Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Maybe the presence of cinnamon in it is just a coincidence. This is Zhong Ji’s exclusive recipe. How could it be made by boiling Chinese medicine? We still have to think of a way.

Starting tomorrow, Xu Xiaohu no longer has to wait in front of Zhongji's door early to get a sign. He only needs to follow the people at Zhongji every day to see where they go and what they buy.

It would be best if he knew it at once. The boss said that if he knew the recipe first, the twenty taels of silver would be his.

Mother Chen was a little worried. The family had more and more rabbits. Even if she ate one a day, she would not be able to finish them all. She was almost becoming a rabbit spirit. Moreover, her cooking skills were average, and the rabbit meat she made was not very tasty.

The children at home don't like to eat it very much. Every time I make it, she eats it. The children don't eat it if they can. This is not a good thing. I still have to ask my son to buy some and sell it.

At the dinner table, a plate of stir-fried cabbage and a bowl of braised offal were quickly eaten up, while a plate of stir-fried rabbit meat was only touched by a few chopsticks before no one touched it again.

Chen's mother was heartbroken. No matter how delicious the rabbit was, she couldn't eat it every day. Look, now she is the one who died of overeating.

"Dongzhi, catch some of the grown rabbits tomorrow and sell them in town. Also, replace the male rabbit, otherwise the cubs will be deformed."

Before Chen Dongzhi, he had kept one male and two females. Now they have given birth to litter after litter of cubs, and the cubs are mated with the male. It was not discovered at first, but the cubs born in recent times are deformed or died of illness at birth.

Chen's mother asked the elders in the village and learned that it is necessary to avoid mating between related rabbits, otherwise the offspring will be at risk of disease and deformity, and the fertility of rabbits will gradually decline with age.

No wonder the rabbits in the last few litters have been sick or dead. Even if they are barely able to survive, they are still skinny and can’t gain much meat.

Chen Dongzhi thought his mother was tired of eating rabbit meat, so he agreed. Since he was going to sell rabbits, he could also take a good opportunity to see Ruyi.

His face turned red and his heart beat fast just thinking about it. He must give the bracelet and hairpin he bought to Ruyi tomorrow. He has kept them under his pillow for many days.

Mother Chen looked at her son suspiciously, his face flushed with lust, "What's wrong with you? Do you have a fever or are you horny?"

Chen Dongzhi's ears turned red. What did his mother say? What did she mean by being horny? He was just thinking about the girl he liked, why did his mother say such harsh things about him?

Chen's mother didn't care about him. Ever since she had tried to find a girl for her son and was rejected several times, she didn't want to care about her son's marriage anymore. Anyway, he would regret it when he was old and alone. But she wouldn't be able to see her son's regret, because by then she would have been a handful of earth.

Xiaoxue didn't notice that her brother looked like a teenage boy, so she collected the dishes and went to wash them.

When Zhong Ruyi opened the door, she thought that today would be like the previous two days, with the young man waiting at the door early in the morning. However, when she opened the door, she did not see the young man.

The two young men who came with the young man were there. After they saw her open the door and said hello, they continued to stand aside.

The door opened and the second brother pulled the cart out. He also noticed that the younger brother was not there, but he didn't take it to heart, thinking that he was tired of eating and that was why he didn't come.

If he didn’t come, then he didn’t come. Anyway, there are not many peanuts left to braise today. If I want to sell them, I can only go home and bring some back.

Zhong Ruyi didn't have the time to care about it. Her business was good anyway, so one less customer wasn't a big deal.

This guy bought it and sold it to someone else at a high price. He came for two days and now he hasn’t come anymore. I don’t know if he is up to something.

It was hard for her not to think so. After all, they were the only one selling braised food in the whole town, Manxianglou not counting. It was normal for others to be jealous of them, but they were afraid that they would be caught off guard by some ulterior motive.

What she didn't know was that her guess was correct. She removed the door panel to let her second brother go out and then went back inside to have breakfast.

While waiting for her second brother to bring back the pig offal, she continued her busy day. After washing the offal and issuing the labels, she came back to wash the offal again, put it in the pot and light the fire. She was busy for most of the day, and the braised food was sold out in less than half an hour.

