Chapter 97
Lin Hui’s words made Wang Mengmei dizzy.
Even after returning to the store, Wang Mengmei's mind was still full of this matter, and she didn't even hear Xue Ling calling her several times.
Xue Ling simply walked up behind her and patted her: "Boss!"
Wang Mengmei was startled and then came to her senses.
"What's wrong?"
Xue Ling: "I've called you several times... that person, the account-hanging person is here again today!"
But Xue Ling was so angry that this guy came this time and ordered several dishes arrogantly. Xue Ling thought she had changed her ways and didn't dare to put it on the bill again, so she opened the order for Ni Hao to cook.
But when it was done, Sister Zheng fell back into her old habit and said the account was hung up again!
Xue Ling: "Boss, why is the account-hanging guy here again?"
I had clearly settled all the accounts before and was afraid that they would leave, but now I seem to be confident and everything is under control.
Wang Mengmei was also puzzled.
She was very moved by Lin Hui's words, but she didn't even tell Jian Feng about her feelings! How did Sister Zheng know this?
Wang Mengmei was cautious. When Sister Zheng came to register the account again the next day, she did not tell Sister Zheng that she did not want to rent the house anymore. Instead, she asked Sister Zheng tentatively.
"Sister, the rent we agreed on before..."
Sister Zheng rolled her eyes and began to make excuses, "Xiaomei, this is also a coincidence. A relative of mine came to me as soon as he heard that my store was going to be vacated, and he said he would give me 1,500 yuan a month in rent... So, you just have to wait and see, we don't have to wait until the end of the year, you can find a house and he can move in."
Sister Zheng was very happy. She had felt aggrieved for a long time because she had to be humble when paying the bill to Wang Mengmei. Now she finally had the chance to embarrass Wang Mengmei, so she naturally couldn't help showing off.
"My relative used to be a factory worker, but later he sold his house and started selling used cars. After making money, he wanted to open a small restaurant. After looking around, he said that my house is good and brings good fortune. So he found me to take over the store..."
"I originally thought it would be a bad idea to sell the store, but the money is too much...Xiaomei, don't think I'm picking on you. Who says I'm generous..."
After Sister Zheng finished typing, she excitedly picked up her lunch box and left.
Wang Mengmei stopped her, "Sister, that's perfect. I've found a house... We have two months left and we're going to move the store soon. Please understand me and don't let the store run any more."
Ms. Zheng: …
Wang Mengmei held in her hand the few dozen yuan that Sister Zheng had reluctantly paid her, her eyes filled with indescribable hesitation.
Xue Ling was relieved: "Move out quickly, I don't want to deal with such a landlord anymore!"
Renting her a house was like selling her a long-term worker, and he was eager to give all the profits from the store to her.
Ni Hao also heard these words and stuck his head out worriedly: "My master told me before that some landlords are bad. Often someone rents his store, and when he sees that the business is good, he will drive the tenant away and start his own business. When customers come, the landlord will say that it was the skills or secret recipes passed down to him by the original owner, and the regular customers are all cheap for the landlord."
Wang Mengmei's heart sank: "You mean, Sister Zheng also planned this?"
But how could Sister Zheng have any skills?
Ni Hao: "It's not necessarily us who did it, but there must be someone who wants to take advantage of us."
Just imagine, after Wang Mengmei moves away, the next store only needs to put up the same glass door and sign, and the appearance of the store remains unchanged. Who among the customers will notice whether the chef and the store have changed?
I can survive half a year or a year just by relying on these customers.
If the people who come later have better skills, they might be able to make the business successful.
Xue Ling was furious when she heard this: "How can that be possible!"
Ni Hao: "What else can I do if it doesn't work?"
The customers didn't sell to you alone. After you leave, the people behind you will take advantage of the situation and make money. Who can reason with you?
This is completely blatantly malicious, but there is nothing you can do about it.
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The three of them were at a loss as to what to do. When Jian Li arrived at the store after school, she saw her mother with a worried look on her face.
"Ms. Wang Mengmei, who has made you unhappy again?"
Before Wang Mengmei could say anything, Xue Ling had already poured out all the information like Jian Li pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.
