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Zhou Shitang smiled slightly, "Uncle, how about our cooperation?"

Lu Si Jian shook his head and declined, "The county magistrate has set his sights on my restaurant, and I don't plan to open it again. I plan to sell the restaurant to a reliable person. If you want to buy it, I can sell it to you cheaply." .”

"But I don't want to trick you. If you really buy it, you will also be targeted by the county magistrate."

Zhou Shitang also wanted to boldly buy Lu Sijie's restaurant, but she didn't have that much money. "The county magistrate is so arrogant, no one cares about it?"

Lu Sijian turned around and looked around, and found that there was no one there. Then he sighed sadly, "I heard that he is the county magistrate's old son, and he is the only son in the family. He is so pampered that he is lawless. The county magistrate does not care about these things." It’s just a matter of turning a blind eye.”

Zhou Shitang: "Uncle, I see your expression, uncle, you are very reluctant to leave your restaurant, right?"

"It's me who has implicated you." Lu Sijian looked apologetic, "My father left me the restaurant. I wanted to run it well, but it's a pity that I was targeted. I couldn't bear it. If I hadn't been desperate, I would have I wouldn’t want to sell it either.”

Zhou Shitang asked quietly: "Uncle, do you know any wealthy family with the surname Wu here?"

Lu Si Jian nodded, "I know there is one, the Nan Yu Wu family, a century-old family."

"Nanyu?" Zhou Shitang was confused.

Lu Sijian hummed: "Nanyu County, next door to our Hexian County, the Wu family has many scholars. I heard that many of them are officials, and they are very powerful."

Zhou Shitang nodded and wrote these down.

She didn't know if Wu Yongwei was from this family, but judging from his dress and conversation, she guessed that he might be.

Zhou Shitang said seriously: "Uncle, we can cooperate. Mr. County Magistrate, I will take care of it."

If you want to do business, you can't look forward and backward. The shopping mall is like a battlefield. If you really start doing business, there will definitely be a steady stream of people looking for trouble.

If she couldn't even deal with a county magistrate, she wouldn't have to do any business.

Lu Sijian hesitated, "This..."

Zhou Shitang raised his eyebrows, "Shall we go to your restaurant to talk? If we cooperate, we can keep your restaurant, and I will solve other problems. Are you really not interested?"

Lu Sijie was heartbroken.

Zhou Shitang spoke again: "Shall we go to your restaurant to talk?"

Lu Sijian looked at Shitang last week with a confident look, and the last bit of hesitation disappeared, and he nodded, "Come with me."

Zhou Shiruo didn't understand this, so she hugged the things she brought out from the embroidery workshop and followed Zhou Shitang silently, without disturbing their chat.

It was a coincidence that Lu Sijian's restaurant was right next to the restaurant where Zhou Shitang and his wife wanted to sell their son and were kicked out.

Zhou Shitang's mouth twitched. In fact, she had just seen the uncle's restaurant, but she didn't go in when she saw that there was no one inside.

If business is not good, the price given may not be too high.

Zhou Shitang followed Lu Sijian into the restaurant and couldn't help but point to the side, "Uncle, who owns this restaurant? That shopkeeper is too arrogant."

Disgust flashed in Lu Sijian's eyes, "That's the county magistrate's restaurant."

Zhou Shitang said oh.

If you have the chance, forcefully buy the county magistrate's restaurant and see how arrogant he is.

There weren't many people in Lu's Restaurant, and the waiter wasn't busy either. When he saw the shopkeeper coming back, he came up to him with a smile, "Shopkeeper, you're back. Who are these two?"

Lu Sijian said: "They are my distinguished guests, please bring some snacks and tea." The waiter nodded repeatedly, turned around and ran away.

The business of the restaurant is not good, but the shopkeeper treats him well, and he would rather take a salary cut to stay here.

Lu Sijian took Zhou Shitang and the others into the private room. He was concerned about the two little girls and did not close the door.

Zhou Shitang didn't care, "Uncle, please close the door. We don't care about reputation."

Reputation is something that will be constrained once you care about it, but sometimes you have to live without it, so there is no need to worry about it for now.

Lu Sijian didn't want their conversation to be overheard. When he heard what Zhou Shitang said, he nodded and closed the door.

The three sat down.

The waiter quickly brought a few dishes of snacks and tea, then quietly left and closed the door.

Zhou Shitang said: "I want to know about the county magistrate. What kind of person is he?"

Lu Sijian is a businessman, and he knows the main figures in the county. He talks endlessly about the county magistrate, "This county magistrate took office at the beginning of this year, and it has been almost a year now."

"He can't make any big mistakes. He will seriously judge the people's cases and is quite generous. But once his precious son is involved, he will not care about anything. No matter whether it is right or wrong, he will definitely give his son to him anyway. Wipe your ass.”

"This kind of thing doesn't happen once or twice."

Zhou Shitang clicked his tongue: "He is not afraid that his son will offend people he shouldn't offend."

Lu Sijian: "The county magistrate only targets ordinary people. He has a good eye and will not offend those wealthy families."

The county magistrate changes every three years, but the big local families have been here for decades or even hundreds of years, and their influence is so intricate that no one with a sound mind would choose to provoke them.

The same is true for the county magistrate. He will leave as soon as his term is up, so why bother with the local big family?

If he has conflicts with those big families, he will be controlled everywhere and nothing will go as planned.

Zhou Shitang nodded clearly, and then learned about the big families in Hexian County with Lu Sixian.

There are two most powerful families in Hexian County, the He family and the Ren family, and they are related by marriage.

There are also other small families.

Zhou Shiruo was also listening with interest.

After Zhou Shitang understood these backgrounds, he got down to business, "Uncle, the county magistrate is suppressing you because your restaurant business is doing well?"

Lu Sijian hummed: "Originally, the restaurant next door was not as good as mine, but after the county magistrate's family came here, the magistrate's son bought the restaurant next door. He also wanted to buy my restaurant, but I didn't agree. , and he kept suppressing it.”

"I have been suppressed by him for half a year, and almost all the customers have left. Today, he even wanted to kidnap me. He has really gone too far."

Zhou Shitang continued: "Uncle, I will provide you with recipes. These recipes are all recipes passed down from my ancestors. They are guaranteed to be delicious. How about you give me a [-]% profit?"

The split is more appropriate than the buyout. If it really works out, she will have a steady stream of money in her pocket.

She just provided a way to deal with the county magistrate who might cause trouble. As long as [-]% of the profit, she was already very generous.

Lu Siji thought for a moment and nodded cheerfully, "If you really ask the county magistrate not to cause trouble for me, and the restaurant can be saved, it doesn't matter if I give you a [-]% profit. If you provide the recipe again, I will give you another [-]% profit." Let's do it." (End of chapter)