Yu Xiangan waited until the twins' emotions had stabilized before leaving.
She had to go back. The hotel she was cooperating with Yu Mansheng was about to open, and she had to go back to keep an eye on it.
Now more and more hotels are coming out here because there is a booming market.
More and more people are attracted to invest here. When choosing a hotel, they don’t care how expensive it is. They only care about whether the service is good and the food is delicious.
The decoration of Yu Xiangan's hotel is more Chinese style, not the magnificent type, but when it comes to Chinese food, many foreigners who want to taste exotic food give it a thumbs up.
The Chinese food is a plus point, with its own characteristics, and some antique paintings and calligraphy, ornaments, etc., make it even more attractive.
Clett became a loyal customer of the hotel and introduced Yu Xiangan's hotel to his friends. "I think it is worthwhile to stay in a building with the characteristics of a different country and taste the food with the characteristics of that country when I come to a different country."
The store was packed with customers when it opened, then it declined, and then slowly stabilized.
Looking at the income statement two months later.
Yu Mansheng: "Hotel chain, huh? That's a good idea."
Even if he stops doing anything else in the future, the monthly income from these hotels alone will be enough to support his two children.
This is a long-term business.
Yu Xiangan: "Okay, next, let's choose the seaside, Seaview Hotel. There is a piece of land next to this intersection."
Yu Xiangan took out the map.
Yu Mansheng hesitated: "Isn't this opponent too biased?"
Yu Xiangan: "We can't just look at the present. With the current development speed, it won't take long to develop to this point."
Once development reaches this place, the land price will be different.
Yu Mansheng thought about it and realized that it was true.
"Okay! Here then!"
Qin Shenghua was on vacation and went back to Baishi County to reunite with his younger brother Qin Shengsong. Then he came to the Special Zone and met Yu Xiangan. He was accompanied by a friend of his.
There are many good things in the Northeast. Yu Xiangan wanted the ingredients there, and the other party also wanted to find a sales channel. The two sides hit it off and took advantage of Qin Shenghua's vacation to come together to discuss the specific details.
At the same time, it is also a formal acquaintance for us, and if nothing unexpected happens, we will have long-term cooperation in the future.
Qin Shenghua has been in the Northeast and has reached a high position now. He has a lean figure and a buzz cut. He has a hearty smile, but when he doesn't smile, he looks serious and not very approachable.
Qin Shenghua: "I have practiced this for a long time. I have the authority to suppress the naughty monkeys below."
Yu Xiangan didn't have many opportunities to meet his eldest cousin, but they kept in touch with each other. In the 1970s, Yu Xiangan ate a lot of mountain products and seafood from the Northeast thanks to him, and Qin Shenghua also ate a lot of mountain delicacies and sauces sent from here because of him.
As he spoke, he recalled, "I still remember one time you made some spicy beef cubes and sent them to me. I put it by the bed, and one of my comrades took it out and opened it. When I went back, there was only one spoonful left. They asked me to taste it. Later, they bought some meat to compensate me, but how could they compensate me with that meat? They couldn't make it taste the same. I lost a lot."
Yu Xiangan also remembered, "Afterwards you wrote a letter and specifically asked for spicy beef cubes, so I made three big bottles for you at once."
Qin Shenghua nodded: "Yes, three large bottles were made, and I took two bottles home. Your sister-in-law and nephew cherished them very much, and ate them slowly, bit by bit, for two or three months." At that time, meat was not easy to get, let alone beef.
His older son was about to take the college entrance examination, so Yu Xiangan couldn't help but ask about it.
Qin Shenghua: "He has already thought about it. When the time comes to apply for the military academy, his physical fitness will be no problem. The rest depends on his grades."
He hopes that his son will follow in his father's footsteps and will be able to avoid many detours when he is around.
Yu Xiangan nodded in understanding.
Qin Shenghua: "It's different now. Supplies are abundant. You don't need tickets. You can buy anything if you have money. Some people say that things have changed a lot here."
He has been rooted in the Northeast for too long, so he wanted to come and see Yu Xiangan and this place during this holiday.
The forefront of reform and opening up.
Yu Xiangan: "Then I can be your tour guide. There are a few places you will regret not visiting."
Qin Shenghua: "That can't be missed."
