Chapter 098
Tang Haikuan said: "You are more knowledgeable than us, check to see if it is true or not."
Jiang Jianping looked at it carefully again. It was stamped with the official seal of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. How could it be fake?
Besides, the three members of the Tang family are all honest people, and none of them dares to forge a business license.
Before Jiang Jianping could say anything else, Xu Lihua came out and stood beside him again.
After curiously looking at the business license, Xu Lihua's face instantly showed shock and surprise.
She snatched the business license from Jiang Jianping and asked in disbelief, "Is this true or false?"
Tang Haikuan smiled and said, "You two are the most knowledgeable people in our courtyard. Check it out together to see if our photo is real or not, and whether it was approved by the Industry and Commerce Bureau."
Jiang Jianping and Xu Lihua stopped talking.
The Han family was in the house listening to the noise outside, and Han Qingtian and his wife, and Han Lei and his wife also came out.
Han Qingtian asked, "What exciting thing are you talking about so early in the morning?"
Jiang Jianping pointed to the business license in Xu Lihua's hand and said, "The restaurant business license has been approved. Can you believe it?"
There was no need to answer with words. When the four members of the Han family heard this, they immediately showed shock and disbelief on their faces.
They all came over to Xu Lihua and looked at the business license in her hand.
Wang Cuiying didn't understand, so she touched Li Lan and asked, "Really?"
Li Lan nodded and whispered, "Look at the words on it, and the official seal, it's real."
Wang Cuiying still didn't believe it and said, "Did you look carefully? How could this be true? I don't believe the country would allow such a thing. Isn't this capitalism?"
Hearing Wang Cuiying's words, Chu Xia said, "Aunt, now is the era of reform and opening up. The country is exploring the direction and goals of reform and how to proceed in the future. So now we should first carry out reform pilot projects and accumulate relevant experience. If we can continue and do well, and it is beneficial to the development of society and the country, then we can gradually promote it. The Industrial and Commercial Bureau approved this license for us, just to use our family as a pilot to see if this thing can succeed."
Wang Cuiying immediately responded, "Then I think it will definitely not work."
Hearing this, Tang Haikuan went over to take back the business license from Xu Lihua, and said to Wang Cuiying with a smile: "That sister, you are really amazing. You can't read a single word, but you know more than the national leaders."
There is something sarcastic and mocking in these words.
Wang Cuiying was unhappy and spoke bluntly, "Haikuan, you are directly insulting me. I can't read a single word, but does that mean I don't know anything? I am indeed a woman and don't understand those national affairs, but after more than ten years of revolution, I also know that we are a socialist country. Your family's restaurant is a capitalist thing! The capitalist road will not work in our country!"
Tang Haikuan: "Don't take this too seriously. This is just a pilot reform. As for whether it will work, we won't know until we try it."
Wang Cuiying: "No need to look, it's a dead end if you go there!"
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Han Qingtian stopped Wang Cuiying, "You're the only one who talks too much."
Wang Cuiying looked at Han Qingtian again and said unhappily, "Why did I say too much? Can't I just tell the truth? Wasn't it him who first said that I couldn't read a single word? What's wrong with being illiterate?"
Han Qingtian said angrily, "Pull your mother back into the house."
Han Lei really didn't want Wang Cuiying to make so much noise in the yard, so he and Li Lan hurriedly pulled her back into the house. She didn't want to be pulled, and gave Han Lei and Li Lan a stern look on her face.
After returning to his house, Han Lei said, "They were just given their license and were very happy. They haven't done anything yet, but you went up to them and said that they would never be able to do it. Isn't that pouring cold water on their heads? Who can be happy? Mom, what's wrong with you recently? I always feel that you have a problem with Uncle Haikuan's family. What have they done to offend you?"
Wang Cuiying said, "I don't need them to offend me."
After saying that, he went out again and went to the kitchen to look at the porridge cooking on the stove.
After Wang Cuiying left, Li Lan whispered, "It may be because of the change in ownership of the house."
Han Lei breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this and thought about Wang Cuiying's attitude towards the Tang family before and after the change of ownership.
She naturally felt that the Tang family had taken away the house that originally belonged to his family.
Alas, the policy has changed.
I don’t know how many neighbors who were once harmonious have started to have disagreements with each other.
