Siheyuan: Rebirth of a comfortable life starts with Shazhu

The third senior brother glanced at He Yuzhu, and said somewhat confusedly, "I just went in and took a look at the kitchen layout, and it reminded me of where we used to work..."

The place the third senior brother was referring to was naturally the Emei Tavern where they were apprentices back then.

When He Yuzhu designed the blueprints, he based them on the kitchen of the Emei Tavern.

It's just like those old restaurants, with one or two more refrigerated display cases.

Above the stove, there are gas cylinders and natural gas pipes.

The decorations in the private rooms and the main hall are all antique items collected from other places.

Even the bricks on the ground were 'gold bricks' collected from the people.

It's the same style as the one in the Forbidden City.

Door frames, tables and chairs, vases and ornaments—each of these has at least a century of history and must be the work of a master craftsman.

Those vases without a mark on the bottom are too embarrassing to put in a private room.

These days, if you have money, these things aren't hard to find.

It's like a small shop selling paintings by famous artists from the Republican era by the size of the brush.

He Daqing thought He Yuzhu was being incredibly wasteful when it came to the renovations.

However, this was the first collaboration between father and son, so even though He Yuzhu swindled him out of some money, he could only rub his stomach and accept being the 'sucker'.

What He Daqing didn't know was that people who collect old items had already appeared on the market.

Recently, a group of young people who came from the lower-level area set up a small old furniture repair workshop under the name of the street office.

One of the women, surnamed Chen, even went to He Yuzhu's restaurant, intending to take away all of He Yuzhu's exquisite antique furniture.

The other party quoted a high price, adding 50% profit to He Yuzhu's acquisition price.

However, the man surnamed Chen didn't even get to see He Yuzhu's face before being kicked out over the phone.

When he remembered who that woman might be, He Yuzhu also pulled a little trick.

He informed Su Manyun and instructed her subordinate, Lai Wu, to keep an eye on that woman surnamed Chen.

There was nothing else to it, except that the woman would take a fancy to any old items and make Lai Wu pay her to buy them.

This amount of money shouldn't be much for Lou Xiao'e.

For He Yuzhu, this was a bit of a perverse pleasure.

He would rather keep all those things at home than let them end up in Hong Kong through the hands of the woman surnamed Chen.

Before the other party becomes wealthy, let's give her a crushing blow.

This left her with nowhere to go in Beijing.

That will save us from all the mess later.

"Third Brother, you really didn't think about going out on your own?" Standing next to his third senior brother, He Yuzhu no longer felt aggrieved and seemed much more normal.

He definitely cares about this senior.

Although in his previous life, the third senior brother also earned the title of "Master of Sichuan Cuisine".

But since we only live once, we should make the most of our youth and try something new.

When people get old, no matter how great their titles or how much wealth they have, they won't be able to keep up.

The reason why the third senior brother is paying so much attention to He Yuzhu is because his most valued eldest disciple has chosen to join their side.

That is, the one who started the chain stores in his past life.

He Yuzhu urged MCA to pay close attention to that person, saying that if he truly had business acumen, he was willing to pay a high price to have that person work for him.

Money if you want money, power if you want power.

Although He Yuzhu did not own any shares in this restaurant.

But everyone involved knew that He Yuzhu was the real owner of the restaurant.

He Daqing was simply spending money to fulfill a dream he had when he was young.

Every soldier dreams of becoming a marshal.

As a chef, I've naturally dreamed of owning a restaurant.

Although He Daqing already owns one store on Hong Kong Island.

But this is like him returning to his hometown. If he can't make a name for himself and become wealthy in the place where he made a living when he was young, then his 'wealth' will always be missing something.

However, he has already made a will, and all the shares of the restaurant will go to Liu Ting and He Yushui.

Rainwater only has the right to receive dividends from a portion of the shares, and has no controlling stake.

He Daqing announced this matter at the He family home, and He Yushui was overjoyed, completely oblivious.

She was naturally happy to be showered with money for no reason.

She believed in her father and brother, and that the restaurant would bring her family lasting wealth.

Liu Ting, on the other hand, was a little flustered and refused several times.

However, He Daqing used the excuse that He Yuzhu was now a leader and shouldn't get involved in money matters to force those shares onto her.

Mr. and Mrs. He Yuzhu both understood what this meant; it was the old man's way of compensating Liu Ting.

This can be considered He Daqing's last wish.

He Yuzhu sometimes finds it strange that his father, when he gets into trouble, can cause him a huge headache.

But when they get serious, they can also get some reliable things done.

At least in this restaurant, He Daqing owns the majority of the shares because he is an investor.

The old items in the hotel were also rented to the hotel under the name of He Daqing.

After all this trouble, as long as the restaurant isn't too bad...

After a few years of reform and opening up, He Daqing will take over the ownership of the hotel building.

That means he definitely left Liu Ting a fortune of millions.

After the new century, the value of this property in the inner city of Beijing will be in the hundreds of millions.

This can be considered as He Daqing's compensation to Liu Ting, the head wife of the household.

Liu Ting understood the meaning of these compensations without them needing to be spoken.

Ultimately, what the old man wanted was for the He family to continue to live in harmony.

He Yuzhu is the most pitiful one. His greatest wealth to date is only a few hundred yuan in salary and allowance each month.

That few hundred yuan was always confiscated by Liu Ting after she kept urging me to pay her salary every month.

The amount of money that He Yuzhu could actually spend with peace of mind was at most a dozen yuan.

Men are all destined for hardship.

It's pretty much the same no matter the year.

After hearing He Yuzhu's question, the third senior brother remained silent for a while before shaking his head and saying, "I'm not coming. I'm getting old, and I'll be retiring in a few years."

Too lazy to bother.

We must give the younger generation room to grow.

Besides, if I came over, it would involve a lot more complications.

You'll have plenty of trouble.

He Yuzhu understood what his third senior brother meant; he wasn't wrong. If he came over...

Then all the entanglements with the Wang family from before will come to fruition.

This group includes not only Xiao Er and Qin Jingru, but also Wang Furong's former apprentices and various old acquaintances.

The third senior brother inherited Wang Furong's mantle and considered himself the head of this branch.

From the moment he took over as head chef at the Sijiucheng Hotel, all the grudges and entanglements that Wang Furong had been involved in were attributed to him.

Over the years, my third senior brother has helped many people.

This includes the connections Wang Furong maintained in Sichuan.

It is foreseeable that he will help many people in the future.

He will never be able to escape this for the rest of his life.

This is the old-fashioned master-apprentice tradition: enjoying the legacy and shouldering the heavy responsibilities.

This life is endless! (End of Chapter)