Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 300

Matchmaker Wang patted Mother Zhong on the shoulder and said, "Sister Zhong, our two families are so close. If you miss your daughter, just walk over and see her. Today is a good day."

On a good day like today, they can cry but it is not good to cry too much, so the matchmaker said something extra.

Soon, Mr. and Mrs. Zhong wiped their tears, smiled, and asked everyone to quickly continue with the next process.

The matchmaker stepped forward to support Zhong Ruyi and sang, "The bride is going out!"

When they walked out of the main room and into the yard, Zhong Laosan was waiting there. He was going to carry his sister out and send her to the bridal sedan.

Zhang Mingzhu and several unmarried women followed behind and watched, but did not come forward.

Cuicui pursed her lips tightly, her eyes filled with tears. She and Xiaozhu and Xiaohua hugged each other tightly. The three little girls, who had not yet grown up, had some dreams of marriage before, but they did not expect that they would be so tearful on the wedding day.

My aunt married nearby. If she had married far away, it would have been difficult for her to come back.

Tiedan hugged his second aunt's thigh and wiped his tears with the corner of Liu Yu Niang's clothes. He raised his head and asked Liu Yu Niang, "Second aunt, will my aunt come back in the future?"

Liu Yu Niang sniffed and her eyes were tearful. She smiled and said to Tie Dan, "Go back. Your aunt will have two homes in the future. She can go back to whichever home she wants. We can meet again in the future."

The child's sadness comes and goes quickly. When he heard that his aunt would come back in the future, he was no longer sad and ran out to see his aunt get into the bridal sedan.

After Zhong Ruyi got off her third brother's back, she was helped by the matchmaker into the bridal sedan.

Afterwards, Chen Dongzhi bowed to Mr. and Mrs. Zhong who were standing at the door, then stood up and said firmly, "Don't worry, father-in-law and mother-in-law, I will definitely take good care of Ruyi and won't let her suffer any grievances!"

Mr. Zhong wiped his eyes and patted his son-in-law on the shoulder, "Good! Good boy!"

Mother Zhong didn't say anything, just nodded and gently straightened the big red flower on his chest.

After the sedan went away, hidden in the crackling sound of firecrackers, Mr. and Mrs. Zhong stared at their receding backs for a long time, and only withdrew their gaze until they were out of sight.

After all the trouble, when I went out, the sun was already high in the sky. It was the hottest time of the day at noon.

People from the village who wanted to attend the wedding banquet arrived one after another, holding either two kilograms of brown sugar or a piece of pork, or a piece of red cloth or an egg dyed red. If the relationship was closer, the gifts they brought would be more generous.

When they come, they don't just sit there and do nothing. They help serve the food, move the tables and chairs, and distribute chopsticks to each table.

Before Chen Dongzhi left the house, the kitchen had already started cooking. The ten sheep and two pigs that they had specially bought had been slaughtered and the sheep were already roasted.

As expected of the chef invited by Manxianglou, Sun Tao assisted at the side and learned from him.

The main dishes were braised pork, fried four-happiness meatballs, steamed spare ribs with rice flour, pork with preserved vegetables, boiled chicken, garlic lamb chops, stir-fried duck with green peppers, two stir-fried vegetarian dishes and the last one was steamed fish.

We roasted four sheep, and also had braised large intestines, braised spareribs, braised pig's trotters, braised peanuts and edamame.

There are two soups, one is pork bone soup with red dates, peanuts, lotus seeds and longan, and the other is lily and snow fungus soup.

Finally, there were some candied dried fruits and fresh fruits. All the grapes grown in the Zhong family yard and the Chen family yard were picked and placed on the table.

The kitchen was overwhelmed with the number of dishes to be prepared, so two stoves were temporarily set up.

When the wedding procession arrived at the door, the lamb being roasted in the kitchen was ready.

Sun Tao went over to take a look, but was not sure whether it was cooked, so he could only cut a slice and take it to the chef to taste.

The chef was a middle-aged man in his forties, a little fat. He was shaking the spoon in his hand and finally found time to taste the roasted lamb. As soon as it entered his mouth, he nodded and said, "Okay, you can put it down now."

The lamb had been roasted for more than an hour and was now carefully taken down by the women and placed on the table.

Aunt Tian's three daughters-in-law all came over to help, and their mouths were watering at the sight of the steaming whole roasted lamb.

Not to mention them, other people from the village who came to help didn't even dare to look at the sheep, for fear of being embarrassed.

