Unfortunately, as they passed by Xu Hebin's house, Xu Mei happened to be skipping out of the house carrying a wine bottle and almost bumped into Liang Liang.

"How do you walk? Do you think your family is the traffic bureau, driving around like crazy? You're just pretending, I'm not that bad. If you bump into a tree, you'll definitely get a bump on your head."

"Brother Liang! You're back?" The little girl's voice was filled with surprise.

"Hmm! Getting some wine for your dad?"

"yes!"

"Then hurry back! Just now when I passed the corner of the brigade's courtyard, a dark shadow flashed by. Be careful!"

You never know when someone's sharp tongue can lead to unexpected problems.

Liang Liang was just saying it casually to scare the little girl, but Xu Mei grabbed his clothes.

"Brother Liang! Please come with me to the shop, I'm scared!"

Liang Liang really wanted to slap himself hard across the face. Wasn't this just asking for trouble? Why did I have to say something?

"I was just kidding you. There's nothing there, not even a mouse! Go ahead, it's fine."

It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned the mouse; the moment he did, the little girl gripped his clothes even tighter.

Liang Liang had no choice but to accompany Xu Mei to the small shop.

The shop was empty except for the owner and his wife.

"Oh! Isn't this Xiao Liang! You're back again?"

"That's right. I just got back and your niece dragged me into being her bodyguard. She acted all high and mighty, as if I owed her something."

The shop owner's wife laughed and said, "Look how wronged you are. My niece is so beautiful. Maybe she'll be your wife when she grows up."

"Uncles! You're talking nonsense again!" Xu Mei's face turned red.

"Her? Forget it! She's too young, let someone else have her. I'm not getting involved."

Xu Mei pouted: "As if you're that old."

"At least older than you."

"How much older? It's only three years older, is that considered older?"

Is being three years older no longer considered old?

"Have you filled the bottles yet? If you have, hurry up and head home. Don't dawdle, or your dad will beat you up when he gets drunk!"

This little girl is all set up and not in a hurry to go home. Is she planning to chat for another five yuan?

She's not afraid that her father will get impatient waiting for the wine and go back to beat her up.

As Xu Mei walked out of the small shop, she kept talking.

"After dinner, I'll come to your house and you can teach me to play the piano. I've already mastered all the positions on the piano, so you should teach me some other things now."

"I just got home and I'm exhausted. Can you let me rest for a bit?"

The little girl is still young and can't see things clearly. I'm exhausted and just want to go home, eat something, and go to sleep. What are you doing learning the piano?

"What about tomorrow?"

"Are you on holiday?"

"No!"

"Tomorrow is a joke if there's no holiday. We'll talk about it when you get your New Year's Day holiday."

Was teaching her guitar a bad decision?

In retrospect, this was a very poor decision; playing pure cards only made things difficult for myself.

Xu Mei was a little unhappy. She went home with a bottle of liquor tucked under her arm and pouting.

Liang Liang also returned home, where they were having dinner.

He had only been gone for a week, so his family didn't react much to his return.

His mother asked him if he had eaten, and if not, he was told to hurry up and eat on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Liang Qiuqiu brought him a pair of chopsticks, and Liang Liang took off his shoes and got onto the kang (heated brick bed).

After dinner, the younger brother went back to his room to play video games, while Liang Qiuqiu went outside to play.

Liang Liang reached into his pocket and pulled out more than 300 yuan.

Then I realized that I had given the two cash bills I had kept to Xiaoqian and Xiaoyao.

That's all I have left.

"I've deposited all the money I earned on this trip into my account. I only brought back this little cash, which I need for spending money. So I'm not giving you any money this time!"

“We don’t want your money. We’re not short of money at home right now. You can save the money you earn for your future marriage.”

Liang Liang was truly exasperated with his mother. It was as if he was destined to remain a bachelor for life, yet she was always so concerned about him finding a wife.

This topic can't be continued; once the topic of the daughter-in-law's mother comes up, it's like a never-ending river.

Liang Liang quickly went back to her room and went to bed on the kang (a heated brick bed).

I'm so tired today, I'm not going anywhere, I'll just stay home and get some sleep.

Liang Liang stayed at home for two days and arrived at Yahe on the 30th.

Qin Wenju said she was coming back today, so he came to Yahe today.

Of course, it wasn't for romantic encounters; he wanted to know what Qin Wenju was doing in Lianwan City.

He'd been thinking about it at home these past couple of days, and he felt that the matter Qin Wenju was going to Lianwan City to handle was most likely related to Zheng Tuo.

Since Zheng Tuo's wife had kicked him out, the cooperative relationship between Zheng Tuo and Qin Wenju was naturally not going to last long.

It would be strange if his wife wasn't heartbroken to have to give half of his daily income to someone else.

Liang Liang's guess was correct; Qin Wenju's business in Lianwan City was indeed related to Zheng Tuo.

"Has the equity split been completed smoothly?"

Zheng Tuo meant that he wanted to take back Qin Wenju's shares in the dance hall and turn it into a sole proprietorship.

Since they want to take back the shares, we should naturally do the math.

Qin Wenju went to Lianwan City on the 25th and settled all the investments with Zheng Tuo one by one.

In the past six months, she has invested hundreds of thousands of yuan in various sectors, from investing in the Haiyun Dance Hall to investing in the new dance hall in the development zone.

With the added value of the song and dance performance now that it's been discontinued, the final price is 600,000.

"The equity has been clearly divided, and the total price is 630,000. As long as Zheng Tuo gives me 630,000, those two dance halls will be his."

Can Zheng Tuo come up with 630,000 right now?

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Haiyun Dance Hall earned him several thousand yuan a day at its peak; Zheng Tuo definitely doesn't have 630,000 yuan on hand right now. All the money he earned at the Haiyun Dance Hall was invested in the new dance hall.

The new dance hall in the development zone has only been open for a few days. It hasn't even laid a solid foundation yet, so it would be good if it didn't lose money.

However, Zheng Tuo cannot come up with 600,000 yuan right now.

Liang Liang concluded that Zheng Tuo absolutely could not come up with 630,000.

“Brother Zheng is a decent person, but his wife is a real piece of work. She’s a complete scoundrel. She’s meticulous about every single thing. I wasn’t planning on taking the 30,000 yuan change, since we’ve been working together, but after seeing his wife’s attitude, I can’t accept a penny less.”

Qin Wenju only mentioned Zheng Tuo's wife's meanness and did not tell Liang Liang anything else.

Zheng Tuo's wife even suspected that she and Zheng Tuo had an affair, and she even confronted her about it to her face.

This was nothing short of a disgrace to Qin Wenju.

Unless you catch them in the act, how can you question someone based on mere speculation? Wouldn't it be pointless to get slapped twice for nothing?

"Can Zheng Tuo come up with 630,000 yuan right away?"

"I can't produce it!"

"Then what should we do?"

“I don’t care what he does. Just look at his wife’s behavior. He’ll have to settle the bill with me within two days after New Year’s Day.”

"What if he can't resolve this?"

"Then you'll have to mortgage the shipping company to me!"

This seems to be getting interesting.