Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

In the morning, Zhong Ruyi had just finished breakfast and was sitting under the eaves watching Tiedan and the others killing insects with slingshots when she saw Cuicui going out.

Could it be that this child really wanted to return the silk flower to Chen Dongzhi?

Zhong Ruyi quietly followed her out the door, and saw Cuicui going to find Xiaozhu and Xiaohua with the ointment she bought for her yesterday.

The two little girls were waiting for Cuicui under the tree. When they saw Cuicui, they waved happily, "Cuicui! Here!"

Cuicui ran over and the three little girls gathered in a circle. Cuicui took out the ointment that her aunt bought for her.

"Wow! It smells so good!"

"My aunt bought this in town! This box costs ten cents!"

Cuicui looked very proud.

It turned out that the child came out to show off to her friends. Zhong Ruyi felt relieved and walked back.

Before she could walk back, she saw a tall figure at the foot of her own courtyard wall - Chen Dongzhi.

Her face was full of smiles, and she walked forward quickly, "Brother Dongzhi!"

When Chen Dongzhi heard her voice, he immediately turned around, pleasantly surprised, "Why did you come back from outside?"

You are still alone. Aren’t you usually with Cuicui?

Zhong Ruyi wanted to move closer, but was afraid of being seen, so she could only talk to him from a few steps away.

"I just went out with Cuicui. She is with Xiaozhu and the others now. Look, they are talking under that tree."

Chen Dongzhi looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, there were a few little girls gathered together, talking about something.

He only took a glance and then turned his gaze back to Zhong Ruyi. Seeing that she was looking at him with a smile on her face, his face felt a little hot, but he never moved his eyes away and just kept looking at her.

Finally, Zhong Ruyi felt embarrassed by his gaze, so she lowered her head and kicked the pebbles on the ground with her foot.

"...Why don't you speak?"

The two stood face to face, and Chen Dongzhi could clearly see the expression on her face.

"Why don't you say anything? Why are you looking at me all the time!" Zhong Ruyi was a little annoyed. Why was this idiot just sitting there without saying a word?

Chen Dongzhi scratched his head embarrassedly, "I don't know what to say, I'm so happy just looking at you!"

Humph! You are quite good at talking. Zhong Ruyi was very happy.

She reached out and lifted her hair, revealing the bracelet on her wrist, which Chen Dongzhi saw immediately.

He suddenly started to smile foolishly: "This bracelet makes you look even whiter."

Zhong Ruyi saw him staring at the bracelet on her hand and rolled up her sleeves.

Chen Dongzhi was startled by her action and quickly shifted his gaze away, not daring to look at her again.

She didn't notice Chen Dongzhi's actions and raised her hand in front of him to show him.

"I love this bracelet! Thank you!"

Chen Dongzhi lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "As long as you like it!"

Seeing that her hands were still raised, he added, "The weather is a bit cold, put your sleeves down to avoid catching a cold."

Zhong Ruyi then noticed that he was avoiding looking at her, or to be more precise, he was afraid to look at her exposed hands.

Alas, that was the bad thing about ancient times. In modern times, the streets are full of bare-chested men and women with exposed arms and legs.

Finally, after she put down her sleeves, Chen Dongzhi dared to look at her.

Seeing the faint smile on her face, Chen Dongzhi felt as if something in his chest was about to jump out.

He didn't dare to look at it anymore, turned his face to the side, and said softly: "...Ruyi, I am a little troubled by something, and I want to ask your opinion."

"Huh? What's the matter? Tell me." Zhong Ruyi was a little curious.

"It's what I told you about before, hunting and working in the government office."

Zhong Ruyi remembered that Chen Dongzhi had talked to her about this matter before, but didn’t he say that the wages in the yamen were low, and hunting was better than working in the yamen?

Why are you worrying about this again?

"Didn't you say before that hunting makes more money? Although the government office is less busy, the wages are not high, so why don't you consider going to the government office?"

Chen Dongzhi pursed his lips, and although he was a little shy, he still said, "But if I work in the government office, I can see you every day. In the village, I can only see you when you come back or when I have something to go to town."

Zhong Ruyi didn't expect that he wanted to go to town for this reason, and couldn't help laughing.

"Then why do you think I went to work in town?"

Chen Dongzhi didn't know why she suddenly said this, he nodded, "To make money."

"Yes! Of course I went to town to make money. Do you want to go to town to work just to see me more often?"

"You can obviously earn more money from hunting, right? Working in the government office doesn't give you much freedom. I've heard from my second sister-in-law several times that her brother also works in the government office. Although it's a little more relaxed, the monthly salary is not much and he doesn't have much freedom."

The monthly salary of my second sister-in-law's brother is barely enough to support his family, not much more.

Zhong Ruyi reached out and patted his shoulder. "So if I were you, I would choose hunting. However, hunting is indeed dangerous. If you want to work in the government, I think that's fine too."

Chen Dongzhi didn't want to go to work in the government office, but since they only saw each other once in such a long time, he couldn't help but waver in his original decision.

"No matter what you do, you should always put yourself first. What if in the future we...what will you do then?" Knowing that he didn't want to hear it, Zhong Ruyi didn't say that word.

"I see. I'll come to town to see you when I have time."

Chen Dongzhi knew what she meant by that unclear sentence, but he would not let that happen. He would do his best to be good to her.

"What are you two doing!?"

Suddenly, Zhong Laosan's voice came from behind the two of them, and they were both startled.

Zhong Ruyi quickly put down her hand that was on Chen Dongzhi's shoulder, pretended nothing had happened, and turned to look at her third brother.

Zhong Laosan rushed over. He had just wanted to go out to look for Brother Dongzhi, but after he opened the door and took a few steps, he heard someone talking.

The voice sounded familiar. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw his little sister and brother Dongzhi standing very close to each other.

The younger sister's hand was still on Brother Dongzhi's body, and the two looked very close.

He couldn't help but interrupt their conversation.

"Third brother." Zhong Ruyi called him.

Zhong Laosan stood in front of the two men, looking between them with suspicion.

"You guys, what were you doing just now?"

Zhong Ruyi didn't understand why her third brother looked like he had caught someone cheating.

"We were just talking, what else could we do?"

Chen Dongzhi nodded. It was true that the two of them did nothing else except talking.

Originally, Zhong Laosan wanted to talk to Chen Dongzhi, but the scene he just saw gave him a big shock.

He didn't have time to say goodbye to Chen Dongzhi, and went straight home with his sister.

Zhong Ruyi turned around and waved at Chen Dongzhi with a smile.

Chen Dongzhi watched them walk into the yard before going back. Compared with Zhong Laosan, he seemed much happier.

Zhong Laosan took his sister back home and closed the door.

Zhong Ruyi turned around and was about to talk to her eldest and second sister-in-law, but was stopped by her third brother.

"Little sister! Why did you and Brother Dongzhi suddenly become so close?"