Siheyuan (courtyard house): My name is Shazhu!

The fourth senior brother was very obedient. He hired a nanny to take care of his wife and began his business of taking on jobs to make money.

Master Qi Tianfu and Master Ma, the second master, also handed over the 'small jobs' they didn't think were worthwhile to their fourth senior brother.

The so-called "small business" refers to a family that is mainly composed of elderly people or children of the old regime, or a small business owner's family from the past who has some money but not much, rather than a wealthy family that has been around for a century.

The key is the low cost; each table only costs 30,000 to 50,000 yuan. Even after all the hard work preparing a banquet, the income might be less than 150,000 yuan. For the master, it's not worth it.

It's because they earn a high income at the restaurant; for a chef like Fourth Brother, who has only been working at the third kitchen for a year, it's not a small amount of money.

In a restaurant, the monthly income is only 400,000 yuan. But if you prepare a banquet for someone, you can earn around 150,000 yuan per banquet. You can earn a month's salary by preparing three or four banquets.

He Yuzhu covered for him without asking for money, just to improve his cooking skills. Covering for him for one day would triple his cooking experience points.

The time required to become a master chef can be shortened to less than four years. He Yuzhu is only seventeen years old. A master chef at the age of twenty-one has never appeared before.

The fourth senior brother was also generous. He Yuzhu didn't ask for any money and directly added 50,000 yuan to He Yushui's food expenses, bringing the monthly food expenses to 100,000 yuan, the same as the master's food expenses.

He Yushui now has a main dish every day instead of only once every three days. He Yushui is doing well, knowing to eat with her brother and other people.

No one was going to fight with a child for food, so in the end, she finished it all by herself. Luckily, she had a lot of time to play when she was in school, otherwise, He Yuzhu would have worried that she would get too fat.

When He Yuzhu demonstrated that all his cooking skills were above advanced level in mid-October, Chef Ma and his master were very happy.

They can go out to host banquets more often, and He Yuzhu is an all-around chef, young and strong, who can prepare and cook dishes all in one go.

Now they can take over the work of the second chef, and in a few months they will take over the work of the head chef, so they can go out and take on more jobs. At this time, He Yuzhu has been a formal apprentice for less than a year and a half.

We can 'exploit' him for another year and a half.

The atmosphere of life is quite good. After entering October, all three chefs are making money. He Yuzhu's daily cooking workload is increasing again, reaching five times the previous level.

It's theoretically possible to accumulate one million experience points in two years. After all, the fourth senior brother and his companions don't cook banquets every day. The three of them go out fifteen times a month, which is more than enough.

In three or four years, a young master chef will emerge.

Within the city of Yanjing, there is only one master-level Sichuan cuisine chef, and He Yuzhu may be the second.

One evening at the end of October, their peaceful life was shattered. Jia Dongxu carried his mother's bedding on his back, walking in front, followed by Jia Zhangshi, whose clothes were tattered, as they entered the courtyard.

Not only were Jia Zhangshi's clothes tattered, but she was also extremely haggard, with scratches still visible on her face and only half of her hair remaining, indicating that she had been disposed of inside.

However, upon returning to the courtyard house, she became arrogant and haughty, striding with an air of superiority, as if she had returned to her own territory and was a victorious female general.

"Pah, what a piece of trash! Just a robber, what's he acting all high and mighty for?"

"She still needs to be taught a lesson. If she gets into trouble later, we'll give her a good beating. Yi Zhonghai is already more obedient than a grandson, so what is she anyway?"

"Robbers. Are all these people this arrogant? I've never seen anything like it before. They're all like this when they first come out. I don't know what this old woman is thinking?"

"Going back to the courtyard house to rule like a tyrant, where's her brain?"

"If you have a brain, you're not a robber."

Haha. That's true.

Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu returned to their home.

"Dongxu, I've been inside for six months. What happened in the courtyard house? Tell me."

"Mom, wash your face and tidy yourself up first, then I'll talk to you. We can talk while we eat." Jia Dongxu was too embarrassed to say everything out loud.

Jia Zhangshi: "You go first. It's only a few minutes. What trouble has that bastard Sha Zhu caused this time? Has Yi Zhonghai dealt with him and his sister?"

"Shazhu and his sister are doing well and haven't been hurt. My master and his wife are divorced. The thing is... he's living alone now."

My master and I had a tough time at the steel rolling mill. Others gossiped and pointed fingers at us, and the workshop director assigned us more work.

My master had to keep a low profile in the factory, and my situation was only slightly better. Jia Dongxu still didn't say it: "I'm too short, I can't see, it's too embarrassing!"

"Those two bastards, Sha Zhu and his sister, are completely unharmed. It makes me so angry! I suffered terribly inside, and they won't get away with it either."

Yi Zhonghai has been deceiving Tan Guilan for almost twenty years. This time he has finally gotten his comeuppance. That old man who has no descendants, he deserves it. He is no good person.

Tan Guilan got divorced, and he's all alone now. That old bastard has a lot of money; we should...

"Mom, don't worry about it. My master spent money to avoid trouble and gave all his money to Tan Guilan. He only has a few hundred thousand yuan left, which he's saving."

"It's impossible that Yi Zhonghai gave all the money to Tan Guilan, absolutely impossible!"

He's a money-grubbing bastard; how could he possibly give away the money he'd worked so hard to earn over twenty years, not even to his wife? "Mrs. Jia knows Yi Zhonghai very well."

"In the divorce, half of the money was divided up first. If Tan Guilan did not withdraw the case, my master would also be sentenced to several years. So he used the other half of the money to buy Tan Guilan to withdraw the case."

This way, I could keep my job and avoid going to jail. I only studied at the Women's Federation for a month, and the factory gave me a demerit and deducted a month's salary. That was the end of it.

My master has a job and can earn a salary for his entire life. After retirement, he can still receive 40% to 65% of his pension. The key is that he has no criminal record.

The impact on future salary increases will be minimal. In the end, settling for 21 million yuan out of court won't be a loss for him. Whether he has a criminal record is more important. "Jia Dongxu's words were fairly impartial."

"Hmph. Tan Guilan has gotten so much money, isn't she afraid of getting herself bloated? At least half of it should be mine, no, it should be 35 million. We must make her spit it out."

Yi Zhonghai is broke. A few months have passed, and he should have over a million by now. I'll borrow some from him tomorrow; I just got out and need to make up for it. "Jia Zhangshi only cares about money."

"Why should Tan Guilan give us her money? What methods did you use? I don't know. If you dare to do anything outrageous, she'll sue you. Just shut up for a few days."

Don't even think about borrowing money from my master. He's been holding onto his money tightly these past few months, so there's no way I can borrow from him. He's afraid of running out of money too. "Jia Dongxu still has a brain."

"We must get our hands on the money in Tan Guilan's hands. Forty million is a lot of money. Our family doesn't even have four million."

Does Yi Zhonghai cook and live alone? We can live together as a family.

As for that bastard Sha Zhu, that little wretched child, we need to find a way to deal with him. I can't go in and suffer for nothing; at the very least, I need to teach that little bitch He Yushui a lesson. We can't let them get away with this. "Jia Zhangshi is still so vicious."

"My master lives with a deaf old lady; your chances of joining her are slim."

"We can't deal with Sha Zhu and his sister ourselves. Hiring someone to take care of them would cost us money, and if we get caught, we might get punished severely. The worst part is, we don't know anyone here."