Comfortable life in Siheyuan

When Qin Huairu returned home, Banggeng and his wife were sitting in the living room waiting anxiously.

Seeing Qin Huairu come in, the two of them hurried over!

"Mom, what do you think? Did Shazhu agree?" Banggeng asked expectantly.

"Yes, Mom. How did the talk go?" Wang Li's face was also full of joy.

Qin Huairu sighed inwardly, and then said, "They have already recruited enough apprentices, and none of them are paid, just provided with food and drink!"

"Ah? This Sha Zhu is so excessive? Apprentices also have to work! He doesn't even pay them a salary!" Wang Li said in surprise.

"Is he trying to trick you? Is he unwilling to teach me?" Bang Geng said coldly with a stern face.

Banggeng only recently heard about the news that Shazhu was recruiting apprentices, and he had not originally planned to become an apprentice.

But last night, after Banggeng went home and told his wife Wang Li about this, Wang Li started to have some ideas.

I think if Banggeng learns cooking for two or three years, then he and his wife can set up a restaurant and become their own boss.

After hearing what Wang Li said, Banggeng's blood boiled, so he came to find Shazhu to talk about it.

"I'll ask around later. There have been quite a few people coming here with gifts and children these past two days. What Sha Zhu said is that the recruitment is full, so it may not be false!"

The day before yesterday, Qin Huairu saw a former workshop director from the factory, carrying some things and bringing his nephew to visit Sha Zhu. Many people were interested in Sha Zhu's craftsmanship.

"Mom, go ask when you have time. I think Uncle Three should know the situation. Aunt Three still goes to the restaurant every morning!"

Bang Geng now works at the steel mill. He passes by the entrance of Sha Zhu Restaurant every day and knows how popular his restaurant is. Some factory workers usually go there for dinner.

"Okay, Mom will help you ask later!"

In the afternoon, Qin Huairu went to the vegetable market on purpose, bought some vegetables and then walked back from outside.

Sure enough, as soon as I entered the courtyard, the third uncle came over to talk to me.

"What delicious food did Huairu buy? Banggeng and his wife are coming back today, and you've spent a lot of money!" asked the third uncle with a smile.

Qin Huairu stopped and said, "My eldest grandson is back today, so I have to buy some meat! Where is your eldest grandson? I saw him for a while at Jiecheng Restaurant last time. He has grown strong now, right?"

"Of course, your family runs a restaurant, how can you let your child starve?" said the third uncle disapprovingly.

"So that's why! Now there are so many people begging to find Sha Zhu to be their apprentice. Look at how many people are begging to learn a skill these days!" Qin Huairu said with pretended envy.

"This is just the beginning. The people you see all come directly to our house. There are many more people who go to restaurants! The busiest day was around 20 people!" said the third uncle with some jealousy.

"So many people? All of them want to become your disciples? Then how many did you accept in the end?" Qin Huairu finally got to the point, her eyes fixed on the third uncle.

"My wife told me that Zhuzi originally planned to hire only two people. But he couldn't refuse many favors, so he hired three or four people at once. Now their kitchen is almost overcrowded."

After hearing what the third uncle said, Qin Huairu understood what was going on. It seemed that Sha Zhu did not lie to him.

After returning home, Qin Huairu told Banggeng what happened. Banggeng seemed to be more open-minded, but Wang Li was a little disappointed.

However, they knew that there was no hope, so they gave up their fantasy.

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Before the National Day, Lou Xiao'e's clothing store was fully prepared and was just waiting to open on that day. Liu Qingshan and Feng Yu also went there to help during the National Day holiday.

Lou Xiao'e is very excited now. After working hard for half a year, the clothing factory has finally officially opened in China.

Also opened at the same time were three stores in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Guangzhou. These were the cities Liu Qingshan had first decided on. Other provincial capitals and some future first-tier cities were placed in the second batch.

When the funds come back, they will proceed to the next step. Anyway, it is still early now and they have plenty of time to plan.

On National Day, Lou Xiao'e took Liu Qingshan and his group to hold a simple ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Even newspapers and TV stations in Beijing came to interview us.

After finishing the opening ceremony, several people started to receive customers in the store.

Lou Xiao'e's clothing store sells mid- to high-end items, and the prices of the clothes in the store are not cheap. However, compared with those in department stores, the prices are similar to those in the mid- to high-end stores.

However, the styles in her store are newer and more fashionable. There are quite a lot of people in her store now, and many of them are buying things.

But most people just come here to take a look. The prices of the clothes here have already discouraged a lot of people.

At this moment, Liu Qingshan caught a glimpse of two familiar figures out of the corner of his eye.

Liu Qingshan looked closely and saw two people at the door holding hands and behaving very intimately. They were Yu Haitang and Xu Damao.

Liu Qingshan took a few steps back, walked to Feng Yu, and touched her with his shoulder.

"What are you doing? I'm busy!" Feng Yu was sorting out the clothes that the guests had looked at and helping the waiter hang them up again.

"Look! Look over there!" Liu Qingshan raised his chin and motioned Feng Yu to look towards Xu Damao.

Feng Yu raised his head in confusion and looked for a while before he saw Xu Damao and the other person.

"Why are they here? I have to go tell Sister Xiao'e." Feng Yu put down the work in his hands and hurried to find Lou Xiao'e.

Lou Xiao'e was entertaining customers at the time. When she saw Feng Yu looking for her, she quickly directed the customer to the shopping guide.

"What's going on! What happened?" Seeing Feng Yu looked a little anxious, Lou Xiao'e asked.

"I saw Xu Damao, he's in front of me, and he's with Yu Haitang!" Feng Yu leaned close to Lou Xiao'e's ear and whispered.

Lou Xiao'e frowned, "Why is he here, and he brought a lover with him!"

"How would I know? Qingshan saw it just now, but he didn't go over to say hello!"

The two of them walked over there while talking.

After taking only two steps, Lou Xiao'e had some ideas. A smile appeared on her face, and she walked towards the two of them happily.

"Welcome! The clothes in our store are all designed by fashion designers in Hong Kong. The prices are a bit expensive. If you like them, you can take a good look." Before speaking, Lou Xiao'e looked around and made sure that no one else was paying attention to this side before she whispered to Xu Damao and the others.

"Lou Xiao'e, why are you here? Do you own this shop?" Xu Damao showed impatience as soon as he saw Lou Xiao'e.

"Da Mao, she is your ex-wife? Then we won't buy from her and we won't make money for her!" Yu Haitang had also heard of Lou Xiao'e, but had never seen her.

"If you can't afford it, don't say it's nice. Our clothes are not for people like you." Lou Xiao'e said with disdain.

"It's not like I can't afford it. Why do you look down on me?" Yu Haitang started yelling without waiting for Xu Damao to stop her.