After wiping the sweat off his head, Zhong Ruyi found a stool to sit down and rest. Next to him sat his second brother, who was also sweating.

"Brother, shall we take a break after finishing our business these few days? We haven't been home for almost a month."

This time, because Zhong Laosan has been working in the town for most of half a month, in order to allow him to have a hot meal after work every day at noon, Zhongji has been open for the past half month. Now it is almost the end of the month, and it is time to take a two-day break.

"Of course we will! After we finish our business in the next two days, we will hang up the sign and go back to rest for two days!" The second brother made the final decision. He wanted to take a break after doing business for almost a month, and he also missed his wife and children at home.

"Eat, eat!" Mother Zhong came out with a tray with three bowls of noodles on it.

When the second brother saw it, he quickly reached out to take it. The three of them each got a bowl of noodles. Zhong Ruyi even went to the kitchen to get the hot sauce made by Zhong's mother and scooped a spoonful of it into the noodles.

It was so spicy that Zhong's mother and second brother also scooped a little, but they didn't dare to dig too much. Only half a spoonful was spicy enough.

After dinner, Zhong Ruyi started to pick up her handkerchief again. Although she didn't like it, she had nothing else to do so she just used it as a way to pass the time.

Just as she was struggling with the tangled thread in her hand, Chen Dongzhi's voice rang in her ears like a thunder. She was startled and the needle pricked her finger.

"As one wishes!"

After Chen Dongzhi sold the cage of rabbits he brought today, he left two rabbits and came to Zhong Ji excitedly. As soon as he got closer, he saw Ruyi with his head down, doing something unknown.

He was a little excited as he hadn't seen her for several days. But then he felt shy about giving away the bracelets and hairpins he had bought, fearing that they would be rejected.

He was so excited that he couldn't help but shout her name, and as a result, he saw Ruyi was frightened by him and trembled.

Zhong Ruyi's finger was pricked, but it didn't bleed like in the TV series, it just hurt. Compared to the slight pain of the prick, she was more uncomfortable because she was startled and her heart was pounding.

When she looked up, it was indeed Chen Dongzhi. She put down her needlework and quickly stood up to greet him.

"Brother Dongzhi!"

Chen Dongzhi couldn't help blushing when he saw his beloved whom he hadn't seen for many days standing in front of him.

The two walked into the store while talking, "Brother Dongzhi, how did you find time to come to town?"

Chen Dongzhi's ears were slightly red but it did not stop him from talking, "The rabbits at home gave birth to too many babies. I couldn't raise them all, so I caught some to sell."

He was holding two rabbits in his hands, which he had taken out in advance to give to Ruyi.

After entering the store, Zhong's mother and second brother went to rest, so she took out her needlework and started working since she was not sleepy.

Zhong Ruyi poured him a glass of water, and after he took it, he sat down opposite him, "Brother Dongzhi, why don't you find a stable job?"

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Is this a plan for their future? Yes, if he doesn't have a decent job, how can he support the family after marrying her?

He suddenly thought of the letter of recommendation the general had given him. If he worked in the yamen, he would be able to see her every day. However, the monthly salary in the yamen was only one or two taels. Although he was an official, the money he earned from selling a deer could actually cover working in the yamen for several years.

"When I was discharged from the army, the general saw that I had not worked in the fields for many years and was worried that I could not support myself and my family, so he wrote me a letter of recommendation."

He looked at Zhong Ruyi who was sitting opposite him, and continued, "I asked before, the monthly salary of the government office is one tael, and at the end of the year the government office will give out some New Year's goods and red envelopes."

"I went to the mountains a few times this time. Although I didn't get anything every time, I still made a small profit. The deer I caught with Aji last time sold for 40 taels."

He was talking about the deer he and Zhong Laosan went to catch last time, and he got the biggest share in the end.

? ?

Why is this topic a bit off topic?

She blinked. “I remember you caught a deer when I first met you.”

Chen Dongzhi was surprised, "Why don't I remember meeting you?"