Aping found an empty spot to sit down and sipped her throat-soothing tea. Li Junsheng asked Tang Liang to make more plum juice.
Not long after, Tang Liang came out of the kitchen with a puzzled look on his face.
"Dad, is the water out at our restaurant? The taps aren't working!"
"I don't know, let me ask someone why the water would be cut off at such an important time."
Li Junsheng asked the nearby residents and found that everyone else's water supply was working normally, but his restaurant's water pipes were not working!
By this time, the customers who had come to the shop to get their plum juice were getting a little impatient.
"Boss, is my plum juice ready yet? How much longer do we have to wait? Are you trying to avoid giving it away for free? If you're so stingy, don't pretend to be generous!"
"I'm so sorry everyone, the restaurant suddenly lost its water supply, so we don't have water to make plum juice. However, we do have red date steamed cakes available for you. If you're in a hurry, you can take a red date steamed cake with you. We're really sorry."
While Li Xiaoyu was calming down the guests at the restaurant, Li Guohua glanced at the restaurant across the street and saw the owner of the Hao Zi Wei restaurant standing at the entrance with his arms crossed, watching the commotion.
Li Guohua's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately realized why the restaurant's water supply had been cut off.
He went to the kitchen and called out to Tang Liang!
"Tang Liang, come with me quickly, let's go check if the restaurant's water pipes are broken."
Tang Liang was still a little confused until Tang Liang led him to the place where the water pipes were buried next to the shop.
At this moment, the soil beneath their feet was completely soaked!
Li Guohua took a shovel and dug down, and sure enough, he saw that the water pipe was broken in the middle!
"No wonder the restaurant's water was cut off; it turns out the water pipes were broken."
"Tang Liang, this isn't just broken. Look at the cut of this water pipe, it's smooth and clean. It's obvious that someone came over with a shovel and cut it off. Someone doesn't want us to make plum juice."
Upon hearing this, Tang Liang was shocked and instantly guessed who had done it!
"This must have been done by the people from the Good Taste Restaurant across the street. I'm going to confront them."
"Don't go. We have no evidence. Going to them will only cause trouble. Go and tell Dad to come. I'll see if we can reconnect the water pipe!"
Just like that, Li Junsheng had just returned from outside when Tang Liang hurriedly took him to the place where the water pipe was broken.
"Second brother, how's it going? Is it easy to connect?"
"It's not easy to get water. I'll have to dig up this whole area, which will take about half a day. Dad, our restaurant can't afford to be delayed. Try to find a way to get some water from somewhere else. Let's split up!"
Li Junsheng nodded, handed the water pipe to Li Guohua to fix, and went back to the shop to get some water from a nearby, easy-going household.
Li Junsheng returned to the shop and picked up two buckets of water. Seeing him about to leave, Aping, unusually, asked, "Boss, where are you going?"
"Someone deliberately damaged the water pipes, so I have to get some water from another shop, otherwise I can't even wash the dishes in the shop."
To be honest, the people at the restaurant across the street are really underhanded. They can't compete with customers, so they resort to these dirty tricks to make their own customers leave!
Li Junsheng will remember this; he's not letting them off the hook!
When A-Ping saw that he was going to get water from somewhere else, she lowered her eyes slightly and then took the bucket of water from Li Junsheng's hand.
"Let me help carry the water too."
Li Junsheng shook his head at her, "No need, you're too thin, you definitely can't carry the water. Just wait in the shop, I'll be back in a bit!"
With that, Li Junsheng turned and left.
To be honest, A-Ping was quite surprised. After all, she was a shop assistant, but Li Junsheng and the others didn't usually let her do the hard and tiring work.
She's considerate of my thinness and will even make me eat more!
The father in this family is good, and his children are mostly good people too.
Li Junsheng fetched water from someone else's house and carried it all the way back to the restaurant. Although it took some time, at least the restaurant had water for the time being!
It took Li Guohua three or four hours to repair the water pipe. Neither father nor son gained anything.
Li Junsheng was exhausted, and Li Guohua's hands were covered in mud.
"Dad, the owner of Hao Zi Wei across the street is shameless. We can't keep tolerating them. We have to teach them a lesson."
Tang Liang was furious. They ran a restaurant across from his house, and he had never tried to cause them any trouble, yet they still managed to sabotage his restaurant.
This is absolutely intolerable!
"In any case, the guests have been stabilized."
Looking around at the customers in the store, Li Junsheng felt that even if someone caused trouble today, it was all worth it!
If things continue like this, my restaurant will definitely be able to hold on until the other side can no longer afford to lose money.
Even if the plan to give away plum juice and toys falls through, we can still come up with some other activities!
As darkness fell and the customers left the shop, Li Junsheng and his group celebrated at the restaurant.
Tang Liang cooked the dishes, and the staff all stayed at the restaurant to eat this meal!
"Thanks to Sister Ping's ideas and efforts in attracting customers, our restaurant's guests have been able to return one after another. I'd like to toast Sister Ping."
Li Xiaoyu, holding a juice in her hand, stood up and toasted A Ping.
A-Ping smiled and gently clinked her glass with Li Xiaoyu's, also holding her juice.
Li Junsheng also stood up and said to Aping, "Tonight's dinner is to celebrate and reward you for your success. Thanks to your idea, the restaurant's customers were able to return. This is just a small token of my appreciation, and it's what you should do. You've worked hard lately, so don't be shy."
Li Junsheng took a red envelope out of his pocket and handed it to A Ping. A Ping wasn't the kind of person to pretend to refuse, so she accepted the red envelope from Li Junsheng and nodded to him.
"Thank you, then I won't be polite."
Li Chunya coaxed the youngest child to sleep and smiled at A Ping, saying, "Don't be shy. With this money, you can spend it yourself first, instead of having to wait anxiously for payday."
"Yes, what does Sister Ping want this money for?"
Aping looked thoughtfully at the red envelope in her hand, seemingly unsure how to spend it.
Ji Xiaocui put down her chopsticks and suddenly asked A Ping with concern, "Speaking of which... where does Sister Ping usually live? Do you have a place to stay nearby?"
Li Junsheng paused, realizing he hadn't actually inquired about A Ping's affairs.
When I saw her, she was disheveled and looked like she didn't have a place to live.
Sure enough, Ah Ping, clutching the red envelope, said to Ji Xiaocui, "I live under the nearby bridge. I just pick up some scraps of cloth that others don't want, set up a tent, and sleep there!"
"ah?"
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaoyu and Li Chunya's group were shocked.
Has Ah Ping been sleeping under the bridge all these days?
How can anyone sleep under that bridge? It's not safe for a woman like her!
Li Chunya felt extremely sorry for Aping and said, "Sleeping under the bridge is not as good as sleeping in a restaurant. Two tables can be put together to make a bed, and it's safer than under the bridge."
A-Ping smiled, seemingly unconcerned.
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