Yu Xiangan: "How many days of vacation do you have left?"
Qin Shenghua: "I can stay for three more days. I plan to go for a walk tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow I will go to my comrade's home to see his children. After that, I will take a bus back."
Yu Xiangan: "Comrades?"
Qin Shenghua: "You know him, his father is Lan Wangshan."
Yu Xiangan remembered that he and his family had met in the train compartment when they were heading north to Qincheng.
His son and Qin Shenghua were comrades-in-arms and died.
Now that Qin Shenghua is back, he wants to go see him. "My comrade's son just joined the army last year, and he has a sister back home."
When he came back from the Lan family, he brought a grown-up girl with him. "This is Lan Xiaoni, my goddaughter. Her grandfather is on a business trip, so the child needs to stay here for a few days. Her grandfather will come to pick her up later."
Yu Xiangan: “???”
Why did he suddenly bring a girl back?
Although Yu Xiangan was puzzled, he still looked very friendly: "Xiao Ni, how old are you this year?"
Lan Xiaoni pinched the corner of her clothes anxiously: "Seventeen..."
Yu Xiangan: "Are you still in school?"
Lan Xiaoni: "Well, second year of high school..."
After you asked me and I answered her several times, Lan Xiaoni's face was obviously more relaxed.
"You can live here. The bedding here is complete. I'll get you some clothes later."
She came here with nothing.
"Take a look. Tell me if you need anything and I'll get it for you."
Avoiding Lan Xiaoni, Yu Xiangan asked Qin Shenghua what was going on.
Qin Shenghua spoke with anger on his face, "Her grandfather went on a long journey, and she was alone at home. Her uncle and aunt lived next door, so she didn't have to worry about bad guys. But her uncle and aunt became bad guys. They wanted to marry her off when no one was at home. This child has a miserable life. First, she lost her father, and before she grew up, her mother also died of illness. She lived with her grandfather. Now her brother is in the army, and she goes to school at home. She was about to live a good life, but her uncle accepted a high price for the bride price and wanted to marry her to a lame man in his thirties. They were thinking that the matter would be settled before the bride price was paid. By then, it would be too late even if the child's grandfather and brother came back."
It’s scary to talk about it. When he got there, Lan Xiaoni was locked in the house and couldn’t run away even if she wanted to.
Fortunately, he arrived in time.
Yu Xiangan sighed and said, "Then let her live here and wait for her grandfather to pick her up. She still has to go to school when she goes back, right?"
Qin Shenghua nodded: "Her uncle dropped out of school for her, but why doesn't she go to school at her age?"
Even if you can't get into college, it's good to get a high school diploma. With an education, it will be easier to find a job outside.
A high school diploma is not bad at this time.
"Don't worry, he's in good hands with me."
Lan Xiaoni stayed here. Qin Shenghua had already called and Lan Wangshan would come back as soon as possible.
Lan Xiaoni was an introvert and shy person who seldom spoke on her own initiative. Yu Xiangan was afraid that she would be bored, so he turned on the TV for her to watch every day, told her where to find newspapers and magazines, and told her if she wanted to read a book, and she would bring it back.
If you feel bored staying at home, go for a walk outside.
Yu Qingshan also took good care of the little girl. Whenever he saw that she wanted to help with something, he would let her lend a hand.
Knowing that she could help instead of just doing nothing, the expression on her face became more relaxed.
In less than a week, Lan Wangshan arrived, exhausted.
His eyes were bloodshot. Seeing Yu Xiangan, he felt very sorry and gave him the gift he bought: "Sorry to bother you. It's my fault for not teaching you well."
Yu Xiangan shook his head: "Uncle Lan, don't be too sad. Qianqian will have a hard time without you."
Lan Wangshan forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, I know my limits. I still want to live for a long time. I have retired early. I will accompany Qianqian well in the future. With me around, nothing will happen."
Lan Xiaoni burst into tears and threw herself into his arms: "Grandpa, Grandpa! I'm so scared--"
She didn't cry in front of Yu Xiangan and Qin Shenghua, but she couldn't hold back any longer in front of her grandfather.
Lan Wangshan also wiped away tears when he heard her crying.
