Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Zhong Laosan wiped his wet hands on his body and picked up Tiedan's slingshot. "Isn't this simple? When you get up tomorrow, your uncle will fix it for you! It's too late today."

Tiedan was happy. He hugged his uncle's legs and kept saying that his uncle was so nice.

Zhong Laosan felt that the pain he had just felt from his mother was healed all of a sudden, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Tiedan became even more loving.

At Old Wu's house in the town, Shopkeeper Ding had just finished drinking the wine poured by Old Wu when his glass was filled again.

He quickly tried to stop her, "Old Wu, stop, stop, stop! If you drink any more, I won't be able to get up tomorrow! I still have to go to work tomorrow."

Old Wu snatched the wine glass from Shopkeeper Ding's hand and was about to fill it up, but Shopkeeper Ding quickly covered the glass with his hand.

"Old Wu! If I drink any more, I really won't be able to go to work. I appreciate your kindness."

Seeing that he really didn't want to drink anymore, Old Wu put down his hand that was about to pour the wine and turned around to invite him to eat.

Shopkeeper Ding even wondered if he should have agreed to invite Old Wu to his house for dinner.

From the moment he sat down, Old Wu kept pouring him wine, urging him to drink and eat, and even kept picking food for him.

Fortunately, he has a good alcohol tolerance, otherwise he would have been lying on the table unconscious. It was just that he felt very uncomfortable with so much alcohol in his stomach.

After three rounds of drinks, Old Wu finally told them the purpose of today.

"Old Ding, I heard you say at noon that your Manxianglou is selling braised food. How come I heard that the recipe for this braised food is an exclusive recipe of Zhongji?"

Shopkeeper Ding knew that this meal tonight would not be so easy to eat, and here it comes.

He smiled faintly and said, "It is true that they are selling braised food, and the recipe is indeed owned by Zhongji."

Old Wu was still waiting for him to finish, but after Shopkeeper Ding said this, he lowered his head to eat and stopped talking.

He was a little anxious. "Since it's owned by Zhongji, how come your restaurant makes braised food? Do you also go to Zhongji to queue up every day? Or, or have you already figured out the recipe?"

Faced with so many questions, Manager Ding asked Old Wu, "Don't you sell alcohol in your tavern? Why are you interested in the recipe of Zhongji's braised food?"

Old Wu knew that he was asking too many questions. After all, no one is a fool and no one can fail to see such an obvious thing.

He sighed, "To be honest, I have recently asked a few of our chefs to try out the recipe for this stew, but... there has been no progress."

"Well, I heard that your Manxianglou already had the recipe for this braised food, so I came to ask you in a hurry."

Just asking? Shopkeeper Ding didn't believe it. He didn't expose Old Wu's words, but just nodded in pretending to understand.

Old Wu rubbed his hands and chuckled, "So is your recipe real? Is it the same as Zhongji's?"

Seeing Manager Ding nod, he smiled attentively again, "Then... can you talk to your boss? I'm willing to pay for this recipe!"

Shopkeeper Ding looked embarrassed, "But we bought this recipe too, we can't sell it to you."

Bought it? Old Wu didn't expect that the recipe was actually bought. He thought that the owner of Manxianglou had someone figure it out.

Originally, he thought that since Manxianglou had already figured it out, he didn't want to waste time letting Master Zhang and others figure it out. It would be simpler and more convenient to just buy the recipe from Manxianglou.

But who would have thought that Lao Ding actually said that this recipe was bought?

Since Manxianglou can buy it, then their tavern can naturally buy it as well!

He asked anxiously, "Old Ding! Tell me quickly! Where did you buy this recipe?"

"Of course I bought it from Zhongji. Isn't this recipe from him?"

Old Wu was stunned. He didn't expect that the braised food recipe he had been thinking about for so long would be sold to Zhong Ji just like that.

This, this is too outrageous. If he had known this earlier, he would have just gone to discuss it with the boss of Zhongji. Why would he have to go through so much trouble?

He also asked people to line up every day to get wooden signs, including Master Zhang and a few others.

