Chapter 355 Buying a Store
When Liu Beiping heard Old Liu's voice, he immediately went to meet him and said, "Dad! You're back! Comrade Xia is looking for you. She wants to buy the storefront near our railway station."
Xia Juanjuan also stood up and said with a smile: "You must be Master Liu, my last name is Xia, Xia Juanjuan..."
Before he could finish his words, Old Liu said coldly, "Please go back! Not for sale!"
"Dad! Comrade Xia is willing to pay 800 yuan!" Wang Cuiping couldn't help but said anxiously.
How could Wang Cuiping not be anxious? She was a rural hukou, and she had no job when she married into the Liu family. After the old Liu had a falling out with the hotel two years ago, he also lost his salary, and his monthly pension was only a few pitiful yuan. There were two children in the family who were in elementary school, and five mouths to feed. All the expenses during the spring festival depended on Liu Beiping's salary of 34 yuan.
Even if she manages the business, the money is still not enough! She even has to borrow money for her children's schooling!
Old Liu put his hands behind his back, glared at his daughter-in-law, and said, "What are you yelling about! Forget about 800 yuan! Even if you offer 10,000 yuan, I won't sell it!"
Xia Juanjuan also considered the possibility of the other party refusing, so she didn't worry and smiled, "Master Liu, you learned your craft from a famous master in Beijing. I had your soup dumplings and vegetable noodles in a hotel two years ago, and I still remember the taste. Today I happened to pass by, so I went to eat again, but the taste was completely different! After asking around, I found out that the chef was changed! Today's chefs are not even as good as you, Master Liu! Isn't this simply destroying your own reputation?"
After hearing what Xia Juanjuan said, Old Liu's expression softened a little and he said, "You've eaten the food I cooked? You're lucky. Even if you want to eat it now, it's not enough!"
He thinks highly of himself - how could he not think highly of himself? His master was the chef of the palace in the old days!
The manager of the state-owned hotel resigned in anger because he was allowed to use inferior ingredients as good ones. Didn't this tarnish his reputation?
Now that Xia Juanjuan praised his craftsmanship, he was naturally happy.
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "How can I not eat it? Master Liu, I just heard that you no longer work in the state-owned hotel, so I thought of a way to eat your cooking again.
Only then did I consider buying your storefront near the railway station.
After I take over, I still plan to open a restaurant. When the time comes, I will ask you, Chef Liu, to be the head chef. I will pay you 50 yuan a month.
However, I will not hide it. I am afraid that I will have to wait until the end of next year or the beginning of next year to open the shop. If I don’t do what I promised today, I will not take the 800 yuan and will return the shop to you, Master Liu, without saying anything. I am willing to sign a document as a proof of this!”
When Wang Cuiping heard this, she immediately tried her best to wink at Liu Beiping.
What a great thing! Not only can I sell a shabby empty storefront for 800 yuan, but I can also get 50 yuan a month, which is higher than Liu Beiping's salary!
Liu Beiping also looked at his father eagerly: "Dad, Comrade Xia is very sincere..."
Old Liu was a little hesitant, but when he remembered that he still wanted to make a comeback and reopen the store to leave this business to future generations, he became hesitant.
"Dad! Just agree to it. I know you want to keep the shop, but you are not allowed to open one now. Even if you let us, where would we get the money? Besides, this shop has been closed for two years. I think it is better to sell it than to leave it to gather dust. Besides, we don't even have money for the New Year. With this money, life will be much easier!"
When Old Liu heard his son say this, he thought about how Liu Beiping had not learned to cook either, so it would be useless for him to run the store. He sighed quietly:
"Okay. I originally wanted to leave you some of my property. If you want to sell it, that's up to you!"
Liu Beiping and Wang Cuiping were overjoyed when they heard this and looked at Xia Juanjuan.
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "That's great. But I just had a sudden impulse today and didn't bring any money. I'll come over early tomorrow morning and we'll sign a document. Master Liu, Brother Liu, Sister-in-law, what do you think?"
Although the Liu family was worried that she would change her mind the next day, they had no choice but to nod.
Wang Cuiping also instructed: "Then sister, you must come early tomorrow morning!"
The next morning, Xia Juanjuan came as expected, and she did not come empty-handed. This time she brought a jar of the best West Lake Longjing tea for Master Liu.
Master Liu couldn't help but smile.
Apart from anything else, this girl is quite a person with a lot of vision.
Xia Juanjuan signed the agreement with them and got the real estate certificate, and then she gave the eight hundred yuan to Liu Beiping.
Liu Beiping and Wang Cuiping's eyes lit up when they saw so much money, and they happily sent Xia Juanjuan out the door.
Xia Juanjuan found the owner of another store, which was a little smaller, and bought it for 700 yuan.
After finishing all this, Xia Juanjuan did not go to unlock the door and go in to take a look. Anyway, the store would have to be renovated when it was really opened, so there was no rush to see it now, so she went straight back to Beijing.
The Fu family members nervously asked Xia Juanjuan how she did in the exam.
Xia Juanjuan was still humble and smiled: "Fortunately, the performance was quite normal."
Fu Nanzheng said anxiously, "What do you mean you performed quite normally? Did you miss any questions and didn't fill in the answers? Did you check your math answers with others? You had to stay in Mo County for a few more days. You should have come back as soon as the exam was over and told me about the questions so I could check if you got them wrong!"
Fu Weixin looked at his son and said unhappily, "That's enough. What answers are you correcting? It's annoying to find out you made a mistake after the test is over. The results will be out in a little over a month anyway, so wait a little longer! I asked Aunt Chen to buy an old hen and make some chicken soup today to make up for it!"
Xia Juanjuan couldn't help laughing, but she was deeply moved.
Although they were only relatives who met halfway, the Fu family was really nice to her.
After dinner, Fu Nanzheng pulled Xia Juanjuan aside and asked in a low voice: "I heard that when you were in Mo County, someone climbed over the wall of the place where you lived. Who was it Xu Dayou and Fu Qingye who did it?"
Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment before she nodded: "Yeah."
Fu Nanzheng frowned, with some anger in his eyes: "You bastards! Wait till I can help you vent your anger."
Xia Juanjuan wanted to say no, but then she thought that being beaten a few times would help him learn his lesson.
Xu Dayou felt that he had a bad luck this year, and he was put in a sack and beaten every other day.
By December, we had been beaten to a pulp and there was no hope of recovery.
Moreover, just like last time, he asked a few of his men to serve as bodyguards, but within two days, his four bodyguards were beaten up!
It's so arrogant that it's outrageous!
The worst incident was when he was gagged, put into a car, beaten black and blue, and then thrown ten miles outside the city.
The masked man smiled and said, "Be quiet in the future, and your wife should be quiet too. Stop thinking about hurting others, and you will get beaten less. Otherwise... we brothers will come to see you every few days!"
Xu Dayou was really scared by the beating.
You said that if he knew who they were and where they were from, he would have plenty of ways to control them.
But the waves now were all put in sacks and beaten with clubs, then ran away. He searched for a long time but couldn't find out where they were!
Xu Dayou could only admit his mistake and said in a loud voice: "I'm sorry, big brother... big brother. No, big brother! I can teach you big brother! I was wrong, isn't it okay? I will definitely turn over a new leaf in the future! Can you tell the brothers to stop blocking me?"
The man wearing the mask laughed when he heard it.
Did someone else beat him up? That's right, this guy has offended so many people, he deserves it!