"Don't be afraid, grandpa is here. I won't go anywhere from now on. I'll stay at home. Oh, and now we're moving. We're moving to your godfather's place. Your godfather has already contacted a school for you. Go there and continue to go to school. Study hard."
move place?
Lan Xiaoni was stunned: "Not with uncle's family..."
Lan Wangshan touched her head and said, "He is no longer your uncle. If he still lives there, he will be seen everywhere. It will be a nuisance. Let's move out so that we can be closer to your brother."
Lan Xiaoni smiled: "Okay, let's go to my brother's place."
Lan Wangshan rested for a day and then left with Lan Xiaoni.
Yu Qingshan said in a low voice, "Let's forget about Xiaoni's aunt, but how could her uncle watch such a thing happen? Xiaoni's father was a martyr, and Xiaoni's grandfather seemed to be a righteous man, so why did he become crooked?"
Yu Mansheng's family came over and happened to hear this, and laughed: "Second Uncle, the nine sons of a dragon are all different. Although there is a saying that a son resembles his father, it is not uncommon for a tiger father to have a dog son, or a dog father to have a tiger son. One depends on a person's nature, and the other depends on education. Education is the most important thing. Even if a child is more extreme in nature, timely teaching can lead him back to the right path."
Yu Qingshan looked at him with a new perspective. "Have you been taking extra classes recently?"
Yu Mansheng wiped his hair and said, "I have been taking extra classes recently. My daughter should go to kindergarten. I have been looking for a suitable one but couldn't find one. I came to ask if you know of any suitable ones."
Lu Anran had picked one before, but a few days ago, a neighbor went to pick up the child at noon on a whim and found that the teacher was secretly pinching the child. This was outrageous and a big fuss was made at the time. It was learned that this was not the first time, and because the child was still young, he could not explain himself clearly even if he complained, so he was bullied in vain.
After knowing this, Lu Anran no longer dared to leave the child there.
Lu Anran smiled bitterly, "I also visited other kindergartens, but they were all similar. The lunch was served in the kindergarten, and there were only vegetables, no oil at all. The children couldn't eat it. Also, one teacher was responsible for dozens of children, how could he manage them? One cried, one peed, one wanted to drink water... Even if the teacher had three heads and six arms, he couldn't handle it. There are better ones, but they are too far away."
Not everything has to be perfect, but Lu Anran couldn't leave her child there with peace of mind.
Yang Huili: "I just said I don't want to go to kindergarten, but can't I take care of the child?"
Yu Mansheng patiently explained: "Mom, that's not the case. When children go to kindergarten, they can interact with many peers and learn from teachers. It's different."
Yang Huili glared at him: "You guys weren't sent to any kindergarten, but you grew up well."
Yu Mansheng: "How could our family have such conditions before? Now that we have such conditions, why don't we let our children go? When the children grow up, they will all go to kindergarten, but my child says he has never been?"
Yang Huili did not refute this time: "Or I can go and deliver lunch at noon, or I can stay there during the day, so I won't be afraid of being bullied."
Yang Huili is also worried about being bullied.
I'm not worried if I don't have good food to eat.
Eat at home in the morning and evening, and you can bring your own snacks for lunch so the children won’t go hungry.
Yu Mansheng disagreed: "What if the little one goes to kindergarten? We still have to find a school that we can trust."
Lu Anran asked Yu Xiangan for advice. Yu Xiangan said, "We put them in the nursery class at first. It's not far away and it's okay. The teacher is very gentle and can take good care of us. We can't learn much. We were free at that time, so we went back to teach them after school and help them lay the foundation."
Lu Anran frowned, "We don't have that much time now. If it really doesn't work, I'll try to come back early and send her to kindergarten and then go play. It will be in time for her to study when she comes back."
There is no way. She wants a school that can take good care of her child and also teach her something. It's difficult.
Yu Xiangan sighed: "If there is no other way, I can only give up one of them. It's not my own school, so there is no other way."
Lu Anran was stunned, "You are right!"
Yu Xiangan: “?”
Lu Anran: "I can build one myself. What do you think of a bilingual kindergarten? The schools here are really bad at teaching English. I'll go and find out about the relevant policies. It would be best if the kindergarten is right next to my home, so I don't have to worry."
Yu Xiangan: “……?!” Really?
