Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

After finding out the truth of the matter, Chen's mother finally believed that her son had a girl he liked and might be able to marry her soon.

Mother Chen looked at her son with disdain and said, "Be nice to her. If Ruyi doesn't want you anymore, where can you find another daughter-in-law for me?"

"By the way, does your Aunt Zhong know about this?"

Chen Dongzhi nodded, "The Zhong family knows about it." After thinking about it, he said, "Mom, let's decide between Ruyi and me. I want to get to know her better, and I don't plan to get married so soon."

He didn't say that it was Ruyi who first proposed this. Anyway, he had already agreed to it, so it didn't matter who proposed it.

Chen's mother didn't understand why, since the two of them were in love, they couldn't get married soon and had to spend more time together. Who wouldn't settle down after seeing each other once and thinking they were suitable?

This was the first time she had heard such a statement. "What did your Aunt Zhong say? Does she agree with you?"

Chen Dongzhi said, "Ruyi will tell Aunt Zhong about it."

Mother Chen curled her lips, "If that's the case, then I won't care about your affairs anymore, and I can't control you anymore!"

I was so happy at first, thinking that my son finally got it and realized that he liked the girl and wanted to please her. But then he told her that they didn't know each other well enough and wanted to date each other first, and didn't want to get married for the time being?

What kind of talk is this? Wouldn't it be more possible to understand each other after we get married? How stupid! Really! So stupid!

She rolled her eyes at her son and said angrily, "Don't just sit there, go and fix the fence around the chicken coop!"

Chen Dongzhi didn’t know what was wrong with his mother. She was fine just now, why was she angry again?

However, when he thought about how he and Ruyi would get married and live like this in their daily lives, he felt happy again.

When we arrived at the chicken coop, we saw that the outer fence was indeed broken and the chickens could not be contained and were running around.

He took the machete and went up the mountain to cut bamboo. There was a large bamboo forest on the mountain. Now was a good season for winter bamboo shoots. It rained a few days ago and many bamboo shoots had emerged.

Just after cutting down two bamboos, I saw Wang Laizi's mother and Wang Laizi coming to dig bamboo shoots, each holding a basket.

Chen Dongzhi called out "Auntie", nodded to Wang Laizi, and walked away dragging the chopped bamboo.

Since you are going to replace the new fence, you might as well replace the whole thing, so that you don’t have to cut bamboo to make a new one next time.

Soon, in less than half an hour, several fences were completed, and Chen Dongzhi inserted the fences back into the soil at their original locations.

It was almost dark when they finished all these chores. Mother and Xiaoxue were cooking, and Xiaoman was sitting on a stone bench, grabbing a handful of sand and learning to write on the stone table.

As he was writing, he felt that there was not enough sand, so he squatted on the ground and began to write with a stick. He wrote his own name, but the word "Man" had too many strokes, so he couldn't write it.

Chen Dongzhi walked over to him and squatted down. Xiaoman called out softly, "Brother."

"Learning to write?"

Xiaoman nodded and said, "This is what Shuisheng taught me. He has been in private school for a year and can write a lot of characters!"

Chen Dongzhi touched his brother's head and said, "When you grow up, I will send you to a private school. If you don't study hard, I will beat you."

Xiaoman is already seven years old. When Chen Dongzhi just came back, he suggested sending Xiaoman to a private school, but her mother always refused, saying that sending her to school was too expensive.

Chen Dongzhi felt that even if Xiaoman didn't take the imperial examination in the future, at least it was good that he could read and write, and he would be able to find a better job in the future.

Chen's mother thought that what he said was right, but she was a little stingy with the money. In her opinion, even if he didn't study, he could still find a good job. But Chen Dongzhi insisted, and she couldn't object any more. She just said that she would send him to a private school in two more years.

When the family sat together for dinner, Chen's mother talked about his marriage intentionally or unintentionally.

In the final analysis, if you like someone, you should marry her as soon as possible. What if someone else also likes Ruyi and you are chased away by that person?

Chen Dongzhi didn't say anything and just ate his food in silence. He had already said everything he needed to say at noon. If his mother wanted to do this, there was nothing he could do.

After dinner he went back to his room to rest.

Mother Chen felt a little aggrieved. She felt that what she said was right, but why did her son not want to hear it?

Xiaoxue glanced at her mother's face and chose to speak up for her brother. "Mom, when my brother didn't have a girl he liked, you kept trying to find girls for him. He didn't want to, and because of this, both you and my brother were in a bad mood."

"Now my brother has someone he likes, and you keep urging him to marry her quickly. This only makes my brother feel upset."

Chen's mother couldn't believe it. It was bad enough that her son didn't understand her, but now even her daughter was talking to her like that.

"I'm doing this for your brother's own good! If he had gotten married earlier, would I have said these things to annoy him?"

Seeing that her daughter still didn't agree, she felt even more aggrieved, "Okay, okay! You are all grown up now, I can't control you anymore!"

After saying that, he followed her away, leaving Xiaoxue and Xiaoman, brother and sister, looking at each other in bewilderment.

After dinner, Zhong Ruyi went back to her room to rest. Thinking it was still early, she took out her handkerchief to practice so that she could make better clothes for Chen Dongzhi.

Mother Zhong was also sitting aside doing needlework. She was holding the newly bought cotton cloth in her hands. She planned to make a few new pieces of cotton cloth for the baby in Liu Yu Niang's belly.

It is actually better to use old cotton cloth for babies, as it will be softer. However, Tiedan is the only one using the cotton cloth at home, as all the others have been asked for by other families in the village.

So Mother Zhong started cutting some new cotton cloth to make diapers so that she wouldn't have to rush to make them when they were needed.

After embroidering for a while, Zhong Ruyi felt like her neck was about to break. It was so difficult for her to embroider just a piece of handkerchief. She really didn't know if she could really make a set of clothes for Chen Dongzhi.

She stared at her mother's hands cutting diapers for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Mom, do you want to eat watermelon?"

Mother Zhong didn't understand what watermelon was and asked in confusion, "Watermelon? Is it another name for winter melon?"

It's winter now. Where can I find winter melon for my daughter to eat?

Zhong Ruyi smiled mysteriously, and when she turned her palm upwards, a big watermelon suddenly appeared in her palm. She quickly hugged it with both hands.

Mother Zhong was shocked and quickly reached out to help her hold her.

The whole big watermelon rolled onto the bed and stopped only when it was blocked by the pile of quilts.

She carried the watermelon to the table. Mother Zhong touched it again and again out of curiosity. "Is this the watermelon you mentioned? How come there is such a beautiful pattern on it? It's really beautiful!"

The pattern was dark green with light green. She touched the root of the vine and it actually looked like a pig's tail!

It feels very smooth and cool to the touch, very comfortable.

Unlike winter melon, which is prickly to the touch, it looks delicious!

Touching the big watermelon, Zhong's mother was a little troubled. "I'll go get a knife. Otherwise, I can't eat it."

Zhong Ruyi held her back and said, "Mom, no need. It's in the space. I can just take it out."

After saying that, a fruit knife appeared on the table.

As soon as the knife appeared, Zhong's mother started to stare at it again.

She picked it up carefully and examined it, "This knife is so delicate, can it really cut it?"

"Why don't you try it and know?" Zhong Ruyi said with a smile.

She hadn't been in the space for a while, and she really felt that this space was of little use in her hands. Clearly, the heroines in novels could rely on the space to reach the peak of their lives.

Why is it so dull when it comes to her?