Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

Yesterday someone came to the store with a painting to sell. Zhang Jialiang and Zhang Chaohui were both there. When they opened the painting, their eyes lit up.

This painting is obviously authentic, and it is a landscape painting by Ming Dynasty painter Shen Zhou. Shen Zhou is famous for his landscape paintings and flower-and-bird paintings, and he is one of the top 10 painters in the entire Ming Dynasty.

After the two of them observed and identified the painting from multiple angles, they finally confirmed that it was undoubtedly an authentic work. Zhang Jialiang spent a huge sum of 3200 yuan to buy the painting.

"Uncle Zhang, this is not a good idea. I paid real money for it. It cost me 3200 yuan."

Zhang Chaohui rolled his eyes at Zhang Jialiang.

"Come on, you little brat, you're taking advantage of me.

This is a painting by Shen Zhou, and it is not small in size. According to the market price, it should be worth at least 6000 yuan.

I just don’t have money. If I had money, I would have bought it myself. I really like this painting and I can’t get enough of it!”

Zhang Jialiang was of course very proud of himself, as he knew that he had made a profit by buying the painting, and it would be worth at least a million if he kept it for another 30 years.

However, he did not think much of this painting. Antiques of this level were not particularly outstanding in his storage space.

Zhang Jialiang started collecting antiques in the 60s and has continued to do so until now. During this period, he has continued to collect a large number of antiques, roughly more than 2000 pieces, including many fine pieces.

Zhang Jialiang has developed an interest in antiques after studying them for so many years. Of course, he values ​​the value preservation and appreciation of antiques more. These antiques will be worth a lot of money in the future, so he will continue to collect them. As long as he has money, he will not stop collecting antiques.

At about the same time, Zhang Jialiang left the antique shop again and went to a hot pot restaurant on Qianmen Street to have lunch. As for his second son Zhang Wenlu, he continued to look after the shop and took care of his own lunch. It is good for young people to suffer a little while they are young.

The name of this hot pot restaurant is: Good Taste.

He also opened the hot pot restaurant. The restaurant is quite large, with two floors, each covering 150 square meters. It cost Zhang Jialiang 5 yuan just to buy the restaurant. Adding the cost for renovation and opening the restaurant, he has invested about 8 yuan in the restaurant.

However, although the investment in a large store is also profitable, since the store opened, it has become famous and popular because of its good taste and thoughtful service.

This hotpot restaurant has a monthly turnover of about 50,000 yuan, and a net profit of about 20,000 yuan, so it pays back the investment in a few months.

The reason why this store was opened was because Zhang Jialiang bought the base sauce recipe from an old chef using grain during a special period.

There are 5 recipes in total: spicy soup base, seafood soup base, clear soup base, mushroom soup base, and butter soup base.

Actually, Zhang Jialiang got a great deal as he exchanged 10 kilograms of corn flour for this recipe, which was the secret recipe passed down from the old chef's family.

However, in Zhang Jialiang's opinion, the recipe of hot pot base is important, but the service of the hot pot restaurant is more important. Only thoughtful and attentive service can retain customers and maintain word of mouth.

There is actually no shortage of recipes in Beijing, but there are not many who can open a good store and make money. The later Haidilao fully demonstrated the importance of service, so Zhang Jialiang also attaches great importance to service.

After entering the store, he went straight to his eldest son Zhang Wenyuan, who was in charge of the store.

The eldest son is now 24 years old. He was not a good student and did not get into college after graduating from high school. He spent two years fooling around and got married last year. After opening this store, Zhang Jialiang let the young couple take care of it.

Zhang Wenyuan saw his father enter the store from a distance and he hurried over.

"Dad, what do you want to eat today?"

Zhang Jialiang thought about it.

"I'm tired of eating hotpot. Let the kitchen cook two dishes. I want to eat rice."

"Okay, I understand."

Zhang Wenyuan hurried over to find his wife Qi Yali.

"Wife, tell the kitchen to make some fish-flavored pork shreds and some homemade tofu. Steam some rice. Dad wants to eat rice."

"Okay, I know."

Qi Yali agreed and went to work.

After the dishes were ready, Zhang Jialiang packed up and went home. He had to go home to eat.