***
In the yard, everyone else finished washing up and went back to their homes.
Xu Lihua served breakfast on the table and waited for Jiang Guanjie and Jiang Shan for a while. Then the family of four sat down to eat breakfast.
Xu Lihua said while eating: "Do you think this thing of his can be successful?"
Jiang Jianping said: "Although Wang Cuiying often talks nonsense and stirs up trouble, I think what she said today is still very reasonable. This approach will not work here."
Xu Huali sipped her porridge and said, "You said this Tang Chuxia, she has been quiet and invisible since she was a child, why is she so eager to show off now?"
Jiang Jianping: "Maybe they think they are great because they studied at Peking University."
Xu Lihua: "Even if she is from Peking University, she has only studied for a year or so. I'm afraid she has only learned the basics of textbooks. Besides, she is young and has no real social experience. The same goes for Tang Haikuan and his wife. Not only do they not manage her, they also mess with her. If you have this free time, you might as well use it to find a job. Having a proper job is worse than anything else."
***
In the north room.
Chuxia, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei were also sitting at the table eating breakfast.
Wu Xuemei said with some emotion: "This Wang Cuiying, ever since the house returned to our family, she seems to have a lot of complaints about our family, but I have no complaints about her."
Tang Haikuan said: "She just thinks that our family has robbed her family of their house."
Wu Xuemei said, "What do you mean we robbed their house? It was originally our house, and we didn't drive them out. What else are you dissatisfied with?"
Tang Haikuan: "I can only say that she is just like that. She used to be close to our family because our family is similar to hers in every way. She even wanted our Xia Xia to be her daughter-in-law."
Speaking of this, Wu Xuemei looked at Chu Xia and said, "Fortunately, Xia Xia, you woke up early. With a family like his, he deserves a daughter-in-law like Su Yun. If you followed Han Ting like before, our family would have been eaten up by him."
Speaking of Han Ting, he continued, "And Han Ting, he's been back for such a long time, and he's been married for such a long time, but he can't find a regular job, and he doesn't even find some temporary work. Your father can go to the construction site at his age, so why can't he? He's still hanging out all day, it gives me a headache seeing this."
Chu Xia nodded and said from the bottom of her heart: "Thank goodness."
***
After chatting and finishing their breakfast, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei went out as usual.
Wu Xuemei went to work at the grocery store as usual. Tang Haikuan rode his bike to the construction site to resign. After resigning, he went directly to the Grain Bureau and asked them to approve the indicators as Chuxia had said.
I stayed at home in early summer and didn't go out.
But after he had been there for a short while, neighbors from the alley came to visit him. They had heard that his family had applied for a business license to open a restaurant, and came to see what was new.
The business license was taken away by Tang Haikuan and he was not at home. Chuxia didn't want to spend time dealing with these people. They had made fun of her family before. They didn't come to congratulate her, but to watch the fun. So Chuxia closed the door of the north room in advance and refused to see them.
These people saw that the door of the north room was closed and did not leave.
They went to the east room and sat down to chat with Wang Cuiying and Li Lan about this new thing.
If you want to talk to Xu Lihua, then go to the west room and talk to her about this.
The yard was bustling with people all morning.
When it is time to cook at noon, everyone goes home to cook, and then I can have some peace and quiet.
Tang Haikuan came back to have lunch at this quiet stall.
While eating, he told Chuxia that he went to the Grain Bureau this morning, but when they heard that he wanted to apply for supply quotas personally, they directly rejected him.
This was also expected.
So after taking a short rest after dinner, Tang Haikuan rode his bike to the Grain Bureau again.
Not long after Tang Haikuan left, more people came into the yard.
Chuxia still kept the door closed tightly, stayed in the room, and quietly did her own thing, no matter what people outside were discussing or saying.
I read quietly for a while, and suddenly I heard an old lady outside the door shouting: "Chuxia, are you in the house? A reporter is coming and wants to interview you."
Chu Xia turned around after hearing the voice, thought for a moment and replied: "Oh, OK."
She felt that she had to make use of the influence of the media and newspapers to try to get the Food Bureau to approve their quotas, so she went to open the door, welcomed the reporters in, and poured them a few bowls of tea.
