Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

The Chen family in Xinghua Village.

In the morning, Chen's mother got up early to feed the chickens, pigs and a large litter of rabbits. There were only a few of them before, and it was nothing to raise them, but these rabbits have the ability to give birth to first-class babies.

After raising them for a few months, they have already given birth to several litters. One male has mated with several females. How can they not give birth when they are being raised and fed well every day?

After feeding a basket of vegetable leaves and spending a long time dealing with the chicken and rabbit droppings, Chen's mother felt that this was not a good way to go as there were so many rabbits at home that they would never be able to eat all the food.

She caught two and would give them to Aunt Zhao later, as a way of thanking her Zhongsheng for having a good job and thinking of her Dongzhi.

When she got up in the morning, her son had left. The steamed buns that had been prepared yesterday on the table were gone, and the water bag filled with water was also taken away. She felt relieved.

They would have lunch in town and then go home after work, or they could eat in town and come back later. However, given her son's personality, he would most likely go home for dinner.

It was still dark when Chen Dongzhi got up. Last night he went to the Zhao family to ask about Aunt Zhao's son Zhongsheng. Aunt Zhao's original surname was Zhao, and the man she married was also surnamed Zhao.

Zhao Zhongsheng is tall and tanned. He is a good worker, calm and reliable.

Seeing him coming to ask when we would set out tomorrow, I smiled and said, "We will set out at 3:00 pm tomorrow, and someone will pick us up when we get there."

Chen Dongzhi wrote down what he said, thanked him, nodded and left.

It was not yet the hour of Yin and the day was still dark, but Chen Dongzhi woke up early, washed up, took the steamed buns and water bag that his mother had made yesterday, and went out.

We agreed to gather at Aunt Zhao's house. Yesterday, Zhao Zhongsheng said that in addition to him, Mr. Zhao Zhongsheng, and Zhong Laosan, there would also be the village chief's eldest son Zhao Dali, a total of five people.

In Xinghua Village, Zhao is a common surname. Most of the people in the village have the surname Zhao, and the rest are people with the surnames Zhong, Chen, and Feng.

When the five people arrived, Zhao Zhongsheng asked each of them if they had brought everything they needed. When he saw that they had, he said hello and set off.

On the way, Zhong Laosan squeezed beside him hesitantly, as if he wanted to talk to him but couldn't. When he saw him and looked at him, his face was full of expectation.

Chen Dongzhi is a sullen person. Zhong Laosan actually expected him to speak first to break the deadlock. Zhong Laosan is too naive.

Except for Zhao's father, the other five were young men in their early twenties. Even Zhao's father worked in the fields all year round, so he was naturally strong. It took the five of them less than an hour to reach the town.

Zhao Zhongsheng took a few people to the dock and asked them to wait while he went to find someone. He soon came back with them.

The man left after arranging the work. The wages were paid on a daily basis, and meals were not included. The work lasted four hours a day, with a half-hour break for lunch. The daily wage was 100 wen, which was agreed upon before he came.

Several people started working according to the arrangements of the manager. Chen Dongzhi was a dull person and just focused on his work. The other people who were called by Zhao Zhongsheng were all hardworking people.

The manager hid in the dark and watched them work, nodding secretly. He thought that next time he would hire these people to do the work, it would be best if they were diligent and not lazy.

While working, Zhong Laosan kept stealing glances at Chen Dongzhi. Seeing that he had no intention of talking to him, he couldn't help feeling a little frustrated.

The working time passed quickly. When he felt his stomach growling with hunger, Zhao Zhongsheng just said that it was time to take a break and eat, and start again in half an hour.

He immediately turned around and went to find Chen Dongzhi. He couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to make peace with Brother Dongzhi. Although Brother Dongzhi had told him bad things about Yu Ru before, Brother Dongzhi was blinded by the rumors. It was not his fault and he shouldn't blame him.

Seeing Chen Dongzhi picking up his bag and about to leave, Zhong Laosan hurriedly followed him and said with a shameless face: "Brother Dongzhi, do you want to find a stall to eat?"

Chen Dongzhi was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Zhong Laosan would finally take the initiative to talk to him after being awkward for so many days. If that was the case, he shouldn't pretend to be indifferent.

He nodded: "Want to join us?"

Zhong Laosan's face was almost broken with laughter, and he nodded rapidly, "Brother Dongzhi, this place is not far from my second brother's store. Let's go there to eat. After we are full, we can rest there for a while before coming back."

That would be great. Chen Dongzhi was more than happy to do so. He asked Zhao Zhongsheng and others if they wanted to go together. Anyway, everyone had brought food with them, so they could eat at Zhongji. After eating, they could take a rest and didn't have to stay outside.

Zhao Zhongsheng and the others refused, saying that they could just eat nearby and find an open space to sit down and rest, and there was no need to make this long journey. Seeing that they didn't want to go, it was not a good idea to force them, so the two of them walked towards Zhongji.

Just as noon arrived, Zhong Ruyi collected the money from the last customer and finally breathed a sigh of relief. All the braised food for the day was sold out.

Zhong's mother asked her what she wanted to eat. Zhong Ruyi thought for a moment and said, "Mom, I want to eat fish. Let's buy some fish and cook it with sauce."

Zhong Ruyi took the money and walked out with Zhong's mother, and happened to meet Chen Dongzhi and Zhong Laosan.

Zhong Laosan was so happy when he saw them that he kept waving before he even approached them: "Mom! Little sister!"

Zhong Ruyi thought she had heard it wrong, but Zhong Laosan pulled Chen Dongzhi and ran in front of them, smiling brightly.

"Mother! Little sister!"

Zhong's mother didn't expect that, having just arrived in the town yesterday, Zhong Laosan came to the town again at noon today, and brought Chen Dongzhi with him.

She asked in confusion, "Why are you two in town?"

Zhong Laosan smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed. "Yesterday, Aunt Zhao's brother Zhongsheng came to ask me if I wanted to work at the dock in town. When I heard that I could earn 100 coins a day, I came."

"It's one hundred coins a day, and we have lunch for half an hour at noon, so Brother Dongzhi and I came here together."

While the mother and son were talking, Chen Dongzhi was looking at the girl standing in front of him with sharp eyes. Zhong Ruyi felt embarrassed by his gaze and secretly glared at him.

What are you looking at? You are not in a relationship with her, so there is no point in looking at her.

Mother Zhong asked them to sit in the store first while they went to buy some vegetables. Since there were two more people, they had to buy more vegetables. People in their twenties are the ones who eat the most.

I bought a bigger fish. The store still has some vegetables that I brought yesterday, so I can stir-fry them later. I also need to cook a pot of rice so that I can keep myself from getting hungry while I work.

After buying a large piece of pork and some sesame seed buns, Zhong's mother felt that they had enough, so they went back.

Before she reached the store door, she saw Chen Dongzhi standing at the door, with Zhong Laosan standing next to him, talking and gesticulating. If Zhong Ruyi hadn't known that the third brother was unilaterally upset and didn't talk to Brother Dongzhi, she would have thought that the two of them had always been so good.

As soon as Zhong Ruyi met Chen Dongzhi's eyes, he saw that his eyes lit up and there was a smile on his lips. Zhong Laosan thought that the joke he told made him laugh.

She lowered her head and didn't look at him. The smile on Chen Dongzhi's lips suddenly froze.

Mother Zhong couldn't bear to watch the quarrel between her daughter and Chen Dongzhi.

Only Zhong Laosan was still smiling foolishly, thinking that he could earn money by working as a helper in the town. He also took this opportunity to reconcile with Brother Dongzhi. Today was really a good day.