As Jian Li listened, she felt familiar with the story: "Did Aunt Zheng really say that a used car dealer was coming to take over the house?"
Xue Ling and Jian Li were not much different in age, and they often played together. Upon hearing this, she pouted and said, "That's not the point."
But Jian Li only heard the word used car.
She looked at Wang Mengmei and said, "Mom, ask my dad to find out who is going to take over the house."
She always felt that it would be someone she knew.
Although Wang Mengmei didn't understand why, she still passed the news to Jian Feng and asked Jian Feng to ask.
After asking this question, Jian Feng came back with a constipated look on his face.
"It's Zhao Xiaopeng."
Wang Mengmei doesn't get angry when talking about others, but when it comes to Zhao Xiaopeng, Wang Mengmei gets angry.
She did not forget that Zhao Xiaopeng wanted to trick her family.
"What is he trying to do? It's not enough that he cheated us once, but he's planning to cheat us a second time? Jian Feng, let me tell you, if you still stand on his side, our lives will be in vain!"
Wang Mengmei stared at Jian Feng intently, as if if Jian Feng said something to support Zhao Xiaopeng, she would immediately draw a clear line between herself and Jian Feng.
Jian Feng smiled bitterly and said, "What are you talking about? What can I say to him? This is just a coincidence. It's his wife who wants to buy the store."
Jian Feng found out the details. Zhao Xiaopeng's family sold their house and moved away. Later, relying on relatives and their own investment, Zhao Xiaopeng and his cousin started selling used cars.
I was doing good things originally, but this year I did something immoral.
Zhao Xiaopeng sold a used car that had an accident as if it was normal.
Later, the car was confiscated as stolen property. The owner of the car was so angry that he stabbed Zhao Xiaopeng.
Jian Li was listening at the side and couldn't help but exclaim in her heart.
Zhao Xiaopeng has never been cheated by anyone in his life, but he still sold his broken car in the end.
But not everyone is as ruthless as Jian Feng, who would not retaliate after being wronged. This time Zhao Xiaopeng hit a wall, and he deserved to pay for his bad behavior for the rest of his life.
Jian Feng said with a sigh: "He is not dead, but his health is not good. He dare not sell his used car now."
The man who stabbed him was put in jail, but he didn't get much compensation. Zhao Xiaopeng's family had been relying on him to make money, but now that they had no money to spend, his wife had to find a job.
Wang Mengmei looked cold and said, "So she is targeting our family?"
How can it be such a coincidence!
Jian Feng didn't say anything. If this was purely a coincidence, that was definitely not the case.
He still remembered the jealousy and resentment that Zhao Xiaopeng had expressed to him when they had a quarrel.
Originally, Zhao Xiaopeng left the cotton spinning factory and went to work in the used car business, so the two of them would have no intersection. But Zhao Xiaopeng happened to be stabbed, and he had to retreat back to the cotton spinning factory.
In order to make some money and to give Jian Feng a taste of his evil side, this is what Zhao Xiaopeng was thinking.
Jian Feng did not reveal the details, but only said: "We don't need to pay attention to him, just let it go on as it should."
That one punch had destroyed all the friendship, so there was no need to play out any more drama of reconciling past grudges after falling into adversity.
He doesn't owe Zhao Xiaopeng anything!
Wang Mengmei was satisfied: "That's more like it. We have stopped talking to each other for a long time. Let's just do what we need to do."
Since Zhao Xiaopeng and his wife were willing to spend fifteen hundred yuan to rent a store, she had no right to interfere.
Anyway, Wang Mengmei has made up her mind to move out.
She went to see the store several more times, and the more she looked at it, the more suitable it seemed.
A small two-story building, where people can live upstairs and the area downstairs is more than twice the size of the current storefront, at nearly 60 square meters.
Wang Mengmei: "I was thinking, if we buy this house, when Jian Li enters her senior year of high school, can she just live there?"
Anyway, there is only one street, so I have achieved my goal of buying a house near the school.
Jian Feng also asked someone and confirmed that Lin Hui's guess would most likely come true. Jian Li even urged them to buy it every day.
Jian Feng doesn't understand his daughter's enthusiasm for the house.
However, Jian Li knew very well that although the hospital next to that place looked small now, it would be merged with the other two hospitals in the city in the future and become one of the top three hospitals in the province!
