Chapter 121
The restaurant was very busy during the day, and Chuxia didn't find time to talk to Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei about the No. 1 Courtyard.
After the restaurant closed in the evening and the bill was settled, Chuxia told Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei.
When Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei heard Chuxia say that No. 1 Courtyard was willing to sell their restaurant, they immediately became happy. After all, this was a huge blessing for their family.
Not only does it provide space to expand the store, but it is also ready-made for decoration.
But after hearing the conditions of Courtyard No. 1, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei were no longer happy.
Wu Xuemei said, "I've always said that there is no such thing as good things that come to your doorstep."
Tang Haikuan also sighed, "This family is really good at calculating. We bought the house in front of them to expand the store, but what do we want to do with the house in the back? There are people living there, and they can't be driven out. The rent is only a few dollars a month. Isn't it the same as paying several times the price to buy a restaurant?"
Chu Xia looked at Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei and said, "But after asking around for so long, only his family has a house to sell and is willing to sell it. The other families who want to sell it have even more outrageous conditions."
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei also knew that when they asked around, someone did say with a smile that they could vacate their house for sale.
But they want the Tang family to build a house for them to live in outside.
If his family really had this ability, they wouldn't have had to inquire for so long.
Who doesn’t want to move out and live in an apartment?
If conditions permit, no one would like to continue living in this bungalow.
If his family could move them out to live in an apartment building, then these neighbors would probably scramble to sell their houses.
The reason why they were able to vacate the house in No. 1 Courtyard to open a restaurant and were willing to sell it was because their son's family moved out of the building allocated by their company last year, and it was very troublesome for them to live in this house alone.
The old couple must be trying to take advantage of this opportunity to make some money, so they sell their house and live with their son.
There was silence for a while.
Wu Xuemei added: "They just said this on purpose because they saw that no one else would sell to us. They wanted us to be the scapegoat for expanding the restaurant and take over their yard."
Tang Haikuan was silent for a while before continuing: "Business is all about negotiation. Let's talk to his family tomorrow."
Chu Xia also spoke up at this time: "You have to be sure in your heart, don't talk about this matter, we can lower the price and take over his yard."
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei understood the meaning of Chu Xia's words.
Wu Xuemei looked at her and asked, "But why would we spend so much money to take over his yard? We have more money than we can spend now, but we can't just throw it into the water."
Chu Xia said, "This is for the purpose of expanding the restaurant. Let's take a long-term view. Once the store is expanded, we can quickly earn back the money and even make more money. Otherwise, as you said, we can't spend so much money. If it suddenly depreciates and becomes worthless one day, we will lose more. We bought this yard and we still have it in our hands."
Tang Haikuan also said: "But this yard is useless if I keep it in my hands."
Chu Xia said patiently: "Just because it's useless now doesn't mean it won't be useful in the future. Anyway, we won't lose money no matter how we calculate it. Let's solve the restaurant expansion issue first. What do you think?"
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei were silent for a moment.
Seeing that Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei were silent, Chu Xia continued, "Then listen to me again. It is not difficult for our family to pay out 10,000 yuan now, and it is not difficult for our family to earn it back. For our family, it is difficult to buy a store in the alley. Now that we can use money to solve this problem, it is a good thing for us."
There is some truth in this.
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei nodded together.
Their current focus is not whether buying a house will result in a loss or not, but to expand the restaurant.
If you want to expand the scale and make more money, you will have to invest.
The more difficult it is to expand, the more investment you will have to make.
There are still few good things that fall from the sky.
The couple thought silently for a while.
Chu Xia thought that they should be able to figure it out by now, so she stood up and said, "Mom and Dad, you guys think about it carefully. I'm going to go wash up and go to bed first. I have to go to work tomorrow."
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei came back to their senses.
Wu Xuemei hurriedly said, "Your work is more important. Go wash up and go to bed. Don't delay your work."
Chuxia washed up and went to bed.
