Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 619 What kind of husband is he anyway?

"That's right! Since he dares to take money, it proves that the idea must work. So what if we give him money? It's better than watching the restaurant lose money day after day, isn't it?"

Soon, Yan Jiecheng understood the key point, and then gave Yan Bugui a thumbs up.
"Dad, you're so good at shrewd calculations!"

"That's right, you're still far from good enough!" Yan Bugui raised his chin smugly.

Then, before Yan Jiecheng could say anything, he said in a deep voice, "Now you hurry up and find someone to find out what it takes to convert the restaurant into a Chongqing hot pot restaurant, and get the renovation done as soon as possible."

If we delay for even one more day, we'll lose money for that day, understand?

"Dad, don't worry! I'll find someone to get this sorted out right away, and we'll try to reopen by tomorrow, or at the latest the day after." Upon hearing this, Yan Jiecheng immediately patted his chest and made a serious promise.

After all, he owns 4% of this restaurant!
Whether it's making money or losing money, he gets a share of it, so how could he not be anxious!

Besides that, he was also thinking that if turning the restaurant into a Chongqing hot pot restaurant really worked out, he would borrow more money, get rid of Yan Bugui, and open a few more restaurants on his own.

Otherwise, as things stand now, he's the one who does all the heavy and dirty work.

Yan Bugui only needs to sit there and count his money, which is so unfair.

At this moment, Yan Bugui had no idea that his eldest son had already decided to start his own business. After Yan Jiecheng left, he immediately took out an account book, put on his reading glasses, and began to write and draw on the account book with a serious expression, calculating every single expense of the restaurant.

Once he finished his work, the three aunties immediately came over and asked with some concern, "Old man, has Sha Zhu agreed to come back and help us cook again?"

"Hmph! We don't need to beg him anymore!" Yan Bugui snorted and replied smugly.

"What's going on?" The third aunt was slightly taken aback, then asked with some confusion.

"We're going to turn this restaurant into a Chongqing hot pot restaurant," Yan Bugui replied with a chuckle.

"Will this really work?" The third aunt's eyes widened, and she expressed her doubt.

"Why not? Do you know who came up with this idea?" Yan Bugui raised an eyebrow and said somewhat irritably.

"Who is it?" The third woman was slightly taken aback.

"Who else could it be but Qiangzi, of course!" Yan Bugui replied with a serious expression and a hint of pride.

Clearly, in his mind, he had already taken Li Guoqiang's words as a guiding light, and he even thought Li Guoqiang's farts smelled good.

"That's good, that's good!" When the third aunt heard that the idea was suggested by Li Guoqiang, she immediately felt relieved and sat quietly to the side, dreaming that the restaurant could return to its previous state of making a fortune every day.

"By the way, did you go and talk to the second and third brothers about helping out at the restaurant?" Yan Bugui asked hurriedly when he saw the third aunt grinning foolishly.

"I told them, I made time to go talk to them today, but they all said they were too busy," the third auntie hurriedly replied.

"No time? Didn't you tell them that if they came to help, they could take some food home to eat?" Yan Bugui frowned and asked with some dissatisfaction.

"I told them everything, but they wouldn't agree. What could I do?" The third aunt nodded and then explained somewhat irritably.

"Hey! They've really grown too big for their britches! They don't even listen to me anymore!" Yan Bugui was a little angry.

He had originally planned to have Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang help out at the restaurant, and then allow them to take one meat dish and one vegetable dish home to eat each day.

He never expected that his two sons would be so disrespectful to him.

Little did they know, the two brothers, Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang, were all too familiar with their father Yan Bugui's temperament.

It said it would include one meat dish and one vegetable dish, but it didn't specify whether they were cooked in a small pot or how much the portions were.

If they really went to help, they were absolutely certain that Yan Bugui would give them the leftover food from the guests.

That's why they so readily made an excuse to refuse.

What's more, they were still somewhat resentful that Yan Bugui had only brought Yan Jiecheng into the restaurant business and hadn't brought them along!
"Alright, you know who trained them. They're all more cunning than you. Unless you pay them, don't even think about getting them to help out at the restaurant!"

