Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

"Well, Cao Nian, you have grown up. Now you know to help her to bully your own mother?" Lou Xiao'e put her hands on her hips and laughed angrily.

Cao Nian stuck out his tongue and hid behind Qin Jingru.

Qin Jingru was a little flustered, but she still tried her best to act like the queen: "You, you, you, let me tell you..."

"Ding dong!"

The bell rang at the right moment.

"I'll go open the door." Qin Jingru ran away.

"Niannian~" Lou Xiao'e looked at Cao Nian with a smile.

"Mom, mom, I'm going to take a shower!"

"You were just drying your hair."

"Then I...I'll go and see Dad get some food."

"Shuisheng?" Qin Jingru looked at Shuisheng standing at the door: "It's so late, why are you here?"

"Master's wife, look at what you said. The master is here, and I have to come over to pay my respects to him." Zhang Shuisheng rubbed his hands and bent slightly.

"What are you asking for? I think you are just greedy."

"Hey, is the master here?"

"Yes, come in."

At this moment, Cao Wei just came out of the kitchen. Seeing Zhang Shuisheng, he called out, "Sit down first, it's just right, you can finish the sweet soup later."

"Yes, Master, I have been waiting for you to say this. Please read it well for me."

Zhang Shuisheng simply put the thing he kicked over on the table.

"Why are you still carrying things?"

"Hey, nothing else, just some ingredients. There's also rice noodles. I found a specialist for this. The rice noodles are ground by themselves, and the meat is also specially selected. The chef likes this."

"Wow, this stuff is pretty good." Cao Wei took a glance and knew that the ingredients were good.

"Master, look, tomorrow."

"Okay, okay, let's eat together tomorrow. By the way, we have guests coming tomorrow. Why don't we just have beef hotpot? Go and contact Old Sun and ask him to vacate a room."

After packing up their things, the women went back to the house.

Cao Wei's house has a characteristic that the bed in the master bedroom is very large. The room is also quite spacious with a small terrace, where the three women chatted and talked.

As for the two men, they could only smoke in the hall.

"Tell me, what happened to you?"

"Master, look at what you said. You came without even informing me. I only found out after I called and Senior Brother told me. As soon as I heard you were coming, I rushed over as fast as I could..."

"Okay, okay, just say you're okay. It's late at night and you're disturbing my sleep."

"Hey, there's something going on."

"Go ahead."

"Master, what is our next plan?"

"What's the next plan? Just follow the old plan and open it as it should be. Isn't our Samadhi Tower doing very well in places like Pengcheng and Huacheng?" Cao Wei was a little confused.

"I mean, why don't we do something else? Like here, that's pretty good, isn't it?"

"You want to play real estate." Cao Wei understood.

"Not really, it's just, how should I put it..." Zhang Shuisheng briefly summarized his words: "You know it. They are all vigorously developing it. Should we get some land or something..."

"Aquatic."

"what?"

"You can never make enough money." Cao Wei exhaled lightly: "Are you short of money?"

"Ah... this is not missing."

If we were to ask who among the brothers had the most money, it would definitely be Zhang Shuisheng. He started out as a stewed meat stall, and now he is in charge of a large stall called the Samadhi Building in the south. He gets dividends every year. Not to mention the consumption environment in China in the 90s, even if he were in Hong Kong, he wouldn't necessarily be short of money. What's more, he doesn't want to go out at all.

"When you have enough money, your mindset will change." Cao Wei tapped his temple. "You have to keep the money you earn. You should know the essence of business. Think about it carefully. Over the years, which of our Samadhi Tower's activities were done just to make money?"

Zhang Shuisheng thought about it for a moment.

It really is.

In fact, when enterprises reach a certain level, they will involuntarily pay attention to policies. Why? Because there are things they need here. If there are any changes in policies, then opportunities will come. Based on this, a question arises: how can we know some inside information? The simplest way is to provide jobs.

When a business is related to the livelihoods of most families in a certain area, a lot of information will come to them.

It may seem glorious, but in fact, it is also walking on a tightrope.

This is why so many bosses say that what they miss most is the time when they made millions, when they didn’t have so many worries. After breaking through a level, the things they encounter are more troublesome than the last.

But for now, it’s okay.

Zhang Shuisheng even had the energy to think about hoarding land.

"There's no need to talk about hoarding land. I'm against it, and I'll always be against it. But if you want to find a place to raise cattle, I'm a little interested. Anyway, I just have one thing to say. As long as it's related to the development of Samadhi Building, you can put forward your ideas for what you want to do, and then I'll do it if I see no problem. It doesn't matter if you make a loss in the early stage. The road is built step by step. We can make a loss even if we make a loss, but we can't make it."

"As for pure financial operations, don't bother with it. You've only studied for a few days. You can't beat others in these things."

"Okay." Zhang Shuisheng agreed. He didn't have much of an idea. He just listened to what the master said and said he didn't want to do it, so he just didn't want to do it.

"What's wrong? Who told you this?"

"Hey, who else could it be? A bunch of old men and women. They said there was a doctor in the village who had done very well outside. When he came back, he was jumping around trying to find connections, saying he could make a lot of money. I don't know who they found me through. I didn't agree."

"Well, let's just leave it at that. It's right not to agree. This isn't the Forbidden City. Don't do those things."

Most of them are southern clans.

They really dare to gather the strength of the whole village, and send promising people out. After the promising children come back from studying abroad, they help the village to make plans and seek development. The interest alliance here is quite solid. It is very difficult to cooperate with the clan.

It’s better to be honest.

"Remember, book a room tomorrow. It doesn't have to be a very good one, just beef."

"Is it really okay?" Zhang Shuisheng hesitated.

He felt that this beef hotpot was not up to standard.

"Hey, old man and old lady, if you like to eat something tender, just cook it well. If it's too extravagant, people won't want it. These people are well-informed. If you serve them good food, they will definitely recognize it."