The next day, when she was having breakfast, she asked Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei again, "Have you thought it through?"
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei didn't seem to be conflicted at all.
Wu Xuemei nodded and said, "Well, think about it carefully. How can you make money smoothly without any difficulties? The difficulties we are facing now are much smaller than those we encountered when we first opened the restaurant. It's just spending some money, there's nothing to be reluctant about."
Chu Xia smiled and said, "Okay, talk to them and see if you can lower the price a little bit."
Tang Haikuan said, "Then we must push the price down. How can we just give him whatever he wants? We didn't want the house in the back anyway, so isn't it reasonable for us to bargain a little? They are getting a huge bargain by selling the house in the back to us."
So it was agreed. When they were not busy during the day, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei called the couple from Yard No. 1 to the restaurant to discuss the matter in detail.
Once both parties have the intention to do business, the next natural step will be to push things back and forth.
The Tang family only wanted to expand the restaurant to do business, and they were forced to take the house in the back, so naturally they wanted to spend as little money as possible. Courtyard No. 1 wanted to take this opportunity to sell the useless house in the back. Their original intention was to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, so naturally they wanted to make as much as possible, since the Tang family was rich anyway.
This went on for a week.
His family asked their family to give in a little, and his family asked their family to pay more, but no one was willing to give in easily.
After discussing it face to face, I went home and continued to discuss it with my children.
Sunday afternoon.
While the restaurant was not too busy, the couple from Courtyard No. 1 came over again.
Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan poured them tea and brought some melon seeds and dried fruits.
Then he sat opposite Wu Xuemei and continued to talk about the house with the couple in No. 1 Courtyard.
I was cracking melon seeds and drinking tea and hadn't said anything serious when I suddenly heard a commotion outside.
The noisy sound was obviously a quarrel, and everyone in the restaurant was attracted by it.
The girl who was serving dishes and washing dishes was the first to stick her head out to watch the fun.
After reading it, he turned to look inside the restaurant and said, "It's Aunt Wang and Matchmaker Yang."
Hearing that there was something exciting to watch, the couple in No. 1 Yard stopped talking about business and hurriedly got up to watch the fun.
Wu Xuemei's attention was obviously drawn as well, and she stood up and went to the door.
Chu Xia & Lin Xiaohan: "..."
After the guests who were eating in the restaurant stood up one after another, Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan looked at each other, then stood up and went into the alley, standing in a corner to watch the fun.
It turned out that Wang Cuiying and Matchmaker Yang had a quarrel over Han Ting's marriage.
Wang Cuiying said to Yang the matchmaker: "How many people brag about you! I think you are just like that. What kind of people are you looking for? If you can't introduce people to potential partners, what's the point of being a matchmaker?"
Matchmaker Yang was so angry that she yelled at the top of her voice: "Are you looking for a daughter-in-law? Why don't you just go to the temple and ask for a fairy! Pretty and capable, she can wash your clothes, cook for you, bear your children like a cow or a horse, and weave cloth to make money for your family! Don't you even look at what your son is like! He doesn't have a proper job, and he's a second marriage! And you really picked him? Do you really have the nerve to do that?!"
Wang Cuiying said even louder, "How can I be so shameless as to be picky?! I have more courage than you! My San'er is good-looking and capable, and there are so many girls who like him! The chief's daughter is not to be mentioned! I think highly of you when I asked you to introduce her to someone, but what kind of girls are you introducing to me?!"
Matchmaker Yang: "Oh my, your son can marry the daughter of the chief, and you still ask me to introduce him to you? I think you are still dreaming! You couldn't even keep your wife after you married her, and she ran away. Now you want to find the best one for your second marriage. You are just a toad wanting to eat swan meat!"
Wang Cuiying: "What do you mean by marrying a wife and then letting her run away? We don't want that!"
The two of them were shouting at the top of their lungs, and there were other people nearby trying to persuade them, the scene was extremely chaotic.