When the third aunt saw Yan Bugui's angry expression, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

As the saying goes, no one knows a child better than his mother.

Having raised her children single-handedly, she knew their personalities all too well.

She had already expressed her opposition to Yan Bugui when he asked her to talk to the children about this matter.

But Yan Bugui wouldn't listen, so she could only try to talk to him about it, never expecting the children to agree.

"Pay them wages? Our family is almost bankrupt right now, how can we pay them wages?" Yan Bugui glared and retorted indignantly.

Then, before the three aunties could say anything, he waved his hand and said impatiently, "Alright, let's not talk about these unfilial sons anymore. You hurry up and pack your things, and come with me to the restaurant later to keep an eye on things, so that Jiecheng doesn't not know the market and gets ripped off."

"Alright!" Seeing Yan Bugui's attitude, the third aunt didn't say anything more and simply nodded in agreement.

Soon, the couple hurriedly left the courtyard and went to the restaurant to keep an eye on Yan Jiecheng's work.

Not long after, Sha Zhu also approached Li Guoqiang.

"Hey! Uncle He, what brings you here? Please have a seat!" When Li Guoqiang saw Sha Zhu come in, he had an idea and then chuckled as he asked Sha Zhu to sit down.

"Hey, Qiangzi, could you help me find someone to inquire about what's going on with your Aunt Lou in Hong Kong?" Sha Zhu hesitated for a moment, then asked somewhat embarrassedly.

"No, didn't you already get in touch with her? Didn't Aunt Lou leave you her phone number?" Li Guoqiang raised an eyebrow and asked with some surprise.

"It's just that we didn't have time!" Sha Zhu explained somewhat awkwardly.

"Okay, I'll ask for you first, and I'll get back to you by tomorrow night at the latest." Li Guoqiang was secretly pleased, and then nodded in agreement.

That said, he was also a little curious about Lou Xiao'e's current situation. After all, he had gone to great lengths to give Lou Xiao'e a thorough cosmetic procedure.

The effect was noticeable even to people with poor eyesight.

He had been wondering how Lou Xiao'e would explain this to Sha Zhu!

Unexpectedly, Lou Xiao'e ran straight back to Hong Kong and stood Sha Zhu up.

She truly deserves to be called a strong woman who was able to take over the Lou family business from Lou Bancheng in Hong Kong!
"Okay, then I'll go back and wait for your news!" Sha Zhu couldn't help but smile happily when he saw that Li Guoqiang had agreed.

In his opinion, Li Guoqiang was extremely capable.

Now that Li Guoqiang has agreed to help, he no longer needs to worry about not being able to find Lou Xiao'e.

Soon, he got up, said goodbye, and went home.

Li Guoqiang then took out a satellite phone from his personal storage space and directly issued an investigation order to the security team in Hong Kong.

Not long after, the security team called him back and told him about Lou Xiao'e's current situation.

Among the news, besides the previously agreed-upon cooperation between the Lou family and the Qiangsheng Group, the most interesting news for him was that Lou Xiao'e's ex-husband, seeing that the Lou family had climbed up to the Qiangsheng Group and that Lou Xiao'e had suddenly become so young and beautiful, was actually trying to get back together with her.

Moreover, early this morning, Lou Xiao'e's ex-husband chased after her and took a plane back to Beijing.

I suppose they'll come looking for Sha Zhu in the next couple of days!
This is really getting more and more interesting!

After hanging up the phone, Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, but he didn't tell Sha Zhu the news, intending to let Sha Zhu discover the surprise himself.

Before they knew it, it was the morning of the second day.

Qin Huairu, Xiao Dang, and Huaihua, as usual, got up early from Li Guoqiang's house and quietly returned to the two adjacent rooms.

Afterwards, they came out of the house again, pretending to have just woken up, and went back to their home to wash up.

