Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 139

Chen Dongzhi pulled Roe Deer to the town, went to the restaurant he often went to, knocked on the back door, and waited for a long time before someone came out.

It was a young man who I didn't know. "Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Ma to purchase. I used to send wild animals to him for purchase." said Chen Dongzhi.

The waiter scratched his head and said, "Ma Caigou has gone back to celebrate the New Year, so our restaurant is temporarily closed. We will open on the eighth day of the New Year."

He looked at the roe deer behind Chen Dongzhi and the pheasant in the backpack, "But I know that Mr. Yu's family in our town still collects them. His family loves to eat game. You can go to his house and ask."

After expressing his gratitude, Chen Dongzhi took Roe Deer to the residence of Mr. Yu as the waiter mentioned. Coincidentally, a carriage was parked at the door.

Several maids were loading things onto the cart, and a wealthy lady was standing aside talking to a little boy.

"Don't act naughty when you go play with your dad later. You must listen to your dad."

The little boy nodded, and when he turned around and saw the roe deer, his eyes suddenly lit up. He pointed at the roe deer and said to the lady, "Grandma, I want this. Can you buy it for me?"

The lady smiled kindly, straightened his collar, and looked in the direction the little boy pointed.

She waved at Chen Dongzhi, "Brother, what is this? Is it a deer? Can you sell it to us?"

Chen Dongzhi pulled the roe deer over and said in a deep voice, "Madam, this is a roe deer. I just caught it from the mountain last night. If you want it, I'll give it to you for thirty taels of silver."

Roe deer are not as big as deer, so the price is relatively lower. However, he said the price was too high, and judging from the woman's dress, she didn't look like someone who was short of money.

Sure enough, the lady nodded, "Okay, then thirty taels, Lao Wang, give the silver to this young man, and then take the roe deer to the backyard and give it a bath. The young master will come to see it later."

The man called Lao Wang came up and gave Chen Dongzhi thirty taels of silver, then took the roe deer from him. Chen Dongzhi also gave them the pheasant in the back of the basket.

After all, normally a roe deer sent to a restaurant would probably be priced at around twenty taels, but today it was sold for thirty taels. A few pheasants are not worth much money, so it would be better to sell them at a good price and give them to them.

Chen Dongzhi was very happy. Although some restaurants and shops were closed, some hardworking people still came out to set up stalls.

He saw a stall selling fruits and vegetables, and walked over out of curiosity.

He found that the vendor did not look like a Dazhao person, but rather looked more like a foreigner, although he was a little short. The foreigners he had seen were all quite tall.

When the vendor saw someone coming, he immediately greeted him with a smile, "Sir, do you want anything? We are all new here."

Chen Dongzhi picked up a red fruit and looked at it. It looked a bit like the apple his mother had brought home before, but the one in his hand was smaller.

The vendor smiled and said, "This is naiguo, which comes from a foreign country."

"From a foreign country? Won't it go bad if shipped from such a far place?" Chen Dongzhi looked at him with a look on his face, "Are you kidding me?"

"Sir, the nai guo is very durable. It can be transported here for ten days or half a month without any problem. I have a cut one here. I'll cut a piece for you to try. It's very sweet."

Chen Dongzhi took a look at the cut naiguo on the stall and shook his head. There was nothing he could do. The cut part had turned a little black. He wondered if it would be harmful if he ate it.

He looked at a pot of red peppers that looked like the ones he had seen in the mountains, pointed at it and asked, "What is this?"

"Sir, this is from the capital. Now people in the capital are using it as a bonsai and placing it in the hall. The red and green pot is so beautiful."

"......"Chen Dongzhi.

So people in Beijing use this as an ornamental bonsai?

There were some seeds on the stall, but he wasn't interested so he didn't ask.

In the end, Chen Dongzhi asked for twenty naiguo. Each naiguo was about the size of a baby's fist, and it cost him a hundred coins.

He took the twenty nai fruits and gave half of them to Zhong Ruyi, thinking that every girl would like this sweet fruit.

As a result, when Zhong Ruyi washed a few fruits, took one and took a bite, he knew that he had been cheated of the hundred coins.

Zhong Ruyi closed her eyes due to the sourness and her whole face was wrinkled.

He quickly took the fruit from her hand and threw it away, then said to Zhong Laosan who just came out, "Daji, pour me a glass of water."

When Zhong Laosan saw the wrinkled face of his younger sister, he was also shocked and hurried in to pour some water.

After drinking a glass of water, Zhong Ruyi felt that the sourness and bitterness in her mouth were barely gone. But when she thought back, it was really too sour and astringent.

The taste is a bit like apple, but it is much more unpalatable than apple.

It’s so sour, my second sister-in-law will definitely like it.

Chen Dongzhi also took one to try, and was almost hurt by the sour taste.

"The vendor said it was very sweet! I didn't expect it to be so sour after I bought it."

He was a little angry. It was really sour.

Zhong Ruyi quickly comforted him, "It's okay, my second sister-in-law likes to eat sour food, I'll leave it for her."

There was no other way, having already bought it, Chen Dongzhi could only comfort himself and regard it as a lesson learned. If he had known that the vendor had asked him to try it, he should have tried a piece.

Otherwise, Ruyi wouldn't be so jealous. However, when he thought of the way Ruyi was jealous just now, he felt that she was pitiful and cute.

The anger in my heart also disappeared.

Since the second sister-in-law likes sour food, Chen Dongzhi doesn’t plan to take the remaining food home, and just leaves it for the second sister-in-law Zhong to eat.

Zhong's mother invited him to stay for dinner, but he refused. "My mother said that we must finish the food left over from New Year's Eve today, so I'd better go back to my aunt first."

Other families had finished their New Year’s Eve meals long ago, but his family has not finished yet. His mother complains at home every day, and Xiaoxue and Xiaoman are also complaining.

My mother said that they have a picky appetite. In the past, we wouldn’t have had such good conditions to eat so much meat during the Chinese New Year.

Xiaoxue and Xiaoman had already gotten used to their mother's cooking, but since the first time he bought a roasted chicken in town, and then sometimes when he hunted pheasants in the mountains and roasted them, they were no longer satisfied with their mother's cooking.

Not to mention them, sometimes mother would suddenly become silent while eating, and then say, "Why is it so salty?" and then force them to eat.

The meals in the military camp were all cooked in a big pot. He had been there for many years and could not remember whether his mother had always cooked meals like this, with no distinction between salty and savory dishes.

I only remember that my father used to cook often. His cooking skills were better than my mother's. He also loved my mother, so most of the housework was done by my father.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt very guilty. He shouldn't have despised his mother's poor cooking skills. After all, his mother rarely cooked before.

But when he got home, he fell silent again when his mother kept urging him to eat at the dinner table.