Siheyuan: I have traveled through time and space and still can’t eat enough?

The back house mentioned by Yan Jiekuang is the house opposite to the main house in the courtyard, usually located in the front of the courtyard, close to the gate.

The orientation of the back house is opposite to that of the main house, usually facing south and north.

Its main function is to be used as a guest room, servant room or storage room.

Due to its relatively unimportant location, the back house is usually smaller than the main house, and its shape is simpler, and it doesn't even have windows, making it very inconvenient to live in.

Ever since the construction of high-rise buildings began in the old city, anyone with a little bit of ability wanted to move into the buildings, and the courtyard house became the least popular.

The courtyard where Yan Jiekuang lived had a total of four back rooms, and the two people he referred to as Uncle Liu and Uncle Sun lived in them.

Yan Bugui was also stunned when he heard his son's question. Although he didn't know why he asked that, he still answered: "Of course they want to move, but they can't afford to buy a building unless they can sell their current house."

“But no one buys the back house in the courtyard!”

Yan Jiekuang chuckled and made a plan.

He did what he thought and ignoring everyone's surprised looks, Yan Jiekuang got up and went to Liu's house.

"Boom boom boom!"

After Yan Jiekuang knocked on the door, someone opened it soon.

"Jie Kuang, why are you here?"

This person is the Uncle Liu mentioned by Yan Jiekuang. His full name is Liu Baoguo, and he has already retired.

His three children all got married and moved out, so he and his wife were the only ones living in the back house.

"Hello Uncle Liu, I came here to discuss something with you."

Although Liu Baoguo didn't know what Yan Jiekuang could discuss with him, he still politely invited him in.

After sitting down, Yan Jiekuang looked around.

I found that it was not dark yet, but the lights were already on in the house.

Yan Jiekuang did not exchange any pleasantries, but went straight to the point.

"Uncle Liu, I want to buy these two houses from you. Is that okay with you?"

Liu Baoguo was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Yan Jiekuang was looking for him because of this matter.

Although I had thought about moving out of the courtyard before, after all, the environment of the back house was too bad and living was inconvenient.

But on the one hand, I’m short of money, and on the other hand, I’ve lived here for so many years, I’d be reluctant to move away.

Now that Yan Jiekuang brought up this matter, Liu Baoguo's mind was aroused again.

"Okay, but if I sell the house to you, where will your aunt and I live?"

Yan Jiekuang knew that Liu Baoguo was tempted, but was too embarrassed to ask for a high price. This was indirectly telling him that he had to pay more.

"How about this, I'll buy your house for 600 yuan per room, and you can add some money and buy a smaller building."

Although housing prices have risen a lot recently, the price Yan Jiekuang offered is not low. After all, these are just two back houses, and they cannot be compared with the main house in terms of environment or area.

Liu Baoguo agreed without much thought.

The two agreed to go through the transfer procedures tomorrow, and Yan Jiekuang walked out of the Liu family and came to the Sun family.

It was the same routine. Yan Jiekuang and Sun Qianjin also agreed on the price, which was also 600 yuan per room.

When Yan Jiekuang returned home, he found several people still sitting at the table waiting for him, so he said directly: "Dad, I just bought those four back houses."

This left several people confused. They didn't know why Yan Jiekuang bought those houses since he himself had enough place to live.

"Third brother, you haven't told me about my work yet."

Yan Bugui knew that his son was rich, so although he didn't understand why he bought a house, he didn't ask about it.

Seeing his father's anxious look, Yan Jiekuang smiled.

"I'm planning to open a grocery store. All I need to do is open a door on the wall of one of the back houses."

"This way, neighbors nearby will come to consume for convenience, and we will definitely make money."

Yan Jiekuang paused for a moment, looked at Yan Bugui and said, "I plan to hand over this shop to you for management, and give you 30% of the shares. This way, you will have a job, and in your free time, you can also set up a chess stall and play chess with the uncles nearby, so you won't be bored."

After hearing this, Yan Bugui was very excited and felt that this job was perfect for him.

But suddenly he thought of something and asked, "I don't understand these things either. If I just sell things and keep accounts, it's fine, but where do I get the goods from?"

Yan Jiekuang waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about that. Our hotel needs to import a lot of vegetables and meat every day. I can increase the share when the time comes. You can go and get the vegetables early every day, or ask my store staff to deliver them to you. It's not far anyway."

After finishing speaking, Yan Jiekuang thought of something else and looked at Yu Li and said, "Sister-in-law, after our hot pot restaurant opens, we can also get ingredients from the restaurant. We get them directly from the countryside. They are not only fresh, but also cheap."

The meat and vegetables in Yan Jiekuang's restaurant are all imported from Zhangjiazhuang.

Since the reform and opening up, rural areas have implemented the household contract responsibility system, and many people have stopped growing grain and started growing vegetables instead.

Since Yan Jiekuang decided to open a restaurant, he made an agreement with Zhang Yuanshan and others that all vegetables and meat would be provided by Zhangjiazhuang in the future, which further aroused the enthusiasm of the villagers in growing vegetables and raising livestock.

When Yu Li heard the word "cheap", her eyes lit up. She knew that her brother-in-law had connections in the countryside, so she had no doubts at all.

I agreed directly: "Okay, I'll ask your brother to go get the vegetables early every day, but can the fees be settled monthly? We just opened the store and the financial pressure is quite high."

Yan Jiekuang didn't care. Although all payments were made on the spot now, in the future, settlement would be made every two or three months, so he agreed directly.

After finishing the business, Yan Jiekuang had dinner and went back to the backyard to sleep.

In the next few days, he completed the formalities for the back house, and Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng's business licenses were also approved, so they were just about to open for business.

Han Chunming's business was fine and the money was divided. This time the amount was relatively large, and Yan Jiekuang alone earned less than 100,000 yuan.

Until now, the people who were following Cai Xiaoli and Cheng Jianjun had not noticed that the two had met.

Yan Jiekuang thought secretly: It seems that Cai Xiaoli and Cheng Jianjun are really impossible to be together, but for safety reasons, we still have to have someone follow them for a while.

Half a month later, Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng both opened their stores.

Business is surprisingly good because the ingredients are fresh and the prices are cheap.

Yan Bugui always holds his head high in the courtyard every day, feeling very proud.

"Old Yan, your shop makes a lot of money every day, right?" asked the second uncle Liu Haizhong jealously.

Yi Zhonghai also looked at Yan Bugui curiously. They played chess together every day and they always saw people from the neighborhood coming to the store to buy vegetables, but they really didn't know how much money they could make.

Yan Bugui chuckled and said, "No, no, this shop was opened for me by my third son for fun. It doesn't make any money at all."

But his back teeth were showing when he laughed, and the two of them didn't believe it at all.

Liu Haizhong was jealous to begin with, and now he was even more unhappy: "Old Yan, this is your fault. We can't steal your business. It's not nice to hide it like this!"