.

If you can tolerate spicy food but can't handle the spiciness of eating it raw, then just cook it into a dish. Chili sauce is also fine.

She was not afraid that people would find out that it was chili peppers and then everyone would grow them and sell them. After all, there were so many people in Dazhao, and many of them loved spicy food, so she was not afraid of not having a market.