His old mother is still alive at home, but she has retired. His wife is working and his children all have jobs. There is no one else at home after his grandmother passed away ten years ago. Now his mother is alone at home and he has to go back to have dinner with her.

When I returned to the courtyard, I happened to meet Liu Lan, who is now Sha Zhu's wife.

"Sister-in-law, I'm back."

Liu Lan is very happy now. Dachun'er just got married and had a child. She specially brings back some food for her daughter-in-law at noon.

"I'm back. I came back to bring food to my daughter-in-law. We can't let her go hungry, otherwise our precious grandson will go hungry."

"That's right. You've been very tired. You won't be able to rest while your daughter-in-law is in confinement."

"Of course I'm exhausted these days. I fall asleep as soon as I lie down.

Shazhu couldn't help. He worked in a factory all day and cooked in a restaurant at night. He fell asleep as soon as he got home, just like me."

Fortunately, Sha Zhu has skills and is now the head chef in the restaurant opened by Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li. Otherwise, it would not be easy for him and Liu Lan to raise six children.

Speaking of Sha Zhu and Liu Lan getting married and starting a family, it was both inevitable and accidental.

Originally, after the incident of Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu drilling into the cellar, after Qin Huairu's unremitting efforts, she and Sha Zhu became closer and closer, and finally reached the stage of discussing marriage.

But by chance, Sha Zhu suddenly discovered that Qin Huairu treated her own children differently. Because of the fight for delicious food, Banggeng, Xiaodang and Huaihua had a conflict with Dachuner, Xiaodong and Xiaoxia.

As a result, Qin Huairu not only favored her own child, but also made Dachuner and others stand in the corner as punishment.

This happened to be seen by Sha Zhu who had come back to get something. Seeing his son and two daughters crying loudly in grievance while Bang Geng and the other three were enjoying the delicious food, Sha Zhu's eyes suddenly turned red.

Qin Huairu is so shameless. This is too bullying. She treats her own children like this before they even get married. If she really becomes the children's stepmother, her own children will definitely not have a good life in the future.

From then on, Sha Zhu broke off all ties with Qin Huairu. He was determined not to look for Qin Huairu. Even if he became a bachelor in the future and had to take care of three children alone, it was much better than having a biased stepmother.

However, not long after that, Liu Lan's husband died of illness. She was left to take care of two children on her own, plus a lot of debts, so her life was extremely difficult.

Unable to withstand the pressure of life, Liu Lan often hid in a corner and cried secretly. Sha Zhu happened to see her and Liu Lan told him about her unfortunate experience.

It just so happened that Sha Zhu himself had a tragic fate, and the two of them didn't have a very good relationship normally, but after they talked to each other, they quickly became closer, and the two people with the same fate soon became a family.

Liu Lan married Sha Zhu with her two children and moved into a courtyard house. Later, after marriage, Liu Lan gave birth to a son named He Qiu for Sha Zhu. From then on, Liu Lan and Sha Zhu lived together with their six children.

After returning home, Zhang Jialiang and his mother Wang Shujuan had dinner and chatted.

"Liangzi, why did you suddenly think of going to the Northeast? It's so far away. It must be quite cold there at this time of year, right?"

"It's nothing serious. A friend of mine asked me to go over there. I haven't seen him for years, so it might be nice to go and see him."

"Have you explained everything about the family?"

"I've explained it. Now the kids are in charge of the stores, so I'm not needed."

"Okay, then be careful when you go there. It's cold there, so bring more clothes."

While dealing with his mother, Zhang Jialiang was thinking about going to Northeast China. This time he was going to Changchun, Jilin.

Speaking of Clivia, it has been very popular in the past few years. A pot of Clivia may be worth more than a worker's annual salary.

Due to the booming market, the government has also introduced restrictive measures, with each pot of flowers not being allowed to sell for more than 200 yuan.

However, since Changchun City designated Clivia as the city flower on the 11th of last month, this price limit measure has been shelved.

This led to the already popular Clivia suddenly igniting the enthusiasm of Changchun citizens. The government also promoted the windowsill economy and encouraged citizens to grow flowers at home. If each family grew three or five pots of Clivia on the windowsill at home, there would be good economic benefits, which further fueled the popularity of Clivia.

Zhang Jialiang was well prepared for this. He had already raised a large number of Clivia in the hunting space in order to make a lot of money during this period.