Xiaoxue took the cumin powder that Zhong Ruyi gave her two days in advance. Her sister-in-law said that it was to be sprinkled on the lamb after it was roasted.

She tried to take off a piece, then sprinkled a little cumin powder in her hand on it. After putting it in her mouth, she couldn't help but think that it was no wonder that her sister-in-law kept emphasizing that she must put this thing in it, saying that the mutton would not be so delicious without it.

really.

The freshly roasted lamb is golden and crispy on the outside, while the meat on the inside is tender and juicy with an excellent taste.

She not only had cumin powder, but also minced garlic, chili peppers and shredded ginger. My sister-in-law said that if the cumin powder was gone, the food would still be delicious with these.

Soon she no longer had the appetite to savor the roasted lamb, as the wedding procession had already arrived at the door.

She quickly said to the aunts who were watching her eat the mutton, "Aunts, please cut the mutton into thin slices and put the cumin powder I brought on each plate..."

"Little Snow!"

Mother Chen called her.

In her panic, she almost wiped the mutton she had just touched on her body. Jiang Rong took a handkerchief and wiped it for her before leaving.

The sound of firecrackers began to ring out at the door again, and the sounds of gongs and trumpets were getting closer. Many children in the village crowded together, playing and clapping, making a lot of noise.

Soon, the sedan chair stopped at the door.

After the sedan chair stopped steadily, Matchmaker Wang stepped forward, gently lifted the curtain, and came out holding Zhong Ruyi's hand.

As soon as she held the bride's hand, she couldn't help smiling, and her palms were wet. It seemed that the girl was still quite nervous.

Zhong Ruyi was indeed very nervous. Before this, she had always been quite Buddhist, not at all like Chen Dongzhi. The closer the wedding date got, the worse she slept, with dark circles under her eyes every day.

But after saying goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Zhong and getting into the bridal sedan, she began to feel nervous belatedly.

Matchmaker Wang gave her a red silk thread and asked her to hold it, while the other end of the red silk thread was held firmly in Chen Dongzhi's hand.

They just walked in holding each other's hands, unlike the wedding where the groom had to recite a poem or write a letter of guarantee.

In the main hall, Mr. Zhong, Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Chen were sitting in the upper seats. Seeing the two people slowly walking towards them, Mother Chen couldn't help but burst into tears.

Matchmaker Wang was very motivated today. The red envelope the Chen family gave her contained ten taels of silver. How could she not be motivated?

"Worship heaven and earth!"

"Two thanks to the high hall!"

The two of them bowed and knelt down in front of the three people in the upper seats. Mother Chen nodded repeatedly and praised them.

"Couple greetings!"

Because of the red veil, I couldn't see the expression of the person opposite me, but they were both equally excited and nervous.

"Send to the bridal chamber!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the people around him started to make louder and louder noises, among which those from the escort agency made the loudest noises, while the newlyweds were surrounded and walked into the bridal chamber.

Everywhere was red. There were red wedding characters on the doors, walls and windows. A new bed that had been specially made a few months ago was placed against the wall. It was covered with a bright red wedding quilt, and big red candles were lit on the table.

After the two of them sat down beside the bed, the aunt came forward and pressed the corner of Zhong Ruyi's clothes on the collar of Chen Dongzhi's robe, and then handed the weighing rod to the groom.

The moment the red veil was lifted, Chen Dongzhi felt his heart beating in his throat. After taking a deep breath, he whispered, "You look really good today."

The exposed face was only lightly powdered, and the color of her lips looked much more vivid than usual. She wore a golden crown on her head, and her red wedding dress made her lips, teeth, and eyes look even more rosy and charming.

Zhong Ruyi glared at him shyly, with shame and joy in her eyes.

Isn't she usually pretty?

The bridal chamber was now full of people, and the aunts and sisters-in-law all laughed in good faith and said, "Look at the groom's blushing face!"

"The bride is also shy!"

“What a perfect match!”

Originally, at this point, Chen Dongzhi's sister-in-law was required to help the bride take off her shoes and change into another pair of shoes, which meant that the bride would have to follow the rules of her husband's family and be bound by them in the future.

Not to mention that Chen Dongzhi doesn't have a sister-in-law, even if he does, he will choose to skip this step. In his opinion, Ruyi only needs to be herself and does not need to be bound by anyone. She can do whatever makes her happy.

The next step is to drink the wedding wine. Each person takes a cup, puts their hands around the other, and drinks it all in one gulp.