On one side is a Grade 3 hospital, and on the other side is the provincial experimental high school, which will be the city's leading key high school in the future. The facade of this place is definitely a hot commodity.
The family achieved a rare unity.
"The 50,000 yuan at home is just enough to buy it."
The landlord was originally open to both renting and selling, and when he heard someone was willing to buy, he actively negotiated the price.
The two parties discussed for a long time and finally settled on 51,200 yuan.
Wang Mengmei did not wait until the end of the year to move. She immediately began to renovate the house after purchasing it. At the same time, she used her limited savings to buy two deep cooking pots and basic tables, chairs and benches.
She left Xue Ling and Ni Hao in the cotton spinning factory to continue running the business, and told all the old customers who came with them that she had moved away.
Wang Mengmei could have been more gentle towards the people who came to take over the house, but when she heard that it was Zhao Xiaopeng and his wife, she didn't even give them any face and let Ni Hao feel at ease and boldly direct the old customers to the school.
Ni Hao’s cooking skills are now enough to make some side dishes, so if you’re a picky eater, you’ll have to come to Wang Mengmei’s new store.
Wang Mengmei did not forget what Jian Li's classmates said. As the weather was getting colder, Wang Mengmei put up a sign for hot and sour noodles, intending to launch this flagship product that everyone who tasted it praised.
On the opening day, Wang Mengmei hired a gong and drum band.
The sound of cannons rang out, and the gong and drum team walked from one end of the street to the other.
Wang Mengmei finally realized the benefits of having her own house. The decoration of this storefront was all in accordance with her wishes. This store was truly hers.
Lin Hui brought a few flower baskets and looked at Wang Mengmei with envy.
Although it is just a small business, Lin Hui admires Wang Mengmei's action.
From the time she finished speaking to the time Wang Mengmei opened the store, there was less than a month in between.
"Xiaomei, I wish you a prosperous business!"
Wang Mengmei took her arm affectionately and said, "Sister Lin, I have to thank you."
If Lin Hui hadn't reminded her, how could she have made the decision so quickly?
But Wang Mengmei was also curious: "Sister Lin, there are people selling houses around here, why don't you buy one for yourself?"
Lin Hui is not short of money.
Lin Hui smiled and said, "I'll just forget it."
What Lin Hui didn't say was that she had already filed for divorce, but Kong Guorong just kept hiding. The lawyer said that if things continued like this, they would have to live apart for at least two years before they could get a divorce.
Lin Hui decided to leave and waited for two years.
In this short period of time, she had already disposed of all the assets she could decide.
Part of the money was used to buy real estate. For this purpose, she even went to the capital and bought several houses, all in the names of her two children. Most of the stocks were also withdrawn, and Lin Hui held them in her hands, preparing to make use of these two years to do something.
The lawyer said that when it comes time to determine custody, the parents’ careers will also be a factor in consideration.
Lin Hui has recently been optimistic about the business and is ready to start at any time.
Lin Hui came and left, and soon Kong Guorong also came. This was the first time Wang Mengmei saw Kong Guorong after he was released.
Compared to before, Kong Guorong is now much more elegant, without any expensive stuff. Jian Feng said that Kong Guorong is still the same, not coming to the store, not communicating with Lin Hui, and no one knows where he has gone.
When Kong Guorong came, there was a woman with red lips beside him. The woman almost hung on Kong Guorong, complained that Wang Mengmei's stall was not clean, and urged her to leave quickly.
I don’t know whether he really disliked the sanitary practices or he already knew that Wang Mengmei and Lin Hui had a good relationship, so he deliberately treated her with hostility.
Kong Guorong was unable to resist her and left in a hurry.
Before leaving, he gave Wang Mengmei a gift list worth 200 yuan. When he saw Jian Li, he gave her another 100 yuan.
Jian Li handed over the money honestly.
Seeing that she was still staring at her intently, Wang Mengmei simply used her hands to bend Jian Li's head back.
"Children are not allowed to watch."
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Wang Mengmei's store opened, and as soon as school was over in the afternoon, a sour and spicy aroma wafted to the school gate.
"What's that smell? It smells so good!"
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