Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 67

After working for several days in a row, Chen Dongzhi and his friend went to Zhongji restaurant for dinner. At the beginning of the third day, Zhao Zhongsheng and his son and Zhao Dali and others also went to Zhongji for dinner.

They brought their own food, so they felt embarrassed to trouble Mrs. Zhong to cook more meals for them.

Mrs. Zhong didn't care whether they would feel embarrassed or not. Since they were guests, they were welcome. There was no reason to let them eat by themselves.

She was good friends with Aunt Zhao and also had a good relationship with the village chief's wife. No matter how they were called a few days ago, they didn't come. It was only after Mother Zhong closed the shop and went to where they worked to call them that they came.

"Don't be disgusted. We don't have anything good to offer you." Mother Zhong skillfully brought over several dishes.

Since there were so many people, she still cooked three meat dishes and one vegetable dish, but the portion was large, enough for eight or nine people.

When we were pulling the pig offal yesterday morning, we asked the pork shop owner to leave a large piece of pork. This morning, when Zhong Erge went to pull the pig offal, he was able to take it back.

I fried some leeks and eggs. When I was shopping for vegetables in the morning, I saw some newly harvested bean sprouts, so I bought some and fried some bean sprouts and meat. I simmered half a pot of rice, and also heated up the steamed buns and pancakes that a few people brought.

A plate of cold cucumber and braised pork, both of which were generous in portion, came to the table steaming hot and fragrant.

Mother Zhong asked them to eat the vegetables instead of just the steamed buns. "Eat the vegetables! How can you feel full if you only eat the steamed buns without eating all the vegetables? Eat quickly! You're welcome!"

She was not polite at all and ordered her two sons to serve food to the people at the table. She herself was reluctant to do it because, after all, they were not her family members and she was afraid that they would dislike using the chopsticks she had used to serve food to them.

Zhao Zhongsheng felt quite embarrassed as Aunt Zhong had prepared such a rich feast, saying it was to thank him for working with Zhong Laosan.

This was nothing to him. After all, the two families were close, so he would help wherever he could. There was not much work to do in the fields now, so it would be nice if he could earn some extra money.

Chen Dongzhi ate quietly. He originally thought that he could take the opportunity to give the bracelet to Ruyi in the next two days, but he didn't expect that with so many people around, he couldn't find a chance at all.

At this time, a pair of chopsticks holding a piece of braised pork was placed in his bowl. He thought it was Zhong Laosan, but when he looked up, he saw that the other end of the chopsticks was Zhong Ruyi.

He suppressed the smile on his face, picked up the piece of meat and put it in his mouth. He felt very happy in his heart. The meat seemed to taste sweet. The two people's eyes met in the air and then immediately shifted away.

Neither of them was embarrassed to look at each other, so Chen Dongzhi sat on her right. Two people sat on a long bench, and she and Zhong's mother sat on the same bench.

Mother Zhong didn't notice the two people's little actions and was still telling the others to eat and not to be embarrassed.

Only the second brother noticed it. He was sitting opposite and happened to see it when he raised his hand to pick up some food.

The second brother felt a little disappointed. It seemed that the younger sister and Chen Dongzhi were really in love with each other. She even started to help the younger sister pick up food. It was really true that the younger sister was no longer under the control of her brother, he thought sadly.

After dinner and a short rest, until he was about to go back to work, Chen Dongzhi did not find a chance to give the bracelet he was wearing in his arms to Zhong Ruyi.

As usual, they filled their water bags with water before leaving. Zhong Ruyi always felt that Chen Dongzhi's eyes looked a little sad when he left. He wanted to say something but he didn't.

Not understanding his look, Zhong Ruyi decided not to think about it anymore. Anyway, he would say it naturally when he wanted to, and she didn't want to go up and ask.

For the next half month, Zhong's mother asked them to come to Zhongji for dinner. After eating there for a few days, they all brought meat and vegetables with them.

Zhao Zhongsheng rubbed his head in embarrassment and said, "Aunt, you don't make much money from your business. We are embarrassed to bother you every day."

Everyone nodded, and Zhao Dali continued, "So we have discussed it and decided that we should bring our own meat and vegetables and ask Aunt to help us cook. This won't cost Aunt too much, but we'll just have to ask Aunt to make us something hot so we don't have to eat the steamed buns and pancakes we brought. We'll be very grateful to Aunt for that!"

Since they all brought food, Zhong's mother was no longer polite. She took their food and tried to make more delicious dishes. It was not easy to do physical work at the dock moving goods every day.

Didn’t you see that her third child had been off-season during the past two months, and his skin, which had worked so hard to whiten, turned darker again after working at the dock for a few days moving goods?

Selling physical work is tiring for the body, but she believes that her third son does not have the brains to earn the money from work that requires thinking. If he had brains, he would not have been deceived by Miss Zhou.

After working for more than half a month in a row, he could finally take a break. Zhong Laosan still felt a little reluctant after finishing his last day's work. However, when he thought that except for giving the money he earned in the past half month to Zhong's mother, he could distribute the rest freely, he was very happy.

When Zhong's mother noticed her youngest son's lustful look, she knew what he was going to do. She rolled her eyes and thought of a way.

"Third brother, why didn't you think of buying something for your parents with the money you made? If you don't buy it for me and your father, at least buy it for your sister, right?"

Before Zhong Laosan could react when he heard what his mother said, his mother had already asked him to go out and buy something for his younger sister that she liked. She didn't even give him a chance to refuse and pushed him out directly.

Chen Dongzhi also followed him out. Today was his last day at work, and he didn’t know when he would come to town again.

Before walking out, he glanced at the store and saw that Zhong Ruyi had already gone back to her room for a nap.

They didn't have to go to the dock in the afternoon and only had to work until this morning. However, the manager saw that they were serious about their work and didn't cheat, so he still paid them a day's wages even though they only worked for the morning.

Zhong's mother asked her youngest son to go out and buy something for her daughter that she would like, and ordered him to buy it today or he would not be allowed to go home.

Zhong Laosan had no choice but to go out and see if there was anything suitable for his younger sister. If there was, he would buy it and give it to her.

He originally planned to use the remaining money to buy a hairpin for Yu Ru, but it would also be nice to buy it for his sister, so Yu Ru could just buy it next time.

At that time, he had not yet realized what Zhong's mother was thinking. His money would be closely watched by Zhong's mother in the future. If he wanted to spend money to buy something for Zhou Yuru, Zhong's mother would definitely cheat him out of the money with various reasons.

He foolishly thought that he could buy it for Zhou Yuru next time, but he didn't know that his wallet had already been coveted by Zhong's mother, unless he stopped letting Zhou Yuru lead him by the nose.

The two of them walked to a jewelry store, and Zhong Laosan thought about going in to take a look, maybe he could buy something his little sister would like.

As soon as they entered, the waiter greeted them warmly and did not look down on them at all because of their ordinary clothes.