They thought he didn't know what they were actually complaining about in private.

He himself knew that this was making things difficult for Master Zhang and the others, so he would give each of them a subsidy of 100 wen in a few days as compensation for their hard work during this period.

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Zhong Ruyi leaned against Cuicui's soft little body, feeling satisfied.

"Aunt! Let me tell you something. Aunt Xiaoxue's brother, Uncle Dongzhi, made a slingshot for each of Shitou and the others. They were so proud of it!"

It turns out that the slingshots used by Shi Tou and others were made by Chen Dongzhi. Unexpectedly, Chen Dongzhi also made slingshots for several children in his family to make them happy.

Cuicui went on to say, "And what's more, he also bought two silk flowers for Xiaozhu and Xiaohua respectively! They are so beautiful!"

"Xiaozhu, Xiaohua and I are all very happy! Uncle Dongzhi is a good man!"

Zhong Ruyi hugged Cuicui and said, "If Uncle Dongzhi were to be your uncle, would you like it?"

Cuicui stopped talking for a moment.

She jumped up from the bed and looked at Zhong Ruyi with her eyes fixed.

After the Chinese New Year, you will be eleven years old. At this age, you will know a little about love between men and women.

"What's the matter?" Zhong Ruyi looked at her with a smile, holding his hands behind his head.

Cuicui suddenly pouted and tears quickly welled up in her eyes.

"Aunt, Uncle Dongzhi is so kind to us. Does he want to marry you?"

Woo woo woo! She doesn't agree! She wants to be with her aunt forever. If her aunt gets married, they can't be together like they are now.

They can no longer lie on the bed and chat like they do now. Her aunt will have her own children, and then she will no longer be her aunt's favorite person.

Zhong Ruyi hurriedly wiped Cuicui's tears, "Hey hey hey! Don't cry, don't cry! I was just kidding you!"

"Woo woo woo! I'll go return the silk flower Uncle Dongzhi gave me to him tomorrow!"

Silk flowers are nothing! My aunt is the most important!

Zhong Ruyi didn't expect that her casual words would make Cuicui so resistant.

She hugged the still sobbing Cuicui and coaxed her softly, "Even if I get married in the future, Cuicui will still be very important in my heart. No one can replace you, just like no one can replace the position of your grandpa and grandma in my heart."

The two have been together since Cuicui could walk, and Cuicui is a very sensible child.

The family was busy with farm work, and she knew she was too young to help much, so in order to reduce the burden on the family, she stayed with her aunt.

She is the one who does the cooking, feeding, drinking and dressing when Zhong's mother is not around.

The first person Zhong Ruyi saw after waking up was also Cuicui.

The relationship between the two of them was naturally good, but when Cuicui heard that her aunt was going to get married, she couldn't accept it all at once.

Seeing that she finally stopped crying, Zhong Ruyi finally breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but reach out and pinch her nose which was a little red from crying.

"Why are you so fond of crying? If I really get married in the future, you will cry your eyes out."

"Hmph!" Cuicui knew that it was unreasonable to say that her aunt couldn't get married.

Not to mention her grandparents, if her parents found out, there would definitely be a mixed doubles fight between men and women!

She just felt it was too sudden and she couldn't accept it all at once, so she started crying.

Before, Xiaozhu's cousin got married, and Xiaozhu cried all day long because she was worried that her cousin would be bullied.

As a result, her cousin came back to see her some time ago and bought her new clothes. She said that her husband treated her very well.

It’s not like what the villagers said, that she would be bullied after getting married.

"Aunt, can you take me with you when you get married? I will help you with housework, laundry and cooking!"

Zhong Ruyi laughed, "I took you away, what if your parents miss you? Why did you say such childish things tonight?"

Yes, if she and her aunt left, what would happen to her parents? What if grandpa, grandma, and Shitou Xiaohe missed her?

"What if you get married and I miss you?"

"Then I'll come back to see you! Don't worry!"

Cuicui was still a little unhappy. She reached out and hugged her aunt's waist tightly, thinking that she would return the silk flower tomorrow!