The landlord of Huazhen stubbornly refused to back down, saying, "With the money, I'll first refund his rent, and then I'll be able to pay the rent and my dad's medical expenses."
Right now, I can't even cover my own bottom with a single leaf of vegetable, so I can't care about anyone else.
"Don't talk to me if I'm broke. I'm stuck on a volcano, and I'm more anxious than you are."
Hearing this, the neighbors quieted down. Business was bad this year, and the stock market was sluggish. They didn't have any spare money!
If this shop had been sold before July of last year, they would have considered it.
But now, housing prices are plummeting and there's no stopping them. Even if they have money, they won't buy. Who knows how much further prices will fall?
Buying now would be a huge loss, wouldn't it?
Chen Hong and Wang Yunyan stood by, watching the commotion while they grilled squid. The middle-aged tenant finished smashing the shop and led his men away.
The two young homeowners stood there helplessly, their hands clasped in their hands. "What's the point of cleaning up? They'll just come back and smash things up. Stop cleaning, just lock the door!"
"We'll talk about tomorrow tomorrow. Let's go home!" The young man pulled his wife towards the house.
The neighbors were unhappy. They didn't dare to provoke those thugs, but they also didn't dare to cause trouble for their neighbors.
"Hua Zhen, you two, don't leave yet. Your family is causing trouble every day. How are we supposed to do our business?"
Half of the customers at my shop just skipped out on their bills, costing me at least a thousand yuan. What do you suggest we do?
"Yes, Huazhen, when your family is in trouble, the whole neighborhood is in turmoil!"
Business was already tough this year, and if things continue like this, we'll not only fail to make money, but we'll also lose money.
You know our whole family depends on this little shop for a living. Your constant disturbances are making it impossible for us to live.
The neighbor across the hall also came out: "Xiao Hua, our store's business has also been affected. We just had two customers skip out on orders, and people who wanted to come in were scared away."
You lock the door, you get the rent, but what about us?
If you open for business all day, you'll spend money on utilities, gas, labor, and materials. If you don't make money, you lose money. Nobody can stand this kind of business every day.
Xiaohua, your family needs to find a way to get rid of these people quickly, otherwise we definitely won't be happy.
The young man from Huazhen was also annoyed by everyone's bullying and shouted at his neighbors, "Why didn't you say anything when those people came to smash the shop?"
I don't need you to take my side, but you could at least call the police for me!
Now that they're gone, you're all turning your attention to us?
Let me tell you, there's nothing my family can do! Smash it if you want, do whatever you want. If you're so capable, buy this shop and deal with it yourself. Anyway, my family doesn't have the money to compensate you for your losses.
After saying that, he angrily led his wife away and the couple went home.
The seven or eight neighbors were stunned and dumbfounded.
They are business people, and they don't want to offend their customers in their own shops. Why would they bother with their neighbors' business?
They will never show their faces unless it affects their interests.
Chen Hong pulled Wang Yunyan around these streets, and wow! There were more than a dozen shops with signs for sale and more than twenty with signs for rent.
She was secretly delighted; it's true what they say, when one door closes, another opens. When God closes a door, He opens a window.
She missed out on the prime location in the school district, but her luck turned around and she came across so many food stalls for sale.
This is Furong Street in Jinan!
The surrounding area is dominated by Daming Lake and Quancheng Square, and the famous Furong Spring is located on this street.
Surrounded by many famous springs such as Pearl Spring, Baotu Spring, and Wangfu Pool, it is not far from Guandi Temple and Confucian Temple, and is also adjacent to Qingyun Bridge.
The buildings here are antique and charming, and even the streets are paved with large bluestone slabs that are hundreds of years old.
The location here is comparable to Dashilan in Beijing. During peak season, the flow of people here was no less than that of Dashilan.
During the Qing Dynasty, there were several century-old shops on this short 500-meter street.
The area was surrounded by numerous government offices, including the governor's office, the military command, the provincial administration, the examination hall, and the prefectural school.
This street is lined with eyeglasses shops, musical instrument shops, bookstores, stationery shops, rubbings shops, and antique shops.
After the Republic of China was established, famous restaurants such as Ruifuxiang ancestral store, Jinan's earliest dental prosthesis shop, photography studio, and Yanxitang were opened here.
It has become one of the iconic streets and alleys of Jinan, a famous historical and cultural city.
Furong Street is located in the heart of Jinan, the "City of Springs". It stretches from Quancheng Road in the south to Xihuaqiangzi Street in the north, truly embodying the saying "Every household has a spring and every house is lined with weeping willows".
Stepping into Furong Street is like stepping into a long-neglected history museum, even though historical sites have gradually diminished with the passage of time.
However, Furong Street thus became the best outdoor location to depict old Jinan.
Chen Hong recalls that Furong Street appeared in several movies.
Now Furong Street is old, like a fallen aristocrat. Although it still wears its worn-out fine clothes, it still has to scramble around for dinner.
For more than a decade, news of the relocation of Furong Street has come and gone, leaving people with mixed feelings of belief and doubt.
The residents of the old street don't have high expectations; they just hope to live in a more spacious house, like the people outside.
Most of the capable and talented people have moved out, and the houses along the street have mostly been converted into small shops by the residents, none of which are very large.
The largest is only about 100 square meters, and the smallest is only a dozen square meters.
This area is currently part of the ancient city tourist area. Chen Hong knows that starting next year, the government will transform it into a food street.
The entire street will be transformed into shops, and the street will be renovated. Only then will shops be in high demand.
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