These reporters came after knowing that Chu Xia's business license had been approved, and there were more people coming than before.
Neighbors from other alleys who came to watch the fun also took the opportunity of the reporter entering the house to crowd into the north room and stood aside to continue watching the fun. Even Wang Cuiying, Xu Lihua and others came.
Chuxia ignored them and just chatted with the reporter for a few words.
When it comes to sensitive topics involving thoughts, Chu Xia did not answer a word. She only talked to the reporter about opening a restaurant, such as how to open a restaurant and what difficulties need to be solved.
When Chuxia heard that the problem of grain, oil and food supply had not been solved, someone among the onlookers suddenly said, "Oh, the Industry and Commerce Bureau can approve licenses, but not grain and oil. Grain and oil are strictly controlled by the state. Without a ticket, you can't buy anything. I'm afraid this restaurant can't open."
Chu Xia smiled and said, "Everything depends on human effort."
The other person also laughed and didn't continue to refute Chu Xia's face.
He just smiled and looked at the reporter and asked, "You are the ones who know the big and small things best. Do you think this restaurant can be opened successfully?"
The reporter was conservative and said, "We really don't know. After all, no one has done anything like this before. You are not the only ones who are curious. It can be said that everyone in Beijing is very curious. Let's wait and see how this thing will turn out in the end."
Someone said, "Under this situation, I'm afraid we won't even be able to wait until the store opens."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a scattered laugh among the crowd.
Chuxia naturally wouldn't compete with so many people.
She had almost finished chatting with the reporter, so she sent the reporter out the second door, then went back into the north room, closed the door, and went back to her room to do her own things.
In the next two days, people still came to the yard frequently.
When they sat down to talk, they talked about other people's family matters, but more importantly, they talked about opening a restaurant in early summer. After all, this was the biggest topic at the moment.
***
early morning.
The morning sun shines into the yard.
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei took their toiletries to the stone trough to wash.
Xu Huali was standing opposite and had just finished brushing her teeth.
She put down the washbasin and asked with a smile, "Have you solved the problem of food and oil for your restaurant?"
Tang Haikuan glanced at Xu Lihua and suddenly asked bluntly, "Does it have anything to do with you?"
Xu Lihua was stunned by his retort, and it took her a while to recover. "Hey, Brother Haikuan, I haven't offended you, have I? I'm just asking politely and kindly, what's the reason for your attitude?"
Tang Haikuan was still rude, "This is my attitude now. You'd better stop asking me questions. You know whether you have good intentions or not. Are you asking me this question because you care about my family? Don't you just want to make me embarrassed and answer you without solving the problem?"
Xu Lihua was convinced.
She closed her mouth and washed her face immediately.
After washing, he took the basin back to the house and said, "It's really hard to talk to people like you."
It was the first time she saw someone hitting someone who was smiling.
Tang Haikuan was even more angry when he heard this, "What kind of people are we? What kind of people are you? Don't forget, you are living in my house! If you have the ability, find a house to move out, don't live in the house of people like us! If you laugh at my family, sooner or later, none of you will be able to laugh anymore!"
Hearing Tang Haikuan yelling outside, Wu Xuemei and Chu Xia hurried out.
The people from the Han family in the east room also stuck their heads out and followed the sound to see what was going on.
Xu Lihua didn't turn around, but she heard every word.
When she entered the west room, her face was red with anger. After entering the room, she threw the wash basin on the table with a "bang" and cursed in a low voice: "Psycho!"
Jiang Jianping came out of the room and asked, "What are you doing so early in the morning?"
Xu Lihua was so angry that she couldn't bear it anymore and said, "I just asked him if the grain and oil issue had been resolved, and he was so polite and smiling, but he just came up and scolded me."
Jiang Jianping glanced into the yard and said, "Forget it. I guess he's angry because he can't solve the problem."
Xu Lihua: "So you're venting your anger on me? I'm just asking kindly, what's wrong?"
Jiang Jianping: "Why bother with them?"
***
In the yard, Wu Xuemei asked Tang Haikuan: "What's wrong?"
Tang Haikuan turned on the faucet and said, "It's okay. I just want to annoy them and make them shut up."
Wu Xuemei and Chu Xia turned to look at each other and didn't ask any more questions.
