"Linlin, are you really going to take over?" He Shan asked as soon as Zhou Liping and Xu Jing left. "Are you planning to send my brother?"

"I'm asking you to go, are you going or not?" He Wenlin looked at He Shan and asked, "Brother Fei can't leave Yihaodian for the time being."

"Are you planning to sell breakfast over there too?" He Shan asked. "If I go there, what will happen here?"

“We can promote someone from here. Things are stable here now. If I take over Sister Ping’s shop, would you be willing to go there? If you are willing to go, I will rent a house for you there, but it will definitely be tough at the beginning.”

"Okay, I'll go!"

"Then let's go take a look together tonight."

...

When Zhou Liping and Xu Jing returned to their shop, they told Zhang Xiaojuan about He Wenlin's interest in renting it.

Upon hearing that He Wenlin wanted to take over, Zhang Xiaojuan immediately asked, "How much is she willing to pay?"

Zhou Liping: "I gave her a quote of 12,000."

Zhang Xiaojuan: "That's too little."

Xu Jing stated frankly, "But we agreed from the beginning that we would transfer it as long as it cost 12,000. Linlin is one of our own, so it's normal to quote her this price, right?"

Zhou Liping looked at Zhang Xiaojuan and said, "You don't think Linlin is rich, so you want to get more money from her, do you?"

Zhang Xiaojuan really thought so.

She felt that since He Wenlin was so rich, they should report more.

Zhou Liping glanced at Zhang Xiaojuan and said irritably, "Linlin's business is so big. She's young, but she's not stupid. She's opened several stores and has a lot of experience."

Zhang Xiaojuan was furious.

...

At 6:30 p.m., He Wenlin asked her father to take her and He Shan to the Sisters' Breakfast Shop by bicycle.

Zhou Liping and the others had been waiting here for quite a while.

There were two adults inside. He Wenlin had met them when the store opened; they were Zhang Xiaojuan's parents.

"Linlin, Uncle Ming, you've finally arrived." Xu Jing greeted them warmly.

Zhang Xiaojuan said with a smile, "Boss Linlin, your business is doing really well. Someone offered 16,000 yuan for this shop today, but I didn't even sell it. If you want to accept it, it can't be lower than that, otherwise it wouldn't be fair to your status as a big boss, and it wouldn't be fair to our friendship. What do you say?"

He Wenlin looked at Zhou Liping and Xu Jing, then at Zhang Xiaojuan, "Didn't you say it was 12,000?"

Xu Jing blushed with anger and said to Zhang Xiaojuan, "We agreed on 12,000, why did you change your mind?"

Zhou Liping was also furious, feeling like she had become a sinner: "It was agreed at the beginning that you were not willing to pay 12,000 yuan. Why didn't you say so at the beginning? Now that people have come, you say you are not willing."

Zhang Xiaojuan's parents, Zhang Shunda, said, "It's the same now. Besides, 16,000 yuan is nothing to Boss He. She won't lose money. She spent a lot of money to buy things for the shop, including several months' rent. 16,000 yuan is not expensive. Today, other people have offered 16,000 yuan. If you hadn't already made an agreement, we would have all transferred the money."

"Who put up 16,000? How come I didn't know?" Xu Jing asked.

Zhang Xiaojuan wanted to curse. She had never seen such a stupid person!

Which side is it?

Why are you digging so deep?

If you transfer a little more money, wouldn't she get it?

He Wenlin realized that Zhang Xiaojuan had unilaterally raised the price.

He Wenlin laughed and said, "Since someone is willing to pay 16,000, then you can transfer the shop to that person. The three of you can each get an extra 1,000. Dad, Shanshan, let's go back."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaojuan and her father were dumbfounded. They weren't going to bargain?

Mr. He said irritably, "I told you I wasn't coming, but you insisted."

Zhang Shunda chased after them and said, "This location is great; it'll be perfect for business. If you don't rent it now, you'll regret it later."

“School’s about to go on winter break. I’ll take it over, tidy it up, and see how many days I can sell it this year?” He Wenlin laughed. “You should rent it to another owner. Jingjing, Sister Ping, let’s reschedule.”

Xu Jing and Zhou Liping were furious.

As soon as He Wenlin and the others left, Xu Jing angrily confronted Zhang Xiaojuan, saying, "How can you go back on your word?"

"I haven't even said anything to you yet," Zhang Shunda said in a lecturing tone, "Wouldn't it benefit you two if you sold it for a higher price? You pig-headed fools, how dare you do business?"

"We agreed on 12,000. Why didn't you say so before we called for help?"

Zhang Shunda: "What's the difference?"

“If we transfer the business out sooner, we can save on rent. And the closer it gets to the holidays, the harder it is to transfer. Do you even know how to do the math?” Zhou Liping said. “We don’t want to raise the price to make more money. We just want to transfer the business out as soon as possible. Otherwise, you can give us 4,000 each, and we can let you keep the business open or transfer it as much as you want. We don’t care if you transfer it for 20,000 or more.”

Zhang Shunda: "I don't have any money. If you're in a hurry to leave, I'll give each of you two thousand first, and I'll write you an IOU for the rest. I'll pay you back after the shop is transferred."

"Do you think we're stupid? What if you just move the shop and run away? Where are we supposed to find you then?" Xu Jing is straightforward and easygoing, but she's not stupid.

“Then you just wait and see,” Zhang Shunda said. “Anyway, I won’t agree to the transfer unless it’s 16,000.”

After saying that, Zhang Shunda added, "We will still be open for business at noon and in the afternoon. You two can either help out in the store, or if you don't help out, the revenue from noon and afternoon sales will not belong to you, but to our Xiaojuan. You can go out and sell egg rolls to make big money. This store is so big, we can't leave my Xiaojuan here alone, can we?"

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