Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 294

When the mason's wife returned home, her family was waiting for her and food was already on the table.

The eldest daughter-in-law attentively pulled out a chair for her to sit down, and asked expectantly, "Mom, what did Boss Zhong say?"

The other people at the table also pricked up their ears, looking hopeful, waiting for her answer.

The mason's wife, who had originally shown a smile because of her eldest daughter-in-law's thoughtful behavior, suddenly froze on her face.

When everyone saw her expression, they knew what it meant and turned their eyes away.

The eldest daughter-in-law pouted her lips in displeasure, "Mom, if you had known they were going to find someone else, you wouldn't have said anything about the price increase. Now look what happened, they don't want our jars anymore! We made so many jars and now they're just piled up and nobody wants them."

Before, every time Zhong Ruyi or Li Guihua came, they would ask for thousands of items.

During that period, the mason did not sleep every night, rushing to make the pots, working day and night with his two sons without end.

So after the 4,000 jars that Zhong Ruyi requested were delivered last time, although they didn't ask for them, the mason thought that even though they didn't want them now, they would have to ask for them in the future.

He took advantage of the fact that he had nothing to do and worked hard to make jars. He made two thousand jars at a time and kept them there, ready to deliver them directly to Zhong Ruyi when he needed them, without having to wait.

Who would have thought that as soon as they mentioned raising the price, Zhong Ruyi didn't want it anymore.

It has been more than a month and he still hasn't come to order the jars. I heard that he has already found a buyer.

How can this be done?

There are so many jars at home, and the two families have been cooperating for so long, how can the Zhong family just give up on them?

Is there any business done this way?

For a moment, the atmosphere at the table was depressed.

Suddenly, the eldest daughter-in-law whispered, "Mom, didn't you say that Boss Zhong is still unmarried? Although I haven't seen her, my brother-in-law must have seen her, right? Why don't we let them get to know each other? If they can get married, not to mention how many jars we will have to make every month, our family will also be able to get a piece of her business!"

The mason's youngest son blushed but said nothing.

He thought of the scenes when he met Zhong Ruyi several times before. Although this girl was not the most beautiful one he had ever seen, she was definitely the richest.

Every time I came to my dad to order jars, the pouch around my waist was always bulging.

She is pretty, smart, capable and rich. Which man wouldn’t want a wife like this?

Only such a woman can take good care of a family and allow a man to work hard for his career outside with peace of mind!

After a long while, the mason looked at his wife and said, "Don't you like this girl Ruyi very much? It would be nice if we could marry her as our daughter-in-law. It would just make up for the regret that we don't have a daughter."

Being your own daughter?

The eldest daughter-in-law sneered in her heart. She had not yet married, and her mother-in-law said the same thing when the two families met.

But in fact, she may feel that it is a pity that she does not have a daughter, because other families have several daughters who can help with housework, but she does not. She only has two sons, who cannot work, and neither can her husband, so all the housework falls on her.

So after she got married, her mother-in-law started to order her to do everything she could.

In the hot summer, we would take out all the winter clothes and quilts for her to wash. In the winter, we would ask her to take the summer clothes to the river and wash them over and over again. She would continue washing even when her hands became red and sore.

In fact, she had met Boss Zhong once, when she went to deliver food to her father-in-law and husband who worked in a brothel. She happened to meet him talking to her father-in-law about drawing bars on the jars.

She looked at her from a distance and thought that Miss Zhong was really good-looking. It was obvious that she was pampered at home. There was not a single trace of roughness on her hands that was left by village girls from working hard.

On the contrary, her hands and face looked white, tender and translucent, the clothes she wore were made of fine fabrics, she wore a golden hairpin in her hair and a sachet around her waist.

She had never seen any girl in the village dressed like this on a daily basis, or she had never seen any family raising a daughter like this, or any daughter at home who didn't work?

Somehow, she suddenly felt a secret and unknown envy in her heart.

If I could really get this girl to marry me, as her sister-in-law, I could order her around like a mother-in-law, so that she would have endless laundry to do in the winter.

Her hands will never be as white, tender and delicate as before.