After washing up, they went into the house, served themselves some food and sat down to eat breakfast.
Chu Xia lowered her head and took a few bites of food, then looked at Tang Haikuan and asked, "Dad, are you under a lot of pressure running around the Grain Bureau? Why don't you just rest at home today, or I'll go."
Tang Haikuan said in a relaxed tone: "No, I don't feel any pressure. I just find them annoying. I don't care if I offend them all. It saves me from nagging all the time."
Wu Xuemei shook her head and sighed, "It's no fun to live with a neighbor like this. If I offend him, then so be it. I just need to live my life well."
Chu Xia continued, "I think it's good too. It will save them from coming to curry favor with us insincerely when our restaurant is successful and our lives become better."
***
It's breakfast time.
People who work in the hospital go out to work one after another.
The rest of those who are not working stay in their own rooms, busy with their own things.
As the sun rose higher, people from other courtyards came to visit.
When there were more people in the yard, Wang Cuiying could no longer hold back and ran to the west room to ask Xu Lihua: "What were you and Tang Haikuan arguing about in the yard this morning?"
Xu Lihua was not so enthusiastic towards Wang Cuiying. She said in a calm tone, "I just asked with a smile whether his family's grain and oil problem had been resolved. I had good intentions, but he got angry when he heard it and scolded me."
Wang Cuiying said, "I can't ask any questions, anyway."
Xu Lihua said: "It must be because this matter cannot be resolved, and he is very angry."
Wang Cuiying: "If he can't solve it, does he blame others? This thing can't be done in the first place."
Xu Lihua: "He is capable and now he is the owner of this yard. Doesn't he feel superior to others and can show respect to anyone he wants?"
Wang Cuiying: "What's wrong with him being the homeowner? His words don't count. The state still has the final say."
Wang Cuiying and Xu Lihua were talking when they suddenly heard a boy at the second door shouting, "Tang Chuxia, someone is coming to your house!"
Hearing the sound, they and other neighbors in the house stuck their heads out and saw a little boy from the alley leading two strange men into the second door.
The door of the north room opened and Chuxia came out.
When Chu Xia came out and saw the man coming up from the second door, her eyes suddenly widened. She quickly ran down the steps to greet him in the yard, and asked politely but nervously, "Director Hao, why are you here?"
Director Hao said, "It's been a long time since we completed the formalities. Let's see how your family is doing with the preparations. The day before yesterday, I saw in the newspaper that the grain and oil issue had not been resolved. Has it been resolved now?"
Chu Xia told the truth: "Not yet, my dad is at the Grain Bureau right now."
Director Hao stopped walking into the yard and said, "Okay, let's go directly to the Grain Bureau. We will help you communicate with them."
Chu Xia was stunned when she heard this, then she came to her senses and said politely, "Please go inside and have some water."
Director Hao waved his hand and said, "Don't drink the water yet. It's more important to get the job done first."
So, Chuxia didn't bother to be polite anymore.
She hurried back, picked up her schoolbag, locked the door, and ran back to go out with the two leaders.
As they walked out of the yard, Director Hao said again: "When you encountered difficulties that you couldn't solve, you didn't even come to us to talk to us. You're really stubborn."
Chu Xia was excited and embarrassed at the same time. She smiled and said, "I have already troubled your bureau so much before. Food and oil matters are not your responsibility. I am really embarrassed to trouble you again."
She is not the kind of person who likes to trouble others with her own family affairs.
When she applied for the license before, she didn't try to find anyone for help. Of course, her family didn't have such connections, so she could only rely on herself to get help from the relevant departments.
Director Hao added: "It's also because I didn't consider that much. Your family is our pilot household. If you have any difficulties in the future, please feel free to report to the bureau."
Chuxia subconsciously clenched her fingers that were holding the strap of her schoolbag tighter.
She quickly responded: "Thank you, Director Hao!"
Chuxia went out the second door with the two leaders.
The people watching the fun in the east and west rooms were stunned for a long time, and after a while they retracted their heads and sat back in the house.
Everyone looked at each other and murmured:
"Which bureau chief was that just now?"
"It should be from the Industry and Commerce Bureau, right?"
"The director personally went to the Grain Bureau to help his family solve the grain and oil problem?"
"It sounds like that's the case."
…
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