"You said your brother and sister-in-law were capable, so I sent them over, but the business at the shop wasn't good, and you said it was because the taste wasn't good, so I had someone get you the ingredients from that side, and what did you come up with?"
Yang Qingmin was furious.
He was already frustrated that the shop he had worked so hard to open wasn't making any money, and now people were blocking his way, threatening to smash the shop and demanding compensation.
He's had the worst luck imaginable.
Why is it that Li Huai can make money so easily by opening a shop, while he's so unlucky?
Qian Hongxia felt wronged after being yelled at by her husband.
"Do you think I want this to happen? Who knows if it will cause someone to get sick? Tell me what to do about this. Those people have been making a scene for days, and now there isn't a single customer left in the store."
"What should we do? We can't admit to this!"
If I accept this store, I'm completely finished.
"So we just let them cause trouble?"
"Let's close for a few days first. I want to see how long they can keep blocking the door."
Since he didn't have much business left anyway, he decided to give up entirely.
"What about my brother and sister-in-law?"
"Them? They can just stay in the shop and not show their faces."
Qian Hongxia dared not mention her brother and sister-in-law demanding their wages anymore; she could only try to appease them first.
As soon as Qian Hongxia's shop closed, Zhao Qingzhu quickly called her sister again.
Zhao Qinglan wasn't too surprised to hear the news, but she also told her sister that she had brought a puppy and wanted it to be kept at the shop.
"Little dog, sis, wait for me, Mom, and my sister to talk to me, and I'll get back to you tomorrow."
"Alright, no need to force it. If you don't want to keep it at the shop, you can keep it at my house. Da Wa and Xiao Duo like the puppy quite a bit."
However, Sun and Zhao Qingju did not object to keeping dogs in the shop.
Especially Mrs. Sun, who felt uneasy because there were no men in the shop, just her and her two daughters, and this theft made her even more anxious.
She would feel more at ease if she got a dog.
She wouldn't have been willing to keep a dog in the past, but now that the shop is doing well, she can afford to feed the dog.
The bones and scraps of meat used to make bone broth will be enough for dogs to gnaw on later.
I learned that my mother and sisters all agreed to let me keep a dog.
When Li Huai had time to rest, they took the puppy into the city.
The puppy has been with us for a few days, and we've grown quite attached to it.
The three children, in particular, burst into tears when they learned that the puppy was going to be given away.
This made Zhao Qinglan feel sorry for the children, and she could only advise them to keep the puppy at the shop so that they could see it in the future.
When she returned to the shop, Zhao Qinglan reminded her mother and sister not to prepare the broth in advance, whether for wontons or hot pot. She preferred to do less business and make the broth fresh on the day of preparation.
Firstly, it's a novelty, and secondly, it avoids those malicious scoundrels.
Ironically, after the shop was robbed, she ran into Qian Hongxia again when she went to the grocery store to buy something.
Qian Hongxia has always had a psychological shadow over Zhao Qinglan. The incident of running the shop and even stealing things may have made her increasingly guilty in front of Zhao Qinglan, and she would run away as soon as she saw her.
Anyone who didn't know better would think Qian Hongxia had seen a ghost.
Qian Hongxia now goes into the city more often than any other military wife, and since Yang Qingmin doesn't drive her around, people in the family residential area have naturally noticed.
However, regarding her own shop, perhaps because Yang Qingmin had specifically instructed her to keep quiet, Qian Hongxia remained tight-lipped and didn't tell anyone this time.
Therefore, apart from Zhao Qinglan, who knew about their family members opening their own shops, the other military dependents in the residential area were unaware of it.
Zhao Qinglan didn't bother mentioning Wu Mei and Wei Hong, simply because she didn't care that much about them.
After giving the puppy away, Zhao Qinglan had nothing else to do.
When it was time for her prenatal checkup, Li Huai accompanied her to the military hospital.
The doctor said the fetus was developing very well, and the couple were overjoyed to hear that.
Zhao Qinglan privately asked Li Huai whether he wanted a son or a daughter.
Without hesitation, Li Huai replied, "I love any child you give birth to."
When they left the hospital, someone saw them and looked at them strangely. They came over and asked the doctor who had just seen them.
This person had just been transferred from the capital to the military hospital, and coincidentally, he knew Li Huai.
Li Zhenhua, who was far away in the capital, had mixed feelings when he learned that his daughter-in-law was pregnant and would give birth in a few months.
His wife went to prison, and he sent his youngest son to join the army.
Now that he's back home, he's all alone. Looking at his cold and deserted house, he feels even worse and doesn't want to go back anymore.
Nowadays, he spends most of his time living at his workplace.
Looking at the phone in front of him, Li Zhenhua reached out his hand several times, only to pull it back.
In the end, he surrendered.
As soon as Li Huai entered the office, he heard the phone ringing and quickly went over to it.
"Hello, this is Li Huai."
"It's me."
Li Huai recognized the voice from just two words.
"What do you want now?" he asked impatiently.
Perhaps because of the many changes he had experienced, and the absence of Yu Huimin as a go-between, Li Zhenhua found himself less angry when facing his sharp-tongued son again.
"Can't my son and I talk things out properly?"
"I don't regret being my mother's son, but I regret being your son the most."
"Are you really not going to acknowledge me as your father?"
"What, you've hurt the heart of someone you value, so you're thinking of me now?" Li Huai mocked.
They both knew who this "person" referred to.
Li Zhenhua pinched the space between his eyebrows.
"In the past, I had some prejudice against you, but there were also many misunderstandings involved. I want to apologize to you."
This is also the first time in so many years that Li Zhenhua has truly bowed his head to his son.
To be honest, Li Huai was quite surprised to hear Li Zhenhua bow his head and apologize.
Unfortunately, he no longer cares about Li Zhenhua's attitude.
"The person you should apologize to most is not me!"
After saying that, Li Huai hung up the phone.
Once again, his son hung up on him on the phone, ending the call on bad terms. But Li Zhenhua wasn't angry; he just sat there silently for a long time.
When the guards came in, Li Zhenhua finally spoke.
"Let's go buy a bouquet of flowers and go out for a bit."
The guard didn't know what was going on, but he immediately did as he was told.
I don't know if it was out of guilt or because of Yu Huimin's attitude.
Over the years, Li Zhenhua only visited his wife's grave once, shortly after her death.
When he stood before his wife's tombstone, memories of the past flooded back.
"Rumei, do you resent me?"
Unfortunately, he will never hear an answer.
“I don’t know if you resent me or not, but Li Huai definitely resents me a lot. Over the years, I have indeed not done well. As a father, I have not cared for him enough.”
“I was deceived by Huimin and did many wrong things... My daughter-in-law is pregnant, and I will have another grandchild.”
He stayed at his deceased wife's grave for a long time and said many things.
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