Siheyuan: I am a big capitalist after the founding of the People's Republic of China

On the 1951rd day of the twelfth lunar month in 1, the old man went out early in the morning. Before leaving, he did not forget to tell a few people to go to his restaurant on time at o'clock in the afternoon.

During this period, whenever the old man went out, he was always followed by someone. Li Zihang also knew that person, the middle-aged man that the old man called Gouzi.

Every time, I would come home early in the morning and wait for the old man in the restaurant. Then I would go out with the old man.

Uncle Qi would also call him "Dog Brother" when he saw him. And Li Zihang and his three brothers would always call him "Uncle Dog".

The man called Gouzi was the one that the old man met when he was middle-aged and was about to starve to death during the war years. He then gave him a bite of food and saved his life. Later, the old man observed that this man was also a grateful person. After several more contacts, he took him in. He has also been doing his best to help the family over the years. It was not until Li Zihang's family moved to their current residence that he was separated to live out.

But he also bought him a small house and a wife. Over the years, whenever he needed help, this person would always be one of the people following behind the old man. He could be said to be the old man's confidant.

As Li Zihang and the other three practiced boxing, they were sweating all over. Aunt Qi also bought breakfast and asked them to eat.

After washing up with towels, they sat around the dining table and started eating breakfast.

Li Zihang looked at Uncle Qi who was drinking soybean milk and fried dough sticks again, and said speechlessly: "That's something that even dogs wouldn't drink, why do you like it so much, Uncle Qi?"

When Aunt Qi and the Dewang brothers heard what Li Zihang said, they almost laughed out loud.

When the grandmother heard this, she rolled her eyes at Li Zihang and said, "How can you talk like that, kid? You have no respect for your parents."

Aunt Qi also smiled and said to the old lady, "Don't tell me, Xiaohang is telling the truth. Last time when he was having breakfast, his uncle Qi was halfway through his meal when he was called out by the old man to do some work. I looked at the soy milk and thought it was a pity to pour it out. So I poured it into the dog bowl in the backyard. Guess what happened? Our dog ran to the bowl with its tail wagging, sniffed it, and went back to the doghouse with a look of disgust on its face."

Grandma laughed happily when she heard what Aunt Qi said, and said happily: "Juan girl, you made me laugh so early in the morning."

Decai: "Grandma! What my mother said is true. Tell me, in our family, except for my father, everyone else likes to drink that stuff, even the dog in our backyard. Apart from him, is there anyone else who drinks it?"

Uncle Qi drank some soy milk and glanced at his son. He said maliciously, "You kid, I haven't beaten you recently, but you're itching again."

Decai lowered his head and dared not speak. Dewang also asked the old lady curiously: "Grandma! You are the first person to make soybean juice. How did you take the first sip? It was so sour and had a strong taste. How did you drink it?"

After taking a sip of the millet porridge, the old lady recalled. After a while, she said, "In the past, the lower class people were very poor! It was good to have something to eat. If there was a disaster, countless people would starve to death. Therefore, as long as there was something to eat, it was also a life-saving ration for people who were about to starve to death. Naturally, they ate whatever they had. Bean juice is the leftover soup from making mung bean cakes. People who made mung bean cakes were reluctant to throw it away, so they developed a way to eat it based on soybean milk. As time went by, this bean juice was passed down among the lower class people. This fried liver and stewed pork were all passed down in this way."

Xiao Yushui was eating wontons with her eyes half closed. When she heard about the stir-fried liver and stewed pork, she said to the old lady, "Grandma, stewed pork is delicious. Can we have stir-fried liver and stewed pork for lunch?"

The old lady looked at Xiao Yushui and said cheerfully, "You haven't even finished your breakfast yet, and you're already thinking about what to eat next. I see you're just a little foodie. Okay. Ask your aunt to buy you some fried liver for lunch."

Li Zihang also finished his wonton dumplings at this time. He asked Uncle Qi curiously: "Uncle Qi, why do you think Grandpa asked us to go to the restaurant at noon?"

Before Uncle Qi opened his mouth to speak, Dewang beside him said, "Grandpa must have asked us to go to the restaurant for a banquet."

Aunt Qi listened to her son and quickly said, "Eat, eat, eat. You only know how to eat. Shut up."

Uncle Qi took a bite of the doughnut and looked at the old lady. Then he looked at Li Zihang again and said, "It's the end of the year, and each shop needs to settle accounts and distribute dividends. You were still young before, and the situation was not very clear at the time. The old man didn't bring you to show up."

"Things are different now. The old man wants you to slowly get to know the family business and get to know the people. Tell the family guys who will be the next owner of the family."

The old lady also spoke at this time: "Grandson, originally these things should have been revealed by your father's generation. But our family is in a period of transition, and you are the only one left over from the thousand acres of fertile land. You have to show up. Your grandfather is old. Letting you show up is, first, to reassure the people below. Second, to let you recognize people in advance, and third, to stop some people from having bad intentions. It's not that our family doesn't have a successor."

The rest of the family stopped talking after hearing what the old lady said, because there were some things that they really couldn't respond to.

Li Zihang: "Grandma, I can still manage the business in Beijing. But how can I manage the business in other places?"

The old lady glanced at her grandson and said, "Let your seventh uncle explain this to you. What a waste of words."

After hearing what the old lady said, Uncle Qi said, "Give the power to the shop owners and factory managers of each shop."

Li Zihang: "Aren't you afraid that they might play tricks on you?"

Uncle Seven: "Even if they have the intention, they don't have the ability. Do you know the old man's management method?"

"First, the shopkeeper doesn't keep accounts and doesn't manage finances. Second, the accountant only keeps accounts and doesn't participate in business management. Third, the person who collects money at the counter is the old man's confidant. He acts as the eyes and ears of the old man in the factory and the shop and only does cashier work. He doesn't participate in management."

"When it comes to business, the shopkeeper has to take a slip, write down the purpose of the funds, sign and seal it, and then have the accountant sign and seal it before he can go to the counter to get the money. The counter also has to collect the report form for each outgoing fund, and all three of them have to sign and seal it after reconciling the accounts every month. If a large amount of funds does not match, the counter will immediately report it to the old man and ask someone to check it. That's not all. The accountant and the people at the counter will take turns to change shifts in each shop and factory every three years to prevent the three of them from colluding. If a small amount of funds does not match, they will check it themselves but report it. The old man is only responsible for the year-end reconciliation and checking the income. There is also control of the general direction. Do you think they dare to mess around?"

"Besides, whether they are people in the factory or in the shop, many of them are elderly people in our family. Our family treats them well, and some of them even have been relying on our family for three generations. So they dare not mess around. As long as the old man and you are still here, even those who have ambitions will have to put their minds to it."

The old lady spoke again at this time: "When our ancestors were at their lowest point, your ancestors still had several loyal servants around them. Even when they went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, there was a book boy who was willing to sacrifice his life for him. Not to mention now. In the past, when the young master ascended to the throne, there were several ministers around him who would guard his life. Not to mention that your grandfather and I are still alive. Even those prodigal sons of the master's family in the past, when they went overseas, there were still some loyal ones who followed them. My dear grandson, don't worry, when you grow up, our family's property will be handed over to you smoothly..."