"We'd better go check it out. We're having a double celebration today, aren't we? Dad, did you really send Second Brother to buy firecrackers to celebrate?"
"No, I asked him to take care of something else. Let's go to the store first."
Li Junsheng led his children to a shop next to the city hospital. When they arrived at the shop, Li Junsheng took out his key to open the door and let his children in.
This shop is spacious and has its own kitchen. Both the dining area in the front and the kitchen look very clean.
With just a little tidying up, we can open for business!
The children looked around the shop and were very satisfied with it.
"Dad, is this shop really ours?"
Li Xiaoyu asked Li Junsheng happily, and Li Junsheng nodded at her.
"Although I've taken over the shop, it's still empty. There are quite a few things I need to buy. I've made a list, take a look, and make sure I haven't forgotten to write anything down!"
Li Junsheng showed his children a shopping list he had prepared. The list clearly stated how many tables, chairs, benches, and kitchen utensils were needed.
This includes chopsticks and seasonings!
Li Xiaoyu and Li Chunya came over to check the list and found that Li Junsheng had prepared a very complete one.
From yesterday when they said they wanted to open a shop, to today when they even wrote down a list of things to buy, it's clear that their father has put a lot of thought and effort into it all day!
"Dad, don't just do all the work yourself. Call us to help out if you need anything."
"This is hardly hard work. I even made a to-do list."
Li Junsheng also showed the children the to-do list, letting them know what they needed to do next!
Among the items on the to-do list was applying for a business license, and Li Xiaoyu wondered why Li Junsheng had put it last.
"Dad, the first thing we need to do when we open a shop is get a business license. Why are you doing this last?"
Li Junsheng explained with a smile, "Well, I specifically looked into the current situation of doing business and found that the national policy hasn't been fully relaxed yet, so I can open the shop first and get the licenses later. So I'm focusing on other things first."
Upon hearing this, Tang Liang shook his head, "Dad, this won't do. It'll just attract trouble. How about this: I'll handle all the errands for getting the business license."
"Let me see if I can pull some strings and get us a pilot program designation from the Industry and Commerce Bureau. That way, we won't have to worry about anyone causing trouble or reporting us. I've seen other people do this!"
Li Junsheng's eyes lit up upon hearing this.
Good heavens!
If Tang Liang could pull some strings, that would be even better!
"Then you should go to the Industry and Commerce Bureau twice."
Li Junsheng nodded to Tang Liang with satisfaction. His children and son-in-law were all very sensible. Everyone contributed money and effort to opening the shop. They didn't just give money and wait to receive dividends!
Li Chunya held the list of items to be purchased, hesitated for a moment, and then pointed out the problem to Li Junsheng.
"Dad, we need to buy everything for our shop, and the money we have to start the business might not be enough..."
"I'll cover the difference if it's not enough, and I'll get a share of the profits too."
Li Junsheng smiled and said he would share the profits, but he was just saying it to his children.
He doesn't need the restaurant's profit sharing!
Li Junsheng demonstrated real ability in opening the shop, and Li Chunya and the others happily agreed to let Li Junsheng add more money and then give him a share of the profits.
Otherwise, how could they possibly ask Li Junsheng to spend more money?
After finishing his business at the shop during the day, Li Junsheng took Li Chunya, Da Ya, and Er Ya to the vicinity of Sun Gui's house in the evening, ready to watch a spectacle.
Late at night, almost everyone in the neighborhood was asleep, but Sun Gui's house was unusually noisy!
In Sun Gui's living room, Sun Gui and his cronies were smoking, filling the entire room with the unpleasant smell of cheap cigarettes.
Sun Gui, visibly agitated, slammed his straight of spades onto the table.
"Haha, my hand is the highest, you all lost, pay up, pay up now! Damn, I'm having such good luck today!"
Sun Gui won money and his face turned red with excitement.
He has now won more than 700 yuan from the 600 yuan he got from Li Junsheng!
"Let's do it again! Today I can use this six hundred to make a thousand!"
Sun Gui was calling for his friends to shuffle the cards when there was a knock at the door.
Sun Gui assumed it was a neighbor coming to cause trouble, saying that he was being disturbed and didn't care at all!
Bang!
The door was suddenly kicked open, and several police officers rushed in, pinning Sun Gui and his companions to the ground without saying a word!
"Gathering people to gamble!"
Sun Gui was quickly handcuffed. He looked terrified, never expecting that the police would be there!
"It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! We were just playing cards, we weren't gambling!"
Sun Gui even tried to argue his way out of it, but the money on the card table had already betrayed him.
The noise attracted Wu Dongmei, who saw the police officers escorting her son back to the police car. She chased after them, crying loudly.
"Comrades, let go of my son! Arrest me if you must, don't arrest my son!"
Li Junsheng, along with Li Chunya and his two granddaughters, made a special trip to witness this scene on the road that the police were sure to pass by.
He wanted Da Ya and Er Ya to understand that it was Sun Gui who was a scumbag, not that he was the one breaking up the couple and forcing his daughters to divorce their father!
Li Junsheng didn't want Daya and Erya to grow up feeling that he was the one who insisted on separating Li Chunya and Sun Gui, causing them to be without their father by their side.
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