Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

"Brother Dongzhi, give it a try!"

Chen Dongzhi nodded, stirred the chili sauce in the bowl, ate one and felt it was okay, not too spicy. He thought it could be spicier, so he scooped a little more into the bowl.

At the table, Zhong's mother asked Chen Dongzhi, "Dongzhi, you have been in the military camp for five or six years. Do you eat better during festivals?"

Chen Dongzhi put down his chopsticks, thought for a moment and said, "During the two New Year festivals, we had steamed buns and dumplings, as well as various meat dishes. Although they were not very delicious, they were much better than the usual meals, and everyone was very satisfied."

Mother Zhong cried out with a look of heartache, "You kid, you went to join the army for no reason. Your family must be worried sick."

When it comes to this topic, Chen Dongzhi became silent. He lowered his head and no one knew what he was thinking.

When he looked up, he found Zhong Ruyi looking at him with love in her eyes.

His originally depressed mood suddenly improved. He smiled and said, "If I don't go, someone else will. The lives of the millions of people in Dazhao always need someone to protect them."

Oh.

Why is it that the more he speaks, the more sentimental it becomes. When Zhong Ruyi hears this, she thinks of her ancestors. If it weren't for them, how could the descendants have such a good life? This was all earned with blood and tears!

Everyone at the table was silent. What they said was true. There would always be someone to do some things. They were all doing it for the people of Dazhao.

She almost wanted to cry, so she quickly changed the subject, "Brother Dongzhi, I'll go get you some more, you've finished it all!"

She reached out and took his bowl, and seeing that her second brother's bowl was empty, she took it away too.

There were still quite a few dumplings left in the pot, and some raw dumplings were still on the winnowing basket. I simply poured all the dumplings in the pot into two empty bowls.

Mother is full and has almost finished her meal. She can’t eat any more.

After two bowls of dumplings were served, Zhong's mother was still talking to Chen Dongzhi. This time they were talking about the crops in the fields in the spring of next year.

"What are you going to plant on your dozen acres next spring? Why don't you plant more wheat like my family does?"

Chen Dongzhi has already made plans. His family has a total of 12 acres of paddy fields and 18 acres of dry fields. He grows rice in the paddy fields and wheat, corn and cotton in the dry fields.

"Mom, I see there are still a lot of dumplings left on the stove. Do you want to save some for Aunt Chen?"

Zhong Ruyi carried out two bowls of dumplings. Chen Dongzhi quickly reached out to take them and put the other bowl in front of Zhong Laoer. The two of them began to eat.

Mother Zhong nodded and said, "I haven't seen anyone selling wild vegetables yet. This shepherd's purse is really good. I thought of saving some for your Aunt Chen to try."

Aunt Chen was a kind person. She would always leave food for them when they came back from the village so that they wouldn't have to cook after the long journey.

Chen Dongzhi finished eating and was about to collect the bowls to wash them when he was stopped by Zhong's mother.

She gave her second brother a look, and he understood and quickly took a few bowls to the yard to wash them.

After lunch, feeling that it was almost dark, Chen Dongzhi suggested going back.

Before leaving, Zhong Ruyi asked him to help take back the pastries they had just bought, two packs for Xiaoxue and two packs to take back to the Zhong family.

Taking the oil paper bag she handed over, Chen Dongzhi thought of the man he saw at the corner and decided to tell Ruyi about it.

"What's wrong?" Zhong Ruyi was pulled aside by him and asked with some confusion.

He whispered, "You need to be careful recently. If someone comes back today, follow us."

"what?"

Zhong Ruyi was surprised. "Did he come back with us? Why didn't I see him?"

Seeing his serious face, I knew it was true and he would not joke about such things.

She quickly asked, "Did you see that person's face clearly? Is it someone you know?"

"No, I only saw his profile, but he looked very familiar. I must have seen him before, but I can't remember where at the moment."

Zhong Ruyi didn't see that person, so naturally she didn't know who he was. But since this person followed them secretly this time, there might be a second time. There was no guarantee that this person didn't have any bad intentions.

Chen Dongzhi warned, "Be careful and don't go out alone, lest you run into danger."

Until he catches this person, he should be cautious.

"Okay! You should be careful too."

After seeing Chen Dongzhi off, Zhong Ruyi told this matter to her mother and second brother.

Mother Zhong thought of someone, and she said hesitantly, "Could it be the son of your useless aunt?"

Seeing that both of them were looking at her, she could only tell them what she had heard recently.

"I heard from your Aunt Chen next door that her son came here twice when we returned to the village. Your Aunt Chen recognized him because he had come here to make trouble before."

The second brother also frowned, "Could it be him? What is he doing here? Want to ask for money again?"

This cousin had come once before and asked him for a hundred taels of silver, saying that they were businessmen and didn't care about such a small amount of money.

The second brother was so angry that he laughed.

Not to mention that he didn't have a hundred taels, even if he did, he would not give it to him if he just threw it into the water and heard a sound!

At that time, he was reluctant to leave and threatened to sue them in the government. However, his brother-in-law happened to come over to eat wontons and he saw him.

The brother-in-law immediately said, "That's great. I happen to be working in the yamen. Wait for me. After I finish eating this bowl of wontons, I will take you to the yamen to report to the authorities."

He was so scared that he ran away immediately.

He never came again after that time. I thought he was scared, but I didn’t expect him to come when they were going back. I don’t know why he came when no one was around?

Zhong Ruyi suddenly thought of another person besides her sister-in-law's son who was a little suspicious - Zhou Yushou.

Zhou Yushou?

Mother Zhong suddenly remembered what Chen Dongzhi had told her before, that Zhou Yuru wanted the third brother to match her brother with her daughter. Thinking about it this way, Zhou Yushou might also be a possibility.

She suddenly became worried. It was not a good thing for her daughter to be watched by such a gambler. "You have to ask me to go out next time, or ask your second brother to go with you!"

After saying this, Zhong's mother took the basket of shepherd's purse dumplings that she had left behind and went next door to take a look at the new cabinet that Aunt Chen had built.

"Sister!"

Mother Zhong knocked on the door and called out to the person inside.

As soon as Aunt Chen heard the sound, she hurried over to open the door with a smile on her face.

She said happily, "Sister Li, you heard your son and daughter talking about my new cabinet, didn't they?"

Mother Zhong was indeed very curious, and she handed the shepherd's purse dumplings she brought to Aunt Chen.

"Oh! Did you make dumplings today? My Xiaolin also wanted to eat dumplings after returning from private school. I was just about to go out to buy some pork to make dumplings, and you just happened to deliver them. Otherwise, we can say that our Xiaolin is in for a treat!"

Aunt Chen was very happy. Yesterday, her eldest grandson Xiaolin came back from the private school and said that the teacher praised his recent calligraphy skills and that his writing was much better than before.

The carpenter sent someone to deliver the new wardrobe she made for her daughter-in-law yesterday. Two people couldn't move it in together, so they called Daxiang to help.

She looked at it carefully and found that the materials used in the cabinet were all good, without any burrs or rough edges. It was a bit expensive, but much better than the one made by the carpenter she had hired before.

The previous carpenter charged the same amount of money, but used inferior materials. He made it the year Xiaolin was born, and it broke the year Xiaoan was born. When we went to find him, he still refused to admit it and insisted that he had not maintained it well!

God knows! This cabinet was placed in the room perfectly fine, could she move it outside to be exposed to the wind and sun?

I had no choice but to suffer this loss in silence. Fortunately, the carpenter I found this time was very good and he used good materials.