Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 133

After lunch, Mr. and Mrs. Zhong took some steamed egg cakes, two bags of pastries sold in town, and a new set of clothes, and took Zhong Ruyi to Grandma Zhong's house.

Grandma Zhong does not live alone. She is the elder sister of Zhong Ruyi’s grandfather. She is the eldest of four siblings, and Zhong Ruyi’s grandfather is the youngest.

She now lives with the eldest son of Zhong Ruyi's grandfather's third brother, who is also Zhong's father's cousin.

On the way, Zhong's mother said, "Call people when you get there. Your aunt loves you very much, and your cousins ​​are all honest people."

Zhong Ruyi nodded.

Several children were playing with firecrackers outside my cousin’s house. One of the little girls saw them coming and ran in, saying, “Grandma! Guests are coming!”

As I got closer, I heard a female voice saying with a smile, "Let me see if your great uncle and his friends are here?"

When she opened the door, Zhong Ruyi saw a middle-aged woman with a cloth wrapped on her head.

As soon as my aunt saw them, she smiled and quickly pulled them in.

The yard was kept clean and tidy. There was the main hall inside, with two rooms on each side.

My cousin's uncle was sitting in the main room, bending over and doing manual work. He was a carpenter and had received several orders before the New Year. Even during the New Year, his hands were busy.

He came back to his senses from the work in his hands when Mr. Zhong's voice rang out. When he saw that the person coming was his cousin, he smiled heartily and said, "Why didn't you come earlier? You could have lunch here."

"Come, come, come, sit down quickly. Old lady, please bring some melon seeds and peanuts, and also some of the maltose you made."

He looked at Zhong Ruyi with a smile and asked her to sit down. "This is Ruyi, I haven't seen you for two or three years. Before, your father would bring you here to sit."

Zhong Ruyi had some impression. In the original owner's memory, this cousin was a very good person. Every time Zhong's father brought her here, he would give her a lot of food.

She smiled and called out "Uncle".

"This, this?" He looked surprised. "I've heard from your aunt a long time ago that you are different now than before. You are a sensible person now. Good, good, good!"

Father Zhong smiled and talked to him, all they talked about was the farm work for the coming year.

The cousin's aunt and Zhong's mother were talking in low voices, and Zhong Ruyi could occasionally hear them talking about which girl had reached marriageable age.

She thought that her mother might want to find a wife for her third brother, who was one or two years younger than Chen Dongzhi.

People of their age in the village have already become fathers of several children, but they are the only two who are still single. Oh, and there is also a kid named Wang Laizi.

Mother Zhong glanced outside and asked, "Why don't I see my aunt?"

My aunt said, "At this time, she should still be sleeping. She always takes a nap after lunch every day."

Mrs. Zhong nodded and continued the previous topic.

After a long while, I heard some noise coming from the first room on the right. Because it was close to the main room, any sound was easy to hear.

My cousin's aunt smiled and said, "It should be my aunt who has woken up. I'll go and take a look."

After a while, my cousin's aunt came in supporting an old lady, and Zhong Ruyi quickly stood up to help her.

Grandma Zhong looked at her with a look of surprise, "Is this your cousin's little girl?"

Mother Zhong also came forward with a smile, "Yes, auntie, this is Ruyi, the little girl at home, you used to hold her in your arms!"

After several people helped her sit down in the right seat, Father Zhong kowtowed to her and said, "Aunt, Happy New Year! I wish you good health, happiness and longevity!"

"Okay, okay!" The old lady was laughing so hard that she could hardly close her mouth. She stretched out her hand to help. Father Zhong didn't dare to use force and stood up directly.

Zhong Ruyi could see that this lady was truly a kind old lady. No matter who spoke to her, she would always smile, with a loving light in her eyes.

"...I remember when I went to Xiaohui's house to see you a few years ago, you only came to my place." The old lady looked at Zhong Ruyi and gestured to the position of her shoulders with her hand, "Now you are taller than me."

Mr. Zhong's full name is Zhong Hui. He also had a smile on his face at this time. "Children grow up fast. In the blink of an eye, she will soon be old enough to get married."

After they sat and chatted for a while, my cousin's son and daughter-in-law came back. Today they went to visit some relatives who lived far away.

Mother Zhong whispered, "The ones who have returned now are your cousin's eldest son, Zhong Dajin, and his daughter-in-law, Xiao Feng. Remember to call them."

After the couple came back, they greeted people at home and Zhong Ruyi obediently called them.

Little Feng was a person who always smiled when seeing others. She held Mother Zhong’s hand and said with a smile, “Aunt, I heard from my sister-in-law that you have been helping out in the town recently?”

Mother Zhong nodded and said with a smile, "The second son's family is not feeling well right now, so I am going to help for a while."

"It's God's will that my second sister-in-law is finally pregnant again. She always felt that Xiaohe was missing, so now her wish has finally been fulfilled."

Several women sat together chatting and laughing. It was the first time that Zhong Ruyi saw such a harmonious relationship between sisters-in-law. She thought the relationship between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was pretty good, but she didn't expect that the atmosphere in her cousin's house was also good.

After talking for a while, Mrs. Zhong said she wanted to go back, but Grandma Zhong kept asking them to stay for dinner.

"Aunt, we will come to see you next time." Mother Zhong said, holding the old lady's hand.

"I don't know if I can wait until next time!" The old lady's wrinkled face was full of melancholy. Over the years, she has sent off three younger brothers one after another. She is almost eighty years old, and people see each other less and less.

My cousin's voice was a little choked up, "Aunt, you can't say such things on New Year's Day, it's so rude, you should say something nice, I hope you live a long life!"

Grandma Zhong was so amused that she couldn't stop laughing. "Those who live to be a hundred years old are old monsters! I don't want to become an old monster."

She took out a red envelope from her bosom and said, "Here, little girl, this is for you."

Zhong Ruyi was too embarrassed to accept it, and Zhong's mother kept refusing, "The children are grown up, there's no need to give it anymore."

Finally, my aunt took it and forced it into her hands. "You can't refuse a gift from an elder. This is a little gift from your aunt. Just take it."

After everyone had gone far away, the smile was still on my cousin's aunt's face. Just now, Mother Zhong pulled her aside and gave her ten taels of silver, saying that it was for her to buy some delicious food to nourish her body.

Thinking of the annual gifts brought by Zhong's mother and the ten taels of silver every year, the smile on her face became even more intense.

When they returned to the main room, the children had already unpacked the things they had brought.

Little Feng held up a new dress with a surprised look on her face, "Mother, look, the material of this dress is so beautiful!"

She took it and looked at it carefully. The color was a bit dark, suitable for the elderly. She smiled and took it to her aunt's room, "Aunt, look, this is a new set of clothes that your sister-in-law made for you. Would you like to try it on?"

Grandma Zhong also had a smile on her face, but she said, "Buying more clothes! Why doesn't Xiaohui's wife listen to me every time? I haven't worn the clothes I bought last year yet, and she's buying new ones."

The cousin's aunt smiled and put her arm around her shoulders: "Aunt, you may be stubborn, but who knows how happy you are in your heart! Come, I'll put them on for you. You should wear new clothes for the New Year!"