Jiang Tiantian held back her laughter and nodded.

Don’t be fooled by the small size of the four little ones, each of them is very smart and knows everything.

It's just that they don't know how to express it yet.

"......" Tan Zhilin looked up at the stars in the sky, and after a while, he accepted the reality that he was despised and ridiculed by the four little ones.

With this interruption, he didn't want to cry anymore.

But he still told them everything that had happened in the hot pot city during that period of time truthfully, with a wronged look on his face.

"Have you asked them where they are being dug?"

Tan Zhilin nodded, "I asked, it's the two-story building on the same street, less than 30 meters away from our Xifulai."

"The first floor used to be a tailor shop that sold cloth and ready-made clothes. I heard that last month, the landlord announced that he would no longer rent it out and would take the shop back."

"The landlord started looking for someone to renovate the house half a month ago. I heard about it from an employee who resigned today, so I ran over to take a look..."

"I just found out that the landlord wanted to connect it with the building next door, which is also his own, to expand the area and open a hot pot restaurant similar to ours, called Xi Shabu Shabu..."

"I guess they are jealous of our good business and want to compete with us."

Jiang Tiantian looked at Ah Ku, "I remember that the tailor shop was opened by a grandparents duo, right?"

Ah Ku nodded, "Yes, it was opened by an old lady and her granddaughter. We had them make the curtains, tablecloths and other things in our store before."

"Ah..." Jiang Tiantian sighed, "I remember that I praised the curtains in the store before. The stitches were fine and dense, and the style was simple and generous."

Tan Zhilin said indignantly, "I remember that girl. She was pretty and gentle. Her grandmother seemed to have worked in a clothing bureau that made clothes for people in the palace."

"After the garment factory was disbanded, she got married, but her in-laws were not very good. Seeing that she only gave birth to a daughter, they often bullied her."

"Her husband took her out to live alone, but the good times didn't last long. After much difficulty, he managed to earn some money, his daughter grew up, and he found a son-in-law. They lived a pretty good life."

"As a result, her husband, daughter and son-in-law died in an accident while they were out doing business, leaving only the two of them."

"In the end, she was driven out by her husband's brothers, who took over the house. Her son-in-law's family also didn't want their granddaughter, saying that her son was a live-in son-in-law and therefore an outsider."

"There's nothing we can do. The old woman lives with her granddaughter. Fortunately, she has a skill to make a living..."

"Now that we have finally opened a famous tailor shop in this area, the landlord just evicts us without considering that we are long-time tenants. This is really too much."

Jiang Tiantian stared at him with a half-smile, "Aren't you kind to women? ... Have you ever thought about helping her?"

Tan Zhilin was stunned, "...How can I help?"

To be honest, every time he saw the grandparents and grandchildren, he would think of the days when he and his grandfather depended on each other. The situations of the two families were quite similar.

I felt a greater sense of intimacy towards the grandparents and grandchildren.

He also told the store's purchasing staff that if the store needed to replace curtains, tablecloths, etc. in the future, they should try their best to take care of their business.

But they didn't expect that they would be driven away so quickly.

Jiang Tiantian said, "I heard that they are looking for a new shop to open a tailor shop. Didn't we buy a house behind the hot pot city?"

"It's empty there anyway, and the place is big enough. We can rent the two rooms facing the street to them, and then we can just knock down the wall facing the street."

"Oh... yes, this method is good." Tan Zhilin clapped his hands immediately.

Because the tailor shop has already gained a good reputation in this area, they don't want to move to another location, but this street is now much more lively because of the hot pot city.

Shop rents have also skyrocketed, and demand is still far from supply. It is a bit difficult to rent a suitable shop quickly.

Jiang Tiantian suggested, "Let them make the outer wall out of glass, and put the finished clothes directly on the models and display them inside the glass windows."

"In this way, people passing by and customers leaving our restaurant through the back door after eating hot pot can see it, and it can also serve as a promotion."

"Tiantian, I told you that you have a good brain." Tan Zhilin was delighted and immediately wanted to find the grandparents and grandchildren.

But as soon as I stood up, I suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"Hey~~ That's not right. I didn't come to you tonight to talk about this."

"Our top priority right now is not to rent out the house, but that we are running out of staff in the store."

Ah Ku rolled his eyes at him and said, "By the time you find out the problem after being bewitched by that woman Lin Zizhu, the store will be almost closed down."

"...What do you mean?" Tan Zhilin jumped up when he saw that his two partners were not panicking at all. "Have you two already thought of a plan?"

"Why didn't you remind me earlier?"

He admitted that recently in the store, his eyes were often following Lin Zizhu, and he was a little slow to react to the business in the store and everything happening around him.

But that's no reason for these two guys to sit back and watch him make a fool of himself.

Seeing that he was about to explode, Jiang Tiantian raised her hand to calm him down, "Alright, alright, don't I want to teach you a lesson?"

"When you went to that store today, didn't you see anyone familiar?"

"Someone who looks familiar?...Who?" Tan Zhilin asked in confusion.

After listening for a long time, Cha Jiuzhang was speechless about this slow-witted young man and slapped him on the head.

"Lin Zizhu, your dream goddess. Didn't you find out that she is one of the owners of that store?"

"What? ...How is it possible?"

Tan Zilin jumped out one meter away and put some distance between himself and these guys.

But when he came to his senses, he saw the three people opposite him, including the four little ones on the wooden bed, staring at him as if he were a fool.

His mind suddenly became clear.

Tan Zhilin himself is not stupid, he just gets dazzled by the pink bubbles sometimes and tends to act stupidly.

He thought about it and asked in disbelief, "Lin Zizhu came to work in our store to steal our experience and poach our employees?"

Ah Ku sneered, "You are not that stupid."

Tan Zhilin immediately sat down on the ground. He had not expected this miracle at all.

"Then..." What should I do now?

Jiang Tiantian directly woke him up, "They don't think highly of you at all, they just think you are stupid and easy to deceive, so they use you as a stepping stone."

"You are still so stupid. You tell her everything she asks."

"Do you really think Lin Zizhu is so studious? He's just here to work, but you have to ask so many details about the store's inventory, promotion policies, salary system, promotion system, etc.?"

"They are preparing to open a store in the future."

Tan Zhilin wanted to cry but had no tears. "Then did I cultivate a powerful competitor for our store?"

Jiang Tiantian smiled disdainfully, "Don't worry, their store won't last long. The salary we offer is already the best in the industry, and they're going to double it. With such high costs, if business is not good, they won't be able to sustain it for a few months."

"Besides, even if it opens, we are not afraid."

"Doing business requires comparison, which leads to progress. This is to prevent some of our employees from thinking that the store's booming business is their own fault and becoming complacent and ignoring us."

"If they want to leave, let them leave. The last thing this world lacks is people."

"Tiantian, what should we do now? There are not enough staff in the store. What if a few more people leave?" asked Tan Zhilin.