Yang Huili: "..." Building a school? Is it that easy? But after thinking about it, this is not a school, it's just a nursery, so she didn't object.
They can make money, whatever.
She started to work on the kindergarten matters in such a hurry. Yu Mansheng thought it was unnecessary at first, but when Lu Anran really wanted to do something, he couldn't stop her and could only offer his support. The kindergarten was not big and there would not be too many students. He chose a suitable place for renovation, and everything was based on the requirement of safety and no harm to others as the first principle.
I also went to Hong Kong to hire an English teacher and ordered lunch from Wuwei Restaurant.
Yu Xiangan can ensure health and nutrition.
People from ordinary families cannot afford to send their children to school. The tuition here is several times higher than that of other kindergartens. However, the teachers teach in bilingual languages, there is intellectual education, and lunch includes vegetables and meat. After some investigation, when Yu Cailan started school, there were about twenty children of similar age who became her classmates, and there was one teacher responsible for every six or seven students.
The kindergarten issue was resolved. Yu Xiangan asked Lu Anran, "When your child goes to primary school, will you open a primary school of your own?"
Lu Anran, "It will take some time for the child to graduate from kindergarten. I'll use this time to see. Elementary school should be fine. The child is older now. If he encounters any problems, he can complain to adults. Sending him to a school in Hong Kong is also OK. But when I said to send him to Hong Kong, his father disagreed. I couldn't bear to let him go, so forget it."
I want to see my children as soon as I go back, so I don’t want them to go to school in Hong Kong.
When it comes to schools and teaching staff, Yu Xiangan had to admit that at that time, this place was indeed unable to keep up. There were not as many private schools as in later generations that spent a lot of money to hire famous teachers for parents to choose from.
Yu Xiangan went to Wuwei Restaurant and received a call on the way. She took out her phone. This big phone attracted a lot of attention as soon as she took it out.
This one costs tens of thousands of dollars.
Passersby couldn't help but look sideways when they saw this big mobile phone.
Only wealthy people can use this brick.
Song Dong was standing nearby, paying more attention to the movements of the people around him, fearing that someone would be tempted by the money.
Yu Xiangan received the attention of passers-by, feeling uneasy. She was treated like this every time she took out a mobile phone, and she still couldn't get used to it.
Moreover, compared with the multi-functional smart full-screen mobile phones of later generations, today's mobile phones have a nickname called bricks.
It is very inconvenient, but we have to use it. Now that technology has developed to this point, there is no other choice.
It was Lin Chuanbai who called. She had one and Lin Chuanbai also had one, so it was convenient for the two to contact each other.
On the other end of the phone, Lin Chuanbai: "Where are you, are you free tomorrow?"
Yu Xiangan thought about tomorrow's schedule: "What's going on?"
Lin Chuanbai: "I received a call. Yihong had a fight with someone. The teacher wants to ask the parents. I am in the capital now."
A question mark slowly emerged in Yu Xiangan's mind: "He was fighting with others?" Was she hallucinating?
Lin Chuanbai comforted her: "Don't worry, I heard it right. He was protecting his sister. I don't know exactly what happened. He didn't cause trouble with others."
Yu Xiangan breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, I'll go there tomorrow."
Yu Xiangan hung up the phone and planned to go back and call the landline to ask Lin Yihong what was going on.
Liu Sanbao was close by and heard some of the conversation. A fight? What happened?
The boss's son looks very well-behaved.
This thought flashed through his mind, and he followed Yu Xiangan into the food city.
This is by far the largest five-flavor restaurant in the Special Administrative Region and also the first food city to be built.
Just like in the capital, three floors were built in one go. Each floor was divided into shops of different sizes, part of which was rented out and part of which was used by the owner. Because the location was well chosen and there was no shortage of traffic, the shops here had no trouble renting out.
You can eat and drink here. If you want to go shopping, just walk a few hundred meters and you will find a large supermarket. There is also a clothing market on the other side.
Gu Nanfeng was waiting for them at the door. When he saw them coming, he greeted them with a smile and quickly went inside.
Gu Nanfeng followed here from the capital and is now in charge of all matters related to Wuwei restaurants in the Special Administrative Region.
Some passers-by who knew Gu Nanfeng couldn't help but feel curious when they saw his posture.