Of course, most of the people who gathered around were there to watch the fun, and they all started discussing the matter nearby.
Matchmaker Yang stopped yelling at Wang Cuiying and turned to the people watching the fun, "Come on, come on, all of you, come and judge for yourself. Let me tell you what her family conditions are like and what her son's situation is like. You all know, her family wants to find a first-time bride, and she also wants the girl to be pretty, have a good family and a stable job, and have a good temper and know how to manage a life, and she doesn't want to pay a dowry! I just want to ask, how could such a fool marry into her family! I tried my best to help find a few, but she thought I didn't find a good one and got angry at me. What kind of person is this!"
Wang Cuiying shouted again: "My San'er is worthy of such a good one. You should keep those you introduced to your own son! You should scold me for saying that my San'er is not worthy of such a good one!"
Before Matchmaker Yang could start shouting again, Chaozi Guogai suddenly pushed his way through the crowd and stood in front of Wang Cuiying.
Both of them frowned, yelled at everyone to disperse, and forcibly dragged Wang Cuiying back to the yard.
Wang Cuiying was dragged into the second gate by the two of them, still cursing.
If he hadn't been stronger than Chaozi and Guogai, he would have rushed out again long ago.
Wang Cuiying was taken away, and the people outside tried to persuade Yang the matchmaker to calm her down.
Matchmaker Yang was so angry that she stood outside and talked for a while before leaving.
After Matchmaker Yang left, the people who were watching the fun gradually dispersed.
The guests who were eating in the restaurant went back to continue eating. Chuxia, Lin Xiaohan, Wu Xuemei, and the couple from No. 1 Courtyard also returned to the restaurant and sat down at the table where they had sat before.
It took a while for the other people in the restaurant to regain their attention. After they came back, they were also talking about what had just happened, so the couple in Courtyard No. 1 continued to talk about it.
After talking for a while, Han Ting suddenly came back.
Some people who wanted to join in the fun hurriedly got up and went to the back door of the restaurant.
Lying on the back door and watching Han Ting enter the second door, they continued to move closer to the second door to watch.
As soon as I got to the second door, I heard an angry voice coming from the east room: "You think I haven't embarrassed myself enough? You think I haven't been laughed at enough? Really?!"
In the east room.
Wang Cuiying was stunned by Han Ting's yelling.
After a moment, she reacted and said immediately: "Why would I ask a matchmaker to find you a wife?!"
Han Ting was so angry that his chest seemed to explode.
He looked at Wang Cuiying and said with a suppressed temper: "I'm telling you clearly now, I've had enough of my married life, I don't want to find a wife! Don't make things worse for me!"
Wang Cuiying refused to give in: "What do you mean I'm causing you trouble? You're 25 this year, and you'll be 30 after this year! If you don't look for someone now, when will you? Before, when you shouldn't have been in a hurry, you hid it from everyone and rushed to get the marriage certificate. Now that you should be in a hurry, you don't want to look for someone anymore, and you think I'm meddling in your affairs and causing you trouble! If you had listened to me in the beginning, would this have happened?!"
Han Ting raised his hand and pressed his forehead, feeling as if his brain was about to explode.
He took two deep breaths, sat down on the bench, and held his head in silence.
After a moment, he said, "I beg you, can you please stop interfering in my affairs and let me be in peace?"
Then he looked up at Wang Cuiying and said, "If you think I live too easily, I'll die in front of you."
Wang Cuiying's heart skipped a beat when he said that.
She wanted to shout again, but was afraid that Han Ting was serious, so she held her breath and stopped.
Chaozi took this opportunity to say to Wang Cuiying, "Aunt, Brother Ting has had a hard time these days, please let him take some time off. We can talk about other things after he has recovered from this period, okay?"
Wang Cuiying also felt suffocated and aggrieved, and suddenly started wiping away tears.
From the bottom of her heart, she couldn't swallow this anger and accept this fate. This was not supposed to be his family's fate!
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