After they finished washing up, they were about to go to Li Guoqiang's house to have breakfast with him at a restaurant when they ran into a middle-aged man with a big belly and a bald head.

"Hello, excuse me, does He Yuzhu live in this courtyard?" Pang Hetai's eyes lit up when he saw Qin Huairu, Xiao Dang, and Huaihua, the three of them, and he asked with a greasy smile.

While asking the questions, he also pretended to intentionally or unintentionally show off the Rolex gold watch on his wrist, trying to attract Qin Huairu and the others' attention.

Unfortunately, Qin Huairu, Xiao Dang, and Huaihua were not those ignorant women who had never seen the world.

They only glanced at it briefly, and then paid no more attention to it.

"Who are you? What do you want with He Yuzhu?" Qin Huairu asked with some confusion.

"Oh! I'm from Hong Kong. I have some things to discuss with He Yuzhu about Lou Xiao'e!"

Pang Hetai felt somewhat frustrated when he saw that Qin Huairu and the others were not attracted by his outfit.

Then, when he heard Qin Huairu ask a question, he didn't dare to talk nonsense and directly brought up Lou Xiao'e.

"Then come with me!" When Qin Huairu saw that Pang Hetai knew Lou Xiao'e and was from Hong Kong, she immediately realized something and a hint of gossip appeared on her face.

Soon, she led Pang Hetai into the central courtyard and arrived at Sha Zhu's door.

"Pillar, pillar!"

"Hey, who is it?" Sha Zhu heard someone call his name, but for a moment he couldn't recognize Qin Huairu's voice.

When he opened the door and came out, he saw Qin Huairu standing at the door with a strange middle-aged man, and he immediately felt a little strange.

Logically speaking, Qin Huairu had always called him Shazhu, otherwise he wouldn't have failed to recognize Qin Huairu's voice.

Also, who is that bald, middle-aged man with a greasy face?

What is going on here?

“Zhu Zi, he came from Hong Kong. He said he wants to talk to you about Lou Xiao’e.” Qin Huairu saw the puzzled look on Sha Zhu’s face and immediately stepped forward to explain in a low voice.

"What? He came from Hong Kong? And he wants to talk to me about Lou Xiao'e?" Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu felt a slight chill, then suddenly realized something, and his expression slowly became serious.

"Um, this gentleman, this is He Yuzhu. You can tell me what you need to say now!" Qin Huairu turned to Pang Hetai and gently reminded him.

"Oh! Okay, Mr. He Yuzhu, I apologize for disturbing you!" Pang Hetai snapped out of his daze upon hearing this, raised his chin slightly, and revealed a reserved smile on his face, while inwardly finding it all quite amusing.

He had originally thought that the man Lou Xiao'e longed for must be incredibly outstanding!

Looking at it now, he almost laughed his head off.

Putting everything else aside, Sha Zhu's crude and uncouth demeanor is far inferior to his noble air.

"Who are you? What do you want with me?" Sha Zhu stared at Pang Hetai for a while, then asked in a cold voice.

“I am Lou Xiao’e’s husband, the man you’re talking about. I’ve come to you to ask you to recognize your place and not to see Lou Xiao’e again, so as not to ruin our marriage.” Pang Hetai raised his chin slightly and spoke in a condescending tone.

"Where is Lou Xiao'e? Where is she? Does she know you came to find me?" Sha Zhu's expression darkened, and he angrily questioned her.

“Mr. He Yuzhu, these are not questions you should be concerned about. All you need to know is that I am her husband!” Pang Hetai’s expression changed slightly, and then he spoke with some displeasure.

"Husband? You're already divorced, what kind of husband are you now? Let me tell you, don't try to act all high and mighty with me, believe me or not, I'll beat you to a pulp!" Sha Zhu clenched his fist and cursed angrily.

"You dare! I'm a businessman from Hong Kong. If you dare lay a finger on me, believe me, I'll make sure you never leave this world!" Pang Hetai glared at him, then cursed angrily.

Sure enough, the people in this run-down courtyard are just not up to par!
(End of this chapter)