"Wow, I never expected that such a big boss would come from our Guangming Road."

When Suwen Restaurant opened, the neighbors from Guangming Road all came to join in the fun, and of course, they all received discount coupons from Chen Suwen.

Chen Suwen wasn't generous enough to offer free admission to everyone on Guangming Road, since she didn't have a particularly good relationship with some of the people there.

So she gave out discounted tickets, and the discount varied depending on how close she was to her.

For example, Ye Yulian received a 30% discount coupon from Chen Suwen, while Liu Cuilian's family received a 9.9% discount coupon—almost the same as no discount at all.

"Mom, Aunt Chen is amazing! She actually opened such a big restaurant."

Ye Yulian's daughter, Zhao Jianhong, came with her mother and was very impressed by the five-story restaurant.

There were lion dances and other activities in the "square" in front of the restaurant, and the milk tea shop and bakery on the first floor were also very lively.

After all, milk tea, bread, and cakes were very novel, and people in the 1980s were very curious about them.

These things are so intriguing, I'm really curious about the taste.

Of course, some ordinary breads weren't particularly interesting to the people living nearby. After all, when Shen Wenxiu cooperated with the supply and marketing cooperative, many people bought bread and tasted it.

However, there are so many kinds of pastries at the bakery now that people want to try other flavors.

There are quite a few wealthy people in Guangzhou. After all, the city was already quite prosperous before the reform and opening up, and its economy developed rapidly afterward, making it one of the top three most developed cities in the country.

Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou are all major cities in China, and Guangzhou, as one of them, is certainly developing very well, with many people there being quite wealthy.

This is also why Chen Suwen opened a large restaurant; he wasn't afraid of not having business at all.

Even businessmen from neighboring Hong Kong and Macau will come over, which might attract customers from those areas.

"Mom, Aunt Chen is so old and she's still running such a business. Why don't you think about doing something?" Zhao Jianhong couldn't help but ask her mother.

"What? You think I'm not rich enough to leave you much benefit?" Ye Yulian glared at her daughter with dissatisfaction.

Actually, Ye Yulian was a little envious. She didn't expect her good friend to be so rich without anyone knowing, and to own such a big restaurant.

Despite her sour feelings, she was still very happy that her best friend, at such an advanced age, almost fifty, was still able to go into business and achieve such success.

She was probably unhappy that her children were showing an attitude that she, as their mother, was inferior to other mothers.

Zhao Jianhong: "...Mom, you're not as good as Aunt Chen at all."

Didn't her mother compare her to Zhou Ling back then?

They said her grades were worse than Zhou Ling's, that she wasn't as hardworking as Zhou Ling, and later they even said that she didn't marry as well as Zhou Ling because Zhou Ling was so much better than her.

Later, Zhou Ling was admitted to Tsinghua University. Her mother said, "Why didn't you take the college entrance examination? Why didn't you get into university?"

How could Zhao Jianhong not resent his mother after hearing her complaints so many times?

Her jealousy of Zhou Ling and her resentment towards her mother for comparing her to Zhou Ling had accumulated over time, and it had become quite a lot.

Having finally seized this opportunity, she had no choice but to retaliate in kind and give her mother a taste of her own medicine.

She needed to let her mother know how frustrating it was to be compared to others and end up being inferior.

“Look at you, you’re about the same age as Aunt Chen, and you’re supposed to be her best friend.”

"Even after Aunt Chen retired and handed over her job to Ah Zong, she still managed to make money."

"Now she even owns a restaurant on her own merits. Can you believe how amazing she is?"

Zhao Jianhong's every word was like stabbing her own mother in the back, making Ye Yulian furious.

We can't keep this daughter!

Why do you always seem to be attacking your own mother?

"Mom, do you know how unpleasant it is to be compared to others?" Zhao Jianhong suddenly asked her mother in a low voice.

"Back then, you compared me to Zhou Ling, and you kept telling me how great Zhou Ling was and how I couldn't compare to her in any way."

Do you understand how I felt back then?

If she hadn't been able to control herself, she would have done something irreversible out of jealousy towards Zhou Ling'er.

Of course, she's just a normal person.

She experiences jealousy and selfishness, but she manages to control these negative emotions and doesn't vent them indiscriminately.

I won't harm others just because I'm jealous or envious.

Zhou Ling is indeed more outstanding than her, and she sometimes feels envious and jealous, but she has no intention of harming her.

Zhao Jianhong looked at her mother resentfully. It was all her mother's fault for always comparing her to Zhou Ling, who was someone else's child. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so jealous and hate Zhou Ling.

Ye Yulian choked up when she heard her daughter's complaint. She never expected that her casual complaint would make her daughter remember it for so long.

At first, I just felt disappointed and frustrated, wondering why my child couldn't compare to other people's children.

It was just a normal complaint, who knew it would hurt my daughter's young heart?

Now that her daughter had retaliated in kind, she finally understood how painful that feeling was.

"Mom, do you think Aunt Chen will need a lot of staff at such a big restaurant?"

"Do you think I could come work here?" Ye Yulian's second daughter-in-law looked around. There were so many people coming and going. With such a good business, they must need a lot of manpower.

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