Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 38

Cuicui came back from outside and kept calling for her aunt. Zhong Ruyi answered her loudly in the kitchen. Knowing that her aunt was in the kitchen, Cuicui ran in and said, "Aunt, didn't we agree to go up the mountain to see if there are any hairy fruits today?"

After hearing what Cuicui said, she remembered that they had agreed yesterday to go up the mountain today to see if there were any wild fruits to pick. Now the chicken was in the pot, as long as Zhong's mother and the others had time to come in and add some firewood.

She told Zhong's mother to come in and take a look when she was free. If the stew was almost done, it could be served.

The two of them each carried a backpack and went up the mountain. On the way, they met several aunts who were also carrying backpacks. The baskets were filled with wild fruits picked from the mountain. They lifted the leaves covering the fruits and took a few for Zhong Ruyi and the others to eat.

Zhong Ruyi saw that this was a kiwi fruit, but the wild ones were smaller. Some were the size of a finger, while others were half the size of a fist.

Zhong Ruyi peeled them and ate them all. They were sour and sweet and delicious. She gave them to Cuicui but she said no, she wanted to pick big ones in the mountains and didn't want to eat the small ones.

OK.

When the two were going up the mountain, they met a few people who were also carrying baskets, but they didn't look like people from the village. Cuicui whispered that they should be from the neighboring villages. They often did this, digging herbs all over the mountains.

I heard that a few years ago, someone from the neighboring village dug up a ginseng the size of half a palm on the mountain and sold it for several hundred taels of silver. It caused a sensation at the time. After all, several hundred taels of silver is not a small amount of money. Since then, people have been going up the mountain to dig herbs every day, hoping to get rich overnight.

Zhong Ruyi couldn't help but smack his lips. A ginseng plant cost several hundred taels. It was really a huge sum of money! Even if the stewed goods store had a few hundred coins in revenue every day, it would take many years to earn several hundred taels.

However, not everyone can have such luck. Looking at these people going up the mountain to dig herbs every day, I have never heard of anyone digging ginseng.

Cuicui had been here many times and knew where the fruit trees grew, so she took her directly there. When they arrived at some places, there were still fruits growing on the trees. The whole tree was bare, so the fruits were easy to see.

Cuicui was not very satisfied. She found a stick to pull down the branches and said as she picked the fruits: "Aunt, I know a place where hairy fruits grow. Xiaozhu and I have been there to pick them before. No one has been there yet. After we finish picking these, let's go there to take a look."

Zhong Ruyi agreed but felt that it was not good for Cuicui and Xiaozhu to run so deep into the mountains. "Then you can't run into the mountains next time. Just stay at the foot of the mountain. No further. It's too dangerous. What if you encounter wild wolves? Can you run away? If you can't, you will be eaten! Aren't you afraid? If your parents knew that you ran so far into the mountains, they would definitely beat you up!"

Cuicui was frightened by what her aunt said, and quickly said that she would not dare to do it again because she was afraid of being eaten by wild wolves and being beaten by her parents.

Seeing that Cuicui was scared by what she said, there were still some fruits left on the tree, so she only picked a small half for the basket. Then the two of them left, and Cuicui took her to the place she mentioned.

After walking for a while, we finally arrived at the place. After passing several large trees, we saw several kiwi trees, each of which was full of kiwi fruits that were much larger than the ones we had just picked. Cuicui was so excited that she used a wooden stick she had just found to hook the branches down.

Cuicui quickly picked all the fruits on the branch that had been hooked down. She picked up one, broke it open with her hands and started to eat it. It was not yet ripe, and her eyes squinted because of the sourness.

Zhong Ruyi climbed up directly. This kiwi tree was bigger than the previous ones, and its branches were also thicker.

Cuicui was picking up the fruits that Zhong Ruyi had picked and thrown down. "Cuicui, pour out the small ones we just picked. Put the big ones at the bottom and the small ones at the top."

Cuicui didn't understand why she did this, "Aunt, why? Can't you just put it in?"

"If you put the big ones on top, there won't be any left when we come back next year." Zhong Ruyi said as she threw the picked ones down. She always picked the big ones first.

Yes, Cuicui thought, the reason why she and Xiaozhu didn't tell others that there were hairy fruit trees here was because they were afraid that the fruits would all be picked after others knew about it. If others discovered it themselves, there would be nothing they could do.

Zhong Ruyi felt that she had picked enough. If she picked too much, she would not be able to eat them all. She could just take them home and let them sit for a while before eating them.

The two of them filled their backpacks halfway. When they were ready to go down the mountain, Zhong Ruyi suddenly remembered that he had planted an apple tree on the mountain before. He didn't know how it was growing now without the spiritual energy in the space. Since they were already on the mountain, they might as well go over and take a look.

As soon as they arrived, Cuicui found that there was a persimmon tree in front of them that had not been fully picked. They ran over to pick some persimmons. However, the persimmon tree had already been picked with fruits from other people. All the big ones had been picked, leaving only some small ones.

They are not big in size, but they are sweet and natural. Before, Zhong's mother and sister-in-law had picked a lot of persimmons in the mountain and took them back to make persimmon cakes. This time, they just picked a little and put all in Zhong Ruyi's backpack. Cuicui also wanted her aunt to put some in her backpack, but Zhong Ruyi told her that children would not grow tall if they carried too heavy things, so she gave up.

Arriving under the apple tree, Zhong Ruyi was surprised to find that it was growing well, no worse than when it was in the space before. Could it be that someone came to water it?

Zhong Ruyi asked Cuicui: "Cui, does anyone come up to water this fruit tree often?"

Cuicui said, "Yes, last time grandma picked a lot and brought some back and distributed some to the villagers. Grandma also told them that there were more on the mountain. They came up and picked them, and they all said that they had never eaten such delicious fruits, so sweet and crispy." Cuicui shook her head as she spoke.

"Originally, someone saw grandma digging up a tree and took it home to plant, and wanted to dig it up too, but the villagers stopped them from digging it up. Since then, people have come up the mountain every day to water it, and some have even fertilized it."

So that's why. No wonder it can grow so well without any space. It turns out that the villagers are taking good care of it.

She asked Cuicui to help her keep watch, saying that she needed to relieve herself. As soon as Cuicui left, she watered the apple tree with some air water, hoping that it would grow better and better, and when it bore fruit, the villagers could pick some to eat.

After taking a look at the sky and figuring it was time for lunch, the two hurried home. When they were almost at the foot of the mountain, Zhong Ruyi saw the men digging herbs sitting on a big rock and eating dry food.

They were almost leaving when Zhong Ruyi suddenly remembered that Chen Dongzhi was injured yesterday while saving her third brother. She then walked back and asked the people who were digging herbs if they had any herbs that could heal injuries. She wanted to buy some.

Several people took out the herbs from the backpack. Zhong Ruyi took a look, but didn't find anything that could be used to treat external injuries. Helplessly, he could only thank them and leave. Before leaving, he gave them some persimmons.