I asked an old man drinking water at the door, "Who is he waiting for? Even though it's such a big event."
The old man took a glance and said, "This is his boss."
Passersby were surprised: "Boss? Isn't she the boss's daughter? She looks so young."
It’s not surprising that the boss is a woman, but such a young boss?
He thought he was at least in his forties or fifties.
Uncle: "Yes, it's her. I recognize her."
Passersby envied her: "She has accumulated such a large fortune at such a young age. How rich her family will be in the future."
The person handing out flyers next to the old man heard the conversation and came over, "Do you know the person who just went in?"
The old man smiled when he saw the flyer in her hand and said, "You are handing out flyers here, don't you know that she is the biggest boss?"
The person handing out the flyers asked anxiously, "Does this entire food city belong to her?"
The old man nodded affirmatively: "Yes, the entire food city belongs to her."
The person handing out flyers was stunned for a moment. "...I heard someone say before that the owner of Wuwei Restaurant and this food city is the same person. Are all these Wuwei restaurants hers?"
The old man nodded again: "That's right."
The person handing out flyers seemed to have suffered a great blow and staggered. Passersby quickly helped her up and said, "Hey, Auntie, are you too tired? Take a rest."
The flyer distributor forced a smile and said, "It's okay. I was just distracted. Can you explain it to me in detail? This is the first time I know this."
The old man came to talk about sex: "Okay, I'll tell you about it. The boss's surname is Yu, and I don't know his specific name. I'm an old customer. I went to the first Wuwei restaurant when it opened. There was a lucky draw at that time. I still have the basin I won in the lucky draw. It's very sturdy and durable. Later, these Wuwei restaurants opened one after another, and now they are all over the place."
Passerby: "I've been paying attention to it for a long time. There's a new one near my home. Some are bigger, and the one near my home is smaller."
Uncle: "No matter the size, the taste is almost the same."
Passerby: "Yeah, I've been to different restaurants several times, and they're all pretty much the same."
Uncle: "Let me tell you, I have a relative who also rented a store in this food city. It's a small store with only a few square meters, and it costs dozens of dollars a month."
Passersby exclaimed: "It's so expensive, I only make a few dozen yuan a month."
The old man nodded. "Yes, it's expensive, but the business is really good. I asked him before, and he didn't care about the rent at all. He has rented other places before, but the traffic was not as large, and the service was not as good. If something breaks here, there are people to repair it, clean the sanitation, and maintain law and order to deter thieves."
Passerby: “Is this free?”
Uncle: "I'm not sure about this. Even if they charge a fee, it shouldn't be much. Anyway, I heard from my relatives that they are very satisfied and want to rent it for a long time. But if we don't give it, I don't think we will agree. The rent will definitely increase."
Passerby: "If I were the boss, I wouldn't agree to this. Look at the traffic here, there's no problem renting. Now you sign a long-term lease in one go, what a loss."
The old man said, "Of course not. This businessman is smart. He will not agree to it. The contract can only be signed for two years at most. Look at how big this place is. A few square meters costs dozens of yuan a month. If you add it all up, the rent will make a lot of money in a month..."
Listening to their conversation, the person handing out flyers, Zhao Qiaoniang, looked up at the bustling food city behind her. The building looked like a huge monster to her.
She couldn't even imagine that this was a personal thing.
As it turned out, it belonged to Yu Xiangan.
She knew she was doing business in the Special Administrative Region, but her business had grown to this scale...
She returned to her residence in a daze. Today was her day off and she wanted to earn more money, so she looked for a job distributing flyers. She didn't expect to meet Yu Xiangan by chance and learn such disturbing news.
She sat on the stool blankly, staring at the sky outside the window. She didn't know how long she had been sitting there. Ding Minxiu came back and went to find a temporary job. Seeing Zhao Qiaoniang sitting here, she called out, "Mom, have you prepared the meal?"
Zhao Qiaoniang came back to her senses. She had forgotten, but she didn't want to talk about cooking at this time. She asked Ding Minxiu: "If at the beginning..."
Halfway through her words, Zhao Qiaoniang looked at the wrinkles on Ding Minxiu's face and suddenly became speechless. She and Yu Xiangan were about the same age, but now when the two of them stood together, it seemed like they were a generation apart.
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