Zhong Ruyi, who was far away at home, suddenly felt an itchy nose and sneezed twice.

"It's been a bit chilly in the mornings and evenings lately, so you'd better be careful of catching a cold." Chen Dongzhi gathered the fire and warned.

At this time, the two were picking up some firewood behind the bridal chamber, preparing to make some beggar's chicken for dinner.

Chen Dongzhi threw the whole chicken wrapped in mud into the fire, and then covered it with hot sand around it.

"Come back in an hour."

The two of them went to the new house in front.

They haven't moved into the new house yet, and occasionally Chen's mother and Xiaoxue come over to clean.

When Zhong Ruyi and her husband get married, they won't come to live here, and there will just be the two of them in this new house.

They were talking peacefully at first, and no one knew who started the conversation first, but they just kept kissing each other.

The air was filled with the sound of water and their bodies were pressed tightly together.

I don’t know how long they kissed, my mouth was numb, Zhong Ruyi reached out and pushed the man who was hugging her, her voice a little hoarse, "...Um, hit!"

"what?"

After Chen Dongzhi let the man go, he saw the girl in front of him wipe the moisture from the corner of her mouth and said, "Is the chicken behind the house almost ready?"

"It's not even an hour yet." He glanced at Zhong Ruyi's mouth, feeling a little unsatisfied.

Seeing the man's burning gaze, Zhong Ruyi quickly said, "Go out and take a look, otherwise if it burns, it would be a waste of a chicken."

Fine.

We kissed anyway.

Chen Dongzhi was satisfied and took people out to see how the chickens were doing.

It's not even an hour yet, but a faint fragrance is already filling the air.

Soon, when the time came, Chen Dongzhi immediately dug up the soil, revealing the beggar chicken covered in mud.

Once the soil is removed, the fragrance becomes more pronounced.

Chen Dongzhi's ruthless iron hand picked up the clod of earth and hurried to the main room.

Zhong Ruyi had already put a plate there, "Quick, quick, quick! Put it on the table, don't you want to use your hands?"

After scolding him, she quickly knocked off the soil outside, revealing the lotus leaves wrapped inside.

These lotus leaves were seeds that Chen Dongzhi brought back from Lingbo Village in Qingyun Township a few months ago. After being sown for a few months, only a few leaves grew, which the two of them plucked and used to wrap chickens and make mud.

When the lotus leaf was pulled apart, the chicken inside was exposed. It was a little burnt on the top, but it smelled very fragrant.

The heat and fragrance rushed up together and hit my nose.

Chen Dongzhi came back after washing his hands and directly pulled out a chicken leg for her, "Eat it quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

He also tore off the remaining chicken leg and put it aside to cool.

Perhaps because it is wrapped in lotus leaves and then roasted, the chicken not only tastes fresh, fragrant and tender, but also has a fragrant lotus aroma.

Chen Dongzhi pulled out two legs of the five-pound chicken for her to eat, and the rest went into his stomach.

Zhong Ruyi couldn’t finish the two chicken legs, so he ended up buying them all.

Seeing that he was a little full, Zhong Ruyi gently touched his belly twice. Hmm, his abdominal muscles were still there.

While the two men had just finished eating a beggar's chicken, the mason in Yangliu Village was discussing the marriage of the mason's youngest son.

After dinner, Zhou, the mason's wife, pulled her eldest daughter-in-law aside and asked nervously, "Do you think Miss Zhong will like Yaozu?"

The eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hu, rolled her eyes in her heart. Why should he choose Zhou Yaozu when he has better conditions?

But she still said, "She's a girl, what's the point of making a lot of money now? She still has to find a man to marry, right? What's wrong with our family being a glory? I have the skills to support her, and he's also a caring person. You can't find a man like him even if you search with a lantern. Don't worry, mother. I'll ask a matchmaker to come to her house in a few days and I guarantee she'll agree!"

These words calmed Zhou's originally uneasy heart. She also felt that her eldest daughter-in-law's words were very soothing and touched her heart.

Yes, which woman doesn't want to get married? Her own Yaozu is no worse than others!